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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 92 05:00:01
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Space Digest                Sun, 18 Oct 92       Volume 15 : Issue 323

Today's Topics:
                       GMT of Sputnik 1 Launch?
                           Pegasus Status ?
                   SETI functional grammer (2 msgs)
                               test ufo
                        Toshiba vs. Chaparral
                         Toward 2001 - 05 Oct
                         Toward 2001 - 12 Oct
                         Toward 2001 - 19 Oct
                         Toward 2001 - 21 Sep
                         Toward 2001 - 28 Sep
                     Upcoming NASA town meetings

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Date: 16 Oct 92 18:02:18 GMT
From: Bruce Watson <[e-mail]>
Subject: GMT of Sputnik 1 Launch?
Newsgroups: sci.space

In article <[e-mail]| [e-mail] (Bruce Watson) writes:
|In article <roelle.718655445@uars_mag| roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
||Can someone look up the GMT of Sputnik 1's launch.  I was born on
||October 3, 1957 at 19:35 CST.
||
||Although the official launch date is October 4, the local time in the
||United States was likely October 3.  How many hours & minutes
||older/younger am I than Sputnik 1?
||
||Curt [e-mail]
|
|I have 1957 October 4 at 19:10 UT for the launch time.
|
The above time is incorrect. It is based on 1957 October 4.8 and
1957 October 4.81 is what Meeus gives. 19:28:04 UT is the value
that should be used.
--
Bruce Watson (wats@scicom)  Tumbra, Zorkovick; Sparkula zoom krackadomando.

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Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 13:43:25 EET
From: [e-mail] (Me!)
Subject: Pegasus Status ?

Hello,

    What's the latest with the Pegasus system ?
    Moving forward ?   Any interest from NASA ?

/[e-mail]

Imagination is wind for the sails of the soul ..

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Date: 17 Oct 92 13:14:47 GMT
From: Tom A Baker <[e-mail]>
Subject: SETI functional grammer
Newsgroups: sci.space

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steve Linton) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Robert J Woodhead) writes:
>|> [e-mail] (Josh 'K' Hopkins) writes:
>|>
>|> >I ran across a thought experiment once where the prototype teleporting machine
>|> >ends up on an alien planet and won't come back.  How do you tell the aliens
>|> >to press the right (manual override) button and not the left (self destruct)
>|> >button?  I couldn't figure a way out.
>|>

Maybe I've missed something, but two things come to mind:

1) If you have send a piece of hardware, then make the one on the left a
   BIG button and the one on the right a small one.

2) If there is only radio contact, as the "right hand rule" messages are
   talking about, then ... fo"explaining left and right" until it
   becomes relevant.  When it is relevant, whenever that happens to happen,
   you'll probably have a reference by then.

   That way, you won't be describing quantum physics and particle theory
   just so you can point out that our appendix is on the "right" side.

   Note that, as long as all their physics and everythinng is consistent
   (as ours is), then A) syncing their left and our lefisn't needed
   AND B) it is  logically impossible as well.

FINALLY:

   How about saying "Face galactic center, with your top of your head
   pointing to the Magellenic Clouds (the two smaller galaxies near ours).
   Then Andromeda Galaxy (the closest major galaxy) is on your right."

   The above assumes they are on our side of the Galaxy and that I am not
   blowing my astrography.

Tom Baker

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Date: 17 Oct 92 17:30:57 GMT
From: Josh 'K' Hopkins <[e-mail]>
Subject: SETI functional grammer
Newsgroups: sci.space

[e-mail] (Tom A Baker) writes:

>>>>I ran across a thought experiment once where the prototype teleporting machine
>>>>ends up on an alien planet and won't come back.  How do you tell the aliens
>>>>to press the right (manual override) button and not the left (self destruct)
>>>>button?  I couldn't figure a way out.
>>>

>Maybe I've missed something, but two things come to mind:

>1) If you have send a piece of hardware, then make the one on the left a
>   BIG button and the one on the right a small one.

This is  of course, possible in the above thought experiment, but it's one of
those things you're supposed to ignore while you focus on the real point.

>2) If there is only radio contact, as the "right hand rule" messages are
>   talking about, then ... fo"explaining left and right" until it
>   becomes relevant.  When it is relevant, whenever that happens to happen,
>   you'll probably have a reference by then.

