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From: sbooth@lonestar.utsa.edu (Simon E. Booth)
Subject: Today in 1986-Remember the Challenger
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:00:55 GMT


Just a reminder- 7 years ago today- 11:38am EST....

So, where were you when the Challenger disaster took place?

It was during my sophomore of high school, and I was in English class
when they told us.

No tribute of any sort was allowed, nor could we openly talk about it
without some sort of negative reaction from administrators.

I remember it well, I even got in 'trouble' for this.

Pro-space exploration views were not welcome.

At least now things have improved.

Simon
From: Scotty@freemf.UUCP (Scotty)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Hewlett Packard conin space
Distribution: world
Date: 21 Jan 93 10:33:47 PST
Organization: Not an Organization

In a message dated Thu 21 Jan 93  8:26, Stevep@hpscit.sc.hp.com () wrote:

 S> Sure is. I've not heard of any specific HP into Space stuff. There was
 S> the  HP handheld calculator that was used on some (I think) Apollo
 S> missions. 

  I believe they were HP41s(CV's perhaps) on the early space shuttle
missions. *(Scotty)*

 S> !!             Steve Pearce  Hewlett-Packard              !!

-- Via DLG Pro v0.995

John (Scotty) Freeland  ---  scotty@freemf.eskimo.com
From: PHARABOD@FRCPN11.IN2P3.FR
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Orbital elements of junk in space wanted
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:23:42 GMT
Distribution: sci
Organization: [via International Space University]
X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest
Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU

> Yep, NORAD does keep a listing of "everything" seeing how all data
> pathways lead to NORAD.  And that guy that you call up to find out if
> your object such-and-such is a piece of debris, a classified sat, or
> something unknown that is not in the catalog is probably me or someone
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> in my office.  We do this alot for our observation guys and they HAVE
> found pieces that NORAD did not know about or had reported lost.
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> David Fuzzy Wells (Tue, 19 Jan 93 05:16:21 GMT)

 Russia (ex-USSR) ?
 Other known launching nation(s) (China, Japan, France, etc...) ?
 Unknown launching nation(s) ?
 Meteorites ?
 Little natural satellites ?
 High altitude physical phenomena ?
 Very high-flying secret aircraft ?
 Other ?
 Within the computer software analysing these events, is there some
 kind of filter eliminating the objects (if any) which disappear soon
 after being detected, or which don't obey strictly the laws of
 gravitation and/or atmospheric re-entry ?

 J. Pharabod
From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Oxygen in Biosphere 2
Date: 23 Jan 1993 01:00:37 GMT
Organization: UDSI
Distribution: sci
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com


A comment is made on the smell inside B2.  I imagine actually that unless
SO2 is being produced,  it doesn't matter.  Human noses acclimate
very quickly.  Farmers dont mind the pigs,  People dont mind their
own Body odors.  I once worked in a septic farm, you stop noticing.

The bigger question is air samples exported to outside testers?
taber, you would know.

pat
Xref: sparky sci.space:19859 sci.space.shuttle:3213
From: johnh@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Mr. John E. Holeman)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Today in 1986-Remember the Challenger
Date: 28 Jan 1993 06:44:46 GMT
Organization: Oregon State University
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: xanth.cs.orst.edu

I was in my seventh-grade english class, when my teacher walked in and, as
calmly as he could, said that the space shuttle had blown up.  A science class
down the hall had been watching it.  The teacher of that class came into the
room, called ours out who returned with the news.  We all thought that it was
some tasteless joke.  I did especially; being a major fan of the space program
for as long as I can remember...It wasn't until much much later that I got to
see the footage(on the evening news, over and over and over again), that I
lost my doubts as to whether or not it had actually happened.  I am glad to
see that the accident did not put any impossible road-blocks in the space
program, and that it kind of put the politicians in charge of verifying
launches back in their place.  Hopefully, there is still a good future in the 
space program and NASA...
From: prb@access.digex.com (Pat)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Organic heat shielding.
Date: 24 Jan 1993 13:47:54 -0500
Organization: UDSI
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <19777@mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) writes:
|
|        The liquid hydrogen tank of the DC-X currently being built is
|insulated with balsa wood.  I saw a photo over the weekend - the speaker
|noted that they had to bring a worker out of retirement who had the necessary
|skills for bonding it to the metal.  Unless my eyes pulled a perspective
|trick, the photo showed the balsa on the ***inside*** of the tank.


