From rkool@first.etc.bc.ca Thu Sep 2 10:38:38 1993 Received: from first.etc.bc.ca by freenet.victoria.bc.ca for rkool (4.1/1.39) id AA03074; Thu, 2 Sep 93 10:38:32 PDT Received: by first.etc.bc.ca (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA21328; Thu, 2 Sep 93 10:26:59 -0700 Date: Thu, 2 Sep 93 10:26:59 -0700 Message-Id: <9309021726.AA21328@first.etc.bc.ca> Sender: rkool@first.etc.bc.ca To: rkool@freenet.victoria.bc.ca From: Jon Leech <leech@cs.unc.edu> (by way of rkool@first.etc.bc.ca) Subject: Diffs to sci.space/sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions Status: RO Archive-name: space/diff DIFFS SINCE LAST FAQ POSTING (IN POSTING ORDER) (These are hand-edited context diffs; do not attempt to use them to patch old copies of the FAQ). =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.intro *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06067 Wed Sep 1 16:19:27 1993 --- FAQ.intro Wed Sep 1 16:19:02 1993 *************** *** 109,115 **** Astronomical Databases Astronomy Programs Orbital Element Sets ! SPACE Digest Landsat & NASA Photos Planetary Maps Cometary Orbits --- 109,116 ---- Astronomical Databases Astronomy Programs Orbital Element Sets ! SPACE Digest Archives ! World-Wide-Web (WWW) Landsat & NASA Photos Planetary Maps Cometary Orbits *************** *** 139,144 **** --- 140,146 ---- Spacecraft design Esoteric propulsion schemes (solar sails, lasers, fusion...) Spy satellites + Space capsule locations Space shuttle computer systems SETI computation (signal processing) Amateur satellies & weather satellites *************** *** 287,292 **** --- 289,295 ---- rdb@mel.cocam.oz.au (Rodney Brown) - propulsion refs rja7m@phil.cs.virginia.edu (Ran Atkinson) - FTPable astro. programs rjungcla@ihlpb.att.com (R. Michael Jungclas)- models + rosborne@uk.ac.ucl.ps (Richard Osborne) - UK-SEDS seal@leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov (David Seal) - Cassini mission schedule shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) - photos, shuttle landings smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) - photos =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.net *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06072 Wed Sep 1 16:19:28 1993 --- FAQ.net Wed Sep 1 16:19:05 1993 *************** *** 115,127 **** sci.astro. ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF THE ASA ! Don Barry (don@chara.gsu.edu) posts the monthly Electronic Journal ! of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic to sci.astro. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL Swaraj Jeyasingh (sjeyasin@axion.bt.co.uk) posts summaries of space-related news from _Flight International_. This focuses more on non-US space activities than Aviation Week. LARGE ASTRONOMICAL PROJECTS Robert Bunge (rbunge@access.digex.com) posts a list describing many --- 115,153 ---- sci.astro. ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF THE ASA ! Editor Larry Klaes (klaes@verga.enet.dec.com) posts the monthly ! Electronic Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic to ! sci.astro, sci.misc, sci.space, and sci.space.news. + The EJASA Volume Lists for ordering back issues may be requested + from him, and back issues are also available from the ASA anonymous + FTP site at chara.gsu.edu. + FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL Swaraj Jeyasingh (sjeyasin@axion.bt.co.uk) posts summaries of space-related news from _Flight International_. This focuses more on non-US space activities than Aviation Week. + + IAU CIRCULARS + The IAUC are copyrighted, and should normally not be posted to the + net (sometimes they are posted, with Brian Marsden's permission). + The best way to get all the IAUC is to subscribe: you get all the + info by e-mail, and it helps the Minor Planet Center. + + A subscription is $6.00 per month for the printed Circulars (a + requirement) plus $7.50 per month for e-mail delivery and/or log-in + privileges to collect the Circulars, as well as orbits from our + files (and a facility for computing ephemerides). + + Enquiries (and checks) should be sent to + + Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams + Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory + Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. + + with checks (in U.S. dollars) made out to "Central Bureau for + Astronomical Telegrams". Subscribers can also purchase the MPC's + cometary orbit catalogue at half price. LARGE ASTRONOMICAL PROJECTS Robert Bunge (rbunge@access.digex.com) posts