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Space Digest                Wed,  3 Feb 93       Volume 16 : Issue 113

Today's Topics:
                             Beanstalk?+
                        Challenger transcript
                DC-1 eventual construction question...
                      Explorer 1 - 35 years ago
 How the media portrays scientists? RE: Was bumbling geek... (2 msgs)
                Looking for job in the spcae industry
           Making Orbit 93 - Collected Papers New Deadline
                     Microgravity Research Today
         Space Camp (was re: Challenger Transcript) (2 msgs)
                           Space Colonies+
             Space Station Freedom Media Handbook - 1/18
                Today in 1986-Remember the Challenger

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 04:16:05 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Beanstalk?+
Newsgroups: sci.space

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jordin Kare) writes:
> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gary Coffman) writes:
>>
>>...A constant taper beanstalk is beyond
>>the theoretical strength of materials of anything we have a clue about
>>producing. A tapered beanstalk is theoretically possible, but would be so
>>huge that it would be impractical to construct. A very long thread on
>                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>this subject occurred here last summer.
>>Gary
>>--
>
> At least 22,400 miles long, presumably, unless it was rotating :-)
>
>     Jordin Kare
>

What about using the beanstalk to generate electricity..
I wonder if there is a way to use that electricity to maintain it in its
inline??

==
Michael Adams alias Ghost Wheel/Morgoth [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1993 17:34:00 -0500
From: Tim Tyler <[e-mail]>
Subject: Challenger transcript
Newsgroups: sci.space

 VT> @REPLYTO 1:374/60.0@fidonet postmaster
 VT> @REPLYADDR [e-mail]
 VT> From: [e-mail] (Vilkata TDK)
 VT> Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
 VT> @Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
 VT> @References: <[e-mail]>

 VT> In <[e-mail]>
 VT> [e-mail] (Tim Tyler) writes:

 >> T> Two minutes forty-five seconds later the tape ends. That's when
 >> T> the shuttles crew compartment, which remained intact after the
 >> T> vessel exploded over the Atlantic, hit the ocean at over 2,000
 >> T> miles per hour, instantly killing the crew.

 >> Well, that and the rest of that post was certainly the most tasteless
 >> thing I've seen here in ages...

 VT> Why do you think it's tasteless?  It happens to be the truth.

I'm hardly convinced of the truth of that 'transcript' by an anonymous poster.  I don't see any benefit created by general public knowledge of the transcript regardless of whether it is accurate or not though...It appeals to a morbididity that I don't think is particularly tasteful.  I don't feel that the last moments of the astronauts lives deserves to be held up for public scrutiny.  I can think of no singularly beneficial event that could come from this knowledge.  I have no doubt that they died with di


gnity and certainly honor, to listen to their dying screams is disgusting in my opinion.

 VT> I went to Space Camp for two years,

Titusville, Florida?  I live 15 minutes south of there.

 VT> and lots of those people have
 VT> information the general public usually doesn't.

That's the way that it should stay I believe.

Tim

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Date: 2 Feb 93 17:41:19 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: DC-1 eventual construction question...
Newsgroups: sci.space

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Edward V. Wright) writes:
> In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>
>>I think there has been a mild misunderstanding.  I meant every other flight
>>WHILE the current launch backlog is flown off.  So, this only counts as part
>>of the increased revenue during the first startup year or so.
>
> A small fleet of SSTOs could fly off the curent backlog in a week or two.
> Any projected increase in demand, including ambitious programs such as
> Iridium, would add only a few weeks more.  Satellites are a drop in the
> bucket.
>
The above statement is essentially correct, however, we are talking about
the very beginning operations.  There will not be a small fleet.  There will
be 1.  I don't think the manufacturer will ramp production very fast either.
So, after delivery of SSTO #1 it would be 3-6 months before #2 is available.

And during the time you are flying off the backlog, you can charge a premium
due to the fact that your flight is available.  Even if it is only a little
bit lower in cost than the other launch methods, you will still get customers.
So you can still charge a premium over what the EVENTUAL SSTO costs will be.

And, you do get to keep the money.  This might make the difference between
the bank of London (put your favorite lending institutiun here) financing
SSTO Startup Inc. and not.

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Date: 1 Feb 93 20:25:00 GMT
From: Bruce Watson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Explorer 1 - 35 years ago
Newsgroups: sci.space

On Jan 31, 1958 the U. S. Army launched the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's
Explorer 1 from Cape Canaveral on a Jupiter-C rocket making
the United States the second nation to launch a satellite.

