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ESA PR 36-2004. After a seven-year cruise through the = Solar=20 System, the joint NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft last night=20 successfully entered orbit around Saturn. The Cassini orbiter is now = ready to=20 begin its four-year survey of the planet and its moons, while the = Huygens probe=20 will be prepared for the next major mission milestone: its release = toward the=20 largest moon, Titan, in December.

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------=_NextPart_000_00B6_01C45F85.B303B430-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Thu Jul 1 13:19:50 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i61KJkwF023903 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:19:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA14766 for bioastro-list; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:12:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav9.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.113]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA14762 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:12:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:11:31 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav9.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:11:31 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: [Launch Alert] SpaceShipOne Soars into History Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:11:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00CC_01C45F86.113EEF10" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:11:29 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2004 20:11:31.0596 (UTC) FILETIME=[99B1CCC0:01C45FA7] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01C45F86.113EEF10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Brian Webb=20 To: Launch Alert=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:13 AM Subject: [Launch Alert] SpaceShipOne Soars into History LAUNCH ALERT Brian Webb Ventura County, California E-mail: kd6nrp@earthlink.net Web Site: = http://www.spacearchive.info 2004 June 30 (Wednesday) 20:59 PDT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SpaceShipOne SOARS INTO HISTORY History's first privately funded manned spaceflight took place above the California desert last week. Mike Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne to an altitude of 62 miles (100 km) and landed safely at Mojave airport. Launch Alert reader John was at Mojave airport for the flight and provided this account: "This morning, along with about 15,000 other people and a larger radio and TV audience, I saw a little bit of history unfold at the Mojave Airport. By now you have all seen accounts of it and maybe you were there. The first known civilian spacecraft was launched and the pilot reached about 62 miles altitude before gliding back to a landing on the runway in front of us. I started out from Springville about 10PM and arrived at the airport at 1230.AM. Instead of lining up, the cars were going in and parking under the glare of some portable lights. The west wind was constant and blowing up to about 30 MPH, so it wasn't pleasant outside the car. I found a spot and joined a couple hundred cars already there, the pioneers of thousands that were to arrive over the next 6 hours. Some people were trying to sleep, others standing around bent into the wind which prevented much conversation, and nearly blew a couple's tent away nearby my spot, which was along the fence looking east onto the runway. It started to brighten about 0430 and the sun came up following Venus at about 0540. By this time the crowd had grown enormously, the wind died down quite a bit, and a feeling of growing anticipation also grew with the sunrise. The dozens of porta-potties were doing a brisk business, and people were carting their camp chairs, binoculars, cameras and kids to the area set aside for people to watch. You couldn't take a car over there, so I stayed put even though ultimately I missed some of the roll-out and later exhibition of the spacecraft. I had so much stuff, I didn't want to leave it! Tethered by technology might be a good phrase to describe the situation. While I had gone to make a potty call and checked out the viewing area, a lady from Hanford and a couple from Sonoma had set up more or less in front of the car. I had to reclaim a little space which I did by hauling my 7' scope ladder out and setting it up right between my car and the fence. One of the most remembered things about this trip will be how the local country and western station handled their live coverage of the event. Commentary was indispersed with commercials and very country country music! I found the combination pretty hilarious. Apparently folks over in that area compete to see who can be more country. The Old West is alive and well in the Mojave, yessereebob! Anyhoo, the mothership, called the White Knight with the little rocket plane nestled against its belly finally taxied out and rolled slowly down to the end of the runway. After a few checks by a ground crew, the twin jet finally rolled and started gaining speed at about 0643, a little behind their schedule. By this time it was getting hot and mercifully the wind had all but stopped howling. Two chase planes went before the mother ship and a jet trainer also used as a high altitude chase plane followed a few minutes later. The White Knight gained altitude slowly, and it and the Starship twin pusher turboprop camera chase plane became hard to see at certain atitudes when the Sun didn't glint off their white paint. At about 30,000 feet, all the planes started making contrails, which allowed easy tracking as they made ever widening circles while gaining height to the 50,000 foot launch altitude. They finally made a huge figure 8 and flew off toward the northeast to the launch point. Most of us lost view because by this time they stopped making contrails so were very hard to see. The P.A. announcer and radio commentator did their best to do the countdown and tell us which direction to look, which turned out to be directly into the increasingly blinding Sun. I didn't even try to find the aircraft for fear of being blinded, they were that close, but when the "Ignition!" command came out, everybody cheered and the brown smoke trail of the rocket could be seen coming right up out of the Sun for the 80 second burn of the rocket engine. With the 16x70s I could just see the spacecraft at the end of the whitening plume. The SpaceShipOne little craft then glided upwards after burnout to about 63 miles, making the pilot, Mike Melville, a new astronaut and the first one from a civilian company. The commercialization of manned space had begun! Now the Rutan company and its sponsor for this project, billionaire Paul Allen, will gear up for the flights to win the $10,000,000 Ansari prize, which will require two flights within 2 weeks with either a crew of 3 or the equivalent in weight of 3 people, to the same 100km altitude reached today. If they win the prize, it will repay about 1/2 the $20,000,000 invested so far by Allen. Their goal, they swear, is not to win the prize, but to start civilianizing space, and the prize is incidental. The trip back down from altitude seemed a bit faster (45 mins) than the climb up, but the rocket plane actually glides quite well, and it landed gracefully after making a sweeping turn over the northeast side of the airport. It was followed closely by the chase planes which later did a victory pass over the crowd and the now-landed spaceplane. Their flyby was the most impressive thing that happened that morning physically, and you could tell by the pilots' actions that they were happy happy guys, as well as the audience which broke into spontaneous cheering after the flyby and when the pilot opened the hatch and stepped out of the rocket. Unlike the Shuttle, this plane uses an unexotic fuel with nitrous oxide as the oxidizer, so no after-flight precautions were needed as with the larger vehicle. The South African born pilot was seen by the crowd standing on his craft with both arms raised in a victory salute, and as they towed it back to the hanger, sitting on the fuselage like a steed, which indeed it was. So I got some great memories out of the trip, some halfway shaky video (which I haven't looked at yet), and a desire to go over to Mojave again for the next flight! With this experience I will know just where to go and where to take my ladder! And I have my $10 ticket, some pictures, and a little bit of history." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMARINE USS LOUISVILLE LAUNCHES TOMAHAWK IN WEST COAST TEST Naval Air Systems Command News Release A U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missile was launched this week* from USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724), a submerged LOS ANGELES-Class submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern Calif. The missile flew a land attack mission, launching from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) sea ranges. Seconds after launch from the submarine's torpedo tube, the Tomahawk missile transitioned to cruise flight. It flew a fully guided 530-nautical mile test flight using global positioning satellite navigation to a target and recovery site on the NAVAIR land range. Included in this test event, the mission was planned onboard the launch platform, a capability developed for the new Tactical Tomahawk Weapons System. This new capability allows the fleet to reduce the time required to plan and execute a Tomahawk mission. Tomahawk missiles are deployed throughout the world's oceans on numerous surface ships and submarines, including AEGIS-Class Cruisers, Guided Missile Destroyers, and SEAWOLF and LOS ANGELES-Class submarines. As in all Tomahawk flight tests, air route safety was carefully planned in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration. For safety purposes, the Tomahawk could have been guided by commands from safety chase aircraft. The Tomahawk program is managed by the Program Executive Office, Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation (PEO(W)) co-located at the NAVAIR complex in Patuxent River, Maryland. The missile is manufactured by Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ. Tomahawk is a registered trademark of the United States Navy. * The flight apparently took place between June 21 and 24. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE As of 2004 June 30 Launch Time/Window Date (PST/PDT) Vehicle Pad/Silo -------- ----------------- ---------- -------- JUL? To be announced Minuteman III --- ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one warhead (probably a Mk-12). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific. Postponed following two unsuccessful launch attempts on March 24th. Glory Trip 184GM JUL To be announced Peacekeeper --- ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is unarmed warheads (probably Mk-21). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific. Glory Trip 33PA? JUL 10 03:01:57-03:04:57 Delta II SLC-2W Payload is NASA's AURA scientific satellite. This pre-dawn launch should be visible over a wide area. SEP? 10:00-13:00 Falcon I SLC-3W Payload is the Naval Research Laboratory's TacSat-1 satellite. The launch window is fixed and does not change if the launch date changes. SEP To be announced Minuteman III --- ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed warheads (probably Mk-12). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein in the central Pacific. Glory Trip 186? OCT 18 Unknown Pegasus XL Offshore Payload is DART satellite NOV 9 08:00-10:00 Minotaur SLC-8 Payload is XSS-11 satellite ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Southern California Astronomical Events for 2004 July Time Date (PST/PDT) Event -------- --------- ----------------------------- JUL 2 04:09 Full Moon Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise and is visible all night JUL 8 10:00 Saturn Conjunction Saturn passes behind the Sun and is lost in the Sun's glare JUL 9 00:34 Last Quarter Moon Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon JUL 10 16:00 Planetary Conjunction Mercury and Mars 0.2=B0 apart JUL 15-18 --- Star Party Mountain Astronomers Rendezvous and Starparty, Grand Mesa, Colorado http://www.coloradowestastronomy.org/SP04.html JUL 17 04:24 New Moon Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and is invisible. Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset JUL 17-18 --- Dark Sky Weekend Best time this month to observe faint objects. Amateur astronomers will hold observing sessions from dark sites JUL 20-24 --- Convention AstroCon 2004, Oakland, California. = http://www.astrocon2004.org JUL 24 20:37 First Quarter Moon Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight JUL 26 20:00 Mercury Eastern Elongation Elusive Mercury attains its greatest angular separation from the Sun and is visible low in the west at dusk JUL 31 11:05 Full Moon Second full moon this month. Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise and is visible all night ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright =A9 2004 Brian Webb. All rights reserved. This newsletter may be distributed in its entirety without restriction. Excerpts may be reprinted elsewhere without permission if the source is clearly identified as follows: Reprinted from Launch Alert = (www.spacearchive.info/newsletter.htm) _______________________________________________ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this newsletter, go to: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert Questions and comments regarding this newsletter and editorial = contributions should be directed to kd6nrp@earthlink.net ------=_NextPart_000_00CC_01C45F86.113EEF10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: Brian Webb

To: Launch Alert

Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:13 AM

Subject: [Launch Alert] SpaceShipOne Soars into = History

         =             &= nbsp;     =20 LAUNCH = ALERT

          = =20 Brian Webb
         Ventura = County,=20 California
        E-mail: kd6nrp@earthlink.net
&n= bsp;      =20 Web Site: http://www.spacearchive.info
           =20 2004 June 30 (Wednesday) 20:59=20 PDT
------------------------------------------------------------------= ----

          &= nbsp;       =20 SpaceShipOne SOARS INTO HISTORY

History's first privately funded = manned=20 spaceflight took place above
the California desert last week. Mike = Melvill=20 piloted SpaceShipOne to
an altitude of 62 miles (100 km) and landed = safely at=20 Mojave airport.

Launch Alert reader John was at Mojave airport = for the=20 flight and
provided this account:

"This morning, along with = about=20 15,000 other people and a larger radio
and TV audience, I saw a = little bit of=20 history unfold at the Mojave
Airport. By now you have all seen = accounts of it=20 and maybe you were
there. The first known civilian spacecraft was = launched=20 and the pilot
reached about 62 miles altitude before gliding back to = a=20 landing on
the runway in front of us.

I started out from = Springville=20 about 10PM and arrived at the airport
at 1230.AM. Instead of lining = up, the=20 cars were going in and parking
under the glare of some portable = lights. The=20 west wind was constant
and blowing up to about 30 MPH, so it wasn't = pleasant=20 outside the car.
I found a spot and joined a couple hundred cars = already=20 there, the
pioneers of thousands that were to arrive over the next 6 = hours.=20 Some
people were trying to sleep, others standing around bent into = the=20 wind
which prevented much conversation, and nearly blew a couple's=20 tent
away nearby my spot, which was along the fence looking east onto = the
runway.

It started to brighten about 0430 and the sun came = up=20 following Venus
at about 0540. By this time the crowd had grown = enormously,=20 the wind
died down quite a bit, and a feeling of growing anticipation = also
grew with the sunrise. The dozens of porta-potties were doing a=20 brisk
business, and people were carting their camp chairs,=20 binoculars,
cameras and kids to the area set aside for people to = watch.=20 You
couldn't take a car over there, so I stayed put even though=20 ultimately
I missed some of the roll-out and later exhibition of the=20 spacecraft.
I had so much stuff, I didn't want to leave it! Tethered = by=20 technology
might be a good phrase to describe the situation. While I = had gone=20 to
make a potty call and checked out the viewing area, a lady = from
Hanford=20 and a couple from Sonoma had set up more or less in front of
the car. = I had=20 to reclaim a little space which I did by hauling my 7'
scope ladder = out and=20 setting it up right between my car and the fence.

One of the most = remembered things about this trip will be how the
local country and = western=20 station handled their live coverage of the
event. Commentary was = indispersed=20 with commercials and very country
country music! I found the = combination=20 pretty hilarious. Apparently
folks over in that area compete to see = who can=20 be more country. The
Old West is alive and well in the Mojave,=20 yessereebob!

Anyhoo, the mothership, called the White Knight with = the=20 little rocket
plane nestled against its belly finally taxied out and = rolled=20 slowly
down to the end of the runway. After a few checks by a ground=20 crew,
the twin jet finally rolled and started gaining speed at about=20 0643,
a little behind their schedule. By this time it was getting hot = and
mercifully the wind had all but stopped howling. Two chase planes = went
before the mother ship and a jet trainer also used as a high=20 altitude
chase plane followed a few minutes later. The White Knight=20 gained
altitude slowly, and it and the Starship twin pusher turboprop = camera
chase plane became hard to see at certain atitudes when the = Sun=20 didn't
glint off their white paint. At about 30,000 feet, all the=20 planes
started making contrails, which allowed easy tracking as they=20 made
ever widening circles while gaining height to the 50,000 foot=20 launch
altitude. They finally made a huge figure 8 and flew off = toward=20 the
northeast to the launch point. Most of us lost view because by=20 this
time they stopped making contrails so were very hard to = see.

The=20 P.A. announcer and radio commentator did their best to do = the
countdown and=20 tell us which direction to look, which turned out to be
directly into = the=20 increasingly blinding Sun. I didn't even try to find
the aircraft for = fear of=20 being blinded, they were that close, but when
the "Ignition!" command = came=20 out, everybody cheered and the brown
smoke trail of the rocket could = be seen=20 coming right up out of the Sun
for the 80 second burn of the rocket=20 engine.

With the 16x70s I could just see the spacecraft at the = end of=20 the
whitening plume. The SpaceShipOne little craft then glided=20 upwards
after burnout to about 63 miles, making the pilot, Mike = Melville,=20 a
new astronaut and the first one from a civilian company.=20 The
commercialization of manned space had begun! Now the Rutan = company=20 and
its sponsor for this project, billionaire Paul Allen, will gear = up=20 for
the flights to win the $10,000,000 Ansari prize, which will=20 require
two flights within 2 weeks with either a crew of 3 or the=20 equivalent
in weight of 3 people, to the same 100km altitude reached = today.=20 If
they win the prize, it will repay about 1/2 the $20,000,000 = invested
so=20 far by Allen. Their goal, they swear, is not to win the prize, but
to = start=20 civilianizing space, and the prize is incidental.

The trip back = down from=20 altitude seemed a bit faster (45 mins) than
the climb up, but the = rocket=20 plane actually glides quite well, and it
landed gracefully after = making a=20 sweeping turn over the northeast side
of the airport. It was followed = closely=20 by the chase planes which
later did a victory pass over the crowd and = the=20 now-landed spaceplane.
Their flyby was the most impressive thing that = happened that morning
physically, and you could tell by the pilots' = actions=20 that they were
happy happy guys, as well as the audience which broke = into=20 spontaneous
cheering after the flyby and when the pilot opened the = hatch=20 and
stepped out of the rocket. Unlike the Shuttle, this plane uses=20 an
unexotic fuel with nitrous oxide as the oxidizer, so no=20 after-flight
precautions were needed as with the larger vehicle. The = South=20 African
born pilot was seen by the crowd standing on his craft with = both=20 arms
raised in a victory salute, and as they towed it back to the=20 hanger,
sitting on the fuselage like a steed, which indeed it = was.

So=20 I got some great memories out of the trip, some halfway shaky = video
(which I=20 haven't looked at yet), and a desire to go over to Mojave
again for = the next=20 flight! With this experience I will know just where
to go and where = to take=20 my ladder! And I have my $10 ticket, some
pictures, and a little bit = of=20 history."

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   =20 SUBMARINE USS LOUISVILLE LAUNCHES TOMAHAWK IN WEST COAST=20 TEST
           = ;   =20 Naval Air Systems Command News Release

A U.S. Navy Tomahawk = cruise=20 missile was launched this week* from USS
LOUISVILLE (SSN-724), a = submerged=20 LOS ANGELES-Class submarine underway
in the Pacific Ocean off the = coast of=20 southern Calif. The missile flew
a land attack mission, launching = from the=20 Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR) sea ranges.

Seconds after = launch=20 from the submarine's torpedo tube, the Tomahawk
missile transitioned = to=20 cruise flight. It flew a fully guided
530-nautical mile test flight = using=20 global positioning satellite
navigation to a target and recovery site = on the=20 NAVAIR land range.

Included in this test event, the mission was = planned=20 onboard the
launch platform, a capability developed for the new = Tactical=20 Tomahawk
Weapons System. This new capability allows the fleet to = reduce=20 the
time required to plan and execute a Tomahawk = mission.

Tomahawk=20 missiles are deployed throughout the world's oceans on
numerous = surface ships=20 and submarines, including AEGIS-Class Cruisers,
Guided Missile = Destroyers,=20 and SEAWOLF and LOS ANGELES-Class
submarines.

As in all = Tomahawk=20 flight tests, air route safety was carefully
planned in coordination = with the=20 Federal Aviation Administration. For
safety purposes, the Tomahawk = could have=20 been guided by commands from
safety chase aircraft.

The = Tomahawk=20 program is managed by the Program Executive Office,
Strike Weapons = and=20 Unmanned Aviation (PEO(W)) co-located at the
NAVAIR complex in = Patuxent=20 River, Maryland. The missile is
manufactured by Raytheon Missile = Systems in=20 Tucson, AZ. Tomahawk is a
registered trademark of the United States=20 Navy.

* The flight apparently took place between June 21 and=20 24.

--------------------------------------------------------------= --------

    =20 VANDENBERG AFB LAUNCH SCHEDULE
       = As of=20 2004 June 30

     Launch
  =20 Time/Window
Date     (PST/PDT) Vehicle=20 Pad/Silo
-------- ----------------- ---------- --------

JUL? = To be=20 announced Minuteman III ---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload = is one=20 warhead (probably a
Mk-12). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at = Kwajalein in the
central Pacific. Postponed following two = unsuccessful launch=20 attempts
on March 24th. Glory Trip 184GM

JUL To be announced=20 Peacekeeper ---
ICBM test launch (non-orbital). Payload is unarmed = warheads=20 (probably
Mk-21). Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein = in=20 the
central Pacific. Glory Trip 33PA?

JUL 10 03:01:57-03:04:57 = Delta=20 II SLC-2W
Payload is NASA's AURA scientific satellite. This pre-dawn=20 launch
should be visible over a wide area.

SEP? 10:00-13:00 = Falcon I=20 SLC-3W
Payload is the Naval Research Laboratory's TacSat-1 satellite. = The
launch window is fixed and does not change if the launch date=20 changes.

SEP To be announced Minuteman III ---
ICBM test = launch=20 (non-orbital). Payload is one or more unarmed
warheads (probably = Mk-12).=20 Impact area is in the Reagan Test Site at
Kwajalein in the central = Pacific.=20 Glory Trip 186?

OCT 18 Unknown Pegasus XL Offshore
Payload is = DART=20 satellite

NOV 9 08:00-10:00 Minotaur SLC-8
Payload is XSS-11=20 satellite

--------------------------------------------------------= --------------

        =20 Southern California Astronomical=20 Events
          for = 2004=20 July

Time
Date (PST/PDT)    =20 Event
-------- --------- -----------------------------

JUL 2 = 04:09=20 Full Moon
Moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise and is visible all = night

JUL 8 10:00 Saturn Conjunction
Saturn passes behind the = Sun and=20 is lost in the Sun's glare

JUL 9 00:34 Last Quarter Moon
Moon = rises at=20 midnight and sets at noon

JUL 10 16:00 Planetary = Conjunction
Mercury=20 and Mars 0.2=B0 apart

JUL 15-18 --- Star Party
Mountain = Astronomers=20 Rendezvous and Starparty, Grand Mesa, Colorado
http://www.colora= dowestastronomy.org/SP04.html

JUL=20 17 04:24 New Moon
Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and is = invisible.=20 Moon rises
at sunrise and sets at sunset

JUL 17-18 --- Dark = Sky=20 Weekend
Best time this month to observe faint objects. Amateur=20 astronomers
will hold observing sessions from dark sites

JUL = 20-24 ---=20 Convention
AstroCon 2004, Oakland, California. http://www.astrocon2004.org
<= BR>JUL 24=20 20:37 First Quarter Moon
Moon rises at noon and sets at = midnight

JUL=20 26 20:00 Mercury Eastern Elongation
Elusive Mercury attains its = greatest=20 angular separation from the Sun
and is visible low in the west at=20 dusk

JUL 31 11:05 Full Moon
Second full moon this month. Moon = rises at=20 sunset and sets at sunrise
and is visible all=20 night

------------------------------------------------------------= ----------

Copyright=20 =A9 2004 Brian Webb. All rights reserved. This newsletter may
be = distributed in=20 its entirety without restriction. Excerpts may be
reprinted elsewhere = without=20 permission if the source is clearly
identified as = follows:

=20 Reprinted from Launch Alert (www.spacearchive.inf= o/newsletter.htm)

____________________________________________= ___

To=20 subscribe or unsubscribe from this newsletter, go to:

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The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (29 June=20 2004)
----------------------------------------------------------------= --------

New=20 Features:
http://earthobservatory.= nasa.gov/Study/

*=20 Uncovering Chameleons
http://eartho= bservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Chameleons/
=20 By combining satellite data of land cover and other environmental=20 characteristics with museum specimen records, scientists predicted the = location=20 of 7 new chameleon species in = Madagascar.

