Archive-name: space/references Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:21 $  REFERENCES ON SPECIFIC AREAS      PUBLISHERS OF SPACE/ASTRONOMY MATERIAL      Astronomical Society of the Pacific     1290 24th Avenue     San Francisco, CA 94122  	More expensive but better organized slide sets.      Cambridge University Press     32 East 57th Street     New York, NY 10022      Crawford-Peters Aeronautica     P.O. Box 152528     San Diego, CA 92115     (619) 287-3933  	An excellent source of all kinds of space publications. They publish 	a number of catalogs, including: 	    Aviation and Space, 1945-1962 	    Aviation and Space, 1962-1990 	    Space and Related Titles      European Southern Observatory     Information and Photographic Service     Dr R.M. West     Karl Scharzschild Strasse 2     D-8046 Garching bei Munchen     FRG  	Slide sets, posters, photographs, conference proceedings.      Finley Holiday Film Corporation     12607 East Philadelphia Street     Whittier, California 90601     (213)945-3325     (800)FILMS-07  	Wide selection of Apollo, Shuttle, Viking, and Voyager slides at ~50 	cents/slide. Call for a catalog.      Hansen Planetarium (Utah)  	Said to hold sales on old slide sets. Look in Sky & Telescope 	for contact info.      Lunar and Planetary Institute     3303 NASA Road One     Houston, TX 77058-4399  	Technical, geology-oriented slide sets, with supporting 	booklets.      John Wiley & Sons     605 Third Avenue     New York, NY 10158-0012      Sky Publishing Corporation     PO Box 9111     Belmont, MA  02178-9111  	Offers "Sky Catalogue 2000.0" on PC floppy with information 	(including parallax) for 45000 stars.      Roger Wheate     Geography Dept.     University of Calgary, Alberta     Canada T2N 1N4     (403)-220-4892     (403)-282-7298 (FAX)     wheate@uncamult.bitnet  	Offers a 40-slide set called "Mapping the Planets" illustrating 	recent work in planetary cartography, comes with a booklet and 	information on getting your own copies of the maps. $50 Canadian, 	shipping included.      Superintendent of Documents     US Government Printing Office     Washington, DC 20402      Univelt, Inc.     P. O. Box 28130     San Diego, Ca. 92128  	Publishers for the American Astronomical Society.      US Naval Observatory 	202-653-1079 (USNO Bulletin Board via modem) 	202-653-1507 General      Willmann-Bell     P.O. Box 35025     Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA     (804)-320-7016 9-5 EST M-F       CAREERS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY      In 1990 the Princeton Planetary Society published the first edition of     "Space Jobs: The Guide to Careers in Space-Related Fields." The     publication was enormously successful: we distributed 2000 copies to     space enthusiasts across the country and even sent a few to people in     Great Britain, Australia, and Ecuador. Due to the tremendous response to     the first edition, PPS has published an expanded, up-to-date second     edition of the guide.      The 40-page publication boasts 69 listings for summer and full-time job     opportunities as well as graduate school programs. The second edition of     "Space Jobs" features strategies for entering the space field and     describes positions at consulting and engineering firms, NASA, and     non-profit organizations. The expanded special section on graduate     schools highlights a myriad of programs ranging from space manufacturing     to space policy. Additional sections include tips on becoming an     astronaut and listings of NASA Space Grant Fellowships and Consortia, as     well as NASA Centers for the Commercial Development of Space.      To order send check or money order made payable to Princeton Planetary     Society for $4 per copy, plus $1 per copy for shipping and handling     (non-US customers send an International Money Order payable in US     dollars) to:      Princeton Planetary Society     315 West College     Princeton University     Princeton, NJ  08544       DC-X SINGLE-STAGE TO ORBIT (SSTO) PROGRAM      SDI's SSRT (Single Stage Rocket Technology) project has funded a     suborbital technology demonstrator called DC-X that should fly in     mid-1993. Further development towards an operational single-stage to     orbit vehicle (called Delta Clipper) is uncertain at present.      