--
Bruce Watson ([e-mail]) Bulletin 629-49 Item 6700 Extract 75,131

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 04:09:22 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: How the media portrays scientists? RE: Was bumbling geek...
Newsgroups: sci.space

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Robert S. Hill) writes:
> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes...
>>According to _Lorenzo's Oil_, scientists are cold-hearted, self-serving
>>bureaucrats who like to torture little children for their studies.
>>Didn't see any geeks.
>
> For a heroic portrayal, see George Pal's movie 'War of the Worlds' from
> the 1950's.
>
> Robert S. Hill
> [e-mail]


For an extreme example see Steve Urkle(sp)....

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Date: 1 Feb 93 22:00:18 GMT
From: Curtis Roelle <roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu>
Subject: How the media portrays scientists? RE: Was bumbling geek...
Newsgroups: sci.space

[e-mail] (Robert S. Hill) writes:

>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes...
>>According to _Lorenzo's Oil_, scientists are cold-hearted, self-serving
>>bureaucrats who like to torture little children for their studies.
>>Didn't see any geeks.

>For a heroic portrayal, see George Pal's movie 'War of the Worlds' from
>the 1950's.

>Robert S. Hill
>[e-mail]

Except for the part where the old fart scientist, father of the
leading female character(?), picks up a white flag and against the
advice of, and to the shock and horror of the on-hand military
officials, declares there's a peaceful solution and that violence
proves nothing.  He then goes stomping off and starts talking to the
spaceship.  The cobra-like sensor looks at him and pauses a second, as
if saying "is this idiot for real?" and toasts him with a sun lamp :-).

Of course the movie didn't follow the book.  The scientists
(astronomers) in the book noticed unusual flashes on Mars but failed
to speculate correctly on the cause.  Scientists were conspicuously
absent during the invasion, and only resurfaced at the end of the book
in time to perform autopsies on the Martians.

For a movie where scientists are portrayed as heros, ow about Day of
the Saucers?

Curt Roelle

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 15:52:07 -0500 (EST)
From: [e-mail] (Bryan Glancey)
Subject: Looking for job in the spcae industry

    I'm finishing up my undergraduate degree in Physics right now and
    getting ready to start my masters. When I read this list I'm often
    inpressed by the number of people that have JPL and the like in their
    footers.
     Does anyone have any advice on a good path into the space program, in
     any capacity? I have throughly rejected the military path already and
     I'd love to hear any advice from anyone out there on how I might get
     into design/R&D or actual space program work like astronaut, mission
     specialist, anything..
      My current speciality is heading towards experimental physics and
      computers. My email address is [e-mail] and I'd

      love to talk to anyone and everyone that can give me any sort of leads
      . Thanks all.


                Bryan Glancey


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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 05:46:23 GMT
From: Bruce Dunn <[e-mail]>
Subject: Making Orbit 93 - Collected Papers New Deadline
Newsgroups: sci.space

Bill Nicholls asked me to post the following:


MAKING ORBIT '93 -- Collected Papers

Because of short notice, the time for subscribing to the 'Collected Papers'
at the prepublication price of $15 has been extended until February 15, 1993.

After that date, the price will be $25.

To order your copy of the 'Collected Papers' from the Making Orbit '93
conference, send a check or money order (in US dollars) for the correct
amount to:

        Bill Nicholls
        PO Box 28
        Roy, WA  98580

Please make the check payable to Bill Nicholls.
You may also contact him as [e-mail]

Publication of the papers is planned for 2Q '93.
A tenative Table of Contents will be published in March.

--
Bruce Dunn    Vancouver, Canada   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 06:01:03 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Microgravity Research Today
Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.bio,sci.materials,sci.space

H.A. Collier ([e-mail]) wrote:
: I don't know much about microgravity, but I do know of a scientisit who
: works at NASA here in Houston (Clear Lake) on it. His name is David Wolfe.
: I don't know him personally, a colleague of mine does.
: I believe Dr. Wolfe is scheduled to fly in an upcoming shuttle mission
: sometime this year, testing some microgravity techniques.
: If he has email you may be able to find it.

: Heidi

Dr. Wolf (no "e") is indeed scheduled to fly soon.  I believe he's an
MS on STS-57.  I volunteer as a physiological test subject, and Dr.
Wolf practiced his phlebotomy skills on me for his upcoming mission.
He's quite good, even though my wife, Lisa Jenks BSMT(ASCP), says I'm
"a hard stick with deep rolly veins."  (Which should give you a good
clue about what "phlebotomy" means without resorting to a dictionary.)
I hope things go as well in microgravity as they did in our practice
session in the SpaceHab mock-up in JSC building 32.

