Abstract
Introduction
In the 1960s and 1970s, Australia was a member of the "Space Club", as newspapers liked to call it. From the Woomera Rocket range in outback South Australia, missiles, scientific upper atmosphere (sounding) rockets and satellite launchers roared through the dry desert air. These rockets included the US Redstone, designed by legendary German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun in Huntsville, Alabama; the multi-nation hybrid Europa, and the home-grown HAD (High Altitude Density) sounding rocket (Morton 1989; see also Dougherty in this volume).
In the 1960s and 1970s, Australia was a member of the "Space Club", as newspapers liked to call it. From the Woomera Rocket range in outback South Australia, missiles, scientific upper atmosphere (sounding) rockets and satellite launchers roared through the dry desert air. These rockets included the US Redstone, designed by legendary German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun in Huntsville, Alabama; the multi-nation hybrid Europa, and the home-grown HAD (High Altitude Density) sounding rocket (Morton 1989; see also Dougherty in this volume).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Defining the Fringe of Contemporary Australian Archaeology |
| Subtitle of host publication | Pyramidiots, Paranoia and the Paranormal |
| Editors | Rocco Bosco, Darran Jordan |
| Place of Publication | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 92-107 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781527503915, 1527503917 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Archaeological theory
- Australian antiquities
- unexplained phenomena
- the paranormal