SP-4401 - NASA SOUNDING ROCKETS, 1958-1968: A Historical Summary

 

[147] APPENDIX E

TRENDS IN USE BY DISCIPLINE, 1959-1968

 

Year

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

10-year total

.

Aeronomy

5

10

21

30

35

51

45

31

28

31

287

Biology

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

5

Energetic particles

0

16

1

0

2

16

15

14

11

21

96

Fields

0

2

3

0

l

9

13

5

12

12

57

Galactic astronomy

0

4

5

4

5

11

10

11

16

19

85

Ionospheric physics

4

8

10

14

27

22

46

25

20

21

197

Meteorology

0

5

13

14

11

34

53

59

57

48

294

Radio astronomy

0

0

0

1

0

1

2

1

1

1

7

Solar physics

0

4

1

2

6

1

5

9

10

12

50

Test and miscellaneous

7

ll

14

13

6

7

2

3

6

7

76

.

Total

16

60

70

78

93

152

191

158

162

174

1154


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