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Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 05:05:05
From: Space Digest maintainer <digests@isu.isunet.edu>
Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu
Subject: Space Digest V15 #490
To: Space Digest Readers
Precedence: bulk
Space Digest Thu, 3 Dec 92 Volume 15 : Issue 490
Today's Topics:
Diffs to sci.space/sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions
Space FAQ 01/15 - Introduction
Space FAQ 02/15 - Network Resources
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Date: 2 Dec 92 17:40:51 GMT
From: Jon Leech <leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu>
Subject: Diffs to sci.space/sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,news.answers
Archive-name: space/diff
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).
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.intro
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21189 Wed Dec 2 12:29:28 1992
--- FAQ.intro Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992
***************
*** 225,230 ****
--- 225,231 ----
baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) - planetary probe schedules
bankst@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Timothy Banks) - map projections,
variable star analysis archive
+ bern@uni-trier.de (Jochen Bern) - German mnemonic translation
brosen@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Bernie Rosen) - Space Camp
bschlesinger@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry Schlesinger) - FITS format
cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) - space group contact info
***************
*** 248,253 ****
--- 249,255 ----
shuttle landings, spysats, propulsion, "Face on Mars"
hmueller@cssun.tamu.edu (Hal Mueller) - map projections,
orbital dynamics
+ jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh Hopkins) - launch services
jim@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Bowery) - propulsion, launch services
jscotti@lpl.arizona.edu (Jim Scotti) - planetary positions
kcarroll@zoo.toronto.edu (Kieran A. Carroll)- refs for spacecraft design
***************
*** 269,274 ****
--- 271,277 ----
rdb@mel.cocam.oz.au (Rodney Brown) - propulsion refs
rja7m@phil.cs.virginia.edu (Ran Atkinson) - FTPable astro. programs
rjungcla@ihlpb.att.com (R. Michael Jungclas)- models
+ roelle@sigi.jhuapl.edu (Curt Roelle) - German mnemonic translation
seal@leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov (David Seal) - Cassini mission schedule
shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) - photos, shuttle landings
smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) - photos
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.net
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21194 Wed Dec 2 12:29:30 1992
--- FAQ.net Tue Dec 1 20:23:43 1992
***************
*** 66,72 ****
capture, starflight, orbital debris removal, etc. Email to
space-tech-request@cs.cmu.edu to join. Archives of old digests and
selected excerpts are available by anonymous FTP from
! daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.218.26) in /usr/anon/public/space-tech,
or by email to space-tech-request if you don't have FTP access.
SEDS-L is a BITNET list for members of Students for the Exploration and
--- 66,72 ----
capture, starflight, orbital debris removal, etc. Email to
space-tech-request@cs.cmu.edu to join. Archives of old digests and
selected excerpts are available by anonymous FTP from
! gs80.sp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.205.90) in /usr/anon/public/space-tech,
or by email to space-tech-request if you don't have FTP access.
SEDS-L is a BITNET list for members of Students for the Exploration and
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.data
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21199 Wed Dec 2 12:29:31 1992
--- FAQ.data Tue Dec 1 20:23:41 1992
***************
*** 322,330 ****
kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.1.165) NASA,Molczan
directory: /pub/space/
- nachos.ssesco.com (192.55.187.18) NASA,Molczan
- directory: /sat_elements
-
SPACE DIGEST ARCHIVES
--- 322,327 ----
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diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.mnemonics
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21219 Wed Dec 2 12:29:37 1992
--- FAQ.mnemonics Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992
***************
*** 58,64 ****
Solar Mass Very Easily Makes All Jupiter's Satellites Undergo
Numerous Perturbations.
! Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unseren niedlichen Planeten
Colors of the spectrum: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
ROY G. BIV (pronounce as a man's name)
--- 58,68 ----
Solar Mass Very Easily Makes All Jupiter's Satellites Undergo
Numerous Perturbations.
! Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unsere niedlichen Planeten
! (My Father explains to me every Sunday our nine planets)
! Man verachte einen Menschen in seinem Unglueck nie -- Punkt
! (Never scorn/despise a person in his misfortune/bad luck/misery
! -- period!)
Colors of the spectrum: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
ROY G. BIV (pronounce as a man's name)
***************
*** 68,75 ****
Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
I Expect God Cries
I Eat Green Cheese
! Ich Erschrecke alle Guten Christen
Saturnian Satellites
MET DR THIP
--- 72,81 ----
Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
I Expect God Cries
I Eat Green Cheese
+ I Embarrass Good Christians
! Ich erschrecke all guten Christen
! (I scare all good Christians)
Saturnian Satellites
MET DR THIP
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.addresses
No differences encountered
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.new_probes
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21239 Wed Dec 2 12:29:42 1992
--- FAQ.new_probes Tue Dec 1 20:23:43 1992
***************
*** 92,97 ****
--- 92,103 ----
10/05/97 - Jupiter Magnetotail Exploration
+ HITEN - Japanese (ISAS) lunar probe launched 1/24/90. Has made
+ multiple lunar flybys. Released Hagoromo, a smaller satellite,
+ into lunar orbit. This mission made Japan the third nation to
+ orbit a satellite around the Moon.
