Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 0;andrew.cmu.edu;Network-Mail Received: from po2.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Tue, 19 Jul 88 04:08:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 19 Jul 88 04:05:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: by andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl; Tue, 19 Jul 88 04:04:50 EDT Received: by angband.s1.gov id AA19587; Tue, 19 Jul 88 01:05:53 PDT id AA19587; Tue, 19 Jul 88 01:05:53 PDT Date: Tue, 19 Jul 88 01:05:53 PDT From: Ted Anderson Message-Id: <8807190805.AA19587@angband.s1.gov> To: Space@angband.s1.gov Reply-To: Space@angband.s1.gov Subject: SPACE Digest V8 #282 SPACE Digest Volume 8 : Issue 282 Today's Topics: Sample Salyut 7 overflight predicti space station bucks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 Jun 88 18:32:00 GMT From: kenny@m.cs.uiuc.edu Subject: Sample Salyut 7 overflight predicti Following Rich Brezina's lead, I've decided to post the predictions for the San Francisco Bay area, since (at least according to him) there are a lot of people there who are interested in these things. This is the biggest cluster of overflights I've ever seen; the reason is that we are close to the summer solstice, and hence the Sun is nearly as far north of the Equator as it gets; moreover, the plane of the spacecraft's orbit is nearly face on to the Sun's rays, so the spacecraft isn't going into eclipse for much of the orbit; almost any nighttime overflight is therefore visible. Salyut 7 is also `parked' in a fairly high orbit, which helps visibility as it is outside the Earth's shadow cone more of the time. I've arbitrarily suppressed overflights occurring after midnight. Clear skies! Explanation of ephemerides: Time is the local time, on a 24-hour clock. Azim is the azimuth, or direction in which the spacecraft appears. Azimuth is expressed in degrees; 0 is North, 90 is East, and so on. Elev is the elevation, or how high up in the sky the spacecraft appears. Elevation is measured in degrees above the horizon. RA is the Right Ascension of the spacecraft. Right ascension is measured as an hour angle. Decl is the Declination of the spacecraft. Declination is measured in degrees away from the celestial equator; South is negative. Dist is the distance from the observing site to the spacecraft, in a straight line, measured in kilometers. SunEl is the elevation of the Sun at the time of the overflight. It is measured in degrees below the horizon. Some twilight can be observed with the Sun as low as 15 degrees below the horizon, but bright objects such as Mir can be seen readily with the Sun as high as 10 degrees below the horizon. Vis is a `visibility factor.' A figure of less than 1 indicates that the spacecraft is at least partially eclipsed. This factor is actually the distance from the spacecraft to