24 Oct 1946 -- 66 years ago

Stealhead · 10-23-12, 07:21 PM

Interesting post it is nice to see something about the first half of the space race.I always think that the famous era from Sputnik and after gets a little too much attention and the early and very important years get largely ignored.

I am guessing that those V-2s where launched from the White Sands area my dad had a friend a who had been stationed there in 45,46,47 with the Army.If I recall didn't they end up raising the altitude that was considered space at some point?I seem to recall that they considered early U2 pilots astronauts until they later determined that space was in fact a bit higher they actually fly at the edge of space of course those early U2 pilots received no public attention thier duties being highly classified at the time so they could not even tell their wives "hey I was an astronaut until they learned that I really was not operating in space but in fact the edge of space."

10-23-12, 07:21 PM	#2
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Interesting post it is nice to see something about the first half of the space race.I always think that the famous era from Sputnik and after gets a little too much attention and the early and very important years get largely ignored. I am guessing that those V-2s where launched from the White Sands area my dad had a friend a who had been stationed there in 45,46,47 with the Army.If I recall didn't they end up raising the altitude that was considered space at some point?I seem to recall that they considered early U2 pilots astronauts until they later determined that space was in fact a bit higher they actually fly at the edge of space of course those early U2 pilots received no public attention thier duties being highly classified at the time so they could not even tell their wives "hey I was an astronaut until they learned that I really was not operating in space but in fact the edge of space." Last edited by Stealhead; 10-23-12 at 07:36 PM.