From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Dec 1 02:42:59 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB1Agv1J029240; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 02:42:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id FAA04713 for public-list; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 05:24:17 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from app6.nasc.inter.net (nasc-out-2.nasc.inter.net [203.176.60.254]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA04709 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 05:24:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from 1cust4.tnt24.toronto.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.101.4] helo=MIKE-MXP) by app6.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #2) id 1AQlDO-0005Dp-00; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:23:38 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20031201052328.00e41a28@mail.interlog.com> X-Sender: m9@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:23:28 -0500 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: "Mike M." Subject: SETI public: upcoming Mars landings Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Here are the dates of, and some information about, the upcoming Mars missions: 2 orbiters, 2 mobile rovers, 1 non-mobile lander (and 2 orbiters which are still orbiting Mars from previous missions). If and when life is discovered on Mars, it will be a major historical event. ~Mike Source: http://planetary.org/mars/missions.html http://www.planetary.org/learn/missions/marsmissions.html December 26, 2003 - European Space Agency's Mars Express and Beagle 2 lander (orbiter and lander) The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft will image the entire globe of Mars in more detail than any previous mission. Launched on June 2, 2003 and scheduled to arrive on December 26, Mars Express will bring seven different science instruments to bear on the Red Planet. Five days before their arrival, the tiny, 30-kilogram Beagle 2 lander will push off from the orbiter, dropping onto the Martian surface on December 26. Beagle 2 carries a powerful suite of instruments that it will use to study the geology and climate at its landing site and to search for evidence of life, extinct or extant, on Mars. January 4, 2004 - NASA spirit (rover) NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, now named "Spirit" and "Opportunity," are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. Spirit is due to arrive at the Red Planet on January 4, 2004. January 25, 2004 - NASA Opportunity (rover) NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, now named "Spirit" and "Opportunity," are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. Opportunity is scheduled to arrive at Mars on January 24, 2004. January ?, 2004 - Japan Nozomi (orbiter) Nozomi (Japanese for "hope"), formerly known as PLANET-B, is the first Japanese Mars orbiter. It was originally scheduled to arrive at Mars in October 1999, but a failure of a thruster valve during an Earth swing-by on December 20, 1998 caused it to miss its original transfer opportunity. In order to preserve Nozomi's fuel, mission planners developed a new orbit including two more Earth swing-bys that would allow it to arrive at Mars in January of 2004. Nozomi is dedicated to studying Mars's upper atmosphere, particularly its interaction with the solar wind. September 11, 1997 - USA Mars Global Surveyor (orbiter) Since March 1999, MGS has provided scientists with a wealth of images and data. Its primary mission was completed on January 31, 2001. It is now well into its extended mission and continues to return images and data from Mars. October 24, 2001 - USA Odyssey (orbiter) Odyssey arrived at Mars on October 24, 2001. Its mapping mission is now underway. It is capturing images of the Martian surface at resolutions between those of Viking and Mars Global Surveyor, and is making both daytime and nighttime observations of the surface in thermal infrared wavelengths at resolutions higher than ever before. From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Dec 3 06:18:35 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB3EIY1J001099; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 06:18:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA24062 for public-list; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:01:08 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav113.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.143]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA24058; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:01:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 06:00:23 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.31 by bay4-dav113.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 14:00:23 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.31] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Space-Weather-Outlook Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:00:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3B97B.DE7A9F80" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2003 14:00:23.0896 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBF32D80:01C3B9A5] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3B97B.DE7A9F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Space Environment Center Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:03 PM To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov Subject: Space-Weather-Outlook Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #03- 48 2003 December 02 at 01:13 p.m. MST (2003 December 02 2013 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 24-30 No significant space weather was observed during the past week. At the time of this Outlook issue, a Category R1 (minor) radio blackout was observed on December 2nd and a category S1 (minor) solar radiation storm began at 9:05 a.m. MST (1505 UTC) on December 2nd. This activity is due to an active sunspot region that is rotating off the visible side of the sun. For a list of adverse system effects related to space weather storms, please refer to the NOAA Space Weather Scales. Outlook For December 3-9 Space weather for the next week is expected to reach minor levels with a chance of moderate level activity. The category S1 (minor) solar radiation storm currently in progress is expected to end by December 3rd. There is a slight chance that this radiation storm may reach category S2 (moderate) levels on December 2nd. Late in the week a category G1 geomagnetic storm is possible as high speed solar wind from a favorably positioned coronal hole on the sun is expected to interact with Earth=12s magnetic field. =20 For current space weather conditions please refer to: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/ =20 http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/ Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, =20 USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services =20 and other observatories, universities, and institutions. For more =20 information, including email services, see SEC's Space Weather =20 Advisories Web site http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127. The NOAA Public Affairs contact is Barbara McGehan at =20 Barbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288. ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3B97B.DE7A9F80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Space Environment Center
Sent:= Tuesday, December 02, 2003 5:03 PM
To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov
Subject: Space-Weather-Outlook
 =
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment Ce= nter
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #03-= 48
2003 December 02 at 01:13 p.m. MST (2003 December 02 2013 UTC)
=
**** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK ****

