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Subject: SPACE Digest V12 #75

SPACE Digest                                      Volume 12 : Issue 75

Today's Topics:
            Re: NASA's lobbying on the net
     CRRES launch set for July to study "Earthspace" (Forwarded)
      Hubble Space Telescope teleconference (Forwarded)
           Payload Status for 07/13/90 (Forwarded)
          Re: LOOK FOR (SOVIET) UNION LABEL
             Re: Personnel Launch System
                 Re: Asteroid
4th status briefing on Shuttle leak investigation and HST teleconference (Forwarded)
              Re: Space weapons
              Re: Titan boosters

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Date: 15 Jul 90 20:51:46 GMT
From: news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watserv1!maytag!watdragon!watyew![e-mail]  (Brian or James)
Subject: Re: NASA's lobbying on the net


    If this newsgroup is going to be forced to become 'NASA-free',
is there any way I could get on a NASA emailing list? I find the postings
of the various NASA related folk useful and interesting.

                        James Nicoll

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Date: 16 Jul 90 01:43:35 GMT
From: trident.arc.nasa.gov![e-mail]  (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: CRRES launch set for July to study "Earthspace" (Forwarded)

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                      July 10, 1990
(Phone:  [phone])

Jim Cast
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  [phone])

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  [phone])


RELEASE:  90-97

CRRES LAUNCH SET FOR JULY TO STUDY "EARTHSPACE"


     Launch of the Combined Release and Radiation Effects
Satellite (CRRES) is currently targeted for no earlier than July
17, 1990, at 3:41 p.m. EDT.  Scheduled to be placed into a highly
elliptical, geosynchronous transfer orbit of approximately 217 by
22,236 miles, CRRES is to conduct complex scientific research in
what is referred to as "Earthspace" -- the space environment just
above Earth's atmosphere which, far from being empty, includes
the ionosphere and magnetosphere containing a dynamic ocean of
invisible magnetic and electrical fields and particles.

     Much as a high school physics student spreads iron filings
around a magnet to "see" its invisible magnetic field, CRRES will
carry 24 canisters of various chemicals into orbit and release
the chemicals over a period of time.  When released, the
chemicals will be ionized by the Sun's ultraviolet light creating
large luminous clouds that will elongate along Earth's magnetic
field lines, briefly "painting" these invisible structures.

     By observing the motion of the clouds, scientists will be
able to measure electric fields in space and "see" how they
interact with charged particles to form waves and to better
understand how the Earth extracts energy from the solar wind.
The luminous clouds also will be studied from the ground, from
specially equipped aircraft and from CRRES itself.  The CRRES
releases will be augmented by chemical releases from 10 sounding
rockets launched from Puerto Rico and the Marshall Islands.

     Under a launch services contract between NASA and General
Dynamics, launch of the joint NASA/U.S. Air Force payload is to
take place from Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,
Fla., aboard an Atlas I (Atlas/Centaur-69) launch vehicle.

     NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.; the
U.S. Air Force Space Systems Division, Los Angeles; and Ball
Aerospace Systems Group, Boulder, Colo. -- prime comtractor of
CRRES -- are principal spacecraft participants in the upcoming
mission.  Atlas I launch services, with technical oversight by
NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, and Kennedy Space
Center, Fla., will be provided by General Dynamics Space Systems
Division, San Diego, Calif.  The Lewis Research Center manages
the NASA-General Dynamics launch services contract and is
responsible for launch vehicle/spacecraft integration activities.

                             - end -

EDITORS NOTE:  CRRES officials will brief the media at a
prelaunch news conference in the KSC News Center auditorium on
Monday, July 16, at 11 a.m. EDT.  Participating in the briefing
will be:

Richard Howard, CRRES Program Manager, NASA Headquarters

Sid Saucier, Manager, Space Systems Projects Office, Marshall
Space Flight Center

Col. John E. Armstrong, Space Test and Transportation Program
Manager, USAF Space Systems Division

Frank Watkins, Director of Base Operations/Launch Director,
General Dynamics Space Systems Division

Brian Pieper, Deputy Program Manager, Ball Aerospace

John Weems, Launch Weather Forecaster, Dept. of the Air Force,
Cape Canaveral Forecast Facility

     The prelaunch news conference will be carried live on NASA
Select television, Satcom F2R, transponder 13, located at 72
degrees west longitude.  Audio only also will be provided on
KSC's V-2 circuits, which may be dialed directly at 407/867-1220,
-1240 or -1260.

