Sparrows Point High School - Hi Points Yearbook (Edgemere, MD)

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On the threshold of a new afomic era R, A S h 2 fe ,I-

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V1 y 'C N K xt ., xl vf Q-L.,-53 sf. ' ' ki.: J' I f HI POINTS OF '59 VOLUME IX Published by +l1e Senior Class of SPARROWS POINT SENIOR-JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Eclgemere, Maryland ,. ,E L

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For Atlas ls F5 Rocket Launching of a three stage rocket developed by Gerd Nathan amateur rocketeer of 4309 Norfolk Axe will high light a rocket program next Saturday at Camp A P Hill near Bowling Green Va The Second Army is making the camps facilities available for launching of rockets con structed by amateur scientific groups which have been receiv ing classroom instruction on The Science of Rocketry at Fort Belvoir Instructors and students from the Baltimore Washing Report Mechla Is Hall Million Miles Awev Londo v millio has p the s plane ton Northern Virginia area will participate in the program The occasion will mark the first organized effort by youth groups in this area since the Army announced its program of assistance and guidance to amateur rocket missile and LUNAR BASE PLAN URGED Engineer Cites Efficiency As Launching Platform self sufficient base on the moon would be the most efficient way to use that celestial body as a launch mg platform for missiles the Baltimore Applied Nucleonic So ciety was told last nignt tn de other scientific organizations The launchmgs will be con ducted under the supervisioi and auspices of the -Natrona Capitol Section of the Amen can Rocket Society Washing on 2000 DEGREE HEAT FACES SPACEMEN Scientists Trying To Fmd Way To Keep Travelers Cool Washington Dec 30 UPB 'Jew to stay cool inside a :nace ro rain Feb A Of The Unlvlrse Space Age Take By Dr I M Levitt Drrectofr Franklin Planetcmum The last twelve months have ibeen among the most momen tous in the history of science Future historians may select October 4 1957 the day Russia launched its first sputnlk the offxcial beginning of the space age but 1958 was the year it began bearing fruit In the last twelve months we have learned more about the composition of outer space ts temperature radiation micro meteorites than man could glean through 5 000 years of de duction and guesswork We went up there We saw I for ourselves Man Will Be Next Not man himself to be sure That will come next year when the X15 plane carries a man V-higher than ever before and in subsequent years when man or 'Hs own terrain and en the earth s enttsts had underestima radiation hazard of outer At altitudes below 600 satellite findings co data extrapolated from and hlKh altitude rocket But at altitudes over 600 the satellites encountere den increase ln low ener trons These produced with a counting rate 100 times that expected cosmic rays CAPABILITI 0F THOR Cl Could Reach Moscowftl-' England Case Says n is space conscious age o Ie propu sion sa e i e aunc ings an a is ic mis s. w i nore the challen e ot ex loration which lies betore us Man has advanced to the threshold ot a new Q Q F7 atomic era destined to turther his endeavors toward unveiling the mysteries ot the universe 4 We all marvel at the incredulous progress being made by the nations ot the world today let t.0da3 presi emy news proie beyo byR 1 uary 497 1 with terda space that speed through the air taster than the speed ot sound satellites capable ot intorming man otife Ill atmospheric conditions thousands ot miles away lt is with this timely topic in mind that we shou like to choose Space Exploration as the theme ot The Hi Points ot 59 As the scientitic horizon broadens, man s choice ot opportunities increases We teel that to utilize these opportunities to their tullest extent, is the responsibility that lies upon the shoulders ot all the world s young people This new horizon may promise prosperous rewards tor the world or it may promise disaster May we faced with this responsibility remember that in our choice lies the tuture ot our tomorrows orbit w 1-'U had predlcteu it would reach to morrow or Thursday Topchiev called the Russian achievement a t11umph of hu man genius and proof that the Soviet Umon is not a technically backward country as some of our detractors abroad alleged Thor And Polaris Blown Up About ll Hours Apart Cape Canaveral Fla Dec 30 lA'l-A Thor rocket blew apart when the 5,-st Sovlet sputmkshortly after launching tonight was shot 11110 the Skles the second balllsllc mlSSll9 to lile Estimate explode over the Cape in eleven hours Doubled N Washington Dec 30 UP! mericas Atlas satellite is ex ected to stay in orbit more han twice as long as the twenty ays tlrst predicted But the radio voice which re- ayed President Eisenhower's re- orded message of peace and ood will to the world probably ill be stilled during the ex- ected added life span of the lg vehicle. iruogiiiirs lghl. x A S 100 degrees a minute up to 500 degrees in live minutes The air inside the space ship would heat up somewhat slower Scientists know that exposure to steady temperatures up to 250 degrees can cause a rise in internal body heat resulting ultimately in death But little is known on how man can tolerate a slow heat pulse to heat the body internally but not enough to heat the skin rapidly The human oven used for the expertment measures four cubic feet lts light metal walls were heated from the outside by radi ant heat lamps Heavy Dress Found Best A man was seated in the oven first unclothed then dressed lightly and finally dressed in heavy Arctic flight gear Without clothes the heat was unbearable at 400 degrees The liglitlv clothed man stood the t mperatu e until it reached 450 dcgiees The heavily dressed man scarcely felt the heat until 500 degrees was reached. The heat was not carried be- ' ' ' dth' f f . H I0 Sllll 0D9F21ll'1QlA?.'Lthe'iiEill5?g3Anif M Artificial Planet ls Due This Week Webb suggested that a re- entry suit be designed that would reflect heat, stand high temperatures itself and insulate the wearer. alnoers used to carry dogs aloft for short pioneering ghts l 0ldlIS K0 The rocket exhibits at the In l dustrial Achievement Fair include giant rocket payloads that have carried dogs some 280 miles into space and brought them back to earth by parachute One rocket called the A3 lifted a chamber that weighed up to P 2 tons and carried two dogs Alr Force Trlms B 53 Order By 11 Blown UpA launching Cape Canaveral Fla I 3, Ht 4lPl A sleek Polaris test roared oft' to a beautiful s day but was blown up mi later when it drifted off c It was the third time l that a Polaris w s de Washington Dec 27 UPJ The Air Force announced to night it has ordered 36 more B53 SUPersomc Jet bombers This represents a cutback from the original plan to buy 47 of the planes during the present fiscal year ending June 30 after launching The tem peramental tw missile blasted straight u a long plume of white The two stages of the m separated as planned an larxs appeared to be on the Missile Destroyed The explanation given was However fifteen mlnu that revised cost estimates, in-l cluding increased costs of ma-l terials and labor, and changes in the high speed jet bomberl to provide greater combat capa- bilities, h -4 compglled I e re. duction. after the spectacular blast 1 the Navy announced that range safety officer destroy the missile when it devi from its planned trajectory. at The mission was to shoot t 125-foot test rocket on ar :il ' ' ' ' - ' ' W ' ' . 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