Brian O’Brien worked with J.A. Van Allen on the study of the radiation belts believed to surrounded the Earth. Brian worked on several satellites to help make discoveries in the upper atmosphere, and recently found this article from Van Allen on his insightful Editorial, with a definition of a malfunction, citing Explorer IV while it was fresh.

The cartoon about how to get people interested in space is below published in 1959. SUI was a great footy team in the Big 10. And Brian later flunked the star quarterback in Physics 101!

A quote on Malfunction from J.A. Van Allen.