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Date: 16 Jul 90 01:47:12 GMT
From: trident.arc.nasa.gov![e-mail]  (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Hubble Space Telescope teleconference (Forwarded)

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       July 9, 1990
(Phone:  [phone])

N90-51

MEDIA ADVISORY:  HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE TELECONFERENCE


     The next weekly teleconference on the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) will begin Tuesday, July 10, at 3 p.m. EDT.  Speakers will
include HST program scientist Dr. Edward Weiler and HST deputy
project manager Jean Olivier.

     To provide a professional, orderly environment for all
participants, a NASA public information officer will call
participants before the teleconference begins to establish a
communications protocol.  Apparently, there has been a loss of
clarity with a number of people talking or typing.  Circuits need
to be muted, carry no sound or be active for the clearest
communication.

     Should you be disconnected during the session, please call
NASA's Communications Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center
on [phone].  An operator will request your name, phone
number and name of teleconference.  Once this information is
supplied, you will be reconnected.

     If you wish to listen only to the teleconference, the audio
will be carried on the NASA Select system.  To access NASA Select
by phone, dial [phone] (or 867-1240 or 867-1260).  To
receive NASA Select television, downlink from Satcom F-2R
satellite, Transponder 13, C-band located at 72 degrees West
longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz, vertical polarization, audio
monaural 6.8 MHz.

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Date: 16 Jul 90 02:46:20 GMT
From: trident.arc.nasa.gov![e-mail]  (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: Payload Status for 07/13/90 (Forwarded)


    Daily Status/KSC Payload Management and Operations 07-13-90.


    - STS-35 ASTRO-1/BBXRT (at OPF) -

    Experiment monitoring continues.


    - STS-37 GRO (at PHSF) -

    Data flow checks between the PHSF, MILA, and GSFC will be
    continued today along with GRO battery charging.


    - STS-40 SLS-1 (at O&C) -

    SLS will be powered up today for experiment operations and
    IPR troubleshooting.


    - STS-41 Ulysses (at Hanger AO) -

    At the VPF, PAM-S will be received and mated with the IUS.


    - STS-42 IML-1 (at O&C) -

    Rack, floor, and module staging is continuing.  Rack 9 will
    be mated to the floor today.


    - Atlas-1 (at O&C) -

    Electrical cable and experiment installations are
    continuing.


    - STS-46 TSS-1 (at O&C) -

    No work is scheduled for today.


    - STS-47 Spacelab-J (at O&C) -

    Rack staging continues.

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Date: 16 Jul 90 04:47:44 GMT
From: mnetor!utzoo![e-mail]  (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: LOOK FOR (SOVIET) UNION LABEL

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark Perew) writes:
>>A SPARE MIR STATION THEY'RE LOOKING TO PAWN ...
>
>I believe that spare was purchased by a Japanesse consortium earlier
>this year.  I haven't heard what the buyers planned to do with it.

This was, as I understand it, a test article, not considered flyable.
The Japanese plan to exhibit it and charge admission, which is a much
quicker way of making money than launching it. :-)
--
NFS:  all the nice semantics of MSDOS, | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
and its performance and security too.  |  [e-mail]   utzoo!henry

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Date: 16 Jul 90 09:44:42 GMT
From: eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!unido!rwthinf![e-mail]  (Dieter Kreuer)
Subject: Re: Personnel Launch System

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Edmund Hack) writes:
> There has been much discussion on sci.space about the need for a low
> cost system for sending crews up to space station so that a full
> shuttle mission is not used for that.  Well, despite what has been posted,

> The idea is to have a vehicle to deliver 8 persons to LEO with
> limited cargo, using an expendable booster and preferably landing on
> dry land.  Two major design priorities were placed on the team: safety
> and life-cycle efficiency.  At the Johnson Space Center, this has

[stuff about design plans deleted]

> A typical mission will be 2-3 days long (i.e. Freedom crew rotation).
> A small cargo area for personal gear is included (you know, CDs, twinkies,
> videotapes, pictures from home....).  It would also be possible to
> carry small high-value cargoes by reducing the number of passengers.