I can believe that.  I believe in the Saturn,  The insualtionfor
the liquid hydrogen tank was on the inside.  Less heat loss that way,
except on one stage, I think it was the S-IV  where to save weight
they put the insulation outside the tank, because the cold made the
metal stronger, thus saving weight.

Someone who has the saturn tech ref will be able to post for sure.

pat

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: mcdowell@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
Subject: "Jonathan's Space Report, no. 140"
Followup-To: sci.space
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:27:43 GMT


Jonathan's Space Report 

No. 140		1993 Jan 21
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mission STS-54
--------------

Space Shuttle OV-105 Endeavour was launched at 1359:30 UTC on Jan 13
into a 300 km, 28 degree orbit. At 2012 UTC the TDRS-6 satellite was
deployed; the two solid motors of IUS-13 ignited to place TDRS-6 in
synchronous orbit. The other payload in the bay was DXS, the University
of Wisconsin Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer. Initially, DXS did not shut
down quickly enough when passing through the intense South Atlantic
Anomaly radiation zone, causing damage to the instrument. After a gas
flushing procedure the problem was solved and it is believed that good
data were obtained. At 1050 UTC on Jan 17, the airlock was depressurized
for the DTO 1210 spacewalk experiment. Astronauts Greg Harbaugh and 
Mario Runco carried out a 4h 27 min spacewalk to verify the accuracy of
water training exercises. Deorbit came at 1238 UTC on Jan 19, with
landing at 1338 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center. Endeavour's
next mission is STS-57 in April. The next Shuttle flight is Columbia's
STS-55/Spacelab D-2 in February; the external tank has now been
mated to the solid rocket boosters.

Mir
---

Launch of Soyuz TM-16 is scheduled for Jan 24. Crew are
Gennadiy Manakov and Aleksandr Polishchuk. They will replace
the current Mir crew of Anatoliy Solov'yov and Sergey Avdeev.

Launches
--------

Kosmos-2230 is a navigation satellite launched Jan 12 from Plesetsk.
It is built by PO Polyot of Omsk.

A Molniya comsat was launched Jan 13 from Plesetsk into 12 hour
elliptical orbit. It is built by NPO-PM of Krasnoyarsk.


Current Shuttle Processing Status
____________________________________________

Orbiters               Location   Mission 
                                          
OV-102 Columbia        OPF Bay 2     STS-55
OV-103 Discovery       OPF Bay 3     STS-56
OV-104 Atlantis        Palmdale      OMDP
OV-105 Endeavour       OPF Bay 1     STS-57
                                          
ML/SRB/ET/OV stacks                       
                                          
ML1/STS-56	       VAB Bay 1 
ML2/
ML3/STS-55/ET	       VAB Bay 3


 .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 |  Jonathan McDowell                 |  phone : (617) 495-7176                |
 |  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for    |                                        |
 |   Astrophysics                     |                                        |
 |  60 Garden St, MS4                 |                                        |
 |  Cambridge MA 02138                |  inter : mcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu      |
 |  USA                               |                                        |
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From: elements-request@telesoft.com (Shuttle Elements)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news,sci.space.shuttle,rec.radio.info,rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: STS-55 Element Set (056.68)
Keywords: keplerian elements, shuttle, tracking
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:49:30 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Alsys Group, San Diego, CA, USA

These are prelaunch elements for STS-55 based on a February 25 launch at
15:20 UTC.  This data is from Gil Carmen at JSC via the ARRL and provided by
Will Marchant.  STS-55 will carry SAREX (Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment). 
--GaryM

STS-55
1 00055  00       93056.68944922  .00120200  00000 1  00000 1 0    05
2 00055  28.4697 216.9602 0003812 314.2100  45.8202 15.90487610    23

Satellite: STS-55
Catalog number: 00055
Epoch time:      93056.68944922
Element set:        0
Inclination:       28.4697 deg
RA of node:       216.9602 deg           Space Shuttle Flight STS-55
Eccentricity:     .0003812               Prelaunch Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee:   314.2100 deg          Launch:  25 FEB 93  15:20 UTC
Mean anomaly:      45.8202 deg
Mean motion:   15.90487610 rev/day
Decay rate:     0.00120200 rev/day~2
Epoch rev:               2