a list describing many =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.data *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06077 Wed Sep 1 16:19:30 1993 --- FAQ.data Wed Sep 1 16:18:59 1993 *************** *** 408,413 **** --- 407,426 ---- LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET. Send mail containing the message "INDEX SPACE" to get an index of files; send it the message "GET filename filetype" to get a particular file. + + + WORLD-WIDE-WEB (WWW) + + The Web is a global hypermedia network sitting on top of the Internet + and incorporating most of the popular protocols, including ftp, wais, + gopher, archie, nntp, etc. See comp.infosystems.www for more info. + + Space-related material may be found on the Web starting with the + overview page at + http://info.cern.ch/Space/Overview.html . + + There is also a pointer in the "information by subject" page under + "Space Science." LANDSAT AND NASA PHOTOS =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.references *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06087 Wed Sep 1 16:19:34 1993 --- FAQ.references Wed Sep 1 16:19:08 1993 *************** *** 568,573 **** --- 568,580 ---- 5) Secret Sentries in Space, Philip J Klass, 1971. "long out of print but well worth a look" + + + SPACE CAPSULE LOCATIONS + + Ross Finlayson (finlayson@eng.sun.com) has put together a list of + current locations of space capsules of the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo type, + which is FTPable from ames.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/FAQ/CapsuleLocations. SPACE SHUTTLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.probe *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06102 Wed Sep 1 16:19:39 1993 --- FAQ.probe Wed Sep 1 16:19:07 1993 *************** *** 251,257 **** The two VOYAGERs are expected to last for about two more decades. Their on-target journeying gives negative evidence about possible planets beyond Pluto. Their next major scientific discovery should be the ! location of the heliopause. SOVIET PLANETARY MISSIONS --- 251,258 ---- The two VOYAGERs are expected to last for about two more decades. Their on-target journeying gives negative evidence about possible planets beyond Pluto. Their next major scientific discovery should be the ! location of the heliopause. Low-frequency radio emissions believed to ! originate at the heliopause have been detected by both VOYAGERs. SOVIET PLANETARY MISSIONS =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.new_probes *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06107 Wed Sep 1 16:19:41 1993 --- FAQ.new_probes Wed Sep 1 16:19:06 1993 *************** *** 78,88 **** GALILEO - Jupiter orbiter and atmosphere probe, in transit. Has returned the first resolved images of an asteroid, Gaspra, while in transit to ! Jupiter. Efforts to unfurl the stuck High-Gain Antenna (HGA) have ! essentially been abandoned. JPL has developed a backup plan g data ! compression (JPEG-like for images, lossless compression for data from ! the other instruments) which should allow the mission to achieve ! approximately 70% of its original objectives. Galileo Schedule ---------------- --- 78,90 ---- GALILEO - Jupiter orbiter and atmosphere probe, in transit. Has returned the first resolved images of an asteroid, Gaspra, while in transit to ! Jupiter. Images of the August 1993 encounter with the asteroid Ida will ! be returned slowly over the next few months. Efforts to unfurl the stuck ! High-Gain Antenna (HGA) have essentially been abandoned. JPL has ! developed a backup plan using data compression (JPEG-like for images, ! lossless compression for data from the other instruments) which should ! allow the mission to achieve approximately 70% of its original ! objectives. Galileo Schedule ---------------- *************** *** 117,130 **** MAGELLAN - Venus radar mapping mission. mapped almost the entire ! surface at high resolution. Currently (4/93) collecting a global gravity ! map. MARS OBSERVER - Mars orbiter including 1.5 m/pixel resolution camera. ! Launched 9/25/92 on a Titan III/TOS booster. MO is currently (4/93) in ! transit to Mars, arriving on 8/24/93. Operations will start 11/93 for ! one martian year (687 days). TOPEX/Poseidon - Joint US/French Earth observing satellite, launched --- 119,134 ---- MAGELLAN - Venus radar mapping msion. Has mapped almost the e ! surface at high resolution and competed a global gravity map. Magellan ! recently executed an 80-day aerobraking program to lower and circularize ! its orbit. MARS OBSERVER - Mars orbiter including 1.5 m/pixel resolution camera. ! Launched 9/25/92 on a Titan III/TOS booster. Contact was lost with MO on ! 