This is *exactly* what European Space Agency's Hermes-shuttle has been
designed for (support of ESA's space station module Columbus, which is
intended to get self sufficient after some years of beeing docked to
Fre[e]d[om] :^). For those of you who do not know the project:
Hermes is a small shuttle (something like 10 m long, I don't have the
references) and may carry 5 to 8 persons into LEO. Hermes is to be launched
on top of an Ariane V, a rather new rocket currently under development,
which is not another version of the current Ariane series. Hermes and
Ariane V are scheduled to be operational in 1996

Send orders to ESA, Paris, France.

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Date: 16 Jul 90 16:26:24 GMT
From: snorkelwacker!usc!cs.utexas.edu!helios!tamuts![e-mail]  (Lee Cox)
Subject: Re: Asteroid

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jason J. Levit) writes:
>  Anybody hear about this new asteroid that passed within 3 million
>  miles of earth?  If not, here's the details...
>  [details omitted]
>  So, another "near miss".  They're coming closer and closer and
>  closer....how many would have liked to nuke this one?  :-)

Yep, it's about time to build a few more Saturn V IPBMs (Inter-Planetary
Ballistic Missiles).

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Date: 16 Jul 90 21:29:11 GMT
From: trident.arc.nasa.gov![e-mail]  (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: 4th status briefing on Shuttle leak investigation and HST teleconference (Forwarded)

Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                      July 16, 1990
(Phone:  [phone])

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  [phone])


N90-53

EDITORS NOTE:  4TH STATUS BRIEFING ON SHUTTLE LEAK INVESTIGATION
                               AND
                       HST TELECONFERENCE

     Associate Administrator for Space Flight Dr. William B.
Lenoir will hold a media briefing on Tuesday, July 17, at
1 p.m. EDT concerning the status of the Space Shuttle hydrogen
leaks.

     The briefing will originate from the NASA Headquarters
auditorium and will be carried live on NASA Select television via
Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, at 72 degrees West longitude,
frequency 3960.0 MHz.

     The weekly teleconference on the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) will begin Tuesday, July 17, at 4 p.m. EDT.

     Should you be disconnected during the session, call NASA's
Communications Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center on
[phone].  An operator will request your name, phone number
and name of teleconference.  Once this information is supplied,
you will be reconnected.

     If you wish to listen only to the teleconference, the audio
will be carried on the NASA Select system.  To access NASA Select
by phone, dial [phone] (or 867-1240 or 867-1260).  To
receive NASA Select television, downlink from Satcom F-2R
satellite, Transponder 13, C-band located at 72 degrees West
longitude, frequency 3960.0 MHz, vertical polarization, audio
monaural 6.8 MHz.

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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 90 18:21:03 EDT
From: John Roberts <[e-mail]>
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are those of the sender
    and do not reflect NIST policy or agreement.
Subject: Re: Space weapons


>From: [e-mail]  (Kimble Charles Marshall)
>Subject: Re: space weapons

>>There's a pretty good chance that conventional firearms >>would work in
>>space. Adjusting for gravitational gradients, you could >>hit targets many
>>miles away with full muzzle velocity.

>yes, but what about the kick such a projectile system?  That is after
>all what makes rockets go in the first place...

So you shoot a charge of equal momentum in the opposite direction, or wait
for your shot until things are lined up so the kick is in a beneficial
direction.
    John Roberts
    [e-mail]

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Date: 14 Jul 90 18:20:17 GMT
From: oliveb!felix!dhw68k!ofa123![e-mail]  (Charles Radley)
Subject: Re: Titan boosters

Unfortunately, most of the drawings for Apollo have been lost (carried
off by laid-off employees as souvenirs).  Also, all the tooling has been
trashed.
It will be necessary to design the whole thing pretty much from scratch,
and if they do they, better to design a completely new capsule with the
latest materials, computers etc.


--
Charles Radley
Internet: [e-mail]
BBS:      714 544-0934   2400/1200/300

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