Comments on: James Van Allen, 1914 – 2006 http://www.philvanallen.com/news/james-van-allen-1914-2006/ interactive designer, educator, photographer Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:26:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Katherine http://www.philvanallen.com/news/james-van-allen-1914-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Katherine Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:25:14 +0000 http://www.philvanallen.com/?p=37#comment-183 I was just watching the Nova program on the Sputnik tonight and it was only at the mention of the Explorer satellite and all the science that came from it (including the van Allen belts) that I made the connection between you and your uncle. A major "duh!" moment. Googled your name and his and found this post. A delightful story. Good site, good work, as usual. Thanks for letting us know what's going on behind that locked door at the MDP. The view through the little window is entirely insufficient. Your site is much better. I was just watching the Nova program on the Sputnik tonight and it was only at the mention of the Explorer satellite and all the science that came from it (including the van Allen belts) that I made the connection between you and your uncle. A major “duh!” moment. Googled your name and his and found this post. A delightful story.

Good site, good work, as usual. Thanks for letting us know what’s going on behind that locked door at the MDP. The view through the little window is entirely insufficient. Your site is much better.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.philvanallen.com/news/james-van-allen-1914-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anonymous Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.philvanallen.com/?p=37#comment-8 Philip, your uncle was an amazing person. How small the world is, one never knows how we are all linked in some way, thanks for posting. Philip, your uncle was an amazing person. How small the world is, one never knows how we are all linked in some way, thanks for posting.

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