Talk:Stratobowl

curvature?
The article states that the Explorer II crew were the first to see the Earth's curvature, but their peak altitude was less than 200 feet more than the Soviet balloon. How did the Soviets not see the curvature? (Is this a nationalistic claim made by only the sponsors?) --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:19, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps they did, but alas the crew didn't survive to tell the tale. History is sometimes written not by the winners, but by the survivors! --R J Sutherland (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, article Balloon_(aircraft) says "On August 31, 1933, Alexander Dahl took the first picture of the earth's curvature in an open hydrogen gas balloon." ??? AMCKen (talk) 18:26, 29 April 2009 (UTC)AMCKen

Yes, the mention in this article seems to be sourced from the (heavily-referenced) book by Ryan. But then that author could be mistaken. This discrepancy should be resolved! --R J Sutherland (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

There is a further discrepancy with that article, which only allocates Anderson and Stevens to the crew of Explorer II, omitting Kepner. --R J Sutherland (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

title/subject
This article appears to be more about the Explorer project than the Stratobowl, the selection of which appears in one paragraph of the Explorer section. Should the article be written more about the site, or should it be re-titled? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:46, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. It may be awkward to separate the flights from their base, so I suggest the article simply be renamed "Explorer (balloon)" or somesuch. --R J Sutherland (talk) 19:03, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

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Usefulness / function to be mentioned
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