+
+
MAGELLAN - Venus radar mapping mission. Has mapped almost the entire
surface at high resolution. Currently (11/92) in mapping cycle 4,
collecting a global gravity map.
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.groups
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21249 Wed Dec 2 12:29:45 1992
--- FAQ.groups Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992
***************
*** 46,60 ****
No dues information available at present.
! NSS - the National Space Society, formed by the merger of the L-5
! Society and the National Space Institute founded by Von Braun. NSS
! is a pro-space group distinguished by its network of local chapters.
! Supports a general agenda of space development and man-in-space,
! including the NASA space station. Publishes _Ad Astra_, a monthly
! glossy magazine, and runs Shuttle launch tours, Dial-A-Shuttle and
! Space Hotline telephone services. A major sponsor of the annual
! space development conference. Associated with Spacecause and
! Spacepac, political lobbying organizations.
Membership $18 (youth/senior) $35 (regular).
--- 46,64 ----
No dues information available at present.
! L-5 Society (defunct). Founded by Keith and Carolyn Henson in 1975 to
! advocate space colonization. Its major success was in preventing US
! participation in the UN "Moon Treaty" in the late 1970s. Merged with
! the National Space Institute in 1987, forming the National Space
! Society.
!
! NSS - the National Space Society. NSS is a pro-space group distinguished
! by its network of local chapters. Supports a general agenda of space
! development and man-in-space, including the NASA space station.
! Publishes _Ad Astra_, a monthly glossy magazine, and runs Shuttle
! launch tours, Dial-A-Shuttle and Space Hotline telephone services. A
! major sponsor of the annual space development conference. Associated
! with Spacecause and Spacepac, political lobbying organizations.
Membership $18 (youth/senior) $35 (regular).
===================================================================
diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.launchers
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a21259 Wed Dec 2 12:29:47 1992
--- FAQ.launchers Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992
***************
*** 3,81 ****
ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES
! If anyone has more accurate or more complete information, please post
! it and copy jim@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Bowery), who maintains the primary
! copy of this item. Don't forget to include the source of the
! information.
- PAYLOAD(LBS) DELIVERED TO
- COMPANY/VEHICLE $M LEO GTO GEO ESCAPE U.STAGE LAUNCHFAIL(1)
! MM/Titan4[H] 296 47000 .... 10300 .... Centaur .... ....
! MM/Titan4 277 49000 15000 5800 .... IUS .... ....
! MM/Titan3 160 32500 12474 4100 .... TOS .... ....
! AS/Arian44L[H] 110 21164 9259 5500 .... none .... ....
! GD/Atlas2 80 15700 6200 3000 .... Centaur .... ....
! MD/Delta2 52 11100 4010 2000 2816[S] PAMD[H] .... ....
! GW/LongMarch3 45 6614 2866 1433 .... none .... ....
! EPAC/EagleS2[E] 30 10000(2)5128 3374 ....(4) USTM(3) 0 0
! OSC/Taurus[S] 17 2703 .... .... 374 .... 0 0
! EPAC/EagleS1[E] 15 6000 .... .... ....(4) USTM 0 0
! AMROC/Aquila[S] 10 2000 1467 .... .... none 0 0
! SSI/Conestoga 10 1500(5) 900(6) 550(7) .... 0 0
! OSC/Pegasus[H] 9.7 750 .... .... .... none 2 1
! EPAC/Eagle[E] 6.7 3000 .... .... .... USTM 0 0
!
! (1) For launches where reflight insurance is issued, the fraction of the
! launch cost indemnified is the failure level for that flight.
! For launches where reflight insurance is not issued, a rough
! estimate is made as to the fraction of the launch cost that
! would have been indemnified.
! (2) LEO given is 300nmi altitude [S].
! (3) The bipropellant (Isp=323) USTM has a dry weight of approximately 1600LBS
! which must be subtracted from the total weight to determine weight
! available for electronics, power, communication and fuel. The USTM
! provides station-keeping and course correction in addition to
! transfer and apogee burns.
! (4) According to [S] escape requires 170kg MMH/NTO fuel with USTM.
! (5) 200nmi altitude 37.9d inclination [S].
! (6) 400nmi altitude [S].
! (7) Includes Conestoga apogee kick stage weight.
! REFLIGHT
! VEHICLE POLARLBS(9) INSURANCE(%) ACCURACY PAD WEIGHT
- MM/Titan4[H] .... .... .... 1910449
- MM/Titan4 .... .... .... 1885525
- MM/Titan3 .... .... .... 1492200
- AS/Arian44L .... .... .... 1033000
- GD/Atlas2 12400 .... .... 360600
- MD/Delta2 8401 .... .... 450000
- GW/LongMarch3 .... .... .... 444400
- EPAC/EagleS2[E] .... 18 1.4km(9) 268145
- OSC/Taurus[S] 2140 .... .... ....
