Conference 7.286::space

    Flight International usually has a only small section on spaceflight
    news. If you are not interested in general aviation, I would not
    suggest subscribing to it. You can pick it up at the newstands in
    Harvard Sq. I usually only buy it if it has something of special
    interest (I can usually read the spaceflight section in a few minutes
    at the newsstand). 
    
    There is another British magazine called Spaceflight News. It is
    a fairly glossy 'popular' mag but is very interesting. They give
    a lot of coverage to European and Soviet activity and it is often
    interesting to read reports on US activities viewed from the 'outside'.
    I'll type in subs information from home.
    
    I used to get Spaceflight and JBIS and can recommend them, especially
    Spacefilght. Thanks for entering the addresses; I've been meaning
    to track them down for a while.
    
    gary

Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!FNALCDF.BITNET!HIGGINS
Subject: More space publications
Posted: 26 Nov 86 15:46:00 GMT
Organization: The ARPA Internet
 
Henry Spencer reviewed space publications the other day, but left out
a few I think are important.  I'd also like to put in a more
enthusiastic plug for *Sky and Telescope*:  I think it is a splendid
place to get an overview of professional astronomy, and its space
coverage is quite good too, even though it is aimed at the amateur
astronomer. 
 
                                        Bill Higgins
                                        Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
                                        [email protected]
 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
ESA Journal
ESA Bulletin

both from:
ESTEC
Postbus 299
2200 AG Noordwijk
The Netherlands
 
These magazines cover the European Space Agency's activities. *ESA
Bulletin* features articles aimed at a general readership, and they
are fairly readable (if a little dry). Each issue also  carries a
section called "Programmes under development and Operations," which
provides a brief status report on each ESA project (in English and
French!).  The *Journal* is more technical, and its articles are more
specific.  Subscriptions are available free upon request. 
 

Space World
Amherst, WI 54406
 
A pretty good buy for your space-enthusiast buck.  Articles cover
past, present, and future space activities on a general-readership
level, and there are lots of short news squibs giving the latest poop.
 Might be suitable if you can't afford *Aviation Week*, don't need a
lot of techinical detail, or refuse to pay for all that airliner news
between weapons ads. ("If Napoleon had only had one of our
color-graphics tactical displays, he might have won at Waterloo...")
*Space World* is sent to members of the National Space Society,
$30/year I think, from NSS Membership Department, P.O. Box 7535, Ben
Franklin Station, Washington, D.C. 20044.  (Anybody know what will
happen to their magazines when NSS and L5 merge?) 
 

Aerospace America
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
 
This is the AIAA's official organ, and it features good, if short,
articles aimed at the non-specialist engineer.  Upcoming spacecraft
and aircraft, and new design principles, are discussed regularly.  I
find its Washington coverage particularly interesting.  I hate the
chauvinistic title, though-- it used to be called *Astronautics and
Aeronautics*.   Free to AIAA members, non-member subscriptions are
$56/year.  But rumor has it that they've started
controlled-circulation subscriptions recently. 

Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: decwrl!ucbvax!AMES-PIONEER.ARPA!eugene
Subject: Announcement of Opportunity (NASA Jargon)
Posted: 10 Dec 86 03:41:12 GMT
Organization: The ARPA Internet
 
[leq: in a nearby by galaxy, close, closer, closest.....]
 
It's time for university students to realize they MUST start preparing
resumes if they want the best summer opportunities: outside of NASA as
well as inside. 
 
	--eugene 
 
If you are a student looking for employment next summer, now is the
time to prepare a resume and fill out the application form for NASA
summer employment. This message is being posted for those with dreams
from youth.  This is your chance.  Do not delay.  This is a crude
posting, but time is running out. 
 
Unfortunately, each of the NASA Centers is recruiting summer students
using different policies from the past due to budgetary contraints.
NASA Ames and Lewis are using local Universities to hire summer
students, other Centers are doing other things. 
 
