Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from holmes.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr1/ota/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Sat, 15 Apr 89 00:18:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Sat, 15 Apr 89 00:18:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V9 #367 SPACE Digest Volume 9 : Issue 367 Today's Topics: Version of Fleischmann&Pons paper in troff Space News Apr 13, 1989 United Nations : Debate on Sharing Outer Space Benefits Empty Mir? Re: Civilians in space (Was Re: First concert from space--update) USA vs. USSR Magellan Fact Sheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 89 14:48:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Ted Anderson X-Andrew-Message-Size: 1012+0 Content-Type: X-BE2; 12 If-Type-Unsupported: alter Subject: Version of Fleischmann&Pons paper in troff I also have a version of the Fleischmann&Pons paper available in troff format which includes the equations and tables. It is quite a good job done by Dermot Harriss (dgharriss@watmath.waterloo.edu). It is available via ftp from his machine or if you can't reach there, I can mail you a copy. His original message follows; if you need a copy by netmail send a note to space-request@andrew.cmu.edu and specify TROFF format. Ted Anderson > *Excerpts from mail.fusion: 13-Apr-89 Fleischmann & Pons paper in.. Dermot G.* > *Harriss@watmat (471)* > Troff source for the pre-publication revision of the paper submitted by > M. Fleischmann & S. Pons to the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry on > March 11/20, may be obtained via anonymous ftp from watmath.waterloo.edu > (129.97.128.1) in ~ftp/cold-fusion/fp.t or from watmsg.waterloo.edu > (129.97.129.9) in ~ftp/pub/cold-fusion/fp.t > Includes the three figures. To format, you need the eqn, tbl, & pic > pre-processors, and the `ms' macro package. > Cheers, > -- Dermot ------------------------------ Date: 13 Apr 89 15:36:00 GMT From: cfa!cfa250!mcdowell@husc6.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) Subject: Space News Apr 13, 1989 Jonathan's Space Report Apr 13, 1989 (No. 11) The Soyuz TM-8 mission to Mir has been cancelled. The Soyuz TM-7 crew will land on Apr 27 leaving the Mir station unpiloted for the first time in over two years. The STS-30 mission is still scheduled for Apr 28. Kosmos-2007, launched on Mar 23, is an advanced digital imaging spy satellite operated by the GRU. Kosmos-2016, launched on Apr 4, is a navigation satellite. Kosmos-184, one of the early Meteor weather satellites launched into a 600 km orbit in 1967, reentered in early April after 20 years of atmospheric drag had reduced its altitude to only 150 km. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) 1989 Jonathan McDowell, all rights reserved --------------------------------------------------------------------------- .----------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617)495-7144 | | Center for Astrophysics | uucp: husc6!harvard!cfa200!mcdowell | | 60 Garden Street | bitnet : mcdowell@cfa.bitnet | | Cambridge MA 02138 | inter : mcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | | USA | span : cfa::mcdowell | | | telex : 92148 SATELLITE CAM | | | FAX : (617)495-7356 | '----------------------------------------------------------------' ------------------------------ Date: 12 Apr 89 04:30:45 GMT From: ccnysci!patth@nyu.edu (Patt Haring) Subject: United Nations : Debate on Sharing Outer Space Benefits Ported to UseNET from UNITEX Network 201-795-0733 via Rutgers FidoGATEway LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON SHARING OUTER SPACE BENEFITS PR The Legal Sub-Committee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued consideration this morning of sharing the benefits of outer space, hearing statements by the representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany, Brazil, Austria, United States, Ecuador, Argentina, India, Chile, Sweden, Soviet Union, France, Netherlands and Canada. The representative of Austria submitted a proposal for establishing a working group to deal with the question, pursuant to a 1988 General Assembly resolution. The Sub-Committee will continue its debate at its next meeting, at 3 p.m. today. Outer Space Benefits The Legal Sub-Committee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space this morning met to continue consideration of sharing the benefits of outer space. Statements JURGEN REIFARTH (Federal Republic of Germany) said there was only a very small real demand for national space law; only space activities carried out by private entities might require national legal provisions. The Space Station Agreement concluded by member States of the European Space Agency, the United States, Japan and Canada provided the basis for a genuine partnership and could serve as a model for future international co-operation in space and with developing countries. FLAVIO MIRAGAIA PERRI (Brazil) said the range of technological knowledge on space activities was large and diverse and reflected profound changes in other technologies. The progress in this field had had revolutionary