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, 4 Jul 1990 01:27:55 -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, 4 Jul 1990 01:27:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V12 #10 SPACE Digest Volume 12 : Issue 10 Today's Topics: HST post-processing Software developed for the European Space Agency? Giotto NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation sign agreement (Forwarded) Re: Meaning of Palo Alto Re: The end of Hubble Re: Reflections on Hubble and NASA SSI lunar polar explorer project ground support system NASA Headline News for 07/03/90 (Forwarded) Simulation of Optics? Is it possible? 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: 3 Jul 90 14:33:57 GMT From: quasi-eli!cs.yale.edu!berryman-harry@CS.YALE.EDU (Harry Berryman) Subject: HST post-processing All Things Considered said last night that NASA was trying to postprocess the HST pictures to correct them. Does anyone have more information on this? Harry (Scott) Berryman ! Harry (Scott) Berryman ICASE/NASA Langley Research Center ! Computer Science Dept. Hampton, VA 23665 ! Yale University berryman@icase.edu ! New Haven, CT ! berryman @cs.yale.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Against Stupidity, the gods themselves strugle in vain." -Schiller ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 15:45:05 GMT From: mcsun!ukc!axion!demeter!nkings@uunet.uu.net (Nick@The.End.Of.Time) Subject: Software developed for the European Space Agency? Can anyone tell me the size of the European Space Agency's software development program? How many engineers would be using the HOOD method? Where can I get further information... Please e-mail. Thanks! Nick@The.End.Of.Time "Today, the future occupation of all moppets is to be skilled consumers" ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 23:46:00 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!rpitsmts!forumexp@ucsd.edu (Commander Krugannal) Subject: Giotto Is Giotto really the first sattelite to return to the earth? I thought that ICE (interplanetary Comet E?) which was formally a solar observation sattelite was the first. Greg_d._Moore@mts.rpi.edu ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 21:04:37 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation sign agreement (Forwarded) Jim Cast Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 3, 1990 (Phone: (202/453-8536) Barbara Selby Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202/453-2927) Barbara Zadina Orbital Sciences Corp., Fairfax, Va. (Phone: 703/818-2802) RELEASE: 90-92 NASA, ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION SIGN AGREEMENT NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), Fairfax, Va., have signed an agreement in support of the firm's Pegasus and Taurus commercial launch vehicle programs. Terms of the 5-year agreement allow OSC to enter into specific sub-agreements with NASA installations wherein NASA will provide, on a cost-reimbursable basis, access to agency launch support property and services. As part of a continuing effort to foster a strong U.S. commercial launch vehicle industry, government property and services are made available to the private sector, on a reimbursable basis, when such property/services cannot be provided by commercial sources. Similar NASA "umbrella" agreements have been negotiated with four other firms: General Dynamics, McDonnell Douglas, Martin Marietta and LTV Corp. NASA also is conducting discussions with other U.S. expendable launch vehicle firms for possible support agreements. NASA installations which are involved in specific sub-agreements with companies include the Kennedy, Lewis, Goddard and Marshall Centers. NASA is committed to facilitating and encouraging the commercial use of space by U.S. firms. The Commercial Space Act and its 1988 amendment, as well as the National Space Policy of November 1989, underscore the importance of government support to the emerging American commercial launch vehicle industry. ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 07:26:10 GMT From: tornado.Berkeley.EDU!gwh@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) Subject: Re: Meaning of Palo Alto In article ray@fctunl.rccn.pt (Vitor Duarte & Sergio Duarte) writes: >Therefore the people of Palo Alto should be called WoodenSticks :-) I grew up in Los Altos; we called people from Palo Alto neighbors. There's also the bordering town of Los Altos Hills (dpt.redundancy.dpt.) .... [see? you learn some more about the geography of the San Fransisco Bay Area... now are we done being silly? 8-) ] -george william herbert gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu The OCF Gang: Making Tomorrows mistakes Today! ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 09:26:40 GMT From: beez@humu.nosc.mil (Scott A. Beasley) Subject: Re: The end of Hubble >> (brief summary about tons of pieces-parts in orbit turning >> the Hubble in tons of other pieces-parts) I've seen a lot of speculation about the likelihood of something hitting the HST that would cause catastrophic damage all at once, but little discussion about the cosmic rays, paint chips, and other small space debris that *will* pit and pockmark the Hubble (look at the shape the LDEF was in when the shuttle brought it back!) How will this affect the optics of the HST, and in turn the transmitted images (provided they get this mirror thing taken care of). (if this got posted twice, please forgive me - I aborted once, but in retrospect, I think it possible that it was sent anyway. mea culpa.) Scott Beasley "If it sounds like it came off the Inter-National Research Institute back of a cereal box, then I Mililani, Oahu, Hawaii probably said it." ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 10:15:41 GMT From: bfmny0!tneff@uunet.uu.net (Tom Neff) Subject: Re: Reflections on Hubble and NASA In article <1990Jul3.081606.15178@axion.bt.co.uk> apengell@axion.bt.co.uk (alan pengelly) writes: > Okay a mistake has been made, but it is worth remembering >that HST is a novel concept, completely different to anything >that has been done before. Except for all those KH-9's, of course.... > That good PR pictures will not >be available for a while is a short term inconvenience. It's interesting how NASA has suddenly downplayed the importance of HST's planned high resolution imaging capability. If you go back and read the mission summaries from a few years ago you'll see prominent mention of observing in "unprecedented detail," with lots of talk about "opening up the universe," imaging distant galaxies and faint objects, etc. But when the long- and expensively-mothballed scope turns out to have a crippling, untested birth defect, this is all dismissed as "pretty pictures" and "PR stuff." The implication seems to be that only ignorant laymen will miss their pretty color wall posters. But a layman couldn't even tell the difference in focus. NASA can make Hubble posters of M31 and Horsehead and knock people's eyes out if they want. In reality, the only people who are in a position to care about the 1/2 wave error are the ones who wanted to do real science with this