The window for submitting SF 171s is January 1 to February 1.  If you
are interested, you should have your resume and forms filled out
before January 1. Also, for mailing to other NASA centers: YOU MUST BE
A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES to apply.  We have received several
resumes from non-US citizen, sorry, we cannot take you.  Do not forget
to state that you are seeking summer positions! Foreign nationals with
a green card are okay for JPL. NASA and its contractors are equal
opportunity employers. (usually) 
 
NASA is the US civilian space agency [we are not part of the DOD]. If
you have ethical qualms about working for the DOD, but want to work in
high tech, consider NASA.  Technically for instance, all of Ames
funding is from the civilian pot.  Approximately 10% of our programs
have some interest to the military and are reimbersed by them.  This
Center does NO SDI work.  I learned this information for Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility [CPSR].  Note that several
Centers (Ames, Johnson, Kennedy, Langley) share land with military
bases. (Other Centers do not: Goddard with USDA, Lewis with Cleveland
Airport, etc.)  JPL is a contracted lab to Caltech.  They have choosen
limited military contracts, but in all cases, it is possible to
positions away from joint or direct military work if you choose. As a
reminder, we have projects which deal with manned and unmanned space,
near Earth orbit as well as deep space, aeronautics, and many aspects
of air research.  NASA is in desparate need of young computer types
[You're our only hope...]. 
 
The resources within NASA vary from supercomputers such as Crays to
PCs. The problems and people are interesting; I have worked with
varying problems: from Voyager (computer graphics and image processing
with Carl Sagan) to most recently, nuclear winter with Tom Ackerman. 
 
What we are looking for: [not specific titles]

>	exposure to numerical methods
>	General operating systems background
>	Parallel processing
>	Computer graphics
>	Simulation
>	Expert systems and other forms of AI.
>	Computer aided design
>	General software engineering
 
Additionally, there are non-computer openings, but I am unable to
provide any special help, so you have to take pot luck. 
 
Standard Form 171.

To apply (with the exception of JPL), please fill out a standard Form
171. This is the form used for all employment within the Federal
Government. If you are uncertain about anything regarding summer
hiring, you can mail me (preferred) or phone me before the end of
December at (415)-694-6453. [Better to send me net mail as I need to
take some vacation.] 
 
Problems working with NASA.  Let's be truthful.  Salary can be a
problem, so if you would prefer working for a contractor, state that
on your cover letter.  We will try to forward resumes if possible.
Another problem is locale. Sorry, we bought land where it was cheap
(at the time).  Some positions sound like they use obsolete equipment
(in some cases this is true, but we recognize the problem and are
buying state-of-the-art equipment, manpower is our biggest problem). 
 
The following descriptions are obviously biased to the Centers I have
worked at and toward contacts I have.  If you are not interested in a
computing position, either the contact or myself should try to help
you. [If you are mailing to specific people, mail ASAP, don't wait for
Jan. 1.] 
 

E. N. Miya
MS 233-14
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035

Including the Dryden Flight Research Facility (Ames/Dryden) located at
Edwards AFB where the Space Shuttle lands. We also have numerous
contractors including the Research Institute for Advanced Computer
Science.  We can forward a resume if so indicated (171 for RIACS is
not necessary).  Ames has a Cyber 205, Cray XMP and a Cray 2, and
numerous other machines.  Located in the heart of Santa Clara Valley.
Aerodynamics, chemistry, life sciences, SETI, space station work (AI).
Our summer hires will become employees of San Jose State University. A
SF 171 is unnecessary for applying to Ames, send a resume and we will
mail you an additional application packet. 
 

Barry Cooper
MS 125-123
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109

Work at JPL includes VLSI CAD, image processing, general purpose
computing on IBMs, Univacs, and the normal complement of VAXen and
PDPs.  JPL is involved in deep space missions and communications.  A
form 171 is not necessary. Barry no longer has a net address. NASA's
Deep space center, the DSN (Deep Space Network), the Mission Control
and Computing Center (MC^3), various planetary and imageing
facilities, robotics and other AI.  {Note Barry is currently on
vacation but will be back in January.} 
 

E. Flynn
NASA Headquarters
Washington DC 20546

Dr. Flinn is with the Office of Space Sciences.  There is limited use
of computers at NASA HQ, but I do know people who have summer jobbed
in WDC. Dr. Flynn no longer has a net address. 
 

Joe Bredekamp
Code 630.1
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771

GSFC has a Cyber 205, Amdahls soon to be running UTS, and performs
work on unmanned near Earth space missions.  They are located just
outside Washington DC.  Landsat, massively parallel processor, and
other sats. Joe has a BITNET address k3jhb%[email protected]. 
 

Bob Steinberg
NASA Lewis Research Center
21000 Brookpark Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44135

LeRC does work on aerodynamics.  They have a Cray-X-MP. Bob can be
reached via our internal UUCP net. 
 

NASA Johnson Manned Space Center
Houston, TX 77058

The heart of all manned space operations.  One of the largest NASA
centers. They run on IBMs and Univacs on the large-end to HP 9000s on
the small end. Gearing up for the space station.  They are reachable
thru rice.edu. 
 

NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center
Titusville, FL 32899

The Eastern launch complex for major flights.  Many small minis and
other computers such as IBMs.  Gearing up for the space station. 
 

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL35812

The largest NASA Center.  It does work on manned and unmanned space.
They have a separate facility known as the McCloud Computer Center
which houses large IBMs. Gearing up for the space station. 
 

Sue Voigt
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 23665

LaRC has a Cyber 205 and VAXen.  Those interested in numerical
analysis should know that ICASE (Inst. for Comp. Appl. in Sci. and
Eng.) is located at Langley.  Send your resumes (if interested in
ICASE) to Bob Voigt.  They are doing lots of aerodynamics and space
work. Gearing up for the space station. (suev%icase.csnet) 
 

If I did not indicate a point of contact, mail me your resume and a
copy to the Office of Personnel at that site.  I will try to help you
out as best as possible. 
 
There are also several other NASA sites under the control of the above
Centers.  For instance: at the Ames Research Center, we have the
Dryden Flight Research Facility 100 miles N of Los Angeles at Edwards
AFB.  If you are not interested in the above, perhaps there are other
NASA offices nearer than you think.  Ask me using the net.  Some sites
I can think about are near VAFB, White Sands, NM, the McCloud facility
in LA, the Wallops Island facility, and the Goddard Space Institute
near NY (uncertain about their summer policies). 
 
COOPerative work with a university or college is possible.  If you
have an interest in this, make this clear in your cover letter and
check with your local work-study office.  You must be a college
student [I checked for a high school student earlier: no go.] 
 
--eugene miya

  NASA Ames Res. Ctr.

  {hplabs,ihnp4,dual,hao,menlo70,icase}!ames!aurora!eugene
  [email protected] (note we are moving some machines and net may
  go down for a while)

    Yes, Eugene publishes something like this at the correct time every
    year.  Isn't it neat to be in such close contact?
    
    Burns

Newsgroups: sci.space,rec.aviation
Path: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!cbatt!ihnp4!uniq!rjnoe
Subject: Aviation Week subscription info.
Posted: 17 Dec 86 16:44:07 GMT
Organization: Uniq Digital Technologies, Batavia, IL
Keywords: AW&ST
Xref: decwrl sci.space:254 rec.aviation:61
 
Every so often someone will post asking for details on how to
subscribe to Aviation Week & Space Technology, particularly because it
gets mentioned and quoted from so often on these groups.  I don't
remember seeing the information posted recently so I thought I'd toss
it out in anticipation of future requests (and probably in answer to
previous ones).  This is not intended as an endorse- ment or
advertisement of the magazine.  If it bothers anyone to see commercial
articles in these newsgroups, I'd merely point out that the question
gets asked often enough to deserve a posted answer.  If you feel you
must say something to me about it, please send mail; don't clutter
these groups with meta-discussions.  Thanks. 

	Roger Noe			ihnp4!uniq!rjnoe
	Uniq Digital Technologies	[email protected]
	28 South Water Street		+1 312 879 1566
	Batavia, Illinois  60510	41:50:56 N.  88:18:35 W.
 
Mail completed subscription form to the attention of Robert W.
DeAngelis, Circulation Director, AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY,
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10124. 
 
 
Yes ... Send me AVIATION WEEK for
	[ ] 36 mos. @ $112.00   [ ] 24 mos. @ $83.00   [ ] 12 mos. @ $51.00
 
Lines 1 thru 6 must be filled in before subscription can be processed.
 
1 Name ________________________________________________________________________
 
2 Title ______________________ Eng. Deg. [ ] Yes  [ ] No  Type ________________
 
3 Co./Org./Div. _______________________________________________________________
 
4 Nature of Business __________________________________________________________
 
5 Address/City ___________________________________________ State ____ Zip _____
 
6 Please check one that best describes your title/function:
 
 (B)[ ] Corp. Officials:   (E)[ ] Engineers; designers;   (G)[ ] Procurement;
        G.S. Grades 16-18         Scientists; Planners     Productions and all
 (C)[ ] Managers; Dept.    (F)[ ] Other Engineering        other administrators
        Heads; G.S. Grades        Technical Scientific    (H)[ ] Line Flight
        6-15.                     R&D Titles & Functions         Titles (other
 (D)[ ] Engineering Mgmt.                                        than military)
        R&D Titles & Functions                            (J)[ ] Retired
 
        Other (please specify) ________________________________________________
 
 
Mail subscription to:  [ ] Home Address  [ ] Company Address
 
Address _______________________________ City _____________ State ____ Zip _____
 
[ ] Bill Me   [ ] Payment Attached    Charge My Subscription to:
 
[ ] American Express   [ ] Visa   [ ] MasterCard...Interbank No. ______________
 
Account No. _________________ Date Card Expires ________ Signature_____________
 
 
Basic rates apply to managers, engineers, and scientists in aviation,
aerospace and related technologies; military officers and government
officials.  Rates for all others slightly higher. 