The point was that to explain something as "simple" as right or left becomes
very complex when you can't assume anything.  Then the question becomes "what
can you talk about until you know enough to explain X?"

--
Josh Hopkins                                          [e-mail]
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ISDS, UIUC, NSS, IBM FSC, NCSA, NMSU, AIAA or the American Association for the
                      Advancement of Acronymphomaniacs

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Date: 17 Oct 92 09:44:22 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: test ufo
Newsgroups: sci.space

this is a test..

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Date: 17 Oct 92 14:40:15 GMT
From: "Richard J. Gaylord" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Toshiba vs. Chaparral
Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,sci.space

my only compalin is that wen i use theremote, it doesn't always pick up
my signals thefirst time through and i have to reneter it slowly.

another question on the montery.

i  had a program timerevent  set but i was watching something else when
the  program was supposed to occur. what happened was that the receiver
'took over' and moved the dish to the programmed position.  at the end of
the timer event, the receiver returned the dish to the original position.

it really threw me for a loop since in the sierra II+ you just got a
"Timer event has occured" message on the screen.

I suppose you can just turn the timer off if you don't want to use it?
what if you don't mind having it go on but at the end of the event you
don't want to return to the previous position but go directly to yet
another channel. can you turn off the timer when its on (if this
understandable)?

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Date: 16 Oct 92 20:03:26 GMT
From: Bev Freed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Toward 2001 - 05 Oct
Newsgroups: sci.space

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                            TOWARD 2001
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                           * * * * * * *
+ Australian Picked as Astronaut
Houston, TX

Dr Andrew Thomas, of Australia, was one of the 24 (out of 2,000)
applicants to be selected for NASA's year-long astronaut training
program. An expert on low gravity behavior, Thomas should be
assigned to a mission within three years.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Omega Aerospace Inc
Virginia

Astronaut Byron Lichtenberg, of the STS 45 Atlantis / Atlas-1
mission, told Space Calendar contributor Theo Pirard he has
formed his own company, Omega Aerospace Inc, which will look "for
new concepts to develop low-cost launch systems for space
transportation and exploration." He said the company's long-range
goal is to make the "ultimate trip" widely available.
                           * * * * * * *
o BUS-Alpha Microsat
Bristol, United Kingdom

The University of Bristol will use a UB-designed transmit-only
microsat in a three-objective program to establish the
development and production capability of UB, to determine the
feasibility of space research within a university timeframe, and
to explore the usability of uncontrolled satellites.
                           * * * * * * *
o New Hindi Sat Channel
Bombay, India

Star TV and the Essel Group of Bombay, India, start broadcasting
free to air a new channel this month, targeting upper-income
Hindi and Urdu-speaking audiences with a mix of movies, serials,
talk shows and soap operas. The footprint includes the Middle
East, India, and Southeast Asia.
                           * * * * * * *
o Atlas Centaur Failure
San Diego CA

The AC-71 Failure Review Oversight Board is now looking into the
possibility of icing as a cause of insufficient turbine
acceleration, according to a General Dynamics notice circulated
to employees.
                           * * * * * * *
o First Portuguese Satellite
Queluz, Portugal

Posat-1, developed by the National Laboratory of Engineering and
Industrial Technology with technical assistance from the
University of Surrey, is to go up via Arianespace V 59 in
September 1993.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Wyle Laboratories / NASA Contract
Huntsville AL

Under a $75 million contract, the Scientific Services and Systems
Group of Wyle Labs will provide electronic instrument, computer,
and other repair and support services for NASA Langley Research
Center's aeronautical and space sciences facilities.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Space Age PBS
Concord, MA

Space Age, premeirs 12 Oct on PBS. Produced by WQED / Pittsburgh
and NHK / Japan in association with the National Academy of
Sciences, the six one-hour shows range from `Quest for Planet
Mars' to `What's a Heaven For?' For sale through Home Vision for
$24.95 each. Info; 800-262-8600.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Very Long Baseline Array
Virgin Islands / Hawai`i

Scattered across the U S from the Virgin Islands to Hawai`i, the
10 dish antennae of the VLBA make up a 8,045 km (5,000 mi) wide
radiotelescope with which astronomers hope to see the edge of the
universe when it is activated in December.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Lunar Footnote (Statistic)