fantastic new resolution. They are screwed. And the knowledge that their precious observing minutes, so arduously applied (and prayed) for, will pass over to some second-tier UV project instead is small comfort. > I believe >when the programme is finished it will be viewed as a success. > Keep at it NASA. I believe that the Keck scope and NNTT have just won the Oscar, the Emmy, and the Irish Sweepstakes. There should be a boom in new instruments over the next decade as astronomy learns a tough lesson. Ultimately much more science will be done this way. -- I'm a Leo. Leos don't believe * * * Tom Neff in this astrology stuff. * * * tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 18:51:43 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!maven!games@ucsd.edu Subject: SSI lunar polar explorer project ground support system I have been working with some of the key people at SSI's Lunar Polar Explorer Ground Support Team for a couple of months now. I have basically volunteered my time and experience as a programmer to work on code that will be run (in Texas) to provide ground support for the probe. I have also come up with a VAX 11/780 and 2 RP06 disk drives as well as a TU77 tape drive for the project. Unfortunately the 11/780 has a bad IO control card ( I personally am not sure exactly which one ), and so it is no "working" at present. The other problem is that this system is in Seattle. So, I am working on getting a VAX 11/750 donated to them as well. I am also trying to locate someone who would be willing to donate a truck ride for this equipment to their computer room in Texas. (Considering that they are non-profit, any partially empty truck going that way could use the trip as a healthy write off for tax purposes.) The reason for posting this is to show that it is possible to make a dent in some of the exciting, low budget, home grown science that is going on in relation to space. The other reason for posting this is that these guys could use a lot more equipment. They really would like to run 2 identical systems in tandem, so that the thruster burn calculations are a little more guarenteed to get done. ( A system crash on a single system with critical calculations could cause a BIG problem.) So... If anyone out there has ANY VAX equipment that they are not using, or can't sell (due to low book value), please think seriously about donating it. 11/750's 11/780's or old microvax II could all provide CPU horsepower for this project... Disk drives, terminals, ethernet hardware, etc... anything that you have laying around that you don't need could be of use. Don't forget that you get to write off the donation at book value rather than market value. If anyone out there knows of trucking that could be made available, please dont hesitate to contact the project. Contact : Either myself ( the project does not have an internet address yet.) or Larry Spratlin or Diane Apoblo at (713) 333 - 2900 Remember : The help YOU give, will make a BIG difference in this project. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trendy footer by: John Stevens-Schlick Internet: GAMES@maven.washington.edu 7720 35'th Ave S.W. Seattle, Wa. 98126 (206) 935 - 4384 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My boss dosn't know what I do. ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jul 90 20:49:55 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 07/03/90 (Forwarded) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, July 3, 1990 Audio Service: 202/755-1788 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This is NASA Headline News for Tuesday, July 3......... Yesterday, NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight Dr. William Lenoir and Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications Dr. Lennard A. Fisk held a news conference to provide a forum of direct communications. A progress update on Space Shuttle activity, the Hubble Space Telescope Review Board and recent Congressional actions that include NASA objectives over the remainder of the year were discussed. Following the tanking tests that revealed hydrogen leak sources, the procedures that will be taken in order to resume safe flight activities as soon as possible will include a cryogenic test. This test is scheduled to begin this Thursday. Four work teams were announced to determine the cause of the leaks. The teams will be under the direction of Deputy Director of the Space Shuttle Program Leonard Nicholson. The program procedure will include a Design and Analysis Team, a Hardware Processing Team, a Data Analysis Team and a Fault Tree/Test Requirements Team. The next in a series of progress updates on the Space Shuttle activity will be discussed on NASA Select TV. It will be held with Associate Administrator for Space Flight Dr. William Lenoir and Space Shuttle Director Robert Crippen this afternoon at 4:00 P.M. EDT. Dr. Lennard A. Fisk, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, appointed a six-member Hubble Space Telescope Investigation Board. It will be chaired by Dr. Lew Allen, Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The other members are Charles P. Spoelhof, George Rodney, John Mangus, Dr. Robert Shannon as well as Dr. Roger Angel. ******** SPACE FAX DAILY reports six states will consider forming an organization to represent state commercial space interests at the national level. Following an informal meeting at the Florida Space Conference, representatives of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Texas and Virginia said they would also ask California and Utah to join in the idea of the confederation. ******** ----------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. Tuesday, July 3........ 11:00 A.M. Hubble Space Telescope Teleconference News Briefing (Audio Only). 12-2:00 P.M. NASA Video Productions. 4:00 P.M. Media briefing with Associate Administrator for Space Flight Dr. William Lenoir. 6-8:00 P.M. NASA Video Productions. Thursday, July 5....... 11:30 A.M. NASA Update will be transmitted. 12-2:00P.M. NASA Video Productions. 6-8:00 P.M. NASA Video Productions. --------------------------------------------------------------- All events and times are subject to change without notice. These reports be 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: 3 Jul 90 20:31:34 GMT From: encore!pinocchio.encore.com!bseymour@husc6.harvard.edu (Burch Seymour) Subject: Simulation of Optics? Is it possible? I haven't had the time to read *every* article with HST in the title, so I appologize if this has come up and I've missed it.... It would seem to me that if the mirrors are claimed to be accurate to 1 gazillionth of an inch, than there must be topographic maps of the actual mirror surfaces to substantiate this claim. Was it not possible to use this information to simulate mirror performance? Is it not possible to use that data NOW to discover which mirror(s) are flawed? Just curious. -Burch Seymour- Encore Computer - bseymour@encore.com ====================================================================== ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V12 #10 *******************