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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 20:35:35 From: Space Digest maintainer <digests@isu.isunet.edu> Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V16 #166 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Fri, 12 Feb 93 Volume 16 : Issue 166 Today's Topics: Getting people into Space Program! hardware on the moon Help on catching this job listings for sci.space LARSONIAN Astronomy and Physics Other shuttles (was Re: Getting people into Space Program!) Soyuz I re-entry space-related positions in San Diego, CA Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space <your name>" 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: 08 Feb 93 23:38:04 GMT From: Alex Howerton <alexho@microsoft.com> Subject: Getting people into Space Program! Newsgroups: sci.space In article <1993Feb3.152851.1@acad3.alaska.edu> nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu writes: >We need to get the space program down to the common person so that they can >understand where it is going and what benefits there is to it.. Space Available, The Space Business Newsletter, attempts to do just that. now entering its second year of publication, Space Available is devoted to expanding the economic development of space, by covering the aerospace industry for the individual investor. By investing in companies actively devoloping space-based capabilities and resources, we get a personal stake in the process, while gaining a potential to make a profit. By supporting the companies, and letting them know our wishes as stockholders, we make them more economically viable, and can help giide them in the direction of a space-based economy. If you want to see what Space Available is all about, send your U.S. maill address (no electronic format available yet) to alexho@microsoft.com, or mail P.O. Box 565, Lynnwood, WA 98046-0565, and we will send you a free issue. > ------------------------------ Date: 9 Feb 1993 11:16:33 -0500 From: "Michael K. Heney" <mheney@access.digex.com> Subject: hardware on the moon Newsgroups: sci.space In article <6755@rosie.NeXT.COM> agaidos@pcbcad.next.com (Anton Gaidos) writes: > [...] > Then the narrator went on to say the lunar mod was released before >burn back to earth. What happened to them? Did these moduales crash >to the moon or drift out to space or fall into some kind of lunar >orbit? > Does anybody know if any of the experiments or hardware still work >or how long some of the stuff did work? When was the last time one of >those camaras were turned on? Do the siesmonitors still send back >data? The lunar module descent stages are all still on the moon , as they were the "launch pads" for the ascent stages. The ascent stages were all deliberately crashed onto the moon once the crew had transferred back to the command module, in order to see what the seismometers would pick up. As I recall, the scientists were quite surpried by the results the first time they tried this, because the moon "rang like a bell" (seismologically speaking, of course). Lunar orbit is pretty unstable, because of the non-symmetrical mass distribution of the moon, plus the perturbing influences of the earth and sun. Things in a reasonably low lunar orbit end up crashing into the moon; if you're high enough you'll wander out into an earth orbit. It can't wander into interplanetary space without an engine firing (ignoring tethers, hitching a ride on a rerouted asteroid, etc. ;-) Some of the equipment would likey work if you headed on up and plugged in a new power supply. Other items would have failed because of repeated thermal cycling, or electronics failure due to solar wind and cosmic radiation "impacts". -- Mike Heney | Senior Systems Analyst and | Reach for the mheney@access.digex.com | Space Activist / Entrepreneur | Stars, eh? Kensington, MD (near DC) | * Will Work for Money * | ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 93 19:10:11 GMT From: AJ Madison <ajm@wilson.fibercom.com> Subject: Help on catching this Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.physics In article <C1Mx3z.7Lq@uceng.uc.edu>, rbatra@uceng.uc.edu (Rajesh Batra) writes: > > Here's a problem that I'm just plain stuck on, see if you can help. > > Scenerio: You're on the moon, a 1700 m/s container (containing ice) which > weighs approximately 120 kg is hurled at you. How do you catch it such > that you can salvage the ice? You have free reign over the container- > hence the size/material. > > I'm currently investigating silica aerogels-- > or a big crater coated with steel or some tough > material to ram the projectile into. Hopefully, I can > close the opening of the container before the vaporized > ice escapes. > Ask a silly question... (no, I'm not an expert in any of these things, nor have I bothered to check what the energy/strength needs are for any of these ideas) IF I had an infinite budget, I would build one of those huge accelerator tunnel gun things that 50s & 60s Sci Fi went wild with. The container of the ice