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Holloman Air Force Base Resources
Report of Historic Status Air Force Research Laboratory Balloon Operations Center Building 850 (2016)
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Report of Historic Status Air Force Research Laboratory Balloon Operations Center Building 850 (2016)
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Uploaded by: Jim deVos
In 1996, Building 850 had been previously evaluated as eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) at the national level under Criterion A for its support of critical Cold War-era high atmosphere balloon research for both aeromedical and early space exploration studies. Project Moby Dick/Project Genetrix was an early aerial reconnaissance program that laid the groundwork for satellite reconnaissance programs in the 1950s. Project Man high studied the effects of cosmic...