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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 11/09/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:30:06 GMT

                              SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                              Monday, November 9, 1992

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

          Vehicle: OV-103/Space Shuttle Discovery
          Current Location: Launch Pad 39-A
          Mission: STS-53/DoD   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Launch timeframe: December, wk 1    Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission duration: 7 days 5 hours 54 minutes    Crew Size: 5

          IN WORK TODAY:

          - Launch pad validations

          - Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) calibrations

          - X-rays of reaction control system bellows

          - Solid rocket booster Flight Readiness Test


          WORK SCHEDULED:

          - main engine Flight Readiness Test on Tuesday

          - STS-53 astronaut arrival at SLF on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

          - helium signature leak test on Wednesday

          - TCDT on Thursday and Friday

          - Auxiliary power unit hot fire next weekend


          WORK COMPLETED:

          -  Rollout to Pad 39-A Sunday at 7:20 a.m.  (Hard down 1:07 p.m.)

          -  Close rotating service structure

          -  Space Shuttle power-up


          SPECIAL TOPICS:  The IUS/TDRS payload left the Vertical
          Processing Facility last night as scheduled but is currently in
          the Vehicle Assembly Building awaiting an improvement in weather
          conditions before completing the trip to Pad 39-B.

                                        # # #
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    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Shuttle Status for 11/05/92 (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: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 22:41:39 GMT

                              SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                              Thursday, November 5, 1992


          George Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468


          Vehicle: OV-103/Orbiter Discovery
          Current Location: Vehicle Assembly Building (High Bay 3)
          Mission: STS-53/DoD   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Launch timeframe: December, wk 1   Landing Site: KSC
          Mission duration: 7 days 5 hours 54 minutes


          IN WORK TODAY:

          - Shuttle Interface Test (mechanical portion)


          WORK SCHEDULED:

          - Shuttle Interface Test (electrical portion) on Friday
          - remove access platforms, position crawler transporter Saturday
          - rollout to Pad 39-A on Sunday Nov. 8 at 12:01 a.m.
          - countdown dress rehearsal (TCDT) Nov. 12-13
          - Flight Readiness Review Nov. 19


          WORK COMPLETED:

          - removal of lifting sling
          - mechanical and electrical mate between Discovery and stack
          - tail service mast connections to Discovery


          SPECIAL TOPICS:  In VAB High Bay 1 today, the STS-54 external
          tank is being mated to the solid rocket boosters. In the Vertical
          Processing Facility today, the STS-54 payload (TDRS-F/IUS-13) is
          being installed into the payload canister in preparation for
          transportation to Pad 39-B on Nov. 9.  In OPF Bay 1 this weekend,
          Endeavour's Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) with the STS-54
          flight crew is scheduled.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject:  NASA News Operations Moves to New Location
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 07:11:21 GMT

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                           November 12, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-8400)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N92-97

NASA NEWS OPERATION MOVES TO NEW LOCATION

	The NASA Headquarters Public Affairs Office will relocate to the new
NASA Headquarters Building at 300 "E" Street S.W. between Dec. 3-7.  This will
necessitate some disruption of normal office functions.

	The newsroom and Broadcast/Imaging telephone and facsimile facilities
will be disconnected at noon on Thursday Dec. 3 and will be back in service at
noon on Dec. 7.  The new telephone number for the newsroom will be
202/358-1600.  The new number for the Broadcast and Imaging branch will be
202/358-1900.

	Those needing still photos or audio/video materials, normally acquired
from the Broadcast and Imaging Branch, should place their requests with the
Johnson Space Center, Houston, beginning Nov. 18 through mid-December.  The
telephone and facsimile numbers for Johnson are:

	Still Photos:  Telephone  713/483-4231
                       Fax        713/483-4876

	Audio/Video: Telephone    713/483-8643 or 8644
                     Fax          713/483-4876

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     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: MSTI Launch Rescheduled for Nov. 10
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  MSTI, JPL, DOD
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 04:33:38 GMT

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                        November 9, 1992
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Mitch Varnes
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  407/867-2468)

Robert MacMillin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone:  818/354-5011)

Maj. Mike Doble
Department of Defense, Pentagon
(Phone:  703/693-1778)


LAUNCH ADVISORY

SCOUT LAUNCH RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10

	A mechanical problem with an aircraft, needed to monitor telemetry
data, forced NASA to reschedule Sunday's launch of a Scout rocket from
Space Complex 5 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for Tuesday, Nov. 10,
carrying a Department of Defense payload called Miniature Seeker
Technology Integration (MSTI).

