About the stratobowl and the stratosphere flight, and sending man up above the stratosphere. Essentially, the rapid city area is the home of the first spaceflight. What the National Geographic and u. S. Army air corps did was they decided to Work Together to make this happen. They wanted to find a natural shape to rest the balloon and the gondola in. They were looking for a bowl area, not only to spread out the balloon on the ground, but also that natural bowl shape protects the gondola the first couple thousand feet as it goes up. They scoured all of north america for a place. They had a couple of different decisions that they could have made, places they could have chosen. And essentially they chose rapid city because of how kind the people were, because of how welcoming we are. The perfect shape of the bowl was nice, too, but it did come down to the people of the area. That was the reasoning behind choosing it. The first attempt happened in 1934. There were three men on the first fl
Shape to rest the balloon and the gondola in. They were looking for a bowl area, not only to spread out the balloon on the ground, but also that natural bowl shape protects the gondola the first couple thousand feet as it goes up. They scoured all of north america for a place. They had a couple of different decisions that they could have made, places they could have chosen. And essentially they chose rapid city because of how kind the people were, because of how welcoming we are. The perfect shape of the bowl was nice, too, but it did come down to the people of the area. That was the reasoning behind choosing it. The first attempt happened in 1934. There were three men on the first flight. It was captain Orval Anderson, major william kepner, and captain albert stevens. What happened was they got into the gondola and they went up and they hit about 60,000 feet. And they think the friction between the metal and the canvas of the balloon ignited the hydrogen that was inside the balloon. A
That goes beyond the culture of the area. We are talking about the strata owl and theatob stratoballoon flight. Rapid city area is the home of the first spaceflight. What the National Geographic and u. S. Army air corps did is Work Together to make this happen and they wanted to find a natural shape to wrap the balloon and gondola in. They were looking for an area to spread out the balloon on the ground and also the natural bowl shaped to protect the gondola for the first couple thousand. Eet as it goes up they scoured all of north america and they had a couple different decisions. They chose rapid city because of how kind the people were and how welcoming we are. Nice butct shape was it did come down to the people of the area. That was the reasoning behind choosing it. In 1934. Happened there were three men on that first flight. Captain orville anderson, major william, and captor out captain albert stevens. And got into the gondola went up 60,000 feet. They think that the friction bet
First manned flight into the stratosphere. Two Army Captains sailed off of the south dakota planes to a recordbreaking 72,000 feet. Queer ey we are lucky in rapid city. We have interesting history that goes beyond the history of the area. We are talking about the strataball and the stratosphere flight and sending man up above the stratosphere. Essentially rapid city area is the home of the first spaceflight. What the National Geographic and u. S. Army airport did with state decided to Work Together to make this happen. They wanted to find a natural shape to rest the balloon and the gondola and. They were looking for a bold area, not only to spread out the balloon on the ground but also the natural bowl shape protect the gondola for the first couple of thousand feet as it goes up. They scoured all of north america for a place. They had a couple of different decisions they could have made, places they could have chosen. They chose rapid city because of how kind the people were and becaus
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KEYSER - West Virginia University Potomac State College recently held its 81st Recognition Day Awards ceremony during which students were recognized and presented with various accolades.
The following awards were announced:
Fort Ashby:
Makenna Douthitt, an exercise physiology major, was presented with the General Biology award.
Jen Hershberger, a business management major, was presented with the Outstanding Business Management Student award. This award is presented to a BAS student who exhibits academic excellence, leadership and character.
Keyser:
Matthew Bane, a biology major, was the recipient of the W.E. Michael Biology award, which is bestowed in memory of Professor Emeritus W.E. Michael, who taught at the college for 33 years. This award is given to the student with the highest average in the complete biology major sequence.