This honor is the judgment of history. Clayton and his fellow authors helped pave the way for a special NASA mission for gamma-ray astronomy. The resulting Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, launched in 1991, uses radioactivity between and around stars as a diagnostic tool for understanding the origins of the chemical elements that are known to us in our solar system. Clayton's work is up there with black holes, supernovae and the Big Bang theory. Earnest is published by the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University for the alumni and friends of the College.
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