An collection of pictures and files relating to DC-X is available by     anonymous FTP or email server in the directory  	bongo.cc.utexas.edu:pub/delta-clipper      Chris W. Johnson (chrisj@emx.cc.utexas.edu) maintains the archive.       HOW TO NAME A STAR AFTER A PERSON      Official names are decided by committees of the International     Astronomical Union, and are not for sale. There are purely commercial     organizations which will, for a fee, send you pretty certificates and     star maps describing where to find "your" star. These organizations have     absolutely no standing in the astronomical community and the names they     assign are not used by anyone else. It's also likely that you won't be     able to see "your" star without binoculars or a telescope. See the back     pages of Astronomy or other amateur astronomy publications for contact     info; one such organization may be found at:  	International Star Registry 	34523 Wilson Road 	Ingleside, IL 60041      This is not an endorsement of ISR.       LLNL "GREAT EXPLORATION"      The LLNL "Great Exploration", a plan for an on-the-cheap space station,     Lunar base, and Mars mission using inflatable space structures, excited     a lot of interest on the net and still comes up from time to time. Some     references cited during net discussion were:  	Avation Week Jan 22, 1990 for an article on the overall Great 	Exploration  	NASA Assessment of the LLNL Space Exploration Proposal and LLNL 	Responses by Dr. Lowell Wood LLNL Doc. No. SS 90-9. Their address 	is: PO Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 (the NASA authors are unknown).  	Briefing slides of a presentation to the NRC last December may be 	available. Write LLNL and ask.  	Conceptual Design Study for Modular Inflatable Space Structures, a 	final report for purchase order B098747 by ILC Dover INC. I don't 	know how to get this except from LLNL or ILC Dover. I don't have an 	address for ILC.       LUNAR PROSPECTOR      Lunar Exploration Inc. (LEI) is a non-profit corporation working on a     privately funded lunar polar orbiter. Lunar Prospector is designed to     perform a geochemical survey and search for frozen volatiles at the     poles. A set of reference files describing the project is available in  	ames.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/LEI/*       LUNAR SCIENCE AND ACTIVITIES      Grant H Heiken, David T Vaniman, and Bevan M French (editors), "Lunar     Sourcebook, A User's Guide to the Moon", Cambridge University Press     1991, ISBN 0-521-33444-6; hardcover; expensive. A one-volume     encyclopedia of essentially everything known about the Moon, reviewing     current knowledge in considerable depth, with copious references. Heavy     emphasis on geology, but a lot more besides, including considerable     discussion of past lunar missions and practical issues relevant to     future mission design. *The* reference book for the Moon; all others are     obsolete.      Wendell Mendell (ed), "Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st     Century", $15. "Every serious student of lunar bases *must* have this     book" - Bill Higgins. Available from:  	Lunar and Planetary Institute 	3303 NASA Road One 	Houston, TX 77058-4399 	If you want to order books, call (713)486-2172.      Thomas A. Mutch, "Geology of the Moon: A Stratigraphic View", Princeton     University Press, 1970. Information about the Lunar Orbiter missions,     including maps of the coverage of the lunar nearside and farside by     various Orbiters.       ORBITING EARTH SATELLITE HISTORIES      A list of Earth orbiting satellites (that are still in orbit) is     available by anonymous FTP in:  	ames.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/FAQ/Satellites       SPACECRAFT MODELS      "Space in Miniature #2: Gemini" by 	Michael J. Mackowski 	1621 Waterwood Lane, St. Louis, MO 63146 	$7.50      Only 34pp but enough pictures & diagrams to interest more than just the     modelling community, I feel.      