Date: Sun, 18 Oct 92 05:00:01 From: Space Digest maintainer Reply-To: Space-request@isu.isunet.edu Subject: Space Digest V15 #323 To: Space Digest Readers Precedence: bulk Space Digest Sun, 18 Oct 92 Volume 15 : Issue 323 Today's Topics: GMT of Sputnik 1 Launch? Pegasus Status ? SETI functional grammer (2 msgs) test ufo Toshiba vs. Chaparral Toward 2001 - 05 Oct Toward 2001 - 12 Oct Toward 2001 - 19 Oct Toward 2001 - 21 Sep Toward 2001 - 28 Sep Upcoming NASA town meetings Welcome to the Space Digest!! Please send your messages to "space@isu.isunet.edu", and (un)subscription requests of the form "Subscribe Space " to one of these addresses: listserv@uga (BITNET), rice::boyle (SPAN/NSInet), utadnx::utspan::rice::boyle (THENET), or space-REQUEST@isu.isunet.edu (Internet). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 16 Oct 92 18:02:18 GMT From: Bruce Watson Subject: GMT of Sputnik 1 Launch? Newsgroups: sci.space In article <28608@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM| wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson) writes: |In article Subject: SETI functional grammer Newsgroups: sci.space In article <1992Oct16.004205.14467@infodev.cam.ac.uk> sl25@cus.cam.ac.uk (Steve Linton) writes: >In article <1992Oct15.050643.2763@foretune.co.jp>, trebor@foretune.co.jp (Robert J Woodhead) writes: >|> jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh 'K' Hopkins) writes: >|> >|> >I ran across a thought experiment once where the prototype teleporting machine >|> >ends up on an alien planet and won't come back. How do you tell the aliens >|> >to press the right (manual override) button and not the left (self destruct) >|> >button? I couldn't figure a way out. >|> Maybe I've missed something, but two things come to mind: 1) If you have send a piece of hardware, then make the one on the left a BIG button and the one on the right a small one. 2) If there is only radio contact, as the "right hand rule" messages are talking about, then ... fo"explaining left and right" until it becomes relevant. When it is relevant, whenever that happens to happen, you'll probably have a reference by then. That way, you won't be describing quantum physics and particle theory just so you can point out that our appendix is on the "right" side. Note that, as long as all their physics and everythinng is consistent (as ours is), then A) syncing their left and our lefisn't needed AND B) it is logically impossible as well. FINALLY: How about saying "Face galactic center, with your top of your head pointing to the Magellenic Clouds (the two smaller galaxies near ours). Then Andromeda Galaxy (the closest major galaxy) is on your right." The above assumes they are on our side of the Galaxy and that I am not blowing my astrography. Tom Baker ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 92 17:30:57 GMT From: Josh 'K' Hopkins Subject: SETI functional grammer Newsgroups: sci.space tombaker@world.std.com (Tom A Baker) writes: >>>>I ran across a thought experiment once where the prototype teleporting machine >>>>ends up on an alien planet and won't come back. How do you tell the aliens >>>>to press the right (manual override) button and not the left (self destruct) >>>>button? I couldn't figure a way out. >>> >Maybe I've missed something, but two things come to mind: >1) If you have send a piece of hardware, then make the one on the left a > BIG button and the one on the right a small one. This is of course, possible in the above thought experiment, but it's one of those things you're supposed to ignore while you focus on the real point. >2) If there is only radio contact, as the "right hand rule" messages are > talking about, then ... fo"explaining left and right" until it > becomes relevant. When it is relevant, whenever that happens to happen, > you'll probably have a reference by then. The point was that to explain something as "simple" as right or left becomes very complex when you can't assume anything. Then the question becomes "what can you talk about until you know enough to explain X?" -- Josh Hopkins jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu The views expresed above do not necessarily reflect those of ISDS, UIUC, NSS, IBM FSC, NCSA, NMSU, AIAA or the American Association for the Advancement of Acronymphomaniacs ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 92 09:44:22 GMT From: PAILLERI@ESTEC.BITNET Subject: test ufo Newsgroups: sci.space this is a test.. ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 92 14:40:15 GMT From: "Richard J. Gaylord" Subject: Toshiba vs. Chaparral Newsgroups: rec.video.satellite,sci.space my only compalin is that wen i use theremote, it doesn't always pick up my signals thefirst time through and i have to reneter it slowly. another question on the montery. i had a program timerevent set but i was watching something else when the program was supposed to occur. what happened was that the receiver 'took over' and moved the dish to the programmed position. at the end of the timer event, the receiver returned the dish to the original position. it really threw me for a loop since in the sierra II+ you just got a "Timer event has occured" message on the screen. I suppose you can just turn the timer off if you don't want to use it? what if you don't mind having it go on but at the end of the event you don't want to return to the previous position but go directly to yet another channel. can you turn off the timer when its on (if this understandable)? ------------------------------ Date: 16 Oct 92 20:03:26 GMT From: Bev Freed Subject: Toward 2001 - 05 Oct Newsgroups: sci.space *********** TOWARD 2001 *********** Week of 5 October 1992 A Weekly Feature of SPACE CALENDAR + = Domestic (USA) Earth event * = Domestic (USA) space event o = International Earth event # = International space event -------------------------------------------------------------------- REPRINT INFORMATION This information is reproduced by permission of the Space Age Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Copyright October 5, 1992. Reproduction in any form without written permission violates federal statute with penalty of up to $50,000. SPACE CALENDAR is edited and published on the Big `Space' Island of Hawaii. ==================================================================== * * * * * * * + Australian Picked as Astronaut Houston, TX Dr Andrew Thomas, of Australia, was one of the 24 (out of 2,000) applicants to be selected for NASA's year-long astronaut training program. An expert on low gravity behavior, Thomas should be assigned to a mission within three years. * * * * * * * + Omega Aerospace Inc Virginia Astronaut Byron Lichtenberg, of the STS 45 Atlantis / Atlas-1 mission, told Space Calendar contributor Theo Pirard he has formed his own company, Omega Aerospace Inc, which will look "for new concepts to develop low-cost launch systems for space transportation and exploration." He said the company's long-range goal is to make the "ultimate trip" widely available. * * * * * * * o BUS-Alpha Microsat Bristol, United Kingdom The University of Bristol will use a UB-designed transmit-only microsat in a three-objective program to establish the development and production capability of UB, to determine the feasibility of space research within a university timeframe, and to explore the usability of uncontrolled satellites. * * * * * * * o New Hindi Sat Channel Bombay, India Star TV and the Essel Group of Bombay, India, start broadcasting free to air a new channel this month, targeting upper-income Hindi and Urdu-speaking audiences with a mix of movies, serials, talk shows and soap operas. The footprint includes the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia. * * * * * * * o Atlas Centaur Failure San Diego CA The AC-71 Failure Review Oversight Board is now looking into the possibility of icing as a cause of insufficient turbine acceleration, according to a General Dynamics notice circulated to employees. * * * * * * * o First Portuguese Satellite Queluz, Portugal Posat-1, developed by the National Laboratory of Engineering and Industrial Technology with technical assistance from the University of Surrey, is to go up via Arianespace V 59 in September 1993. * * * * * * * + Wyle Laboratories / NASA Contract Huntsville AL Under a $75 million contract, the Scientific Services and Systems Group of Wyle Labs will provide electronic instrument, computer, and other repair and support services for NASA Langley Research Center's aeronautical and space sciences facilities. * * * * * * * + Space Age PBS Concord, MA Space Age, premeirs 12 Oct on PBS. Produced by WQED / Pittsburgh and NHK / Japan in association with the National Academy of Sciences, the six one-hour shows range from `Quest for Planet Mars' to `What's a Heaven For?' For sale through Home Vision for $24.95 each. Info; 800-262-8600. * * * * * * * + Very Long Baseline Array Virgin Islands / Hawai`i Scattered across the U S from the Virgin Islands to Hawai`i, the 10 dish antennae of the VLBA make up a 8,045 km (5,000 mi) wide radiotelescope with which astronomers hope to see the edge of the universe when it is activated in December. * * * * * * * + Lunar Footnote (Statistic) 7,235 Days Since humans last visited the Moon; 3,010 days until 1 January 2001. * * * * * * * o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation) "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and actions of governments and individuals." -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SPACE CALENDAR Space Calendar provides a weekly preview of upcoming events in the space industry. It is published weekly by the SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY from offices in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. For a free sample of the printed publication, use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the Hawaii office listed below. SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY also publishes SPACE FAX DAILY from its offices in Cupertino, California. For information about SPACE FAX DAILY use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the California office listed below. HAWAII OFFICE: 75-5751 Kuakini Highway, Suite 209, Kailua-Kona HI 96740; 808-326-2014, fax 808-326-1825. CALIFORNIA OFFICE: 20431 Steven Creek Blvd, Cupertino CA 95054; 