Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 11:45:28 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V16 #259 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Tue, 2 Mar 93 Volume 16 : Issue 259 Today's Topics: Aurora (rumors) (2 msgs) Stupid Fred Question What happend whit BIOSPEHERE2!?... Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space " to one of these addresses: listserv@uga (BITNET), rice::boyle (SPAN/NSInet), utadnx::utspan::rice::boyle (THENET), or space-REQUEST@isu.isunet.edu (Internet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 11:45:27 -0500 From: Lawrence Curcio Subject: Aurora (rumors) Newsgroups: sci.space Dean Adams Writes: >lc2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lawrence Curcio) writes: > >I'm impressed by the side-looking radar argument. > >Hmm... which "argument" was that? Those systems have been used >on airborne recon platforms for decades. There is nothing at all >Aurora-specifc about it. I was replying to answers to my original question, which concerned the utility of a noisy spy plane. No one implied that side-looking radar was Aurora-specific. > > >I find the argument regarding speed less impressive. >Well, speed is about the *most* "impressive" thing about Aurora. :-> > Speed is impressive, but the argument isn't. > >If you spy on me frequently, and I hear enough booms, >The argument about "hearing booms" is not a very good one. > Naturally, the argument that there would be no sound would be a good one; however in my question, noise was a given. > > you're going to find me ready for you one day. > >Don't be too sure. The SR-71 flew such missions for decades at "only" Mach 3, >and despite thousands of attempts to shoot them down, they were never "ready" >enough for it. I would not expect anyone to suddenly be MORE ready for a >vehicle that operates at TWICE the speed. > Very well. > >It matters only a little that you're gone when I find out you've been there. > >I think it probably matters quite a bit to the Pilot and RSO. :-) > I doubt it matters as much to the politicians who have to deal with the fallout. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Mar 93 05:49:50 GMT From: Dean Adams Subject: Aurora (rumors) Newsgroups: sci.space lc2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Lawrence Curcio) writes: >I'm impressed by the side-looking radar argument. Hmm... which "argument" was that? Those systems have been used on airborne recon platforms for decades. There is nothing at all Aurora-specifc about it. >I find the argument regarding speed less impressive. Well, speed is about the *most* "impressive" thing about Aurora. :-> >If you spy on me frequently, and I hear enough booms, The argument about "hearing booms" is not a very good one. > you're going to find me ready for you one day. Don't be too sure. The SR-71 flew such missions for decades at "only" Mach 3, and despite thousands of attempts to shoot them down, they were never "ready" enough for it. I would not expect anyone to suddenly be MORE ready for a vehicle that operates at TWICE the speed. >It matters only a little that you're gone when I find out you've been there. I think it probably matters quite a bit to the Pilot and RSO. :-) ------------------------------ From: flb@flb.optiplan.fi (F.Baube x554) Subject: Stupid Fred Question Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 17:06:24 EET Reply-To: baube@optiplan.fi X-Mailer: ELM [version 06.01.01.00 (2.3 PL11)] In the close-up GIF of the space station, on the one module, what does NASDA stand for ? -- * Fred Baube GU/MSFS * We live in only one small room of the * Optiplan O.Y. * enormous house of our consciousness * baube@optiplan.fi * -- William James * #include * nymphs vex, beg quick fjord waltz ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Mar 93 10:19:16 CST From: a20461@itesocci.gdl.iteso.mx (Cruz Lugo Eric De La) Subject: What happend whit BIOSPEHERE2!?... I was reading a newspaper here in Guadalajara, (MEXICO), then i see an article which says : BIOSPEHERE II CANCELED. the reason is: personal problems betwen "biospherans". it's thrue? please send me coments about it. tank's in advance Eric De La Cruz Lugo a20461@iteso <---Bitnet a20461@itesocci.gdl.iteso.mx <--Internet ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 16 : Issue 259 ------------------------------