	This is the sixth launch attempt for the Scout/MSTI vehicle.  Previous
launch attempts have been hampered by range control, power supply and
ground support equipment problems.

	Tuesday's launch window opens at 8:43 a.m. EST and extends until
9:43 a.m.  The launch will be carried live on NASA Select TV.  The broadcast
also may be monitored on the V-circuits.  This system can be reached by
calling 407/867-1260.

	The Scout/MSTI News Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base is located
in Building 840, the NASA Administrative Headquarters.  The News Center
can be reached by calling 805/734-8232, ext. 53820.

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     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan Update - 11/13/92
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 11:52:19 GMT

Forwarded from the Magellan Project

                     MAGELLAN STATUS REPORT
                       November 13, 1992

1.  Magellan continues to operate normally, performing a
    starcal (star calibration) and desat (desaturation of
    the reaction wheels) on each orbit and transmitting a
    carrier plus 40 bps X-band signal.

2.  On Wednesday Magellan ended its period of apoapsis
    occultations in which it passed through the shadow of
    Venus on each orbit.  Temperatures are expected to
    increase gradually, requiring adjustment of the radar
    heaters and the length of "hides" (periods in the shadow
    of the High Gain Antenna).

3.  The craft has completed 6086 orbits of Venus.  So far in
    Cycle 4 the spacecraft has completed 450 orbits which is
    almost exactly 25% of the orbits in a 243 cycle.

4.  The gravity data collected during the first ten days of
    Cycle 4 was affected by some residual effects of the Orbit
    Trim Maneuver to lower the periapsis, so the Mission
    Planning Team has recommended extending the gravity data
    collection to May 25, 1993.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Mission Control Status Report for 11/01/92 [LANDING, 0830 CST] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 07:16:35 GMT

STS-52 LANDING STATUS REPORT

Sunday, November 1, 1992, 8:30 a.m. CST

The Orbiter Columbia landed at the Kennedy Space Center this morning,
successfully ending a ten-day flight.  After completing 159 orbits, the
Orbiter touched down on KSC Runway 33 at 8:05:53 a.m. CST.  That
equates to a Mission Elapsed Time of 9/20:56:13.

Drag chute deploy came at 8:06:07 a.m. CST, or at 9/20:56:28, followed
by Nose Gear touchdown four seconds later, or at 8:06:11 a.m. CST.
Wheel stop was at 8:06:53 a.m. CST, or a Mission Elapsed Time of
9/20:57:14.  NASA's official record keeping designates end of mission
as the time of main gear touchdown, so the official mission elapsed
time for STS-52 was 9days, 20 hours, 56 minutes and 13 seconds.

The Columbia traveled 4,129,028 statute miles during the STS-52 flight,
which was the 51st mission of the Shuttle program.  The Orbiters of
NASA's shuttle fleet have now traveled in excess of 120 million miles
in space.

Columbia will be moved from the runway to the Orbiter Processing
Facility later this evening to begin processing for its next flight
scheduled for February to conduct work in the Spacelab module in
support of the German Spacelab D- 2 mission.

The STS-52 crew is scheduled to return to Houston approximately 9 1/2
hours after landing, or about 5:30 p.m. CST.
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Space Shuttle Status for 11/10/92 (Forwarded)
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:19:09 GMT

                               SPACE SHUTTLE STATUS REPORT
                               Tuesday, November 10, 1992
          George H. Diller
          Kennedy Space Center
          407/867-2468

          Vehicle: OV-103/Space Shuttle Discovery
          Current Location: Launch Pad 39-A
          Mission: STS-53/DoD   Inclination: 57 degrees
          Launch timeframe: December, wk 1    Nominal Landing Site: KSC
          Mission duration: 7 days 5 hours 54 minutes    Crew Size: 5

          IN WORK TODAY:

          -  Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) calibrations

          -  X-rays of reaction control system bellows

          -  main engine Flight Readiness Test

          -  Changeout right booster Integrated Electronics Assembly (IEA)

          -  STS-53 astronaut arrival at SLF today at 4:30 p.m.