408-996-9210, fax 408-996-2125. ==================================================================== -- Bev Freed - via FidoNet node 1:129/104 UUCP: ...!pitt!nss!freed INTERNET: freed@nss.org ------------------------------ Date: 16 Oct 92 20:03:49 GMT From: Bev Freed Subject: Toward 2001 - 12 Oct Newsgroups: sci.space *********** TOWARD 2001 *********** Week of 12 October 1992 A Weekly Feature of SPACE CALENDAR + = Domestic (USA) Earth event * = Domestic (USA) space event o = International Earth event # = International space event -------------------------------------------------------------------- REPRINT INFORMATION This information is reproduced by permission of the Space Age Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Copyright October 12, 1992. Reproduction in any form without written permission violates federal statute with penalty of up to $50,000. SPACE CALENDAR is edited and published on the Big `Space' Island of Hawaii. ==================================================================== * * * * * * * # Mir 1 / Shuttle Prep LEO Cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyov and Sergei Avdeyev already are preparing Mir 1 for a 1995 visit by a USA space shuttle, despite no official government OK. Russian space analyst James Oberg says they want time to test a new docking system. * * * * * * * + Rockets for Schools Cape Canaveral FL A demonstration project of the Spaceport Florida Authority brings together students from across the U S to learn about, launch, and study data from a two-stage sounding rocket. A microelectronic atmospheric sensor will deploy at 250,000 ft and transmit data to a ground station for later analysis by participating students. * * * * * * * + Lunar Sourcebook Cambridge MA Lunar Sourcebook: A User's Guide to the Moon is the Geoscience Information Society pick for the 1992 Best Geoscience Reference Book Award. Edited by Grant Heiken, David Vaniman, and Bevan M French and published by Cambridge University Press. * * * * * * * o France / Kazakhstan Friendship Treaty Paris France will help Kazakhstan develop its space research program, industry, and agriculture under the Paris Charter of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, signed by presidents Nursultan Nazarbayev and Francois Mitterrand. Kazakhstan commits to democracy, human rights, and a market economy. * * * * * * * + Boeing Job Cuts Huntsville AL Facing a third year of declining defense spending, Boeing Co has given pink slips to 100 employees at its Missiles and Space Division in Huntsville. In transition from design to manufacturing on Space Station Freedom, general manager Robert Hager says, "there simply won't be enough new work for people to move on to." * * * * * * * + Kaua`i STARS Launch Delay Barking Sands, Kaua`i Island, Hawai`i The first Kaua`i STARS missile launch is postponed indefinitely and SDIO is conducting an environmental survey of the island following hurricane Iniki. In a letter to SDI director Henry Cooper, Hawai`i senator Daniel Inouye said the survey should assure "there has been no degradation of the program's safety and environmental impact." * * * * * * * o Japan FEO Report Tokyo The Japan Federation of Economic Organizations subcommittee on broadcasting policy interim report says broadcast rules of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications are excessive and unrealistic. * * * * * * * + Women in Aerospace Awards Vienna VA: Women in Aerospace this year adds three categories: contributions to ISY, volunteer work, and aerospace explorer. * * * * * * * + Star Trek Virtual Reality Centers St Louis MO Under a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures, Edison Brothers Entertainment Inc plans to open its first Star Base One virtual reality center in late 1993 or early 1994. Andrew Newman, chairman of Edison Bros calls the project "the ultimate in experiential retailing." * * * * * * * Lunar Footnote (Statistic) + 7,242 days since Moon last visited by humans; 3,003 days until 1 January 2001. * * * * * * * o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation) "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and actions of governments and individuals." -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SPACE CALENDAR Space Calendar provides a weekly preview of upcoming events in the space industry. It is published weekly by the SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY from offices in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. For a free sample of the printed publication, use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the Hawaii office listed below. SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY also publishes SPACE FAX DAILY from its offices in Cupertino, California. For information about SPACE FAX DAILY use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the California office listed below. HAWAII OFFICE: 75-5751 Kuakini Highway, Suite 209, Kailua-Kona HI 96740; 808-326-2014, fax 808-326-1825. CALIFORNIA OFFICE: 20431 Steven Creek Blvd, Cupertino CA 95054; 408-996-9210, fax 408-996-2125. ==================================================================== -- Bev Freed - via FidoNet node 1:129/104 UUCP: ...!pitt!nss!freed INTERNET: freed@nss.org ------------------------------ Date: 16 Oct 92 20:04:12 GMT From: Bev Freed Subject: Toward 2001 - 19 Oct Newsgroups: sci.space *********** TOWARD 2001 *********** Week of 19 October 1992 A Weekly Feature of SPACE CALENDAR + = Domestic (USA) Earth event * = Domestic (USA) space event o = International Earth event # = International space event -------------------------------------------------------------------- REPRINT INFORMATION This information is reproduced by permission of the Space Age Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Copyright October 19, 1992. Reproduction in any form without written permission violates federal statute with penalty of up to $50,000. SPACE CALENDAR is edited and published on the Big `Space' Island of Hawaii. ==================================================================== ==================================================================== * * * * * * * o Russians on American Shuttle Flight Moscow, Russia Sergei Krikalev and Vladimir Titov, picked from a field of six, under a U S Russia agreement signed this year will begin training for an October 1993 shuttle flight. The American selection for a flight to Mir 1 is not yet announced. * * * * * * * + Aerospace Industries Association Washington DC After January's inauguration, the first order of business for the administration should be to "stand back and take a long look at . . .barriers to competitiveness created by the U S government," AIA president Don Fuqua. says. * * * * * * * o France Opposes Star Wars Paris The French government believes SDI "presents the unacceptable risk of reviving the arms race, militarizing space, and going against the current of nuclear disarmament," Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy told attendees at an international defense strategies conference in Paris. * * * * * * * + STS 53 Discovery NASA KSC FL Mission Commander David Walker, pilot Robert Cabana and specialists Guion Bluford, Michael Clifford, and James Voss are preparing for their four-day flight on the 52nd shuttle mission. Payloads include DOD projects and GLO CRYOHP hitchhiker payload for measuring optical emissions on the surface of the shuttle. * * * * * * * o Shanghai Satellite Communications Company Shanghai SSCC, jointly founded by the Shanghai Guomai Industrial Co Ltd, Shanghai Long-Distance Telecommunications Office, and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is to develop domestic services with satellite and advanced suitable for long-distance transmission. * * * * * * * + Why Space? Essay Contest Englewood CO The World Bar Assn is sponsoring an essay contest on the topic `Why Space' The announcement says "New and creative ideas are welcomed." Deadline is 31 December. Info WBA 303-721-1178. * * * * * * * + Talcott Mountain Science Center Avon CT TMSC begins its 25th year with the receipt of a 3-year education grant for interactive program Project PROMMISE. The program links students and teachers with featured role models such as Dr Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman physician to be a shuttle astronaut. * * * * * * * + Efficacy of Lunar Power Washington DC Addressing the 3rd annual meeting of the Lunar Power System Coalition, new president Declan J O'Donnell said, "[LPS] may prove 10 times less expensive than the next best power source for Earth", also noting the group "has developed a solid scientific beginning." * * * * * * * + Gemini Telescope Hawai`i / Chile Telescope sites atop Mauna Kea in Hawai`i and in Chile will split $17 million if Pres George Bush adds his signature to Congress' approval. The Hawai`i facility will total about $85 million and is to be finished in about six years. * * * * * * * + Lunar Footnote (Statistic) + 7,249 Days since Moon last visited by humans; 2,996 days until 1 January 2001. * * * * * * * o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation) "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and actions of governments and individuals." -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SPACE CALENDAR Space Calendar provides a weekly preview of upcoming events in the space industry. It is published weekly by the SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY from offices in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. For a free sample of the printed publication, use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the Hawaii office listed below. SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY also publishes SPACE FAX DAILY from its offices in Cupertino, California. For information about SPACE FAX DAILY use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the California office listed below. HAWAII OFFICE: 75-5751 Kuakini Highway, Suite 209, Kailua-Kona HI 96740; 808-326-2014, fax 808-326-1825. CALIFORNIA OFFICE: 20431 Steven Creek Blvd, Cupertino CA 95054; 408-996-9210, fax 408-996-2125. -- Bev Freed - via FidoNet node 1:129/104 UUCP: ...!pitt!nss!freed INTERNET: freed@nss.org ------------------------------ Date: 16 Oct 92 20:02:32 GMT From: Bev Freed Subject: Toward 2001 - 21 Sep Newsgroups: sci.space *********** TOWARD 2001 *********** Week of 21 September 1992 A Weekly Feature of SPACE CALENDAR + = Domestic (USA) Earth event * = Domestic (USA) space event o = International Earth event # = International space event -------------------------------------------------------------------- REPRINT INFORMATION This information is reproduced by permission of the Space Age Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Copyright September 21, 1992. Reproduction in any form without written permission violates federal statute with penalty of up to $50,000. SPACE CALENDAR is edited and published on the Big `Space' Island of Hawaii. ==================================================================== * * * * * * * o Rockwell / NPO Energia Agreement Seal Beach CA Rockwell is working with NPO Energia to design and build a docking system that will be used with Space Shuttle Atlantis for a rendezvous with the Mir 1 space station in 1995. A long-term space exploration relationship is in the works, Rockwell said. * * * * * * * + Space Station Management Washington DC The General Accounting Office is sounding alarm bells over dwindling financial reserves for the program, which will cost an estimated $20 billion by 1999. NASA officials say good management of the $2.1 billion in reserves will keep the program on budget. * * * * * * * o EuroHermespace Moscow, Russia Will begin its relationship with Russia via a US$350,000 contract signed last month with the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in Moscow. The Institute tested mechanical structures and thermal protection for the Russian `Buran' spaceplane. * * * * * * * o CaribSpace Ltd Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago The Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago will work with CaribSpace, a subsidiary of WorldSpace Inc, to provide direct broadcast radio services to its population. Digital radios costing less than US$50 will pick up signals from orbiting satellites. * * * * * * * o Russia Retraining Moscow A new fund will finance long range scientific projects aimed at helping former military staff in Russia turn their skills to challenges in the civilian sector. Info `The Young Businessmen of Russia Helping Fund', PO Box 64, 117312 Moscow, Russia; 205-49-81. * * * * * * * o Japan Space Activities Commission Tokyo The commission requested a budget of <157>203.469 billion (US$1.654 billion) for FY 1993, a 7.4 percent increase from this year's funding. Costs for development of the H-2 rocket will reduce by <157>13 billion to <157>141.4 billion in FY 1993. * * * * * * * + McAuliffe Award Hilo HI Hawaii Teacher in Space finalist Art Kimura, architect of the innovative `Future Flight Hawaii' space education program, is the recipient of the Aerospace Education Foundation's 7th Christa McAuliffe Memorial Award. Kimura also coordinates a space science resource center for Hawaii teachers. * * * * * * * + Lunar Based Astronomy Washington DC The first lunar telescope could be in place by the end of the decade, according to MIT astrophysicist Bernard Burke. Burke told the World Space Congress that NASA administrator Goldin "would dearly like to see" a workable plan for evolving lunar astronomical facilities. * * * * * * * * Pioneer Venus Venus Orbit Some time in the next 120 days, the 14-year-old Pioneer will plunge into Venus' fiery atmosphere and burn up. NASA Ames scientists are plotting ways to harvest as much information as possible from the sturdy spacecraft's slip into the turbulent upper atmosphere. * * * * * * * Lunar Footnote (Statistic). + 7,221 Days Since Moon last visited by humans; 3,024 days until 1 January 2001. * * * * * * * International Space Year 1992 (Quotation). "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and actions of governments and individuals." -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SPACE CALENDAR Space Calendar provides a weekly preview of upcoming events in the space industry. It is published weekly by the SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY from offices in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. For a free sample of the printed publication, use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the Hawaii office listed below. SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY also publishes SPACE FAX DAILY from its offices in Cupertino, California. For information about SPACE FAX DAILY use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the California office listed below. HAWAII OFFICE: 75-5751 Kuakini Highway, Suite 209, Kailua-Kona HI 96740; 808-326-2014, fax 808-326-1825. CALIFORNIA OFFICE: 20431 Steven Creek Blvd, Cupertino CA 95054; 408-996-9210, fax 408-996-2125. ==================================================================== -- Bev Freed - via FidoNet node 1:129/104 UUCP: ...!pitt!nss!freed INTERNET: freed@nss.org ------------------------------ Date: 16 Oct 92 20:02:58 GMT From: Bev Freed Subject: Toward 2001 - 28 Sep Newsgroups: sci.space *********** TOWARD 2001 *********** Week of 28 September 1992 A Weekly Feature of SPACE CALENDAR + = Domestic (USA) Earth event * = Domestic (USA) space