--------------------

In=20 the News:
http://earthobservato= ry.nasa.gov/Newsroom/

*=20 Latest Images:
Melting Snow on Greenland
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16591

=20 Colorado River Delta, Baja California
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16590

=20 Dust and Smoke off Africa
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16589

=20 Fjords of Norway
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16588

=20 Richat Structure, Mauritania
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16587

=20 Human Consumption of Net Primary Production
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16586

=20 Natural Color Mosaic of North America
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16585

=20 Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images= php3?img_id=3D16584

*=20 NASA News
http://earth= observatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/
-=20 NASA Helps Track Global Air Quality
- New Software on NASA Spacecraft = Monitors Active Volcano
- NASA Scientists Get Global Fix on Food, = Wood &=20 Fiber Use

* Media Alerts
http://ea= rthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/
-=20 Underground Carbon Dioxide Reduces Emissions
- NCAR Computer Modelers = to Use=20 New Powerful Linux System
- Research Supports Theory that Ocean = Currents=20 Redistribute Heat During Warming and Cooling
- Melting Ice Cap Gives = Urgency=20 to New Census of Marine Life Project in Arctic Ocean
- Dark Days = Doomed=20 Dinosaurs, say Purdue Scientists
- NCAR Releases New Version of = Premier=20 Global Climate Model
- Rapid Urbanization in China Warming Region's = Climate=20 Faster Than Other Areas
- CU-Boulder Satellite Instrument to Provide = New=20 Details on Ozone

* Headlines from the press, radio, and=20 television:
http://eart= hobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/Headlines/
-=20 Abrupt Climate Change: Looking at Ocean Currents
- U.S., Mexico = Launch Study=20 of Monsoons
- Five National Parks Deemed Polluted
- Drought-Hit = Australia=20 Plans to Save Ailing Rivers
- Five States Have More Sun Than = Florida
-=20 Experts: Arctic Ocean Survey May Reveal Lost World
- Dark Days Doomed = Dinosaurs, Say Purdue Scientists
- Saved by the Storm?
- Global = Warming=20 Melting Alps?
- New Version of Premier Global Climate Model = Released
-=20 Fossil Evidence Backs Dinosaur Extinction Theory
- More Global Data = Needed to=20 Help Predict Climate Changes
- When Methane Made Climate
- Rapid=20 Urbanization in China Warming Regional Climate Faster Than Other Urban=20 Areas
- Scientist to Study New Fault in Colorado
- Global Climate = Links=20 Climate to Rates of Childhood Asthma
- Spring Was Third Warmest on = Record in=20 U.S.
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Phone: 650/604-5026 or 604-9000 E-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov Release: 04-64AR NASA RESEARCHERS CONSIDER MOBILE LUNAR BASE CONCEPTS Landing mobile bases on the moon is an idea whose time has come,=20 according to a NASA researcher. Lunar bases that can travel on wheels, or even legs, will increase=20 landing zone safety, provide equipment redundancy and improve the=20 odds of making key discoveries by enabling crews to visit many lunar=20 sites, according to Marc Cohen, a researcher at NASA's Ames Research=20 Center, in California's Silicon Valley. Cohen recently presented his=20 concept in a research paper at the 2004 American Institute of Physics=20 Forum in Albuquerque, N.M. "If you set up a base at a fixed location on the moon, you are very=20 limited in the sites of scientific interest that you can reach,"=20 Cohen said. "What it comes down to is if you're landing a habitat on=20 legs and wheels, it doesn't take a lot more investment to make it=20 highly mobile, provided you have enough energy resources that would=20 enable it to travel great distance across the moon with or without=20 the crew onboard," Cohen explained. Linked mobile moon habitats might travel like treaded trains without=20 tracks, or they could cross the moonscape in a line like Conestoga=20 wagons crossing the American West. Walking or rolling habitats could=20 dock to one another, or circle close together, when they reach a rest=20 or research site, according to designs suggested by engineers over=20 that last three decades, Cohen noted. In contrast, a common scenario for exploration of the moon is that=20 one or more astronauts would travel to a remote site in a pressurized=20 or unpressurized 'rover.' An unpressurized rover trip would only last=20 hours because the astronauts would be in spacesuits for the entire=20 trek. A pressurized rover could sustain astronauts for a much longer=20 trip, lasting days or weeks. "If you are trying to conduct research with pressurized lunar=20 vehicles, you run into many safety issues," Cohen said. To avoid=20 life-threatening or other compromising situations that might occur=20 with only one rover traveling to a remote place, a second rover might=20 travel with the first. "But what if the second rover runs into a problem, too - the same or=20 a different problem? Well, that means a third rover," Cohen said.=20 "So, why not make the entire base mobile, so that all the resources,=20 reliability and redundancy of the lunar mission move with the=20 excursion crew?" Cohen reasoned. "In addition, there's risk if you land lots of immobile modules in=20 one spot -- there is a danger you'll have a very long commute to a=20 place of scientific interest, or can't get there. Then you've wasted=20 billions of dollars. Mobile habitats greatly reduce the risk of=20 finding yourself on the wrong place on the moon," Cohen added. Another advantage of mobile moon habitats is that they will be able=20 to move out of the lunar landing zone, which could be hazardous. "The=20 landing zone poses the problem that once a habitat lands on the moon,=20 it is not prudent to land another vehicle within several kilometers=20 because of safety concerns from ejecta in a normal landing, and in=20 case of an explosive failure on impact," Cohen said. Cohen suggests that mobile habitats must have robust radiation=20 shielding for them to be practical. "Radiation protection remains a=20 challenge and a potential showstopper, as it does for all lunar base=20 and rover concepts," Cohen said. However, there are potential=20 shielding concepts that may well be reasonable, according to Cohen. The Office of Exploration Systems, NASA Headquarters, Washington,=20 funds this research. Publication size images are available on the=20 World Wide Web at: http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2004/lunarbase/lunarbase.html and = http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2004/mobitat/mobitat.html More information about space architecture is on the Internet at: http://www.spacearchitect.org -end- To receive Ames news releases, send an e-mail with the word=20 "subscribe" in the subject line to:=20 ames-releases-request@lists.arc.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe, send an=20 e-mail to the same address with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.=20 Also, the NASA Ames News homepage at URL,=20 http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov includes = news releases and JPEG images=20 in AP Leaf Desk format minus embedded captions. ------=_NextPart_000_0188_01C45F88.768F24A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: NASANEWS@mail.arc.nasa.gov=

To: ames-releases@lists.arc.= nasa.gov=20

Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:31 PM

Subject: NASA RESEARCHERS CONSIDER MOBILE LUNAR BASE=20 CONCEPTS

John Bluck
June 29, 2004
NASA Ames Research = Center,=20 Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-5026 or = 604-9000
E-mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov
=
Release:=20 04-64AR
NASA RESEARCHERS CONSIDER MOBILE LUNAR BASE = CONCEPTS

Landing=20 mobile bases on the moon is an idea whose time has come,
according = to a NASA=20 researcher.

Lunar bases that can travel on wheels, or even legs, = will=20 increase
landing zone safety, provide equipment redundancy and = improve the=20
odds of making key discoveries by enabling crews to visit many lunar =
sites, according to Marc Cohen, a researcher at NASA's Ames Research =
Center, in California's Silicon Valley. Cohen recently presented his =
concept in a research paper at the 2004 American Institute of = Physics=20
Forum in Albuquerque, N.M.

"If you set up a base at a fixed = location=20 on the moon, you are very
limited in the sites of scientific = interest that=20 you can reach,"
Cohen said. "What it comes down to is if you're = landing a=20 habitat on
legs and wheels, it doesn't take a lot more investment to = make it=20
highly mobile, provided you have enough energy resources that would=20
enable it to travel great distance across the moon with or without =
the=20 crew onboard," Cohen explained.

Linked mobile moon habitats might = travel=20 like treaded trains without
tracks, or they could cross the = moonscape in a=20 line like Conestoga
wagons crossing the American West. Walking or = rolling=20 habitats could
dock to one another, or circle close together, when = they=20 reach a rest
or research site, according to designs suggested by = engineers=20 over
that last three decades, Cohen noted.

In contrast, a = common=20 scenario for exploration of the moon is that
one or more astronauts = would=20 travel to a remote site in a pressurized
or unpressurized 'rover.' = An=20 unpressurized rover trip would only last
hours because the = astronauts would=20 be in spacesuits for the entire
trek. A pressurized rover could = sustain=20 astronauts for a much longer
trip, lasting days or weeks.

"If = you are=20 trying to conduct research with pressurized lunar
vehicles, you run = into=20 many safety issues," Cohen said. To avoid
life-threatening or other=20 compromising situations that might occur
with only one rover = traveling to a=20 remote place, a second rover might
travel with the = first.

"But what=20 if the second rover runs into a problem, too - the same or
a = different=20 problem? Well, that means a third rover," Cohen said.
"So, why not = make the=20 entire base mobile, so that all the resources,
reliability and = redundancy of=20 the lunar mission move with the
excursion crew?" Cohen = reasoned.

"In=20 addition, there's risk if you land lots of immobile modules in
one=20 spot -- there is a danger you'll have a very long commute to a =
place=20 of scientific interest, or can't get there. Then you've wasted =
billions of=20 dollars. Mobile habitats greatly reduce the risk of
finding yourself = on the=20 wrong place on the moon," Cohen added.

Another advantage of = mobile moon=20 habitats is that they will be able
to move out of the lunar landing = zone,=20 which could be hazardous. "The
landing zone poses the problem that = once a=20 habitat lands on the moon,
it is not prudent to land another vehicle = within=20 several kilometers
because of safety concerns from ejecta in a = normal=20 landing, and in
case of an explosive failure on impact," Cohen=20 said.

Cohen suggests that mobile habitats must have robust = radiation=20
shielding for them to be practical. "Radiation protection remains a=20
challenge and a potential showstopper, as it does for all lunar base =
and=20 rover concepts," Cohen said. However, there are potential
shielding = concepts=20 that may well be reasonable, according to Cohen.

The Office of=20 Exploration Systems, NASA Headquarters, Washington,
funds this = research.=20 Publication size images are available on the
World Wide Web = at:

http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2004/lunarbase/lunarbase.html

and

=20 = http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2004/mobitat/mobitat.html

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------=_NextPart_000_0188_01C45F88.768F24A0-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Thu Jul 1 13:41:30 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i61KfQwF010856 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:41:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA15175 for bioastro-list; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:25:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav18.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.122]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA15171 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:25:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:25:19 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav18.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:25:18 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: GSFC Release: WINDS MEASURED ON SATURN'S MOON TITAN TO HELP ROBOT LANDER Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:25:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0169_01C45F87.FE95F280" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:25:16 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2004 20:25:19.0168 (UTC) FILETIME=[86F74400:01C45FA9] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0169_01C45F87.FE95F280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ed Campion=20 To: = gsfc_press_releases@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov=20 Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:00 AM Subject: GSFC Release: WINDS MEASURED ON SATURN'S MOON TITAN TO HELP = ROBOT LANDER Bill Steigerwald = June 29, 2004 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Phone: 301/286 5017) William.A.Steigerwald@nasa.gov =20 Catherine Ishida Subaru Telescope 808 934 5086 cat@subaru.naoj.org =20 =20 Release 04-28 WINDS MEASURED ON SATURN'S MOON TITAN TO HELP ROBOT LANDER On top the windswept summit of a Hawaiian volcano, a NASA instrument = attached to the Japanese Subaru telescope measured distant winds raging = on a strange world -- Titan, the giant moon of Saturn -- to help the = robotic Huygens probe as it descends through Titan's murky atmosphere = next January. =20 When combined with previous observations, new research with the = Heterodyne Instrument for Planetary Wind And Composition (HIPWAC) joined = to the large aperture of the Subaru telescope supports the model that = Titan has currents or jet streams at high latitudes racing through its = upper atmosphere (stratosphere) at speeds of approximately 756 km/hour = (470 miles/hr.). The new observations reveal that the wind travels in = the same direction as Titan's rotation, and that the stratospheric winds = are milder (about 425 km/hr. or 264 miles/hr.) near the equatorial = regions, as the jet stream model predicts. HIPWAC was designed and built = at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The Subaru = telescope is operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. =20 Wind direction on Titan is difficult to measure remotely because = Titan=12s upper atmosphere consists of an orange haze of hydrocarbons = (molecules of hydrogen and carbon) with no global features that show = movement.=20 =20 The observations were originally encouraged by the Cassini mission, an = international mission of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the = Italian Space Agency (ASI) that will employ a large robotic spacecraft = to explore Saturn and its system of 31 known moons beginning this July. = The Huygens probe, built by ESA, is attached to the Cassini spacecraft = and will separate in December on a 22-day course ending with a plunge = into Titan's atmosphere. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, = Calif., manages the Cassini mission for NASA. =20 "Our observations will complement local wind measurements by the Huygens = probe during its descent, because we offer a global view. Acquiring the = direction and speed of global winds is important for understanding the = dynamics of planetary atmospheres, particularly dynamics of those bodies = that rotate slowly on their axes. Titan=12s 'day' is 16 Earth days," = said Dr. Theodor Kostiuk of NASA Goddard.=20 =20 =13We hope to be able to repeat our success during the probe=12s descent = so we can have detailed local information from Cassini and the Huygens = probe and a global portrait from HIPWAC and Subaru from the same time," = said Professor Hiroshi Karoji, Director of the Subaru telescope, Mauna = Kea, Hawaii. =20 Titan, the second largest moon in the solar system, is larger than the = planet Mercury and is the only known moon with a thick atmosphere, = actually 1.5 times more dense than Earth's. Because it is far from the = Sun, Titan is extremely cold (surface temperature of about minus 178 = Celsius (minus 289 Fahrenheit), allowing a hydrocarbon rain that may = form gasoline-like seas. Scientists are eager to explore Titan because = its atmosphere may resemble the Earth's atmosphere shortly after our = planet's formation, when it was rich with hydrocarbon molecules that = became the building blocks of life. =20 HIPWAC can measure wind speed and direction on Titan, even though the = moon's atmosphere lacks apparent features, because the instrument relies = instead on the faint, infrared glow of the hydrocarbons in Titan's = atmosphere. Infrared light, invisible to the human eye, can pass through = Titan's hydrocarbon haze and is detectable by special instruments. = HIPWAC measures the very slight color (frequency) change of the = hydrocarbon's infrared light caused by the motion of these molecules as = they are carried by Titan's winds. This is called a Doppler shift, and = is similar to the change in tone of an ambulance siren as it races by. = Since the hydrocarbons are moved along by Titan's winds, the Doppler = shift of their emitted light gives the wind velocity. =20 To measure such miniscule Doppler shifts, HIPWAC must be capable of = distinguishing among infrared colors, or frequencies, to a very fine = degree. This is called spectral resolution, and HIPWAC possesses a = spectral resolution 200 times better than any instrument in regular use = today. It also must measure specific infrared frequencies very = accurately, and HIPWAC can identify a frequency to one part in a hundred = million.=20 =20 Subaru telescope brings to HIPWAC the light gathering power of a modern = large aperture telescope. Subaru=12s 8.2-meter (27- foot) diameter = mirror is the largest single-piece mirror in the world that is currently = in regular operation. Since HIPWAC achieves its high spectral resolution = by finely dividing light into different frequencies, the more light it = has to work with the better. Other institutions contributing to this = research include the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, = University of Maryland, University of Hawaii, and the University of = Cologne, Germany. =20 =20 For images and more information, refer to: =20 http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0615hipwac.html =20 Joint Subaru release: =20 http://www.naoj.org/Pressrelease/2004/06/29/index.html =20 For information about the Cassini mission, see: http://www.nasa.gov/cassini =20 =20 -end- =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0169_01C45F87.FE95F280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: Ed Campion

To: gsfc_press_rel= eases@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov=20

Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:00 AM

Subject: GSFC Release: WINDS MEASURED ON SATURN'S MOON TITAN = TO HELP=20 ROBOT LANDER

Bill=20 Steigerwald

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&n= bsp;

= June=20 29, 2004
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(Phone: 301/286=20 5017)
William.A.Steigerwald@nasa= gov

Catherine=20 Ishida
Subaru Telescope
808 934 5086
cat@subaru.naoj.org

=
Release=20 04-28

WINDS MEASURED ON SATURN'S MOON TITAN TO HELP = ROBOT=20 LANDER

On top the windswept summit of a Hawaiian volcano, = a NASA=20 instrument attached to the Japanese Subaru telescope measured distant = winds=20 raging on a strange world -- Titan, the giant moon of Saturn -- to help = the=20 robotic Huygens probe as it descends through Titan's murky atmosphere = next=20 January.

When combined with previous observations, new = research=20 with the Heterodyne Instrument for Planetary Wind And Composition = (HIPWAC)=20 joined to the large aperture of the Subaru telescope supports the model = that=20 Titan has currents or jet streams at high latitudes racing through its = upper=20 atmosphere (stratosphere) at speeds of approximately 756 km/hour (470=20 miles/hr.). The new observations reveal that the wind travels in the = same=20 direction as Titan's rotation, and that the stratospheric winds are = milder=20 (about 425 km/hr. or 264 miles/hr.) near the equatorial regions, as the = jet=20 stream model predicts. HIPWAC was designed and built at NASA's Goddard = Space=20 Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The Subaru telescope is operated by the = National=20 Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Wind direction on Titan = is=20 difficult to measure remotely because Titan=12s upper atmosphere = consists of an=20 orange haze of hydrocarbons (molecules of hydrogen and carbon) with no = global=20 features that show movement.

The observations were = originally=20 encouraged by the Cassini mission, an international mission of NASA, the = European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) that will = employ=20 a large robotic spacecraft to explore Saturn and its system of 31 known = moons=20 beginning this July. The Huygens probe, built by ESA, is attached to the = Cassini=20 spacecraft and will separate in December on a 22-day course ending with = a plunge=20 into Titan's atmosphere. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in = Pasadena,=20 Calif., manages the Cassini mission for NASA.

"Our = observations=20 will complement local wind measurements by the Huygens probe during its = descent,=20 because we offer a global view. Acquiring the direction and speed of = global=20 winds is important for understanding the dynamics of planetary = atmospheres,=20 particularly dynamics of those bodies that rotate slowly on their axes. = Titan=12s=20 'day' is 16 Earth days," said Dr. Theodor Kostiuk of NASA Goddard.=20

=13We hope to be able to repeat our success during the = probe=12s=20 descent so we can have detailed local information from Cassini and the = Huygens=20 probe and a global portrait from HIPWAC and Subaru from the same time," = said=20 Professor Hiroshi Karoji, Director of the Subaru telescope, Mauna Kea,=20 Hawaii.

Titan, the second largest moon in the solar system, = is=20 larger than the planet Mercury and is the only known moon with a thick=20 atmosphere, actually 1.5 times more dense than Earth's. Because it is = far from=20 the Sun, Titan is extremely cold (surface temperature of about minus 178 = Celsius=20 (minus 289 Fahrenheit), allowing a hydrocarbon rain that may form = gasoline-like=20 seas. Scientists are eager to explore Titan because its atmosphere may = resemble=20 the Earth's atmosphere shortly after our planet's formation, when it was = rich=20 with hydrocarbon molecules that became the building blocks of=20 life.

HIPWAC can measure wind speed and direction on Titan, = even=20 though the moon's atmosphere lacks apparent features, because the = instrument=20 relies instead on the faint, infrared glow of the hydrocarbons in = Titan's=20 atmosphere. Infrared light, invisible to the human eye, can pass through = Titan's=20 hydrocarbon haze and is detectable by special instruments. HIPWAC = measures the=20 very slight color (frequency) change of the hydrocarbon's infrared light = caused=20 by the motion of these molecules as they are carried by Titan's winds. = This is=20 called a Doppler shift, and is similar to the change in tone of an = ambulance=20 siren as it races by. Since the hydrocarbons are moved along by Titan's = winds,=20 the Doppler shift of their emitted light gives the wind=20 velocity.

