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 ; Tue, 12 Jun 1990 02:26:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Tue, 12 Jun 1990 02:26:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #521 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 521 Today's Topics: Egomania NASA Headline News for 06/11/90 (Forwarded) Re: Weather Satellite Photos Telescope for Sale Does anyone know where to find these books? Re: Ersatz Free Fall Planetary Orbit question Administrivia: Submissions to the SPACE Digest/sci.space should be mailed to space+@andrew.cmu.edu. Other mail, esp. [un]subscription notices, should be sent to space-request+@andrew.cmu.edu, or, if urgent, to tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 90 11:31:31 CDT From: "Thomas Fletcher (Hellraiser)" Subject: Egomania You people scare the hell out of me!!!!!!!! You seem to think you know all the answers to the earth and universe. If you know so much about how to "terraform", forget about doing it to other planets, you had better start right here on good ole earth. I do believe in scientific knowledge, that is what I fear from most people; their fear of discovery and knowledge. But please remember that human beings have not even learned a zillionth of what is out there. So please don't act like you know how the environment works. 'Cause no one down here knows, if they did I would like to think they would start correcting the damage that we have already done. Damage that was done by people who thought they knew what the hell they were doing. A word to the wise: Get off your high horse. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 90 18:58:51 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 06/11/90 (Forwarded) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, June 11, 1990 Audio Service: 202/755-1788 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is NASA Headline News for Monday, June 11....... Kennedy Space Center ground crews will begin rollback of the Space Shuttle Columbia starting at 4:00 A.M. tomorrow morning. The mobile launcher has been removed and the Columbia will be moved to the open bay at the Vertical Assembly Building. Once the technicians disconnect the external tank, demate and check the orbiter side connections to see if the orbiter plates have been affected in any way, the repair procedures will be determined. ******** Deputy Administrator J. R. Thompson will sign today a memorandum of understanding with represenatives of a newly-formed academic consortium. The consortium includes six minority universities involved in NASA technology utilization. The six universities will collaborate with each other on these projects for engineering research. ******** Newsmaking highlights at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico this week will include reports on the Hubble Space Telescope. The Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, Riccardo Giacconi, will provide an early assessment of the Hubble Space Telescope operations. A report from the instrument science teams will also be provided. ******** Brazil plans to begin preparing two families of satellites for launch in 1993, according to Space Fax Daily. The Brazilian Space Program announced a $1 billion budget for the next ten years. Projects will include work with the Internal Remote- Sensing Symposium that will be held June 24-29 in Brazil to examine primary data from the Amazon Region. ******** The fourth in the series of India's first generation satellite systems is scheduled for launch tomorrow from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The INSAT-1D craft will be deployed to geostationary orbit. The Delta rocket will launch at 1:52 A.M. EDT. --------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. Tuesday, June 12........ 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. NASA programming: Voyager I science summary replay of June 6 news conference video. Thursday, June 14....... 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 12:00 P.M. EDT. This is a service of the Internal Communications Branch, NASA HQ. Contact: JSTANHOPE or CREDMOND on NASAmail or at 202/453-8425. ----------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Select TV: Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, C-Band 72 Degrees West Longitude, Audio 6.8, Frequency 3960 MHz. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 03:22:51 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!rpi!uupsi!uhasun!jbloom@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jon Bloom) Subject: Re: Weather Satellite Photos In article <1990Jun11.043317.22791@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > US weather-satellite pictures are free to anyone who feels like receiving > them; there are a good many amateurs doing so. Unfortunately, to do this > you need special electronics -- it's not in the commercial comsat frequency > bands -- and there's a fair bit of hardware involved. For the low-orbit > birds (I forget where NOAA 6 is), you also need tracking programs and > a computer-controlled antenna. Actually, many people successfully receive LEO weather satellites with simple omnidirectional antennas. Things may get a bit scratchy at the horizon, but you can get very good results generally. If you have an IBM PC with VGA display, you can get the rest of what you need for well under $1000. (This is for APT reception.) The equipment consists of a receiver that receives the 137-MHz FM signal and an APT demodulator. Most scanners won't do a good job of reception, even if they cover this band, because their internal filters are too narrow, resulting in distorted reception. So you do want a special-purpose receiver. Jon -- Jon Bloom, KE3Z | American Radio Relay League Internet: jbloom@uhasun.hartford.edu | Snail: 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 | "I have no opinions." ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 90 23:48:21 GMT From: ssc-vax!bcsaic!vanover@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Jann VanOver) Subject: Telescope for Sale MEADE 2080 GEM: 8", f/10, Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope with Enhanced Aluminum Overcoat Mirror in a Metal-Tube Assembly. Includes: German Equatorial Mount with BUILT-IN Polar Alignment Scope w/screw-in Dust Cap; a #784 D.C. Quartz-Motor Sidreal Drive System with friction-clutch, a Remote- Control with 2x and Pause buttons, a 25' cigarette- lighter adapter-cable, a 4-"C" cell 8 hr. power-pack, a N-S switch for use in both hemispheres, and a padded bag for motor and accessories; a 26mm Meade series 4000 Super Plossl Eyepiece and a Meade 6mm Eyepiece; a Multi- Coated Prism Star-Diagonal; an 8mm x 50mm Finder-Scope; a sturdy wooden, fold-up Tripod with Bubble-Level and Accessory Tray; Dust Caps for BOTH scopes; AND a foam- padded footlocker for Telescope, Motor, Eyepieces, Finder-Scope, Accessory Tray, All Power Cords and Extra Hardware. $2,000. Call (503) 752-0133 10AM-2PM or After 5PM (PST) (POSTED for a friend, please respond to this phone #, not to me, the poster) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jun 90 14:26:09 -0400 (EDT) From: James Price Salsman To: astronomy@BBN.COM, space+ Subject: Does anyone know where to find these books? Well, I'm not even sure if they are books... they might be serials or somthing. Anyway, I will mail the cost of a six-pack to the first person who sends me the name of an interlibrary-loaning library that has either of these books. Void where prohibited. You must be 21 to enter. But seriously, if you aren't 21 I'll still be very grateful for anything: ISBN numbers, a decryption of the source abbreviation, or any type of pointer. Thanks in advance; the other half on delivery! Gliese, W., Catalogue of Nearby Stars, Ver. Astron. Rechen-Inst. Heidelburg 22, 1. 1969. Wolley, R.; Epps, E. A.; Penston M. J.; Pocock, S. B., Catalogue of Stars within 25 Parsecs of the Sun. R. Obs. Ann. 5. 1970. :James ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 90 23:24:42 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!stat!sun13!prism!ccoprmd@ucsd.edu (Matthew DeLuca) Subject: Re: Ersatz Free Fall If you're into cheap zero-gee, you can always ride 'Free-Fall', at Six Flags over Georgia, here in Atlanta. They take you up a 10-story tower and drop your cart down it...only lasts for a couple of seconds, but it's pretty neat... -- Matthew DeLuca Georgia Institute of Technology Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, Office of Computing Services for they are subtle, and quick to anger. ARPA: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.edu ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 05:41:28 GMT From: js7a+@andrew.cmu.edu (James Price Salsman) Subject: Planetary Orbit question Does anyone know of any work that has been done in answering the question: Given a star type, size, and absolute magnitude, what are the orbital bounds that would provide for liquid water and Earth-like atmosphere on a planet? Now that we have the HST, I suppose we might as well be looking for this sort of thing. :James ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #521 *******************