Marco's Miniatures of Dracut, Mass. have produced a 1/144 Skylab in an     edition of 500 & a 1/48 Lunar Rover (same scale as Monogram and Revell     Lunar Modules) in a similar edition. Prices are $45 for Skylab, $24 for     LRV. Check with them for postage etc. I have no connection with them,     but have found their service to be good and their stock of rare/old kits     *is* impressive. Prices range from reasonable ($35 for Monogram 1/32     scale Apollo CSM with cutaway details) to spectacular ($145 for Airfix     Vostok).  	 Four Star Collectibles 	 P.O. Box 658 	 Dracut Mass 01826, USA. 	 (508)-957-0695.      Voyager, HST, Viking, Lunar Rover etc. kits from:  	Lunar Models 	5120 Grisham 	Rowlett, Texas 75088 	(214)-475-4230      As reviewed by Bob Kaplow:  	Peter Alway's book "Scale Model Rocketry" is now available. Mine 	arrived in the mail earlier this week. To get your own copy, send 	$19.95 + $2.50 s/h ($22.45 total) to:  			Peter Alway 			2830 Pittsfield 			Ann Arbor, MI 48104  	The book includes information on collecting scale data, construction 	of scale models, and several handy tables. Appendicies include plans 	for 3 sport scale models, a 1:9.22 D Region Tomahawk (BT50), a 1/40 	V-2 (BT60), and a 1/9.16 Aerobee 150A (BT55/60).  	I've only begun to study the book, but it certainly will be a 	valuable data source for many modellers. Most vehicles include 	several paragraphs of text describing the missions flown by the 	rocket, various specs including "NAR" engine classification, along 	with a dimensioned drawing, color layouts & paint pattern, and a 	black & white photograph.  	The vehicles included are the Aerobee 150A, Aerobee 300, Aerobee Hi, 	Arcas, Asp, Astrobee 1500, Astrobee D, Atlas Centaur, Atlas-Agena, 	Atlas-Score, Baby WAC, D-Region Tomahawk, Deacon Rockoon, Delta B, 	Delta E, Gemini-Titan II, Iris, Javelin, Juno 1, Juno 2, Little Joe 	1, Little Joe 2, Mercury-Atlas, Mercury-Redstone, Nike-Apache, 	Nike-Asp, Nike-Cajun, Nike-Deacon, Nike-Tomahawk, RAM B, Saturn 1 	Block 1, Saturn 1 Block 2, Saturn 1B, Saturn 5, Scout, Standard 	Aerobee, Terrapin, Thor-Able, Titan III C, Titan III E, Trailblazer 	1, V-2, Vanguard, Viking Model 1, Viking Model 2, and Wac Corporal.       ROCKET PROPULSION  	George P. Sutton, "Rocket Propulsion Elements", 5th edn, 	Wiley-Interscience 1986, ISBN 0-471-80027-9. Pricey textbook. The 	best (nearly the only) modern introduction to the technical side of 	rocketry. A good place to start if you want to know the details. Not 	for the math-shy. Straight chemical rockets, essentially nothing on 	more advanced propulsion (although earlier editions reportedly had 	some coverage).  	Dieter K. Huzel and David H. Huang, "Design of Liquid Propellant 	Rocket Engines", NASA SP-125. 	NTIS N71-29405		PC A20/MF A01	1971  461p 	Out of print; reproductions may be obtained through the NTIS 	(expensive). The complete and authoritative guide to designing 	liquid-fuel engines. Reference #1 in most chapters of Sutton. Heavy 	emphasis on practical issues, what works and what doesn't, what the 	typical values of the fudge factors are. Stiff reading, massive 	detail; written for rocket engineers by rocket engineers.       SPACECRAFT DESIGN  	Brij N. Agrawal, "Design of Geosynchronous Spacecraft", 	Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-200114-4.  	James R. Wertz ed, "Spacecraft Attitude Determination and 	Control", Kluwer, ISBN 90-277-1204-2.  	P.R.K. Chetty, "Satellite Technology and its Applications", 	McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-8306-9688-1.  	James R. Wertz and Wiley J. Larson (editors), "Space Mission 	Analysis and Design", Kluwer Academic Publishers 	(Dordrecht/Boston/London) 1991, ISBN 0-7923-0971-5 (paperback), or 	0-7923-0970-7 (hardback).  	    This looks at system-level design of a spacecraft, rather than 	    detailed design. 23 chapters, 4 appendices, about 430 pages. It 	    leads the reader through the mission design and system-level 	    design of a fictitious earth-observation satellite, to 	    illustrate the principles that it tries to convey. Warning: 	    although the book is chock-full of many useful reference tables, 	    some of the numbers in at least one of those tables (launch 	    costs for various launchers) appear to be quite wrong. Can be 	    ordered by telephone, using a credit card; Kluwer's phone number 	    is (617)-871-6600. Cost $34.50.       ESOTERIC PROPULSION SCHEMES (SOLAR SAILS, LASERS, FUSION...)      