Summary For November 24-30
= No significant space weather was observed during the past week. &nbs= p;  At
the time of this Outlook issue, a Category R1 (minor) radi= o blackout
was observed on December 2nd and a category S1 (minor) sola= r radiation
storm began at 9:05 a.m. MST (1505 UTC) on December 2nd.&n= bsp; This activity
is due to an active sunspot region that is rotating= off the visible
side of the sun.  For a list of adverse system e= ffects related to space
weather storms, please refer to the NOAA Space= Weather Scales.

Outlook For December 3-9
Space weather for the= next week is expected to reach minor levels with a
chance of moderate= level activity.  The category S1 (minor) solar
radiation storm c= urrently in progress is expected to end by December
3rd.  There i= s a slight chance that this radiation storm may reach
category S2 (mod= erate) levels on December 2nd.  Late in the week a
category G1 ge= omagnetic storm is possible as high speed solar wind from
a favorably = positioned coronal hole on the sun is expected to interact
with Earth=12= s magnetic field.

For current space weather conditions please ref= er to:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts= /

Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by N= OAA,
USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Servi= ces
and other observatories, universities, and institutions. For more=
information, including email services, see SEC's Space Weather
A= dvisories Web site http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127.
T= he NOAA Public Affairs contact is Barbara McGehan at
Barbara.McGehan@= noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288.
------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3B97B.DE7A9F80-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Dec 3 07:57:09 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB3Fv71J000917; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:57:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA25732 for public-list; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:39:37 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav43.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.73]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA25728; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:39:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:38:58 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.31 by bay4-dav43.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:38:58 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.31] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Pioneer 10 Status Report - December 3, 2003 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:38:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3B989.A3EC8230" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2003 15:38:58.0824 (UTC) FILETIME=[91859080:01C3B9B3] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3B989.A3EC8230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNStat.html =20 STATUS UPDATED: 3 December 2003 =20 PIONEER MISSIONS =20 Pioneer 10 distance from Sun : 84.33 AU Speed relative to the Sun: 12.199= km/sec (27,290 mph) Distance from Earth: 12.47 billion kilometers (7.75 = billion miles) (Round-trip Light Time =3D 23 hours 7 minutes) =20 Thirty years ago today on 3 December 1973, Pioneer 10 made its closest en= counter to Jupiter passing within 81,000 miles of the cloud tops. This hi= storic event marked humans' first approach to Jupiter and opened the way = for exploration of the outer solar system - for Voyager to tour the outer= planets, for Ulysses to break out of the ecliptic, for Galileo to invest= igate Jupiter and its satellites, and for Cassini to go to Saturn and pro= be Titan. During its Jupiter encounter, Pioneer 10 imaged the planet and = its moons, and took measurements of Jupiter's magnetosphere, radiation be= lts, magnetic field, atmosphere, and interior. These measurements of the = intense radiation environment near Jupiter were crucial in designing the = Voyager and Galileo spacecraft. =20 The power source on Pioneer 10 finally degraded to the point where the si= gnal to Earth dropped below the threshold for detection in its latest con= tact attempt on 7 February 2003. No more attempts at contact are planned = at this time. The previous three contacts had very faint signals with no = telemetry received. Pioneer's last, very weak signal was received on 23 J= anuary 2003. The last time a Pioneer 10 contact returned telemetry data w= as on 27 April 2002. =20 Project Manager: Larry Lasher =20 ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3B989.A3EC8230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNStat.htm= l
 
STATUS UPDATED: 3 Decemb= er 2003

= PIONEER MISSIONS

Pioneer 10 distance from Sun : 84.33 AU Speed r= elative to the Sun: 12.199 km/sec (27,290 mph) Distance from Earth: 12.47= billion kilometers (7.75 billion miles) (Round-trip Light Time =3D 23 ho= urs 7 minutes)