the center of the Earth's shadow cone, measured in Earth radii. LatN is the latitude of the spacecraft. It is measured in degrees from the Equator; negative figures are South. LongW is the longitude of the spacecraft. It is measured in degrees from Greenwich; negative figures are East of Greenwich. Alt is the altitude of the spacecraft, measured in kilometers above mean sea level; the reference geoid is from the 1961 Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris. Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35424 Closest approach at Thu Jun 30 23:40:47 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 23:43:01 56.4 21.6 23:18 +39.2 1059 -25.5 0.98 43.0 113.1 461.7 23:43:31 55.1 16.5 23:44 +37.4 1251 -25.6 0.99 44.0 111.1 461.6 23:44:01 54.2 12.5 00:03 +35.7 1449 -25.6 0.99 45.0 108.9 461.4 23:44:31 53.6 9.2 00:18 +34.1 1649 -25.6 1.00 45.9 106.7 461.3 23:45:01 53.1 6.5 00:30 +32.7 1852 -25.7 1.00 46.8 104.4 461.2 23:45:31 52.8 4.1 00:40 +31.4 2055 -25.7 1.01 47.7 102.0 461.1 23:46:01 52.5 1.9 00:48 +30.1 2260 -25.8 1.01 48.5 99.6 460.9 23:46:31 52.3 0.0 00:56 +28.9 2464 -25.8 1.02 49.2 97.1 460.8 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35439 Closest approach at Fri Jul 1 23:08:28 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 23:10:01 69.4 30.0 21:44 +33.2 846 -22.6 0.98 40.7 114.9 462.1 23:10:31 64.4 22.9 22:25 +33.6 1019 -22.7 0.99 41.8 113.0 461.9 23:11:01 61.2 17.6 22:54 +33.2 1204 -22.7 0.99 42.9 111.0 461.7 23:11:31 59.0 13.4 23:17 +32.5 1397 -22.8 0.99 43.9 109.0 461.6 23:12:01 57.5 10.1 23:34 +31.7 1594 -22.8 1.00 44.9 106.8 461.4 23:12:31 56.3 7.2 23:49 +30.8 1795 -22.9 1.00 45.9 104.6 461.3 23:13:01 55.4 4.7 00:01 +29.8 1996 -22.9 1.00 46.8 102.3 461.2 23:13:31 54.7 2.6 00:11 +28.9 2199 -23.0 1.01 47.6 100.0 461.1 23:14:01 54.1 0.6 00:20 +28.0 2403 -23.0 1.01 48.4 97.5 460.9 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35454 Closest approach at Sat Jul 2 22:36:09 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 22:30:31 215.5 0.1 12:49 -40.0 2464 -18.2 0.99 20.5 135.2 465.0 22:31:01 214.5 2.0 13:00 -39.0 2262 -18.2 0.99 22.0 134.0 464.8 22:31:31 213.4 4.1 13:11 -37.9 2061 -18.3 0.99 23.4 132.7 464.6 22:32:01 212.1 6.5 13:23 -36.6 1861 -18.4 0.99 24.9 131.5 464.4 22:32:31 210.4 9.1 13:38 -35.2 1664 -18.4 0.99 26.3 130.1 464.1 22:33:01 208.1 12.2 13:55 -33.5 1470 -18.5 0.99 27.7 128.8 463.9 22:33:31 205.1 15.9 14:15 -31.3 1281 -18.5 0.99 29.1 127.4 463.7 22:34:01 201.0 20.5 14:40 -28.5 1100 -18.6 0.99 30.5 126.0 463.5 22:34:31 194.8 26.2 15:12 -24.6 933 -18.7 0.99 31.8 124.5 463.3 22:35:01 185.0 33.2 15:53 -18.9 787 -18.7 0.99 33.2 123.0 463.1 22:35:31 168.8 40.9 16:46 -10.7 677 -18.8 0.99 34.5 121.4 462.9 22:36:01 143.7 46.1 17:49 +00.0 623 -18.9 0.99 35.8 119.8 462.8 22:36:31 115.2 44.4 18:57 +10.9 639 -18.9 0.99 37.0 118.1 462.6 22:37:01 94.1 37.5 20:00 +19.2 720 -19.0 0.99 38.2 116.4 462.4 22:37:31 81.2 29.9 20:53 +24.2 848 -19.0 0.99 39.4 114.6 462.2 22:38:01 73.3 23.4 21:34 +26.9 1005 -19.1 1.00 40.6 112.8 462.1 22:38:31 68.1 18.3 22:06 +28.2 1179 -19.2 1.00 41.7 110.9 461.9 22:39:01 64.5 14.1 22:31 +28.6 1363 -19.2 1.00 42.8 108.9 461.7 22:39:31 61.9 10.7 22:51 +28.6 1555 -19.3 1.00 43.8 106.8 461.6 22:40:01 60.0 7.8 23:07 +28.3 1750 -19.3 1.00 44.8 104.7 461.4 22:40:31 58.5 5.3 23:21 +27.9 1949 -19.4 1.01 45.8 102.5 461.3 22:41:01 57.3 3.1 23:33 +27.4 2149 -19.5 1.01 46.7 100.2 461.2 22:41:31 56.3 1.1 23:43 +26.8 2351 -19.5 1.01 47.5 97.8 461.1 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35469 Closest approach at Sun Jul 3 22:03:50 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21:58:31 210.0 1.0 12:48 -42.3 2367 -13.9 1.02 20.4 133.0 465.0 21:59:01 208.7 3.0 13:00 -41.4 2168 -14.0 1.02 21.9 131.8 464.7 21:59:31 207.0 5.1 13:14 -40.3 1971 -14.1 1.02 23.3 130.5 464.5 22:00:01 204.9 7.5 13:29 -39.1 1777 -14.2 1.02 24.8 129.2 464.3 22:00:31 202.3 10.3 13:48 -37.6 1587 -14.2 1.02 26.2 127.9 464.1 22:01:01 198.9 13.5 14:09 -35.8 1402 -14.3 1.01 27.6 126.6 463.9 22:01:31 194.4 17.2 14:35 -33.4 1226 -14.4 1.01 29.0 125.2 463.7 22:02:01 188.1 21.6 15:07 -30.1 1063 -14.4 1.01 30.4 123.8 463.5 22:02:31 179.1 26.7 15:46 -25.5 920 -14.5 1.01 31.7 122.3 463.3 22:03:01 166.0 32.0 16:33 -19.0 808 -14.6 1.01 33.1 120.8 463.1 22:03:31 147.8 36.1 17:27 -10.4 741 -14.6 1.01 34.4 119.2 462.9 22:04:01 126.5 36.7 18:24 -00.6 732 -14.7 1.01 35.7 117.6 462.7 22:04:31 107.0 33.4 19:19 +08.3 783 -14.8 1.01 36.9 115.9 462.6 22:05:01 92.5 28.2 20:08 +15.1 883 -14.9 1.01 38.2 114.2 462.4 22:05:31 82.4 22.9 20:48 +19.6 1019 -14.9 1.01 39.4 112.4 462.2 22:06:01 75.5 18.3 21:20 +22.4 1177 -15.0 1.01 40.5 110.6 462.0 22:06:31 70.5 14.4 21:46 +24.0 1350 -15.1 1.01 41.6 108.7 461.9 22:07:01 66.9 11.1 22:08 +25.0 1532 -15.1 1.01 42.7 106.7 461.7 22:07:31 64.1 8.2 22:26 +25.4 1721 -15.2 1.01 43.8 104.6 461.6 22:08:01 61.9 5.7 22:41 +25.6 1914 -15.3 1.01 44.8 102.5 461.4 22:08:31 60.2 3.5 22:54 +25.5 2110 -15.3 1.01 45.7 100.3 461.3 22:09:01 58.7 1.5 23:05 +25.2 2309 -15.4 1.02 46.6 98.0 461.2 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35484 Closest approach at Mon Jul 4 21:31:31 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21:26:01 205.8 0.0 12:36 -45.4 2479 -9.2 1.05 18.8 132.0 465.1 21:26:31 204.2 1.8 12:50 -44.5 2283 -9.2 1.04 20.3 130.8 464.9 21:27:01 202.3 3.8 13:04 -43.5 2090 -9.3 1.04 21.8 129.5 464.7 21:27:31 200.0 6.0 13:21 -42.4 1900 -9.4 1.04 23.3 128.3 464.5 21:28:01 197.1 8.4 13:40 -41.1 1714 -9.5 1.04 24.7 127.0 464.3 21:28:31 193.5 11.1 14:03 -39.5 1534 -9.6 1.04 26.1 125.7 464.1 21:29:01 188.9 14.2 14:29 -37.3 1363 -9.6 1.04 27.6 124.3 463.9 21:29:31 182.8 17.7 15:00 -34.5 1205 -9.7 1.03 28.9 122.9 463.7 21:30:01 174.6 21.5 15:37 -30.5 1065 -9.8 1.03 