  Does anyone know of a magazine that does for the Navy and ships what
Aviation Week does for Aircraft and Space? I was thinking of large Navy
and Merchant ships, not small and mid sized sail boats and motor boats.

  George

    Though not of the same style as Aviation Week, The U.S. Naval
    Institute's Proceedings does a good job of covering U.S. naval
    interests, activities, strategy, history, etc.  In that foreign
    naval advances/issues effect the U.S. they are reported as well.
    
    Proceedings is published monthly for $27/year (includes membership
    in the U.S. Naval Institute.)  I guess the closest thing I've seen
    to Proceedings is 'Air Force'.  AWST it isn't but I like it.
    
    	In case anyone's interested:
    
    		U.S. Naval Institute
    		2062 Generals Highway
    		Annapolis, MD 21401
    
    	Hope this helps,
    
    		Klaes
    
    	BTW when it has naval applications, space/aviation technology
    is included.
    

Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.research
Path: decwrl!sun!oliveb!ames!pioneer!eugene
Subject: 1987 NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
Posted: 13 Jan 87 23:42:25 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
Xref: decwrl sci.space:382 sci.research:38
 
Since 1964, NASA has had a program for summer faculty fellows. The
program is held jointly with the American Society of Engineering
Education (ASEE).  The Centers and educationally institutions working
on this are: 
 
The Jet Propulsion Lab and Caltech
NASA/Lewis Research Center and Case Western Reserve
NASA/Langley Research Center, Old Dominion and Hampton Universities
The NASA/Marshall and NASA/Kennedy Space Centers with U Alabama
Huntsville
NASA/Johnson and U of Houston-University Park and Texas A&M
NASA/Goddard SFC, Univ. of Maryland and Howard U
NASA Ames, Dryden Flight Research Facility and Stanford.
 
Duration is 10 weeks.
 
A wide variety of topics are available from computing, mechnical
engineering, life sciences, aeronautics, propulsion, materials, earth
science, atmospheric science, robotics, etc. Stipends are $800 per
week, there is a travel allowance.  There are 150 first-year
fellowships. Application DEADLINE is Feb. 1 1987. Offers made about
March 1, 1987. 
 
I have participated in these in the past.  I recommend them for any
JUNIOR faculty (1-3 years experience). I have only received one of
these forms.  The questionaire asks all the typical information about
past research, recommendations, etc.  GET A FORM IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED.  You are wasting time if you call me. If you are
interested, I would not delay.  I would suggest calling: 
 
	American Society for Engineering Education
	Suite 200 Eleven Dupont Circle
	Washington DC 20036 USA
	(202)-293-7080
 
Get the ASEE form first.  Ask for NASA-ASEE fellowship. Specific
research topics are too detailed to reproduce here. Get the form and
it will detail which Centers and Universities are covering which
topics. 

The form gives points of contact where the materials should be sent:
 
Caltech/JPL:
Dr. Harry Ashkenas
MS 180/900
Jet Propulsion Lab
Caltech
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
 
Case Western Reserve and NASA/Lewis:
Dr. Joseph Prahl
Dept. of Mechnical and Aerospace Engineering
Glennan Bldg.
Case Western Reserve Univeristy
Cleveland, OH 44106
 
Old Dominion U, Hampton U, and NASA/ Langley:
Dr. Surendra Tiwari
Dept. of Mecahnical Engineering and Mechanics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23508
 
U Alabama, NASA Marshall and Kennedy:
For Marshall SFC:
Dr. Gerald Karr
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
University of Alabama
Huntsville, AL 35899
 
For Kennedy SC:
Dr. Ernest Spivey
System Training and Education Development
PM-TNG
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
 
Texas A&M, U of Houston, NASA/Johnson
Prof. William Jones, Jr.
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3128
 
U Maryland, Howard U, NASA/Goddard SFC
Dr. Harold Boroson
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
 
Stanford University/ NASA Ames RC and Dryden Flight RF
Mrs. Nita Girard
Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
 
From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
 
--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
  [email protected]

  "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
  {hplabs,hao,nike,ihnp4,decwrl,allegra,tektronix,menlo70}!ames!aurora!eugene

Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: decwrl!pyramid!amdahl!ptsfa!ihnp4!homxb!houxm!mtuxo!mtgzz!dls
Subject: World Space Foundation & Space Studies Institute
Posted: 13 Mar 87 22:46:51 GMT
Organization: AT&T, Middletown NJ
 
    For a long time I've had the addresses of the World Space
Foundation and the Space Studies Institute in my desk. Since the
latest issue of Omni has an article and an add on SSI, I thought this
would be a good time to post some info on each. 
 