To measure such miniscule Doppler shifts, HIPWAC = must be=20 capable of distinguishing among infrared colors, or frequencies, to a = very fine=20 degree. This is called spectral resolution, and HIPWAC possesses a = spectral=20 resolution 200 times better than any instrument in regular use = today. It=20 also must measure specific infrared frequencies very accurately, and = HIPWAC can=20 identify a frequency to one part in a hundred million. =

Subaru=20 telescope brings to HIPWAC the light gathering power of a modern large = aperture=20 telescope. Subaru=12s 8.2-meter (27- foot) diameter mirror is the = largest=20 single-piece mirror in the world that is currently in regular operation. = Since=20 HIPWAC achieves its high spectral resolution by finely dividing light = into=20 different frequencies, the more light it has to work with the better. = Other institutions contributing to this research include the = Challenger=20 Center for Space Science Education, University of Maryland, University = of=20 Hawaii, and the University of Cologne, = Germany.

For=20 images and more information, refer to:

http://ww= w.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2004/0615hipwac.html

= Joint=20 Subaru release:

http://ww= w.naoj.org/Pressrelease/2004/06/29/index.html

= For=20 information about the Cassini mission, see:

= =20 http://www.nasa.gov/cassini

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------=_NextPart_000_020A_01C45F8A.4C432190-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Thu Jul 1 13:54:49 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i61KsmwF019578 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:54:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA15813 for bioastro-list; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:48:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav4.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.108]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA15808 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:48:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:47:31 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav4.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:47:31 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Cassini Pictures Show Majesty of Saturn's Rings Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:47:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_023A_01C45F8B.1A9B1340" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:47:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2004 20:47:31.0494 (UTC) FILETIME=[A1181460:01C45FAC] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_023A_01C45F8B.1A9B1340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:15 PM Subject: Cassini Pictures Show Majesty of Saturn's Rings Carolina Martinez (818) 354-9382 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage (202) 358-1727 NASA Headquarters, Washington News Release: 2004-169 July 1, 2004 Fresh Cassini Pictures Show Majesty of Saturn's Rings The first pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft after it began orbiting Saturn show breathtaking detail of Saturn's rings, and other science measurements reveal that Saturn's magnetic field pulsed in size as Cassini approached the planet. "For years, we've dreamed about getting pictures like this. After all the planning, waiting and worrying, just seeing these first images makes it all worthwhile," said Dr. Charles Elachi, Cassini radar team leader and director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We're eager to share these new views and the exciting discoveries ahead with people around the world." The narrow angle camera on Cassini took 61 images soon after the main engine burn that put Cassini into orbit on Wednesday night. The spacecraft was hurtling at 15 kilometers per second (about 34,000 miles per hour), so only pieces of the rings were targeted. "We won't see the whole puzzle, only pieces, but what we are seeing is dramatic," said Dr. Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader, Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. "The images are mind-boggling, just mind-boggling. I've been working on this mission for 14 years and I shouldn't be surprised, but it is remarkable how startling it is to see these images for the first time." Some images show patterned density waves in the rings, resembling stripes of varying width. Another shows a ring's scalloped edge. "We do not see individual particles but a collection of particles, like a traffic jam on a highway," Porco said. "We see a bunch of particles together, then it clears up, then there's traffic again." Other instruments on Cassini besides the camera have also been busy collecting data. The magnetospheric imaging instrument took the first image of Saturn's magnetosphere. "With Voyager we inferred what it looked like, in the same way that a blind man feels an elephant. Now we can see the elephant," said Dr. Tom Krimigis of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., principal investigator for the magnetospheric imaging instrument. The magnetosphere is a bubble of energetic particles around the planet shaped by Saturn's magnetic field and surrounded by the solar wind of particles speeding outward from the Sun. "During approach to Saturn, Cassini was greeted at the gate," said Dr. Bill Kurth, deputy principal investigator for the radio and plasma wave science instrument onboard Cassini. "The bow shock where the solar wind piles into the planet's magnetosphere was encountered earlier than expected. It was as if Saturn's county line had been redrawn, and that was a surprise." Cassini first crossed the bow shock about 3 million kilometers (1.9 million miles) from Saturn, which is about 50 percent farther from the planet than had been detected by the Pioneer, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft that flew past Saturn in 1979, 1980 and 1981. The location of the bow shock varies with how hard the solar wind is blowing, Kurth said. As the magnetosphere repeatedly expanded and contracted while Cassini was approaching Saturn, the spacecraft crossed the bow shock seven times. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL designed, developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter. For the latest images and more information about the Cassini- Huygens mission, visit = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini . -end- ------=_NextPart_000_023A_01C45F8B.1A9B1340 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory =

To: ljk4@msn.com

Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:15 PM

Subject: Cassini Pictures Show Majesty of Saturn's = Rings

Carolina Martinez (818) 354-9382
Jet Propulsion = Laboratory,=20 Pasadena, Calif.

Donald Savage (202) 358-1727
NASA = Headquarters,=20 Washington

News Release:=20 2004-169 = ; =20 July 1, 2004

Fresh Cassini Pictures Show Majesty of Saturn's=20 Rings

The first pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft after it = began
orbiting Saturn show breathtaking detail of Saturn's rings,=20 and
other science measurements reveal that Saturn's magnetic = field
pulsed=20 in size as Cassini approached the planet.

"For years, we've = dreamed about=20 getting pictures like this. After
all the planning, waiting and = worrying,=20 just seeing these first
images makes it all worthwhile," said Dr. = Charles=20 Elachi, Cassini
radar team leader and director of NASA's Jet=20 Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We're eager to share = these=20 new
views and the exciting discoveries ahead with people around=20 the
world."

The narrow angle camera on Cassini took 61 images = soon=20 after the
main engine burn that put Cassini into orbit on Wednesday=20 night.
The spacecraft was hurtling at 15 kilometers per second=20 (about
34,000 miles per hour), so only pieces of the rings=20 were
targeted.

"We won't see the whole puzzle, only pieces, = but what=20 we are
seeing is dramatic," said Dr. Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging=20 team
leader, Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. "The images=20 are
mind-boggling, just mind-boggling. I've been working on = this
mission=20 for 14 years and I shouldn't be surprised, but it is
remarkable how = startling=20 it is to see these images for the first
time."

Some images = show=20 patterned density waves in the rings, resembling
stripes of varying = width.=20 Another shows a ring's scalloped edge.
"We do not see individual = particles=20 but a collection of
particles, like a traffic jam on a highway," = Porco said.=20 "We see
a bunch of particles together, then it clears up, then=20 there's
traffic again."

Other instruments on Cassini besides = the=20 camera have also been
busy collecting data. The magnetospheric = imaging=20 instrument took
the first image of Saturn's magnetosphere. = "With=20 Voyager we
inferred what it looked like, in the same way that a blind = man
feels an elephant. Now we can see the elephant," said Dr. = Tom
Krimigis=20 of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel,
Md., principal=20 investigator for the magnetospheric imaging
instrument. The=20 magnetosphere is a bubble of energetic particles
around the planet = shaped by=20 Saturn's magnetic field and
surrounded by the solar wind of particles = speeding outward from
the Sun.

"During approach to Saturn, = Cassini was=20 greeted at the gate,"
said Dr. Bill Kurth, deputy principal = investigator for=20 the radio
and plasma wave science instrument onboard Cassini. = "The=20 bow
shock where the solar wind piles into the planet's = magnetosphere
was=20 encountered earlier than expected. It was as if Saturn's
county line = had been=20 redrawn, and that was a surprise." Cassini
first crossed the bow = shock about=20 3 million kilometers (1.9
million miles) from Saturn, which is about = 50=20 percent farther
from the planet than had been detected by the = Pioneer,=20 Voyager 1
and Voyager 2 spacecraft that flew past Saturn in 1979, = 1980=20 and
1981.

The location of the bow shock varies with how hard = the solar=20 wind
is blowing, Kurth said. As the magnetosphere repeatedly=20 expanded
and contracted while Cassini was approaching Saturn,=20 the
spacecraft crossed the bow shock seven times.

The = Cassini-Huygens=20 mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the
European Space Agency = and the=20 Italian Space Agency. The Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, a division of = the=20 California Institute of
Technology in Pasadena, manages the = Cassini-Huygens=20 mission for
NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. = JPL=20 designed,
developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter.
For the = latest=20 images and more information about the Cassini-
Huygens mission, visit = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov=20 and

http://www.nasa.gov/cassini = ;=20

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------=_NextPart_000_023A_01C45F8B.1A9B1340-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Thu Jul 1 13:57:13 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i61Kv9wF009978 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:57:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA15728 for bioastro-list; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:45:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav17.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.121]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA15722; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:45:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:45:11 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav17.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:45:11 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" , "setipublic" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: [HASTRO-L] Scientific American issues 1953-1974 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:45:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0217_01C45F8A.C7EC6360" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:45:13 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2004 20:45:11.0699 (UTC) FILETIME=[4DC50E30:01C45FAC] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0217_01C45F8A.C7EC6360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: corbin.brenda@USNO.NAVY.MIL=20 To: HASTRO-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:36 PM Subject: [HASTRO-L] Scientific American issues 1953-1974 The family of a deceased staff member has donated loose issues of Scientific American from June 1953 - October 1974. Our library already has these issues. Is there any institution or researcher who might make use of these publications? We would probably need some assistance with postage if they are going to a non-US address. As many of you are probably aware, librarians always feel there is home somewhere for scientific publications, and only use the dumpster/trash bin as a last resort. Brenda Brenda G. Corbin, Librarian Phone: 202/762-1463 U. S. Naval Observatory Fax: 202/762-1083 3450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20392-5420 = e-mail:corbin.brenda@usno.navy.mil USNO Library Home Page: = http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/ Direct link to online catalog: = http://moon.usno.navy.mil/urania.htm ------=_NextPart_000_0217_01C45F8A.C7EC6360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: corbin.brenda@USNO.NAVY.MIL

To: HASTRO-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU =

Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:36 PM

Subject: [HASTRO-L] Scientific American issues = 1953-1974

The family of a deceased staff member has donated = loose
issues=20 of Scientific American from June 1953 - October 1974.
Our library = already has=20 these issues. Is there any
institution or researcher who might = make use=20 of these
publications? We would probably need some assistance=20 with
postage if they are going to a non-US address.

As many of = you are=20 probably aware, librarians always
feel there is home somewhere for = scientific=20 publications,
and only use the dumpster/trash bin as a last=20 resort.

Brenda

Brenda G. Corbin,=20 Librarian           = Phone:=20 202/762-1463
U. S. Naval=20 Observatory          &n= bsp;   =20 Fax: 202/762-1083
3450 Massachusetts Ave., = N.W.
Washington,=20 D.C. = 20392-5420         =20 e-mail:corbin.brenda@usno.navy.mil

USNO Library Home = Page: http://www.usno.navy.mil/libra= ry/
Direct=20 link to online catalog: http://moon.usno.navy.mil/u= rania.htm

------=_NextPart_000_0217_01C45F8A.C7EC6360-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Thu Jul 1 14:06:58 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i61L6uwF015429 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 14:06:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA16176 for bioastro-list; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav20.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.124]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA16172 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 13:57:03 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav20.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:57:02 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A Puzzle Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:02 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0279_01C45F8C.6EADA370" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:03 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Jul 2004 20:57:03.0040 (UTC) FILETIME=[F5C31400:01C45FAD] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0279_01C45F8C.6EADA370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:18 PM Subject: Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A Puzzle MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Carolina Martinez (818) 354-9382 =20 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. =20 Gary Galluzzo (319) 384-0009 =20 University of Iowa, Iowa City News Release: 2004-164 June 28, 2004 Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A Puzzle On approach to Saturn, data obtained by the Cassini spacecraft are already posing a puzzling question: How long is the day on Saturn? Cassini took readings of the day-length indicator regarded as most reliable, the rhythm of natural radio signals from the planet. The results give 10 hours, 45 minutes, 45 seconds (plus or minus 36 seconds) as the length of time it takes Saturn to complete each rotation. Here's the puzzle: That is about 6 minutes, or one percent, longer than the radio rotational period measured by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft, which flew by Saturn in 1980 and 1981. Cassini scientists are not questioning Voyager's careful measurements. And they definitely do not think the whole planet of Saturn is actually rotating that much slower than it did two decades ago. Instead, they are looking for an explanation based on some variability in how the rotation deep inside Saturn drives the radio pulse. The radio sounds of Saturn's rotation, which are also the first sounds from Saturn studied by Cassini, are like a heartbeat and can be heard by visiting = http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/cassini/0604/ and http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/space-audio "The rotational modulation of radio emissions from distant astronomical objects has long been used to provide very accurate measurements of their rotation period," said Dr. Don Gurnett, principal investigator for the Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument, University of Iowa, Iowa City. "The technique is particularly useful for the giant gas planets, such as Jupiter and Saturn, which have no surfaces and are covered by clouds that make direct visual measurements impossible." The first hint of something strange about that type of measurement at Saturn was in 1997, when a researcher from Observatoire de Paris reported that Saturn's radio rotation period differed substantially from Voyager.=20 Dr. Michael D. Desch, Cassini Radio Plasma Wave Science team member, and scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has analyzed Saturn radio data collected by Cassini from April 29, 2003, to June 10, 2004. "We all agree that the radio rotation period of Saturn is longer today than it was in during the Voyager flyby in 1980," he said. Gurnett said, "Although Saturn's radio rotation period has clearly shifted substantially since the Voyager measurements, I don't think any of us could conceive of any process that would cause the rotation of the entire planet to actually slow down. So it appears that there is some kind of slippage between the deep interior of the planet and the magnetic field, which controls the charged particles responsible for the radio emission." He suggests the solution may be tied to the fact that Saturn's rotational axis is nearly identical to its magnetic axis. Jupiter, with a more substantial difference between its magnetic axis and its rotational axis, shows no comparable irregularities in its radio rotation period. "This finding is very significant. It demonstrates that the idea of a rigidly rotating magnetic field is wrong," said Dr. Alex Dessler, a senior research scientist at the University of Arizona, Tucson. In that way, the magnetic fields of gas giant planets may resemble that of the Sun. The Sun's magnetic field does not rotate uniformly.=20 Instead, its rotation period varies with latitude. "Saturn's magnetic field has more in common with the Sun than the Earth. The measurement can be interpreted as showing that the part of Saturn's magnetic field that controls the radio emissions has moved to a higher latitude during the last two decades," said Dressler. "I think we will be able to unravel the puzzle, but it's going to take some time," said Gurnett. "With Cassini in orbit around Saturn for four years or more, we will be in an excellent position to monitor long-term variations in the radio period, as well as investigate the rotational period using other techniques." Cassini, carrying 12 scientific instruments, is just two days from its planetary rendezvous with Saturn. On June 30 it will become the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn, when it begins a four-year study of the planet, its rings and its 31 known moons. The spacecraft recently flew past Saturn's cratered moon Phoebe, where it captured spectacular images as well as data on its mass and composition. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL designed, developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter.=20 For the latest images and more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov/cassini = -end- ------=_NextPart_000_0279_01C45F8C.6EADA370 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory =

To: ljk4@msn.com

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:18 PM

Subject: Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A=20 Puzzle

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION = LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA=20 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE=20 ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) = 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Carol= ina=20 Martinez (818) 354-9382        =
Jet=20 Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Gary Galluzzo = (319)=20 384-0009
University of Iowa, = Iowa=20 City

News Release: = 2004-164       =20 June 28, 2004

Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A=20 Puzzle

On approach to Saturn, data obtained by the Cassini = spacecraft=20 are
already posing a puzzling question: How long is the day on=20 Saturn?

Cassini took readings of the day-length indicator = regarded as=20 most
reliable, the rhythm of natural radio signals from the = planet. =20 The
results give 10 hours, 45 minutes, 45 seconds (plus or minus=20 36
seconds) as the length of time it takes Saturn to complete=20 each
rotation. Here's the puzzle: That is about 6 minutes, or one=20 percent,
longer than the radio rotational period measured by the = Voyager 1=20 and
Voyager 2 spacecraft, which flew by Saturn in 1980 and=20 1981.

Cassini scientists are not questioning Voyager's careful=20 measurements.
And they definitely do not think the whole planet of = Saturn=20 is
actually rotating that much slower than it did two decades=20 ago.
Instead, they are looking for an explanation based on some=20 variability
in how the rotation deep inside Saturn drives the radio=20 pulse.

The radio sounds of Saturn's rotation, which are also the = first=20 sounds
from Saturn studied by Cassini, are like a heartbeat and can = be=20 heard
by visiting http://www.jpl.nasa= gov/videos/cassini/0604/=20 and
http://www-pw.physic= s.uiowa.edu/space-audio

"The=20 rotational modulation of radio emissions from distant
astronomical = objects=20 has long been used to provide very accurate
measurements of their = rotation=20 period," said Dr. Don Gurnett,
principal investigator for the Cassini = Radio=20 and Plasma Wave Science
instrument, University of Iowa, Iowa = City. "The=20 technique is
particularly useful for the giant gas planets, such as = Jupiter=20 and
Saturn, which have no surfaces and are covered by clouds that=20 make
direct visual measurements impossible."

The first hint of = something strange about that type of measurement at
Saturn was in = 1997, when=20 a researcher from Observatoire de Paris
reported that Saturn's radio = rotation=20 period differed substantially
from Voyager.

Dr. Michael D. = Desch,=20 Cassini Radio Plasma Wave Science team member,
and scientist at = NASA's=20 Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.,
has analyzed Saturn = radio data=20 collected by Cassini from April 29,
2003, to June 10, 2004. "We = all=20 agree that the radio rotation period
of Saturn is longer today than = it was in=20 during the Voyager flyby in
1980," he said.

Gurnett said, = "Although=20 Saturn's radio rotation period has clearly
shifted substantially = since the=20 Voyager measurements, I don't think
any of us could conceive of any = process=20 that would cause the rotation
of the entire planet to actually slow=20 down. So it appears that there
is some kind of slippage between = the=20 deep interior of the planet and
the magnetic field, which controls = the=20 charged particles responsible
for the radio emission." He suggests = the=20 solution may be tied to the
fact that Saturn's rotational axis is = nearly=20 identical to its magnetic
axis. Jupiter, with a more = substantial=20 difference between its
magnetic axis and its rotational axis, shows = no=20 comparable
irregularities in its radio rotation period.

"This = finding=20 is very significant. It demonstrates that the idea of a
rigidly = rotating magnetic field is wrong," said Dr. Alex Dessler, a
senior = research=20 scientist at the University of Arizona, Tucson. In
that way, the = magnetic=20 fields of gas giant planets may resemble that
of the Sun. The Sun's = magnetic=20 field does not rotate uniformly.
Instead, its rotation period varies = with=20 latitude. "Saturn's magnetic
field has more in common with the = Sun than=20 the Earth. The measurement
can be interpreted as showing that the = part of=20 Saturn's magnetic field
that controls the radio emissions has moved = to a=20 higher latitude
during the last two decades," said = Dressler.

"I think=20 we will be able to unravel the puzzle, but it's going to take
some = time,"=20 said Gurnett. "With Cassini in orbit around Saturn for
four = years or=20 more, we will be in an excellent position to monitor
long-term = variations in=20 the radio period, as well as investigate the
rotational period using = other=20 techniques."

Cassini, carrying 12 scientific instruments, is just = two=20 days from its
planetary rendezvous with Saturn. On June 30 it = will=20 become the first
spacecraft to orbit Saturn, when it begins a = four-year study=20 of the
planet, its rings and its 31 known moons. The spacecraft = recently=20 flew
past Saturn's cratered moon Phoebe, where it captured=20 spectacular
images as well as data on its mass and = composition.