I have Dr. Wolf's e-mail address, but I won't post it to the 'Net
without his permission.  Astronauts get weird mail.

There are many people, especially at JSC and MSFC, who are doing
microgravity research.  If I get enough e-mail, I'll dig up more
information.

-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
      [e-mail]  [phone]

                ASCAN (Astronaut Candidate) 10 COMMANDMENTS

      1. Keep smiling, but not grinning

      2. Keep your humor harmless, pure and perfect.  People don't
         understand irony.

      3. Keep your weaknesses to yourself.  If you don't point them out
         to others, they will never see them.

      4. Never complain; make survival look easy.

      5. You are expected to say something nice after each flight,
         class, of simulation.

      6. If you can't say something nice, lie -- nicely.

      7. In particular, practice saying, "Thanks for pointing that out,
         sir.  I'll really work on that."

      8. Be aggressively humble and dynamically inconspicuous.  Save
         your brilliance for your friends and family.

      9. Remember -- whatever's encouraged is mandatory.  Whatever's
         discouraged is prohibited.

     10. Nothing is sometimes a good thing to do and always a clever
         thing to say.

                             REVIEW THIS LIST DAILY

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Date: 1 Feb 93 19:15:37 GMT
From: Curtis Roelle <roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu>
Subject: Space Camp (was re: Challenger Transcript)
Newsgroups: sci.space

[e-mail] (Vilkata TDK) writes:

>In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Tim Tyler) writes:

>>29 Jan 93 22:58, Tesuji wrote to All:

>> T>   A secret NASA tape reveals that the crew of the shuttle Challenger
>> T> not only survived the explosion that ripped the vessel apart; they
>> T> screamed, cried, cursed and prayed for three hellish minutes before
>> T> they slammed into the Atlantic and perished on January 28, 1986.

>> T>   The tape is said to begin with a startled crewman screaming,"What
>> T> happened? What happened? Oh God - No!"  Screams and curses are heard-
>> T> several crewmen begin to weep- and then others bid their families
>> T> farewell.

>> T>   Two minutes forty-five seconds later the tape ends. That's when the
>> T> shuttles crew compartment, which remained intact after the vessel
>> T> exploded over the Atlantic, hit the ocean at over 2,000 miles per
>> T> hour, instantly killing the crew.

>>Well, that and the rest of that post was certainly the most tasteless thing I've seen here in ages...

>Why do you think it's tasteless?  It happens to be the truth.  I went to Space
>Camp for two years, and lots of those people have information the general
>public usually doesn't.

Cough! Cough! >*< HAAACK !  PITEW! -  - - - ---*

Until now I'd been an admirer of the Space Camp, particularly for the
marvelous experience it provides youngsters, allowing them to live the
life other kids dream of, inside involvement with NASA.  But what have
they been teaching these kids?  That for two minutes forty-five
seconds the crew of the Challenger "screamed, cursed, and prayed for
three hellish minutes?"

I really doubt that Space Camp would teach such silly things, and my
feeling is that the above posting is [delberately?] misleading, but then
again, I've never been to Space Camp have I, so maybe I'm wrong.

> In fact, the first year, my group's counselor was the
>daughter of astronaut Robert L. Stewart, Jenny (very nice).

So what?

>I don't remember
>if it was she or someone else, but someone told us that the last thing they
>heard _before the explosion_ was something to the effect of "Uh oh."

Wasn't the "Uh oh" quote released years ago?  It's not news.  As
Vilkata said, it was uttered before the explosion.  This does not
imply that the astronauts were concious let alone having interactive
conversation during descent.

>The truth is, they were all conscious (sp?) and aware of what was happening.
>Which makes it that much more terrible, but that's Life, and a lot of us like
>to know the whole truth.

Are you saying that at Space Camp children are being taught that NASA lies?

>|    V I L K A T A     T . D . K .         [e-mail]------

Curt Roelle

Opions Expressed Here Are Not Those of Customer nor the Customer's Customers.

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 06:35:13 GMT
From: Vilkata TDK <[e-mail]>
Subject: Space Camp (was re: Challenger Transcript)
Newsgroups: sci.space

In <roelle.728594137@uars_mag> roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:

>[e-mail] (Vilkata TDK) writes:

>Cough! Cough! >*< HAAACK !  PITEW! -  - - - ---*

>Until now I'd been an admirer of the Space Camp, particularly for the
>marvelous experience it provides youngsters, allowing them to live the
>life other kids dream of, inside involvement with NASA.  But what have
>they been teaching these kids?  That for two minutes forty-five
>seconds the crew of the Challenger "screamed, cursed, and prayed for
>three hellish minutes?"

