Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from hogtown.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 Feb 91 02:36:13 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Precedence: junk Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Fri, 15 Feb 91 02:36:10 -0500 (EST) Subject: SPACE Digest V13 #152 SPACE Digest Volume 13 : Issue 152 Today's Topics: Apollo lunar surface photography Outer space (was: Re: Fire in Space) NASA Headline News for 02/11/91 (Forwarded) Space Shuttle Endeavor...Need Info. URGENT HELP NEEDED TO SAVE MIR SWEEPSTAKES!!!!!!! Magellan Update - 02/11/91 Administrivia: Submissions to the SPACE Digest/sci.space should be mailed to space+@andrew.cmu.edu. Other mail, esp. [un]subscription requests, should be sent to space-request+@andrew.cmu.edu, or, if urgent, to tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 11 Feb 91 12:40:07 GMT From: world!ksr!clj%ksr.com@uunet.uu.net (Chris Jones) Subject: Apollo lunar surface photography In article <1991Feb10.022219.2255@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo (Henry Spencer) writes: > >(As a side note, if you're looking at a still photograph from Apollo 11 >on the surface, the astronaut is 99.9% certain to be Aldrin, because >Armstrong had the camera most of the time. I believe they've turned >up one still which is, based on context, Armstrong.) (It took another >mission or two before they figured out that it was a good idea to mark >the spacesuits so you could tell the two astronauts apart easily.) The first mission with the red "racing stripe" on the commander's helmet was Apollo 13 (not that it got any use on that flight). This was done since the surface video camera on Apollo 12 failed shortly after the astronauts got out of the LM (it got pointed at the sun, I believe, and was useless from then on). Looking at the stills after the flight, it couldn't always be determined which astronaut took the shot and which was in it. Apollo 11 hadn't had this problem since the whole EVA was televised, and it was easy to correlate the stills with the video. One of my favorite shots from the lunar landings is of the LM lift-off, taken by a remotely operated camera on the last couple of flights. The camera was controlled from the ground, and in order to keep the ascent stage in view, it was necessary to command the camera to track upwards. The commands had to be sent somewhat before liftoff due to the 1.3 second earth-moon signal travel time. -- Chris Jones clj@ksr.com {world,uunet,harvard}!ksr!clj ------------------------------ Date: 5 Feb 91 14:10:23 GMT From: eru!hagbard!sunic!lth.se!newsuser@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Magnus Olsson) Subject: Outer space (was: Re: Fire in Space) In article <1991Feb5.041210.2882@cimage.com> gregc@dgsi.UUCP (Greg Cronau/10000) writes: >Well, by "space" I assume you mean "outer space" as opposed to the >space we walk around in all day. :-) I thought `outer space' was defined as the space beyond the moon's orbit. Is this definition still used, or has it become obsolete? For practical purposes it seems pretty useless, since the thingies we send into space seem to be divided into three classes: Low Earth Orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and interplantary. Magnus Olsson | \e+ /_ Dept. of Theoretical Physics | \ Z / q University of Lund, Sweden | >----< Internet: magnus@thep.lu.se | / \===== g Bitnet: THEPMO@SELDC52 | /e- \q ------------------------------ Date: 12 Feb 91 00:52:17 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: NASA Headline News for 02/11/91 (Forwarded) Headline News Internal Communications Branch (P-2) NASA Headquarters Monday, February 11, 1991 Audio Service: 202 / 755-1788 This is NASA Headline News for Monday, February 11, 1991 Discovery was rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building this weekend and mated to its external tank last night. Electrical connections between the tank and orbiter will get underway today. Rollout to the launch pad is expected to take place by this Friday. The terminal countdown demonstration test for the STS-39 mission is scheduled for next Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 19 and 20. The STS-39 flight readiness review is set for next Thursday and Friday, Feb. 21 and 22, at Kennedy Space Center. Columbia was rolled from the VAB into Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 this past Saturday. Activity on OV- 102 this week, will include opening of the payload bay doors so technicians can gain access to the Astro-1 and Broad Band X-ray Telescope payloads. Deservicing of the payloads is expected to begin later this week. Members of the STS-37 crew were at KSC this past Saturday for the Atlantis crew equipment interface test. Atlantis' external tank and solid rocket boosters are nearly closed out in the VAB. Rollover of Atlantis should occur next week. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Gamma Ray Observatory was moved the one-mile distance from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the Vertical Processing Facility late last week. Activity on the GRO spacecraft this week includes a spacecraft functional check. Next week, the integrated electrical tests are scheduled, beginning with the Interface Verification Test on Feb. 19. This test verifies GRO compatibility with Atlantis. The spacecraft end-to-end test follows the next week, Feb. 21. The end-to-end test verifies a working communications link between the GRO and the Payload Operations Control Center at Goddard Space Flight Center. The payload will be moved to the launch pad about Mar. 6. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) has another opportunity this evening and tomorrow morning for release of barium and lithium cannisters. The opportunity tonight begins at 10:15 pm EST and ends at 2:15 am tomorrow. Should weather be favorable for this evening's release and local conditions permit, residents along the East Coast can view the release in the southwest approximately one-third the way up from the horizon. Residents in the West and Southwest can view the release in the east-southeast at the same approximate elevation. The next opportunity occurs Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The CRRES program is a joint NASA and Air Force investigation. Marshall Space Flight Center is managing the NASA portion. Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA Select TV. All times are Eastern. **indicates a live program. Monday, 2/11/91 1:00 pm NASA Radio Program will be transmitted. Tuesday, 2/12/91 12:00 pm NASA Productions will be transmitted. All events and times may change without notice. This report is filed daily, Monday through Friday, at 12:00 pm, EST. It is a service of Internal Communications Branch at NASA Headquarters. Contact: 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: 11 Feb 91 01:08:44 GMT From: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Russell J. Soots) Subject: Space Shuttle Endeavor...Need Info. I need as much information as possible about the new space shuttle Endeavor. Similarities and differences with the current shuttles, first scheduled launch and mission, cost, details of its construction (esp. beginning date), etc. Pleae e-mail any relevant info to me ASAP. I must have the information by Feb. 14th. Thanks in advance! 'happy' RJS -- ******************************************************************************* RUSSELL J. SOOTS - North Carolina State Univesity - SED+BCH, minor GN happy@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu_______________________North Carolina Teaching Fellow ******************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: 10 Feb 91 23:40:17 GMT From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!jetson.uh.edu!cheehh@apple.com (Alvin Carley) Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED TO SAVE MIR SWEEPSTAKES!!!!!!! *** NEWS FLASH *** NEWS FLASH *** NEWS FLASH *** ANNOUNCING the formation of a LEGAL DEFENSE FUND to defray the costs of legal defense of David Mayer and James Davidson, the President and Senior VP of Space Travel Services Corp. of Houston, Texas. BACKGROUND: Space Travel Services is an entrepreneurial space firm founded in 1990 to provide average citizens with the chance to fly into space. To that end, they initiated a nationwide contest whose winner would fly into space and visit the Soviet space station Mir. People could enter by dialing a 900 number (costing $2.99) or by mail (for free). In December, the Assistant District Attorney of Harris County announced that he was concerned that this contest might be a violation of the Texas state lottery laws, and began a series of legal discussions and negotiations with the officers of Space Travel Services. WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY, 2/6/91: This past Wednesday a.m., without warning, the Ass't DA obtained a warrant and had Dave Mayer and Jim Davidson arrested and thrown in the Harris County jail. They were handcuffed at their offices, driven to within two blocks of the jail, held in a police car for over an hour, and then paraded before a coincidentally-available horde of media as their business was termed "evil" by the Ass't DA. They were accused of "promoting gambling" as well as running a lottery, and their corporate checkbook was taken. They spent the rest of the day in jail, and were only released early Thursday morning. THE CRISIS: Dave and Jim have a criminal attorney hard at work defending them against these ridiculous and obviously politically-motivated charges. But lawyers cost money, and remember... they no longer control their own company's funds! To continue their defense, they need to raise $20k within the next week, and more after that. ERGO, WE HAVE CREATED.... the SPACE TRAVEL LEGAL FUND: A certified public accountant is receiving, tallying, and channeling contributions directly to Dave & Jim's lawyers. *** PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THEIR LEGAL DEFENSE DIRECTLY TO: SPACE TRAVEL LEGAL FUND c/o James R. Thomas, CPA 1414 South Friendswood Drive Suite 306 Friendswood, TX 77546 *** PLEASE SEND AT LEAST $10 TODAY, AND MORE IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN. *** PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS URGENT CRISIS, AND ASK THEM TO CONTRIBUTE AS WELL. *** ALSO, PLEASE POST THIS MESSAGE ON ANY BBS's, CONFERENCES, and/or COMPUTER NETWORKS YOU BELONG TO >>> AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!! <<< Note: The Space Travel Legal Fund is a special project of the Space Frontier Foundation in cooperation with the Houston Space Society (both non-profit corporations). All contributions received will be used towards this project, and no funds will be transferred to Space Travel Services Corp. or any employee, officer, or stockholder thereof. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SEND ALL RESPONSES MEANT FOR ME TO -> COSC12XV@JETSON.UH.EDU Ad Astra (without Asst' DAs), Alvin Carley ------------------------------ Date: 11 Feb 91 22:49:33 GMT From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars.jpl.nasa.gov!baalke@decwrl.dec.com (Ron Baalke) Subject: Magellan Update - 02/11/91 MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT February 11, 1991 The Magellan spacecraft is performing nominally. All STARCALS (star calibrations) and DESATS (desaturatons of the reaction wheels) of the past weekend were successful. Magellan is now in its 988th mapping orbit and the radar system performance is nominal. The temperatures are continuing a warming trend, not leveling off as was expected. Battery #1 is now peaking at 25.1 degrees Celsius, so its alarm limit was reset to 28 degrees. The battery heaters are not operating now because the thermal cycle does not drop low enough to activate the heaters. Later today, an update to the Radar Control Parameter File will be sent to the spacecraft. The regular weekly command sequence, M1044, will be sent late tomorrow. Commands to implement Test #3 of the on-board tape recorder "A" are planned for uploading on Wednesday, February 13. ___ _____ ___ /_ /| /____/ \ /_ /| Ron Baalke | baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov | | | | __ \ /| | | | Jet Propulsion Lab | Is it mind over matter, ___| | | | |__) |/ | | |___ M/S 301-355 | or matter over mind? /___| | | | ___/ | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | Never mind. |_____|/ |_|/ |_____|/ | It doesn't matter. ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V13 #152 *******************