*+*+*+*¢ SPACE LINK¢ By Brian Mull¢ Retyped from the GLASS ICON,¢ and reissued by the OL' HACKERS AUG¢¢ (Editor: Another interesting item. I¢ have not checked this out, but I felt¢ that it probably is in existance¢ today, and might be of interest to¢ many of our readers. A.P.)¢¢ NASA INFO:¢ Space Link is NASA's way to let¢ you, the public, keep track of what's¢ going on. If you have a modem, you¢ can dial NASA's computer at the¢ Marshall Space Flight Center in¢ Huntsville, Alabama, at (205) 895-¢ 0028.¢¢ HOW TO:¢ Set your modem to either¢ 300/1200/2400 baud and 8 data bits -¢ no parity - 1 stop bit. While NASA¢ runs this system for the educator,¢ you can use it also. When you call¢ you will be asked to enter a user¢ name, enter: NEWUSER. You will then¢ be asked for a password, enter:¢ NEWUSER. Follow the prompts from that¢ point. If you enter your name and¢ address NASA will be able to send¢ information about your questions to¢ your house.¢¢ WHAT THEN?¢ When you have logged on to Space¢ Link, you are able to get the mission¢ status for the Space Shuttle, the¢ Hubble telescope, and the Voyager and¢ Magellan probes. One thing that is¢ really nice is that you can download¢ GIF picture files. These files can¢ get VERY LARGE! I downloaded one that¢ was over 400k long. You are able to¢ use Xmodem and Ymodem to download.¢¢ INTERESTED?¢ Give it a try. You'll be¢ fascinated by what's going on.¢ Space Link Computer:¢ (205) 895-0028¢ 300/1200/2400 8-n-1 ¢ *=*=*=*¢
