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 ; Wed, 13 Jun 1990 01:57:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Wed, 13 Jun 1990 01:56:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #524 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 524 Today's Topics: NASA Headline News for 06/12/90 (Forwarded) Re: Ersatz Free Fall Re: Egomania AMSAT asteroid mission? NASA announces first national technology transfer conference (Forwarded) Re: How about a hst group Re: Ersatz Free Fall Re: AMSAT asteroid mission? NASA signs agreement with consortium of minority universities (Forwarded) 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: 12 Jun 90 16:35:29 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 06/12/90 (Forwarded) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, June 12, 1990 Audio Service: 202/755-1788 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is NASA Headline News for Tuesday, June 12....... The Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled to rollback from launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center. It will be demated and towed to the Vertical Assembly Building to remove a 17-inch disconnect valve. The valve will then be returned to the vendor and a new valve will be put in place. The STS-35/Astro-1 flight is on hold until the leak can be found and corrected. Meanwhile, the orbiter Discovery's payload bay doors were closed for inspection of the right and left payload bay doors. It appears nothing unusual was noted during the inspection. Discovery's right door was inadvertently flexed for a short period of time last week and an investigation board is reviewing the incident. Discovery's next mission is scheduled for Octoer 5 whenit will launch the Ulyssees spacecraft. ******** The Magellan spacecraft is performing well in cruise mode just 60 days away from Venus orbit insertion. Last week, engineers successfully uploaded and initiated the 24th cruise sequence. The orbit insertion computer command sequence is now frozen as the spacecraft's software is set to put Magellan into orbit around Venus. It is 110 million miles from Earth and just over 10 million miles from Venus. ******** The Hubble Space Telescope program office reports that problems with the ground system software which had been preventing reliable acquisitions of guide stars has been resolved. A second problem related to the transition of the spacecraft from unlit to lit sides of its orbit is being worked and is expected to be overcome by changes to the pointing control system logic. In the meantime, operators report tats day/night cycle oscillations have been significantly reduced. ******** The Italian "Primosat" is targeted for launch in 1993. Intermeroato, the parent firm of Italian broadcasters Rete Mia and Primomercato, plans to launch its own medium-power satellite. The 100 million Primosat spacecraft will provide rented transponder space primarily to eastern European countries for broadcasting and data transmission services. ******** --------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. Tuesday, June 12........ 10:30 A.M. Space Shuttle Columbia rollback video. Replay this afternoon TBA. 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. NASA programming: Voyager I science summary replay of June 6 news conference video. "The Universe" Air and Space Reports Shuttle Summary Past crew reports and highlights of former missions. Thursday, June 14....... 11:30 A.M. NASA Update will be transmitted. 12:30 P.M. C.A.S.I.S Workshop (Continued) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12:01:53 GMT From: mcsun!ukc!edcastle!ecwu60@uunet.uu.net (J Gillespie) Subject: Re: Ersatz Free Fall Nobody seems to have thought of this yet: SSSSS K K Y Y DDDDDD IIIII V V EEEEEEE !!! S S K K Y Y D D I V V E !!! S K K Y Y D D I V V E !!! SSSSS KKKK Y Y D D I V V EEEEE !!! S K K Y D D I V V E !!! S S K K Y D D I V V E SSSSS K K Y DDDDDD IIIII V EEEEEEE !!! James Gillespie, /~~~~~~~~\ JANET: James@Uk.Ac.Ed CS 3, / @ @ \ ARPA: James%Uk.Ac.Ed@nsfnet-relay.Ac.Uk Edinurgh University./ < \UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!ukc!Ed.Ac.Uk!James ____________________/ \________/ \__________________________________________ "Gonna free-fall, out into nothing Gonna leave this world for a while" - Tom Petty ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 07:34:33 GMT From: attcan!utgpu!utzoo!henry@uunet.uu.net (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Egomania In article TFLETCH1@UA1VM.UA.EDU ("Thomas Fletcher ", Hellraiser) writes: >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.... No way. We should do our practising on less valuable planets. We've already messed up Earth quite a bit; we need to get better at this business quickly, and we don't want to make our mistakes here. -- As a user I'll take speed over| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology features any day. -A.Tanenbaum| uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu ------------------------------ Subject: AMSAT asteroid mission? Date: Mon, 11 Jun 90 15:10:09 MESZ From: Joseph C Pistritto Mailer: Elm [revision: 64.9] Is there anyone out there who has the facts on a proposed Ariane 4 mission to the asteroid Belt by AMSAT? I have the following citation from the AIAA aerospace literature abstract database about this: A84-11762 The AMSAT mission to the asteroid belt MEINZER, K. International Astronautical Federation, International Astronautical Congress, 34th, Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 10-15, 1983. 