- EPAC/EagleS1[E] .... 18 1.4km(9) ....
- AMROC/Aquila[S] 1467 .... .... ....
- SSI/Conestoga 900 .... 9.3km(10) ....
- OSC/Pegasus[S] 649 .... .... ....
- EPAC/Eagle .... 18 .... 99134
! (9) For unknown data, conservative figures for polar orbit can be
! estimated by dividing LEO weight by 2.
! (10) Circular orbit and <0.02d inclination error to 3 sigma [S].
! (11) Reduced payload for upper stage with thrust vector control. 1 sigma [S].
! Figures given as "...." are to be included in a future release.
! Information sources are indicated by a source code within square brackets.
! For example [H] means the associated information and subsequent information
! comes from the 1989 Hughes Corp. Survey with dollars given in 1989 dollars.
! Source codes: H = 1989 Hughes Corp. Survey
! E = 9/1991 E'Prime Aerospace Corp. report
! S = "A Status Report on the Availability of Expendable
! Launch Vehicles for Small Solar System
! Exploration Payloads", Jim McAdams, Science
! Applications International Corp. 3/31/1991
--- 3,195 ----
ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES
! The following data comes from _International Reference Guide to Space Launch
! Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition.
+ Notes:
+ * Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar paylaods are for a 100 nm
+ orbit.
+ * Reliablity data includes launches through Dec, 1990. Reliabity for a
+ familiy of vehicles includes launches by types no longer built when
+ applicable
+ * Prices are in millions of 1990 $US and are subject to change.
+ * Only operational vehicle families are included. Individual vehicles
+ which have not yet flown are marked by an asterisk (*) If a vehicle
+ had first launch after publication of my data, it may still be
+ marked with an asterisk.
! Vehicle | Payload kg (lbs) | Reliability | Price | Launch Site
! (nation) | LEO Polar GTO | | | (Lat. & Long.)
! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Ariane 35/40 87.5% Kourou
+ (ESA) (5.2 N, 52.8 W)
+ AR40 4,900 3,900 1,900 1/1 $65m
+ (10,800) (8,580) (4,190)
+ AR42P 6,100 4,800 2,600 1/1 $67m
+ (13,400) (10,600) (5,730)
+ AR44P 6,900 5,500 3,000 0/0 ? $70m
+ (15,200) (12,100) (6,610)
+ AR42L 7,400 5,900 3,200 0/0 ? $90m
+ (16,300) (13,000) (7,050)
+ AR44LP 8,300 6,600 3,700 6/6 $95m
+ (18,300) (14,500) (8,160)
+ AR44L 9,600 7,700 4,200 3/4 $115m
+ (21,100) (16,900) (9,260)
! * AR5 18,000 ??? 6,800 0/0 $105m
! (39,600) (15,000)
! [300nm]
! Atlas 213/245 86.9% Cape Canaveral
! (USA) (28.5 N, 81.0W)
! Atlas E -- 820 -- 15/17 $45m Vandeberg AFB
! (1,800) (34.7 N, 120.6W)
! Atlas I 5,580 4,670 2,250 1/1 $70m
! (12,300) (10,300) (4,950)
! Atlas II 6,395 5,400 2,680 0/0 $75m
! (14,100) (11,900) (5,900)
! Atlas IIA 6,760 5,715 2,810 0/0 $85m
! (14,900) (12,600) (6,200)
!
! * Atlas IIAS 8,390 6,805 3,490 0/0 $115m
! (18,500) (15,000) (7,700)
!
!
! Delta 189/201 94.0% Cape Canaveral
! (USA) Vandenberg AFB
! Delta 6925 3,900 2,950 1,450 14/14 $45m
! (8,780) (6,490) (3,190)
!
! Delta 7925 5,045 3,830 1,820 1/1 $50m
! (11,100) (8,420) (2,000)
!
!
! Energia 2/2 100% Baikonur
! (Russia) (45.6 N 63.4 E)
! Energia 88,000 80,000 ??? 2/2 $110m
! (194,000) (176,000)
!
!
! H series 22/22 100% Tangeshima
! (Japan) (30.2 N 130.6 E)
! * H-2 10,500 6,600 4,000 0/0 $110m
! (23,000) (14,500) (8,800)
!
!
! Kosmos 371/377 98.4% Plestek
! (Russia) (62.8 N 40.1 E)
! Kosmos 1100 - 1350 (2300 - 3000) $??? Kapustin Yar
! [400 km orbit ??? inclination] (48.4 N 45.8 E)
!
!
