Bumper Nosecone
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Bumper Nosecone
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The decision to develop a missile proving ground with headquarters in Brevard County, Florida was spurred by the Russians. The Soviets were already aware that space flight could be achieved with rockets filled with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen when Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Ziolkovsky), a Russian schoolteacher, first proposed that space flight could be achieved this way in 1903.
The Russian's theory was first tested in America by a professor from Clark University. After ten years of research, Dr. Robert H. Goddard designed, built, and launched America's first liquid propelled rocket in 1926. Goddard's research continued throughout the 1930s, but his basic design remained unchanged. His first tiny craft was the direct ancestor of the German and early U.S. spacecraft. Hitler's scientists perfected Goddard's rocket technology with their V2 advancements during the 1940s.
The U.S. captured one hundred of the German weapons in 1945, giving an initial boost to America's space program. The U.S. experimented with the German missiles, initially launching them from ships and from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. Scientists in New Mexico achieved a record breaking height of 250 miles in 1949. That same year, the Soviet's exploded their first atomic device, causing the U.S. to accelerate R & D programs, including the development of the Joint Long Range Proving Ground, headquarted at Cape Canaveral.
In June of 1950, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepared a 100-foot square concrete pad at Cape Canaveral and designated it Launch Pad 3. The first rocket to be launched from the new proving ground was a two stage vehicle known as Bumper #7. The Bumper rocket was a modified version of one of Hitler's V-2s. Technicians replaced the original warhead nose of the German rocket with a second-stage rocket, the U.S. Army's WAC Corporal missile. The Cape's first launch was intended to test a Teflon nose cone and demonstrate the feasibility of staging, or separation of rocket stages in flight. Standing 56 feet tall, the Cape's first guided missile was thought to be huge, although the nearby Canaveral Lighthouse dwarfed the gantry and missile.
Liftoff was set for July 19, 1950. Dozens of reporters, VIPs, and launch technicians from the General Electric Company were up at dawn to view the historic event. As the final seconds of the countdown approached, the entourage was rewarded with a preflight sputter. Then silence. Anxious spectators stood under the hot July sun, anticipating a delayed firing-but the Canaveral dune remained an eerie calm. Brevard's first countdown presented an unseen omen of the nation's early struggles to defy gravity and atmosphere.
The missile program was thought to be under way when county residents heard the first of the now-familiar expression, "the launch has been scrubbed." Bumper #7 was a dud and the missile program was put on hold for several days while Bumper #8 was put on the pad.
The Cape's first successful launch occurred at 9:28 a.m. on July 24, 1950. With a streak of fire streaming from the rear, Bumper 8 pierced through the scattered clouds of Brevard's eastern sky. The first stage of the missile boosted a smaller U.S. rocket ten miles above the earth, enabling it to reach the stratosphere. The Cape's first successful liftoff was the seventh launch of the Bumper series of "step rockets." Although this first east coast launch was only a continuation of prior tests at New Mexico's Proving Ground, the lift off gave birth to Brevard County's leadership role in space-age technology. A week following the launch, the headquarters of the proving ground was rededicated as Patrick Air Force Base. The new name honored Gen. Mason M. Patrick, a pioneer military aviator and the first chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps. Read more in Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955.
Learn more about the history of east central Florida and Brevard county in the richly documented ebook, "Brevard County, Florida: A Short History to 1955," available at http://www.ebook-browser.com/bc_cb.htm
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As in years past, the CF18s flew overhead. Like before, engines roared to welcome a 25th season of Indy car racing and kids still flinched at the clatter.
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