4 p. Anybody know how to get in touch with this guy, or have a copy of the referenced paper, or know anything about it? I'm writing an article on the topic and was looking for some data... -- Joseph C. Pistritto (bpistr@ciba-geigy.ch, jcp@brl.mil) Ciba Geigy AG, R1241.1.01, Postfach CH4002, Basel, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 697 6155 (work) +41 61 692 1728 (home) GMT+2hrs! ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 19:42:43 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA announces first national technology transfer conference (Forwarded) Barbara Selby Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 12, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-2927) Joe Pramberger Technology Utilization Foundation, New York, N.Y. (Phone: 212/490-3999) RELEASE: 90-80 NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONFERENCE The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will sponsor a 2-day conference in November 1990, to promote within industry a greater awareness of the agency's emerging technologies through its Technology Utilization Program. Planned as an annual event, TECHNOLOGY 2000 will be the first industrial exposition and conference to showcase the transfer of the agency's technology to American business. Scheduled Nov. 27-28, 1990, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., TECHNOLOGY 2000 will feature speakers and exhibitors from NASA and its contractors, addressing both prior and potential spinoffs of the agency's research. Speakers will spotlight both current and planned research and development efforts, including innovations now coming on line from the Mission to Planet Earth Program, the National Aero-Space Plane, and Mars mission and lunar base research. Preliminary plans for the technical symposia include such topics as software engineering, materials sciences, sensor technology, computational fluid dynamics, communications, robotics and artificial intelligence, and biomedicine. The goal of TECHNOLOGY 2000 is to support the national technology transfer program by increasing awareness of existing NASA-developed technologies available for immediate use and by laying the groundwork for the effective use of emerging technologies being planned and developed for future missions. The target audience is the non-aerospace segment of industry that traditionally has had minimal participation in NASA's research and development programs. Co-sponsors of the conference and exhibition are Technology Utilization Foundation, a non-profit organization which will manage the show, and NASA Tech Briefs, a monthly magazine devoted to the transfer of the agency's technical innovations to American industry. Additional information on TECHNOLOGY 2000 is available by contacting: Technology Utilization Foundation 41 East 42nd Street New York, N.Y. 10017 (Phone: 212/490-3999) ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 09:56:56 GMT From: bfmny0!tneff@uunet.uu.net (Tom Neff) Subject: Re: How about a hst group In article <247@pcssc.UUCP> dma@pcssc.UUCP (Dave Armbrust) writes: >How about forming a new group for the Hubble Space Telescope. Dare I say it: Nay! Nay! :-) [ well ok, how about comp.unix.hst? ] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 23:07:29 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvia!kas@ucsd.edu (ken_scofield) Subject: Re: Ersatz Free Fall > Just in case I don't make it into orbit someday, I'd >like to try a substitute experience I heard of. Basically, >it's a vertical wind tunnel with the airspeed somewhere >between the extremes of human terminal velocity. You pay >your money and get to jump in and ride the updraft for a >few minutes. > Anybody tried one of these? Recommend or discourage? >Where can I find one (near Vancouver, Canada)? Followups >re anatomical docking maneuvers to alt.sex :-) There are none that I know of anywhere near the Pacific Northwest, but I think there used to be one in Reno or Las Vegas (maybe there still is). Post your question to rec.skydiving and I'm sure you'll get a definitive answer. Or, just try skydiving. There are drop zones everywhere. With modern training and equipment, the sport is no where near as dangerous as most people assume. * / \ |---/---\---| Ken Scofield C-9355 SSI #453890085 | Gone | Hewlett-Packard, ICO | Divin' or | 1020 NE Circle Blvd. | Jumpin' | Corvallis, OR 97330 |-----------| Phone: (503)757-2000 ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!kas kas@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM Cute Disclaimer: Nobody ever listened to me before, so why start now? ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 13:43:02 GMT From: idacrd!mac@princeton.edu (Robert McGwier) Subject: Re: AMSAT asteroid mission? From article <9006111310.AA24287@zit.cigy.>, by jcp@cgch.UUCP (Joseph C Pistritto): > > > The AMSAT mission to the asteroid belt > MEINZER, K. > International Astronautical Federation, > International Astronautical Congress, 34th, > Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 10-15, 1983. 4 p. Karl Meinzer is radio amateur DJ4ZC and is a physicist doing technology support work for many departments at the University in Marburg Germany. I spent two weeks with him about four weeks ago whilst we discussed AMSAT's next project. It is another high inclination, high eccentricity, elliptical orbiter with greatly increased performance over AMSAT OSCAR 13. Bob N4HY -- ____________________________________________________________________________ My opinions are my own no matter | Robert W. McGwier, N4HY who I work for! ;-) | CCR, AMSAT, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 90 16:45:06 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA signs agreement with consortium of minority universities (Forwarded) Terri Sindelar Headquarters, Washington, D.C. June 11, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-8400) RELEASE: 90-79 NASA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CONSORTIUM OF MINORITY UNIVERSITIES NASA Deputy Administrator J.R. Thompson today witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between NASA and representatives of a newly-formed academic consortium comprising 6 minority universities. The MOU establishes the NASA Space Technology Development and Utilization Program Consortium (STDP), designed to increase minority universities involved in NASA research and technology development. The consortium includes North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro; New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas; Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio; Southern University, Baton Rouge, La.; Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss.; and Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala. "This collaboration creates an infrastructure to enhance and strengthen each university's science and engineering research programs. It also will help increase representation of Blacks, American Indians and Hispanics in these fields. This effort significantly exceeds any previous jointly-pursued minority university inititative," said Thompson. The infrastructure provides for effective management and technical interfaces with numerous organizations, such as NASA program offices and field centers, minority academic institutions, the private sector and the minority business community. The program approach includes several major components: * The university consortium component combines participants' technical, scientific and engineering skills, providing a balanced team to engage in a range of research activities. * The private sector component integrates high technology capabilitites of major corporations with research capabilities of minority universities. To facilitate the private sector component, BDM International Inc., a Ford Aerospace Company, will provide both program management and technical support. * The minority business enterprise component assists with transferring technologies and results of applied research to minority businesses for development and commercial applications. As part of the agreement, NASA will fund 7 research projects, 20 graduate student fellowships and 31 undergraduate student scholarships, totalling about $1 million. Several program benefits include developing a large pool of minority science and engineering undergraduate and graduate students participating in NASA research; increasing opportunities for faculty exchange; providing summer internships, co-op programs and faculty research fellowships with government and industry; providing minority universities with direct interaction with technology-oriented industry and with government; and supporting viable commercial development and technology transfer to industry. BDM has developed a data base called RESOURCE to provide NASA, other federal agencies, industry and other researchers information about academic programs, research programs, equipment and faculty at minority institutions. The STDP is coordinated by NASA's Minority University Program Office in the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, at NASA Headquarters. Program oversight is maintained at NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va., in the Office of the Chief Scientist. ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #524 *******************