Well, first off, most of the "youngsters" who go there are more mature than
the average.  (Notice I said "most".)  What have they been teaching us?  The
truth.  It's not like they gave a seminar on it or anything.  But some of us
were talking (It happens.) with some of the staff, and they told us because
we were interested.  They never said it the way you quoted a different previous
article ("screamed, cursed...hellish minutes"); they told us that although
some of the crew might have been knocked out (for lack of a better phrase) at
first, probably all of them were conscious for most of the fall.

>I really doubt that Space Camp would teach such silly things, and my
>feeling is that the above posting is [delberately?] misleading, but then
>again, I've never been to Space Camp have I, so maybe I'm wrong.

So basically you doubt that I'm telling the truth.  Oh, well, it's a free
world, and I don't really want to start a flame war with people with closed
minds.  Although sci.space really isn't the place for closed-minded people...
However, I can assure you that my posting was not misleading, especially
deliberately.  I'm almost offended...  But since you haven't been to Space
Camp, maybe you should if you have the opportunity.  They have programs for
people of almost all ages (very young childhood to adults), and it's definitely
a worthwhile experience.

>Wasn't the "Uh oh" quote released years ago?  It's not news.  As
>Vilkata said, it was uttered before the explosion.  This does not
>imply that the astronauts were concious let alone having interactive
>conversation during descent.

Could be.  Of course, it was also years ago when I went to Space Camp.  I think
the first time I went was the spring after the Challenger accident.  It was
very recent at the time, and the press didn't have that kind of info yet.  I
remember when an article came out in the Des Moines Register (supposedly one
of the country's best newspapers, which is scary) that said that quote.  It
was something like two or three years after the accident.  Old news now, but
not then.

>>The truth is, they were all conscious (sp?) and aware of what was happening.
>>Which makes it that much more terrible, but that's Life, and a lot of us like
>>to know the whole truth.

>Are you saying that at Space Camp children are being taught that NASA lies?

Sorry, I must've missed the part where we established that it was all a bunch
of lies.  Sounds like a Communist plot to me...

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 04:01:09 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Space Colonies+
Newsgroups: sci.space

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Paul C. Dolber) writes:
> My sixth-grade son is required to write a long paper of sorts for his
> "Language Arts" class on some future issue, and has chosen "space
> colonies/colonization."  Besides checking into books, which he has
> already done, he should also be investigating less routine sources.
> We found nothing of interest in the sci.space FAQ, save that the L-5
> society -- a good source, I had thought -- is long since moribund.  Can
> anyone out there point him (through me) in some interesting directions?
> The paper can deal with any and all issues relating to colonization of
> space (meant to include moons, planets, etc.), including why, and when,
> and at what cost, and how.  If you can help, please drop me a line
> at [e-mail].  Thanks, Paul Dolber.

Well, might contact [e-mail] and ask him about Biospheres. Also
ask the local (here) rep from the Biosphere 2 project..
Also their is the Planetary Society.. And a few other organizations..
(anyone have a net or snailmail address for them).. L5 I thought had merged
with someother group..


Michael Adams
Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 05:51:19 GMT
From: Bruce Dunn <[e-mail]>
Subject: Space Station Freedom Media Handbook - 1/18
Newsgroups: sci.space

This posting is the first in a series of 18 postings which together comprise
the NASA Media Handbook for Space Station Freedom.  The total series of
postings amounts to about 270 K of material, which I will post over a series
of days in order to avoid unwanted congestion of the net.  The NASA Media
Handbook is public domain and explicit permission has been given for public
distribution (see text below).  The material has been obtained from the NASA
SPACELINK information service (for details, see end of posting).  On
SPACELINK, the material is broken up into a series of files which can be
separately downloaded.  The postings to follow thus each begin by indicating
the name of the file on the SPACELINK computer, and the date that the file
was created.

From NASA SPACELINK:

"6_10_2_2.TXT" (2637 bytes) was created on 10-15-92


Preface

Since the initial publication of this Media Handbook in April of 1989,
there has been a tremendous amount of program activity resulting in
considerable changes.

