Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from corsica.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Fri, 28 Jul 89 03:18:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Fri, 28 Jul 89 03:18:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V9 #562 SPACE Digest Volume 9 : Issue 562 Today's Topics: Re: Questions about Apollo 11 Re: Spinoffs are irrelevant (was Apollo-era technology spinoffs continue to enhance human life (Forwarded)) Re: Write those Letters to the Editor Spaceport Florida * URGENT ALERT -- NEED YOU TO CALL! * Apollo 12 (And Surveyor 3) Re: Apollo 12 (And Surveyor 3) Galileo press briefing scheduled (Forwarded) Re: Apollo Ascent Modules Voyager Status for 07/07/89 (Forwarded) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 15 Jul 89 21:41:36 GMT From: jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!utzoo!henry@rutgers.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Questions about Apollo 11 In article <1188@bcd-dyn.UUCP> dbp@bcd-dyn.UUCP (dbp) writes: >There is lots of footage looking backward as a stage separates and >falls away. The cameras that took these shots were mounted in other >stages that were eventually discarded as well. How were the pictures >from those cameras retrieved? ... The early Saturn Vs had little camera pods that separated, reentered, and were recovered. The purpose being, obviously, to monitor how well things like staging worked. (Other than staging, the one thing I know that was photographed by the pods (via fiber-optic bundles) was fuel movement inside the tanks; those films are pretty boring, though.) >This one I've wondered about for 20 years. There is the famous view >of the moon's surface as the Eagle was landing. I suppose the >pictures were looking out through the LEM's window... Yes, there was a variable-rate camera looking through one of the windows, just above Aldrin's head, and it was set to full speed (movie rate) for the landing. >Just at landing, >something that looks like a hand holding a needle-like object appears in >the upper right-hand side of the picture and comes down across the window. >What was that? What did it do? It's been a while since I've seen those films, but I think you're seeing the shadow of the LM on the surface. As I recall, it becomes visible in the last few seconds. Remember that the LM footpads had 6ft probes sticking down from them; when one of the astronauts says "contact light; engine stop" that means one of the probes has hit and the engine has stopped automatically in response. (The LM simply fell the last 6ft to the surface.) -- $10 million equals 18 PM | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology (Pentagon-Minutes). -Tom Neff | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jul 89 16:37:47 GMT From: unmvax!aplcen!stda.jhuapl.edu!jwm@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jim Meritt) Subject: Re: Spinoffs are irrelevant (was Apollo-era technology spinoffs continue to enhance human life (Forwarded)) Ever wonder why fools confuse spinoffs with primary goals, then complain that the accidental results don't justify something that didn't try for them in the first place? velcro, microelectronics - space program econometric advantages, jobs - defense department first aid - sports That the spinoffs happen AT ALL is good. They are NOT a goal. "In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain" - Pliny the Elder These were the opinions of : jwm@aplvax.jhuapl.edu - or - jwm@aplvax.uucp - or - meritt%aplvm.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jul 89 17:26:29 GMT From: cs.utexas.edu!wasatch!uplherc!esunix!bpendlet@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Pendleton) Subject: Re: Write those Letters to the Editor From article <8926@pucc.Princeton.EDU>, by EWTILENI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Eric William Tilenius): - And don't send the same letter to multiple publications. (Variations may - be acceptable, but certainly not the same wording.) Why? I've had the same letter published in three local papers. No problem. It isn't like you were selling it to them. By the way, pro-space != pro-NASA. It could be argued that right now pro-space == anti-NASA and pro-NASA == pro-pork_barrel_in_the_sky. Bob P. -- - Bob Pendleton, speaking only for myself. - UUCP Address: decwrl!esunix!bpendlet or utah-cs!esunix!bpendlet - - Reality is stranger than most can imagine. ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jul 89 14:10:51 GMT From: att!codas!ablnc!rcpilz@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Robert C. Pilz) Subject: Spaceport Florida Florida Gov. Bob Martinez just signed a new law, the Spaceport Florida Authority Act, on Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center Spaceport USA tourist attraction. The Act creates an authority that will oversee commercial space operations in Florida. It will be funded ($1.9 mil from 89-90 FL budget) to foster commercial space research, education, tourism, and launches. In Orlando, near the University of Central Florida, a research park was established several years ago, in anticipation for such needs. Hopefully, some of this money will come UCF's way. They are doing some neat things over at UCF; computer graphics, laser technology, and artificial intelligence. Some of these efforts may "take off!" R. C. Pilz AT&T NBMS Orlando, FL attmail!rcpilz ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jul 89 02:04:15 GMT From: EWTILENI@pucc.princeton.edu (Eric William Tilenius) Subject: * URGENT ALERT -- NEED YOU TO CALL! * CRITICAL FUNDING VOTES ARE UPCOMING FOR THE 1990 NASA BUDGET AND SPACE STATION FREEDOM. IF NASA FUNDING IS CUT BY $600-$800 MILLION OR MORE, THE SPACE STATION FREEDOM PROGRAM WILL BE CANCELLED, AND OTHER PROGRAMS WILL BE IN JEOPARDY. PLEASE CALL THE FOLLOWING KEY CONGRESSMEN TODAY - OR AS SOON AS YOU CAN - SINCE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. THE FIRST KEY DECISION WILL BE TUESDAY, JULY 11, SO TRY TO CALL MONDAY DURING BUSINESS HOURS. CALLS AFTER THAT ARE STILL HELPFUL. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD NUMBER: 202-224-3121 CALL AND ASK, IN TURN, FOR THE FOLLOWING: CONGRESSMAN ROBERT TRAXLER (D-MI) * Critical Vote SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MD) * Important! SENATOR JAKE GARN (R-UT) * Important! PLUS, PLEASE ASK FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO ARE FROM YOUR STATE: SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) SENATOR ROBERT KERRY (D-MA) SENATOR J. BENNETT JOHNSTON (D-LA) SENATOR WYCHE FOWLER (D-GA) SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT) SENATOR DON NICKLES (R-OK) SENATOR CHARLES GRASSLEY (R-IA) SENATOR BILL GRAMM (R-TX) CONGRESSMAN LOUIS STOKES (D-OH) CONGRESSMAN ALAN MOLLOHAN (D-WV) CONGRESSMAN JIM CHAPMAN (D-TX) CONGRESSMAN CHESTER ATKINS (D-MA) CONGRESSMAN LAWRENCE COUGHLIN (D-PA) CONGRESSMAN BILL GREEN (R-NY) CONGRESSMAN JERRY LEWIS (R-CA) CALL THEM VIA. THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD, THEN SAY YOU LIKE TO LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR WITH YOUR OPINION. SAY THAT YOU URGE THE CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR TO * SUPPORT FULL FUNDING FOR NASA AND SPACE STATION FREEDOM * ======================================================= YOUR CALL WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS THIS IS A REALLY CLOSE FIGHT. PLEASE TRY TO ENLIST YOUR FRIENDS TO CALL AS WELL. - ERIC - Eric W. Tilenius | ColorVenture Software | ewtileni@pucc.BITNET Quadrangle Club | 11 Prospect Drive South | ewtileni@pucc.Princeton.EDU 33 Prospect Avenue | Huntington Sta, NY 11746 | rutgers!pucc.bitnet!ewtileni Princeton, NJ 08540 | 516-424-2298 | princeton!pucc!ewtileni 609-683-4411 | * Sft. for the CoCo 3 * | CIS: 70346,16 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 09 Jul 89 01:30:48 -0900 Reply-To: Sender: From: Tom Claydon - Paranoia At Work.. Subject: Apollo 12 (And Surveyor 3) Can anyone fill me in as to what the Apollo 12 astronauts did when they found the SURVEYOR 3 probe on the lunar surface? I read a while back (in a now-forgotten magazine) that they took the probe's camera off for "a souvenir"... ========================================================================= | Tom Claydon | DISCLAIMER : | | University of Alaska Anchorage | The thoughts expressed here are | | Phone: (907) 562-0090 | are my own. The views are NOT | | BITNET: astlc@alaska.bitnet | the official opinions of the | | USENET: coming SOON! | University of Alaska, so THERE! | | Quote: "If A Man In A Blue Suit | | | Comes Up To You, And Offers | | You OS/2, Remember: JUST SAY NO!" | ========================================================================= ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jul 89 15:39:39 GMT From: wjc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Bill Chiarchiaro) Subject: Re: Apollo 12 (And Surveyor 3) I'm glad to see that someone else is still interested in the Surveyor program; I've long been fascinated by it. A couple of weeks ago I noticed a book in my company's library called: "Analysis of Surveyor 3 Material and Photographs Returned by Apollo 12" Published by: Scientific and Technical Information Office, NASA, 1972 For sale (at least at one time) by the U.S. Government Printing Office as NASA SP-284. I glanced through the book and it described, in minute detail, what items were taken from Surveyor 3 and what was done with them. Bill Chiarchiaro N1CPK wjc@xn.ll.mit.edu ------------------------------ Date: 15 Jul 89 06:55:47 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Galileo press briefing scheduled (Forwarded) [What a hassle just to be a reporter. -PEY] Paula Cleggett-Haleim Headquarters, Washington, D.C. July 14, 1989 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. N89-52 