Manhole Cover In Space

In 1957 the united states began testing nuclear weapons underground in the desert outside of las vegas nevada as part of operation plumbbob.
Manhole cover in space. Here s where the story came from and why. This manhole cover was shot into space with a nuclear bomb. One underground test pascal b may have put the first manmade object into space. Did the us accidentally blast a manhole cover into space.
By anupum pant edit. In the summer of 1957 during operation plumbob american scientists were testing the capabilities of nuclear explosions in all fashions at the los alamos scientific laboratory. The first man made object to cross the boundary of space 100 km above the sea level or the karman line a nazi german v2 rocket on october 3 1942. Except it probably didn t.
Robert brownlee an astrophysicist who designed the nuclear test in question told tech insider the unbelievable story. First man made object in space a manhole cover.