    I personally contribute a fair amount to each group (I'm an SSI
Senior Associate), and think they both deserve your support. 
 
    Both groups raise money and solicit donations (like booster
stages) for projects that NASA can't or won't fund. Principle areas of
interest are: 

	WSF: solar sail construction, near-Earth crossing asteroid search
	SSI: mass drivers, processing of lunar material, SPS design
 
    Note that the two groups are synergistic, not duplicative.
 
    Here are the addresses:
 
                        Space Studies Institute
                        285 Rosedale Road, PO Box 82
                        Princeton, NJ 08540
 
                        World Space Foundation
                        PO Box Y
                        South Pasadena, California 91030
 
    Although both groups publish newsletters, they are really just a
series of reports on current projects. 
 
 Dale Skran

    re priors
    
    I understand that the L-5 society has merged with another group.
    Can someone supply the name and mailing address of this new group.
    I would very much like to join.
    
    Thank You.
    

        L5 has merged with the NSS. I think their address is in an
        earlier reply here.

    Now, anyone care to supply some info on local chapters ??  I cannot
    find info on the Massachusetts chapter - Boston ?

From: [email protected] (Price)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro
Subject: Planetary Society Address
Date: 5 Oct 87 00:30:51 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
 
    Since it is of general interest, the address of The Planetary
Society is: 
 
	The Planetary Society
	P.O. Box 3599
	Pasadena, CA 91103

 
						Douglas H. Price
						Analysts International Corp.
						@ AT&T Bell Laboratories
						..!ihnp4!ihlpa!dhp

From: [email protected] (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: space news from Aug 24 AW&ST
Date: 7 Oct 87 21:59:32 GMT
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
 
       [Next in the multi-way tie for third place in space-related
   periodicals is a pair:  PLANETARY ENCOUNTER and WORLD SPACEFLIGHT
   NEWS.  These are for people who want the nitty-gritty details.  No
   glossy color photos or quotations from Chairman Carl to be found here,
   just page after page of real hard solid information.  PE covers
   planetary missions, WSN covers near-Earth spaceflight.  Aviation Leak
   spent one paragraph discussing Joe Kerwin's medical report on the
   deaths of the Challenger crew; WSN printed the whole thing.  The NRC
   report on shuttle flight frequencies etc. got about one column in
   AW&ST; WSN printed the whole thing.  The so-called International Comet
   Explorer got some polite coverage in various journals (no exciting
   photos to be had, since it had no camera); PE spent an entire issue on
   it, with diagrams, lists of experiments, an interview with the mission
   director, etc.  When the shuttle was flying regularly, WSN printed
   things like payload manifests, activity schedules, and post- mission
   assessment reports for EVERY mission.  The same crew also puts out a
   succession of extra-cost "special reports", containing things like
   NASA technical documents on related topics.  (Example:  although I
   think they may have had second thoughts due to poor sales on this, at
   one point they were going to put out a multi-volume special report
   reprinting the entire Critical Items List from the shuttle.)  Highly
   recommended if you are tired of the babytalk in newsstand magazines
   and want to know the gory details.  PE and WSN are at Box 98, Sewell
   NJ 08080.  Each is nominally monthly, although in fact they've been
   coming out less frequently for the last year or so due to lack of
   news.  Each is $30 for 12 issues sent First Class to the US or Canada,
   elsewhere $45 for 12 issues sent Air Mail.] 
 
"Mir" means "peace", as in           |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
"the war is over; we've won".        | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry

    Hello,
    
    	Can anyone point me or place the address for NASA so I can see if
    I can obtain some space seeds for our local school ?
    
    	Thanks in advance...
    
    Chris
    
    	(Mr Moderator please move this note if its location is wrong!)