The=20 Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, = the
European Space=20 Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, a = division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena, = manages the=20 Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of
Space Science, = Washington, D.C.=20 JPL designed, developed and assembled
the Cassini orbiter.
For = the latest=20 images and more information about the Cassini-Huygens
mission, visit = http://www.nasa.gov/cassini=20

-end-

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= ------=_NextPart_000_026A_01C45F8C.52DE7F70-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Thu Jul 1 18:05:36 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i6215YwF025020 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:05:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id UAA22003 for bioastro-list; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:57:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav20.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.124]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA21999 for ; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:57:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:57:07 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.38 by bay4-dav20.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:57:07 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.38] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Cornell News: Astrocytes in brain metabolism Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:57:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C45FAD.F7844C00" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:57:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2004 00:57:07.0999 (UTC) FILETIME=[7FC962F0:01C45FCF] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C45FAD.F7844C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: cunews@cornell.edu=20 To: = CUNEWS-LIFE_SCIENCE-L@cornell.edu ; CUNEWS-HEALTH-L@cornell.edu ; = CUNEWS-SCIENCE-L@cornell.edu=20 Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:13 PM Subject: Cornell News: Astrocytes in brain metabolism Laser microscopy technique settles long debate about brain chemistry,=20 could aid studies of Alzheimer's and stroke damage, Cornell=20 biophysicists report EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2004, 2 P.M., EST Contact: Roger Segelken Office: 607-255-9736 E-mail: hrs2@cornell.edu ITHACA, N.Y. -- A laser-based microscopy technique may have settled a=20 long-standing debate among neuroscientists about how brain cells=20 process energy -- while explaining what's really happening in PET=20 (positron emission tomography) imaging and offering a better way to=20 observe the damage that strokes and neurodegenerative diseases, such=20 as Alzheimer's, wreak on brain cells. Multi-photon microscopy scans by Cornell University biophysicists of=20 living brain tissue, as reported in the latest issue of Science (July=20 2, 2004), reveal exactly how and when neurons (the cells that do the=20 thinking) and astrocytes (the starburst-shaped glial cells that=20 service neurons) interact to burn oxygen and glucose, after=20 astrocytes make lactate from glucose in the bloodstream, to meet the=20 extraordinary energy demands of the brain. Based on imaging of two different energy states of NADH (nicotinamide=20 adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme involved in brain-cell metabolism),=20 the Cornell biophysicists say they have both confirmed and redefined=20 the controversial "astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle" hypothesis for=20 brain energy metabolism. "Over the past decade scientists have passionately debated whether=20 the activated brain burns glucose completely to water or incompletely=20 to lactate," said Karl A. Kasischke, M.D., lead author of the Science=20 paper titled "Neural Activity Triggers Neuronal Oxidative Metabolism=20 Followed by Astrocytic Glycolysis." "Our results unify existing=20 contradictory opinions and should be a win-win situation for both=20 factions," said Kasischke, who is a research associate in the=20 Developmental Resource for Biophysical Imaging and Opto-electronics=20 (DRBIO) laboratory headed by Watt W. Webb. Webb, Cornell's S.B.=20 Eckert Professor in Engineering and a co-inventor of multiphoton=20 microscopy who also is an author on the Science paper, explains:=20 "Multiphoton microscopy imaging of intrinsic fluorescence in NADH=20 shows that early oxidative metabolism in neurons is eventually=20 sustained -- after about 10 seconds -- by late activation of the=20 astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle. Neurons, even at rest, are always=20 burning glucose and they continue to do so when a signal begins to=20 pass through the neurons. Then the astrocytes 'kick in' to provide=20 lactate fuel that they have converted from glucose." If that seems like a fine point, it is one that escaped scientists=20 who developed PET and fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)=20 scanning technologies, as well as the medical personnel who use those=20 diagnostic tools everyday without knowing exactly what the images=20 represent. PET and fMRI are not recording neural activity directly,=20 but rather surrogates for activity -- changes in blood flow (in the=20 case of PET) and blood oxygenation (fMRI) -- Kasischke explained. He=20 compares PET and fMRI scans to pictures from cameras with slow=20 shutter speeds and wide-angle lenses, producing a broad view over a=20 relatively lengthy time span. A very different picture emerges from=20 multiphoton microscopy, which can record millisecond changes in=20 microscopic detail. The ultra-fast microscopic technique can image=20 individual nerve cells and even their finest extensions, where=20 important steps in brain-cell metabolism take place. Multiphoton microscopy is a patented technology that produces=20 high-resolution, three-dimensional images of tissues -- in the=20 central nervous system, for example -- with minimal damage to living=20 cells. The procedure begins when extremely short, intense pulses of=20 laser light are directed at cells below the surface. The rapid-fire=20 nature of multiphoton microscopy increases the probability that two=20 or three photons will interact with individual biological molecules=20 at the same time, combining their energies. The cumulative effect is=20 the equivalent of delivering one photon with twice the energy (half=20 the wavelength, in the case of two-photon excitation) or three times=20 the energy (one-third the wavelength in three-photon excitation) to=20 illuminate the smallest details. As a scanning laser microscope moves=20 the focused beam of pulsed photons across a sample at a precise depth=20 (plane of focus); cells above or below the plane are not affected.=20 When repeated scans at different focal planes are "stacked" by=20 computer processing, a brilliant, three-dimensional picture emerges.=20 And when a series of scans are "pasted" together, a movie of=20 split-second changes at the cellular or subcellular level results. Kasischke has been using multiphoton microscopy to observe brain cell=20 death as it happens in strokes, a process he has helped illuminate=20 over the past 10 years. Webb expects the technology to reveal more=20 about malfunctioning brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases, such=20 as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, now that the chemical nature of brain=20 metabolism is better understood. Other collaborators in the study=20 are Harshad D. Vishwasrao and Warren R. Zipfel, senior research=20 associates in Cornell's School of Applied and Engineering Physics;=20 and Patricia J. Fisher, senior research associate in biomedical=20 sciences at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. The experiments=20 and analysis were funded, in part, by grants from Deutsche=20 Forschungsgemeinschaft (the German Research Foundation) and the U.S.=20 National Institutes of Health. -30- The web version of this release, with accompanying photos, may be=20 found at=20 http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/June04/astrocyte_neuron.hrs.html --=20 Cornell University News Service Surge 3 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-4206 cunews@cornell.edu http://www.news.cornell.edu ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C45FAD.F7844C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:13 PM

Subject: Cornell News: Astrocytes in brain = metabolism

Laser microscopy technique settles long debate about = brain=20 chemistry,
could aid studies of Alzheimer's and stroke damage, = Cornell=20
biophysicists report

EMBARGOED UNTIL THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2004, = 2 P.M.,=20 EST

Contact: Roger Segelken
Office: =20 607-255-9736
E-mail: hrs2@cornell.edu

ITHACA, = N.Y. -- A=20 laser-based microscopy technique may have settled a
long-standing = debate=20 among neuroscientists about how brain cells
process energy -- while=20 explaining what's really happening in PET
(positron emission = tomography)=20 imaging and offering a better way to
observe the damage that strokes = and=20 neurodegenerative diseases, such
as Alzheimer's, wreak on brain=20 cells.

Multi-photon microscopy scans by Cornell University = biophysicists=20 of
living brain tissue, as reported in the latest issue of Science = (July=20
2, 2004), reveal exactly how and when neurons (the cells that do the =
thinking) and astrocytes (the starburst-shaped glial cells that =
service=20 neurons) interact to burn oxygen and glucose, after
astrocytes make = lactate=20 from glucose in the bloodstream, to meet the
extraordinary energy = demands of=20 the brain.

Based on imaging of two different energy states of = NADH=20 (nicotinamide
adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme involved in = brain-cell=20 metabolism),
the Cornell biophysicists say they have both = confirmed =20 and redefined
the controversial "astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle"=20 hypothesis for
brain energy metabolism.

"Over the past decade = scientists have passionately debated whether
the activated brain = burns=20 glucose completely to water or incompletely
to lactate," said Karl = A.=20 Kasischke, M.D., lead author of the Science
paper titled "Neural = Activity=20 Triggers Neuronal Oxidative Metabolism
Followed by Astrocytic = Glycolysis."=20 "Our results unify existing
contradictory opinions and should be a = win-win=20 situation for both
factions," said Kasischke, who is a research = associate in=20 the
Developmental Resource for Biophysical Imaging and = Opto-electronics=20
(DRBIO) laboratory headed by Watt W. Webb. Webb, Cornell's S.B. =
Eckert=20 Professor in Engineering and a co-inventor of multiphoton
microscopy = who=20 also is an author on the Science paper, explains:
"Multiphoton = microscopy=20 imaging of intrinsic fluorescence in NADH
shows that early oxidative = metabolism in neurons is eventually
sustained -- after about 10 = seconds --=20 by late activation of the
astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle. Neurons, = even at=20 rest, are always
burning glucose and they continue to do so when a = signal=20 begins to
pass through the neurons. Then the astrocytes 'kick in' to = provide=20
lactate fuel that they have converted from glucose."

If that = seems=20 like a fine point, it is one that escaped scientists
who developed = PET and=20 fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging)
scanning technologies, = as well=20 as the medical personnel who use those
diagnostic tools everyday = without=20 knowing exactly what the images
represent. PET and fMRI are not = recording=20 neural activity directly,
but rather surrogates for activity -- = changes in=20 blood flow (in the
case of PET) and blood oxygenation (fMRI) -- = Kasischke=20 explained. He
compares PET and fMRI scans to pictures from cameras = with slow=20
shutter speeds and wide-angle lenses, producing a broad view over a=20
relatively lengthy time span. A very different picture emerges = from=20
multiphoton microscopy, which can record millisecond changes in=20
microscopic detail. The ultra-fast microscopic technique can = image=20
individual nerve cells and even their finest extensions, where =
important=20 steps in brain-cell metabolism take place.

Multiphoton = microscopy=20 is a patented technology that produces
high-resolution, = three-dimensional=20 images of tissues -- in the
central nervous system, for example -- = with=20 minimal damage to living
cells. The procedure begins when extremely = short,=20 intense pulses of
laser light are directed at cells below the = surface. The=20 rapid-fire
nature of multiphoton microscopy increases the = probability that=20 two
or three photons will interact with individual biological = molecules=20
at the same time, combining their energies. The cumulative effect is =
the=20 equivalent of delivering one photon with twice the energy (half
the=20 wavelength, in the case of two-photon excitation) or three times
the = energy=20 (one-third the wavelength in three-photon excitation) to
illuminate = the=20 smallest details. As a scanning laser microscope moves
the focused = beam of=20 pulsed photons across a sample at a precise depth
(plane of focus); = cells=20 above or below the plane are not affected.
When repeated scans at = different=20 focal planes are "stacked" by
computer processing, a brilliant,=20 three-dimensional picture emerges.
And when a series of scans are = "pasted"=20 together, a movie of
split-second changes at the cellular or = subcellular=20 level results.

Kasischke has been using multiphoton microscopy to = observe=20 brain cell
death as it happens in strokes, a process he has helped=20 illuminate
over the past 10 years. Webb expects the technology to = reveal=20 more
about malfunctioning brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases, = such=20
as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, now that the chemical nature of = brain=20
metabolism is better understood. Other collaborators in the = study=20
are Harshad D. Vishwasrao and Warren R. Zipfel, senior research=20
associates in Cornell's School of Applied and Engineering Physics; =
and=20 Patricia J. Fisher, senior research associate in biomedical
sciences = at=20 Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. The experiments
and = analysis were=20 funded, in part, by grants from Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (the = German=20 Research Foundation) and the U.S.
National Institutes of=20 Health.

-30-

The web version of this release, with = accompanying photos, may be
found at
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/June04/astrocyte_neuron.hrs.ht= ml
--=20

Cornell University News Service
Surge 3
Cornell=20 University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-4206
cunews@cornell.edu
http://www.news.cornell.edu
<= BR>

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MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
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o=20 Clouds and Dust Storms (Released 2 July 2004)
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All=20 of the THEMIS images are archived here:

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NASA's=20 Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission
for = NASA's=20 Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission =
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Tempe, in=20 collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing.
The THEMIS = investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State =
University.=20 Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor
for = the=20 Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission =
operations are=20 conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a
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Broadcast:=20 July 6, 2004
(NOVA airs Tuesday on PBS at 8 p.m. Check your local = listings as=20
dates and times may vary.)

In this two-hour special, NOVA = vividly=20 reconstructs an epic
historical confrontation: the bitter clash = between a=20 fiery
scientific genius, Galileo Galilei, and the church authorities = who=20
tried to suppress his astonishing discoveries. The noted British =
actor=20 Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in
Love) = plays=20 Galileo in dramatic reenactments of key moments from his
life: his=20 pioneering telescopic observations of the Moon and
planets, his=20 revolutionary experiments with falling objects, and his
fateful = trial before=20 the Inquisition for heresy.

Here's what you'll find on the = companion Web=20 site:

Timeline, Articles, and More

    His=20 Life
    Explore an illustrated chronology of = Galileo's life=20 and work.

    His Place in = Science
   =20 Author Dava Sobel details why Galileo is the father of =
   =20 modern science.

    His Telescope (and Sir=20 Isaac's)
    Galileo's refractor and Newton's = reflector remain=20 the two
    standard types of optical telescopes=20 today.

    His Big Mistake
    = How and=20 why Galileo got it wrong about the=20 tides.

        =20
Interactives

    His=20 Experiments:

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   =20 as heavy ones.

    = Projectiles
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   =20 than one that also has lateral motion?

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    Program=20 Transcript

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It also features updates from BFI and periodic special offers for our members. ----------------------------------------------------------- FOOD FOR THOUGHT ----------------------------------------------------------- "I must commit myself to reforming the environment not man; being absolutely confident that if you give man the right environment he will behave favorably." R. Buckminster Fuller "An Autobiographical Monologue/Scenario" ----------------------------------------------------------- TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES ----------------------------------------------------------- Bayer and UNEP Launch Partnership for Youth Environmental Projects The Bayer Group has become the first private-sector company to partner the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in environmental projects for young people. http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=3D26886 (Source: Greenbiz.com) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 Port of Los Angeles Opens Green Shipping Terminal The Port of Los Angeles opened the world's first green container terminal Monday as part of a $50-million settlement of a lawsuit over air pollution that has plagued communities near the port. http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25104.asp (Source: Environmental News Network)=20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clothes Launder Own Fabric Catalytic Cotton Chows Down On Dirt In the classic 1951 film, "The Man in the White Suit," Alec Guinness played a scientist who invents a fabric that never gets dirty or wears out. A chemist's pipe dream perhaps, but the prospect of self-cleaning clothes might be getting closer. http://www.nature.com/nsu/040607/040607-9.html=20 (Source: Nature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 Private Craft Makes Space History With Eco Friendly Fuel (Laughing Gas) SpaceShipOne has rocketed into the history books to become the first Private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811881.stm=20 (Source: BBC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 California Family Drives To Argentina On Recycled Vegetable Oil Mali Blotta and David Modersbach were unfazed by rising gas prices when they drove 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) during a recent family road trip from California to Argentina. Their 24-year-old station wagon runs on much cheaper fuel: recycled vegetable oil. http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-24/s_25117.asp (Source: Environmental News Network)=20 ----------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCES ----------------------------------------------------------- Fast Company Profiles "Masters of Design" No matter what you do for a living, design matters. Meet and learn from 20 visionary men and women who are using design to create not just new products, but new ways of working, leading, and seeing, profiled in the cover story of Fast Company's June 2004 issue. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/83/mod.html . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 L.A. College to Create Sustainable Design Certification Classes The Los Angeles Community College District plans to launch sustainable design certification classes at its campus, where more than 40 green buildings are being constructed as part of the college district's extensive campus improvement program. http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=3D26878 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Apollo Project - For Energy Indepence The New Apollo Project is a $300 billion, public-private program to create three million new, clean energy jobs to free America from foreign oil dependence in ten years. The project is headed by the Apollo Alliance, an organization building a broad coalition within the labor, environmental, business, urban, and faith communities in support of good jobs and energy independence. To see the Apollo proposal for yourself, visit=20 http://www.apolloalliance.org ----------------------------------------------------------- EVENTS ----------------------------------------------------------- REMINDER: The Smithsonian Institute Presents: Buckminster Fuller's World Game Workshop Evening Seminar: July 8 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Led by Medard Gabel, this evening participants engage in Fuller's World Game, a serious exercise that embodies his goal to "make the world work for 100 percent of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense, or the disadvantage of anyone." http://residentassociates.org/com/buckmister_game.asp AND Buckminster Fuller's Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science Problem-Solving Methodology in Practice Thursdays, July 15-Aug. 12, 7 to 9 p.m. Over five weeks, learn how to develop a practical approach to some existing modern problems using the process of Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science. The course includes an interview with a prominent student of Buckminster Fuller's design approach, so students can learn from the real-life experience and applications of Fuller's=20 work. Each session includes exercises for learning Design Science, and participants are responsible for developing a project--by themselves or in a team--that presents a solution to a modern problem, using Fuller's problem-solving methodology. Program led by Medard Gabel. http://residentassociates.org/com/buckmister_science.asp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 Solar 2004: A Solar Harvest, Growing Opportunities American Solar Energy Society July 11-14, 2004 Portland, Oregon SOLAR 2004 is bringing together solar disciplines and solar enthusiasts. Featuring: - 33rd ASES Annual Conference - 29th National Passive Solar Conference - ASME International Solar Energy Conference - SEIA Industry Updates - SBSE Annual Meeting - IREC/DOE Million Solar Roofs Partnerships Annual Meeting - SRCC Annual Meeting - Workshops, Tours, Special Events=20 The updated program is now online at http://www.ases.org/solar2004/program.htm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 Next SNEC Meeting: Tensegrity Structures Workshop July 24th - 25th, 2004 SUNY, Oswego, New York Workshop Presentations: -Don Briddell -- Structor Geometry -Roger Tobie -- The Laws of Tensile-Integrity Form -Jeannie Moberly -- Circus of "Impossible" Structures (bring failed or bizarre models of less than 3" for inclusion.) -Marvin Solit and Stuart Quimby -- T Formation Post and Rail Method For Building Tensegrities -Francois Gabriel -- Beyond the Cube, The Architecture of Space Frames and Polyhedra -Don Richter -Joe Clinton For details and to register visit = http://www.cjfearnley.com/snec/ ----------------------------------------------------------- BFI UPDATE ----------------------------------------------------------- Reminder: Fuller Commemorative Stamp Released July 12 On July 12th, Bucky's Birthday, the U.S. Postal Service will be releasing a special commemorative Buckminster Fuller stamp to honor Fuller on the 50th anniversary of his patent for the geodesic dome! http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_043.htm Next week we will send another special update on events and activities across the country related to the stamp release in the next few days! ----------------------------------------------------------- COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN NETWORK ----------------------------------------------------------- 1st International Cradle to Cradle Housing Design and Construction Competition! Architects, designers and students are invited to develop affordable, sustainable house designs based on the principles discusssed in Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart's book, "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things." Deadline: November 15, discounted entry fee by July 15. Submissions due December 15. http://www.c2c-home.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=20 See also: Next SNEC Meeting: Tensegrity Structures Workshop in events section. ----------------------------------------------------------- Are you BFI member? If you enjoyed this e-bulletin, you can say so with a tax-deductible donation. Donating is easy! You can do so right now by visiting https://www.websitesecured.com/~bfi.org/member.asp or call us at 800-967 6277. ----------------------------------------------------------- Have you come across interesting design news? Feel free to forward them so we can consider them for inclusion. To subscribe to this free e-bulletin, send an email to BFI_News-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Past issues of BFI_News are at http://www.bfi.org/news/ebulletin/index.html. PRIVACY STATEMENT: BFI respects your privacy, so we will never share any personal information without your consent. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] =20 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: = http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BFI_News/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: = BFI_News-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0140_01C46059.8350C140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 5:06 PM

Subject: [BFI_News] Vol.5 No.6

Welcome to Vol. 5 No. 6 of BFI_News, the e-bulletin
of = the=20 Buckminster Fuller=20 Institute.
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BFI_News=20 brings you news from around the world related to
humanity's option = for=20 success and comprehensive design
solutions. It also features updates = from BFI=20 and periodic
special offers for our=20 members.

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FOOD=20 FOR=20 THOUGHT
-----------------------------------------------------------
"I=20 must commit myself to reforming the environment not man;
being = absolutely=20 confident that if you give man the right
environment he will behave=20 favorably."

R. Buckminster Fuller
"An Autobiographical=20 Monologue/Scenario"

----------------------------------------------= -------------
TRENDS=20 AND=20 PERSPECTIVES
---------------------------------------------------------= --

Bayer=20 and UNEP Launch Partnership for Youth Environmental Projects

The = Bayer=20 Group has become the first private-sector company to
partner the = United=20 Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in
environmental projects for = young=20 people.
http:= //www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=3D26886

(Source:= =20 Greenbiz.com)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = .=20

Port of Los Angeles Opens Green Shipping Terminal

The = Port of Los=20 Angeles opened the world's first green container
terminal Monday as = part of a=20 $50-million settlement of a lawsuit
over air pollution that has = plagued=20 communities near the port.
http://www.enn.co= m/news/2004-06-22/s_25104.asp

(Source:=20 Environmental News Network)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . .=20 . . . . .

Clothes Launder Own Fabric
Catalytic Cotton Chows = Down On=20 Dirt

In the classic 1951 film, "The Man in the White Suit," Alec=20 Guinness
played a scientist who invents a fabric that never gets = dirty or=20 wears
out. A chemist's pipe dream perhaps, but the prospect of=20 self-cleaning
clothes might be getting closer.
http://www.nature= com/nsu/040607/040607-9.html=20

(Source: Nature)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . .=20 . . .

Private Craft Makes Space History With Eco Friendly Fuel = (Laughing Gas)

SpaceShipOne has rocketed into the history books = to become=20 the first
Private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and=20 back.
http://new= s.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811881.stm=20

(Source: BBC)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . .=20 .

