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Nicholas White Maniac Lecture, April 17, 2019

Dr. Nicholas E. White, Senior Vice President for Science, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), presented a Maniac lecture entitled, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” From a small town in rural England, as a teenager, Nick followed with awe the NASA Moon program. When he was asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”. His answer was to work for NASA! Nick shared how that teenage dream became a reality, how it led him to X-ray astronomy, to become a project scientist and leader at ESA and NASA, and to meet a lot of terrific like-minded people along the way.

Siding Spring Observatory | Wikipedia audio article

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00:01:00 1 History
00:11:19 1.1 2013 Bushfire
00:12:16 2 Visitors
00:13:06 3 Telescopes
00:15:38 4 Observing programs
00:16:25 5 Discoveries
00:17:08 6 See also

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Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions. The observatory is situated 1,165 metres (3,822 ft) above sea level in the Warrumbungle National Park on Mount Woorat, also known as Siding Spring Mountain. Siding Spring Observatory is owned by the Australian National University (ANU) and is part of the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories research school.
More than A$100 million worth of research equipment is located at the observatory. There are over 60 telescopes on site, though not all are operational.

Project Space Track | Wikipedia audio article

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00:01:00 1 Establishment
00:04:48 2 Sensors
00:10:25 3 Orbital computations
00:12:52 4 Operations
00:15:36 4.1 Unusual Space Track operations
00:21:37 5 Communications
00:23:58 5.1 Contractors
00:24:53 6 External links

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Project Space Track was a research and development project of the US Air Force, to create a system for tracking all artificial earth satellites and space probes, domestic and foreign.
Project Space Track was started at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center at Laurence G. Hanscom Field, now Hanscom Air Force Base, in Bedford, Massachusetts shortly after the launch of Sputnik I. Observations were obtained from some 150 sensors worldwide by 1960 and regular orbital predictions were issued to the sensors and interested parties.
Space Track was the only organization that used observations from all types of sources: radar, optical, radio, and visual. All unclassified observations were shared with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In 1961, the system was declared operational and assigned to the new 1st Aerospace Surveillance and Control Squadron as part of NORAD's Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS).

Project Space Track (1957-1961) | Wikipedia audio article

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00:00:56 1 Establishment
00:04:29 2 Sensors
00:09:45 3 Orbital computations
00:12:04 4 Operations
00:14:38 4.1 Unusual Space Track operations
00:20:19 5 Communications
00:22:36 5.1 Contractors
00:23:27 6 External links

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Speaking Rate: 0.9992619768836164
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SUMMARY
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Project Space Track was a research and development project of the US Air Force, to create a system for tracking all artificial earth satellites and space probes, domestic and foreign.
Project Space Track was started at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center at Laurence G. Hanscom Field, now Hanscom Air Force Base, in Bedford, Massachusetts shortly after the launch of Sputnik I. Observations were obtained from some 150 sensors worldwide by 1960 and regular orbital predictions were issued to the sensors and interested parties.
Space Track was the only organization that used observations from all types of sources: radar, optical, radio, and visual. All unclassified observations were shared with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In 1961, the system was declared operational and assigned to the new 1st Aerospace Surveillance and Control Squadron as part of NORAD's Space Detection and Tracking System (SPADATS).