Semimajor axis:  6679.0124 km
Apogee height:    303.3984 km
Perigee height:   298.3063 km

--
Gary Morris KK6YB        Internet: elements-request@telesoft.com
San Diego, CA, USA       Phone:    +1 619-457-2700
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/20/93 (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:48:33 GMT

                             SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                             Wednesday, January 20, 1993


          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468


          Vehicle: OV-102/Columbia
          Current location: OPF Bay 2
          Mission: STS-55/Spacelab D-2           Inclination: 28.45 degrees
          Launch timeframe: February, wk 4       Nominal Landindg Site: KSC
          Mission Duration: 8 days 22 hours      Crew Size: 7


          IN WORK TODAY:

          - installation of Spacelab tunnel
          - hydraulic test of flight controls
          - position flight control elements for rollover
          - orbiter/external tank door functional test
          - orbiter aft compartment closeouts
          - orbiter mid-body closeouts

          WORK COMPLETED:

          - Spacelab D-2 Interface Verification Test (IVT)
          - payload bay cleaning
          - ammonia boiler servicing


          WORK SCHEDULED:

          - payload bay door radiator inspections Saturday
          - Crew Equipment Interface Test on Sunday


          SPECIAL TOPICS--Endeavour post landing analysis:

               OV-105 touched down at 08:38:17 a.m. EST on Tuesday, landing
          approximately 1,500 feet from  the  Runway  33  threshhold  about
          three  feet  right  of centerline,  and rolling out approximately
          8,700 feet.

               Brake and tire wear was normal, except for a cut 5/16th-inch
          deep and two plys of scuffing on the right inboard tire.    There
          were 57 debris impacts,  with 13 greater than one inch.   Four to
          five tiles are expected to be replaced.

               Endeavour arrived at OPF Bay 1 at approximately 2 p.m. Tues-
          day where deservicing is now in work.
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 01/20/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:20:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                    MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                        January 20, 1993
                          9:00 AM PST

Flight Sequence C6 B became active at 11:58 AM on January 18.
Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer, Gamma Ray Spectrometer, and
Mars Observer Camera were powered on for instrument calibration
activities.  The MOC test continues through noon Monday, January 25, while
MAG/ER (Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer) and GRS (Gamma Ray Spectrometer)
calibrations continue beyond that date. The MOC PI (Principal Investigator)
reports that the instrument is performing as expected, but will not have
image information available until sufficient analysis has been performed.

Digital Tape Recorders 1 and 3 will be played back on January 26 and 27.
DTRs 1 and 3 contain the Geotail measurement data collected in December.

Efforts to receive Ka band telemetry last week were successful.

The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
in Array Normal Spin.  Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; downlink at the 2k engineering rate during 
periods of minimal activity, the 4k Science and Engineering rate during 
instrument calibration activities, and at 16K during DTR playback.

Today the spacecraft is 58,313,994 km (36,234,636 miles) from Earth,
traveling at a velocity of 12.9012 kilometers per second (28,859 miles
per hour) with respect to Earth. One way light time is approximately 195
seconds.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Galileo Update - 01/27/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Galileo, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:15:00 GMT

Forwarded from Bill O'Neil, Galileo Project Manager

                            GALILEO STATUS REPORT
                               January 27, 1993

     The Galileo Spacecraft is operating normally in the all-spin mode at
2.9 rpm, and is transmitting coded telemetry at 1200 bps (bits/second).

     Yesterday, the AACS (Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem)
in-flight mode related activities continued with a nominal completion date of
January 29, 1993.  Tracking was scheduled over DSS-14 (Goldstone 70 meter
antenna), DSS-43 (Canberra 70 meter antenna) and DSS-63 (Madrid 70 meter
antenna).

     Today, January 27, 1993, the AACS in-flight mode related activities are
continuing with the loading of the memory A with AACS 12.0 flight software in
progress.  Tracking is scheduled over DSS-14, DSS-43 and DSS-63

     Tomorrow, the AACS in-flight mode related activities will continue
with the loading of memory B with AACS 12.0 flight software scheduled.
Tracking is scheduled over DSS-14, DSS-43 and DSS-63
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Mars Observer Update - 01/28/93
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: Mars Observer, JPL
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:46:00 GMT

Forwarded from the Mars Observer Project

                         MARS OBSERVER STATUS REPORT
                              January 28, 1993
                                8:30 AM PST

Flight Sequence C6 B is active.  Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer and
Gamma Ray Spectrometer are taking data.

