What was the timeline of events surrounding the Antarctic expeditions and the founding of NASA?
Question: What was the timeline of events surrounding the Antarctic expeditions and the founding of NASA?
Answer:
- 1946-47: "Operation Highjump" (to get up and onto the ice shelf)
- 1955-1956: "Operation Deep Freeze" (to explore the ice shelf)
- 1957: Admiral Byrd dies.
- 1958: NASA is founded.
- 1959: The Antarctic Treaty is opened for signatures.
- 1961: The Antarctic Treaty goes into force.
- 1962: The U.S. and Russia begin launching high-altitude nuclear weapons into space under names such as "Operation Dominic [Of the Lord]" and "Operation Fishbowl." Clearly, these super powers were testing the newly found firmament.
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