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, 15 Jun 1990 01:45:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Fri, 15 Jun 1990 01:45:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #527 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 527 Today's Topics: Re: Satellite Pictures Landsat > 1984. I have seen the future, and it is Japanese Re: Public Perception Of Space (was Re: US/Soviet Planetary Activity) Re: How about a hst group Re:nasa Briefing On Solar Re: Public Perception Of Space (was Re: US/Soviet Planetary Activity) RE: Satellite Pictures Re: Rapid Decompression of Mammals Re: Tides IMDISP- JPL PC imaging program NASA Headline News for 06/13/90 (Forwarded) Re: 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: 14 Jun 90 04:28:18 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!uhasun!jbloom@ucsd.edu (Jon Bloom) Subject: Re: Satellite Pictures In article , 7711046@TWNCTU01.BITNET (Gene G Hong) writes: > Dear Joe, > > >There are several NOAA pictures in GIF format which are updated every > >week or so and can be obtained using anonymous FTP at VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU > >directory: phil.515 > > I am fond in your picture, but there is only a bitnet between > you and me. How can I get them? What way should I take to receive > and analize them? ^^^^^^^-------- doesn't that hurt? Say, you don't suppose it's a picture of a gerbil, do you? > Gene Hong -- Jon Bloom, KE3Z | American Radio Relay League Internet: jbloom@uhasun.hartford.edu | Snail: 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111 | "I have no opinions." ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 90 15:30 GMT From: SOP014%VAXA.BANGOR.AC.UK@vma.cc.cmu.edu Subject: Landsat > 1984. Hi Netters, Has anybody out there known about the Landsat series since 1984 onwards? I need the information about 1). SERIES number, 2). DATE launched and retired, 3). the SENSORS carried and their BAND WIDTHS, 4). the HEIGHT of the orbits, etc. I will be greaceful if useful reference is given. Thank you in advance! Billy Wu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 90 08:33:03 PDT From: greer%utdssa.dnet%utadnx@utspan.span.nasa.gov X-Vmsmail-To: UTADNX::UTSPAN::AMES::"space+@andrew.cmu.edu" Subject: I have seen the future, and it is Japanese This is only tangetially related to space, insofaras space enthusiasts are always complaining about what kind of idiots are "leading" our country, and since it has do to with aerospace, and since it may give further indication of which country will be the leader in space for the forseeable future. The Ishida Corporation of Japan had a ground breaking ceremony here yesterday for a factory which will build the IW-68 tilt-wing aircraft. They plan to start production by 1997. Meanwhile, back in Washington, Dick Cheney is still trying to kill the Bell-Textron V-22 tilt-rotor. The IW-68 is being devloped in large part by former Bell-Textron employees. _____________ Dale M. Greer, whose opinions are not to be confused with those of the Center for Space Sciences, U.T. at Dallas, UTSPAN::UTADNX::UTDSSA::GREER "It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real America." -- J. Danforth Quayle as quoted in _The Quayle Quarterly_ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 90 18:03:36 CDT From: "Eric Edwards" To: "Sci.space" Subject: Re: Public Perception Of Space (was Re: US/Soviet Planetary Activity) In a recent post att!cbnewsh!lmg@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (lawrence.m.geary) mentioned this fictious headline on CNN. >"Scientists report the discovery of a new galaxy in the Milky Way. It is the largest object of its type ever found. The new galaxy is more than >six billion miles away." (End of report) Very close. About 1:00pm today I caught a CNN anouncer giving this rather unexpected information. "..the core of the Milky Way galaxy. This galaxy is 12,000 light years away" Gee. First Neptune heads off into interstellar space and now Earth has left the galaxy. Was it something I said? /*/Eric Edwards c506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu or c506634@umcvmb.bitnet/*/ /*/ "Sir, you are an excellent star ship captain /"We come in peace, /*/ /*/ but as a taxi cab driver you leave much to / shoot to kill" /*/ /*/ be desired" - Spock, "A Piece of the Action"/ --"Star Trekkin'"/*/ ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jun 90 01:26:55 GMT From: crash!adamsd@nosc.mil (Adams Douglas) Subject: Re: How about a hst group My vote: YES! ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 90 19:38:40 GMT From: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!infotel!smunews!tlsi!f118.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG!Kirt.Undercoffer@ucsd.edu (Kirt Undercoffer) Subject: Re:nasa Briefing On Solar To: Peter E. Yee Do you know if the video mentioned in your message (recapping Voyager's journeys) will be made public (for sale, *YES PLEASE!*)? -- Internet: Kirt.Undercoffer@f118.n109.z1.FIDONET.ORG UUCP: convex!castle!tlsi!109!118!Kirt.Undercoffer Note: TLSI is a free gateway between Usenet & Fidonet. For info write to root. ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 90 14:12:00 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!apollo!rehrauer@ucsd.edu (Steve Rehrauer) Subject: Re: Public Perception Of Space (was Re: US/Soviet Planetary Activity) In article <416@newave.UUCP> john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III) writes: >I get the current feeling from people that I talk with that President >Bush's moon program is stupid. To sum it up, America went to the Moon >in 1969. There was nothing there. Why go back? I hope I'm slightly more informed than Joe U.S. Average about space issues, if only because I read this group (half smile). Yet, I can't say I think "Bush's moon program" is particularly smart, not because I think a place isn't worth going to unless it has cable TV and an indoor pool, but because I don't get warm fuzzies that it's anything other than an expensive, ill(nill?)-planned political stunt. It strikes me as another "Read My Lips", with everyone waiting for the punchline. If I'm just misinformed, then your comments re: NASA's ineffectiveness in communicating what they do are certainly all the more pertinent. -- >>"Aaiiyeeee! Death from above!"<< | (Steve) rehrauer@apollo.hp.com "Spontaneous human combustion - what luck!"| Apollo Computer (Hewlett-Packard) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Jun 90 22:43 U From: Gene G Hong <7711046%TWNCTU01.BITNET@vma.cc.cmu.edu> Subject: RE: Satellite Pictures Dear Joe, >There are several NOAA pictures in GIF format which are updated every >week or so and can be obtained using anonymous FTP at VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU >directory: phil.515 I am fond in your picture, but there is only a bitnet between you and me. How can I get them? What way should I take to receive and analize them? Gene Hong +---------------------------------------------------+ |Gene G Hong, Domain:7831035@lena.nctu.edu.tw.bitnic| +---------------------------------------------------+ |18-3, 67 Lane, Tong Long St, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.| +---------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 90 12:17:45 GMT From: mcsun!ukc!icdoc!syma!andy@uunet.uu.net (Andy Clews) Subject: Re: Rapid Decompression of Mammals From article <1990Jun12.034348.4302@uokmax.uucp>, by rwmurphr@uokmax.uucp (Robert W Murphree): > What happens when you shove a mammal out of the airlock with no suit? By an amazing trick of improbability, it ends up in the cargo hold of The Heart Of Gold wearing a dressing gown and a towel. :-) -- Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, England JANET: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk BITNET: andy%syma.sussex.ac.uk@uk.ac ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jun 90 11:24:24 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uhccux!virtue!cantva!phys168@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Alan Wadsworth, Physics, UoC) Subject: Re: Tides In article <1990Jun8.163052.19763@oracle.com>, fmcwilli@oracle.oracle.com (Floyd McWilliams) writes: > we revolve around the Sun every > year, not the Moon. But it seems to me that tides caused by the Sun > should be 177 times stronger than those caused by the Moon! What's wrong > with my reasoning? > Yes, the Sun does have a stronger pull!! But the tides are caused by gravitational *gradients*. At the Earth, the Moon gives rise to a greater gravitational gradient than the Sun, so the Moon causes the tides. Alan Wadsworth ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 90 07:20:14 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!vax6!tgumleyle@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Subject: IMDISP- JPL PC imaging program For a couple of years now I have used an imaging program for IBM-PCs that was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as part of the Planetary Data System (PDS) project. The program is called IMDISP, and is written in Microsoft C and Assembler. Dr. Mike Martin at JPL was kind enough to send me both the executable and source code for IMDISP, but I have never been able to get in touch with him again. I was sent version 2.3. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Dr. Mike Martin and/or someone in charge of the PDS IMDISP code at JPL could they please let me know as I am interested in obtaining an update if possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Liam E. Gumley, Department of Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology. Perth, Western Australia. Internet: LIAM_GUMLEY@cc.curtin.edu.au Bitnet: LIAM_GUMLEY%cc.curtin.edu.au@cunyvm.bitnet UUCP : uunet!munnari.oz!cc.curtin.edu.au!LIAM_GUMLEY "You're wrong Jana, your're wrong." - Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jun 90 17:38:30 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 06/13/90 (Forwarded) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, June 13, 1990 Audio Service: 202/755-1788 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is NASA Headline News for Wednesday, June 13....... The Space Shuttle Columbia has completed the trip back to the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The trip went smoothly and the orbiter is locked down on to the service pedestals. Work begins today to disconnect the Columbia from the tail service masts. Tomorrow, the orbiter will be removed from the external tank and solid rocket boosters. On Friday, it will be towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility. Meanwhile, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is being powered up for the initiation of the shuttle interface tests. This will verify the orbiter's electrical and mechanical connections between the solid rocket boosters and the orbiter. ******** Administrator Richard Truly today announced the next steps in the Space Exploration Outreach Program. The goal is to solicit innovative ideas on how to return to the Moon permanently and to begin human exploration of Mars. The steps include a mass mailing from Truly to institutions and individuals as well as the telephone number for public requests and an announcement in the Commerce Business Daily. ******** The New York Times reports the first observations showing that Mercury, because of its peculiar orbit close to the Sun, has two extremely hot poles on opposite sides of the planet's equator. This discovery verifies an old theory that also points the way to new ones about a surprisingly strong magnetic field. The announcement was made by astronomers at a recent American Astronomical Society news conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ******** The Canadian Space Agency will begin breaking new ground for the $1.2 billion Canadian Space Agency Facilities. The 99-acre site in Montreal will be the location for its new headquarters to be completed sometime in 1993, according to Space Fax Daily. The new structures will include manipulator development and simulation facilities as part of the Mobile Servicing System for use in the Space Station Freedom program. ******** --------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. Thursday, June 14....... 11:30 A.M. NASA Update will be transmitted. 12:00-2:00 P.M. NASA Video Productions C.A.S.I.S Workshop (Continued) Tuesday, June 19........ 12:00-2:00 P.M. NASA Video Productions ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 13 Jun 90 07:44:40 GMT From: mcsun!hp4nl!nikhefh!greg@uunet.uu.net (Greg Retzlaff) Subject: Re: NASA signs agreement with consortium of minority universities (Forwarded) In article <51533@ames.arc.nasa.gov> yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes: >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. >>>Assorted gobilldy-gook, bureaucratese, bullshit and acronyms deleted. The new NASA. Creating a bureaucratic nightmare to associate itself with 3rd rate universities in a typical government bullshit technology techtransfer thingie. Oh for the mid-60's NASA again, the can-do organization. Mir is now up to 85 tons. I am pretty sure that a single Saturn V could have put that in orbit in one launch, and I bet that the old NASA could have dummied together a station of that size in less than a year. Sigh. -- Greg Retzlaff, NIKHEF-K Netherlands Institute for Nuclear and Particle Physics The most common things in the universe | We are all in the gutter, are hydrogen and stupidity. | but some of us look at the stars. ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #527 *******************