This needs more and more up-to-date references, but it's a start.      ANTIMATTER:  	"Antiproton Annihilation Propulsion", Robert Forward 	    AFRPL TR-85-034 from the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory 	    (AFRPL/XRX, Stop 24, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93523-5000). 	    NTIS AD-A160 734/0	   PC A10/MF A01 	    PC => Paper copy, A10 => $US57.90 -- or maybe Price Code? 	    MF => MicroFiche, A01 => $US13.90  	    Technical study on making, holding, and using antimatter for 	    near-term (30-50 years) propulsion systems. Excellent 	    bibliography. Forward is the best-known proponent 	    of antimatter.  	    This also may be available as UDR-TR-85-55 from the contractor, 	    the University of Dayton Research Institute, and DTIC AD-A160 	    from the Defense Technical Information Center, Defense Logistics 	    Agency, Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA 22304-6145. And it's 	    also available from the NTIS, with yet another number.  	"Advanced Space Propulsion Study, Antiproton and Beamed Power 	    Propulsion", Robert Forward  	    AFAL TR-87-070 from the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, DTIC 	    #AD-A189 218. 	    NTIS AD-A189 218/1	  PC A10/MF A01  	    Summarizes the previous paper, goes into detail on beamed power 	    systems including " 1) pellet, microwave, and laser beamed power 	    systems for intersteller transport; 2) a design for a 	    near-relativistic laser-pushed lightsail using near-term laser 	    technology; 3) a survey of laser thermal propulsion, tether 	    transportation systems, antiproton annihilation propulsion, 	    exotic applications of solar sails, and laser-pushed 	    interstellar lightsails; 4) the status of antiproton 	    annihilation propulsion as of 1986; and 5) the prospects for 	    obtaining antimatter ions heavier than antiprotons." Again, 	    there is an extensive bibliography.  	    "Application of Antimatter - Electric Power to Interstellar 	    Propulsion", G. D. Nordley, JBIS Interstellar Studies issue of 	    6/90.      BUSSARD RAMJETS AND RELATED METHODS:  	G. L. Matloff and A. J. Fennelly, "Interstellar Applications and 	Limitations of Several Electrostatic/Electromagnetic Ion Collection 	Techniques", JBIS 30 (1977):213-222  	N. H. Langston, "The Erosion of Interstellar Drag Screens", JBIS 26 	(1973): 481-484  	C. Powell, "Flight Dynamics of the Ram-Augmented Interstellar 	Rocket", JBIS 28 (1975):553-562  	A. R. Martin, "The Effects of Drag on Relativistic Spacefight", JBIS 	25 (1972):643-652      FUSION:  	"A Laser Fusion Rocket for Interplanetary Propulsion", Roderick Hyde, 	LLNL report UCRL-88857. (Contact the Technical Information Dept. at 	Livermore)  	    Fusion Pellet design: Fuel selection. Energy loss mechanisms. 	    Pellet compression metrics. Thrust Chamber: Magnetic nozzle. 	    Shielding. Tritium breeding. Thermal modeling. Fusion Driver 	    (lasers, particle beams, etc): Heat rejection. Vehicle Summary: 	    Mass estimates. Vehicle Performance: Interstellar travel 	    required exhaust velocities at the limit of fusion's capability. 	    Interplanetary missions are limited by power/weight ratio. 	    Trajectory modeling. Typical mission profiles. References, 	    including the 1978 report in JBIS, "Project Daedalus", and 	    several on ICF and driver technology.  	"Fusion as Electric Propulsion", Robert W. Bussard, Journal of 	Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1990  	    Fusion rocket engines are analyzed as electric propulsion 	    systems, with propulsion thrust-power-input-power ratio (the 	    thrust-power "gain" G(t)) much greater than unity. Gain values 	    of conventional (solar, fission) electric propulsion systems are 	    always quite small (e.g., G(t)<0.8). With these, "high-thrust" 	    interplanetary flight is not possible, because system 	    acceleration (a(t)) capabilities are always less than the local 	    gravitational acceleration. In contrast, gain values 50-100 	    times higher are found for some fusion concepts, which offer 	    "high-thrust" flight capability. One performance example shows a 	    53.3 day (34.4 powered; 18.9 coast), one-way transit time with 	    19% payload for a single-stage Earth/Mars vehicle. Another shows 	    the potential for high acceleration (a(t)=0.55g(o)) flight in 	    Earth/moon space.  	