would have to be magentizable: iron, aluminum, one of those. There probably should be some sort of deflection device for the accelerator so you can deflect the container at the last minute if its off course. You're likely going to need to let the container squirt out breech end and skid to a halt in a run out area. If you're worried about your expensive lunar launch hardware getting destroyed, I would dig a REALLY big funnel. In all of this, you did not specify if the entry velocity was orthogonal to the surface or not. In both of these schemes I envision a grazing trajectory. Anyway, this huge funnel in the lunar surface would eventually narrow to some reasonably sized tube with a trap in it. I sort of picture the container dropping away from the ice before reaching the entry point of the funnel. The ice would vaporize due to friction (like it would be something else) and due to the friction and back pressure of the tube, the steam would reach pressures and velocities approaching something controllable. At this distance from the entry point, put in a trap to just keep the steam from evacuating back out of the funnel, or install a condensor to collect off water. I have no idea if this is practical. How long would the tube have to be before the ice has slowed down and warmed up to look like the steam in your typical steam pipe? The pipe could be tens, hundreds of kilometers, which would likely make it economically infeasible. I have a feeling I've just described a whiskey still thats astronomic in scale. Anyone at Jack Daniel's listening? Oh, heres an idea. Include a small explosive charge (or is this verbotten?) Shatter the ice into tiny crystals just prior to capture. Then you're just trying to catch snow (going 4,000 miles per hour), that's a mean blizzard. Of course in each of these ideas, you need to re-purify the water, but that was not stated as a design requirement. -- A.J. Madison PHONE: (703) 342-6700 X383 FiberCom, Inc. FAX: (703) 342-5961 P.O. Box 11966 INTERNET: ajm@fibercom.com Roanoke, VA 24022-1966 UUCP: ...!uunet!fibercom!ajm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1993 18:32:25 GMT From: Jeff Bytof <rabjab@golem.ucsd.edu> Subject: job listings for sci.space Newsgroups: sci.space I think it would be good for many of us if space related jobs currently available could be posted to this group. I would be willing to type and post relevant listings if copies were sent to me. -Jeff Bytof UC San Diego, MC 0230 La Jolla, CA 92093 ------------------------------ Date: 9 Feb 93 16:52:10 -0600 From: mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu Subject: LARSONIAN Astronomy and Physics Newsgroups: sci.space LARSONIAN "Reciprocal System" Orthodox physicists, astronomers, and astrophysicists CLAIM to be looking for a "Unified Field Theory" in which all of the forces of the universe can be explained with a single set of laws or equations. But they have been systematically IGNORING or SUPPRESSING an excellent one for 30 years! The late Physicist Dewey B. Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, which he calls the "Reciprocal System", is built on two fundamental postulates about the physical and mathematical natures of space and time: (1) "The physical universe is composed ENTIRELY of ONE component, MOTION, existing in THREE dimensions, in DISCRETE UNITS, and in two RECIPROCAL forms, SPACE and TIME." (2) "The physical universe conforms to the relations of ORDINARY COMMUTATIVE mathematics, its magnitudes are ABSOLUTE, and its geometry is EUCLIDEAN." From these two postulates, Larson developed a COMPLETE Theoretical Universe, using various combinations of translational, vibrational, rotational, and vibrational- rotational MOTIONS, the concepts of IN-ward and OUT-ward SCALAR MOTIONS, and speeds in relation to the Speed of Light (which Larson called "UNIT VELOCITY" and "THE NATURAL DATUM"). At each step in the development, Larson was able to MATCH objects in his Theoretical Universe with objects in the REAL physical universe, (photons, sub-atomic particles [INCOMPLETE ATOMS], charges, atoms, molecules, globular star clusters, galaxies, binary star systems, solar systems, white dwarf stars, pulsars, quasars, ETC.), even objects NOT YET DISCOVERED THEN (such as EXPLODING GALAXIES, and GAMMA-RAY BURSTS). And applying his Theory to his NEW model of the atom, Larson was able to precisely and accurately CALCULATE inter- atomic distances in crystals and molecules. All of this is described in good detail, with-OUT fancy complex mathematics, in his books. BOOKS of Dewey B. Larson The following is a complete list of the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson's books about his comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe. Some of the early books are out of print now, but still available through inter-library loan. "The Structure of the Physical Universe" (1959) "The Case AGAINST the Nuclear Atom" (1963) "Beyond Newton" (1964) "New Light on Space and Time" (1965) "Quasars and Pulsars" (1971) "NOTHING BUT MOTION" (1979) [A $9.50 