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- Subject: Diffs to sci.space/sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions
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- Date: 3 Jul 1993 15:35:45 -0400
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- DIFFS SINCE LAST FAQ POSTING (IN POSTING ORDER)
-
- (These are hand-edited context diffs; do not attempt to use them to patch
- old copies of the FAQ).
-
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- diff -t -c -r1.21 FAQ.intro
- ***************
- *** 99,104 ****
- --- 99,105 ----
- Online Archives
- NASA Ames
- NASA Astrophysics Data System
- + NASA Directory of WAIS Servers
- NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (Mission Information and Images)
- NASA Langley (Technical Reports)
- NASA Spacelink
- ***************
- *** 145,152 ****
- Astronomical Mnemonics
-
- 6 Contacting NASA, ESA, and other space agencies/companies
- ! NASA Centers / Arianespace / ESA / NASDA / Soyuzkarta / Space
- ! Camp / Space Commerce Corporation / Spacehab / SPOT Image
- Other commercial space businesses
-
- 7 Space shuttle answers, launch schedules, TV coverage
- --- 146,154 ----
- Astronomical Mnemonics
-
- 6 Contacting NASA, ESA, and other space agencies/companies
- ! NASA Centers / Arianespace / CNES / ESA / NASDA / Soyuzkarta /
- ! Space Camp / Space Commerce Corporation / Spacehab /
- ! SPOT Image
- Other commercial space businesses
-
- 7 Space shuttle answers, launch schedules, TV coverage
-
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- diff -t -c -r1.21 FAQ.data
- *** /tmp/,RCSt1a13086 Sat Jul 3 15:34:12 1993
- --- FAQ.data Sat Jul 3 15:33:56 1993
- ***************
- *** 112,117 ****
- --- 112,138 ----
- sao-ftp.harvard.edu:pub/ads/ADS_User_Guide.
-
- Contact Carolyn Stern Grant (stern@cfa.harvard.edu).
- +
- +
- + NASA DIRECTORY OF WAIS SERVERS
- +
- + A WAIS database describing servers of interest to the space community is
- + described by the source file:
- +
- + (:source
- + :version 3
- + :ip-name "ndadsb.gsfc.nasa.gov"
- + :tcp-port 210
- + :database-name "NASA-directory-of-servers"
- + :cost 0.00
- + :cost-unit :free
- + :maintainer "stelar-info@Hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov"
- + :description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5.1 on May 5 14:05:34 1993 by warnock@Hypatia
- +
- + Maintainers of WAIS databases of interest to the NASA community can
- + register their databases with the NASA-directory-of-servers by sending
- + the source file to stelar-info@hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov. Contact Archie
- + Warnock (warnock@hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov).
-
-
- NASA JET PROPULSION LAB (MISSION INFORMATION AND IMAGES)
-
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- diff -t -c -r1.21 FAQ.addresses
- *** /tmp/,RCSt1a13101 Sat Jul 3 15:34:16 1993
- --- FAQ.addresses Sat Jul 3 15:33:55 1993
- ***************
- *** 169,178 ****
- Washington, DC 20006
- (202)-728-9075
-
- EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE COMPANY (EOSAT)
- 7500 Forbes Boulevard
- ! Lanham, MD
- !
- EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
- 955 L'Enfant Plaza S.W.
- Washington, D.C. 20024
- --- 169,184 ----
- Washington, DC 20006
- (202)-728-9075
-
- + CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES (CNES) [the French space agency]
- + 2, place Maurice Quentin
- + F-75039 Paris Cedex 01, FRANCE
- + phone 33 (1) 45.08.75.00
- +
- EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE COMPANY (EOSAT)
- 7500 Forbes Boulevard
- ! Lanham, MD 20706
- ! (800)-344-9933 (Landsat Applications Group)
- ! p
- EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA)
- 955 L'Enfant Plaza S.W.
- Washington, D.C. 20024
- ***************
- *** 219,225 ****
-
- SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- 101 Courageous Dr. 711 W. Bay Area Blvd. #320
- ! Leage City, TX 77573 Webster, TX 77598
- (713) 538-6000
-
- I'm not certain which of these two addresses is correct.
- --- 225,231 ----
-
- SPACE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- 101 Courageous Dr. 711 W. Bay Area Blvd. #320
- ! League City, TX 77573 Webster, TX 77598
- (713) 538-6000
-
- I'm not certain which of these two addresses is correct.
-
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- diff -t -c -r1.21 FAQ.controversy
- *** /tmp/,RCSt1a13121 Sat Jul 3 15:34:22 1993
- --- FAQ.controversy Sat Jul 3 15:33:56 1993
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- *** 170,186 ****
-
- HOW THE CHALLENGER ASTRONAUTS DIED
-
- ! The Challenger shuttle launch was not destroyed in an explosion. This is
- ! a well-documented fact; see the Rogers Commission report, for example.