8/21/93 while it was preparing for entry into Mars orbit. The fate of MO ! is currently (8/31/93) unknown. Efforts to reacquire the spacecraft and ! salvage the mission are continuing. TOPEX/Poseidon - Joint US/French Earth observing satellite, launched *************** *** 223,228 **** --- 227,265 ---- Possible launch from shuttle in 1995, AXAF is a space observatory with a high resolution telescope. It would orbit for 15 years and study the mysteries and fate of the universe. + + o Clementine II + Preliminary studies for a Clementine II mission have been done + by JPL. These studies envision a launch in July 1995, flyby of + the asteroid Eros on March 13, 1996, and flyby of the asteroid + Toutatis on October 4, 1996. Clementine would deply a probe to + impact Toutatis, and imagery and other measurements of the + impact crater and debris would help analyze the composition of + the asteroid. + + o Pluto Fast Flyby (PFF) + Possible launch in 1999-2000 (if a 1996 new start is + authorized). Calls for launch of two ~110-150 kg spacecraft + using Titan IV/Centaur or Proton (both with additional solid + kick stages) in 1999-2000 and encounters with Pluto and Charon + around 2006-8. Flybys would be at 12-18 km/second; data would be + recorded onboard the probes during the short encounters and + returned to Earth slowly (due to low power, small antenna sizes, + and large distances) over the next year or so. + + Science objectives include characterizing global geology and + geomorphology of Pluto and Charon, mapping both sides of each + body, and characterizing Pluto's atmosphere (the atmosphere is + freezing out as Pluto moves away from the Sun, so launching + early and minimizing flight time is critical for this + objective). The 7 kilogram instrument package might include a + CCD imaging camera, IR mapping spectrometer, UV spectrometer, + and radio science occultation experiments. + + The PFF spacecraft would be highly miniaturized descendant of + the present class of outer solar system platforms, breaking the + trend of increasingly complex and expensive probes such as + Galileo and Cassini. o Earth Observing System (EOS) Possible launch in 1997, 1 of 6 US orbiting space platforms to =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.groups *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06117 Wed Sep 1 16:19:45 1993 --- FAQ.groups Wed Sep 1 16:19:00 1993 *************** *** 205,210 **** --- 205,222 ---- 922 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 (202)-543-1900 + + UK-SEDS + + The United Kingdom SEDS affiliate (see above). Undertaking a number + of hardware projects including microsatellites, sounding rockets, + and a space shuttle Getaway Special experiment. Also conducting + studies for advanced propulsion systems and probes. Has their own + magazine, Aurora. + + Contact through the Royal Aeronautical Society (I don't have an + address for this - ed.) + UNITED STATES SPACE FOUNDATION - a public, non-profit organization supported by member donations and dedicated to promoting =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.23 FAQ.launchers *** /tmp/,RCSt1a06127 Wed Sep 1 16:19:48 1993 --- FAQ.launchers Wed Sep 1 16:19:03 1993 *************** *** 1,11 **** Archive-name: space/launchers ! Last-modified: $Date: 93/08/01 23:53:53 $ ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES ! Most of The following data comom _International Reference Guide ! to Space Launch Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition. ! Some prices come from Wales Larrison (wales.larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org). Notes: * Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar payloads are for a 100 nm orbit. --- 1,15 ---- Archive-name: space/launchers ! Last-modified: $Date: 93/09/01 16:15:02 $ ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES ! This entry is written and maintained by jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh ! Hopkins). Please contact him with ctions or additions. ! ! ! Most of The following data comes from _International Reference Guide to ! Space Launch Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition. Some prices come ! from Wales Larrison (wales.larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org). Notes: * Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar payloads are for a 100 nm orbit.