event o = International Earth event # = International space event -------------------------------------------------------------------- REPRINT INFORMATION This information is reproduced by permission of the Space Age Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Copyright September 28, 1992. Reproduction in any form without written permission violates federal statute with penalty of up to $50,000. SPACE CALENDAR is edited and published on the Big `Space' Island of Hawaii. ==================================================================== * * * * * * * + SETI / High Resolution Microwave Survey Washington DC The NASA Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence is being recast "in a broader context" to survive the annual budget review, says program scientist John O Rummel. Renamed the High Resolution Microwave Survey, it will include a more general approach to astronomy. * * * * * * * + Intelsat / GE Astro Space Satellite Purchase Washington DC The commercial cooperative of 124 member nations plans to buy its next-generation Intelsat-8 satellites from GE Astro Space. Intelsat currently manages 19 satellites. * * * * * * * # Mir 1 Low Earth Orbit A series of high-profile spacewalks to modernise the longest orbiting space station will hopefully extend its life into the mid '90s, when successor Mir 2 will launch if funds are available. Cosmonauts Solovyov and Avdeyev recently plugged in an external power unit during a five-hour space walk. * * * * * * * # Launch ARSENE Kourou, French Guiana In May of 1993, a student-engineered ham radio satellite and payload is scheduled to launch via Ariane V 58 42L. The Radio Amateur Club De L'Espace ARSENE project involved 300 students from 30 institutions. * * * * * * * o Bostok Telecom Tokyo, Japan The Export-Import Bank of Japan will likely offer 283.5 million yen to Nissho Iwai Corp to finance a joint Russia / Japan international satellite telecommunications service, Bostok Telecom, comprising Nissho Iwai, Japan telecom munications firm KDD. and Russia telecom munications firm IDT. * * * * * * * o Rafael / ARC Team Up Haifa, Israel Israel-based Rafael and the U S Atlantic Research Corporation are cooperating to produce and market the AUS 51 upper stage motor. The AUS 51 has successfully inserted experimental Offeq satellites into LEO. * * * * * * * + RATLER Lunar Rover Los Alamos NM The Robotic All-Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover, developed at Sandia National Laboratories, employs an articulated chassis allowing all four wheels to stay on the ground. With its oversize wheels, RATLER can cross uneven terrain with obstacles almost as high as itself. * * * * * * * + EER Systems Vienna VA A review team is examining tracking, photographic, and telemetry data in an effort to discover why the Starfire rocket used to launch Consort 5 on 10 September shut down 3 seconds early. Although the payload was saved, very little microgravity science was accomplished. * * * * * * * + Hawai`i Spaceport Hawai`i Island HI Five local politicians favor promoting development of a spaceport in the Ka`u district of the state's largest island, five are undecided, and the remaining 28 respondants to a League of Women Voters survey are opposed. A number of candidates did not respond to the survey. * * * * * * * Lunar Footnote + 7,228 Days since Moon last visited by humans; 3,017 days until 1 January 2001. o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation) "The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is to instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and actions of governments and individuals." -- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SPACE CALENDAR Space Calendar provides a weekly preview of upcoming events in the space industry. It is published weekly by the SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY from offices in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. For a free sample of the printed publication, use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the Hawaii office listed below. SPACE AGE PUBLISHING COMPANY also publishes SPACE FAX DAILY from its offices in Cupertino, California. For information about SPACE FAX DAILY use the address, telephone, or fax numbers for the California office listed below. HAWAII OFFICE: 75-5751 Kuakini Highway, Suite 209, Kailua-Kona HI 96740; 808-326-2014, fax 808-326-1825. CALIFORNIA OFFICE: 20431 Steven Creek Blvd, Cupertino CA 95054; 408-996-9210, fax 408-996-2125. ==================================================================== -- Bev Freed - via FidoNet node 1:129/104 UUCP: ...!pitt!nss!freed INTERNET: freed@nss.org ------------------------------ Date: 17 Oct 92 16:52:16 GMT From: Gerald Cecil Subject: Upcoming NASA town meetings Newsgroups: sci.space Does anyone know about these? I believe that there's one near here in early Nov, but no-one in DC NASA Public Affairs had any info. --- Gerald Cecil cecil@wrath.physics.unc.edu 919-962-7169 Physics & Astronomy, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255 USA ------------------------------ End of Space Digest Volume 15 : Issue 323 ------------------------------