SUBSTITUTE for the $8.3 BILLION "Super Collider".] [The last four chapters EXPLAIN chemical bonding.] "The Neglected Facts of Science" (1982) "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" (1984) [FINAL SOLUTIONS to most ALL astrophysical mysteries.] "BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER" (1988) [Available from: The International Society of Unified Science (ISUS) 1680 E. Atkin Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 ] Physicist Dewey B. Larson's Background Physicist Dewey B. Larson was a retired Engineer (Chemical or Electrical). He was about 91 years old when he died a couple of years ago. He had a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Science from Oregon State University. He developed his comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe while trying to develop a way to COMPUTE chemical properties based only on the elements used. Larson's lack of a fancy "PH.D." degree might be one reason that orthodox physicists are ignoring him, but it is NOT A VALID REASON. Sometimes it takes a relative outsider to CLEARLY SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES. At the same time, it is clear from his books that he also knew ORTHODOX physics and astronomy as well as ANY physicist or astronomer, well enough to point out all their CONTRADICTIONS, AD HOC ASSUMPTIONS, PRINCIPLES OF IMPOTENCE, IN-CONSISTENCIES, ETC.. Larson did NOT have the funds, etc. to experimentally test his Theory. And it was NOT necessary for him to do so. He simply compared the various parts of his Theory with OTHER researchers' experimental and observational data. And in many cases, HIS explanation FIT BETTER. A SELF-CONSISTENT Theory is MUCH MORE than the ORTHODOX physicists and astronomers have! They CLAIM to be looking for a "unified field theory" that works, but have been IGNORING one for over 30 years now! "Modern physics" does NOT explain the physical universe so well. Some parts of some of Larson's books are FULL of quotations of leading orthodox physicists and astronomers who agree. And remember that "epicycles", "crystal spheres", "geocentricity", "flat earth theory", etc., ALSO once SEEMED to explain it well, but were later proved CONCEPTUALLY WRONG. Prof. Frank H. Meyer, Professor Emeritus of UW-Superior, was/is a STRONG PROPONENT of Larson's Theory, and was (or still is) President of Larson's organization, "THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNIFIED SCIENCE", and Editor of their quarterly Journal "RECIPROCITY". He moved to Minneapolis after retiring. "Super Collider" BOONDOGGLE! I am AGAINST contruction of the "Superconducting Super Collider", in Texas or anywhere else. It would be a GROSS WASTE of money, and contribute almost NOTHING of "scientific" value. Most physicists don't realize it, but, according to the comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson, as described in his books, the strange GOOFY particles ("mesons", "hyperons", ALLEGED "quarks", etc.) which they are finding in EXISTING colliders (Fermi Lab, Cern, etc.) are really just ATOMS of ANTI-MATTER, which are CREATED by the high-energy colliding beams, and which quickly disintegrate like cosmic rays because they are incompatible with their environment. A larger and more expensive collider will ONLY create a few more elements of anti-matter that the physicists have not seen there before, and the physicists will be EVEN MORE CONFUSED THAN THEY ARE NOW! Are a few more types of anti-matter atoms worth the $8.3 BILLION cost?!! Don't we have much more important uses for this WASTED money?! Another thing to consider is that the primary proposed location in Texas has a serious and growing problem with some kind of "fire ants" eating the insulation off underground cables. How much POISONING of the ground and ground water with insecticides will be required to keep the ants out of the "Supercollider"?! Naming the "Super Collider" after Ronald Reagon, as proposed, is TOTALLY ABSURD! If it is built, it should be named after a leading particle PHYSICIST. LARSONIAN Anti-Matter In Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, anti-matter is NOT a simple case of opposite charges of the same types of particles. It has more to do with the rates of vibrations and rotations of the photons of which they are made, in relation to the vibrational and rotational equivalents of the speed of light, which Larson calls "Unit Velocity" and the "Natural Datum". In Larson's Theory, a positron is actually a particle of MATTER, NOT anti-matter. When a positron and electron meet, the rotational vibrations (charges) and rotations of their respective photons (of which they are made) neutralize each other. In Larson's Theory, the ANTI-MATTER half of the physical universe has THREE dimensions of TIME, and ONLY ONE dimension of space, and exists in a RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP to our MATERIAL half. LARSONIAN Relativity The perihelion point in the orbit of the planet Mercury has been observed and precisely measured to ADVANCE at the rate of 574 seconds of arc per century. 