! Long March 23/25 92.0% Jiquan SLC
! (China) (41 N 100 E)
! * CZ-1D 720 ??? 200 0/0 $10m Xichang SLC
! (1,590) (440) (28 N 102 E)
! Taiyuan SLC
! CZ-2C 3,200 1,750 1,000 12/12 $20m (41 N 100 E)
! (7,040) (3,860) (2,200)
!
! CZ-2E 9,200 ??? 3,370 1/1 $40m
! (20,300) (7,430)
!
! * CZ-2E/HO 13,600 ??? 4,500 0/0 $???
! (29,900) (9,900)
!
! CZ-3 ??? ??? 1,400 6/7 $33m
! (3,100)
!
! * CZ-3A ??? ??? 2,500 0/0 $???m
! (5,500)
!
! CZ-4 4,000 ??? 1,100 2/2 $???m
! (8,800) (2,430)
!
!
! Pegasus/Taurus 2/2 100% Peg: B-52/L1011
! (USA) Taur: Canaveral
! Pegasus 455 365 125 2/2 $10m or Vandenberg
! (1,000) (800) (275)
!
! * Taurus 1,450 1,180 375 0/0 $15m
! (3,200) (2,600) (830)
!
!
! Proton 164/187 87.7% Baikonour
! (Russia)
! Proton 20,000 ??? 5,500 164/187 $35-70m
! (44,100) (12,200)
!
!
! SCOUT 99/113 87.6% Vandenberg AFB
! (USA) Wallops FF
! SCOUT G-1 270 210 54 13/13 $12m (37.9 N 75.4 W)
! (600) (460) (120) San Marco
! (2.9 S 40.3 E)
! * Enhanced SCOUT 525 372 110 0/0 $15m
! (1,160) (820) (240)
!
!
! Shavit 2/2 100% Palmachim AFB
! (Israel) ( ~31 N)
! Shavit ??? 160 ??? 2/2 $22m
! (350)
!
! Space Shuttle 37/38 97.4% Kennedy Space
! (USA) Center
! Shuttle/SRB 23,500 ??? 5,900 37/38 $248m (28.5 N 81.0 W)
! (51,800) (13,000) [FY88]
!
! * Shuttle/ASRM 27,100 ??? ??? 0/0
! (59,800)
!
!
! SLV 2/6 33.3% SHAR Center
! (India) (400km) (900km polar) (13.9 N 80.4 E)
! ASLV 150 ??? ??? 0/2 $???m
! (330)
!
! * PSLV 3,000 1,000 450 0/0 $???m
! (6,600) (2,200) (990)
!
! * GSLV 8,000 ??? 2,500 0/0 $???m
! (17,600) (5,500)
!
!
! Titan 160/172 93.0% Cape Canaveral
! (USA) Vandenberg
! Titan II ??? 1,905 ??? 2/2 $43m
! (4,200)
!
! Titan III 14,515 ??? 5,000 2/3 $140m
! (32,000) (11,000)
!
! Titan IV/SRM 17,700 14,100 6,350 3/3 $154m-$227m
! (39,000) (31,100) (14,000)
!
! Titan IV/SRMU 21,640 18,600 8,620 0/0 $???m
! (47,700) (41,000) (19,000)
!
!
! Vostok 1358/1401 96.9% Baikonur
! (Russia) [650km] Plesetsk
! Vostok 4,730 1,840 ??? ?/149 $14m
! (10,400) (4,060)
!
! Soyuz 7,000 ??? ??? ?/944 $15m
! (15,400)
!
! Molniya 1500kg (3300 lbs) in ?/258 $???M
! Highly eliptical orbit
!
!
! Zenit 12/13 92.3% Baikonur
! (Russia)
! Zenit 13,740 11,380 4,300 12/13 $65m
! (30,300) (25,090) (9,480)
------------------------------
Date: 2 Dec 92 17:41:48 GMT
From: Jon Leech <leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu>
Subject: Space FAQ 01/15 - Introduction
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space,news.answers
Archive-name: space/intro
Last-modified: $Date: 92/12/02 12:34:40 $
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON SCI.SPACE/SCI.ASTRO
INTRODUCTION
This series of linked messages is periodically posted to the Usenet
groups sci.space and sci.astro in an attempt to provide good answers to
frequently asked questions and other reference material which is worth
preserving. If you have corrections or answers to other frequently asked
questions that you would like included in this posting, send email to
leech@cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech).
If you don't want to see the FAQ, add 'Frequently Asked Questions' to
your KILL file for this group (if you're not reading this with a newsreader
that can kill articles by subject, you're out of luck).
The FAQ volume is excessive right now and will hopefully be trimmed down
by rewriting and condensing over time. The FAQ postings are available in
the Ames SPACE archive in FAQ/faq<#>.
Good summaries will be accepted in place of the answers given here. The
point of this is to circulate existing information, and avoid rehashing old
answers. Better to build on top than start again. Nothing more depressing
than rehashing old topics for the 100th time. References are provided
because they give more complete information than any short generalization.