"The QED Engine System: Direct Electric Fusion-Powered Systems for 	Aerospace Flight Propulsion" by Robert W. Bussard, EMC2-1190-03, 	available from Energy/Matter Conversion Corp., 9100 A. Center 	Street, Manassas, VA 22110.  	    [This is an introduction to the application of Bussard's version 	    of the Farnsworth/Hirsch electrostatic confinement fusion 	    technology to propulsion. 1500<Isp<5000 sec. Farnsworth/Hirsch 	    demonstrated a 10**10 neutron flux with their device back in 	    1969 but it was dropped when panic ensued over the surprising 	    stability of the Soviet Tokamak. Hirsch, responsible for the 	    panic, has recently recanted and is back working on QED. -- Jim 	    Bowery]  	"PLASMAKtm Star Power for Energy Intensive Space Applications", by 	Paul M. Koloc, Eight ANS Topical Meeting on Technology of Fusion 	Energy, special issue FUSION TECHNOLOGY, March 1989.  	    Aneutronic energy (fusion with little or negligible neutron 	    flux) requires plasma pressures and stable confinement times 	    larger than can be delivered by current approaches. If plasma 	    pressures appropriate to burn times on the order of milliseconds 	    could be achieved in aneutronic fuels, then high power densities 	    and very compact, realtively clean burning engines for space and 	    other special applications would be at hand. The PLASMAKtm 	    innovation will make this possible; its unique pressure 	    efficient structure, exceptional stability, fluid-mechanically 	    compressible Mantle and direct inductive MHD electric power 	    conversion advantages are described. Peak burn densities of tens 	    of megawats per cc give it compactness even in the 	    multi-gigawatt electric output size. Engineering advantages 	    indicate a rapid development schedule at very modest cost. [I 	    strongly recommend that people take this guy seriously. Bob 	    Hirsch, the primary proponent of the Tokamak, has recently 	    declared Koloc's PLASMAKtm precursor, the spheromak, to be one 	    of 3 promising fusion technologies that should be pursued rather 	    than Tokamak. Aside from the preceeding appeal to authority, the 	    PLASMAKtm looks like it finally models ball-lightning with solid 	    MHD physics. -- Jim Bowery]      ION DRIVES:  	Retrieve files pub/SPACE/SPACELINK/6.5.2.* from the Ames SPACE 	archive; these deal with many aspects of ion drives and describe the 	SERT I and II missions, which flight-tested cesium ion thrusters in 	the 1960s and 70s. There are numerous references.      MASS DRIVERS (COILGUNS, RAILGUNS):  	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (for example, v. 27 no. 1, January 	1991 issue). Every so often they publish the proceedings of the 	Symposium on Electromagnetic Launcher Technology, including hundreds 	of papers on the subject. It's a good look at the state of the art, 	though perhaps not a good tutorial for beginners. Anybody know some 	good review papers?      NUCLEAR ROCKETS (FISSION):  	"Technical Notes on Nuclear Rockets", by Bruce W. Knight and Donald 	Kingsbury, unpublished. May be available from: Donald Kingsbury, 	Math Dept., McGill University, PO Box 6070, Station A, Montreal, 	Quebec M3C 3G1 Canada.      SOLAR SAILS:  	Starsailing. Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel. Louis Friedman, 	Wiley, New York, 1988, 146 pp., paper $9.95. (Not very technical, 	but an adequate overview.)  	"Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser-Pushed Lightsails 	(Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 21, pp. 187-95, Jan.-Feb. 	1984)      TETHERS:  	_Tethers and Asteroids for Artificial Gravity Assist in the Solar 	System,_ by P.A. Penzo and H.L. Mayer., _Journal of Spacecraft 	and Rockets_ for Jan-Feb 1986.  	    Details how a spacecraft with a kevlar tether of the same mass 	    can change its velocity by up to slightly less than 1 km/sec. if 	    it is travelling under that velocity wrt a suitable asteroid.      GENERAL:  	"Alternate Propulsion Energy Sources", Robert Forward 	    AFPRL TR-83-067. 	    