California Family Drives To Argentina On Recycled Vegetable=20 Oil

Mali Blotta and David Modersbach were unfazed by rising = gas
prices=20 when they drove 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) during
a recent = family road=20 trip from California to Argentina. Their
24-year-old station wagon = runs on=20 much cheaper fuel: recycled
vegetable oil.
http://www.enn.co= m/news/2004-06-24/s_25117.asp

(Source:=20 Environmental News Network)=20

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RE= SOURCES
-----------------------------------------------------------
Fast=20 Company Profiles "Masters of Design"

No matter what you do for a = living,=20 design matters. Meet and learn
from 20 visionary men and women who = are using=20 design to create
not just new products, but new ways of working, = leading, and=20 seeing,
profiled in the cover story of Fast Company's June 2004=20 issue.

http://www.fastc= ompany.com/magazine/83/mod.html
.=20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L.A. = College=20 to Create Sustainable Design Certification Classes

The Los = Angeles=20 Community College District plans to launch
sustainable design = certification=20 classes at its campus, where more
than 40 green buildings are being=20 constructed as part of the college
district's extensive campus = improvement=20 program.

http:= //www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=3D26878
.=20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The = Apollo=20 Project - For Energy Indepence

The New Apollo Project is a $300 = billion,=20 public-private program
to create three million new, clean energy jobs = to free=20 America from
foreign oil dependence in ten years. The project is = headed by=20 the
Apollo Alliance, an organization building a broad coalition = within
the=20 labor, environmental, business, urban, and faith communities
in = support of=20 good jobs and energy independence.

To see the Apollo proposal for = yourself, visit
http://www.apolloalliance.org<= BR>
-----------------------------------------------------------
EVE= NTS
-----------------------------------------------------------
REMINDER:
The=20 Smithsonian Institute Presents:

Buckminster Fuller's World Game=20 Workshop
Evening Seminar: July 8
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Led by = Medard=20 Gabel, this evening participants engage in Fuller's
World Game, a = serious=20 exercise that embodies his goal to "make
the world work for 100 = percent of=20 humanity, in the shortest possible
time, through spontaneous = cooperation,=20 without ecological offense,
or the disadvantage of anyone."
http://res= identassociates.org/com/buckmister_game.asp

AND

Buckmin= ster=20 Fuller's Comprehensive Anticipatory Design
Science Problem-Solving=20 Methodology in Practice

Thursdays, July 15-Aug. 12,
7 to 9=20 p.m.

Over five weeks, learn how to develop a practical approach = to=20 some
existing modern problems using the process of=20 Comprehensive
Anticipatory Design Science. The course includes an = interview=20 with a
prominent student of Buckminster Fuller's design approach, so=20 students
can learn from the real-life experience and applications of = Fuller's=20
work.

Each session includes exercises for learning Design = Science,=20 and
participants are responsible for developing a project--by = themselves=20 or
in a team--that presents a solution to a modern problem, using=20 Fuller's
problem-solving methodology. Program led by Medard = Gabel.
http://= residentassociates.org/com/buckmister_science.asp
.=20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Solar = 2004: A=20 Solar Harvest, Growing Opportunities
American Solar Energy=20 Society

July 11-14, 2004
Portland, Oregon

SOLAR 2004 is = bringing together solar disciplines and solar
enthusiasts. = Featuring:
-=20 33rd ASES Annual Conference
- 29th National Passive Solar = Conference
-=20 ASME International Solar Energy Conference
- SEIA Industry = Updates
- SBSE=20 Annual Meeting
- IREC/DOE Million Solar Roofs Partnerships Annual=20 Meeting
- SRCC Annual Meeting
- Workshops, Tours, Special Events=20

The updated program is now online at
http://www.ases.org/so= lar2004/program.htm
.=20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Next = SNEC=20 Meeting:
Tensegrity Structures Workshop

July 24th - 25th,=20 2004
SUNY, Oswego, New York

Workshop Presentations:
-Don = Briddell=20 -- Structor Geometry
-Roger Tobie -- The Laws of Tensile-Integrity=20 Form
-Jeannie Moberly -- Circus of "Impossible"=20 Structures
    (bring failed or bizarre models of less = than 3"=20 for inclusion.)
-Marvin Solit and Stuart Quimby -- T Formation Post = and=20 Rail
    Method For Building Tensegrities
-Francois = Gabriel=20 -- Beyond the Cube, The Architecture of
    Space = Frames and=20 Polyhedra
-Don Richter
-Joe Clinton

For details and to = register=20 visit http://www.cjfearnley.com/snec/<= /A>

-----------------------------------------------------------BFI=20 UPDATE
-----------------------------------------------------------
=
Reminder:
Fuller=20 Commemorative Stamp Released July 12

On July 12th, Bucky's = Birthday, the=20 U.S. Postal Service will be
releasing a special commemorative = Buckminster=20 Fuller stamp
to honor Fuller on the 50th anniversary of his patent = for=20 the
geodesic dome!
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_043.htm
=
Next=20 week we will send another special update on events
and activities = across the=20 country related to the stamp
release in the next few=20 days!

-----------------------------------------------------------<= BR>COMPREHENSIVE=20 DESIGN=20 NETWORK
-----------------------------------------------------------
1st=20 International Cradle to Cradle Housing Design
and Construction=20 Competition!

Architects, designers and students are invited to=20 develop
affordable, sustainable house designs based on the=20 principles
discusssed in Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart's=20 book,
"Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make = Things."
Deadline:=20 November 15, discounted entry fee by July 15.
Submissions due = December=20 15.
http://www.c2c-home.org
. . . . = . . . .=20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

See also:
Next SNEC = Meeting: Tensegrity Structures Workshop
in events=20 section.

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------=_NextPart_000_0140_01C46059.8350C140-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 14:35:47 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i62LZjwF024125 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:35:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA21749 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:26:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav31.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.61]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA21745 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:26:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:26:26 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav31.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:26:26 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Upon Reflection Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:26:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_016F_01C46059.B1B93F80" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:26:22 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2004 21:26:26.0671 (UTC) FILETIME=[3B618FF0:01C4607B] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_016F_01C46059.B1B93F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MESSENGER News=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 1:42 PM Subject: Upon Reflection MESSENGER Mission News July 2, 2004 http://messenger.jhuapl.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Upon Reflection . . . =20 MESSENGER will rely on solar panels for power during its long voyage to = and orbit around Mercury. The custom-developed panels, installed on the = spacecraft June 24-25, were the next-to-last major components to be = attached before the spacecraft is moved to the Delta II launch vehicle = this month. This week's annotated Webcam = image captures the installation in progress.=20 =20 To run MESSENGER's systems and charge its 23-ampere-hour nickel-hydrogen = battery, the panels, each about 1.5 meters (5 feet) by 1.65 meters (5.5 = feet), will support between 385-485 watts of spacecraft load power = during the cruise to Mercury and 640 watts during the science orbit. The = panels could produce more than two kilowatts of power near Mercury, but = to prevent stress on MESSENGER's electronics, onboard power processors = take in only what the spacecraft actually needs. =20 The panels are 67 percent mirrors (called optical solar reflectors) and = 33 percent triple-junction solar cells, which convert 28 percent of the = sunlight hitting them into electricity. Each panel has two rows of = mirrors for every row of cells; a total of 648 cells and 1,296 mirrors = per panel. The small mirrors reflect the Sun's energy and keep the panel = cooler. The panels also rotate, so MESSENGER's flight computer will tilt = the panels away from the Sun, positioning them to get the required power = while maintaining a normal surface operating temperature of about 150 = degrees Celsius, or 302 degrees Fahrenheit. =20 Major events before moving the spacecraft include fueling - the team is = loading the hydrazine fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer this week - = and final installation of the sunshade. (Click here for = large and = small time-lapse movies of the solar panel installation.) = =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- This Week at the Cape: Launch Targeted for August 2 With the successful launch of the Air Force Delta/GPS mission last week, = MESSENGER's launch has been rescheduled and is now targeted to occur = August 2. While the previous launch date of July 30 may have been = achievable, the additional margin now being built into the schedule will = provide greater confidence in meeting this new launch date. Check the = latest status = report= for details.=20 (The status report is posted at = http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_06_29_04.html) -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Vaughn Named Engineer of the Year MESSENGER team member Robin Vaughn of the Johns Hopkins University = Applied Physics Laboratory has been named Engineer of the Year by the = Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and = Astronautics (AIAA). The award cites her work as lead engineer for = MESSENGER's guidance and control system. Click = here to = read more about the award and the winner! =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and = Ranging) is a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury, and the = first NASA mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. Dr. = Sean C. Solomon, of the Carnegie Institution of = Washington, leads the mission as = principal investigator. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics = Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, built and will = operate the MESSENGER spacecraft and manages the = Discovery-class mission for = NASA.=20 =20 For more information, visit = http://messenger.jhuapl.edu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- You are subscribed to MESSENGER E-News. To remove your address from the = list, simply reply to this message and type "remove" in the subject = line.=20 To change your address, please reply with a message that includes your = old and new mailing addresses in the body. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_016F_01C46059.B1B93F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: MESSENGER News =

Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 1:42 PM

Subject: Upon Reflection

MESSENGER = Mission=20 News

July 2, 2004

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu

Upon Reflection . . =

MESSENGER will=20 rely on solar panels for power = during its = long voyage=20 to and orbit around Mercury. The custom-developed panels,=20 installed on the spacecraft June 24-25, were the next-to-last major = components=20 to be attached before the spacecraft is moved to the Delta II launch = vehicle=20 this month. This week's annotated = Webcam=20 image captures the installation in progress.

To = run=20 MESSENGER's systems and charge its 23-ampere-hour nickel-hydrogen battery, the panels, each about 1.5 meters = (5 feet) by=20 1.65 meters (5.5 feet), will support between 385-485 watts of spacecraft = load=20 power during the cruise to Mercury and 640 watts during the science = orbit. The=20 panels could produce more than two kilowatts of power near Mercury, but = to=20 prevent stress on MESSENGER's electronics, onboard power processors take = in only=20 what the spacecraft actually needs.

The = panels are=20 67 percent mirrors (called optical solar reflectors) and 33 percent=20 triple-junction solar cells, which convert 28 percent of the sunlight = hitting=20 them into electricity. Each panel has two rows of mirrors for every row = of=20 cells; a total of 648 cells and 1,296 mirrors per panel. The small = mirrors=20 reflect the Sun's energy and keep the panel cooler. The panels also = rotate, so=20 MESSENGER's flight computer will tilt the panels away from the Sun, = positioning=20 them to get the required power while maintaining a normal surface = operating=20 temperature of about 150 degrees Celsius, or 302 degrees=20 Fahrenheit.

Major = events=20 before moving the spacecraft include fueling - the team is loading the = hydrazine=20 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer this week - and final installation = of the=20 sunshade.

(Click here for large and small time-lapse movies of = the solar panel installation.)=20

This Week = at the Cape:=20 Launch Targeted for August 2

With the successful launch of the = Air Force=20 Delta/GPS mission last week, MESSENGER's launch has been rescheduled and = is now=20 targeted to occur August 2. While the previous launch date of July 30 = may have=20 been achievable, the additional margin now being built into the schedule = will=20 provide greater confidence in meeting this new launch date. Check the latest status=20 report for details.

(The status=20 report is posted at http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/status_report_06_29_04.html)<= /SPAN>

Vaughn = Named Engineer=20 of the Year

MESSENGER team = member Robin=20 Vaughn of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has = been named=20 Engineer of the Year by the Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute = of=20 Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The award cites her work as lead = engineer=20 for MESSENGER's guidance and control system. Click h= ere to=20 read more about the award and the winner!

MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, = GEochemistry,=20 and Ranging) is a scientific investigation of the planet = Mercury, and the=20 first NASA mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. Dr. = Sean C.=20 Solomon, of the Carnegie = Institution of=20 Washington, leads the mission as principal = investigator.=20 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory = in Laurel, Maryland, built and will operate the MESSENGER = spacecraft=20 and manages the Discovery-class mission for NASA.=20

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------=_NextPart_000_016F_01C46059.B1B93F80-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 14:40:19 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i62LeHwF025377 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:40:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA21848 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:30:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav21.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.125]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA21844 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:30:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:29:43 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav21.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:29:42 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "europa" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: [esa_general] Scientists confront the challenges of the Arctic in support of ESA's ice mission Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:29:40 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0186_01C4605A.28050FC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:29:40 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2004 21:29:43.0173 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0816350:01C4607B] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0186_01C4605A.28050FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: ESA=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 5:47 AM Subject: [esa_general] Scientists confront the challenges of the Arctic = in support of ESA's ice mission Camping out, for anything up to two months, on vast ice sheets in the = Arctic is just one of the challenges scientists faced performing the = first of a series of six validation experiments in support of ESA's = CryoSat mission. Read more at: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEM45C25WVD_index_0.html ------=_NextPart_000_0186_01C4605A.28050FC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Camping out, for anything up to two months, on vast ice sheets in = the=20 Arctic is just one of the challenges scientists faced performing the = first of a=20 series of six validation experiments in support of ESA's CryoSat=20 mission.

Read more at:

http://www.esa= int/esaLP/SEM45C25WVD_index_0.html

------=_NextPart_000_0186_01C4605A.28050FC0-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 15:01:06 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i62M13wF029599 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA22578 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:54:48 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav16.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.120]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA22573 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:54:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:54:15 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav16.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:54:14 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: First 3D view of solar eruptions Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:54:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01BB_01C4605D.95F31F60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 17:54:13 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2004 21:54:15.0184 (UTC) FILETIME=[1DE47100:01C4607F] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BB_01C4605D.95F31F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: ESA=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 10:14 AM Subject: First 3D view of solar eruptions Using data from the ESA/NASA SOHO observatory, scientists have produced = the first three-dimensional (3D) views of massive solar eruptions, = called Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). When directed at Earth, CMEs can = disrupt radio communications, satellite links and power systems. This = new result is critical for a complete understanding of these dramatic = phenomena. For further information, see: = http://www.esa.int/esaSC/Pr_13_2004_s_en.html ------=_NextPart_000_01BB_01C4605D.95F31F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Subject: First 3D view of solar eruptions

Using data from the ESA/NASA SOHO observatory, scientists = have=20 produced the first three-dimensional (3D) views of massive solar = eruptions,=20 called Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). When directed at Earth, CMEs can = disrupt=20 radio communications, satellite links and power systems. This new result = is=20 critical for a complete understanding of these dramatic = phenomena.

For=20 further information, see: http://www.esa.int= /esaSC/Pr_13_2004_s_en.html

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SITE HIGHLIGHTS -- Health Policy Fellows Selected -- Library Resources Now Available to the Public=20 -- Audio and Slide Presentations from NAE Tech Literacy Symposium Are Now Online -- TRB Releases Spring Publications Flyer -- Diabetes Research Is Focus of New Issue of ILAR Journal -- Subscribe to NAE's Electronic Newsletter=20 THIS WEEK IN PNAS -- Selected Articles Appearing in PNAS this Week NEW ONLINE BOOKS -- Titles from the National Academies Press Catalog and Backlist ****************************************** TOP NEWS **Live Webcast** The Institute of Medicine releases "Scaling up Treatment for the Global AIDS Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities" during a one-hour public briefing at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 7 in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C St. N.W., Washington, D.C. Participate by listening to a live audio webcast (requires free RealPlayer) and submitting questions using an e-mail form, both accessible on the National-Academies.org home page during the event. Webcast available at: http://www.national-academies.org ****************************************** SCIENCE IN THE HEADLINES The Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn this past Wednesday night, flying closer than any previous craft to the ringed planet and its moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, will spend four years gathering detailed information on Saturn's atmosphere, including its famous rings, and Titan, the planet's largest moon. More information on the mission and its objectives is available in reports from the National Academies' Space Studies Board. http://www.national-academies.org/headlines#sh0701 The number of cancer survivors has nearly tripled in the last three decades because of improvements in care and detection, according a new federal report. Patients diagnosed with cancer today have a 64 percent chance of surviving five years, compared with 50 percent for those diagnosed in the mid-1970s, said researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute. Several National Academies reports examine issues related to cancer care, prevention and detection. http://www.national-academies.org/headlines#sh0629 ****************************************** UPCOMING EVENTS The ability of psychologists to prescribe medication is the topic of a seminar sponsored by the National Academies' Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Internship Program. The 90-minute event begins at 12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 9 in Room 100 of the National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. The seminar is free and open to the public. http://www7.national-academies.org/internship/Events.html A complete list of events can be found in our public meetings database at: http://www.national-academies.org/events ****************************************** SITE HIGHLIGHTS The Institute of Medicine has selected seven behavioral scientists and health professionals as its 2004-2005 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows. The fellows were chosen on a competitive basis from nominations by academic institutions, as well as by organized health care delivery systems and other community-based providers. http://www.iom.edu/news.asp?id=3D20878 Resources from the National Academies' George E. Brown, Jr. library are now available to the public. Visitors are welcome to search its online catalog as well as look through current issues in the journal collection. The library is located in Room 304 of the National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. http://www7.national-academies.org/nrclibrary/Visitors_Guide.html Audio and slide presentations from the National Academy of Engineering's Symposium on Technological Literacy are now online. The event, held April 28, 2004, brought together state education leaders in mathematics, science, assessment and curriculum to learn about and discuss the issue of technological literacy. All audio presentations require free RealPlayer. http://www.nae.edu/nae/naetech.nsf/weblinks/MKEZ-5XNHRY?OpenDocument The Transportation Research Board has released its spring 2004 publications flyer highlighting recent TRB titles and popular reports from its backlist. http://gulliver.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=3D3801 Advances in animal-related research for type 1 diabetes is the focus of the latest issue of the ILAR Journal. The articles in the journal, a quarterly publication of the National Academies' Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, were chosen to illustrate the international scope of diabetes research. Ordering information is available online. http://dels.nas.edu/ilar/journal_home.asp Subscribe to Spotlight on Engineering, Technology and Policy, the National Academy of Engineering's bi-weekly newsletter, to keep up with the latest engineering reports, events, news and other resources. http://www.nae.edu/nae/naehome.nsf/Subscription+Web?OpenForm ****************************************** THIS WEEK IN PNAS The following articles are featured in the current print or online editions of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: -- Obesity Blunts Hunger Hormone -- Boosting Female Rats' Sexual Appetite -- Warmer Evening Temperatures Lower Rice Yields -- Virus May Help Curb Cocaine Cravings http://www.pnas.org/misc/highlights.shtml ****************************************** NEW ONLINE BOOKS The following titles from the National Academies Press catalog and backlist are now available online. Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11036.html Summary of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community: Interim Report http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11032.html Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11009.html Measuring Racial Discrimination http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10887.html Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10884.html Report of the Treasurer to the Council For the Year Ended December 31, 2003 http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11033.html=20 Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S. - Russian Workshop Proceedings http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10968.html Naval Forces' Defense Capabilities Against Chemical and Biological Warfare Threats http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11034.html Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11037.html ****************************************** The nation turns to the National Academies -- National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council -- for independent, objective advice on issues that affect people's lives worldwide. http://www.national-academies.org If you ever want to stop receiving this digest, use the Web form at: http://www.national-academies.org/unmail.html Comments about this newsletter may be submitted using the form at: http://www.national-academies.org/feedback ------=_NextPart_000_01C4_01C4605D.A721ED20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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WHAT'S NEW = at=20 National-Academies.org -- your weekly guide to what's new
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July 2,=20 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS

TOP NEWS
-- Public Briefing on = "Scaling up=20 Treatment for the Global AIDS
Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities" = (WEBCAST)

SCIENCE IN THE HEADLINES
-- Cassini Probe Enters = Saturn's=20 Orbit
-- Number of Cancer Survivors Is Increasing

UPCOMING=20 EVENTS
-- July 9: Seminar on "A Bitter Pill: Should Psychologists=20 Have
Prescriptive Privileges?"

