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Part 2: Vanguard - America's Failed Answer to Sputnik
The Navy tries to launch a grapefruit into orbit, an Army general LARPs as a Bond villain, and America's first satellite launch comes down to the dumbest photo-finish in space history. Part 2/2 of our series on Project Vanguard, the US Navy's flawed satellite launch program.
Sources:
Red Moon Rising, Matthew Brzezinski
Vanguard: A History, NASA
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The Navy tries to launch a grapefruit into orbit, an Army general LARPs as a Bond villain, and America's first satellite launch comes down to the dumbest photo-finish in space history. Part 2/2 of our series on Project Vanguard, the US Navy's flawed satellite launch program.
Sources:
Red Moon Rising, Matthew Brzezinski
Vanguard: A History, NASA
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