NOTE TO EDITORS: GALILEO PRESS BRIEFING SCHEDULED The Galileo planetary spacecraft will be the topic of a press briefing on Friday, July 21, at the Kennedy Space center, Fla. A photo opportunity with the Galileo spacecraft will follow. The Galileo briefing will begin at 11:30 a.m. EDT in the KSC News Center auditorium and will be carried on NASA Select television: Satcom F2R, transponder 13, 72 degrees west longitude. Two-way question and answer capability will be available. Participating in the briefing will be: John Conway, NASA Director of Payload Management and Operations, Kennedy Space Center John Casani, Deputy Assistant Director for Flight Projects, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dick Spehalski, Galileo Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Torrence Johnson, Galileo Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory At the conclusion of the press briefing, media representatives will be transported to the SAEF-2 planetary spacecraft checkout facility to view Galileo. All workstands and access platforms have been removed from around the spacecraft. Required clean room attire for members of the press will be provided. All photographic equipment must be self contained with internal power; no external power will be available. Electronic flash will be permitted; no flash bulbs may be used. No flame producing devices can be permitted in any part of SAEF-2. All reporters are asked to refrain from using hair spray and make-up until after the showing and are requested to wear low- heeled, closed-toed shoes. Because access to Galileo is on a non-interference basis with spacecraft operations, media representatives may wish to keep in contact with the Kennedy News Center to be certain that there has been no change in the date or time of the event. ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jul 89 15:38:38 GMT From: asuvax!enuxha!kluksdah@handies.ucar.edu (Norman C. Kluksdahl) Subject: Re: Apollo Ascent Modules In article <8907160317.AA01918@crash.cts.com>, edward@pro-harvest.UUCP (Edward Floden) writes: > The ascent modules, of the Apollo lunar landing missions, were abandoned to > orbit the moon once the astronauts had transferred back to the command module. > Are any of the ascent modules still in orbit about Luna? Or have they all > fallen to ground since then? In either case, how long are their orbits > expected to last, before the modules crash? > The ascent stage of Eagle was left in orbit; I believe that most (if not all) excepting Apollo 13's LEM ascent stage were deliberately crashed into the surface to get seismic data from the experiment packages left on the moon. ********************************************************************** Norman Kluksdahl Arizona State University ..ncar!noao!asuvax!enuxha!kluksdah alternate: kluksdah@enuxc1.eas.asu.edu standard disclaimer implied ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jul 89 16:27:42 GMT From: trident.arc.nasa.gov!yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) Subject: Voyager Status for 07/07/89 (Forwarded) Voyager Status Report July 7, 1989 Voyager team scientists have found a new moon in orbit around Neptune. The discovery was confirmed Wednesday when the moon was located in images from Voyager 2. Temporarily designated 1989 N1, the new satellite was initially seen in images transmitted to Earth in mid-June. Its existence could not be confirmed, however, until later images showed the small body in its predicted orbit. Dr. Stephen P. Synnott, a Voyager imaging team scientist at JPL, found the small, bright smudge in Voyager images that led to the moon's discovery. According to Synnott, the new Neptunian satellite could range in diameter from 200 to 600 kilometers (about 125 to 400 miles) and orbits in a very nearly circular and equatorial orbit about 92,700 kilometers (about 57,600 miles) from the planet's cloud tops (or about 117,500 kilometers (73,000 miles) from the planet's center). At this point, the moon is too indistinct to appear in photographic prints made from the Voyager images, but pictures taken in coming weeks will show the moon more clearly. 1989 N1 cannot be seen from Earth because the moon is so close to Neptune that the brightness of the planet itself masks the tiny point of light. Voyager 2 will continue to study the moon and conduct searches for others as it approaches the planet. Moons known to orbit Neptune now total three. The other two, Triton and Nereid, were discovered in 1846 and 1949, respectively. Ultimately, 1989 N1 will be given a name drawn from mythology associated with Neptune, in accordance with nomenclature protocol set by the International Astronomical Union. DISTANCE FROM EARTH: 2,672,377,000 miles DISTANCE FROM NEPTUNE: 43,696,000 miles HELIOCENTRIC VELOCITY: 42,200 mph ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V9 #562 *******************