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Upper Atmosphere Research Panel

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The Upper Atmosphere Research Panel, also known as the V-2 Panel, was formed in 1946 to oversee experiments conducted using V-2 rockets brought to the United States after World War II. The experiments studied the upper atmosphere, solar radiation and X-ray astronomy, as well as the technology of the V-2 rocket.

Members

An organizing meeting was held at Princeton University 27 Feb 1946.

The original committee members were:

  • Ernst Henry Krause, Naval Research Laboratory
  • G. K. Megerian (secretary), General Electric Co.
  • W. G. Dow, University of Michigan
  • M. J. E. Golay, U.S. Army Signal Corps
  • C. F. Green, General Electric Co.
  • K. H. Kingdon, General Electric Co.
  • M. H. Nichols, Princeton University
  • James Van Allen, Johns Hopkins University
  • Fred Lawrence Whipple, Harvard University

    • References

    Upper Atmosphere Research Panel Wikipedia
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