effects on humanity, but the gap between the countries possessing such advanced knowledge and the rest of the world had widened. The Committee's task should be to define a comprehensive new framework aimed at enhancing international co-operation to ensure a better distribution of scientific and technological knowledge among all nations, without discrimination of any kind. The Committee should take a realistic approach, acknowledging the world as it existed and as it might be. It must depart from strict concepts of national interest in favour of an approach which emphasized global interdependence. While remaining cognizant of the matter of common responsibility before mankind, it must review present privileges and rights with the aim of rectifying inequalities for the benefit of all. The Committee must consider legal aspects to the application of principles of space law with those aims in mind. With regard to international agreements relevant to the principle on space benefits, the Committee should extract from collective texts the philosophical underpinnings of international co-operation. The working groups on that matter should work in an objective manner to keep their work positive, constructive and non-confrontational. PETER HOHENFELLNER (Austria) proposed a working group on the subject of sharing outer space benefits consisting of a four-step approach. First would be consideration of the national legal frameworks relating to the development of the application of the principles of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty in the light of replies by Governments to the Secretary-General's request for their views. Second would be consideration of relevant international agreements. Member States would be requested to provide their views on that subject prior to the 1990 session of the Legal Sub-Committee. The third step, he went on, would be consideration of the information obtained by Member States and of the results of the Sub-Committee's review of the subjects in a working group, to be established not later than the 1991 session of the Sub-Committee. Fourth, would be continued consideration of the item in the working group until the Sub-Committee concluded that the satisfactory outcome of the substantive deliberation had been achieved. KENNETH HODGKINS (United States) said Austria's proposal closely tracked a proposal made by his own country, and he would give it full consideration. JOSE S. VALENCIA (Ecuador) saw the Committee's task as fruitful and firmly grounded in international law and the Charter. This was in the interest of all States, and especially those of the developing countries. Legal machinery for the carrying out of this process was clearly defined and should be implemented in a spirit of international co-operation. Developing countries today had limited space capability but there was an awakening of interest in this area. Ecuador supported the constructive work of the Sub-Committee in the common interests of all mankind. HOLGER MARTINSEN (Argentina) said countries without a developed space industry had difficulty in having specific legislation related to the article of the 1967 Space Treaty which called for the free use and exploration of outer space. Regarding priority on agenda items, it would be necessary to begin a process of identifying the needs of States, and, in the areas where they had common interests, legal instruments could be elaborated to cover those needs. He said national needs could be deduced from the space plans being considered, including space science, remote sensing, natural resources, transmission of images and satellites. The benefits from all those areas could be applied specifically in helping solve local and regional problems and improve the standard of living in Argentina. Consideration of outer space benefits should be given the same importance as the other items on the Sub-Committee's agenda, he went on. While there might be differences as to when the proposed working group should begin its work, there was unanimity concerning its establishment. RAMA RAO (India) said the national legal framework study and the review of international agreements were important components of the principles under consideration, but there were other aspects which required further study. As a developing country committed to the peaceful uses of outer space, India called for the early establishment of a working group to study these issues. RAIMUNDO GONZALEZ (Chile) said he still had some doubts regarding the Austrian proposal. First of all, would it not lead to the elaboration of legal restraints? Secondly, was there a deadline for the working group? If so, it was not good to make any pre-judgements along those lines. The central concept of international co-operation was the main problem on which attention should be focused, he continued. It was emphasized both in the 1967 Space Treaty and in the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE 82). States parties to the Treaty should carry out their outer space activities in conformity with international law; there was a clear-cut distinction between international co-operation as a legally binding obligation and international understanding or assistance. The rights of developing countries were clearly reflected in the Treaty and embodied in the agenda item under consideration. * Origin: UNITEX --> Crime Stoppers Against the New Age Hustle (1:107/501) -- unitex - via FidoNet node 1:107/520 UUCP: ...!rutgers!rubbs!unitex ARPA: unitex@rubbs.FIDONET.ORG -- Patt Haring rutgers!cmcl2!ccnysci!patth patth@ccnysci.