SITE HIGHLIGHTS
-- Health = Policy=20 Fellows Selected
-- Library Resources Now Available to the Public =
--=20 Audio and Slide Presentations from NAE Tech Literacy Symposium = Are
Now=20 Online
-- TRB Releases Spring Publications Flyer
-- Diabetes = Research Is=20 Focus of New Issue of ILAR Journal
-- Subscribe to NAE's Electronic=20 Newsletter

THIS WEEK IN PNAS
-- Selected Articles Appearing = in PNAS=20 this Week

NEW ONLINE BOOKS
-- Titles from the National = Academies Press=20 Catalog and=20 Backlist

******************************************
TOP=20 NEWS

**Live Webcast**
The Institute of Medicine releases = "Scaling up=20 Treatment for the Global
AIDS Epidemic: Challenges and Opportunities" = during=20 a one-hour public
briefing at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 7 in the = Lecture=20 Room of the
National Academy of Sciences Building, 2100 C St. N.W.,=20 Washington, D.C.
Participate by listening to a live audio webcast = (requires=20 free
RealPlayer) and submitting questions using an e-mail form,=20 both
accessible on the National-Academies.org home page during the=20 event.
Webcast available at:
http://www.national-academies.= org

******************************************
SCIENCE = IN THE HEADLINES

The Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around = Saturn this=20 past Wednesday
night, flying closer than any previous craft to the = ringed=20 planet and
its moons. Cassini and its companion probe, Huygens, = will=20 spend four
years gathering detailed information on Saturn's = atmosphere,=20 including
its famous rings, and Titan, the planet's largest = moon. =20 More
information on the mission and its objectives is available in=20 reports
from the National Academies' Space Studies Board.
http://www.na= tional-academies.org/headlines#sh0701

The=20 number of cancer survivors has nearly tripled in the last = three
decades=20 because of improvements in care and detection, according a = new
federal=20 report. Patients diagnosed with cancer today have a 64 = percent
chance=20 of surviving five years, compared with 50 percent for those
diagnosed = in the=20 mid-1970s, said researchers from the Centers for
Disease Control and=20 Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.
Several National = Academies=20 reports examine issues related to cancer
care, prevention and=20 detection.
http://www.na= tional-academies.org/headlines#sh0629

********************= **********************
UPCOMING=20 EVENTS

The ability of psychologists to prescribe medication is = the topic=20 of a
seminar sponsored by the National Academies' Christine Mirzayan=20 Science
and Technology Policy Internship Program. The 90-minute = event=20 begins at
12:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 9 in Room 100 of the National=20 Academies'
Keck Center, 500 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C. = The=20 seminar is free
and open to the public.
http:/= /www7.national-academies.org/internship/Events.html

A=20 complete list of events can be found in our public meetings=20 database
at:
http://www.national-aca= demies.org/events

****************************************= **
SITE=20 HIGHLIGHTS

The Institute of Medicine has selected seven = behavioral=20 scientists and
health professionals as its 2004-2005 Robert Wood = Johnson=20 Foundation
Health Policy Fellows. The fellows were chosen on a=20 competitive basis
from nominations by academic institutions, as well = as by=20 organized
health care delivery systems and other community-based=20 providers.
http://www.iom.edu/news.a= sp?id=3D20878

Resources=20 from the National Academies' George E. Brown, Jr. library are
now = available=20 to the public. Visitors are welcome to search its = online
catalog as=20 well as look through current issues in the journal
collection. = The=20 library is located in Room 304 of the National
Academies' Keck = Center, 500=20 Fifth St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
http://www7.national-academies.org/nrclibrary/Visitors_Guide.html
Audio=20 and slide presentations from the National Academy of = Engineering's
Symposium=20 on Technological Literacy are now online. The event, held
April = 28,=20 2004, brought together state education leaders in = mathematics,
science,=20 assessment and curriculum to learn about and discuss the issue
of=20 technological literacy. All audio presentations require=20 free
RealPlayer.
http://www.nae.edu/nae/naetech.nsf/weblinks/MKEZ-5XNHRY?OpenDocument=

The=20 Transportation Research Board has released its spring = 2004
publications flyer=20 highlighting recent TRB titles and popular reports
from its = backlist.
http://g= ulliver.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=3D3801

Advances=20 in animal-related research for type 1 diabetes is the focus of
the = latest=20 issue of the ILAR Journal. The articles in the journal, = a
quarterly=20 publication of the National Academies' Institute for
Laboratory = Animal=20 Research, were chosen to illustrate the international
scope of = diabetes=20 research. Ordering information is available online.
http://dels.nas.edu/il= ar/journal_home.asp

Subscribe=20 to Spotlight on Engineering, Technology and Policy, the
National = Academy of=20 Engineering's bi-weekly newsletter, to keep up with
the latest = engineering=20 reports, events, news and other resources.
htt= p://www.nae.edu/nae/naehome.nsf/Subscription+Web?OpenForm

= ******************************************
THIS=20 WEEK IN PNAS

The following articles are featured in the current = print or=20 online
editions of Proceedings of the National Academy of = Sciences:

--=20 Obesity Blunts Hunger Hormone
-- Boosting Female Rats' Sexual = Appetite
--=20 Warmer Evening Temperatures Lower Rice Yields
-- Virus May Help Curb = Cocaine=20 Cravings

http://www.pnas.org/mi= sc/highlights.shtml

**************************************= ****
NEW=20 ONLINE BOOKS
The following titles from the National Academies Press = catalog=20 and
backlist are now available online.

Understanding Racial = and Ethnic=20 Differences in Health in Late Life: A
Research Agenda
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /11036.html

Summary=20 of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the
Committee = on=20 Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community: Interim
Report
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /11032.html

Maintaining=20 High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore
National = Laboratories
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /11009.html

Measuring=20 Racial Discrimination
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /10887.html

Health=20 and Safety Needs of Older Workers
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /10884.html

Report=20 of the Treasurer to the Council For the Year Ended December = 31,
2003
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /11033.html=20

Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: = U.S.=20 -
Russian Workshop Proceedings
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /10968.html

Naval=20 Forces' Defense Capabilities Against Chemical and Biological
Warfare=20 Threats
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /11034.html

Direct=20 and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: = A
Workshop=20 Summary
http://www.nap.edu/catalog= /11037.html

******************************************
=
The=20 nation turns to the National Academies -- National Academy = of
Sciences,=20 National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and
National = Research=20 Council -- for independent, objective advice on issues
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If=20 you ever want to stop receiving this digest, use the Web form = at:

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------=_NextPart_000_01C4_01C4605D.A721ED20-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 15:07:44 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i62M7gwF017585 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:07:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id SAA22777 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:01:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav24.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.54]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA22767 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:01:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:00:54 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav24.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:00:53 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: WHAT'S NEW Friday, July 02, 2004 Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:00:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01DB_01C4605E.72AC66F0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:00:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2004 22:00:54.0134 (UTC) FILETIME=[0BAF6160:01C46080] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01DB_01C4605E.72AC66F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: What's New=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: WHAT'S NEW Friday, July 02, 2004 WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 2 Jul 04 Washington, DC =20 1. THE OTHER NASA: THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF SPACE EXPLORATION.=20 There were two NASA stories in the news this week: 1) Now almost a billion miles from Earth on its incredible voyage of discovery, Cassini deftly slipped through the gap between Saturn's F and G rings, and fired its main rocket to slow down. In the next four years Cassini is scheduled to orbit Saturn 76 times, using 18 instruments provided by 17 nations to study the planet and its moons. On Christmas Eve, Cassini will deploy the Huygens probe, which will parachute onto the moon Titan. 2) Meanwhile, about one hundred miles from Earth, the entire International Space Station crew (a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut in a borrowed space suit) went outside to replace a gyroscope circuit board. Alas, housekeeping chores leave little time for science.=20 No matter, the science planned for the ISS will never be missed. 2. SPINOFFS: WHAT'S NEW CREDITED WITH INVENTING THE FLUSH TOILET. In an effort to defend $100 billion flushed down the toilet for missile defense, the Pentagon claims in today's Washington Post that its missile technology could lead to advances in breast cancer detection. Exaggerated spinoff stories are a spinoff from NASA, which admitted its spinoff claims were wildly exaggerated http://www.aps.org/WN/WN93/wn012293.cfm . Claims that breast cancer treatment technology could lead to better missiles should also be disregarded, as should Saddam Hussein's claims that the invasion of Kuwait inspired the invention of the mouse-pad.=20 3. MEDICINE: WITH FRIENDS LIKE PRINCE CHARLES WHO NEEDS ENEMAS? When the Prince of Wales can spare time from warning about the dangers of "grey goo", = http://www.aps.org/WN/WN03/wn050903.cfm , he promotes the use of alternative medicine. He now recommends that cancer patients abandon chemotherapy in favor of Gerson Therapy, a controversial alternative treatment. In addition to vitamin injections and a fruit juice diet, Gerson Therapy calls for "coffee enemas", but the American Cancer Society warns that coffee enemas have been associated with infections, constipation, colitis, and even death. Gerson therapists claim it strips harmful bacteria and pollutants from the colon, which suggests what Charles should do with this nonsense. =20 4. PRAYER THERAPY: UNRELENTING INQUIRY INTO A FRAUDULENT STUDY. Time Magazine this week has a scathing account of a study by researchers at Columbia published in a prestigious journal three years ago. It claimed intercessory prayer helped infertile women conceive = http://www.aps.org/WN/WN04/wn060404.cfm . The case is a growing embarrassment for Columbia, the Journal of Reproductive Medicine, the authors, one of whom was chair of obstetrics and gynecology, and even media outlets like ABC Good Morning America and the New York Times, who embraced the story without checking. Time credits exposure of the fraud to the persistence of Bruce Flamm, a clinical professor of obstetrics at UC Irvine. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. =20 Opinions are the author's and not necessarily shared by the University of Maryland, but they should be. --- Archives of What's New can be found at = http://www.aps.org/WN To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to: = >= ------=_NextPart_000_01DB_01C4605E.72AC66F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, = 2 Jul=20 04 Washington,=20 DC
&= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; =20
1. THE OTHER NASA: THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF SPACE EXPLORATION. =
There=20 were two NASA stories in the news this week: 1) Now almost
a billion = miles=20 from Earth on its incredible voyage of discovery,
Cassini deftly = slipped=20 through the gap between Saturn's F and G
rings, and fired its main = rocket to=20 slow down. In the next four
years Cassini is scheduled to orbit = Saturn=20 76 times, using 18
instruments provided by 17 nations to study the = planet and=20 its
moons. On Christmas Eve, Cassini will deploy the Huygens=20 probe,
which will parachute onto the moon Titan. 2) Meanwhile,=20 about
one hundred miles from Earth, the entire International = Space
Station=20 crew (a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut in a
borrowed = space suit)=20 went outside to replace a gyroscope circuit
board. Alas, = housekeeping=20 chores leave little time for science.
No matter, the science planned = for the=20 ISS will never be missed.

2. SPINOFFS: WHAT'S NEW CREDITED WITH = INVENTING=20 THE FLUSH TOILET.
In an effort to defend $100 billion flushed down = the toilet=20 for
missile defense, the Pentagon claims in today's Washington = Post
that=20 its missile technology could lead to advances in breast
cancer=20 detection. Exaggerated spinoff stories are a spinoff from
NASA, = which=20 admitted its spinoff claims were wildly exaggerated
http://www.aps.org/WN/WN= 93/wn012293.cfm=20 Claims that breast
cancer treatment technology could lead to = better=20 missiles should
also be disregarded, as should Saddam Hussein's = claims that=20 the
invasion of Kuwait inspired the invention of the mouse-pad. =

3.=20 MEDICINE: WITH FRIENDS LIKE PRINCE CHARLES WHO NEEDS ENEMAS?
When the = Prince=20 of Wales can spare time from warning about the
dangers of "grey goo", = http://www.aps.org/WN/WN= 03/wn050903.cfm=20 ,
he promotes the use of alternative medicine. He now=20 recommends
that cancer patients abandon chemotherapy in favor of=20 Gerson
Therapy, a controversial alternative treatment. In = addition=20 to
vitamin injections and a fruit juice diet, Gerson Therapy = calls
for=20 "coffee enemas", but the American Cancer Society warns that
coffee = enemas=20 have been associated with infections, constipation,
colitis, and even = death. Gerson therapists claim it strips
harmful bacteria and=20 pollutants from the colon, which suggests
what Charles should do with = this=20 nonsense.

4. PRAYER THERAPY: UNRELENTING INQUIRY INTO A = FRAUDULENT=20 STUDY.
Time Magazine this week has a scathing account of a study=20 by
researchers at Columbia published in a prestigious journal = three
years=20 ago. It claimed intercessory prayer helped infertile = women
conceive http://www.aps.org/WN/WN= 04/wn060404.cfm=20 The case is a
growing embarrassment for Columbia, the Journal = of=20 Reproductive
Medicine, the authors, one of whom was chair of = obstetrics=20 and
gynecology, and even media outlets like ABC Good Morning = America
and=20 the New York Times, who embraced the story without checking.
Time = credits=20 exposure of the fraud to the persistence of Bruce
Flamm, a clinical = professor=20 of obstetrics at UC Irvine.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. =20
Opinions are the author's and not necessarily shared by = the
University of=20 Maryland, but they should be.
---
Archives of What's New can be = found at=20 http://www.aps.org/WN
To = subscribe, send a=20 blank e-mail to: <join-whatsnew@lists.apsms= gs.org>

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Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:40 AM

Subject: Latest on Double Star

Wednesday, 30-Jun-2004

TC-2 READY TO ROLL
The = second=20 Double Star spacecraft, TC-2, has been declared ready for shipment to = the launch=20 pad by the Chinese and ESA review board.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.= cfm?oid=3D35506
--------------------------------------------------= ------------------------------------

ROSETTA=20 STATUS REPORT: TESTING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE MGA-S ANTENNA
In the = third=20 week of Rosetta's Cruise 1 phase, the test for the availability of the = MGA-S=20 antenna was succesfully completed. This allowed the antenna to now be = selected=20 for use in case of Survival Mode triggering of the spacecraft.
http://sci.esa.int/jump.= cfm?oid=3D35503
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An international team of = astronomers=20 used the Wide Field Imager installed at the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope at La = Silla,=20 to obtain very deep images of the Orion Nebula in different wavebands. = The new=20 striking images should help the astronomers to better understand how the = formation of stars depends on the surrounding conditions. A false-colour = very=20 high-resolution composite image of the Orion Nebula has been created = from these=20 images for everybody to enjoy.

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------=_NextPart_000_0228_01C46060.51F5B2C0-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 15:27:00 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i62MQwwF009101 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:26:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id SAA23293 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:20:28 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav17.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.121]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA23281; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:20:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 15:19:41 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav17.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 02 Jul 2004 22:19:41 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:19:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0249_01C46061.20CE6D30" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:19:35 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Jul 2004 22:19:41.0460 (UTC) FILETIME=[AB9FAD40:01C46082] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0249_01C46061.20CE6D30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:27 PM Subject: Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Whitney Clavin (818) 354-4673 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.=20 Image Advisory: 2004-165 June 28, 2004 Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin What would our Milky Way galaxy look like if we could travel outside it and snap a picture? It might look a lot like a new image by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of a spiral galaxy called NGC 7331 - a virtual twin of our Milky Way. The picture, which can be viewed at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06322 , shows our twin as never before. Its swirling arms spin outward from a central bulge of light, which is outlined by a ring of actively forming stars. "Being inside our galaxy makes it difficult to see what's going on in the center," said Dr. J.D. Smith, a member of the team that observed NGC 7331, and an astronomer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. "By looking at a very similar galaxy, we gain a bird's eye-view of what the entire Milky Way might look like." Such an outside perspective will teach astronomers how our own galaxy, as well as others like it, might have formed and evolved. The latest observations are the first in a large-scale effort to observe 75 nearby galaxies with Spitzer's highly sensitive infrared eyes. Called Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey, the program will combine Spitzer data with that from other ground- and space-based telescopes operating at wavelengths ranging from ultraviolet to radio to create a comprehensive map of the selected galaxies. The program's first target, NGC 7331, was chosen in part for its striking similarities to the Milky Way. While these so-called twin galaxies do not share the same parents, they have many features in common, including number of stars, mass, spiral arm pattern and star-formation rate of a few stars per year. Whether the Milky Way has an inner star-forming ring like that of NGC 7331 is not known. NGC 7331 is located about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The new Spitzer image demonstrates the power of the telescope's infrared eyes to dissect galaxies into their various parts. Taken by the telescope's infrared array camera, the false-colored picture readily distinguishes NGC 7331's arms (brownish red), central bulge (blue) and star-forming ring (yellow). The composition of materials making up these regions was also revealed by the Spitzer observations: the central bulge consists primarily of older stars; the ring possesses a large amount of gas and dusty organic molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which typically glow when illuminated by newborn stars; and the arms contain these same dust grains to a lesser degree. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are also found on Earth, on burnt toast and in car exhaust among other places. Data from Spitzer's infrared spectrograph instrument were also used to show that the center of NGC 7331 harbors either an unusually high concentration of massive stars, or a moderately active black hole about the same size as the one lurking at the core of our galaxy. These findings will appear in two papers in the September issue of a special supplement to the Astrophysical Journal. Dr. Michael W. Regan of the Space Telescope Institute, Baltimore, Md., is lead author of a paper detailing observations from the infrared array camera, and Smith is lead author of a paper on the infrared spectrograph results. The Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey project is conducted by a team of about 25 scientists from 12 institutions, and is led by principal investigator Dr. Robert C. Kennicutt of the University of Arizona, Tucson. Launched August 25, 2003, the Spitzer Space Telescope is the fourth of NASA's Great Observatories, a program that also includes the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.=20 JPL manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. JPL is a division of Caltech. Spitzer's infrared spectrograph was built by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and Ball Aerospace Corporation, Boulder, Colo. The instrument's development was led by Dr. Jim Houck of Cornell. Spitzer's infrared array camera was built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The camera's development was led by Dr. Giovanni Fazio of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. Additional information about the Spitzer Space Telescope is available at http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu . -end- ------=_NextPart_000_0249_01C46061.20CE6D30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory =

To: ljk4@msn.com

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:27 PM

Subject: Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's=20 Twin

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION = LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA=20 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE=20 ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) = 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Whitn= ey Clavin=20 (818) 354-4673
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. =

Image=20 Advisory: 2004-165 June 28, 2004

Seeing = Double:=20 Spitzer Captures Our Galaxy's Twin

What would our Milky Way = galaxy look=20 like if we could travel outside
it and snap a picture? It might look = a lot=20 like a new image by NASA's
Spitzer Space Telescope of a spiral galaxy = called=20 NGC 7331 - a virtual
twin of our Milky Way.

The picture, which = can be=20 viewed at
http://photojo= urnal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06322=20 , shows our twin as
never before. Its swirling arms spin outward from = a=20 central bulge of
light, which is outlined by a ring of actively = forming=20 stars.

"Being inside our galaxy makes it difficult to see what's = going on=20 in
the center," said Dr. J.D. Smith, a member of the team that=20 observed
NGC 7331, and an astronomer at the University of Arizona, = Tucson.=20 "By
looking at a very similar galaxy, we gain a bird's eye-view of=20 what
the entire Milky Way might look like."

Such an outside=20 perspective will teach astronomers how our own galaxy,
as well as = others like=20 it, might have formed and evolved.

The latest observations are = the first=20 in a large-scale effort to
observe 75 nearby galaxies with Spitzer's = highly=20 sensitive infrared
eyes. Called Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies = Survey, the=20 program will
combine Spitzer data with that from other ground- and=20 space-based
telescopes operating at wavelengths ranging from = ultraviolet to=20 radio
to create a comprehensive map of the selected = galaxies.

The=20 program's first target, NGC 7331, was chosen in part for its
striking = similarities to the Milky Way. While these so-called twin
galaxies do = not=20 share the same parents, they have many features in
common, including = number=20 of stars, mass, spiral arm pattern and
star-formation rate of a few = stars per=20 year. Whether the Milky Way has
an inner star-forming ring like that = of NGC=20 7331 is not known. NGC
7331 is located about 50 million light-years = away in=20 the constellation
Pegasus.

The new Spitzer image demonstrates = the=20 power of the telescope's
infrared eyes to dissect galaxies into their = various=20 parts. Taken by
the telescope's infrared array camera, the = false-colored=20 picture
readily distinguishes NGC 7331's arms (brownish red), central = bulge
(blue) and star-forming ring (yellow). The composition of=20 materials
making up these regions was also revealed by the Spitzer=20 observations:
the central bulge consists primarily of older stars; = the=20 ring
possesses a large amount of gas and dusty organic molecules=20 called
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which typically glow=20 when
illuminated by newborn stars; and the arms contain these same=20 dust
grains to a lesser degree. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are=20 also
found on Earth, on burnt toast and in car exhaust among other=20 places.

Data from Spitzer's infrared spectrograph instrument were = also=20 used to
show that the center of NGC 7331 harbors either an unusually=20 high
concentration of massive stars, or a moderately active black=20 hole
about the same size as the one lurking at the core of our=20 galaxy.

These findings will appear in two papers in the September = issue=20 of a
special supplement to the Astrophysical Journal. Dr. Michael W.=20 Regan
of the Space Telescope Institute, Baltimore, Md., is lead = author of=20 a
paper detailing observations from the infrared array camera, and=20 Smith
is lead author of a paper on the infrared spectrograph results. = The
Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey project is conducted by a = team
of about 25 scientists from 12 institutions, and is led by=20 principal
investigator Dr. Robert C. Kennicutt of the University of=20 Arizona,
Tucson.

Launched August 25, 2003, the Spitzer Space = Telescope=20 is the fourth of
NASA's Great Observatories, a program that also = includes the=20 Hubble
Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma=20 Ray
Observatory.

JPL manages the Spitzer Space Telescope = mission for=20 NASA's Office of
Space Science, Washington, D.C. Science operations = are=20 conducted at
the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute = of=20 Technology
in Pasadena. JPL is a division of Caltech. Spitzer's=20 infrared
spectrograph was built by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., = and=20 Ball
Aerospace Corporation, Boulder, Colo. The instrument's = development=20 was
led by Dr. Jim Houck of Cornell. Spitzer's infrared array camera=20 was
built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The=20 camera's
development was led by Dr. Giovanni Fazio of Smithsonian=20 Astrophysical
Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.

Additional = information=20 about the Spitzer Space Telescope is available
at http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu=20

-end-

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----- Original = Message -----=20

From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory =

To: ljk4@msn.com

Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:49 PM

Subject: Kids, Rovers and Mars

Kids, Rovers and Mars

Calling all students and = kids. Make=20 sure to watch "Roving on the Red
Planet," a "kids-only" press = conference=20 about the Mars Exploration
Rovers. The show was originally = webcast from=20 NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory on Thursday, June 24, 2004, and is = now ready=20 to watch ANY
TIME as an archive!