30.3 121.5 463.5 21:30:31 163.6 25.4 16:19 -25.0 953 -9.9 1.03 31.7 120.0 463.3 21:31:01 149.5 28.5 17:06 -17.8 878 -9.9 1.03 33.0 118.5 463.1 21:31:31 132.9 29.8 17:55 -09.4 851 -10.0 1.03 34.3 117.0 462.9 21:32:01 116.3 28.5 18:43 -00.9 877 -10.1 1.03 35.6 115.4 462.7 21:32:31 102.1 25.4 19:27 +06.5 950 -10.2 1.03 36.9 113.7 462.5 21:33:01 91.1 21.6 20:05 +12.2 1062 -10.2 1.03 38.1 112.0 462.4 21:33:31 82.9 17.7 20:37 +16.3 1201 -10.3 1.03 39.3 110.2 462.2 21:34:01 76.7 14.2 21:03 +19.0 1358 -10.4 1.03 40.5 108.4 462.0 21:34:31 72.1 11.1 21:26 +20.9 1529 -10.5 1.03 41.6 106.5 461.9 21:35:01 68.5 8.4 21:45 +22.1 1709 -10.5 1.03 42.7 104.5 461.7 21:35:31 65.6 5.9 22:01 +22.8 1895 -10.6 1.02 43.7 102.4 461.6 21:36:01 63.3 3.8 22:15 +23.2 2085 -10.7 1.02 44.7 100.3 461.4 21:36:31 61.4 1.8 22:28 +23.4 2278 -10.8 1.02 45.7 98.1 461.3 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35485 Closest approach at Mon Jul 4 23:09:20 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 23:04:01 253.7 0.9 11:31 -12.2 2373 -22.2 1.03 30.7 145.0 463.4 23:04:31 255.4 2.8 11:33 -09.7 2178 -22.2 1.03 32.0 143.5 463.2 23:05:01 257.5 4.9 11:35 -06.8 1986 -22.3 1.03 33.4 142.0 463.0 23:05:31 260.0 7.2 11:36 -03.4 1797 -22.3 1.03 34.7 140.4 462.9 23:06:01 263.2 9.8 11:37 +00.7 1613 -22.4 1.03 35.9 138.8 462.7 23:06:31 267.1 12.8 11:38 +05.5 1436 -22.4 1.03 37.2 137.1 462.5 23:07:01 272.3 16.1 11:37 +11.6 1268 -22.5 1.03 38.4 135.4 462.3 23:07:31 279.1 20.0 11:35 +19.1 1114 -22.5 1.03 39.6 133.6 462.1 23:08:01 288.5 24.2 11:30 +28.7 981 -22.6 1.03 40.8 131.7 462.0 23:08:31 301.1 28.3 11:21 +40.5 880 -22.6 1.03 41.9 129.8 461.8 23:09:01 317.2 31.2 11:02 +54.5 820 -22.7 1.03 43.0 127.8 461.7 23:09:31 335.4 31.6 10:15 +68.9 813 -22.7 1.03 44.0 125.7 461.5 23:10:01 352.3 29.3 07:30 +79.3 859 -22.8 1.03 45.0 123.6 461.4 23:10:31 5.9 25.3 03:20 +76.6 950 -22.8 1.03 45.9 121.4 461.2 23:11:01 16.0 21.1 01:58 +68.3 1075 -22.9 1.03 46.8 119.1 461.1 23:11:31 23.5 17.1 01:30 +60.8 1224 -22.9 1.03 47.7 116.7 461.0 23:12:01 29.0 13.6 01:17 +54.6 1388 -23.0 1.03 48.4 114.3 460.9 23:12:31 33.3 10.5 01:11 +49.6 1563 -23.0 1.03 49.2 111.7 460.8 23:13:01 36.6 7.8 01:08 +45.4 1746 -23.1 1.03 49.8 109.2 460.7 23:13:31 39.3 5.5 01:06 +41.8 1933 -23.1 1.03 50.4 106.5 460.6 23:14:01 41.5 3.3 01:05 +38.8 2124 -23.2 1.03 50.9 103.8 460.5 23:14:31 43.4 1.4 01:06 +36.1 2318 -23.2 1.03 51.4 101.0 460.5 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35500 Closest approach at Tue Jul 5 22:36:55 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 22:31:31 249.2 0.8 11:14 -15.8 2383 -18.5 1.05 29.3 144.1 463.6 22:32:01 250.6 2.8 11:17 -13.4 2186 -18.5 1.05 30.6 142.7 463.4 22:32:31 252.4 4.9 11:19 -10.7 1990 -18.6 1.05 32.0 141.2 463.2 22:33:01 254.5 7.2 11:22 -07.6 1796 -18.7 1.05 33.3 139.7 463.0 22:33:31 257.1 9.9 11:24 -03.9 1606 -18.7 1.05 34.6 138.1 462.8 