531 seconds of this advance are attributed via calculations to gravitational perturbations from the other planets (Venus, Earth, Jupiter, etc.). The remaining 43 seconds of arc are being used to help "prove" Einstein's "General Theory of Relativity". But the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson achieved results CLOSER to the 43 seconds than "General Relativity" can, by INSTEAD using "SPECIAL Relativity". In one or more of his books, he applied the LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION on the HIGH ORBITAL SPEED of Mercury. Larson TOTALLY REJECTED "General Relativity" as another MATHEMATICAL FANTASY. He also REJECTED most of "Special Relativity", including the parts about "mass increases" near the speed of light, and the use of the Lorentz Transform on doppler shifts, (Those quasars with red-shifts greater than 1.000 REALLY ARE MOVING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT, although most of that motion is away from us IN TIME.). In Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, there are THREE dimensions of time instead of only one. But two of those dimensions can NOT be measured from our material half of the physical universe. The one dimension that we CAN measure is the CLOCK time. At low relative speeds, the values of the other two dimensions are NEGLIGIBLE; but at high speeds, they become significant, and the Lorentz Transformation must be used as a FUDGE FACTOR. [Larson often used the term "COORDINATE TIME" when writing about this.] In regard to "mass increases", it has been PROVEN in atomic accelerators that acceleration drops toward zero near the speed of light. But the formula for acceleration is ACCELERATION = FORCE / MASS, (a = F/m). Orthodox physicists are IGNORING the THIRD FACTOR: FORCE. In Larson's Theory, mass STAYS CONSTANT and FORCE drops toward zero. FORCE is actually a MOTION, or COMBINATIONS of MOTIONS, or RELATIONS BETWEEN MOTIONS, including INward and OUTward SCALAR MOTIONS. The expansion of the universe, for example, is an OUTward SCALAR motion inherent in the universe and NOT a result of the so-called "Big Bang" (which is yet another MATHEMATICAL FANTASY). THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION I wish to recommend to EVERYONE the book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", by Dewey B. Larson, 1984, North Pacific Publishers, (P.O. Box 13255, Portland, Oregon 97213), 456 pages, indexed, hardcover. It contains the Astrophysical portions of a GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe developed by that author, an UNrecognized GENIUS, more than thirty years ago. It contains FINAL SOLUTIONS to most all Astrophysical mysteries, including the FORMATION of galaxies, binary and multiple star systems, and solar systems, the TRUE ORIGIN of the "3-degree" background radiation, cosmic rays, and gamma- ray bursts, and the TRUE NATURE of quasars, pulsars, white dwarfs, exploding galaxies, etc.. It contains what astronomers and astrophysicists are ALL looking for, if they are ready to seriously consider it with OPEN MINDS! The following is an example of his Theory's success: In his first book in 1959, "THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE", Larson predicted the existence of EXPLODING GALAXIES, several years BEFORE astronomers started finding them. They are a NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE of Larson's comprehensive Theory. And when QUASARS were discovered, he had an immediate related explanation for them also. GAMMA-RAY BURSTS Astro-physicists and astronomers are still scratching their heads about the mysterious GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. They were originally thought to originate from "neutron stars" in the disc of our galaxy. But the new Gamma Ray Telescope now in Earth orbit has been detecting them in all directions uniformly, and their source locations in space do NOT correspond to any known objects, (except for a few cases of directional coincidence). Gamma-ray bursts are a NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE of the GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe developed by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson. According to page 386 of his book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", published in 1984, the gamma-ray bursts are coming from SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS in the ANTI-MATTER HALF of the physical universe, which Larson calls the "Cosmic Sector". Because of the relationship between the anti-matter and material halves of the physical universe, and the way they are connected together, the gamma-ray bursts can pop into our material half anywhere in space, seemingly at random. (This is WHY the source locations of the bursts do not correspond with known objects, and come from all directions uniformly.) I wonder how close to us in space a source location would have to be for a gamma-ray burst to kill all or most life on Earth! There would be NO WAY to