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 89 09:28:58 EDT From: Lee Brotzman Subject: Empty Mir? Chalk up another one for incomplete new stories... This morning, as I was struggling to come awake, I heard on the radio (CBS Radio News feed) that when the current crew of the Mir space station departs for the Earth, there will be no replacement, leaving Mir unoccupied for the first time in two years. Now the part that I have trouble believing: "The Soviet Union is abandoning their manned space program because of budget problems." (The quote is as close as my bleary ears can make it.) Can anyone confirm (a) that Mir will be temporarily empty, and/or (b) the possibility that Mir will remain empty permanently or at least for an extended period of time. Please no speculation, just hard information, preferably with sources I can check for myself. I would especially like to hear from Glenn Chapman, if possible. -- Lee Brotzman, ST Systems Corp. -- Astronomical Data Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- BITNET: ZMLEB@SCFVM Internet: zmleb@scfvm.gsfc.nasa.gov -- All of the above statements are the product of a deranged mind, -- and as such, they should not be taken seriously. -- -- Isn't cold fusion how eskimos are made? ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 89 15:21:11 GMT From: mailrus!wasatch!uplherc!esunix!bpendlet@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Pendleton) Subject: Re: Civilians in space (Was Re: First concert from space--update) From article <11002@bcsaic.UUCP>, by rwojcik@bcsaic.UUCP (Rick Wojcik): > Only governments can > afford to fund this kind of scientific research right now. Our news feed has been out for about 2 weeks. So I'm coming in to this discussion without a lot of context. What research are you talking about? I'm not aware of any research that needs to be done on ways to put people in orbit. In general I think the US space program suffers from an illness of wealth and bureaucracy. We do thing the most expensive way possible because we can afford to and it serves the bueacracy to do so. Bob P. -- - Bob Pendleton, speaking only for myself. - UUCP Address: decwrl!esunix!bpendlet or utah-cs!esunix!bpendlet - - Reality is stranger than most can imagine. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Apr 89 18:22:25 CDT From: Andy Edeburn Subject: USA vs. USSR Hey! Isn't it kind of ridiculous to sit and attempt to compare the US space program along with the Soviet program? The programs are so entirely different that any attempt at comparison is futile. The plain and simple truth is that the Soviets, even with out-dated technology, are miles ahead of us in the exploration (or exploitation) of space. I admit that FREEDOM is a noble plan, but if it flies as late as the shuttle did, we'll be waiting until the year 2000 for a permanent space station. The idea is not to compete with the Soviets, but to work with them. Closed minds towards the skies will close the skies. ------------------------------------------- Andy Edeburn BITNET: SEAG19@SDNET Computing Center South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 11 Apr 89 14:15:00 GMT From: texbell!merch!cpe!hal6000!trsvax!mike@bellcore.com Subject: Magellan Fact Sheet MAGELLAN FACTS The Magellan Spacecraft will be launched from Atlantis (STS-30). The spacecraft will be sent by the Inertial Upper Stage on an The selected trajectory has a heliocentric transfer angle slightly greater than 540 degrees and requires 15 months of flight time. Upon arrival at Venus in August 1990, the spacecraft will use its solid rocket motor to get into an elliptical near-polar orbit around Venus. During a mapping period of 8 months, the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) will be used to obtain radar images of 70 to 90% of the planet, with a resolution about ten times better than that achieved by the Soviet's Venera 16 and 16 missions. Precise radio tracking of the spacecraft will provide gravity information. The resulting geological maps will permit the first global geological analysis of the planet comparable to those that have been done for the other planetary bodies of the inner solar system. Major Mission Characteristics Launch Date: April 28 - May 24, 1989 Launch Vehicle: Shuttle/IUS Interplanetary Cruise: 442-468 days Venus Arrival: August 10, 1990 Mapping Orbit Period: 3.15 Hours Radar Mapping: 37 minutes/orbit Mapping Orbit Inclination: 86 degrees Superior Conjunction: October 26 - November 9, 1990 End of Nominal Mission: April 28, 1991 Data Gap Recoverable: June 27, - July 10, 1991 ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V9 #367 *******************