Thirty years ago today on 3 December 1973, Pioneer= 10 made its closest encounter to Jupiter passing within 81,000 miles of = the cloud tops. This historic event marked humans' first approach to Jupi= ter and opened the way for exploration of the outer solar system - for Vo= yager to tour the outer planets, for Ulysses to break out of the ecliptic= , for Galileo to investigate Jupiter and its satellites, and for Cassini = to go to Saturn and probe Titan. During its Jupiter encounter, Pioneer 10= imaged the planet and its moons, and took measurements of Jupiter's magn= etosphere, radiation belts, magnetic field, atmosphere, and interior. The= se measurements of the intense radiation environment near Jupiter were cr= ucial in designing the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft.

The power sour= ce on Pioneer 10 finally degraded to the point where the signal to Earth = dropped below the threshold for detection in its latest contact attempt o= n 7 February 2003. No more attempts at contact are planned at this time. = The previous three contacts had very faint signals with no telemetry rece= ived. Pioneer's last, very weak signal was received on 23 January 2003. T= he last time a Pioneer 10 contact returned telemetry data was on 27 April= 2002.

Project Manager: ">Larry Lasher

------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3B989.A3EC8230-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Dec 3 10:59:33 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB3IxW1J003782; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:59:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA28811 for public-list; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:43:24 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav119.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.149]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA28807; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:43:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:42:50 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.4 by bay4-dav119.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:42:50 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.4] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Cracking the Stellar Code Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:42:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3B9A3.53D658B0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2003 18:42:50.0349 (UTC) FILETIME=[40D2B1D0:01C3B9CD] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3B9A3.53D658B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Summary: If an artificial signal ever were detected from another world, i= t would almost certainly be encoded or encrypted. Judging by isolated civ= ilizations that contact each other's languages across time and space--suc= h as the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writers and modern linguists--our = own past indicates such tasks will require a primer, or Rosetta Stone to = translate the meaning. http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=3Dmodload&name=3DNews&file=3D= article&sid=3D696&mode=3Dthread&order=3D0&thold=3D0 ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3B9A3.53D658B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Summar= y: If an artificial signal ever were detected from another world= , it would almost certainly be encoded or encrypted. Judging by isolated = civilizations that contact each other's languages across time and space--= such as the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writers and modern linguists--o= ur own past indicates such tasks will require a primer, or Rosetta Stone = to translate the meaning.
 