predict one, NOR to stop it! Perhaps some of the MASS EXTINCTIONS of the past, which are now being blamed on impacts of comets and asteroids, were actually caused by nearby GAMMA-RAY BURSTS! LARSONIAN Binary Star Formation About half of all the stars in the galaxy in the vicinity of the sun are binary or double. But orthodox astronomers and astrophysicists still have no satisfactory theory about how they form or why there are so many of them. But binary star systems are actually a LIKELY CONSEQUENCE of the comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe developed by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson. I will try to summarize Larsons explanation, which is detailed in Chapter 7 of his book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" and in some of his other books. First of all, according to Larson, stars do NOT generate energy by "fusion". A small fraction comes from slow gravitational collapse. The rest results from the COMPLETE ANNIHILATION of HEAVY elements (heavier than IRON). Each element has a DESTRUCTIVE TEMPERATURE LIMIT. The heavier the element is, the lower is this limit. A star's internal temperature increases as it grows in mass via accretion and absorption of the decay products of cosmic rays, gradually reaching the destructive temperature limit of lighter and lighter elements. When the internal temperature of the star reaches the destructive temperature limit of IRON, there is a Type I SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION! This is because there is SO MUCH iron present; and that is related to the structure of iron atoms and the atom building process, which Larson explains in some of his books [better than I can]. When the star explodes, the lighter material on the outer portion of the star is blown outward in space at less than the speed of light. The heavier material in the center portion of the star was already bouncing around at close to the speed of light, because of the high temperature. The explosion pushes that material OVER the speed of light, and it expands OUTWARD IN TIME, which is equivalent to INWARD IN SPACE, and it often actually DISAPPEARS for a while. Over long periods of time, both masses start to fall back gravitationally. The material that had been blown outward in space now starts to form a RED GIANT star. The material that had been blown OUTWARD IN TIME starts to form a WHITE DWARF star. BOTH stars then start moving back toward the "MAIN SEQUENCE" from opposite directions on the H-R Diagram. The chances of the two masses falling back into the exact same location in space, making a single lone star again, are near zero. They will instead form a BINARY system, orbiting each other. According to Larson, a white dwarf star has an INVERSE DENSITY GRADIENT (is densest at its SURFACE), because the material at its center is most widely dispersed (blown outward) in time. This ELIMINATES the need to resort to MATHEMATICAL FANTASIES about "degenerate matter", "neutron stars", "black holes", etc.. LARSONIAN Solar System Formation If the mass of the heavy material at the center of the exploding star is relatively SMALL, then, instead of a single white dwarf star, there will be SEVERAL "mini" white dwarf stars (revolving around the red giant star, but probably still too far away in three-dimensional TIME to be affected by its heat, etc.). These will become PLANETS! In Chapter 7 of THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION, Larson used all this information, and other principles of his comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, to derive his own version of Bode's Law. "Black Hole" FANTASY! I heard that physicist Stephen W. Hawking recently completed a theoretical mathematical analysis of TWO "black holes" merging together into a SINGLE "black hole", and concluded that the new "black hole" would have MORE MASS than the sum of the two original "black holes". Such a result should be recognized by EVERYone as a RED FLAG, causing widespread DOUBT about the whole IDEA of "black holes", etc.! After reading Physicist Dewey B. Larson's books about his comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, especially his book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", it is clear to me that "black holes" are NOTHING more than MATHEMATICAL FANTASIES! The strange object at Cygnus X-1 is just an unusually massive WHITE DWARF STAR, NOT the "black hole" that orthodox astronomers and physicists so badly want to "prove" their theory. By the way, I do NOT understand why so much publicity is being given to physicist Stephen Hawking. The physicists and astronomers seem to be acting as if Hawking's severe physical problem somehow makes him "wiser". It does NOT! I wish the same attention had been given to Physicist Dewey B. Larson while he was still alive. Widespread publicity and attention should NOW be given to Larson's Theory, books, and organization (The International Society of Unified Science). ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PROPULSION I heard of that concept many years ago, in connection with UFO's and unorthodox inventors, but I never was able to find out how or why they work, or how they are constructed. I found a possible clue about why they might work on pages 112-113 of the book "BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER", by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson, which describes part of Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe. I quote one paragraph: "As indicated in the preceding chapter, the development of the theory of the universe of motion arrives at a totally different concept of the nature of electrical resistance. The electrons, we find, are derived from the environment. It was brought out in Volume I [Larson's book "NOTHING BUT MOTION"] that there are physical processes in operation which produce electrons in substantial quantities, and that, although the motions that constitute these electrons are, in many cases, absorbed by atomic structures, the opportunities for utilizing this type of motion in such structures are limited. It follows that there is always a large excess of free electrons in the material sector [material half] of the universe, most of which are uncharged. In this uncharged state the electrons cannot move with respect to extension space, because they are inherently rotating units of space, and the relation of space to space is not motion. In open space, therefore, each uncharged electron remains permanently in the same location with respect to the natural reference system, in the manner of a photon. In the context of the stationary spatial reference system the uncharged electron, like the photon, is carried outward at the speed of light by the progression of the natural reference system. All material aggregates are thus exposed to a flux of electrons similar to the continual bombardment by photons of radiation. Meanwhile there are other processes, to be discussed later, whereby electrons are returned to the environment. The electron population of a material aggregate such as the earth therefore stabilizes at an equilibrium level." Note that in Larson's Theory, UNcharged electrons are also massLESS, and are basically photons of light of a particular frequency (above the "unit" frequency) spinning around one axis at a particular rate (below the "unit" rate). ("Unit velocity" is the speed of light, and there are vibrational and rotational equivalents to the speed of light, according to Larson's Theory.) [I might have the "above" and "below" labels mixed up.] Larson is saying that outer space is filled with mass- LESS UN-charged electrons flying around at the speed of light! If this is true, then the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PROPULSION fields of spacecraft might be able to interact with these electrons, or other particles in space, perhaps GIVING them a charge (and mass) and shooting them toward the rear to achieve propulsion. (In Larson's Theory, an electrical charge is a rotational vibration of a particular frequency (above the "unit" frequency) superimposed on the rotation of the particle.) The paragraph quoted above might also give a clue to confused meteorologists about how lightning is generated in clouds. SUPPRESSION of LARSONIAN Physics The comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe developed by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson has been available for more than 30 YEARS, published in 1959 in his first book "THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE". It is TOTALLY UN-SCIENTIFIC for Hawking, Wheeler, Sagan, and the other SACRED PRIESTS of the RELIGION they call "science" (or "physics", or "astronomy", etc.), as well as the "scientific" literature and the "education" systems, to TOTALLY IGNORE Larson's Theory has they have. Larson's Theory has excellent explanations for many things now puzzling orthodox physicists and astronomers, such as gamma-ray bursts and the nature of quasars. Larson's Theory deserves to be HONESTLY and OPENLY discussed in the physics, chemistry, and astronomy journals, in the U.S. and elsewhere. And at least the basic principles of Larson's Theory should be included in all related courses at UW-EC, UW-Madison, Cambridge, Cornell University, and elsewhere, so that students are not kept in the dark about a worthy alternative to the DOGMA they are being fed. UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this partial summary is ENCOURAGED. Robert E. McElwaine B.S., Physics and Astronomy, UW-EC ------------------------------ Date: 9 Feb 1993 23:29:51 GMT From: Jon Leech <leech@cs.unc.edu> Subject: Other shuttles (was Re: Getting people into Space Program!) Newsgroups: sci.space In article <1l90piINNpum@phantom.gatech.edu>, matthew@phantom.gatech.edu (Matthew DeLuca) writes: |> Oh, one other thing: if the Shuttle is evil incarnate, as you claim, why is |> every major space organization in the world trying to come up with their |> own? Seems to me that the Russians came up with their own and decided it was too expensive, and ESA