The 40-minute program = features young=20 engineers talking about the
COOLEST THINGS THE ROVERS CAN DO! = You'll=20 get to see lots of rover
images, animations and video clips, and = learn about=20 the capabilities
of the rovers. YOU can also find out how to get = involved=20 with
engineering and space exploration. A live audience and = e-mail=20 link
during the original show provided many interesting questions for = the
panelists - check out the answers!

For more information go = to:

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= ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01C46084.37DE94A0-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 19:41:13 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i632f9wF016653 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id WAA29362 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:30:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav28.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.58]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA29358 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:30:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:29:57 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.4 by bay4-dav28.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:29:57 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.4] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: S&T's Weekly News Bulletin for July 2 Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:29:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001E_01C46084.187496A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:29:53 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jul 2004 02:29:57.0824 (UTC) FILETIME=[A212FC00:01C460A5] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C46084.187496A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: = bulletins@SkyandTelescope.com=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:15 PM Subject: S&T's Weekly News Bulletin for July 2 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN - July 2, 2004 * * * =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Welcome to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin. Images, the full text of stories abridged here, and other enhancements are available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided below. (If the links don't = work, just manually type the URLs into your Web browser.) Clear skies! =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D CASSINI'S PICTURE-PERFECT ARRIVAL Scientists, engineers, and space enthusiasts alike had much to celebrate this week: the Cassini orbiter, with its Huygens probe riding piggyback, is safely orbiting Saturn. In the process, the craft's cameras captured the closest-ever look at the planet's icy rings. The procedure went just as planned, says Cassini flight director Julie Webster (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). The spacecraft "couldn't have performed any better." Saturn orbit insertion, or SOI in NASA parlance, was hardly a simple task.... > = http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1291_1.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SATURN'S MAGNETIC MYSTERIES The first 61 pictures relayed by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft after reaching Saturn show that there is much scientists don't understand = about the planet's dazzling rings. But no less surprising were early returns from Saturn's vast magnetosphere, the invisible bubble of magnetic = fields, electric currents, and trapped radiation far larger than the ringed = planet itself.... > = http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1292_1.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ASTRO NEWS BRIEFS Happy Anniversary, FUSE June 24th marked the fifth birthday for the Far Ultraviolet = Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). Since the craft launched in 1999 FUSE astronomers have used the satellite's four far-ultraviolet telescopes to produce revolutionary science. Some of the highlights include the first-ever observations of molecular nitrogen outside the solar system, an analysis of the molecular hydrogen in the Martian atmosphere, and the discovery = of a hot gas halo surrounding the Milky Way. A New Step for SETI@home A half million amateur hunters for alien civilizations are currently running the SETI@home software -- which uses your = computer's idle time to sift through cosmic noise from the Arecibo radio telescope for faint, artificial signals among the stars. Launched five years ago, = SETI@home is now broadening its scope to become a platform for other "distributed computing" projects, such as those that use volunteers' computers to crunch data in molecular biology, climate modeling, and mathematics. The new software is named BOINC, the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for = Network Computing. It will give SETI@home itself the = flexibility to run additional searches using other radio telescopes and analysis strategies. Current SETI@home users will eventually need to switch to = BOINC. The change will also resolve an embarrassment that has dogged = SETI@home for all its life: the project has attracted so many volunteers that most of them are given needless duplicate make-work. BOINC will steer excess volunteers toward other projects instead. Phoebe Came in from the Cold Still ecstatic from Cassini's close flyby of Saturn's moon Phoebe on = June 11th, mission scientists have started poring over other data obtained by the spacecraft. New insight into the battered moon's character has come from a determination of its average density: at 1.6 grams per cubic centimeter, Phoebe must be a mixture of rock and ice in roughly equal amounts. Spectra from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) also show the surface to be a patchwork of water ice, frozen = carbon dioxide, possibly clays, and unidentified organic compounds. Other large satellites in Saturn's system, such as Mimas, Tethys, and Rhea, also = have compositions dominated by water ice, but VIMS team leader Robert H. = Brown notes that only Phoebe shows a carbon-dioxide signature. Consequently it is definitely not a captured asteroid but instead is more akin to the cometary bodies that now populate the distant Kuiper Belt. Amateur Occultation Data Reveal Double Asteroid Only four observers, all using video recorders, saw asteroid 302 = Clarissa pass in front of a 10th-magnitude star on the night of June 24th. But = that was enough to reveal at least two surprises, reports David Dunham, head = of the International Occultation Timing Association. His preliminary assessment suggests that Clarissa is about 64 kilometers long -- nearly twice its assumed diameter of 38 km. More importantly, Phil Dombrowski (Glastonbury, Connecticut) recorded a 0.25-second-long disappearance hundreds of kilometers from Clarissa's center. Instead, Dunham thinks = it's likely due to a companion satellite perhaps 5 or 6 km across. He notes that Brad Timerton, watching closer to the occultation's centerline from Newark, New York, recorded a miss, indicating a gap between the two bodies. Of the 27 confirmed binary asteroids, none have been discovered during an occultation; Dombrowski's observation, if it holds up, would become the first. > = http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1288_1.asp =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S SKY * Venus is coming into view low in the glow of dawn. Look for it above = the east-northeast horizon about 45 to 60 minutes before sunrise. * Orange Antares brightened unexpectedly in July 2000 and has remained bright ever since, with fluctuations. It is now high in the south. * Last-quarter Moon on Friday, July 9th (exact at 3:34 a.m. EDT). For details, see This Week's Sky at a Glance and Planet Roundup: > = http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D SHOOT THE SKY (Advertisement) Learn to astro image like a pro! Astrophotography for the Amateur, 2nd Edition by Michael A. Covington > = http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=3D322 The New CCD Astronomy by Ron Wodaski > = http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=3D76 Astrophotography: An Introduction to Film and Digital Imaging by H. J. P. 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Welcome=20 to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin. Images, the full text of = stories
abridged=20 here, and other enhancements are available on our Web=20 site,
SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided below. (If the links = don't=20 work,
just manually type the URLs into your Web browser.) Clear=20 skies!

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D

CASSINI'S=20 PICTURE-PERFECT ARRIVAL

Scientists, engineers, and space = enthusiasts=20 alike had much to celebrate
this week: the Cassini orbiter, with its = Huygens=20 probe riding piggyback,
is safely orbiting Saturn. In the process, = the=20 craft's cameras captured
the closest-ever look at the planet's icy = rings. The=20 procedure went just
as planned, says Cassini flight director Julie = Webster=20 (Jet Propulsion
Laboratory). The spacecraft "couldn't have performed = any=20 better."

Saturn orbit insertion, or SOI in NASA parlance, was = hardly a=20 simple
task....

> http://Skyand= Telescope.com/news/article_1291_1.asp

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SATURN'S MAGNETIC MYSTERIES

The first 61 pictures = relayed by the=20 Cassini-Huygens spacecraft after
reaching Saturn show that there is = much=20 scientists don't understand about
the planet's dazzling rings. But no = less=20 surprising were early returns
from Saturn's vast magnetosphere, the = invisible=20 bubble of magnetic fields,
electric currents, and trapped radiation = far=20 larger than the ringed planet
itself....

> http://Skyand= Telescope.com/news/article_1292_1.asp

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ASTRO NEWS BRIEFS

Happy Anniversary, FUSE

June = 24th=20 marked the fifth birthday for the Far Ultraviolet = Spectroscopic
Explorer=20 (FUSE). Since the craft launched in 1999 FUSE astronomers have
used = the=20 satellite's four far-ultraviolet telescopes to produce
revolutionary = science.=20 Some of the highlights include the first-ever
observations of = molecular=20 nitrogen outside the solar system, an analysis
of the molecular = hydrogen in=20 the Martian atmosphere, and the discovery of
a hot gas halo = surrounding the=20 Milky Way.

A New Step for SETI@home

A half million amateur = hunters for=20 alien civilizations are currently
running the SETI@home software -- which uses your = computer's=20 idle time to
sift through cosmic noise from the Arecibo radio = telescope for=20 faint,
artificial signals among the stars. Launched five years ago, = SETI@home = is
now=20 broadening its scope to become a platform for other = "distributed
computing"=20 projects, such as those that use volunteers' computers to
crunch data = in=20 molecular biology, climate modeling, and mathematics. The
new = software is=20 named BOINC, the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network
Computing. = It will=20 give SETI@home = itself the=20 flexibility to run additional
searches using other radio telescopes = and=20 analysis strategies. Current
SETI@home users will eventually need to = switch to=20 BOINC.

The change will also resolve an embarrassment that has = dogged SETI@home
for = all its=20 life: the project has attracted so many volunteers that most
of them = are=20 given needless duplicate make-work. BOINC will steer = excess
volunteers toward=20 other projects instead.

Phoebe Came in from the Cold

Still = ecstatic from Cassini's close flyby of Saturn's moon Phoebe on = June
11th,=20 mission scientists have started poring over other data obtained = by
the=20 spacecraft. New insight into the battered moon's character has = come
from a=20 determination of its average density: at 1.6 grams per = cubic
centimeter,=20 Phoebe must be a mixture of rock and ice in roughly equal
amounts. = Spectra=20 from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
(VIMS) also = show the=20 surface to be a patchwork of water ice, frozen carbon
dioxide, = possibly=20 clays, and unidentified organic compounds. Other large
satellites in = Saturn's=20 system, such as Mimas, Tethys, and Rhea, also have
compositions = dominated by=20 water ice, but VIMS team leader Robert H. Brown
notes that only = Phoebe shows=20 a carbon-dioxide signature. Consequently it
is definitely not a = captured=20 asteroid but instead is more akin to the
cometary bodies that now = populate=20 the distant Kuiper Belt.

Amateur Occultation Data Reveal Double=20 Asteroid

Only four observers, all using video recorders, saw = asteroid 302=20 Clarissa
pass in front of a 10th-magnitude star on the night of June = 24th.=20 But that
was enough to reveal at least two surprises, reports David = Dunham,=20 head of
the International Occultation Timing Association. His=20 preliminary
assessment suggests that Clarissa is about 64 kilometers = long --=20 nearly
twice its assumed diameter of 38 km. More importantly, Phil=20 Dombrowski
(Glastonbury, Connecticut) recorded a 0.25-second-long=20 disappearance
hundreds of kilometers from Clarissa's center. Instead, = Dunham=20 thinks it's
likely due to a companion satellite perhaps 5 or 6 km = across. He=20 notes
that Brad Timerton, watching closer to the occultation's = centerline=20 from
Newark, New York, recorded a miss, indicating a gap between the=20 two
bodies. Of the 27 confirmed binary asteroids, none have been=20 discovered
during an occultation; Dombrowski's observation, if it = holds up,=20 would
become the first.

> http://Skyand= Telescope.com/news/article_1288_1.asp

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

HIGHLIGHTS=20 OF THIS WEEK'S SKY

* Venus is coming into view low in the glow of = dawn.=20 Look for it above the
east-northeast horizon about 45 to 60 minutes = before=20 sunrise.
* Orange Antares brightened unexpectedly in July 2000 and = has=20 remained
bright ever since, with fluctuations. It is now high in the=20 south.
* Last-quarter Moon on Friday, July 9th (exact at 3:34 a.m.=20 EDT).

For details, see This Week's Sky at a Glance and Planet=20 Roundup:

> http://SkyandTel= escope.com/observing/ataglance/

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SHOOT=20 THE SKY (Advertisement)

Learn to astro image like a=20 pro!

Astrophotography for the Amateur, 2nd Edition
by Michael = A.=20 Covington
> http://SkyandT= elescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=3D322

The=20 New CCD Astronomy
by Ron Wodaski
> http://SkyandTe= lescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=3D76

Astrophotography:=20 An Introduction to Film and Digital Imaging
by H. J. P. = Arnold
> http://SkyandT= elescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=3D393

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Copyright=20 2004 Sky Publishing Corp. S&T's Weekly News Bulletin is = provided
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TELESCOPE magazine. Widespread electronic distribution is = encouraged=20 as
long as our copyright notice is included, along with the words = "used=20 by
permission." But this bulletin may not be published in any other=20 form
without written permission from Sky Publishing; send e-mail = to
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------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C46084.187496A0-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 19:42:38 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i632gbwF012885 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id WAA29357 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:30:18 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav30.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.60]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA29353 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:30:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:29:45 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.4 by bay4-dav30.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:29:45 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.4] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Cassini Exposes Puzzles About Ingredients In Saturn's Rings Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:29:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0015_01C46084.11D7EE50" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:29:42 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jul 2004 02:29:45.0459 (UTC) FILETIME=[9AB43C30:01C460A5] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C46084.11D7EE50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:48 PM Subject: Cassini Exposes Puzzles About Ingredients In Saturn's Rings MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Carolina Martinez (818) 354-5011 =20 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.=20 Donald Savage (202) 358-1727 =20 NASA Headquarters, Washington News Release: 2004-170 July 2, 2004 Cassini Exposes Puzzles About Ingredients In Saturn's Rings Just two days after the Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn orbit, preliminary science results are already beginning to show a complex and fascinating planetary system.=20 One early result intriguing scientists concerns Saturn's Cassini Division, the large gap between the A and B rings. While Saturn's rings are almost exclusively composed of water ice, new findings show the Cassini Division contains relatively more "dirt" than ice.=20 Further, the particles between the rings seem remarkably similar to the dark material that scientists saw on Saturn's moon, Phoebe. These dark particles refuel the theory that the rings might be the remnants of a moon. The F ring was also found to contain more dirt. =20 Another instrument on Cassini has detected large quantities of oxygen at the edge of the rings. Scientists are still trying to understand these results, but they think the oxygen may be left over from a collision that occurred as recently as January of this year.=20 "In just two days, our ideas about the rings have been expanded tremendously," said Dr. Linda Spilker, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., deputy project scientist for the Cassini-Huygens mission. "The Phoebe-like material is a big surprise. What puzzles us is that the A and B rings are so clean and the Cassini Division between them appears so dirty." The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini revealed the dirt mixed with the ice in the Cassini Division and in other small gaps in the rings, as well as in the F ring. "The surprising fingerprint in the data is that the dirt appears similar to what we saw at Phoebe. In the next several months we will be looking for the origin of this material," said Dr. Roger Clark, of the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo., and a member of the Cassini science team.=20 Cassini's ultraviolet imaging instrument detected the sudden and surprising increase in the amount of atomic oxygen at the edge of the rings. The finding leads scientists to hypothesize that something may have collided with the main rings, producing the excess oxygen.=20 Dr. Donald Shemansky of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, co-investigator for Cassini's ultraviolet imaging spectrograph instrument, said, "What is surprising is the evidence of a strong, sudden event during the observation period causing substantial variation in the oxygen distribution and abundance."=20 Although atomic oxygen has not been previously observed, its presence is not a surprise because hydroxyl was discovered earlier from Hubble Space Telescope observations, and these chemicals are both products of water chemistry. Cassini's examination of Saturn's atmosphere began while the spacecraft was still approaching the planet. Winds on Saturn near the equator decrease dramatically with altitude above the cloud tops. The winds fall off by as much 140 meters per second (approximately 300 miles per hour) over an altitude range of 300 kilometers (approximately 200 miles) in the upper stratosphere. This is the first time winds have been measured at altitudes so high in Saturn's atmosphere. "We are finally defining the wind field in three dimensions, and it is very complex," said Dr. Michael Flasar of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., principal investigator for Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer. "Temperature maps obtained now that Cassini is orbiting Saturn are expected to show more detail, helping us to unravel the riddles of Saturn's winds above the cloud tops." Early Friday (Pacific Time), Cassini imaged Saturn's largest moon Titan, one of the prime targets for the mission. Titan is thought to harbor simple organic compounds that may be important in understanding the chemical building blocks that led to life on Earth. Although too cold to support life now, Titan serves as a frozen vault to see what early Earth might have been like. Scientists will receive the new data and images from Titan later Friday. The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL designed, developed and assembled the Cassini orbiter.=20 For the latest images and more information about the Cassini-Huygens mission, visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov = and http://www.nasa.gov/cassini . =20 -end- ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C46084.11D7EE50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory =

To: ljk4@msn.com

Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:48 PM

Subject: Cassini Exposes Puzzles About Ingredients In = Saturn's=20 Rings

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION = LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA=20 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE=20 ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) = 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Carol= ina=20 Martinez (818) 354-5011        =
Jet=20 Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Donald Savage (202)=20 358-1727           = ;            =             &= nbsp;     =20

NASA Headquarters, Washington

News Release:=20 2004-170       July 2, 2004

Cassini = Exposes=20 Puzzles About Ingredients In Saturn's Rings

Just two days after = the=20 Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn orbit,
preliminary science results = are=20 already beginning to show a complex
and fascinating planetary system. =

One early result intriguing scientists concerns Saturn's=20 Cassini
Division, the large gap between the A and B rings. = While=20 Saturn's
rings are almost exclusively composed of water ice, new = findings=20 show
the Cassini Division contains relatively more "dirt" than ice.=20
Further, the particles between the rings seem remarkably similar = to
the=20 dark material that scientists saw on Saturn's moon, Phoebe. = These
dark=20 particles refuel the theory that the rings might be the remnants
of a = moon.=20 The F ring was also found to contain more dirt.

Another = instrument=20 on Cassini has detected large quantities of oxygen
at the edge of the = rings.=20 Scientists are still trying to understand
these results, but they = think the=20 oxygen may be left over from a
collision that occurred as recently as = January=20 of this year.

"In just two days, our ideas about the rings have = been=20 expanded
tremendously," said Dr. Linda Spilker, of NASA's Jet=20 Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., deputy project scientist for = the
Cassini-Huygens mission. "The Phoebe-like material is a big=20 surprise.
What puzzles us is that the A and B rings are so clean and = the=20 Cassini
Division between them appears so dirty."

The visual = and=20 infrared mapping spectrometer onboard Cassini revealed
the dirt mixed = with=20 the ice in the Cassini Division and in other small
gaps in the rings, = as well=20 as in the F ring.

"The surprising fingerprint in the data is that = the=20 dirt appears
similar to what we saw at Phoebe. In the next = several=20 months we will
be looking for the origin of this material," said Dr. = Roger=20 Clark, of
the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colo., and a member of = the=20 Cassini
science team.

Cassini's ultraviolet imaging = instrument=20 detected the sudden and
surprising increase in the amount of atomic = oxygen at=20 the edge of the
rings. The finding leads scientists to hypothesize = that=20 something may
have collided with the main rings, producing the excess = oxygen.=20

Dr. Donald Shemansky of the University of Southern California,=20 Los
Angeles, co-investigator for Cassini's ultraviolet=20 imaging
spectrograph instrument, said, "What is surprising is the = evidence=20 of
a strong, sudden event during the observation period=20 causing
substantial variation in the oxygen distribution and = abundance."=20
Although atomic oxygen has not been previously observed, its = presence
is=20 not a surprise because hydroxyl was discovered earlier from = Hubble
Space=20 Telescope observations, and these chemicals are both products = of
water=20 chemistry.

Cassini's examination of Saturn's atmosphere began = while=20 the
spacecraft was still approaching the planet. Winds on Saturn near = the
equator decrease dramatically with altitude above the cloud tops. = The
winds fall off by as much 140 meters per second (approximately=20 300
miles per hour) over an altitude range of 300=20 kilometers
(approximately 200 miles) in the upper stratosphere. This = is the=20 first
time winds have been measured at altitudes so high in=20 Saturn's
atmosphere.

"We are finally defining the wind field = in three=20 dimensions, and it is
very complex," said Dr. Michael Flasar of NASA = Goddard=20 Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, Md., principal investigator for = Cassini's=20 composite
infrared spectrometer. "Temperature maps obtained now that = Cassini=20 is
orbiting Saturn are expected to show more detail, helping us = to
unravel=20 the riddles of Saturn's winds above the cloud tops."

Early Friday = (Pacific Time), Cassini imaged Saturn's largest moon
Titan, one of = the prime=20 targets for the mission. Titan is thought to
harbor simple = organic=20 compounds that may be important in understanding
the chemical = building blocks=20 that led to life on Earth. Although too
cold to support life = now, Titan=20 serves as a frozen vault to see what
early Earth might have been=20 like.   Scientists will receive the new
data and images = from Titan=20 later Friday.

The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative = project of=20 NASA, the
European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet = Propulsion
Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of = Technology=20 in
Pasadena, manages the Cassini-Huygens mission for NASA's Office=20 of
Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL designed, developed and=20 assembled
the Cassini orbiter.