7,235 Days Since humans last visited the Moon; 3,010 days until 1
January 2001.
                           * * * * * * *
o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation)

      "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is
 to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and
               actions of governments and individuals."
                 -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii
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Date: 16 Oct 92 20:03:49 GMT
From: Bev Freed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Toward 2001 - 12 Oct
Newsgroups: sci.space

                            ***********
                            TOWARD 2001
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                           * * * * * * *
# Mir 1 / Shuttle Prep
LEO

Cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyov and Sergei Avdeyev already are preparing
Mir 1 for a 1995 visit by a USA space shuttle, despite no official
government OK. Russian space analyst James Oberg says they want time
to test a new docking system.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Rockets for Schools
Cape Canaveral FL

A demonstration project of the Spaceport Florida Authority brings
together students from across the U S to learn about, launch, and
study data from a two-stage sounding rocket. A microelectronic
atmospheric sensor will deploy at 250,000 ft and transmit data to a
ground station for later analysis by participating students.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Lunar Sourcebook
Cambridge MA

Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon is the Geoscience
Information Society pick for the 1992 Best Geoscience Reference Book
Award. Edited by Grant Heiken, David Vaniman, and Bevan M French and
published by Cambridge University Press.
                           * * * * * * *
o France / Kazakhstan Friendship Treaty
Paris

France will help Kazakhstan develop its space research program,
industry, and agriculture under the Paris Charter of the Conference
on Security and Cooperation in Europe, signed by presidents
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Francois Mitterrand. Kazakhstan commits to
democracy, human rights, and a market economy.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Boeing Job Cuts
Huntsville AL

Facing a third year of declining defense spending, Boeing Co has
given pink slips to 100 employees at its Missiles and Space Division
in Huntsville. In transition from design to manufacturing on Space
Station Freedom, general manager Robert Hager says, "there simply
won't be enough new work for people to move on to."
                           * * * * * * *
+ Kaua`i STARS Launch Delay
Barking Sands, Kaua`i Island, Hawai`i

The first Kaua`i STARS missile launch is postponed indefinitely and
SDIO is conducting an environmental survey of the island following
hurricane Iniki. In a letter to SDI director Henry Cooper, Hawai`i
senator Daniel Inouye said the survey should assure "there has been
no degradation of the program's safety and environmental impact."
                           * * * * * * *
o Japan FEO Report
Tokyo

The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations subcommittee on
broadcasting policy interim report says broadcast rules of the
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications are excessive and
unrealistic.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Women in Aerospace Awards

Vienna VA: Women in Aerospace this year adds three categories:
contributions to ISY, volunteer work, and aerospace explorer.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Star Trek Virtual Reality Centers
St Louis MO

Under a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures, Edison Brothers
Entertainment Inc plans to open its first Star Base One virtual
reality center in late 1993 or early 1994.  Andrew Newman, chairman
of Edison Bros calls the project "the ultimate in experiential
retailing."
                           * * * * * * *
Lunar Footnote (Statistic)

+ 7,242 days since Moon last visited by humans; 3,003 days until 1
January 2001.
                           * * * * * * *
o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation)

      "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is
 to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and
              actions of governments and individuals."
                 -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii
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Date: 16 Oct 92 20:04:12 GMT
From: Bev Freed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Toward 2001 - 19 Oct
Newsgroups: sci.space

                            ***********
                            TOWARD 2001
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                           * * * * * * *
o Russians on American Shuttle Flight
Moscow, Russia

Sergei Krikalev and Vladimir Titov, picked from a field of six, under
a U S Russia agreement signed this year will begin training for an
October 1993 shuttle flight. The American selection for a flight to
Mir 1 is not yet announced.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Aerospace Industries Association
Washington DC

After January's inauguration, the first order of business for the
administration should be to "stand back and take a long look
at . . .barriers to competitiveness created by the U S government,"
AIA president Don Fuqua. says.
                           * * * * * * *
o France Opposes Star Wars
Paris

The French government believes SDI "presents the unacceptable risk
of reviving the arms race, militarizing space, and going against the
current of nuclear disarmament," Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy
told attendees at an international defense strategies conference in
Paris.
                           * * * * * * *
+ STS 53 Discovery
NASA KSC FL