Questions fall into three basic types:
1) Where do I find some information about space?
Try your local public library first. The net is not a good place to ask
for general information. Ask INDIVIDUALS (by email) if you must. There
are other sources, use them, too. The net is a place for open ended
discussion.
2) I have an idea which would improve space flight?
Hope you aren't surprised, but 9,999 out of 10,000 have usually been
thought of before. Again, contact a direct individual source for
evaluation. NASA fields thousands of these each day.
3) Miscellanous queries.
These are addressed on a case-by-case basis in the following series of
FAQ postings.
SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER NETIQUETTE
Read news.announce.newusers if you're on Usenet.
Minimize cross references, [Do you REALLY NEED to?]
Edit "Subject:" lines, especially if you're taking a tangent.
Send mail instead, avoid posting follow ups. (1 mail message worth
100 posts).
Internet mail readers: send requests to add/drop to SPACE-REQUEST
not SPACE.
Read all available articles before posting a follow-up. (Check all
references.)
Cut down attributed articles (leave only the points you're
responding to; remove signatures and headers). Summarize!
Put a return address in the body (signature) of your message (mail
or article), state your institution, etc. Don't assume the
'reply' function of mailers will work.
Use absolute dates. Post in a timely way. Don't post what everyone
will get on TV anyway.
Some editors and window systems do character count line wrapping:
keep lines under 80 characters for those using ASCII terminals
(use carriage returns).
INDEX TO LINKED POSTINGS
I've attempted to break the postings up into related areas. There isn't
a keyword index yet; the following lists the major subject areas in each
posting. Only those containing astronomy-related material are posted to
sci.astro (indicated by '*' following the posting number).
# Contents
1* Introduction
Suggestions for better netiquette
Index to linked postings
Notes on addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Contributors
2* Network resources
Overview
Mailing lists
Periodically updated information
Warning about non-public networks
3* Online (and some offline) sources of images, data, etc.
Introduction
Viewing Images
Online Archives
NASA Ames
NASA Spacelink
National Space Science Data Center
Space And Planetary Image Facility
Space Telescope Science Institute Electronic Info. Service
Astronomical Databases
Astronomy Programs
Orbital Element Sets
SPACE Digest
Landsat & NASA Photos
Planetary Maps
Cometary Orbits
4* Performing calculations and interpreting data formats
Computing spacecraft orbits and trajectories
Computing planetary positions
Computing crater diameters from Earth-impacting asteroids
Map projections and spherical trignometry
Performing N-body simulations efficiently
Interpreting the FITS image format
Sky (Unix ephemeris program)
Three-dimensional star/galaxy coordinates
5* References on specific areas
Publishers of space/astronomy material
Careers in the space industry
DC-X single-stage to orbit (SSTO) program
LLNL "great exploration"
Lunar science and activities
Spacecraft models
Rocket propulsion
Spacecraft design
Esoteric propulsion schemes (solar sails, lasers, fusion...)
Spy satellites
Space shuttle computer systems
SETI computation (signal processing)
Amateur satellies & weather satellites
Tides
6* Constants and equations for calculations
7* Astronomical Mnemonics
8 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
9 Space shuttle answers, launch schedules, TV coverage
Shuttle launchings and landings; schedules and how to see them
How to receive the NASA TV channel, NASA SELECT
Dial-A-Shuttle and how to use it
Amateur radio frequencies for shuttle missions
Solid Rocket Booster fuel composition
10 Planetary probes - Historical Missions
US planetary missions
Mariner (Venus, Mars, & Mercury flybys and orbiters)
Pioneer (Moon, Sun, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn flybys and orbiters)
Ranger (Lunar lander and impact missions)
Lunar Orbiter (Lunar surface photography)
Surveyor (Lunar soft landers)
Viking (Mars orbiters and landers)
Voyager (Outer planet flybys)
Soviet planetary missions
Soviet Lunar probes
Soviet Venus probes
Soviet Mars probes
Japanese planetary missions
Planetary mission references
11 Upcoming planetary probes - missions and schedules
Cassini
Galileo
Magellan
Mars Observer
TOPEX/Poseidon
Ulysses
Other space science missions
Proposed missions
12 Controversial questions
What happened to the Saturn V plans
Why data from space missions isn't immediately available
Risks of nuclear (RTG) power sources for space probes
Impact of the space shuttle on the ozone layer
How long can a human live unprotected in space
Using the shuttle beyond Low Earth Orbit
The "Face on Mars"
13 Space activist/interest/research groups and space publications
Groups
Publications
Undocumented Groups
14 How to become an astronaut
15 Orbital and Planetary Launch Services
NOTES ON ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, ETC.
Unless otherwise specified, telephone numbers, addresses, and so on are
for the United States of America. Non-US readers should remember to add
the country code for telephone calls, etc.
CREDITS
Eugene Miya started a series of linked FAQ postings some years ago which
inspired (and was largely absorbed into) this set.
