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 ; Sat, 26 May 90 02:15:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Sat, 26 May 90 02:15:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #455 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 455 Today's Topics: Re: Manned mission to Venus Re: SPACE Digest V11 #444 Splitting up SPACE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 25 May 90 20:26:35 GMT From: clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!quiche!calvin!msdos@uunet.uu.net (Mark SOKOLOWSKI) Subject: Re: Manned mission to Venus In article <10554.7303.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu> Greg_d._Moore@mts.rpi.edu (Commander Krugannal) writes: > > > How about we establish a fund for Mark S. and ship him to > Venus at the first available opportunity, since he wants to go > so much. > As for your comment Mark about Venus having mountains, > valleys and even seabeds, what's wrong with Mars? Mars has those. > Mars has the largest observed mountain in the solar system. It > also has evidence of water on its surface in the form of rivers > and lakes. > But martian soil is different because it is highly oxydized (and therefore has this reddish color). In comparison, venusian soil is granitic and basaltic. As for the sulphuric acid, don't forget that it is stopped around 20 km of altitude (the temperature reaches the necessary 220 C there). The diameter of Mars being 1/2 of that of the Earth, Mars is much more different from our planet than Venus. > > > Oh, btw, if anyone wants to contribute to the fund, I'd be > willing to set up an account. Hmm, how much do you think it > would take to ship Mark off? Think the USSR would have > room on their next Venera? > Well... I'll be glad to go there, even on a Venera ( :-)! ), for a proton version 2B can send 4 to 5 tons there, which means more than enough room for: Me, an environemental suit, a regular and hydrox based climatization system, enough food for one year (one year should be enough for a first try...), etc... And instead of sending a batyscaph like sphere, it can be a glider. (With a form like the F19 or other futuristic aircraft, because I'm not very excited by having a sphere for such an heroic mission...). And don't forget that Mars was imposed to us only recently (Lowell, etc...) by the popularization of stories of canals, martians and the assumption that life, in the form of a great civilization, is there. This sensationalism has taken a good grip on all the subsequent space culture, and this ended up with a deeply rooted Mars oriented vision of space exploration. When Von Braun was designing the Saturn III, IV and V, he had Mars in mind, as a simple example, and Apollo was supposed to be a bridge to a manned mission to Mars in the 80's. After all, russians weren't that much motivated to go to a particular planet when they started their space program, and this is why they have sent close to 20 spaceships to Venus, which indicates that this location is a good choice for a manned expedition. Mark S. ------- ------------------------------ Date: 25 May 90 15:22:10 GMT From: att!cbnewsh!lmg@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (lawrence.m.geary) Subject: Re: SPACE Digest V11 #444 In article <1990May24.133216.6316@watdragon.waterloo.edu> jdnicoll@watyew.uwaterloo.ca (Brian or James) writes: > > Point 1, section 2 I would agree with. Point 2, section 2 >is very arguable [aren't there *any* Sierra Club types reading this >news group?], and also misses the point of the discussion. Not Here's one, and I think a little sensitivity on both sides would go a long way to solving the problem. We *can* build the observatory, but rather than going in and burning, pillaging and raping the local population, a careful and conservative approach would let us have the observatory and the squirrels too. For example, use care in moving construction equipment to avoid killing anything; cut down as few trees as necessary; build the observatory high to see over the trees that remain; make the astronomers' quarters relatively small and simple (I suppose they are anyway) rather than building an apartment complex or something; leave the grounds grassy and shrub covered rather than paving it over with blacktop and concrete for parking lots (this should help the seeing as well); in general, disturb the area as little as possible. And most important, don't dump garbage there: take out with you whatever you brought in. Why is this so hard? -- Larry Geary: 74017.3065@compuserve.com | Dislexics of the world, untie! lmg@mtqub.att.com | ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 May 90 15:24:03 SET From: LMASSONN%ESOC.BITNET@vma.cc.cmu.edu Comment: CROSSNET mail via MAILER@CMUCCVMA Subject: Splitting up SPACE Date: 25 May 1990, 15:21:53 SET From: Lutz Massonne +49 6151 886 701 LMASSONN at ESOC To: SPACE@ANDREW.CMU.EDU Subject: Splitting up SPACE I'm not opposed to splitting up SPACE, but it should be ensured that all parts are transmitted to BITNET/EARN, as (as far as I see) many European readers are on BITNET/EARN and not on the Internet side of the SPACE list. Regards, Lutz Massonne +===================================+===============================+ | Lutz Massonne |This mail expresses my personal| | Robert-Bosch Str. 5 |opinions only and is in no way | | D-6100 Darmstadt, FRG |official or reliable. | +===================================+===============================+ ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #455 *******************