          WORK SCHEDULED:

          - helium signature leak check of main propulsion system Wednesday

          - retest right booster hydraulics and IEA on Wednesday night

          - astronaut emergency egress training on Wednesday and Thursday

          - Shuttle Training Aircraft flights on Wednesday and Thursday

          - TCDT count begins 8 a.m. on Thursday, T-0 at 11 a.m. on Friday

          - Changeout SRB fuel isolation valves on Friday

          - Auxiliary power unit hot fire next weekend


          WORK COMPLETED:

          - launch pad validations

          - solid rocket booster Flight Readiness Test


          SPECIAL TOPICS:  The IUS/TDRS payload for STS-54 remains in the
          Vehicle Assembly Building awaiting diminished wind conditions
          before completing the trip to Pad 39-B.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: Mission Control Status Report for 10/30/92 [#22, 0930 CST] (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: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 07:11:23 GMT

MISSION CONTROL CENTER
STS-52 Status Report #22

Friday, October 30, 1992, 9:30 a.m. CST
 
 
Columbia's crew completed three more tests of a computerized vision
system created for the shuttle's robot arm by the Canadian Space
Agency, and then dropped their orbit about 40 nautical miles closer to
Earth to begin the final stages of the flight.

Canadian Payload Specialist Steve MacLean and Mission Specialists Lacy
Veach and Tammy Jernigan put the new vision system through its paces
today, conducting tests of its abilities to judge the amount of flex in
Columbia's mechanical arm; to guide a cargo at the end of the arm
through precise maneuvers; and to track an object moving away and
closing in on Columbia's cargo bay. MacLean characterized the
performance of the vision system as excellent and told controllers the
test results were exciting.

The vision system will undergo further testing tomorrow when the target
assembly that's been used during the series of tests is set free from
Columbia to judge the ability of the computerized eye to track a
free-flying object near the shuttle. The target satellite will not be
brought back to Earth, but is expected to burn up in the atmosphere a
few days after it is released.

Following today's early morning tests, the target was put back into its
stowage equipment on the side of the cargo bay without trouble, and
Columbia's arm was turned off and latched down to prepare for the
change in orbits.

Two about 1/2  minute-long engine firings were performed flawlessly and
the shuttle is now in a 113 by 114 nautical mile orbit. The lower orbit
optimizes landing opportunities and experiments that are investigating
the various effects of atomic oxygen on orbiting spacecraft. Later this
morning, the arm will be powered up, grasp the target again and
position it to encounter atomic oxygen at the lower altitude to study
the effects.

Columbia has no mechanical problems of any concern, and is circling
Earth 88 minutes and 52 seconds, 114 nautical miles high.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan CD-ROMs
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  Magellan, JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 11:26:08 GMT

                     =====================================
                             MAGELLAN CD-ROMs
                                 Cycle 2
                             November 5, 1992
                     =====================================

     Fourteen more Magellan CD-ROMs (volumes 53 through 66) have now
been released by the Magellan project.  A total of 77 Magellan CD-ROMs
are now available: 66 CD-ROMs containing radar images, and 11 CD-ROMs
containing altimetry data.  Volumes 1 through 52 contain the radar
images taken by the Magellan spacecraft during Cycle 1, the first 8 month
mapping of the planet Venus.  Volumes 53 through 66 are the first release
of the Cycle 2 radar data.

     The CD-ROMs can be obtained from the National Space Science Data Center
(NSSDC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center.  The "nominal" charge is $20 for
the first CD-ROM, and $6 for any additional CD-ROM in an order.  However,
NSSDC may waive this charge for a small amount of data requested by bona fide
research users, government laboratories, etc.  School teachers who are unable
to pay may be helped on a case by case basis, and/or as resources permit.
Researchers funded by NASA's Solar System Exploration Division can also obtain
the CD-ROMs through the Planetary Data System at JPL.

