{"id":7068,"date":"2014-03-24T05:51:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T05:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2014-03-24T05:51:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T05:51:46","slug":"space-history-david-simons-used-high-altitude-balloons-for-early-space-health-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7068","title":{"rendered":"Space History: David Simons used high altitude balloons for early space health studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Shinabery, a space historian with the New Mexico Museum of Space History, posts his latest article from the early years of the Space Age :\u00a0Rats \u2026 Cosmic Radiation Turns Hair Grey! – This Week In Space History\/Moonandback<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Shinabery, a space historian with the New Mexico Museum of Space History, posts his latest article from the early years of the Space Age :\u00a0Rats \u2026 Cosmic Radiation Turns Hair Grey! – This Week In Space History\/Moonandback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-living-in-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Q0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7087,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7087","url_meta":{"origin":7068,"position":0},"title":"Space History: Early US space nuclear power projects + The Saturn V F-1 engine","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple of space history items: * Space historian Roger Launius writes about early US space nuclear power projects, in particular those using\u00a0RTGs, or radioisotope thermoelectric generators:\u00a0\u00a0The Transit Program and the Origins of Nuclear Power Systems for Spaceflight- Roger Launius's Blog. * Anthony Young discussed his book,\u00a0The Saturn V F-1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "History"","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3987,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3987","url_meta":{"origin":7068,"position":1},"title":"Winner of 2013 Sacknoff Prize for Space History announced","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an announcement from the\u00a0 journal Quest: The History of Spaceflight: \"Rethinking the Overview Effect\" named winner of 2013 Sacknoff Prize for Space History Jordan Bimm earns cash prize, trophy, and publication in Quest. \"Rethinking the Overview Effect,\" has earned York University (Toronto Canada) graduate student, Jordan Bimm, the 2013\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "History"","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/cache.nebula.phx3.secureserver.net\/obj\/QUIwQjVBMjBDNDQ3NEQ1ODMzRUY6MDk2NWFiMTM4YTkxNWQyNWEwYTVmNjlmYzFiYzA5MmY6Ojo6","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20533,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20533","url_meta":{"origin":7068,"position":2},"title":"Videos: “Space to Ground” ISS report – Dec.14.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/cE4XMWkPwjw ** Expedition 61 Inflight University of New Mexico - December 10, 2019 Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 61 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA discussed life and research\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "In Space Infrastructure"","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/cE4XMWkPwjw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2263,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2263","url_meta":{"origin":7068,"position":3},"title":"Space Chronicles (Part 1) – StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Neil deGrasse Tyson talks with Prof. John Logsdon, founder and former director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, about the history of the Apollo program: Space Chronicles (Part 1) | StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson - StarTalk Radio You know the names: Sputnik, Apollo, JFK,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "History"","block_context":{"text":"History","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6542,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6542","url_meta":{"origin":7068,"position":4},"title":"Profile of rocketry pioneer Max Valier + Former defense chief writing asteroid-mining novel","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Michael Shinabery, \u00a0an education specialist and Humanities Scholar at\u00a0the\u00a0New Mexico Museum of Space History\u00a0in Alamogordo, New Mexico posts frequent articles on a range of space history topics. 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