basically decided the same for Hermes. Perhaps they're better able to analyze the costs and benefits when they don't have a huge sunk investment to justify to their political masters? I don't think there *are* any other major space organizations. I guess HOPE could be considered to be based on the shuttle, but you don't see NASDA incredibly committed to the project. Did you have anyone in mind other than Russia, Europe, and Japan? Drawing on a tangential thread, if there is actually some chance of the NASA charter being "rewritten from the ground up" or however Allen phrased it, I'd *love* to see NASA split into two agencies ala NASDA and ISAS in Japan. Then perhaps these incessant manned vs. unmanned (more like Szabo vs. everybody else, really) arguments would fade somewhat, and we'd see a more honest assesment of the value of space science relative to other govt. funded science. -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ "NASA Headquarters is going on the Ultra-Slimfast diet." - Daniel Goldin, NASA Administrator, 5/22/92 ------------------------------ Date: 09 Feb 93 10:35:00 From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org Subject: Soyuz I re-entry Newsgroups: sci.space T >...They coudn't get the chute that slowed his craft down in re-entry T >to work. They knew what the problem was for about two hours... T >and were fighting to correct it. It was all in Russian of course, but T >we taped it and listened to it a couple of times afterwards. Kosygin T >called him personally. They had a video-phone conversation. Kosygin T >was crying. He told him he was a hero and that he had made the T >greatest achivement in Russian history, that they were proud, and T >that he'd be remebered. The guy's wife got on too. They talked for T >a while. He told her how to handle their affairs and what to do with T >the kids. It was pretty awful. Toward the last few minutes he T >began falling apart, saying "I don't want to die, you've got to do T >something." Then there was just a scream as he died. I guess he was T >incinerated... This is clearly a bogus story. Although there were problems with Soyuz 1 before re-entry, there was no indication of a problem with the parachute. Soyuz 1 suffered a major power loss in orbit, due to the malfunction of one of its two solar panels, and probably had some difficulties with the attitude control system. It looks like the Soyuz was intentionally spin stabilized before re-entry to ensure an accurate retrofire burn - this eventually resulted in the parachutes tangling at 20,000 feet, long after re-entry. The problem with the parachute was evidently not expected by the Soviets.. Interestingly, the Soviets *had* a reserve Soyuz loaded and ready to go, so rescue was possible. ___ WinQwk 2.0b#0 --- Maximus 2.01wb ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1993 01:10:16 GMT From: Mike Caplinger <mc@emma.la.asu.edu> Subject: space-related positions in San Diego, CA Newsgroups: sci.space,misc.jobs.offered,sci.astro Malin Space Science Systems is offering opportunities for advanced graduate students in atmospheric sciences, geology, geophysics, physics or related planetary sciences to participate in operation of the Mars Observer Camera (MOC). The MOC consists of two cameras: a low resolution camera for acquiring global weather monitoring observations, and a very high resolution (1.5 m/pixel) telescope for acquiring targeted aerial photographic quality images of the martian surface. Mars Observer will arrive at Mars in late August; the mapping mission will begin in late November or early December. Selected students will be required to be in residence at our facility in San Diego, California, between September 1993 and September 1994; we expect that they will be required by their educational institutions to arrange for appropriate leaves of absence. Participants in this program will be expected to perform operations duties for 32 hours per week in addition to independent research projects. Duties would include retreiving and processing downlinked images, assisting in preparation of uplink sequences, and assisting in science data analyses. The MOC ground data system makes extensive use of computer automation, therefore experience with UNIX and UNIX-based workstations is important. MSSS considers these positions to be temporary (1 year) but full-time staff positions at an annual stipend of $25,000, with appropriate fringe benefits. The deadline for applications is 1 March 1993. Applicants should send a resume, transcript of undergraduate and graduate studies, and two letters of recommendation to: Ms Laura Ravine Operations Supervisor Malin Space Science Systems 3535 General Atomics Court, Suite 250 San Diego, CA 92121 phone: (619) 552-6980 E-MAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Malin Space Science Systems, a small, California-based corporation specializing in spacecraft imaging systems, is an equal-opportunity employer. ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 16 : Issue 166 ------------------------------