Peter Yee and Ron Baalke have and continue to spend a lot of their own
time setting up the SPACE archives at NASA Ames and forwarding official
NASA announcements.
Many other people have contributed material to this list in the form of
old postings to sci.space and sci.astro which I've edited. Please let me
know if corrections need to be made. Contributors I've managed to keep
track of are:
0004847546@mcimail.com (Francis Reddy) - map projections
akerman@bill.phy.queensu.CA (Richard Akerman) - crater diameters
alweigel@athena.mit.edu (Lisa Weigel) - SEDS info
aoab314@emx.utexas.edu (Srinivas Bettadpur) - tides
awpaeth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Alan Wm Paeth) - map projections
aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) - Great Exploration
baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) - planetary probe schedules
bankst@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Timothy Banks) - map projections,
variable star analysis archive
bern@uni-trier.de (Jochen Bern) - German mnemonic translation
brosen@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Bernie Rosen) - Space Camp
bschlesinger@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry Schlesinger) - FITS format
cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) - space group contact info
chapin@cbnewsc.att.com (Tom Chapin) - planetary positions
cunnida@tenet.edu (D. Alan Cunningham) - NASA Spacelink
cyamamot@kilroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Cliff Yamamoto) - orbital elements
datri@convex.com (Anthony Datri) - PDS/VICAR viewing software
daver@sjc.mentorg.com (Dave Rickel) - orbit formulae
dlbres10@pc.usl.edu (Phil Fraering) - propulsion
eder@hsvaic.boeing.com (Dani Eder) - Saturn V plans, SRBs
eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) - introduction,
NASA contact info, started FAQ postings
g@telesoft.com (Gary Morris) - amateur radio info
gaetz@uwovax.uwo.ca (Terry Gaetz) - N-body calculations,
orbital dynamics
grandi@noao.edu (Steve Grandi) - planetary positions
greer%utd201.dnet%utadnx@utspan.span.nasa.gov (Dale M. Greer) - constants
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) - survival in vacuum,
astronaut how-to, publication refs, DC-X
higgins@fnal.bitnet (William Higgins) - RTGs, publishers,
shuttle landings, spysats, propulsion, "Face on Mars"
hmueller@cssun.tamu.edu (Hal Mueller) - map projections,
orbital dynamics
jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh Hopkins) - launch services
jim@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Bowery) - propulsion, launch services
jscotti@lpl.arizona.edu (Jim Scotti) - planetary positions
kcarroll@zoo.toronto.edu (Kieran A. Carroll)- refs for spacecraft design
ken@orion.bitnet (Kenneth Ng) - RTGs
klaes@verga.enet.dec.com (Larry Klaes) - planetary probe history
leech@cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech) - crater diameters
lfa@vielle.cray.com (Lou Adornato) - orbital dynamics
maury.markowitz@egsgate.fidonet.org (Maury Markowitz) - propulsion
mbellon@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM - N-body calculations
mcconley@phoenix.Princeton.edu (Marc Wayne Mcconley) - space careers
msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) - Mariner 1 info.
mwm@cmu.edu (Mark Maimone) - SPACE Digest
nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Dr. Nick Watkins) - models, spysats
opus@pioneer.unm.edu (Colby Kraybill) - SPIF data archive
panama@cup.portal.com (Kenneth W Durham) - cometary orbits, IAU
paul.blase@nss.fidonet.org (Paul Blase) - propulsion
pjs@plato.jpl.nasa.gov (Peter Scott) - RTGs
pschleck@unomaha.edu (Paul W. Schleck) - AMSAT, ARRL contact info
rdb@mel.cocam.oz.au (Rodney Brown) - propulsion refs
rja7m@phil.cs.virginia.edu (Ran Atkinson) - FTPable astro. programs
rjungcla@ihlpb.att.com (R. Michael Jungclas)- models
roelle@sigi.jhuapl.edu (Curt Roelle) - German mnemonic translation
seal@leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov (David Seal) - Cassini mission schedule
shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) - photos, shuttle landings
smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) - photos
stephen@gpwd.gp.co.nz (Stephen Dixon) - shuttle audio frequencies
sterner@warper.jhuapl.edu (Ray Sterner) - planetary positions
stooke@vaxr.sscl.uwo.ca (Phil Stooke) - planetary maps
ted_anderson@transarc.com (Ted Anderson) - propulsion
terry@astro.as.utexas.edu (Terry Hancock) - NASA center info
thorson@typhoon.atmos.coloState.edu (Bill Thorson) - FITS info
tm2b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Todd L. Masco) - SPACE Digest
tom@ssd.csd.harris.com (Tom Horsley) - refs for algorithms
veikko.makela@helsinki.fi (Veikko Makela) - orbital element sets
wayne@csri.utoronto.ca (Wayne Hayes) - constants
weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener) - Voyager history
yamada@yscvax.ysc.go.jp (Yoshiro Yamada) - ISAS/NASDA missions
yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee) - AMES archive server,
propulsion
In Net memoriam:
Ted Flinn
NEXT: FAQ #2/15 - Network Resources
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Date: 2 Dec 92 17:42:58 GMT
From: Jon Leech <leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu>
Subject: Space FAQ 02/15 - Network Resources
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space,news.answers
Archive-name: space/net
Last-modified: $Date: 92/12/02 12:34:45 $
NETWORK RESOURCES
OVERVIEW
You may be reading this document on any one of an amazing variety of
computers, so much of the material below may not apply to you. In
general, however, systems connected to 'the net' fall in one of three
categories: Internet, Usenet, or BITNET. Electronic mail may be sent
between these networks, and other resources available on one of these
networks are sometimes accessible from other networks by email sent to
special 'servers'.
