Show ROCKET LIKE DEVICE MAY YIELD DATA OF UPPER AIR meteorologists interested in new experiments wash washington ington I 1 investigation nv estian t ion of the temperature pressure density aud composition Compo sitton of tile the upper air nt at very high altitudes above the earth are of scientific value to incisor inci cor for tills this reason and not because of any funded fancied possibility ot of with tle the moon tile the weather bureau of the united states department of agriculture la is interested in the efforts of doe doc etor goddard of dark clark university to perfect a rocket like device will lead to information on these points the type of rolet used in such investigations IF Is intended to carry equipment for recording the facts of tho upper air for taking samples sampes of the atmosphere anti and most important of all ter for bringing them back bract scully out h ing Is 19 actu actually alli known at tile the present time or oc tile the conditions more than twenty nilles miles beyond the earths surface such facts as a are re known about this 20 mile layer of atmosphere have been learned by means of balloons which can be sent no lil higher gher aviators have only penetrated about seven miles above sea level not much more than the height of the highest mountains from two to frequently observed upper air phenomena shouting stars and the aurora entirely contradictory deductions have been mado made by reliable scientists respecting temperatures in tile the upper atmosphere the facts in the matter cannot be determined until the very high atmospheric layers can be explored A study of rockets was made at the time of the world war by means of if which the underlying theory of thu type of experiments experiment was developed i it la considered entirely feasible to project properly devised rockets to heights of BOO miles or more above the earth there Is ig thus a reasonable hope for setting getting positive knowledge of very high altitudes through doctor God dards experiments |