Article        34744
From: [email protected] (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: BIS party in Chicago next Friday
Date: 23 Aug 91 11:22:00 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: The Internet
 
    Members of the British Interplanetary Society will present an
 
                   ADVANCED SPACE SYSTEMS SEMINAR
                        and Technical Gabfest
 
                      Friday, 30 August 1991
                               9:00 PM
               at the World Science Fiction Convention
                     Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel
                       Chicago, Illinois, USA
                           Buckingham Room
 
                          Kickoff Speakers:
           Henry Vanderbilt-- Status of SSTO Projects
    Dr. Geoffrey Landis-- New and Improved Solar Power Satellites
 
If you attend this informal gathering, be prepared for intensive
tech-talk.  It's a chance to kick around favorite ideas about launch
vehicles, advanced propulsion, missions, support systems, SETI, the
Soviets, or whatever else is on your mind-- the kind of stuff BIS
members have been doing for almost sixty years.  And you'll also be
able to meet some folks who are working on astronautics projects and
hear what they're up to. 
 
Quite a few British Interplanetary Society members show up at
Worldcon, and it's an opportunity for North American members to
socialize together.  The BIS is one of the world's oldest spaceflight
societies (founded in 1933) as well as one of the most forward-looking
(Moonship design published 1939, Daedalus starship design 1978). We've
done this party four times now (three times under the BIS aegis), and
it's always fun. 
 
I'd appreciate hearing from you over the net if you think you might
come.  Chicago-area space folks are welcome to this affair  even if
you aren't attending the convention. 
 
     O~~*           /_) ' / /   /_/ '  ,   ,  ' ,_  _           \|/
   - ~ -~~~~~~~~~~~/_) / / /   / / / (_) (_) / / / _\~~~~~~~~~~~zap!
 /       \                          (_) (_)                    / | \
 |       |     Bill Higgins   Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
 \       /     Bitnet:     [email protected]
   -   -       Internet:  [email protected]
     ~         SPAN/Hepnet:      43011::HIGGINS

Date: 6 Jan 92 03:43:28 GMT
From: [email protected]  (Jonathan Leech)
Subject: Space FAQ 5/16 - References

Archive-name: space/references
Last-modified: $Date: 92/01/05 22:22:50 $

REFERENCES ON SPECIFIC AREAS

    PUBLISHERS OF SPACE/ASTRONOMY MATERIAL

    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

    Willmann-Bell
    P.O. Box 35025
    Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA
    (804)-320-7016 9-5 EST M-F

    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.

    Cambridge University Press
    32 East 57th Street
    New York, NY 10022

    John Wiley & Sons
    605 Third Avenue
    New York, NY 10158-0012

    Superintendent of Documents
    US Government Printing Office
    Washington, DC 20402

    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)

    Univelt, Inc.
    P. O. Box 28130
    San Diego, Ca. 92128

	Publishers for the American Astronomical Society.

    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.

    Astronomical Society of the Pacific
    1290 24th Avenue
    San Francisco, CA 94122

	More expensive but better organized slide sets.

    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.

    Roger Wheate
    Geography Dept.
    University of Calgary, Alberta
    Canada T2N 1N4
    (403)-220-4892
    (403)-282-7298 (FAX)
    [email protected]

	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.

    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


    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.


    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 include 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.


    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).

	    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.

	    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.

	    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


    ANATEUR 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

NEXT: FAQ #6/16 - Constants and equations for calculations

    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON SCI.SPACE/SCI.ASTRO

    INTRODUCTION

    This series of linked messages is periodically posted to the Usenet
groups sci.space and sci.astro in an attempt to provide good answers to
frequently asked questions and other reference material which is worth
preserving. If you have corrections or answers to other frequently asked
questions that you would like included in this posting, send email to
[email protected] (Jon Leech).

    If you don't want to see the FAQ, add 'Frequently Asked Questions' to
your KILL file for this group (if you're not reading this with a newsreader
that can kill articles by subject, you're out of luck).

    The FAQ volume is excessive right now and will hopefully be trimmed down
by rewriting and condensing over time. The FAQ postings are available in
the Ames SPACE archive in FAQ/faq<#>.

    Good summaries will be accepted in place of the answers given here. The
point of this is to circulate existing information, and avoid rehashing old
answers. Better to build on top than start again. Nothing more depressing
than rehashing old topics for the 100th time. References are provided
because they give more complete information than any short generalization.

    Questions fall into three basic types:

    1) Where do I find some information about space?

    Try your local public library first. The net is not a good place to ask
    for general information. Ask INDIVIDUALS (by email) if you must. There
    are other sources, use them, too. The net is a place for open ended
    discussion.

    2) I have an idea which would improve space flight?

    Hope you aren't surprised, but 9,999 out of 10,000 have usually been
    thought of before. Again, contact a direct individual source for
    evaluation. NASA fields thousands of these each day.

    3) Miscellanous queries.

    These are addressed on a case-by-case basis in the following series of
    FAQ postings.


    SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER NETIQUETTE

    Read news.announce.newusers if you're on Usenet.
    Minimize cross references, [Do you REALLY NEED to?]
    Edit "Subject:" lines, especially if you're taking a tangent.
    Send mail instead, avoid posting follow ups. (1 mail message worth
	100 posts).
    Internet mail readers: send requests to add/drop to SPACE-REQUEST
	not SPACE.
    Read all available articles before posting a follow-up. (Check all
	references.)
    Cut down attributed articles (leave only the points you're
	responding to; remove signatures and headers). Summarize!
    Put a return address in the body (signature) of your message (mail
	or article), state your institution, etc. Don't assume the
	'reply' function of mailers will work.
    Use absolute dates. Post in a timely way. Don't post what everyone
	will get on TV anyway.
    Some editors and window systems do character count line wrapping:
	keep lines under 80 characters for those using ASCII terminals
	(use carriage returns).


    INDEX TO LINKED POSTINGS

    I've attempted to break the postings up into related areas. There isn't
    a keyword index yet; the following lists the major subject areas in each
    posting. Only those containing astronomy-related material are posted to
    sci.astro (indicated by '*' following the posting number).

    #	Contents

    1*	Introduction
	    Suggestions for better netiquette
	    Index to linked postings
	    Notes on addresses, phone numbers, etc.
	    Contributors

    2*	Network resources
	    Overview
	    Mailing lists
	    Periodically updated information
	    Warning about non-public networks

    3*	Online (and some offline) sources of images, data, etc.
	    Introduction
	    Viewing Images
	    Online Archives
		NASA Ames
		Spacelink
		National Space Science Data Center
		Space Telescope Science Institute Electronic Info. Service
		Astronomical Databases
		Astronomy Programs
		Orbital Element Sets
		SPACE Digest
	    Landsat & NASA Photos
	    Planetary Maps
	    Cometary Orbits

    4*	Performing calculations and interpreting data formats
	    Computing spacecraft orbits and trajectories
	    Computing planetary positions
	    Computing crater diameters from Earth-impacting asteroids
	    Map projections and spherical trignometry
	    Performing N-body simulations efficiently
	    Interpreting the FITS image format
	    Sky (Unix ephemeris program)

    5*	References on specific areas
	    Publishers of space/astronomy material
	    Careers in the space industry
	    LLNL "great exploration"
	    Spacecraft models
	    Spacecraft design
	    Esoteric propulsion schemes (solar sails, lasers, fusion...)
	    Spy satellites
	    Space shuttle computer systems
	    SETI computation (signal processing)

    6*	Constants and equations for calculations

    7*	Astronomical Mnemonics

    8	Contacting NASA, ESA, and other space agencies/companies
	    NASA Centers / ESA / Arianespace / SPOT Image / NASDA /
	    Soyuzkarta / Space Commerce Corporation / Space Camp /
	    Other commercial space businesses

    9	Schedules for space missions, and how to see them
	    Shuttle launchings and landings; schedules and how to see them
	    How to receive the NASA TV channel, NASA SELECT
	    Dial-A-Shuttle and how to use it

    10	Planetary probes - Historical Missions
	    US planetary missions
	    Mariner (Venus, Mars, & Mercury flybys and orbiters)
	    Pioneer (Moon, Sun, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn flybys and orbiters)
	    Ranger (Lunar lander and impact missions)
	    Lunar Orbiter (Lunar surface photography)
	    Surveyor (Lunar landers)
	    Viking (Mars orbiters and landers)
	    Voyager (Outer planet flybys)
	    Soviet planetary missions
	    Soviet Lunar probes
	    Soviet Venus probes
	    Soviet Mars probes
	    Planetary mission references

    11	Upcoming planetary probes - missions and schedules
	    Galileo
	    Mars Observer
	    CRAF
	    Cassini
	    Other space science missions

    12	Controversial questions
	    What happened to the Saturn V plans
	    Why data from space missions isn't immediately available
	    Risks of nuclear (RTG) power sources for space probes
	    Impact of the space shuttle on the ozone layer
	    How long can a human live unprotected in space
	    Using the shuttle beyond Low Earth Orbit

    13	Space activist/interest/research groups and space publications
	    Groups
	    Publications
	    Undocumented Groups

    14	How to become an astronaut

    15	Orbital and Planetary Launch Services

    16	Things to do to the FAQ list / questions to be answered


    NOTES ON ADDRESSES, PHONE NUMBERS, ETC.

