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Subject: Diffs to sci.space/sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions
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From: leech@cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech)
Date: 1 Apr 93 19:50:24 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Expires: 6 May 1993 19:50:16 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
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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).
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.intro
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06400 Thu Apr 1 14:47:22 1993
--- FAQ.intro Thu Apr 1 14:46:55 1993
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*** 101,107 ****
NASA Langley (Technical Reports)
NASA Spacelink
National Space Science Data Center
- Space And Planetary Image Facility
Space Telescope Science Institute Electronic Info. Service
Starcat
Astronomical Databases
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*** 130,135 ****
--- 129,135 ----
LLNL "great exploration"
Lunar Prospector
Lunar science and activities
+ Orbiting Earth satellite histories
Spacecraft models
Rocket propulsion
Spacecraft design
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.net
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06405 Thu Apr 1 14:47:24 1993
--- FAQ.net Thu Apr 1 14:46:57 1993
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*** 58,63 ****
--- 58,67 ----
elements are sent out on the list from Dr. Kelso, JSC, and other sources
as they are released. Email to elements-request@telesoft.com to join.
+ GPS Digest is a moderated list for discussion of the Global Positioning
+ System and other satellite navigation positioning systems. Email to
+ gps-request@esseye.si.com to join.
+
Space-investors is a list for information relevant to investing in
space-related companies. Email Vincent Cate (vac@cs.cmu.edu) to join.
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*** 223,227 ****
--- 227,241 ----
1030. If in fact you should should learn of unauthorized access, contact
NASA personnel.
+ Claims have been made on this news group about fraud and waste. None
+ have ever been substantiated to any significant degree. Readers
+ detecting Fraud, Waste, Abuse, or Mismanagement should contact the NASA
+ Inspector General (24-hours) at 800-424-9183 (can be anonymous) or write
+
+ NASA
+ Inspector General
+ P.O. Box 23089
+ L'enfant Plaza Station
+ Washington DC 20024
NEXT: FAQ #3/15 - Online (and some offline) sources of images, data, etc.
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.data
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06410 Thu Apr 1 14:47:26 1993
--- FAQ.data Thu Apr 1 14:46:54 1993
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*** 216,237 ****
Telephone: (301) 286-6695
Email address: request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
-
-
- SPACE AND PLANETARY IMAGE FACILITY
-
- Available 24 hours a day via anonymous FTP from pioneer.unm.edu. Has
- approximately 150 CD-ROM's full of imagery, raw, and tabular data. To
- start, get the file:
-
- pioneer.unm.edu:pub/info/beginner-info
-
- This will hopefully give you all of the information you need to get data
- from their machine. beginner-info has been translated to other
- languages, you should look inside pub/info for the particular language
- that meets your needs.
-
- Contact help@pioneer.unm.edu.
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICE
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.math
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06415 Thu Apr 1 14:47:28 1993
--- FAQ.math Thu Apr 1 14:46:56 1993
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*** 60,65 ****
--- 60,71 ----
Gives series to compute positions accurate to 1 arc minute for a
period + or - 300 years from now. Pluto is included but stated to
have an accuracy of only about 15 arc minutes.
+
+ _Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac_ (MICA), produced by the US
+ Naval Observatory. Valid for years 1990-1999. $55 ($80 outside US).
+ Available for IBM (order #PB93-500163HDV) or Macintosh (order
+ #PB93-500155HDV). From the NTIS sales desk, (703)-487-4650. I believe
+ this is intended to replace the USNO's Interactive Computer Ephemeris.
_Interactive Computer Ephemeris_ (from the US Naval Observatory)
distributed on IBM-PC floppy disks, $35 (Willmann-Bell). Covers dates
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.references
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06420 Thu Apr 1 14:47:30 1993
--- FAQ.references Thu Apr 1 14:46:59 1993
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*** 93,100 ****
US Naval Observatory
202-653-1079 (USNO Bulletin Board via modem)
202-653-1507 General
- 202-653-1545 Nautical Almanac Office (info on the Interactive
- Computer Ephemeris)
Willmann-Bell
P.O. Box 35025
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*** 138,151 ****
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 is uncertain at present; for considerably more detail on
! the SSRT program, get the document
! ames.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/FAQ/DeltaClipper
! by anonymous FTP or through the email server.
HOW TO NAME A STAR AFTER A PERSON
Official names are decided by committees of the International
--- 136,151 ----
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
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*** 223,228 ****
--- 223,236 ----
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
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.addresses
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06435 Thu Apr 1 14:47:34 1993
--- FAQ.addresses Thu Apr 1 14:46:51 1993
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*** 75,80 ****
--- 75,85 ----
the latter, an SF 171 is useless. Employees are Caltech employees,
contractors, and for the most part have similar responsibilities.
They offer an alternative to funding after other NASA Centers.
+
+ A fact sheet and description of JPL is available by anonymous
+ FTP in
+
+ ames.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/FAQ/JPLDescription
NASA Johnson Manned Space Center (JSC)
Houston, TX 77058
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.new_probes
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06450 Thu Apr 1 14:47:38 1993
--- FAQ.new_probes Thu Apr 1 14:46:58 1993
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*** 8,13 ****
--- 8,19 ----
team, ISAS/NASDA launch schedules, press kits.
+ ASUKA (ASTRO-D) - ISAS (Japan) X-ray astronomy satellite, launched into
+ Earth orbit on 2/20/93. Equipped with large-area wide-wavelength (1-20
+ Angstrom) X-ray telescope, X-ray CCD cameras, and imaging gas
+ scintillation proportional counters.
+
+
CASSINI - Saturn orbiter and Titan atmosphere probe. Cassini is a joint
NASA/ESA project designed to accomplish an exploration of the Saturnian
system with its Cassini Saturn Orbiter and Huygens Titan Probe. Cassini
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*** 98,115 ****
MAGELLAN - Venus radar mapping mission. Has mapped almost the entire
! surface at high resolution. Currently (11/92) in mapping cycle 4,
! collecting a global gravity map.
MARS OBSERVER - Mars orbiter including 1.5 m/pixel resolution camera.
! Launched 9/24/92 on a Titan III/TOS booster. MO is currently (3/93) 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 in
! August 1992 on an Ariane 4 booster. The primary objective of the
TOPEX/POSEIDON project is to make precise and accurate global
observations of the sea level for several years, substantially
increasing understanding of global ocean dynamics. The satellite also
--- 104,121 ----
MAGELLAN - Venus radar mapping mission. Has 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
! 8/10/92 on an Ariane 4 booster. The primary objective of the
TOPEX/POSEIDON project is to make precise and accurate global
observations of the sea level for several years, substantially
increasing understanding of global ocean dynamics. The satellite also
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diff -t -c -r1.18 FAQ.astronaut
*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06465 Thu Apr 1 14:47:43 1993
--- FAQ.astronaut Thu Apr 1 14:46:52 1993
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*** 162,174 ****
specific standards:
Distant visual acuity:
! 20/100 or better uncorrected,
correctable to 20/20, each eye.
Blood pressure:
140/90 measured in sitting position.
! 3. Height between 60 and 76 inches.
Pilot Astronaut Candidate:
--- 162,174 ----
specific standards:
Distant visual acuity:
! 20/150 or better uncorrected,
correctable to 20/20, each eye.
Blood pressure:
140/90 measured in sitting position.
! 3. Height between 58.5 and 76 inches.
Pilot Astronaut Candidate:
dift1010@iro.umontreal.ca