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AFCRL-63-919 DECEMBER 1963 Air Force Surveys in Geophysics No. 154 Research Note Proceedings of the AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium Requests for additional copies by Agencies of the Department of Defense, their contractors, and other government agencies should be directed to the: Defense Documentation Center Held at Hotel Somerset Cameron Station Boston,Massachusetts Alexandria, Virginia 25,26 and 27 September 1963 Department of Defense contractors must be estab- lished for DDC ¢ vices, or have their 'need-to-know! certified by the gnizant military agency of their Coordinated by project or …

Abstract Sixteen of the twenty papers presented at the Symposium are herein published. They provide a reasonable balance between balloon-borne experiments and recent developments of balloon technology. Balloon technology presentations include plas- tic balloon capabilities, both in-being and projected, current shape studies for new designs, a survey of sensing elements for the balloon environment, and the develop- ment of a new heavy load balloon material. Two balloon astronomy programs and related stabilization systems are presented, as is the case for manned balloon astronomy. Other scientif…

Contents INTRODUCTION by Robert M. Slavin, AFCRL BALLOON CAPABILITIES AND FUTURES by Thomas W. Kelly STRESSES AND CONFIGURATIONS OF NATURAL-SHAPED BALLOONS by Justin H. Smalley EXPANDED USE OF INFLATABLES THROUGH NEW MATERIALS by Richard J. Slater REACTION JET AZIMUTH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR GONDOLA STABILIZATION by James G, Nelson STATUS OF METEOROLOGICAL SOUNDING BALLOONS by Robert Leviton BALLOON-BORNE SAMPLING PROGRAM IN THE STRATOSPHERE by Arthur A. Anderson THE AFCRL HIGH ALTITUDE ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS PROGRAM by Robert B. Toolin ORIENTATION OF BALLOON-BORNE INSTRUMENTS by Russell A. Nidey BAL-A…

THE APPLICATIONS OF HOT -AIR PROGRAMS by Russel A. Pohl ee aes ek DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUNDING BALLOONS by Robert M. Nelson SENSING ELEMENTS FOR THE ee io anes HE BALLOON ENVIRONMENT SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF STARGAZER by William C. White ABSTRACTS OF OTHER PAP: S PRESE ED Y IUM a ER a U N AT THE SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS OF THE AFCRL SCIENTIFIC BALLOON SYMPOSIUM | Introduction Robert M. Slavin Chief, Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory Air Force Cambridge Research Labs In a nation where, in the past five years, the technology of rockets, missiles, satellites, and if I may, astronauts, has captured the i…

mcg Branch at Holloman has brought us into more frequent contact with scientists formulating and preparing balloon experiments and with governmental agencies - interested in the functional testing of rocket and satellite components. The : eM launch site and its adjacent White Sands Range facilities, when c bined with our Chico, California launch site, enables us to launch Pete sean a loads year round with tracking, control, and recovery capability. es The subject matter of our Symposium can be broken down into four general aa Balloon Technology, Scientific Uses of Balloons, Balloon ae 7 Specif…

INTRODUCTION If you take a moment to peruse the program, you will find that this session is entitled, "Balloon Capabilities and Technology''. The afternoon session tomorrow and the talk by Dr. Ross on Friday morning will be concerned with specific aspects of the same general topic. The discussions of balloon technology will deal entirely with the various types of plastic balloons, both free and tethered, and will include space inflatables. Within the scheme of things, this is a technology of comparatively recent vintage--a product of cooperative university, contractor, and governmental efforts…

After the War, the advent of commercially available plastic sheeting of Ey) high quality made the creation of inexpensive balloons a sh aaa ae a most attractive possibility. The early work by ae etetes fa versity, and others was largely successful, and this success ight payloads created a burgeoning of demands for vehicles to a cates payloads to higher altitudes for longer durations. With ee a flight came problems which dramatized the need for more detailed en - - a data, for im si icati i provements in fabrication techniques and flight control instrumentati ation, and for a cl 2 i earer under…