Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from corsica.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 ; Sun, 2 Jul 89 03:17:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Sun, 2 Jul 89 03:17:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V9 #529 SPACE Digest Volume 9 : Issue 529 Today's Topics: Space Station attached payload principal and co-investigators (Forwarded) Re: LDEF retrieval fact sheet (Forwarded) Re: Strings Satellite locations Re: Apollo program benefits (Forwarded) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 29 Jun 89 19:40:37 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Space Station attached payload principal and co-investigators (Forwarded) SPACE STATION ATTACHED PAYLOAD PRINCIPAL AND CO-INVESTIGATORS Investigations selected for flight: Principal Investigator (PI): Robert M. Walker, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., Cosmic Dust Experiment; Co-Investigators (Co-I): E. Zinner and C. Simon, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; A. Tuzzolino and J. Simpson, University of Chicago. PI: Michael Fitzmaurice, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Laser Communications Transceiver. PI: Paul Gorenstein, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., Large Area Modular Array of Reflectors (High Throughput X-Ray Astronomy Instrument); Co-I: D. Fabricant, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; S. Kahn and C. McKee, University of California, Berkeley; M. Wiesskopf, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; R. Rosner, University of Chicago. PI: Thomas A. Parnell, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Spectra, Composition, and Interactions of Nuclei above 10 TeV (Astromag experiment); Co-I: J. Wefel, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; R. Wilkes, University of Washington, Seattle; J. Gregory, University of Alabama, Huntsville; T. Ogata, University of Tokyo, Japan. PI: Jonathan F. Ormes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Large Isotope Spectrometer for Astromag; Co-I: I. Rasmussen, Danish Space Research Institute, Denmark; J. Klarmann, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; M. Wiedenbeck, University of Chicago; R. Mewaldt, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; R. Streitmatter, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. PI: Glenn C. Carle, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., Exobiology Intact Capture Experiment; Co-I: M. Fonda amd D. Blake, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.; T. Bunch, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; B. Clark, Martin Marietta Astronautics Group, Denver, Colo.; P. Tsou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; J. Cronin, Arizona State University, Tempe; J. Hayes, Indiana University, Bloomington; J. Kerridge, University of California, Los Angeles. PI: Siegfried Auer, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md., Cosmic Dust Orbit and Capture Experiment; Co-I: O. Berg, University of Maryland, College Park; D. Brownlee, University of Washington, Seattle; G. Flynn, State University of New York, Plattsburgh; E. Grun, Max Planck Institute fur Kernphysik, West Germany; J. Iwanczyk, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; F. von Bun, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md.; H. Zook, Johnson Space Center, Houston. PI: Robert L. Golden, Particle Astrophysics Laboratory, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Measurement of Cosmic Rays including Anti-protons, Positrons, Anti-nuclei and a Search for Primordial Antimatter, Astromag experiment; Co-I: S. Ahlen, Boston University; H. Crawford, University of California, Berkeley; J. Ormes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; C. Bower, Indiana State University, Terra Haute; T. Guzik, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; S. Stephens, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; J. Adams, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; M. Simon, University of Siegen, West Germany; C. De Marzo, Italian Institutions (various). PI: Arthur B. Walker Jr., Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, Calif., Ultra-High Resolution XUV Spectroheliograph; Co-I: R. Hoover, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; T. Barbee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence, Calif.; J. Timothy, Stanford University, Calif.; S. Antiochos, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; S. Wu, University of Alabama, Huntsville; D. Sime, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colo. PI: Dr. Wilton T. Sanders III, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin at Madison, X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer; Co-I: Dan McCammon, William L. Kraushaar and Richard J. Edgar, University of Wisconsin at Madison. PI: Dr. P. Buford Price, Space Science Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, Heavy Nucleus Collector; Co-I: Gregory Tarle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Michael H. Salaman, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Dr. William H. Kinard, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. Investigations selected for concept study: PI: Peter M. Banks, STAR Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Calif., Plasma Interactions Experiment; Co-I: P. Bernhardt, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; D. Hardy, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Bedford, Mass.; S. Mende, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory, Calif., W. Raitt, Utah State University; A. Drobot, Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., D. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; M. Kelley, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; D. Reasoner, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; L.R.O. Storey, Stanford University, Calif. PI: Michael Shao, Optical Sciences and Applications Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Orbiting Stellar Inter- ferometer; Co-I: Charles Beichman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; B. Burke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; J. Hughes, Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.; S. Kulkarni, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; K. Johnston, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.; E. Kibblewhite, National Optical Astronomical Observatory, Arizona; H. McAlister, Georgia State University, Atlanta; P. Nisenson, Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. PI: Robert D. Reasenberg, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., Precision Optical Interferometry in Space Study; Co-I: R. Babcock, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; J. Phillips, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. PI: Jonathan E. Grindlay, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Observations, Cambridge, Mass., Energetic X-ray Observatory for Space Station; Co-Is: S. Murray and F. Primini, Harvard Smithsonian Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; Prince, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; B. Ramsey and M. Weisskopf, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; G. Skinner, University of Birmingham, England. PI: Robert L. Brown, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Va., High-Resolution Imaging Spectroscopy at Tera Hertz Frequencies; Co-I: A. Kerr, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Va. PI: Hugh S. Hudson, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego, Pinhole/Occulter Facility; Co-I: C. Crannell and J. Davis, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; A. G. Emslie, University of Alabama, Huntsville; J. Grindlay, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; G. Hurford, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; J. Kohl, Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.; R. Lin, University of California, Berkeley; R. Munro, Ball Aerospace Systems Division, Boulder, Colo.: G. Skinner, University of Birmingham, England; K. Wood, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. PI: Guy Fogleman, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif., Study to Develop an Active Collector of Cosmic Dust; Co-I: G. Carle, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.; Benton Clark and J. Miller, Martin Marietta Astronautics Group, Denver; J. Huntington, SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.; D. Perkins and D. Thomas, KMS Fusion, Inc., Ann Arbor, Mich. Earth science investigations selected for flight: PI: M. Patrick McCormick, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III; Co-I: W. P. Chu, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; D. M. Cunnold, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Benjamin M. Herman, University of Arizona, Tempe; Alvin J. Miller, NOAA National Meteorology Center, Suitland, Md.; Joseph M. Zawodny, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.; Philip B. Russell, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif.; David Rind, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, N.Y.; Jacqueline Lenoble, Universite de Sciences et Techniques de Lille, France. PI: Hugh Christian, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., Lightning Imaging Sensor; Co-I: Richard Blakeslee and Steven J. Goodman, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; Douglas M. Mach, University of Alabama, Birmingham. PI: Bruce Barkstrom, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System; Co-I: Maurice L. Blackmon, NOAA Environmental Research Laboratory, Princeton, N.J.; Robert D. Cess, State University of New York, Stonybrook. Earth science investigations selected for concept studies: PI: William L. Barnes, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., Tropical Region Imaging Spectrometer; Co-I: Wayne Esaias and Joel Susskind, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. PI: Michael H. Freilich, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Advanced Scatterometer for Studies in Meteorology and Oceanography; Co-I: Robert M. Atlas, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Peter Cornillon, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; Robert A. Brown, University of Washington, Seattle; David Halpern and Fuk Li, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Ross N. Hoffman, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.; David Legler, Florida State University, Tallahassee; Richard K. Moore, University of Kansas, Lawrence; James J. O'Brien, Florida State University, Tallahassee. PI: Tiruvalam Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee, an experiment similar to the Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder, one of six facility instruments included in the Polar