Show Randy Nelson is is part of Antarctica unit Randy son of and C. L Nelson of Route is participating in the United States Antarctic Research Program at McMurdo Nelson is employed by the Physical Laboratory of the New Mexico State University his operating a. satellite tracking system station at McMurdo Sound under a. grant from the National Seine THE PURPOSE research is to gather doppler data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Geodetic Satellite Explorer BE-B and other satellites with suitable orbits and Data obtained from this study will be used to better define the earth's true shape and the gravitational forces acting upon a near earth Nelson will remain in Antarctica for at least one ON DUTY WITH SCIENCE STUDY Ramly native of and Union High School is about to enter the transportation furnished by the National Science Foundation at McMurdo where he Is Nelson has become a Travel to and from Antarctica is limited to summer which last from October until From March to October the only outside contact is by SINCE STARTING with the Physical Science world His first field assignment was aa assistant engineer at a location in Hawaii he was transferred to a location in American While in American as well as his responsibilities in the field of he developed quite a green He succeeded in growing tomatoes that ripened on the an accomplishment which apparently had never been reached AFTER A VERY rewarding stay in he was assigned as technical advisor and liaison engineer at a South African |