22:34:01 260.5 13.0 11:26 +00.6 1421 -18.8 1.05 35.9 136.5 462.6 22:34:31 264.9 16.7 11:27 +06.2 1245 -18.8 1.04 37.2 134.8 462.5 22:35:01 271.0 21.0 11:28 +13.4 1080 -18.9 1.04 38.4 133.1 462.3 22:35:31 279.6 26.1 11:27 +22.8 933 -19.0 1.04 39.6 131.3 462.1 22:36:01 292.1 31.5 11:25 +35.0 816 -19.0 1.04 40.7 129.5 461.9 22:36:31 309.6 36.0 11:17 +50.2 741 -19.1 1.04 41.8 127.5 461.8 22:37:01 331.1 37.3 10:55 +67.2 721 -19.1 1.04 42.9 125.5 461.6 22:37:31 351.5 34.5 08:54 +82.4 762 -19.2 1.04 44.0 123.5 461.5 22:38:01 7.1 29.4 01:56 +79.8 855 -19.3 1.04 45.0 121.3 461.4 22:38:31 18.0 24.0 00:53 +69.4 985 -19.3 1.04 45.9 119.1 461.2 22:39:01 25.5 19.3 00:37 +61.1 1139 -19.4 1.03 46.8 116.8 461.1 22:39:31 30.9 15.2 00:32 +54.6 1308 -19.5 1.03 47.6 114.5 461.0 22:40:01 34.9 11.8 00:30 +49.4 1488 -19.5 1.03 48.4 112.0 460.9 22:40:31 38.0 8.8 00:29 +45.2 1675 -19.6 1.03 49.1 109.5 460.8 22:41:01 40.4 6.3 00:30 +41.7 1866 -19.6 1.03 49.8 106.9 460.7 22:41:31 42.4 4.0 00:31 +38.7 2060 -19.7 1.03 50.4 104.3 460.6 22:42:01 44.0 2.0 00:33 +36.1 2256 -19.8 1.03 50.9 101.5 460.5 22:42:31 45.4 0.1 00:34 +33.8 2454 -19.8 1.03 51.4 98.8 460.5 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35515 Closest approach at Wed Jul 6 22:04:30 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21:59:01 244.6 0.7 10:57 -19.3 2399 -14.2 1.07 27.9 143.2 463.8 21:59:31 245.8 2.6 11:01 -17.2 2198 -14.2 1.07 29.3 141.9 463.6 22:00:01 247.1 4.8 11:04 -14.8 1999 -14.3 1.06 30.6 140.4 463.4 22:00:31 248.8 7.2 11:08 -11.9 1802 -14.4 1.06 32.0 138.9 463.2 22:01:01 250.9 9.9 11:11 -08.6 1607 -14.5 1.06 33.3 137.4 463.0 22:01:31 253.6 13.1 11:15 -04.5 1416 -14.5 1.06 34.6 135.9 462.8 22:02:01 257.1 17.0 11:18 +00.6 1231 -14.6 1.06 35.9 134.2 462.6 22:02:31 262.1 21.7 11:22 +07.3 1056 -14.7 1.06 37.1 132.6 462.4 22:03:01 269.5 27.6 11:25 +16.1 897 -14.7 1.06 38.4 130.8 462.3 22:03:31 281.0 34.6 11:29 +28.2 762 -14.8 1.05 39.6 129.0 462.1 22:04:01 299.4 41.5 11:34 +44.2 669 -14.9 1.05 40.7 127.2 461.9 22:04:31 325.4 44.7 11:40 +63.3 635 -15.0 1.05 41.8 125.2 461.8 22:05:01 351.4 41.4 12:02 +82.4 669 -15.0 1.05 42.9 123.3 461.6 22:05:31 9.7 34.5 23:16 +81.5 763 -15.1 1.05 43.9 121.2 461.5 22:06:01 21.2 27.5 23:33 +69.5 897 -15.2 1.05 44.9 119.1 461.3 22:06:31 28.6 21.6 23:39 +60.6 1057 -15.2 1.05 45.9 116.8 461.2 22:07:01 33.5 16.9 23:43 +53.9 1232 -15.3 1.04 46.8 114.6 461.1 22:07:31 37.1 13.0 23:46 +48.8 1416 -15.4 1.04 47.6 112.2 461.0 22:08:01 39.8 9.8 23:50 +44.7 1607 -15.4 1.04 48.4 109.8 460.9 22:08:31 41.9 7.1 23:53 +41.3 1801 -15.5 1.04 49.1 107.2 460.8 22:09:01 43.6 4.7 23:56 +38.4 1999 -15.6 1.04 49.8 104.7 460.7 22:09:31 45.0 2.6 23:58 +35.9 2197 -15.6 1.04 50.4 102.0 460.6 22:10:01 46.1 0.6 00:01 +33.7 2397 -15.7 1.04 50.9 99.3 460.5 Salyut 7 NORAD catalog # 13138 Overflight of San Francisco, CA on revolution #35530 Closest approach at Thu