The Spacecraft Team reports that the spacecraft is performing nominally
in Array Normal Spin.  Uplink and downlink are via the HGA (High Gain
Antenna); uplink is at 125 bps; downlink is at the 4 kilobits/second
Science and Engineering data rate.

Playback of DTRs (Digital Tape Recorders) 1 and 3 completed yesterday.
An initial problem flowing data at the 85 Kilobit playback rate due to
ground configuration was experienced Tuesday but was resolved quickly.
No data was lost.  DTRs 1 and 2 contained the Geotail measurement data
collected in December.

Flight Engineering Office teams are investigating an apparent
dissimilarity between on-board Standard Control Processor spacecraft
state indications.  The control SCP shows the expected state, while the
backup SCP indicates the spacecraft to be in Contingency mode.  There is
no present danger or risk to the spacecraft.  A memory readout of the
COMPOOL area of SCP2 will be performed today, and compared to
telemetry being received from SCP1.

Flight sequence C7 is being updated with final TCM-2 (Trajectory Correction
Maneuver #2) parameters as developed by the Navigation and Spacecraft teams.
TCM-2 will provide a velocity change of approximately 10 meters/second.
Uplink of C7 is scheduled for February 6 with sequence activation and the
maneuver to take place on February 8.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Vincent Named Acting Public Affairs Head
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:59:00 GMT

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                    January 25, 1993
(Phone:  202/358-1600)


RELEASE:  93-15

VINCENT NAMED ACTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS HEAD

	NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the
appointment, effective immediately, of Geoffrey H. Vincent as Acting
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs.

	On Jan. 21, the White House accepted the resignations of William A.
Livingstone and Sue Mathis Richard, the Associate Administrator and Deputy
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, respectively.  Both were non-
career executives who served at the pleasure of the President.  Their last
day at NASA was Jan. 22.

     "Bill and Sue have provided outstanding service to NASA and to me
personally," Goldin told a meeting of the Headquarters Public Affairs staff on
Jan. 22.  "I extend to them my sincerest gratitude for their dedication and
enthusiasm."  Livingstone came to NASA in May 1992; Richard in April
1990.

     Vincent currently is Director of the Program Management Division in the
Office of Public Affairs, where he oversees resources, administrative
services, Freedom of Information requests and coordinates issues among
various parts of the Public Affairs organization.  He joined NASA in December
1987 and served as a Public Affairs Officer and Special Assistant to the
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs before assuming his current
position.

     Prior to coming to NASA, Vincent served for 4 years as a public affairs
officer for the Department of the Navy.  He also spent 5 years reporting on
legislative, regulatory and political issues for various Washington-based
newsletters.  He received a B.A. degree from George Washington University
and a M.A. degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.


- end -
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 01/25/93 (Forwarded)
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:53:00 GMT

                              STS-55 SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                                   Monday, January 25, 1993

          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-102/Orbiter Columbia      Location: OPF Bay 2
          Primary payload: Spacelab D-2         Crew Size: 7
          Launch timeframe: NET Feb. 25  10:30 a.m.
          Mission duration: 8 Days 22 Hours     Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Inclination: 28.45 degrees     Initial orbital altitude: 184 sm

          STS-55 IN WORK:

          - Spacelab final power-up

          - payload bay door test cycles

          - orbiter aft main engine compartment closeouts

          - main propulsion system closeouts

          - Ku-band antenna stowage

          - thermal protection system tile closeouts

          STS-55 WORK COMPLETED:

          - Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT)

          - Spacelab laboratory module closeouts

          - Spacelab tunnel Interface Verification Test (IVT)

          - Spacelab tunnel leak checks

          - avionics bay closeouts

          - payload bay door radiator stowage

          STS-55 WORK SCHEDULED:

          - aft structural leak check

          - orbiter composite pressurization test

          - weight and center of gravity determination

          - install Columbia on orbiter transporter

          - roll to the VAB the first week in February
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Every once in a while,
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | try pushing your luck.
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     |

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