For the latest images and more = information about the Cassini-Huygens
mission, visit http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov = and
http://www.nasa.gov/cassini = ;=20

-end-

------=_NextPart_000_0015_01C46084.11D7EE50-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Fri Jul 2 19:42:53 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i632gpwF006856 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id WAA29351 for bioastro-list; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:30:06 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav24.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.54]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA29347 for ; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:30:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 19:29:32 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.4 by bay4-dav24.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:29:32 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.4] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Cassini Update - July 2, 2004 Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:29:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000C_01C46084.09C017B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 22:29:28 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jul 2004 02:29:32.0886 (UTC) FILETIME=[9335BF60:01C460A5] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C46084.09C017B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Cassini Project=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:26 PM Subject: Cassini Update - July 2, 2004 Cassini Significant Events for 06/24/04 - 06/30/04 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Canberra = tracking station on Wednesday, June 30th. The Cassini spacecraft is in an = excellent state of health and is operating normally. Information on the present position and speed of the Cassini spacecraft may be found on the = "Present Position" web page located at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/present-position.cfm . During the quiet period leading up to Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI), = members of the Spacecraft Operations Office (SCO) monitored spacecraft real-time telemetry on a continuous basis. All operations were nominal and per predict. Monitoring continued through the pre-SOI critical commanding period and up until the swap to low gain antenna-1 was commanded. From = that time until a scheduled "call home" after the burn, spacecraft = performance was monitored via the Radio Science Receivers (RSR). After the antenna swap, the spacecraft was oriented so that the high = gain antenna (HGA) could be used as a shield, protecting Cassini from = potential dust impacts as the spacecraft performed its ascending ring plane = crossing through the gap between the F and G rings. Traveling at a speed of over 20 km/sec kilometers per second, the = spacecraft was reoriented for a 96-minute main engine burn. This slowed the = spacecraft by 626 meters per second and allowed it to be captured by the = gravitational pull of Saturn. During this time, five science instruments remained on collecting data that will be unique in the lifetime of the Cassini = mission. Never again will Cassini travel as close to Saturn as it did at 9:03 = p.m. PDT when it reached closest approach of 19,980 kilometers from the cloud tops. After completion of the burn, Cassini turned so that the HGA was aimed = back toward Earth for a 20-second burst of telemetry. This "call home" = confirmed for the flight team that the spacecraft was operating normally. Cassini then turned away and began execution of a science observation sequence. Science obtained at this time was key, in that the spacecraft was within 15000 kilometers from Saturn's main rings, ten times closer to the rings than at any other point in the mission, and in a region of space that = had not been previously observed. Unique post-SOI science activities included: measurement of the strength = and direction of the magnetic field by the Cassini Magnetometer (MAG), ring observations by the Optical Remote Sensing Instruments, measurement of = the very sparse neutral molecules in Saturn's atmosphere by the Ion and = Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS), measurement of the charged particles by the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS), and detection of radio emissions = emitted by lightning strokes in Saturn's atmosphere by the Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument (RPWS). Science data playback began in the early hours of Thursday July 1. = Images are now available for viewing at: = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov . A very significant event to occur immediately after SOI was the jettison = of the INMS cover. The cover was left on the instrument since launch until after the SOI burn was complete. This was to prevent potential contamination of the instrument by exhaust material from the long burn. Prior to jettison, INMS was filled with argon to insulate and protect = the interior walls. Team members were able to confirm a successful jettison when sensors noted the depletion of the argon gas. INMS was powered up = at 3:39 SCET and is now taking data for the first time in the mission. ACS analysis of official port #1 products from Science Operations Plan = (SOP) implementation of tour sequences S31/S32 has been completed. The teams = are working off issues in preparation for preliminary port #2. Due to SOI activities, the Project Briefing and Waiver Disposition = meeting for the SOP Update process of S04 was canceled. The handoff product = will be generated and delivered to the sequencing team next week. The Aftermarket decision meeting for S06 was canceled since the number = of changes requested for this sequence was minimal. System Engineering hosted a Phoebe lessons learned discussion this week. The Phoebe flyby was the first time an IVP update was required. This activity will be performed numerous times throughout the mission so the capturing of information now will assist in future operations. Items on = the agenda included discussion of target motion compensation and live = update, planning and testing for the flyby beginning with the SOP Update process = and including operations readiness tests that were performed for Phoebe, overview and recommendations for an end-to-end "once the dust settles" assessment of the process, general lessons learned, and follow ups. As expected, quite a number of articles and interviews have appeared on Cassini's Saturn Orbit Insertion in the last 24 to 48 hours. A sample = of titles and links to the articles appear below: STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" Cassini successfully arrives at Saturn July 1, 2004 http://www.spaceflightnow.com/cassini/040630soi.html NASA Headquarters, Washington News Release: 2004-168 June 30, 2004 Cassini Spacecraft Arrives At Saturn http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Cassini gets ringside view of Saturn's mysteries and Cassini enters Saturn orbit http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/ Cassini Set for 4-Year Orbit of Saturn Associated Press June 27, 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&cid=3D624&ncid=3D624&e=3D1&= u=3D/ap/20040628/ap_on_sc/saturn_cassini The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Office of Communications and Public Affairs Laurel, Maryland July 1, 2004 APL Instrument Aims at Saturn's Space Environment http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ For information on the MIMI instrument, visit: http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/CASSINI/ News Release: 2004-168 June 30, 2004 Cassini Spacecraft Arrives At Saturn NASA Headquarters, Washington = http://www.jpl.nasa.gov A special section from AGU: JGR-Space Physics, Volume 109, A9, 2004 (Cassini Flyby of Jupiter) http://www.agu.org/journals/ss/CASINIJUP1/ University of Iowa, Iowa City News Release: 2004-164 June 28, 2004 Scientists Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A Puzzle http://www.jpl.nasa.gov NPR's Richard Harris filed a story on the Cassini SOI (Morning Edition = on 7/1/2004). You can hear the story in its entirety (~4m 7s) at the = following link: http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3D3063001 Cassini is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and = the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the = Cassini mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Cassini Outreach Cassini Mission to Saturn and Titan Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology National Aeronautics and Space Administration ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C46084.09C017B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

----- Original = Message -----=20

From: Cassini Project

To: ljk4@msn.com

Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 6:26 PM

Subject: Cassini Update - July 2, 2004

Cassini Significant Events
for 06/24/04 - = 06/30/04

The=20 most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Canberra=20 tracking
station on Wednesday, June 30th. The Cassini spacecraft is = in an=20 excellent
state of health and is operating normally. Information on = the=20 present
position and speed of the Cassini spacecraft may be = found on=20 the "Present
Position" web page located at
http:= //saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/present-position.cfm=20

During the quiet period leading up to Saturn Orbit Insertion = (SOI),=20 members
of the Spacecraft Operations Office (SCO) monitored = spacecraft=20 real-time
telemetry on a continuous basis. All operations were = nominal=20 and per
predict. Monitoring continued through the pre-SOI = critical=20 commanding
period and up until the swap to low gain antenna-1 was=20 commanded. From that
time until a scheduled "call home" after = the burn,=20 spacecraft performance
was monitored via the Radio Science Receivers=20 (RSR).

After the antenna swap, the spacecraft was oriented so = that the=20 high gain
antenna (HGA) could be used as a shield, protecting Cassini = from=20 potential
dust impacts as the spacecraft performed its ascending ring = plane=20 crossing
through the gap between the F and G rings.

Traveling = at a=20 speed of over 20 km/sec kilometers per second, the spacecraft
was = reoriented=20 for a 96-minute main engine burn. This slowed the spacecraft
by = 626=20 meters per second and allowed it to be captured by the = gravitational
pull of=20 Saturn. During this time, five science instruments remained=20 on
collecting data that will be unique in the lifetime of the Cassini = mission.
Never again will Cassini travel as close to Saturn as it did = at 9:03=20 p.m.
PDT when it reached closest approach of 19,980 kilometers from = the=20 cloud
tops.

After completion of the burn, Cassini turned so = that the=20 HGA was aimed back
toward Earth for a 20-second burst of = telemetry. =20 This "call home" confirmed
for the flight team that the spacecraft = was=20 operating normally. Cassini
then turned away and began = execution of a=20 science observation sequence.
Science obtained at this time was key, = in that=20 the spacecraft was within
15000 kilometers from Saturn's main rings, = ten=20 times closer to the rings
than at any other point in the mission, and = in a=20 region of space that had
not been previously observed.

Unique = post-SOI=20 science activities included: measurement of the strength = and
direction of the=20 magnetic field by the Cassini Magnetometer (MAG), ring
observations = by the=20 Optical Remote Sensing Instruments, measurement of the
very sparse = neutral=20 molecules in Saturn's atmosphere by the Ion and Neutral
Mass = Spectrometer=20 (INMS), measurement of the charged particles by the
Cassini Plasma=20 Spectrometer (CAPS), and detection of radio emissions emitted
by = lightning=20 strokes in Saturn's atmosphere by the Radio and Plasma Wave
Science=20 instrument (RPWS).

Science data playback began in the early hours = of=20 Thursday July 1.   Images
are now available for viewing at: = http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov =

A very=20 significant event to occur immediately after SOI was the jettison = of
the INMS=20 cover. The cover was left on the instrument since launch = until
after=20 the SOI burn was complete. This was to prevent = potential
contamination=20 of the instrument by exhaust material from the long burn.
Prior to = jettison,=20 INMS was filled with argon to insulate and protect the
interior = walls. =20 Team members were able to confirm a successful jettison
when sensors = noted=20 the depletion of the argon gas. INMS was powered up at
3:39 = SCET and is=20 now taking data for the first time in the mission.

ACS analysis = of=20 official port #1 products from Science Operations Plan = (SOP)
implementation=20 of tour sequences S31/S32 has been completed. The teams = are
working off=20 issues in preparation for preliminary port #2.

Due to SOI = activities, the=20 Project Briefing and Waiver Disposition meeting
for the SOP Update = process of=20 S04 was canceled. The handoff product will be
generated and = delivered=20 to the sequencing team next week.

The Aftermarket decision = meeting for=20 S06 was canceled since the number of
changes requested for this = sequence was=20 minimal.

System Engineering hosted a Phoebe lessons learned = discussion=20 this week.
The Phoebe flyby was the first time an IVP update was=20 required. This
activity will be performed numerous times = throughout the=20 mission so the
capturing of information now will assist in future=20 operations. Items on the
agenda included discussion of target = motion=20 compensation and live update,
planning and testing for the flyby = beginning=20 with the SOP Update process and
including operations readiness tests = that=20 were performed for Phoebe,
overview and recommendations for an = end-to-end=20 "once the dust settles"
assessment of the process, general lessons = learned,=20 and follow ups.

As expected, quite a number of articles and = interviews=20 have appeared on
Cassini's Saturn Orbit Insertion in the last 24 to = 48=20 hours. A sample of
titles and links to the articles appear=20 below:

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE"
Cassini = successfully=20 arrives at Saturn
July 1, 2004
http://www.= spaceflightnow.com/cassini/040630soi.html

NASA=20 Headquarters, Washington
News Release:=20 2004-168           = ;            =     =20 June 30, 2004
Cassini Spacecraft Arrives At Saturn
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

Cassi= ni gets=20 ringside view of Saturn's mysteries
and
Cassini enters Saturn = orbit
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/

Cassini=20 Set for 4-Year Orbit of Saturn
Associated Press   June 27,=20 2004
http://= story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&cid=3D624&ncid=3D624&e= =3D1&u=3D/ap/20040628/ap_on_sc/saturn_cassini
The=20 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Office of = Communications=20 and Public Affairs
Laurel, Maryland
July 1, 2004
APL Instrument = Aims at=20 Saturn's Space Environment
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/
F= or=20 information on the MIMI instrument, visit:
http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/CASSI= NI/

News=20 Release:=20 2004-168           = ;            =     =20 June 30, 2004
Cassini Spacecraft Arrives At Saturn
NASA = Headquarters,=20 Washington    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

A = special=20 section from AGU:
JGR-Space Physics, Volume 109, A9, 2004 (Cassini = Flyby of=20 Jupiter)
http://www.agu.org/jo= urnals/ss/CASINIJUP1/

University=20 of Iowa, Iowa City
News Release:=20 2004-164        June 28, = 2004
Scientists=20 Find That Saturn's Rotation Period Is A Puzzle
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

NPR's= Richard=20 Harris filed a story on the Cassini SOI (Morning Edition = on
7/1/2004). =20 You can hear the story in its entirety (~4m 7s) at the = following
link:
http://ww= w.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3D3063001

Cassini=20 is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and = the
Italian=20 Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of = the
California=20 Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the = Cassini
mission for=20 NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.

Cassini=20 Outreach
Cassini Mission to Saturn and Titan
Jet Propulsion=20 Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
National Aeronautics = and=20 Space Administration

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First Light Newsletter - July 2004

Welcome to Ring = World!

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft successfully arrived at = Saturn this=20 week, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit the ringed world. Even = after its=20 roughly 2-billion-mile journey, there was no rest for the sturdy craft. = Cassini=20 is already sending back breathtaking images of the planet's rings and = data that=20 scientists will use to learn more about the planet, its rings and = atmosphere.=20

Follow the mission as it captures never-before-seen views of = this gem of=20 the solar system.

+ Latest news and images
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+=20 Mission videos
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Aura Around Earth

NASA's Aura mission, which will = study the=20 health of Earth's atmosphere, is scheduled to launch July = 10.

Visit the=20 mission site to participate in prelaunch webcasts, watch videos and test = your=20 ozone IQ.

+ Mission site
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Kids and Other Worlds

JPL's PlanetQuest site, which = explains=20 NASA's search for another Earth, has been named a "Great Web Site for = Kids" by=20 the American Library Association. Multimedia, features, a new worlds = altas and=20 other educational materials help visitors follow the search.

+=20 PlanetQuest site
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News articles focus on the first nasal vaccine against SARS = effective in monkeys, an implantable, wireless glucose sensor for people = with diabetes, a monster jet of matter and radiation shooting from a = newly discovered black hole, a cactus extract that dulls hangovers, and = more. Food for Thought ponders the history of cultivating maize. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Science News is an award-winning weekly newsmagazine covering the most = important research in all fields of science. 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Vol. 166, No. 1 THIS WEEK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS: = http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/toc.asp References and sources for all articles are available online at = www.sciencenews.org *********************************** REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS to the print edition of Science News also have = online access to the full text of the following articles: [Biomedicine] SARS Control: First nasal vaccine effective in monkeys An experimental SARS vaccine, tested in monkeys, can be administered = directly to the respiratory tract and requires only a single dose to = confer immunity. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob1.asp [Technology] Sweet Frequency: Implantable glucose sensor transmits data wirelessly Modeled after antitheft magnetic strips, a new implantable glucose = sensor for diabetes patients could do away with daily pinprick tests. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob2.asp [Astronomy] Powerhouse Astronomy: Blazing black hole from the early universe A jet of matter and radiation emanating from a newly discovered black = hole could provide a new probe of the first stars and the radiation left = over from the Big Bang. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob3.asp [Anthropology] Erectus Experiment: Fossil find expands Stone Age anatomy A 930,000-year-old fossil cranium found in Africa widens the anatomical = spectrum of Stone Age human ancestors and expands debate over how they = evolved. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob5.asp [Botany] Rewriting the Nitrogen Story: Plant cycles nutrient forward and backward For the first time, a green plant has been found to break down = nitrogen-containing compounds into the readily usable form of nitrates, = a job usually done by microbes. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob6.asp [Environment] Dead Heat: The health consequences of global warming could be many New studies suggest that adverse health effects related to global = warming aren't just a theoretical concern for the distant future. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/bob9.asp [Planetary Science] Cometary encounter Planetary scientists are feasting on close-up images of Comet Wild-2 as = well as on the first information about its composition. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/note10.asp [Biology] Neurons take charge to change messages Neurons in a developing embryo respond to changes in their electrical = activity by altering the types of chemical messengers that they produce. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/note11.asp [Biomedicine] Celiac disease affects kids' minds Attention deficits and learning disabilities have joined the list of = neurological problems associated with the intestinal disorder known as = celiac disease. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/note12.asp [Biology] Two-handed protein may protect DNA An unusually shaped protein may help a bacterium thrive in tough times. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/note13.asp [Zoology] Jumping spiders buzz, thump when dancing Some jumping spiders, long considered visually oriented animals, turn = out to utilize seismic communication for a successful courtship. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/note14.asp [Zoology] Farmer ant species may have lost all its males A fungus-growing ant may be the first ant species known to have no power = of sexual reproduction. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/note15.asp [Zoology] Why does a buddy help another male flirt? 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Weekly e-Letter from Science News
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July 3, 2004

This week's cover story = highlights new=20 insights into how anesthesia works. News articles focus on the first = nasal=20 vaccine against SARS effective in monkeys, an implantable, wireless = glucose=20 sensor for people with diabetes, a monster jet of matter and radiation = shooting=20 from a newly discovered black hole, a cactus extract that dulls = hangovers, and=20 more. Food for Thought ponders the history of cultivating=20 maize.

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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Go to www.sciencenewsforkids.org=
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THIS=20 WEEK'S FEATURED ARTICLES:

[Biomedicine]
Before the Booze: = Cactus=20 extract dulls hangovers
An inflammation-fighting plant extract, taken = hours=20 before consuming alcohol, appears to suppress some of the symptoms = brought on by=20 a bout of heavy drinking.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob4.asp

[Paleontology]
= Neck=20 Bones on the Menu: Fossil vertebrae show species interaction
Three = fossil=20 neck bones from an ancient flying reptile--one of them with the broken = tip of a=20 tooth embedded in it--indicate that the winged creatures occasionally = fell=20 victim to meat eaters.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob7.asp

[Biology]
Comfo= rtably=20 Numb: Anesthetics are slowly giving up the secrets of how they=20 work
Scientists are finding the molecular targets of = anesthetics.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/bob8.asp

THIS=20 WEEK'S ONLINE FEATURES:

[MATHTREK]
Dogs Catching = Frisbees
http:/= /www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/mathtrek.asp

[FOOD=20 FOR THOUGHT]
A Maize-ing Travels
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/food.asp

[TIMELINE]
From= =20 the June 30, 1934, issue
A beetle's eye view of George Washington, = cosmic=20 rays, and visualizing air currents around airplanes.
http:/= /www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/timeline.asp

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To=20 subscribe to Science News magazine, go to www.sciencenews.org
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Week=20 of July 3, 2004; Vol. 166, No. 1

THIS WEEK'S TABLE OF CONTENTS: = http://www.= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/toc.asp

References=20 and sources for all articles are available online at www.sciencenews.org

******= *****************************
REGISTERED=20 SUBSCRIBERS to the print edition of Science News also have online access = to the=20 full text of the following articles:

[Biomedicine]
SARS = Control: First=20 nasal vaccine effective in monkeys
An experimental SARS vaccine, = tested in=20 monkeys, can be administered directly to the respiratory tract and = requires only=20 a single dose to confer immunity.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob1.asp

[Technology]
Sw= eet=20 Frequency: Implantable glucose sensor transmits data = wirelessly
Modeled after=20 antitheft magnetic strips, a new implantable glucose sensor for diabetes = patients could do away with daily pinprick tests.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob2.asp

[Astronomy]
Pow= erhouse=20 Astronomy: Blazing black hole from the early universe
A jet of matter = and=20 radiation emanating from a newly discovered black hole could provide a = new probe=20 of the first stars and the radiation left over from the Big Bang.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob3.asp

[Anthropology]
= Erectus=20 Experiment: Fossil find expands Stone Age anatomy
A 930,000-year-old = fossil=20 cranium found in Africa widens the anatomical spectrum of Stone Age = human=20 ancestors and expands debate over how they evolved.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob5.asp

[Botany]
Rewrit= ing=20 the Nitrogen Story: Plant cycles nutrient forward and backward
For = the first=20 time, a green plant has been found to break down nitrogen-containing = compounds=20 into the readily usable form of nitrates, a job usually done by = microbes.
http://www= sciencenews.org/articles/20040703/fob6.asp

[Environment]
D= ead=20 Heat: The health consequences of global warming could be many
New = studies=20 suggest that adverse health effects related to global warming aren't = just a=20 theoretical concern for the distant future.

------=_NextPart_000_0046_01C460E9.07ACAD20-- From owner-bioastro@setileague.org Sat Jul 3 11:13:35 2004 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i63IDXwF011785 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 11:13:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id OAA22238 for bioastro-list; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:07:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-bioastro@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav27.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.57]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA22228 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:07:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 11:06:54 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.13 by bay4-dav27.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 18:06:54 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.13] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI bioastro: Fw: Mars Global Surveyor Images - June 24-30, 2004 Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:06:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D1_01C46106.FE2B11B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.00.0013.2101 Seal-Send-Time: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 14:06:53 -0400 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jul 2004 18:06:54.0647 (UTC) FILETIME=[85E96C70:01C46128] Sender: owner-bioastro@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D1_01C46106.FE2B11B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ron Baalke - Mars Exploration Program=20 To: ljk4@msn.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:04 PM Subject: Mars Global Surveyor Images - June 24-30, 2004 MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES June 24-30, 2004 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o South Polar Erosion (Released 24 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/24/index.html o Pits Near Rhabon Valles (Released 25 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/25/index.html o Isidis Planitia Features (Released 26 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/26/index.html o Faulted Sedimentary Rocks (Released 27 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/27/index.html o Caterpillar Dunes (Released 28 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/28/index.html o Remnant Layered Rocks (Released 29 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/29/index.html o Polar Dust Devil Streaks (Released 30 June 2004) = http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/06/30/index.html All of the Mars Global Surveyor images are archived here: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/index.html