- What looked like an explosion was fuel burning after the external tank
- ! came apart. The forces on the crew cabin were not sufficient to kill the
- ! astronauts, never mind destroy their bodies, according to the Kerwin
- ! team's medical/forensic report.
-
- ! The astronauts were killed when the more-or-less intact cabin hit the
- ! water at circa 200MPH, and their bodies then spent several weeks
- ! underwater. Their remains were recovered, and after the Kerwin team
- ! examined them, they were sent off to be buried.
-
-
- USING THE SHUTTLE BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT
- --- 170,201 ----
-
- HOW THE CHALLENGER ASTRONAUTS DIED
-
- ! The Challenger shuttle was not destroyed in an explosion. This is a
- ! well-documented fact; see the Rogers Commission report, for example.
- What looked like an explosion was fuel burning after the external tank
- ! came apart.
-
- ! The medical/forensic report by Joe Kerwin's team confirmed what was
- ! already suspected for other reasons: at least some of the crew were not
- ! only alive, but conscious, for at least a few seconds after the orbiter
- ! broke up. The forces of the breakup were not violent enough for a high
- ! probability of lethal injury, and some of the emergency-escape air packs
- ! had been turned on manually.
- !
- ! However, unless the cabin held pressure -- which could not be determined
- ! positively, but seems unlikely -- they almost certainly were unconscious
- ! within seconds, and did not recover before water impact. They did not
- ! have oxygen masks (the emergency-escape packs held air, not oxygen, for
- ! use in pad emergencies) and the cabin apogee was circa 100,000ft.
- !
- ! The circa 200MPH water impact was most certainly violent enough to kill
- ! them all. It smashed the cabin so badly that Kerwin's team could not
- ! determine whether it had held pressure or not. Their bodies then spent
- ! several weeks underwater. Their remains were recovered, and after the
- ! Kerwin team examined them, they were sent off to be buried.
- !
- ! The Kerwin report was discussed in Aviation Week and other sources at
- ! the time. World Spaceflight News printed the full text.
-
-
- USING THE SHUTTLE BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT
-
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- diff -t -c -r1.21 FAQ.groups
- *** /tmp/,RCSt1a13126 Sat Jul 3 15:34:24 1993
- --- FAQ.groups Sat Jul 3 15:33:57 1993
- ***************
- *** 55,61 ****
- Washington, DC 20044
- (301)-589-6062
-
- ! ASERA - Australian Space Engineering and Research Association. An
- Australian non-profit organisation to coordinate, promote, and
- conduct space R&D projects in Australia, involving both Australian
- and international (primarily university) collaborators. Activities
- --- 55,61 ----
- Washington, DC 20044
- (301)-589-6062
-
- ! ASRI (Australian Space Research Institute Ltd, formerly ASERA). An
- Australian non-profit organisation to coordinate, promote, and
- conduct space R&D projects in Australia, involving both Australian
- and international (primarily university) collaborators. Activities
- ***************
- *** 126,132 ****
- of the annual space development conference. Associated with
- Spacecause and Spacepac, political lobbying organizations.
-
- ! Membership $18 (youth/senior) $35 (regular).
-
- National Space Society
- Membership Department
- --- 126,132 ----
- of the annual space development conference. Associated with
- Spacecause and Spacepac, political lobbying organizations.
-
- ! Membership $20 (youth/senior) $35 (regular).
-
- National Space Society
- Membership Department
- ***************
- *** 144,150 ****
- 65 North Catalina Avenue
- Pasadena, CA 91106
-
- ! Membership $35/year.
-
- SSI - the Space Studies Institute, founded by Dr. Gerard O'Neill.
- Physicist Freeman Dyson took over the Presidency of SSI after
- --- 144,150 ----
- 65 North Catalina Avenue
- Pasadena, CA 91106
-
- ! Membership $35/year (ask about the unadvertised student rate).
-
- SSI - the Space Studies Institute, founded by Dr. Gerard O'Neill.
- Physicist Freeman Dyson took over the Presidency of SSI after
- ***************
- *** 293,299 ****
- Space News
- Springfield VA 22159-0500
- (703)-642-7330
- ! $75/year, may have discounts for NSS/SSI members
-
- Journal of the Astronautical Sciences and Space Times - publications of
- the American Astronautical Society. No details.
- --- 293,299 ----
- Space News
- Springfield VA 22159-0500
- (703)-642-7330
- ! $75/year, student rate ~$49. May have discounts for NSS/SSI members
-
- Journal of the Astronautical Sciences and Space Times - publications of
- the American Astronautical Society. No details.
-
-