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High Altitude Research Project (HARP) 1962 – 1967
The High Altitude Research Project (HARP) space gun was set up at Paragon just to the east of the runway of what was then Seawell Airport – the brainchild of Canadian ballistics scientist Dr. Gerald Bull and jointly funded by McGill University, Canada and the USA Army Research and Development Center. The HARP project was…
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The Hutchinson photos are a great addition to the HARP story and add to the landing at Foul Bay.
I was there in Medano helping like many others to feed with “hidrógeno” the balloon after more than two weeks…
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Bob, thank you. As a map guy you might be interested to know that I am in the process of…
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My friend Douglas Melzer of Redlands, California made the solid propellants for the HARP big gun. Douglas was an engineer…