Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Fri, 2 Mar 90 01:29:45 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <0ZvV-xC00VcJ84XU5q@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Fri, 2 Mar 90 01:29:18 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #96 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 96 Today's Topics: Space theme on US stamped envelope. Re: Replica NASA flight jackets -- info wanted ? Re: Space poem Information sources for frequent space questions (1 of n) NASA Headline News for 03/01/90 (Forwarded) Large Orbiting Radio Antennas Payload Status for 02/27/90 (Forwarded) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 Feb 90 20:05:36 GMT From: @decwrl.dec.com (CUP/ASG, MLO3-6/C9 16B, 223-3283 27-Feb-1990 1505) Subject: Space theme on US stamped envelope. Speaking of stamps, the current United States stamped envelope (25 cents) depicts a stylized space theme on the stamp. It shows a futuristic space station orbiting Earth's Moon, surrounded by a space shuttle and an astronaut in a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU). Earth is in the background. While I can't say it is the most attractive space stamp design I've ever seen, it does have one interesting distinction: It is the first holographic stamp printed by the US. I thought collectors and space buffs would like to know. Larry Klaes klaes@wrksys.dec.com or - ...!decwrl!wrksys.dec.com!klaes or - klaes%wrksys.dec@decwrl.dec.com or - klaes@wrksys.enet.dec.com or - klaes%wrksys.enet.dec.com@uunet.uu.net N = R*fgfpneflfifaL ------------------------------ Date: 28 Feb 90 15:12:43 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!dahlia!mskucherawy@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Murray S. Kucherawy) Subject: Re: Replica NASA flight jackets -- info wanted ? In article otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: >Can anyone name me a good source for replica NASA shuttle flight jackets in >New York City, Boston, Minneapolis or Kansas City ? It would be nice if >they could make personalized name patches: "Makela O, Mission Specialist, >SETI/CETI" or something like that :-) Or Detroit, Buffalo, Syracuse, Chicago, or Toronto? My youngest brother would flip out of I got him one for his birthday... =========================== Murray S. Kucherawy ============================ E-Mail: mskucherawy@{ watmath | dahlia | crocus | trillium }.waterloo.edu Faculty of Mathematics (Comp Sci), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Gamesmaster/Postmaster, UW Computer Science Club (mkuch@watcsc.waterloo.edu) System Manager, VAX/VMS Network, Board of Education, London, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: 27 Feb 90 21:38:32 GMT From: ccncsu!ncr-fc!jeffc@boulder.colorado.edu ( Jeff Cook) Subject: Re: Space poem My sincere thanks for the many replies to my request. The poem, "High Flight", was written in 1941 by John G. Magee, Jr. Here it is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ High Flight John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Also, thanks to Bob Ayers, who offered the following: >P.S: This haiku appeared on the net the day after the Challenger died: > > Deep blue and quiet. > The sky explodes, then turns > Deep quiet and blue. -- ===================================================================== Jeffrey L. Cook jeffc%ncr-fc@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.com NCR Microelectronics uunet!ncrlnk!ncr-sd!ncr-fc!jeffc 2001 Danfield Court 72506.237@compuserve.com Fort Collins, CO 80525 Compuserve: 72506,237 "I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know." -- Mark Twain --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 1 Mar 90 12:00:48 GMT From: amelia!eugene@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) Subject: Information sources for frequent space questions (1 of n) Many space activies center around large Government or International Bureaucracies. In this country that means NASA. If you have basic information requests: (e.g., general PR info, research grants, data, limited tours, and ESPECIALLY SUMMER EMPLOYMENT (typically resumes should be ready by Jan. 1), etc.), consider contacting the nearest NASA Center to answer your questions. EMail typically will not get you any where, computers are used by investigators, not PR people. The typical volume of mail per Center is a multiple of 10,000 letters a day. Seek the Public Information Office at one of the below, this is their job: NASA Headquarters (NASA HQ) Washington DC 20546 NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) Moffett Field, CA 94035 [Mountain View, CA, near San Francisco Bay, you know Silicon Valley 8-) ] Ames Research Center Dryden Flight Research Facility [DFRF] P. O. Box 273 Edwards, CA 93523 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Greenbelt, MD 20771 [Outside of Washington DC] NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC) 21000 Brookpark Rd. Cleveland, OH 44135 NASA Johnson Manned Space Center (JSC) Houston, TX 77058 NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) Titusville, FL 32899 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSC) Huntsville, AL35812 NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) Hampton, VA 23665 [Near Newport News, VA] Not a NASA Center, but close enough: Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL/CIT] California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Dr. Pasadena, CA 91109 There are other small facilities, but the above major Centers are set up to handle public information requests. They can send you tons of information. Specific requests for software must go thru COSMIC at the Univ. of Georgia, NASA's contracted software redistribution service. You can reach them at cosmic@uga.bitnet. If this gives you problems, tell me. NOTE: Foreign nationals requesting information must go through their Embassies in Washington DC. These are facilities of the US Government and are regarded with some degree of economic sensitivity. Centers cannot directly return information without high Center approval. Allow at least 1 month for clearance. This includes COSMIC. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (O) 202/488-4158 955 L'Enfant Plaza S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024 Arianespace Headquarters Boulevard de l'Europe B.P. 177 91006 Evry Cedex France ARIANESPACE, INC. (O) 202/728-9075 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 875, Washington, DC 20006 SPOT IMAGE CORPORATION (FAX) 703/648-1813 (O) 703/620-2200 1857 Preston White Drive, Reston, VA 22091 National Space Development Agency (NASDA), 4-1 Hamamatsu-Cho, 2 Chome Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105, Japan SOYUZKARTA 45 Vologradsij Pr., Moscow 109125, USSR SPACE COMMERCE CORPORATION (U.S. agent for Soviet launch services) 504 Pluto Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 (O) 719/578-5490 69th flr, Texas Commerce Tower, Houston, TX 77002 (O) 713/227-9000 ------------------------------ Date: 1 Mar 90 17:32:44 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 03/01/90 (Forwarded) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, March 1, 1990 Audio: 202/755-1788 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is NASA Headline News for Thursday, March 1..... The STS-36 shuttle Atlantis is expected to return to Earth Sunday, March 4, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Meanwhile, the five-member crew and orbiter are performing well. The exact landing time will be announced on Saturday -- 24 hours before touchdown. The four-day flight is the sixth DoD mission out of a total of 34 Space Shuttle flights to date. An earthquake in the Los Angeles area shook up the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena and the Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards, California, yesterday afternoon. Both NASA centers said they experienced some rock and rolling, but there was no damage at either site. Shocks of 3.7, 5.5 and 4.8 on the Richter scale were recorded. At NASA Headquarters...the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology and the Office of Exploration were formally merged yesterday, into the new Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology. NASA Administrator Truly says the goal is to continue the analysis of exploration mission alternatives and to begin the pursuit of innovative technologies under a central management. Arnold Aldrich heads the new office. Also, a newly organized Office of Legislative affairs will be managed by Martin P. Kress who will serve as acting assistant administrator and will report directly to the Administrator. The office will be responsible for legislative matters and the coordination of budgetary and policy matters with Congress. The Soviet space organization...Glavcosmos...has reached a preliminary understanding on commercial launchings of Australian satellites by Soviet Zenit class rockets. The rockets will be launched from Cape York in northern Australia. Over 60 scientists from 14 countries met last week in Austria to discuss and plan international space year projects that will evaluate the health of the Earth through remote sensing satellites. Goals include production of a predictive model on climate and the estimation of deforestation rates. ###### ----------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the broadcast schedule for public affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. Sunday, March 4........ Time to be Landing of STS-36 shuttle Atlantis announced at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Thursday, March 8...... 11:30 A.M. NASA Update will be transmitted. All events and times are subject to change without notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------- These reports are filed daily, Monday through Friday, at 12 noon, Eastern time. ----------------------------------------------------------------- A service of the Internal Communications Branch (LPC), NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. ------------------------------ Date: 28 Feb 90 15:59:15 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!utzoo!kcarroll@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Kieran A. Carroll) Subject: Large Orbiting Radio Antennas baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes: > > In article <15210@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes: > >It seems to me this is a case where GEO would help. Deploying a few > >really BIG guidable antenna arrays in geosynchronous orbit, parked over > >dedicated ground stations, would allow tracking and commanding probes > >all over the solar system without usurping valuable observatory time. > > BIG guidable antenna arrays are not feasible for earth orbit. A 70 meter > antenna on the earth weighs 8 million pounds. The cost of placing such > an antenna into orbit would be astronomcal. And this is before the antenna > is outfitted for the space environment. Also, how would such large antennas > be powered in space? What about maintenance when the antenna breaks down? Actually, Ron, large radio antennas in GEO are nowhere near being so impractical. An early version of Canada's MSAT satellite (the "lazy Z" configuration, or "operational MSAT", as it was known circa 1982) was to use a 40 m diameter deployable antenna. It was to be built by Lockheed, using their "wrap-rib" design concept, and was to be launched by the space shuttle. I suspect that the antenna massed no more than 2 tonnes, so a 70 m diameter one would likely mass about 3 times that. As for the 400-ton mass of an earth-based antenna, most of that is structural mass used to maintain the antenna's shape against the forces of gravity and high winds, neither of which are a problem in orbit (except very low orbits :-). Now, ZSAT was to be a communications satellite, and wouldn't have to do any slewing; thus, it was possible to design it to be very flexible, and this flexibility would certainly impair its ability to slew. To help with this, you could throw mass at the problem, and beef up the antenna design. Or, you could use the many millions of dollars of "large flexible space structures dynamics and control" research that's been done in the last 10 years, to put a computer on board capable of quickly commanding the satellite's actuators to damp out vibrations after a slew. Still a mass penalty, but probably not as big a one as for the "make-it-rigid" solution. We'll probably see a civilian version of one of these in orbit in the next decade or so; rumor has it that the military has already put up satellites in this size range. -- Kieran A. Carroll @ U of Toronto Aerospace Institute uunet!attcan!utzoo!kcarroll kcarroll@zoo.toronto.edu ------------------------------ Date: 27 Feb 90 21:24:03 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Payload Status for 02/27/90 (Forwarded) Daily Status/KSC Payload Management and Operations 02-27-90 - STS-31R HST (at VPF) - Yesterday the GSFC CTV was disconnected, the HGA coupler was removed, the HST potentiometer was replaced, and the CCTV was disconnected from the VPF and transported to MILA. Today the CCTV will be connected and checked out with MILA, HST protective cover will be removed, and AD/LS closeouts will be performed. - STS-32R SYNCOM/LDEF (at SAEF-2) LDEF deintegration continues. - STS-35 ASTRO-1/BBXRT (at O&C) - Today velcro patch installations, and payload envelope clearance checks will continue. Also, the ACTS cover will be installed today. - STS-40 SLS-1 (at O&C) - The systems test was active yesterday and will continue today. Experiment functional checks will also continue today. - STS-42 IML (at O&C) - No operations were accomplished yesterday. Racks 4, 8, 9, and 11 staging operations are scheduled for today. - STS-45 Atlas-1 (at O&C) - Yesterday pallets 1 and 2 were repositioned on the mid-east rails. Today forward and aft orthogrid hardpoint installations will continue. - STS-46 TSS-1 (at O&C) - PPCU checkout will continue today. - HST M&R ORUC cable system installation will start today. ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #96 *******************