On October 3, 1991, the NASA Headquarters Office of Space Systems
Development was broken out of the existing Office of Space Flight
organization, headed by Dr. William Lenoir, in response to the
recommendations by the Advisory Committee on the Future of the
U.S. Space Program. The new office, with Arnold Aldrich as the new
Associate Administrator, will manage the Space Station Freedom
Program, the National Launch System and other developmental
projects and studies.

The Deputy Associate Administrator, Richard H. Kohrs remains as
Director of the Space Station Freedom Program, a position he has held
since June 5, 1989. Robert W. Moorehead remains Director, Programs
and Operations at the Reston, Virginia program office, a position he
has held since September 28, 1989.

1991 was a watershed year for Space Station Freedom. On May 15,
the House appropriations subcommittee for Housing, Veterans and
Independent Agencies voted to eliminate space station funding. On
June 6, 1991, the House of Representatives overturned the
subcommittee vote, restoring full funding for the program, and in
September 1991, the Senate went along with the House and voted to
uphold station funding.

This activity was the culmination of a process that had started in the
fall of 1990. Due to a FY91 budget shortfall and Congressional
direction to reduce outyear spending, a design assessment known as
"restructuring" was started in October 1990. On March 21, 1991,
NASA delivered the "restructuring" report to Congress outlining an
extensive redesign of Space Station Freedom. This Handbook reflects
that design and describes what each NASA Center and contractor is
doing in support of the program.

Our international partners also had some personnel changes. Jean-
Marie Luton was elected the European Space Agency Director General
effective October 1, 1990. Canada formed the Canadian Space Agency
(CSA) on December 4, 1990. The CSA President is Dr. Larkin Kerwin.
On November 1, 1989, Mr. Masato Yamano became President of the
National Space Development Agency of Japan.

On December 6, 1991, Professor Luciano Guerriero, President of the
Italian Space Agency (ASI), signed a memorandum of understanding
with the NASA Administrator to provide two Mini Pressurized
Logistics Modules for the program.

This document is in the public domain. You may use any and all
information and art without permission.

Mark Hess
NASA Public Affairs Officer





The material above is one of many files from SPACELINK
A Space-Related Informational Database
Provided by the NASA Educational Affairs Division
Operated by the Marshall Space Flight Center
On a Data General ECLIPSE MV7800 Minicomputer

SPACELINK may be contacted in three ways:

1) Using a modem, by phone at 205-895-0028

2) Using Telnet, at spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov

3) Using FTP capability. Username is anonymous and Password is guest.
Address is 192.149.89.61.



The following description of SPACELINK is given on the system itself:

NASA Spacelink runs on a Data General ECLIPSE MV-7800 minicomputer located at
the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
NASA Spacelink software was developed and donated to NASA by the Data
General Corporation of Westboro, Massachusetts.  The system has a main
memory of 14 megabytes (14 million characters), disk storage space for 2
gigabytes, and can communicate with eight callers simultaneously via direct
dial modems at 300, 1200, 2400 or 9600 baud. The data word format is 8 data
bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit.  Up to 32 callers can access the
system through the Internet, a worldwide computer network connecting a large
number of educational and research facilities.  NASA Spacelink is a dynamic
system that will change and expand daily.  It was made available to the
public
in February, 1988.

Initial funding for NASA Spacelink was provided by the Educational Affairs
Division at NASA Headquarters.  The NASA Spacelink data base is maintained
by the Public Services and Education Branch of the Marshall Space Flight
Center Public Affairs Office.  Operational support is provided by the
Information Systems Office at the Marshall Center.  Information on NASA
scientific projects and educational programs is provided to NASA Spacelink
by education specialists at NASA Headquarters and the NASA field centers.

While NASA understands that people from a wide variety of backgrounds will
use NASA Spacelink, the system is specifically designed for teachers.  The
data base is arranged to provide easy access to current and historical
information on NASA aeronautics and space research.  Also included are
suggested classroom activities that incorporate information on NASA
projects to teach a number of scientific principles.  Unlike bulletin board
systems, NASA Spacelink does not provide for interaction between callers.
However it does allow teachers and other callers to leave questions and
comments for NASA.




--
Bruce Dunn    Vancouver, Canada   [e-mail]

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Date: 1 Feb 93 23:43:40 GMT
From: No One Knows <[e-mail]>
Subject: Today in 1986-Remember the Challenger
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle

where was I?  Seventh grade math class.  My principal came into the room,
told my teacher something and she ran out crying.  then, it was explained
that the shuttle had exploded.  I just felt numb afterwards.
I also remember wishing I had a time machine so I could go back in time
and warn them not to launch.


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