Platform proposal; Co-I: Daniel Fitzjarrald, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. PI: William G. Melbourne, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Global Positioning System Geoscience Instrument; Co-I: Thomas P. Yunck, Gunnar F. Lindal and Lawrence E. Young, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; George H. Born, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bradford H. Hager, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Chao-Han Liu, University of Illinois, Urbana. PI: Gerald R. North, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tropical Rain Mapping Radar; Co-I: Fuk Li, Jeff Dozier, R. Eastwood Im, and W. Timoth Liu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; David Atlas, consultant, Bethesda, Md.; Robert Houze, University of Washington, Seattle; Tiruvalam Krishnamurti, Florida State University, Tallahassee; William K. Lau, Robert Meneghini, David Short, Joanne Simpson and Thomas Wilheit, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.; Ken'ichi Okamoto, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; Jagadish Shukla, University of Maryland, College Park; Juan Valdes, Texas A&M University, College Station; Peter Webster, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; James. A Weinman, Applied Research Corporation, Landover, Md. PI: Roy Spencer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Ala., Tropical Geophysical Information Retrieval with a High Resolution Microwave Spectrometer Sounder; Co-I: Frank J. Wentz, Remote Sensing Systems; Paul Swanson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jun 89 16:46:26 GMT From: bfmny0!tneff@uunet.uu.net (Tom Neff) Subject: Re: LDEF retrieval fact sheet (Forwarded) In article <27683@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: > LDEF RETRIEVAL FACT SHEET > NASA is planning Space Shuttle mission STS-32 in December >1989, using orbiter Columbia, to retrieve the Long Duration >Exposure Facility (LDEF). ... > After more than 5 years in space, LDEF is a unique and >valuable repository of information on space environmental >effects. LDEF also has valuable science and applications data on >board. The data will have critical design implications for >spacecraft that have requirements for long-duration flight in >low-Earth orbit. However, before scientists can study this data, >LDEF must be retrieved. Otherwise, the spacecraft and its >experiments will be destroyed during reentry. > Recognizing the significance of LDEF, NASA has been ... Not mentioned in this press release is that the big push to grab LDEF before it decays is coming from the Star Wars camp. Most of the original experiments are shot. (I wouldn't want to be in the room when they open the seedling chamber, phew! :-) ) But a lot of people, ESPECIALLY the SDI-nauts, want to know what happens when you leave things in orbit for years at a time. Which they would of course have to do. Having neither the spare budget nor the time to fly their own custom longevity experiments, they view LDEF as a godsend and lobbied hard to move up the retrieval mission when solar flux upped the drag coefficient unexpectedly. LDEF retrieval will be expensive and it could also be risky, depending on how far the orbit has decayed when Columbia gets there. Rendezvous and RMU operation in the fringes of the atmosphere hasn't been done before to my knowledge. I assume NASA knows what it's doing (hmm, do I really assume that?) but they are skating pretty close to the edge on this one. I just wanted to point out to the loyal readership why they're bothering. -- "My God, Thiokol, when do you \\ Tom Neff want me to launch -- next April?" \\ uunet!bfmny0!tneff ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 89 15:24:04 EDT From: Jon Kjoll Subject: Re: Strings I post to the net as I have lost the address of the original poster. I have read none of these references but seen them recommended for the lay-man. I appologize if somebody has already posted these ones. Vilenkin, Cosmic Strings, Scientific American Dec 87 Press and Spergel, CS: cosmic structure, Physics Today, march 89 Albrecht, Brandenberger and Turok, CS and cosmic structure, New Scientist 16 April, 87 Please send mail if further ref is of interst. Jon ------------------------------ Date: 29 Jun 89 21:50:01 GMT From: somers@mcnc.org (Robert W. Somers) Subject: Satellite locations I am unsure of the newsgroup to post this to, so I am posting to several in hope of an answer. How does one go about determining whether one can receive satellite broadcast at a given location ( for example : 16 27'00", 28 28'00" the geographic coordinates for El Sauzel, Tenerife, Canarias Islands. ) I would like to be able to pick-up European and American television Broadcast signals. Thanks in advance. ---- Robert W. Somers 919-248-1494 somers@mcnc.org MCNC, 3021 Cornwallis Rd., RTP, NC, 27709-2889 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1989 12:06-EDT From: Dale.Amon@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: Re: Apollo program benefits (Forwarded) Rather than reply at length, I refer you all to Tom Heppenheimer's recent article on the legacy of Apollo in Reason Magazine. Either the May or June issue. In my opinion, the legacy of Apollo is a do nothing pork barrel space program run by a giant self protective bureacracy. ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V9 #529 *******************