    Unless otherwise specified, telephone numbers, addresses, and so on are
    for the United States of America. Non-US readers should remember to add
    the country code for telephone calls, etc.


    CREDITS

    Eugene Miya started a series of linked FAQ postings some years ago which
    inspired (and was largely absorbed into) this set.

    Peter Yee and Ron Baalke have and continue to spend a lot of their own
    time setting up the SPACE archives at NASA Ames and forwarding official
    NASA announcements.

    Many other people have contributed material to this list in the form of
    old postings to sci.space and sci.astro which I've edited. Please let me
    know if corrections need to be made. Contributors I've managed to keep
    track of are:

    [email protected] (Phil Stooke)	- planetary maps
    [email protected] (Paul W. Schleck)	- AMSAT, ARRL contact info
    [email protected] (Richard Akerman)   - crater diameters
    [email protected] (Lisa Weigel)	- SEDS info
    [email protected] (Alan Wm Paeth) - map projections
    [email protected] (Allen W. Sherzer)		- Great Exploration
    [email protected] (Ron Baalke)	- planetary probe schedules
    [email protected] (Timothy Banks)	- map projections,
	variable star analysis archive
    [email protected] (Bernie Rosen)	- Space Camp
    [email protected] (Barry Schlesinger)   - FITS format
    [email protected] (Craig E. Ward)		- space group contact info
    [email protected] (Tom Chapin)		- planetary positions
    [email protected] (Anthony Datri)	- PDS/VICAR viewing software
    [email protected] (Dave Rickel)		- orbit formulae
    [email protected] (Paul F. Dietz)	- refs for planetary positions
    [email protected] (Phil Fraering)		- propulsion
    [email protected] (Dani Eder)		- Saturn V plans
    [email protected] (Eugene N. Miya)	- introduction,
	NASA contact info, started FAQ postings
    [email protected] (Terry Gaetz)		- N-body calculations,
	orbital dynamics
    [email protected] (Steve Grandi)		- planetary positions
    greer%utd201.dnet%[email protected] (Dale M. Greer)   - constants
    [email protected] (Henry Spencer)	- survival in vacuum,
	astronaut how-to, publication refs
    [email protected] (William Higgins)	- RTGs, publishers,
	shuttle landings, spysats, propulsion
    [email protected] (Hal Mueller)	- map projections,
	orbital dynamics
    [email protected] (Jim Bowery)		- propulsion, launch services
    [email protected] (Jim Scotti)	- planetary positions
    [email protected] (Kieran A. Carroll)- refs for spacecraft design
    [email protected] (Kenneth Ng)		- RTGs
    [email protected] (Larry Klaes)		- planetary probe history
    [email protected] (Jon Leech)		- crater diameters
    [email protected] (Lou Adornato)		- orbital dynamics
    [email protected] (Maury Markowitz)   - propulsion
    [email protected]		- N-body calculations
    [email protected] (Marc Wayne Mcconley)    - space careers
    [email protected] (Mark Brader)			- Mariner 1 info.
    [email protected] (Dr. Nick Watkins)	- models, spysats
    [email protected] (Kenneth W Durham)	- cometary orbits, IAU
    [email protected] (Paul Blase)	- propulsion
    [email protected] (Peter Scott)	- RTGs
    [email protected] (Ran Atkinson)	- FTPable astro. programs
    [email protected] (R. Michael Jungclas)- models
    [email protected] (David Seal)	- CRAF schedule
    [email protected] (Mary Shafer)	- photos, shuttle landings
    [email protected] (Willie Smith)	- photos
    [email protected] (Ray Sterner)	- planetary positions
    [email protected] (Ted Anderson)	- propulsion
    [email protected] (Terry Hancock)	- NASA center info
    [email protected] (Bill Thorson) - FITS info
    [email protected] (Todd L. Masco)	- SPACE Digest
    [email protected] (Tom Horsley)	- refs for algorithms
    [email protected] (Wayne Hayes)	- constants
    [email protected] (Matthew P Wiener) - Voyager history
    [email protected] (Peter Yee)		- AMES archive server,
	propulsion

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.13>    Since it is of general interest, the address of The Planetary
.13> Society is: 
.13> 
.13>	The Planetary Society
.13>	P.O. Box 3599
.13>	Pasadena, CA 91103
    
    I have send a letter to this address and it was returned to me. Does
    anyone have the correct address?
    
    AdvTNXance,
    
    Wildrik.

        The Planetary Society
        65 North Catalina Avenue
        Pasadena, California 91106 
        U.S.A.
 

    Re: .19
    
    Thanks, I'll give it a try.
    
    Wildrik