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, 17 Jul 1990 01:43:59 -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, 17 Jul 1990 01:43:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V12 #75 SPACE Digest Volume 12 : Issue 75 Today's Topics: Re: NASA's lobbying on the net CRRES launch set for July to study "Earthspace" (Forwarded) Hubble Space Telescope teleconference (Forwarded) Payload Status for 07/13/90 (Forwarded) Re: LOOK FOR (SOVIET) UNION LABEL Re: Personnel Launch System Re: Asteroid 4th status briefing on Shuttle leak investigation and HST teleconference (Forwarded) Re: Space weapons Re: Titan boosters 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: 15 Jul 90 20:51:46 GMT From: news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!watdragon!watyew!jdnicoll@rutgers.edu (Brian or James) Subject: Re: NASA's lobbying on the net If this newsgroup is going to be forced to become 'NASA-free', is there any way I could get on a NASA emailing list? I find the postings of the various NASA related folk useful and interesting. James Nicoll ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 01:43:35 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: CRRES launch set for July to study "Earthspace" (Forwarded) Paula Cleggett-Haleim Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 10, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-1547) Jim Cast Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202/453-1142) George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 407/867-2467) RELEASE: 90-97 CRRES LAUNCH SET FOR JULY TO STUDY "EARTHSPACE" Launch of the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) is currently targeted for no earlier than July 17, 1990, at 3:41 p.m. EDT. Scheduled to be placed into a highly elliptical, geosynchronous transfer orbit of approximately 217 by 22,236 miles, CRRES is to conduct complex scientific research in what is referred to as "Earthspace" -- the space environment just above Earth's atmosphere which, far from being empty, includes the ionosphere and magnetosphere containing a dynamic ocean of invisible magnetic and electrical fields and particles. Much as a high school physics student spreads iron filings around a magnet to "see" its invisible magnetic field, CRRES will carry 24 canisters of various chemicals into orbit and release the chemicals over a period of time. When released, the chemicals will be ionized by the Sun's ultraviolet light creating large luminous clouds that will elongate along Earth's magnetic field lines, briefly "painting" these invisible structures. By observing the motion of the clouds, scientists will be able to measure electric fields in space and "see" how they interact with charged particles to form waves and to better understand how the Earth extracts energy from the solar wind. The luminous clouds also will be studied from the ground, from specially equipped aircraft and from CRRES itself. The CRRES releases will be augmented by chemical releases from 10 sounding rockets launched from Puerto Rico and the Marshall Islands. Under a launch services contract between NASA and General Dynamics, launch of the joint NASA/U.S. Air Force payload is to take place from Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard an Atlas I (Atlas/Centaur-69) launch vehicle. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; the U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division, Los Angeles; and Ball Aerospace Systems Group, Boulder, Colo. -- prime comtractor of CRRES -- are principal spacecraft participants in the upcoming mission. Atlas I launch services, with technical oversight by NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, and Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will be provided by General Dynamics Space Systems Division, San Diego, Calif. The Lewis Research Center manages the NASA-General Dynamics launch services contract and is responsible for launch vehicle/spacecraft integration activities. - end - EDITORS NOTE: CRRES officials will brief the media at a prelaunch news conference in the KSC News Center auditorium on Monday, July 16, at 11 a.m. EDT. Participating in the briefing will be: Richard Howard, CRRES Program Manager, NASA Headquarters Sid Saucier, Manager, Space Systems Projects Office, Marshall Space Flight Center Col. John E. Armstrong, Space Test and Transportation Program Manager, USAF Space Systems Division Frank Watkins, Director of Base Operations/Launch Director, General Dynamics Space Systems Division Brian Pieper, Deputy Program Manager, Ball Aerospace John Weems, Launch Weather Forecaster, Dept. of the Air Force, Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility The prelaunch news conference will be carried live on NASA Select television, Satcom F2R, transponder 13, located at 72 degrees west longitude. Audio only also will be provided on KSC's V-2 circuits, which may be dialed directly at 407/867-1220, -1240 or -1260. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 01:47:12 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Hubble Space Telescope teleconference (Forwarded) Paula Cleggett-Haleim Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 9, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-1547) N90-51 MEDIA ADVISORY: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE TELECONFERENCE The next weekly teleconference on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will begin Tuesday, July 10, at 3 p.m. EDT. Speakers will include HST program scientist Dr. Edward Weiler and HST deputy project manager Jean Olivier. To provide a professional, orderly environment for all participants, a NASA public information officer will call participants before the teleconference begins to establish a communications protocol. Apparently, there has been a loss of clarity with a number of people talking or typing. Circuits need to be muted, carry no sound or be active for the clearest communication. Should you be disconnected during the session, please call NASA's Communications Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center on (205) 544-1771. An operator will request your name, phone number and name of teleconference. Once this information is supplied, you will be reconnected. If you wish to listen only to the teleconference, the audio will be carried on the NASA Select system. To access NASA Select by phone, dial (407) 867-1220 (or 867-1240 or 867-1260). To receive NASA Select television, downlink from Satcom F-2R satellite, Transponder 13, C-band located at 72 degrees West longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz, vertical polarization, audio monaural 6.8 MHz. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 02:46:20 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Payload Status for 07/13/90 (Forwarded) Daily Status/KSC Payload Management and Operations 07-13-90. - STS-35 ASTRO-1/BBXRT (at OPF) - Experiment monitoring continues. - STS-37 GRO (at PHSF) - Data flow checks between the PHSF, MILA, and GSFC will be continued today along with GRO battery charging. - STS-40 SLS-1 (at O&C) - SLS will be powered up today for experiment operations and IPR troubleshooting. - STS-41 Ulysses (at Hanger AO) - At the VPF, PAM-S will be received and mated with the IUS. - STS-42 IML-1 (at O&C) - Rack, floor, and module staging is continuing. Rack 9 will be mated to the floor today. - Atlas-1 (at O&C) - Electrical cable and experiment installations are continuing. - STS-46 TSS-1 (at O&C) - No work is scheduled for today. - STS-47 Spacelab-J (at O&C) - Rack staging continues. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 04:47:44 GMT From: mnetor!utzoo!henry@uunet.uu.net (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: LOOK FOR (SOVIET) UNION LABEL In article <786.26A08615@ofa123.fidonet.org> Mark.Perew@ofa123.fidonet.org (Mark Perew) writes: >>A SPARE MIR STATION THEY'RE LOOKING TO PAWN ... > >I believe that spare was purchased by a Japanesse consortium earlier >this year. I haven't heard what the buyers planned to do with it. This was, as I understand it, a test article, not considered flyable. The Japanese plan to exhibit it and charge admission, which is a much quicker way of making money than launching it. :-) -- NFS: all the nice semantics of MSDOS, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology and its performance and security too. | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 09:44:42 GMT From: eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!unido!rwthinf!dieter@BLOOM-BEACON.MIT.EDU (Dieter Kreuer) Subject: Re: Personnel Launch System In article <9007122138.AA19962@gemini.arc.nasa.gov>, hack@lock.span.nasa.gov (Edmund Hack) writes: > There has been much discussion on sci.space about the need for a low > cost system for sending crews up to space station so that a full > shuttle mission is not used for that. Well, despite what has been posted, > The idea is to have a vehicle to deliver 8 persons to LEO with > limited cargo, using an expendable booster and preferably landing on > dry land. Two major design priorities were placed on the team: safety > and life-cycle efficiency. At the Johnson Space Center, this has [stuff about design plans deleted] > A typical mission will be 2-3 days long (i.e. Freedom crew rotation). > A small cargo area for personal gear is included (you know, CDs, twinkies, > videotapes, pictures from home....). It would also be possible to > carry small high-value cargoes by reducing the number of passengers. This is *exactly* what European Space Agency's Hermes-shuttle has been designed for (support of ESA's space station module Columbus, which is intended to get self sufficient after some years of beeing docked to Fre[e]d[om] :^). For those of you who do not know the project: Hermes is a small shuttle (something like 10 m long, I don't have the references) and may carry 5 to 8 persons into LEO. Hermes is to be launched on top of an Ariane V, a rather new rocket currently under development, which is not another version of the current Ariane series. Hermes and Ariane V are scheduled to be operational in 1996 Send orders to ESA, Paris, France. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 16:26:24 GMT From: snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!helios!tamuts!h1c5962@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lee Cox) Subject: Re: Asteroid In article <269d2e77-580sci.space@vpnet.chi.il.us> vortex@vpnet.chi.il.us (Jason J. Levit) writes: > Anybody hear about this new asteroid that passed within 3 million > miles of earth? If not, here's the details... > [details omitted] > So, another "near miss". They're coming closer and closer and > closer....how many would have liked to nuke this one? :-) Yep, it's about time to build a few more Saturn V IPBMs (Inter-Planetary Ballistic Missiles). ************************************************************************ Lee Cox BITnet: H1C5962@TAMSTAR HEPnet: FNBIT::TAMHEP::THOR::H1C5962 Asst. Systems Manager Internet: H1C5962@STAR.TAMU.EDU Academic Computing Services SPAN: UTSPAN::UTADNX::THOR::H1C5962 Texas A&M University THEnet: THOR::H1C5962 College Station, TX 77843-3154 GTEnet: (409)845-9577 Paranoia is our profession. ************************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jul 90 21:29:11 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: 4th status briefing on Shuttle leak investigation and HST teleconference (Forwarded) Mark Hess/Ed Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 16, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-8536) Paula Cleggett-Haleim NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (Phone: 202/453-1547) N90-53 EDITORS NOTE: 4TH STATUS BRIEFING ON SHUTTLE LEAK INVESTIGATION AND HST TELECONFERENCE Associate Administrator for Space Flight Dr. William B. Lenoir will hold a media briefing on Tuesday, July 17, at 1 p.m. EDT concerning the status of the Space Shuttle hydrogen leaks. The briefing will originate from the NASA Headquarters auditorium and will be carried live on NASA Select television via Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, at 72 degrees West longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz. The weekly teleconference on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will begin Tuesday, July 17, at 4 p.m. EDT. Should you be disconnected during the session, call NASA's Communications Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center on (205) 544-1771. An operator will request your name, phone number and name of teleconference. Once this information is supplied, you will be reconnected. If you wish to listen only to the teleconference, the audio will be carried on the NASA Select system. To access NASA Select by phone, dial (407) 867-1220 (or 867-1240 or 867-1260). To receive NASA Select television, downlink from Satcom F-2R satellite, Transponder 13, C-band located at 72 degrees West longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz, vertical polarization, audio monaural 6.8 MHz. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 18:21:03 EDT From: John Roberts Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are those of the sender and do not reflect NIST policy or agreement. Subject: Re: Space weapons >From: km44+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kimble Charles Marshall) >Subject: Re: space weapons >>There's a pretty good chance that conventional firearms >>would work in >>space. Adjusting for gravitational gradients, you could >>hit targets many >>miles away with full muzzle velocity. >yes, but what about the kick such a projectile system? That is after >all what makes rockets go in the first place... So you shoot a charge of equal momentum in the opposite direction, or wait for your shot until things are lined up so the kick is in a beneficial direction. John Roberts roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jul 90 18:20:17 GMT From: oliveb!felix!dhw68k!ofa123!Charles.Radley@apple.com (Charles Radley) Subject: Re: Titan boosters Unfortunately, most of the drawings for Apollo have been lost (carried off by laid-off employees as souvenirs). Also, all the tooling has been trashed. It will be necessary to design the whole thing pretty much from scratch, and if they do they, better to design a completely new capsule with the latest materials, computers etc. -- Charles Radley Internet: Charles.Radley@ofa123.fidonet.org BBS: 714 544-0934 2400/1200/300 ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V12 #75 *******************