Our Earth as a Satellite Sees It
By W. G. STROUD
Head, Meteorology Branch Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
The scientist who directed the development and launching of Tiros I, AMS/l's historic weather satellite, tells of its exciting discoveries and its successors' promising future THE WORLD has had its picture taken. For the first time in the millions of centuries that our planet has been whirling around the sun, we can see our home as it looks from a tiny companion in space. A man-made satellite, circling some 450 miles overhead, has photographed us not once but thousands of times.
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By W. G. STROUD
Head, Meteorology Branch Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
The scientist who directed the development and launching of Tiros I, AMS/l's historic weather satellite, tells of its exciting discoveries and its successors' promising future THE WORLD has had its picture taken. For the first time in the millions of centuries that our planet has been whirling around the sun, we can see our home as it looks from a tiny companion in space. A man-made satellite, circling some 450 miles overhead, has photographed us not once but thousands of times.
