Conference 7.286::space

    I just recently started in this file and have sent for the report
    my self. I worked for an electronic contractor at langley nasa and
    have collected 2 large notebooks of pictures of space shuttle,aircraft
    and planets and moons from mercury to uranus (neptune in a couple
    years) and a few on halley's comet. if anyone at DIGITAL here in
    augusta maine would like to see them, drop me a line and I will
    bring them in. does any one know where I can aquire pictures of
    galaxies, comets or other nice things? I am still trying to add
    to my collection.
           thanx,Galen
    

    Surely there must be a scanner somewhere in Maine.  It would
    be an excellent thing if these pictures could be put on-line
    for enjoyment of Digital employees across the E-net.
    
    Pat
    

    I have over 150 pictures, most of the are aquired by writing to
    JPL or other NASA public information offices and asking for them.
    just before leaving maine a few years back, Carl ran cosmos. My
    brother and I discussed NASA making money from selling these pictures
    being taken by the voyagers, when I left I happened into a job at
    NASA and found out I could get the pictures but they were free for
    the asking. They also write little books on the projects and progress.
    I read the one on viking and found it to be a real tear jerker when
    they told me both vikings have died. I have been trying to get the
    venera pictures on the surface of venus. I called carl sagon's office
    a couple years ago to find out where he got his. (he was in the
    hospital at the time) his secretary said brown university. they
    had tried russian embassy but due to a US/Russian disagreement she
    said they were very snotty with her.

    I have gotton  picture form the Russian Embassy in NY, they were
    old ones but nice 8x10 Black and whites photos of Salyut 7 and
    some of the Cosmonauts in training. Most had been publish before
    in SOVIET LIFE. 
     
    I too have gottong a nice slide set from writing JPL for info on the 
    Voyager mission. It would be nice to staart a list of who is
    responsible  for what missions and if pictures or satellite
    informaiton is advable for the asking. 
    
    john
    

    I have found that the older pictures/slides are a little harder
    to come by. I try finding out which NASA facility had the most to
    do with the various projects and call them. NASA has a list of photos
    (or did have a few years back). I think I still have it. they said
    something to the affect that you get them printed by a contractor.
    your cost would be the contractors charge. I guess they send negatives
    or slides to them. does anyone know how this works? if I find my
    book of photos, I'll put the part # here and type in the info on
    ordering. they also have a list of publications. this is where you
    would order wall posters. i.e. space shuttle in detail, light spectrum,
    planets, and other informative info. (planets poster is very outdated
    unless they have revised it) there is a charge for these pubs.
       galen

    I was just reminded of the high speed of the government(from usaf
    days), I called in to find out if they had received my money order
    at GPO for the rogers commision report and they said something like
    it will take a few thousand years to get it. I ordered a new nasa
    publication list. 
     re .3(i think)
       I have a nasa photo index that lists pictures of all the launches,
    crews and other pictures, but it is a 1980 list and I'll try to
    get an updated version. If you want to get a list going on who was
    responsable for the launches I will contribute.
    
    

    There is indeed a catalog of photos available. I'll try to dig out
    the order number from my files. The descriptions of many of the
    photos are very cryptic.
    
    My experience is that the publications list is invariably out of
    date.
    
    If you are in the DC area, you can buy many of the NASA pubs at
    the book store at the NASM and at the visitor's center at Goddard
    SFC.
    
    re .6
    If you think ordering books from the USGPO is bad, try it from
    overseas. I did and it took nearly a year for them to tell me they
    were out of stock and to return my money order in a form that the
    Australian Post Office would not refund.
    
    gary

My experience with the USGPO is quite different.  I have ordered
books from them on a number of occasions.  I always use a Visa
card instead of a money order and place the order over the phone.
As an example I received my copy of the Roger's report in the mail
less than two weeks after I called them.

	Tony

    Just received my vol I. just under 1 month, not bad. very interesting
    book. I also received the nasa publications list. yes it is somewhat
    out dated. if you order $100 in publications you get 25% of so any
    one might consider that if they are going to order the whole rogers
    commission report they should find out if that is also included.
     I see some off the benifits I lost since I left langley NASA. the
    book I got free from NASA tech library cost about $13 in the
    publications list.
    galen