Category Archives: Science
Why Do People Eat Dirt?
10 Weird Psychology Studies
What’s the difference between ‘C’ and ‘CE’ on calculators?
5 Ways Radioactivity Lights Up Your Life
The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth, the sordid story of leaded gasoline
The Satelloons Of Project Echo
From about 1956 until 1964, US aeronautics engineers and rocket scientists at the Langley Research Center developed a series of spherical satellite balloons called, awesomely enough, satelloons. Dubbed Project Echo, the 100-foot diameter aluminumized balloons were one of the inaugural projects for NASA, which was established in 1958.