Mission Commander David Walker, pilot Robert Cabana and specialists
Guion Bluford, Michael Clifford, and James Voss are preparing for
their four-day flight on the 52nd shuttle mission. Payloads include
DOD projects and GLO CRYOHP hitchhiker payload for measuring optical
emissions  on the surface of the shuttle.
                           * * * * * * *
o Shanghai Satellite Communications Company
Shanghai

SSCC, jointly founded by the Shanghai Guomai Industrial Co Ltd, Shanghai
Long-Distance Telecommunications Office, and the Ministry of Posts
and Telecommunications is to develop domestic services with
satellite and advanced suitable for long-distance transmission.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Why Space? Essay Contest
Englewood CO

The World Bar Assn is sponsoring an essay contest on the topic `Why
Space' The announcement says "New and creative ideas are welcomed."
Deadline is 31 December. Info WBA 303-721-1178.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Talcott Mountain Science Center
Avon CT

TMSC begins its 25th year with the receipt of a 3-year education
grant for interactive program Project PROMMISE. The program links
students and teachers with featured role models such as Dr Mae
Jemison, the first African-American woman physician to be a shuttle
astronaut.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Efficacy of Lunar Power
Washington DC

Addressing the 3rd annual meeting of the Lunar Power System
Coalition, new president Declan J O'Donnell said, "[LPS] may prove
10 times less expensive than the next best power source for Earth",
also noting the group "has developed a solid scientific beginning."
                           * * * * * * *
+ Gemini Telescope
Hawai`i / Chile

Telescope sites atop Mauna Kea in Hawai`i and in Chile will split
$17 million if Pres George Bush adds his signature to Congress'
approval. The Hawai`i facility will total about $85 million and is
to be finished in about six years.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Lunar Footnote (Statistic)

+ 7,249 Days since Moon last visited by humans; 2,996 days until 1
January 2001.
                           * * * * * * *
o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation)

      "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is
 to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and
              actions of governments and individuals."
                 -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii
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Date: 16 Oct 92 20:02:32 GMT
From: Bev Freed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Toward 2001 - 21 Sep
Newsgroups: sci.space

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                           * * * * * * *
o Rockwell / NPO Energia Agreement
Seal Beach CA

Rockwell is working with NPO Energia to design and build a docking
system that will be used with Space Shuttle Atlantis for a
rendezvous with the Mir 1 space station in 1995. A long-term space
exploration relationship is in the works, Rockwell said.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Space Station Management
Washington DC

The General Accounting Office is sounding alarm bells over dwindling
financial reserves for the program, which will cost an estimated $20
billion by 1999. NASA officials say good management of the $2.1
billion in reserves will keep the program on budget.
                           * * * * * * *
o EuroHermespace
Moscow, Russia

Will begin its relationship with Russia via a US$350,000 contract
signed last month with the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in
Moscow. The Institute tested mechanical structures and thermal
protection for the Russian `Buran' spaceplane.
                           * * * * * * *
o CaribSpace Ltd
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago will work with
CaribSpace, a subsidiary of WorldSpace Inc, to provide direct
broadcast radio services to its population. Digital radios costing
less than US$50 will pick up signals from orbiting satellites.
                           * * * * * * *
o Russia Retraining
Moscow

A new fund will finance long range scientific projects aimed at
helping former military staff in Russia turn their skills to
challenges in the civilian sector. Info `The Young Businessmen of
Russia Helping Fund', PO Box 64, 117312 Moscow, Russia; 205-49-81.
                           * * * * * * *
o Japan Space Activities Commission
Tokyo

The commission requested a budget of <157>203.469 billion (US$1.654
billion) for FY 1993, a 7.4 percent increase from this year's
funding. Costs for development of the H-2 rocket will reduce by
<157>13 billion to <157>141.4 billion in FY 1993.
                           * * * * * * *
+ McAuliffe Award
Hilo HI

Hawaii Teacher in Space finalist Art Kimura, architect of the
innovative `Future Flight Hawaii' space education program, is the
recipient of the Aerospace Education Foundation's 7th Christa
McAuliffe Memorial Award. Kimura also coordinates a space science
resource center for Hawaii teachers.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Lunar Based Astronomy
Washington DC

The first lunar telescope could be in place by the end of the
decade, according to MIT astrophysicist Bernard Burke. Burke told
the World Space Congress that NASA administrator Goldin "would
dearly like to see" a workable plan for evolving lunar astronomical
facilities.
                           * * * * * * *
* Pioneer Venus
Venus Orbit

Some time in the next 120 days, the 14-year-old Pioneer will plunge
into Venus' fiery atmosphere and burn up. NASA Ames scientists are
plotting ways to harvest as much information as possible from the
sturdy spacecraft's slip into the turbulent upper atmosphere.
                           * * * * * * *
Lunar Footnote (Statistic).