The space and astronomy discussion groups actually are composed of
several mechanisms with (mostly) transparent connections between them.
One mechanism is the mailing list, in which mail is sent to a central
distribution point which relays it to all recipients of the list. In
addition to the general lists for space (called SPACE Digest for
Internet users, and SPACE on BITNET), there are a number of more
specialized mailing lists described below.
A second mechanism is Usenet 'netnews'. This is somewhat like a bulletin
board operating on each system which is a part of the net. Netnews
separates contributions into hundreds of different categories based on a
'group name'. The groups dealing most closely with space topics are
called 'sci.space.news', 'sci.space', 'sci.space.shuttle', 'sci.astro',
and 'talk.politics.space'. Contributors 'post' submissions (called
'articles' in netnews terminology) on their local machine, which sends
it to other nearby machines. Similarly, articles sent from nearby
machines are stored locally and may be forwarded to other systems, so
that an article is posted locally and eventually reaches all the Usenet
sites interested in receiving the news group to which the article was
posted.
Gateway machines redirect the Usenet sci.space group into Internet and
BITNET mailing lists and vice versa; the other Usenet groups are not
accessible as mailing lists. If you can receive netnews, its more
flexible interface and access to a wider range of material usually make
it the preferred option.
MAILING LISTS
SPACE Digest is the main Internet list, and is now being run by the
International Space University (in only its second change of management
in over a decade). Email space-request@isu.isunet.edu (message body
should be in the format 'subscribe space John Public') to join. Note
that the moderated SPACE Magazine list is defunct at present for lack of
a moderator. Old copies of SPACE Digest since its inception in 1981 are
available by anonymous FTP. Retrieve
julius.cs.qub.ac.uk:pub/SpaceDigestArchive/README
for further details.
Elements is a moderated list for fast distribution of Space Shuttle
Keplerian Elements before and during Shuttle flights. NASA two line
elements are sent out on the list from Dr. Kelso, JSC, and other sources
as they are released. Email to elements-request@telesoft.com to join.
Space-investors is a list for information relevant to investing in
space-related companies. Email Vincent Cate (vac@cs.cmu.edu) to join.
Space-tech is a list for more technical discussion of space topics;
discussion has included esoteric propulsion technologies, asteroid
capture, starflight, orbital debris removal, etc. Email to
space-tech-request@cs.cmu.edu to join. Archives of old digests and
selected excerpts are available by anonymous FTP from
gs80.sp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.205.90) in /usr/anon/public/space-tech,
or by email to space-tech-request if you don't have FTP access.
SEDS-L is a BITNET list for members of Students for the Exploration and
Development of Space and other interested parties. Email
LISTSERV@TAMVM1.BITNET with a message saying "SUBSCRIBE SEDS-L your
name". Email saying "INDEX SEDS-L" to list the archive contents.
SEDSNEWS is a BITNET list for news items, press releases, shuttle status
reports, and the like. This duplicates material which is also found in
Space Digest, sci.space, sci.space.shuttle, and sci.astro. Email
LISTSERV@TAMVM1.BITNET saying "SUBSCRIBE SEDSNEWS your name" to join.
Email saying "INDEX SEDSNEWS" to list the archive contents.
Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov) runs a mailing list which
carries the contents of the sci.space.news Usenet group. Email him
to join the list.
As a general note, please mail to the *request* address to get off a
mailing list. SPACE Digest, for example, relays many inappropriate
'please remove me from this list' messages which are sent to the list
address rather than the request address.
PERIODICALLY UPDATED INFORMATION
In addition to this FAQ list, a broad variety of topical information is
posted to the net (unless otherwise noted, in the new group
sci.space.news created for this purpose). Please remember that the
individuals posting this information are performing a service for all
net readers, and don't take up their time with frivolous requests.
ACRONYMS
Garrett Wollman (wollman@UVM.EDU) posts an acronym list around the
first of each month.
ASTRO-FTP LIST
Veikko Makela (veikko.makela@helsinki.fi) posts a monthly list of
anonymous FTP servers containing astronomy and space related
material to sci.space and sci.astro.