Jul 7 21:32:06 1988 --Time-- Azim Elev RA Decl Dist SunEl Vis LatN LongW Alt ------------------------------------------------------------------ 21:26:31 240.0 0.5 10:41 -22.9 2420 -9.4 1.07 26.5 142.3 463.9 21:27:01 240.9 2.4 10:45 -21.0 2218 -9.5 1.07 27.9 140.9 463.7 21:27:31 241.9 4.6 10:50 -18.8 2016 -9.6 1.07 29.3 139.5 463.5 21:28:01 243.1 7.0 10:54 -16.3 1815 -9.6 1.07 30.6 138.1 463.3 21:28:31 244.6 9.8 10:59 -13.3 1616 -9.7 1.07 32.0 136.6 463.1 21:29:01 246.5 13.1 11:04 -09.7 1421 -9.8 1.07 33.3 135.1 462.9 21:29:31 249.1 17.1 11:10 -05.2 1230 -9.9 1.07 34.6 133.5 462.7 21:30:01 252.7 22.1 11:16 +00.7 1046 -9.9 1.07 35.9 131.9 462.6 21:30:31 258.3 28.6 11:24 +08.8 874 -10.0 1.07 37.1 130.2 462.4 21:31:01 267.7 37.1 11:34 +20.1 724 -10.1 1.07 38.4 128.5 462.2 21:31:31 285.0 47.2 11:50 +36.1 611 -10.2 1.06 39.6 126.7 462.0 21:32:01 316.7 54.2 12:21 +56.5 559 -10.3 1.06 40.7 124.9 461.9 21:32:31 352.7 50.6 14:09 +76.2 584 -10.3 1.06 41.8 122.9 461.7 21:33:01 14.7 40.7 20:13 +78.3 678 -10.4 1.06 42.9 120.9 461.6 21:33:31 26.3 31.4 22:03 +67.5 817 -10.5 1.06 43.9 118.9 461.4 21:34:01 32.9 24.2 22:35 +58.9 981 -10.6 1.06 44.9 116.7 461.3 21:34:31 37.1 18.7 22:50 +52.5 1161 -10.6 1.06 45.9 114.5 461.2 21:35:01 40.1 14.3 23:00 +47.5 1350 -10.7 1.05 46.8 112.2 461.0 21:35:31 42.2 10.8 23:08 +43.6 1544 -10.8 1.05 47.6 109.9 460.9 21:36:01 43.9 7.9 23:14 +40.4 1741 -10.9 1.05 48.4 107.4 460.8 21:36:31 45.2 5.4 23:19 +37.7 1941 -10.9 1.05 49.1 104.9 460.7 21:37:01 46.3 3.1 23:23 +35.4 2142 -11.0 1.05 49.8 102.3 460.6 21:37:31 47.2 1.1 23:27 +33.3 2344 -11.1 1.05 50.4 99.7 460.6 ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jun 88 06:37:45 GMT From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick) Subject: space station bucks [] Well, since no one has mentioned it so far, I guess I'll do the honors. As unlikely as it sounds, there may be some hope for the senatecritters after all, or at least some. In the San Jose Mercury last Wedsnesday was the following report (back on page 128 or something). . . "A Senate panel has cleared the way for an $800 million appropriation for the planned U.S. space station, up from a $200 million package approved last week that officials said was so small it would derail the project. The Senate appropriations defense subcommittee voted Tuesday to shift $600 million from unspent defense funds to the NASA budget. The money is intended for the space station, said Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, who helped arrange the transfer." I think an optimistic, but cautious "yippee" is called for, (and perhaps a thank-you note to Sen. Bentsen). -- *** mike (starship janitor) smithwick *** "Being a dwarf does have it's shortcomings" [disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas] ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V8 #282 *******************