From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2007 - 09:33:21 PDT
>From: "The Planetary Society" <tpsmbl_at_planetary.org>
>Subject: Newsletter: Pioneer Anomaly, NEO Grants, SETI@ home - March 2007
>Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:00:00 -0800
>
>THE PLANETARY SOCIETY
>NEWSLETTER
>
>=============================
>IN THIS ISSUE:
>=============================
> WHAT WE DO - Pioneer Anomaly, NEO Grants,
> SETI@ home
>
> EXPLORE - LPSC, Enceladus
>
> PARTICIPATE - Global Volunteer Network
>
> FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -
> Defending the Planet
>
>===============================
>WHAT WE DO
>===============================
>* Pioneer Anomaly
> A Letter from the Project Director
>by Slava G. Turyshev
>
>"The existence of the anomaly is confirmed by seven
>independent investigations using different navigational
>codes. The most important question now is to identify
>the cause of this anomalous frequency drift
>discovered in the Pioneer data. However, its
>analysis is technically complex, as we will have
>to "re-fly" the 30-year Pioneer missions. In
>other words, we will have to virtually "launch"
>the Pioneers, acquire their signals, perform
>the first orientation maneuver, and go arc-by-arc
>all the way to Jupiter and Saturn (for Pioneer 11),
>then fly by outer planets and leave the solar
>system while still transmitting scientific and
>engineering information -- and do that until the last data point."
>
>Read more >>
>http://planetary.org/programs/projects/pioneer_anomaly/update_20070328.html
>
>* SETI@ home
>Spinoff Project Recruits Game Consoles to Decipher Biological Mystery
>
>If you are the proud owner of a Sony PlayStation 3,
>or are considering purchasing one, keep in mind
>that your acquisition is much more than an expensive
>game console. It can aid in the fight against some
>of the most debilitating diseases known to humankind.
>
>All PlayStation 3 modules, version 1.6 or higher,
>have been designed to run folding@ home, a scientific
>distributed computing project based at Stanford
>University. Launched in 2000, folding@ home is modeled
>on the remarkably successful SETI@ home, a project
>launched the previous year thanks to seed funding
>by the members of The Planetary Society.
>
>Read more >>
>http://planetary.org/news/2007/0328_SETIhome_Offspring_Project_Recruits.html
>
>* The 2007 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grants
>Meet the Winners
>
>The 2007 Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object (NEO) Grants,
>totaling $34,500 (US), were awarded to an international
>collection of amateur astronomers and researchers:
>
>- Eric J. Allen, Quebec, Canada;
>- Robert E. Holmes, Jr., Illinois, USA;
>- Jean-Claude Pelle, Tahiti, French Polynesia;
>- Donald P. Pray, Rhode Island, USA;
>- Giovanni Sostero, Udine, Italy;
>- Brian D. Warner, Colorado, USA; and
>- Quanzhi Ye, Guangzhou, China.
>
>The observers and their projects were selected from
>a group of 23 proposals that The Planetary Society
>received from 11 different countries on five continents.
>Congratulations to all the winners and special thanks
>to our Members for their continued support of NEO
>research and tracking.
>
>Meet the winners >>
>http://planetary.org/programs/projects/near_earth_objects/neo_grants/
>
>=============================
>Do you want to...?
>
>• Unravel the mysteries of space?
>• Search for life on other worlds?
>• Find new planets outside our solar system?
>• Make missions of exploration happen?
>
>Membership in The Planetary Society is your ticket
>to space exploration.
>
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>
>Join together with our International membership
>and help shape the future of space exploration.
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>
>===============================
>EXPLORE
>===============================
>* Reports from the 2007 Lunar and
>Planetary Science Conference
>Special Coverage from The Planetary Society Weblog
>March 12-16, 2006
>
>Scientists Bethany Ehlmann, Jason Perry, Anne
>Verbiscer, Brad Thomson, and Tom Swulius sent these
>reports from the 38th Lunar and Planetary Science
>Conference to Emily Lakdawalla for posting in
>The Planetary Society Weblog. The reports cover
>some of the latest news from Saturn and Mars.
>
>Read More >>
>http://planetary.org/news/2007/0312_Reports_from_the_2007_Lunar_and.html
>
>Some Recent Planetary Headlines
>
>- Chemistry and Physics Suggest a Soup Under Enceladus'
> South Pole
>- Private Rocketship Falcon 1 Flies,
> But Fails to Reach Orbit
>- The Empire Strikes Back:
> Europe's First Trip to Mars Brings Home
> "The Gold"
>- Cassini Reveals "Seas" of Methane
> and Ethane on Titan
>
>Read these and more exploration stories and news at:
>http://www.planetary.org/news/index.html
>
>or read our daily blog updates at:
>http://planetary.org/blog
>
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>PARTICIPATE
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>* Global Volunteer Network
>
>Volunteers are a vital part of who we are and what
>we do. They coordinate and represent the Society at
>public events, including celebrations tied to
>missions or planetary activities, panel discussions,
>star parties, hands-on demonstrations and lectures;
>they assist staff with projects; they promote
>membership; and they engage the public in Society
>projects, including contests, advocacy campaigns
>and educational activities like our Messages
>from Earth program, which recently included sending
>wishes to the Moon on the Selene mission and sending
>names to Mars on the Phoenix lander mission.
>
>Many dedicated volunteers from around the
>world have joined the network.
>
>Want to get more involved?
>
>Find out More >>
>http://planetary.org/participate/volunteer/index.html
>
>===============================
>FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
>===============================
>* Defending the Planet
>by Louis Friedman
>
>"In March, I attended the Planetary Defense Conference
>in Washington, D.C. Despite its title, this was not a
>military planning exercise to deal with an alien invasion
>of Earth. Rather it was a meeting of scientists and
>engineers looking for potential dangers from asteroids or
>comets that orbit close by Earth -- including what we
>might do if one were discovered on a collision
>course with our planet."
>
>Read the full report at:
>http://planetary.org/about/executive_director/20070216.html
>
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