NTIS AD-B088 771/1	  PC A07/MF A01   Dec 83 138p  	    Keywords: Propulsion energy, metastable helium, free-radical 	    hydrogen, solar pumped (sic) plasmas, antiproton annihiliation, 	    ionospheric lasers, solar sails, perforated sails, microwave 	    sails, quantum fluctuations, antimatter rockets... It's a wide, 	    if not deep, look at exotic energy sources which might be useful 	    for space propulsion. It also considers various kinds of laser 	    propulsion, metallic hydrogen, tethers, and unconventional 	    nuclear propulsion. The bibliographic information, pointing to 	    the research on all this stuff, belongs on every daydreamer's 	    shelf.  	Future Magic. Dr. Robert L. Forward, Avon, 1988. ISBN 0-380-89814-4.  	    Nontechnical discussion of tethers, antimatter, gravity control, 	    and even futher-out topics.       SPY SATELLITES      *Deep Black*, by William Burrows; 	"best modern general book for spysats."      1) A Base For Debate: The US Satellite Station at Nurrungar, Des Ball,     Allen and Unwin Australia, 1987 ISBN 0 04 355027 4 [ covers DSP early     warning satellites]      2) Pine Gap: Australia and the US Geostationary Signals intelligence     satellite program, Des Ball, Allen and Unwin Australia, 1988 ISBN 0 04     363002 5. [covers RHYOLITE/AQUACADE, CHALET/VORTEX, and MAGNUM signals     intelligence satellites]      3) Guardians: Strategic Reconnaissance Satellites, Curtis Peebles, 1987,     Ian Allan, ISBN 0 7110 17654 [ good on MOL, military Salyut and Soviet     satellites, less so on others. Tends to believe what he's told so flaws     in discussion of DSP, RHYOLITE et al..]      4) America's Secret Eyes In Space: The Keyhole Spy Satellite Program,     Jeffrey Richelson, 1990, Harper and Row, ISBN 0 88730 285 8 [ in a class     of its own, *the* historical reference on the KEYHOLE satellites]      5) Secret Sentries in Space, Philip J Klass, 1971. 	"long out of print but well worth a look"       SPACE SHUTTLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS      %J Communications of the ACM     %V 27     %N 9     %D September 1984     %K Special issue on space [shuttle] computers      %A Myron Kayton     %T Avionics for Manned Spacecraft     %J IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems     %V 25     %N 6     %D November 1989     %P 786-827      Other various AIAA and IEEE publications.      Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience     James E.  Tomayko     1988?       SETI COMPUTATION (SIGNAL PROCESSING)      %A D. K. Cullers     %A Ivan R. Linscott     %A Bernard M. Oliver     %T Signal Processing in SETI     %J Communications of the ACM     %V 28     %N 11     %D November 1984     %P 1151-1163     %K CR Categories and Subject Descriptors: D.4.1 [Operating Systems]:     Process Management - concurrency; I.5.4 [Pattern Recognition]:     Applications - signal processing; J.2 [Phsyical Sciences and Engineering]:     astronomy     General Terms: Design     Additional Key Words and Phrases: digital Fourier transforms,     finite impulse-response filters, interstellar communications,     Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence, signal detection,     spectrum analysis       AMATEUR SATELLIES & WEATHER SATELLITES      A fairly long writeup on receiving and interpreting weather satellite     photos is available from the Ames SPACE archive in     pub/SPACE/FAQ/WeatherPhotos.      The American Radio Relay League publication service offers the following     references (also see the section on AMSAT in the space groups segment of     the FAQ):  	ARRL Satellite Experimenters Handbook,		#3185, $20 	ARRL Weather Satellite Handbook,		#3193, $20 	IBM-PC software for Weather Satellite Handbook, #3290, $10  	AMSAT NA 5th Space Symposium,			#0739, $12 	AMSAT NA 6th Space Symposium,			#2219, $12  	Shipping is extra.      The American Radio Relay League     Publications Department     225 Main Street     Newington, CT 06111     (203)-666-1541       TIDES      Srinivas Bettadpur contributed a writeup on tides, available from the     Ames SPACE archive in pub/SPACE/FAQ/Tides. It covers the following     areas:  	- 2-D Example of Tidal Deformation 	- Treatment of Tidal Fields in Practice 	- Long term evolution of the Earth-Moon system under tides      The writeup refers to the following texts:  	"Geophysical Geodesy" by K. Lambeck 	"Tides of the planet Earth" by P. Melchior