November 27, 2020
Long before the Space Age, people throughout history DID imagine what the earth looked like from above. We are thankful for these dreamers who helped inspire a curiosity for the world around us, and to reach for the stars and make their dreams possible.
One of these many dreamers was Dr. Harry Wexler, a meteorologist who worked for the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1934 until his untimely death in 1962.
With the encouragement of writer Arthur C. Clarke (of “2001: A Space Odyssey” fame), Wexler commissioned an unknown artist to draw what a satellite might “see” from orbit in 1954—approximately four years before the launch of the first U.S. satellite, Explorer-1.