Ernst Henry Krause
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Dr Ernst H. Krause was an American
nuclear physicist and aerospace executive. He participated in early radar and rocketry research at the Naval Research Laboratory, including experiments to study the upper atmosphere
after World War II
using captured V-2 rockets. From 1947 to 1951 he was involved in the first atomic testing at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific, and later worked at the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
. In 1955 he started the Systems Research Corporation, which later became Ford Aerospace
.
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nuclear physicist and aerospace executive. He participated in early radar and rocketry research at the Naval Research Laboratory, including experiments to study the upper atmosphere
Atmosphere
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after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
using captured V-2 rockets. From 1947 to 1951 he was involved in the first atomic testing at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific, and later worked at the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company was a unit of the Lockheed Corporation "Missiles, Space, and Electronics Systems Group." LMSC was started by Willis Hawkins who served as its president...
. In 1955 he started the Systems Research Corporation, which later became Ford Aerospace
Ford Aerospace
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp. was the aerospace and defense business of Ford Motor Company. It consisted of the Space Systems Division and the Western Development Labs .Partial company timeline:*1956 Aeronutronic becomes Ford Motor Company division.*1961 Ford Motor Company...
.
Selected publications
- The Sensitized Fluorescence of Potassium (PhD thesis, U. Wisconsin at Madison, 1938) http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v55/i2/p164_1
- Cosmic Radiation Above 40 Miles, Physical Review 70,223 (1946) http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v70/i3-4/p223_1
- Additional Cosmic-Ray Measurements with the V-2 Rocket, Physical Review 70,776 (1946) http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v70/i9-10/p776_1
- Further Cosmic-Ray Experiments above the Atmosphere, Physical Review 71,918 (1947) http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v71/i12/p918_1
- V-2 Cloud-Chamber Observation of a Multiply Charged Primary Cosmic Ray, Physical Review 75,524 (1949) http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v75/i3/p524_1
Selected patents
: Modulation-on-pulse control systems: Pulse group selectors: Discriminator circuits: Electric counting and integration system: Remote echo ranging system: Pulse signaling system: Secret pulse signaling systemExternal links
- Oral history interview from the AIPAmerican Institute of PhysicsThe American Institute of Physics promotes science, the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies...
Center for History of Physics (1983) http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!28193~!0&profile=newcustom-icos - NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
history of rocketry: Chapters 1 http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4215/ch1-1.html and 3 http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4401/ch3.htm - James van AllenJames Van AllenJames Alfred Van Allen was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa.The Van Allen radiation belts were named after him, following the 1958 satellite missions in which Van Allen had argued that a Geiger counter should be used to detect charged particles.- Life and career :* September...
's notes on the history of rocketry (U. Iowa) http://www-pi.physics.uiowa.edu/java/java_high.html - Obituary from the New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4DC1338F93AA1575BC0A96F948260
- University of Wisconsin Madison Distinguished Service Award http://www.engr.wisc.edu/eday/eday1979.html#Krause