     NSSDC's address is:

	National Space Science Data Center
	Goddard Space Flight Center
	Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
	Tel: (301) 286-6695

        Email address:   request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov

     You can also reach NSSDC by logging on to their computer.  To log onto the
NSSDC computer, telnet to NSSDC.GSFC.NASA.GOV and give the username "NSSDC".
You will then be connected to a menu system which allows you to use the
"Master Directory".  You can also leave questions and orders for the NSSDC
staff.  If this is the first time you have used the NSSDC "NODIS" system, it
will ask you for information (name, address, ...) to keep a database of NSSDC
users.

     NSSDC also provides the following software to display the images:

        o IMDISP       (IBM PC)
        o Browser      (Macintosh)
        o Pixel Pusher (Macintosh)
        o True Color   (Macintosh)

     The Magellan CD-ROMs will also be available at the anonymous ftp
site at the Ames Research Center: ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3].
The Ames site has two CD-ROM drives and they are accessible through the
pub/SPACE/CDROM and pub/SPACE/CDROM2 directories.
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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From: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Subject: NASA awards JSC Information Systems Contract [Contract C92-18] (Forwarded)
Apparently-To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Originator: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov
Reply-To: yee@atlas.arc.nasa.gov (Peter Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 07:02:03 GMT

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                            October 30, 1992
(Phone:  202/453-8400)                                    4 p.m. EST

Brian Welch
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)

RELEASE:  C92-18

NASA AWARDS JSC INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONTRACT

        NASA today announced the selection of Grumman Technical Services 
Division, Titusville, Fla., a subsidiary of Grumman Corp., Bethpage,
N.Y., for negotiations leading to the award of a 5-year Information
Systems Contract (ISC) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston.

        The total cost for the 5-year period of performance, which begins 
Jan.1, 1993, is in excess of $300 million.  The contract will be
awarded on a cost-plus-award fee basis.

        The contract work covers Federal Information Processing resources in 
support of institutional systems at the Houston space center and
includes virtually all computing work other than direct mission
support.

        The ISC will provide data systems (hosts) maintenance and operations, 
personal workstation installation and maintenance, customer services,
networks and telecommunications services, development engineering and
integration and applications software development and maintenance for
JSC's wide array of institutional information systems.  The contract
will be administered by JSC's Information Systems Directorate.
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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: JPL GIF Images Available
Followup-To: sci.space
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Keywords:  JPL
Reply-To: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 08:57:11 GMT

                         ==========================
                               JPL GIF IMAGES
                              November 6, 1992
                         ==========================

     I've placed seven JPL-related GIF images at the Ames site.  These
images are courtesy of the Public Information Office at JPL.  The images
are available using anonymous ftp:

        ftp:      ames.arc.nasa.gov (128.102.18.3)
        user:     anonymous
        cd:       pub/SPACE/GIF
        files:
                  earthmoo.gif - Parting view of the Earth and Moon taken by
                                 Voyager 1 shortly after launch in 1977.
                  gllhga.gif   - Galileo's backup High Gain Antenna (HGA) at
                                 JPL.
                  hrms.gif     - Opening ceremony for HRMS (High Resolution
                                 Microwave Survey), formerly SETI, at
                                 Goldstone, California.  70 meter antenna
                                 shown in background.  October 12, 1992.
                  hrms.txt     - Caption file for hrms.gif.
                  jpl.gif      - Aerial photo of the Jet Propulsion Lab (1988).
                  mo.gif       - Mars Observer spacecraft in clean room in
                                 Florida being prepared for launch (1992).
                  molaunch.gif - Mars Observer launch from Cape Canaveral,
                                 Florida - Sept 25, 1992.
                  topex.gif    - Topex/Poseidon launch from French Guiana -
                                 August 10, 1992.

                                 #####
     ___    _____     ___
    /_ /|  /____/ \  /_ /|     Ron Baalke         | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
    | | | |  __ \ /| | | |     Jet Propulsion Lab |
 ___| | | | |__) |/  | | |__   M/S 525-3684 Telos | Give people a second 
/___| | | |  ___/    | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | chance, but not a third. 
|_____|/  |_|/       |_____|/                     | 

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