AVIATION WEEK
Henry Spencer (henry@zoo.toronto.edu) posts summaries of
space-related stories in the weekly _Aviation Week and Space
Technology_.
BUYING TELESCOPES
Ronnie Kon (ronnie@cisco.com) posts a guide to buying telescopes to
sci.astro.
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF THE ASA
Don Barry (don@chara.gsu.edu) posts the monthly Electronic Journal
of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic to sci.astro.
FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL
Swaraj Jeyasingh (sjeyasin@axion.bt.co.uk) posts summaries of
space-related news from _Flight International_. This focuses more on
non-US space activities than Aviation Week.
LARGE ASTRONOMICAL PROJECTS
Robert Bunge (rbunge@access.digex.com) posts a list describing many
"Large Telescope Projects Either Being Considered or in the Works"
to sci.astro.
NASA HEADLINE NEWS & SHUTTLE REPORTS
Peter Yee (yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov) posts a variety of NASA material,
including NASA Headline News (with the schedule for NASA SELECT),
shuttle payload briefings and flight manifests, and KSC shuttle
status reports. For Usenet users, much of this material appears in
the group sci.space.shuttle.
NASA UPDATES
Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov) posts frequent updates from
JPL, Ames, and other centers on the Ulysses, Gailileo, Pioneer,
Magellan, Landsat, and other missions.
ORBITAL ELEMENT SETS
TS Kelso (tkelso@blackbird.afit.af.mil) posts orbital elements from
NASA Prediction Bulletins.
Mike Rose (mrose@stsci.edu) posts orbital elements for the Hubble
Space Telescope to sci.astro.
Jost Jahn (j.jahn@abbs.hanse.de) posts ephemerides for asteroids,
comets, conjunctions, and encounters to sci.astro.
SATELLITE LAUNCHES
Richard Langley (lang@unb.ca) posts SPACEWARN Bulletin, which
describes recent launch/orbital decay information and satellites
which are useful for scientific activities. Recent bulletins are
available by anonymous FTP from nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov in
ANON_DIR:[000000.ACTIVE.SPX].
SHUTTLE MANIFEST
Ken Hollis (gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com) posts a compressed version
of the Space Shuttle launch manifest to sci.space.shuttle. This
includes dates, times, payloads, and information on how to see
launches and landings.
SOLAR ACTIVITY
Cary Oler (oler@hg.uleth.ca) posts Solar Terrestrial reports
(describing solar activity and its effect on the Earth) to
sci.space. The report is issued in part from data released by the
Space Enviroment Services Center, Boulder Colorado. The intro
document needed to understand these reports is available by
anonymous FTP from solar.stanford.edu (36.10.0.4) in
pub/understanding_solar_terrestrial_reports. nic.funet.fi
(128.214.6.100) also has this document in
/pub/misc/rec.radio.shortwave/solarreports and is an archive site
for the reports (please note this site is in Europe, and the
connection to the US is only 56KB). A new primary archive site,
xi.uleth.ca (142.66.3.29), has recently been established and will be
actively supported.
SOVIET SPACE ACTIVITIES
Glenn Chapman (glennc@cs.sfu.ca) posts summaries of Soviet space
activities.
SPACE ACTIVIST NEWSLETTER
Allen Sherzer (aws@iti.org) posts a newsletter, "One Small Step for
a Space Activist," to talk.politics.space. It describes current
legislative activity affecting NASA and commercial space activities.
SPACE EVENTS CALENDAR
Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov) posts a calendar including
anniversaries, conferences, launch dates, meteor showers and
eclipses, and other space-related events.
SPACE NEWS
John Magliacane (kd2bd@ka2qhd.UUCP) posts "SpaceNews" (covering
AMSATs, NOAA and other weather satellites, and other ham
information) to rec.radio.amateur.misc and sci.space.
SPACE REPORT
Jonathan McDowell (mcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu) posts "Jonathan's Space
Report" covering launches, landings, reentries, status reports,
satellite activities, etc.
TOWARD 2001
Bev Freed (freed@nss.fidonet.org) posts "Toward 2001", a weekly
global news summary reprinted from _Space Calendar_ magazine.
WARNING ABOUT NON-PUBLIC NETWORKS
(Included at the suggestion of Eugene Miya, who wrote the item)
NASA has an internal system of unclassified electronic mail and bulletin
boards. This system is not open for public use. Specifically, NASA
personnel and procurement operations are regarded with some sensitivity.
Contractors must renegotiate their contracts. The Fair and Open
Procurement Act does not look kindly to those having inside information.
Contractors and outsiders caught using this type of information can
expect severe penalities. Unauthorized access attempts may subject you
to a fine and/or imprisonment in accordance with Title 18, USC, Section
1030. If in fact you should should learn of unauthorized access, contact
NASA personnel.
NEXT: FAQ #3/15 - Online (and some offline) sources of images, data, etc.
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