+ 7,221 Days Since Moon last visited by humans; 3,024 days until 1
January 2001.
                           * * * * * * *
International Space Year 1992 (Quotation).

      "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is
 to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and
              actions of governments and individuals."
                 -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii
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Date: 16 Oct 92 20:02:58 GMT
From: Bev Freed <[e-mail]>
Subject: Toward 2001 - 28 Sep
Newsgroups: sci.space

                            ***********
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                           * * * * * * *
+ SETI / High Resolution Microwave Survey
Washington DC

The NASA Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence is being recast
"in a broader context" to survive the annual budget review, says
program scientist John O Rummel. Renamed the High Resolution
Microwave Survey, it will include a more general approach to
astronomy.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Intelsat / GE Astro Space Satellite Purchase
Washington DC

The commercial cooperative of 124 member nations plans to buy its
next-generation Intelsat-8 satellites from GE Astro Space. Intelsat
currently manages 19 satellites.
                           * * * * * * *
# Mir 1
Low Earth Orbit

A series of high-profile spacewalks to modernise the longest
orbiting space station will hopefully extend its life into the mid
'90s, when successor Mir 2 will launch if funds are available.
Cosmonauts Solovyov and Avdeyev recently plugged in an external
power unit during a five-hour space walk.
                           * * * * * * *
# Launch ARSENE
Kourou, French Guiana

In May of 1993, a student-engineered ham radio satellite and payload
is scheduled to launch via Ariane V 58 42L. The Radio Amateur Club
De L'Espace ARSENE project involved 300 students from 30
institutions.
                           * * * * * * *
o Bostok Telecom
Tokyo, Japan

The Export-Import Bank of Japan will likely offer 283.5 million yen
to Nissho Iwai Corp to finance a joint Russia / Japan international
satellite telecommunications service, Bostok Telecom, comprising
Nissho Iwai, Japan telecom munications firm KDD. and Russia telecom
munications firm IDT.
                           * * * * * * *
o Rafael / ARC Team Up
Haifa, Israel

Israel-based Rafael and the U S Atlantic Research Corporation are
cooperating to produce and market the AUS 51 upper stage motor. The
AUS 51 has successfully inserted experimental Offeq satellites into
LEO.
                           * * * * * * *
+ RATLER Lunar Rover
Los Alamos NM

The Robotic All-Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover, developed at Sandia
National Laboratories, employs an articulated chassis allowing all
four wheels to stay on the ground. With its oversize wheels, RATLER
can cross uneven terrain with obstacles almost as high as itself.
                           * * * * * * *
+ EER Systems
Vienna VA

A review team is examining tracking, photographic, and telemetry
data in an effort to discover why the Starfire rocket used to launch
Consort 5 on 10 September shut down 3 seconds early. Although the
payload was saved, very little microgravity science was
accomplished.
                           * * * * * * *
+ Hawai`i Spaceport
Hawai`i Island HI

Five local politicians favor promoting development of a spaceport in
the Ka`u district of the state's largest island, five are undecided,
and the remaining 28 respondants to a League of Women Voters survey
are opposed. A number of candidates did not respond to the survey.
                           * * * * * * *
Lunar Footnote

+ 7,228 Days since Moon last visited by humans; 3,017 days until 1
January 2001.
o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation)
       "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is
 to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and
               actions of governments and individuals."
                  -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii
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Date: 17 Oct 92 16:52:16 GMT
From: Gerald Cecil <[e-mail]>
Subject: Upcoming NASA town meetings
Newsgroups: sci.space

Does anyone know about these?  I believe that there's one near here in
early Nov, but no-one in DC NASA Public Affairs had any info.
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Gerald Cecil [e-mail]  919-962-7169
Physics & Astronomy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 USA

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