MGMT 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Methane, Allan Hills 84001, Hydrothermal Vent
20 Jul 2016
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The karman line is the boundary at which earth"s atmosphere is too thin for air navigation. 1942: the v2 rocket, a german wwii missile, became the 1st man-made object to breach earth"s boundary (i. e. , the karman line, which is 100km above sea level) Werner von braun, the german rocket scientist behind the v2, surrendered to the u. s. 1946: v2 rockets were used by the u. s. military to take the 1st photos from the space. 1957: soviets launched sputnik 1 , the 1st unmanned satellite to orbit the earth. Soviets launched yuri gagarin into a complete earth orbit in 1961. He had limited controls but wasn"t allowed to use them. We can"t see the far side of the moon due to its synchronous orbit. Synchronous orbit is when an objects orbital period and rotation period are equal. Landers (crafts which land on a body"s surface and remain at the landing site)