------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3B9A3.53D658B0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Dec 3 11:51:59 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB3Jpv1J021310; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:51:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id OAA29692 for public-list; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:33:19 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav141.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.171]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA29688; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:33:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:32:46 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.4 by bay4-dav141.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 19:32:45 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.4] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Fw: [lunar-update] 3 December 1973, Pioneer 10 made its closest encounter to Jup Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 14:32:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3B9AA.4B3EC690" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2003 19:32:46.0050 (UTC) FILETIME=[3A666420:01C3B9D4] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3B9AA.4B3EC690 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Kellogg Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 11:49 PM To: lunar-update@altair.com Subject: [lunar-update] 3 December 1973, Pioneer 10 made its closest enco= unter to Jupiter Good evening, to you on the lunar-update list and those I Blind Copied. = - LRK - Larry Kellogg here, Larry Klaes reminds us, and Larry Lasher has updated to say, It was thirty years ago on 3 December 1973 that Pioneer 10 went by Jupite= r. This was before all those other spacecraft made it there. :-) - LRK - -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Larry, (Lasher, Kellogg) I was just wondering if there would be some kind of notice/tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Pioneer 10 probe being the first one to fly by the planet Jupiter on December 3, 1973? On the Web site or via an Ames release? http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch5.htm Please let me know, thanks! Larry (Klaes) -------------------------------------------------------------- You really want to go check out the chapter 5 page on the URL above. Pictures of those on the mission when there hair was black and a lot of information. - LRK - ---------------- snip At the beginning of November 1973, controllers entered the busiest activi= ty period connected with Pioneer 10. They readied the spacecraft for its tim= e of closest approach with Jupiter. early in December. By November 6, long range imaging tests commenced on the planet at a distance of 25 million k= m (15.5 million miles). And Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Jupiter's outermost satellite Hades, on November 8. Controllers were now in the process of starting the sequence of sending some 16,000 commands to the spacecraft to direct all the various scientific experiments and the spacecraft for the 60-day encounter period during which Pioneer 10 made i= ts close passage to within 130,354 km (81,000 miles) of Jupiter's cloud tops= on December 3, 1973. snip ---------------- Have you ever gone to some place new for the first time and weren't sure just when you would arrive? - LRK - ---------------- snip The spacecraft had, however, speeded up slightly over its anticipated cou= rse and was to arrive at Jupiter one minute earlier than previously calculate= d. This arose because Jupiter turned out to be slightly heavier than calcula= ted from Earth-based observations. snip ---------------- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNStat.html PIONEER MISSIONS Pioneer 10 distance from Sun : 84.33 AU Speed relative to the Sun: 12.199 km/sec (27,290 mph) Distance from Earth: 12.47 billion kilometers (7.75 billion miles) (Round-trip Light Time =3D 23 hours 7 minutes) Thirty years ago today on 3 December 1973, Pioneer 10 made its closest encounter to Jupiter passing within 81,000 miles of the cloud tops. This historic event marked humans' first approach to Jupiter and opened the wa= y for exploration of the outer solar system - for Voyager to tour the outer planets, for Ulysses to break out of the ecliptic, for Galileo to investigate Jupiter and its satellites, and for Cassini to go to Saturn a= nd probe Titan. During its Jupiter encounter, Pioneer 10 imaged the planet a= nd its moons, and took measurements of Jupiter's magnetosphere, radiation belts, magnetic field, atmosphere, and interior. These measurements of th= e intense radiation environment near Jupiter were crucial in designing the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft. snip =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Viktor Toth in Canada has graciously put up some images from snaps we too= k of my Pioneer 10 Telemetry display as they were shown on a Mac Quadra 950 back in March, April of 2002. The programs had been running since 1993 and now the room is bare as it i= s getting rugs for the new Kepler mission. Move over for the new kid. :-) = - LRK - http://www.vttoth.com/Pioneer/April2702%20Track/lts042702.gif see the rest here. - LRK - http://www.vttoth.com/Pioneer/ScreenShots.htm (See also Viktor's Deep Space Probe page. http://www.vttoth.com/probes/probes.asp ) - LRK - =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D If you would like to see what the spacecraft had for data back in 1973 yo= u might want to enter some requests at the COHOWeb Data Explorer - Explorin= g Pioneer 10 Data http://lewes.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/cohoweb/selector1.pl?spacecraft=3Dp10 Enter a start and stop date, check what data you want, and click on submi= t. Default is a plot of your data request. ---------- COHOWeb http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cohoweb/cw.html Deep space hourly merged magnetic field, plasma, and ephemerides data. ---------- ---------- NSSDC: Pioneer 10/11 Project Information http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/pioneer10-11.html Pioneer 10/11 Project Information Pioneer 10 and 11 were the first in the Pioneer series of spacecraft to f= ly by a planet, specifically Jupiter (both) and Saturn (Pioneer 11). Like th= eir forerunners in the Pioneer series, they were also designed to make studie= s of the solar wind and interplanetary medium. Further information about ea= ch individual mission is available below. snip ---------- ---------- Dr. J. A. Van Allen's Geiger Tube Telescope was the last instrument worki= ng on Pioneer 10. - LRK - http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/pioneer/home.html The two companion spacecraft Pioneers 10 and 11 were launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively. They passed through the asteroid belt between Mars an= d Jupiter without damage, made the first-ever investigations at close range= of the great outer planets Jupiter and Saturn and are now on escape trajectories out of the solar system. snip ---------- It has been most enjoyable watching the old bird fly, even though I count myself a newcomer to the Pioneer missions, having walked around the runwa= y from VP-9 to Bendix Field Engineering in 1983. - LRK - I hope you all have as much fun looking up. Next month we will have more to look for. The Mars Exploration Rovers are in the news. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer/ Larry Kellogg http://radio.weblogs.com/0119030/stories/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Thanks for looking up. If you know of someone that would like to look up with you, and join the lunar-update list, have them send an e-mail to majordomo@altair.com. 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----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Kellogg
Sent: Tuesda= y, December 02, 2003 11:49 PM
To= : lunar-update@altair.com
Su= bject: [lunar-update] 3 December 1973, Pioneer 10 made its closest en= counter to Jupiter
 
Good evening, to you on the lun= ar-update list and those I Blind Copied.  -
LRK -

Larry Ke= llogg here,
Larry Klaes reminds us, and
Larry Lasher has updated to= say,

It was thirty years ago on 3 December 1973 that Pioneer 10 w= ent by Jupiter.
This was before all those other spacecraft made it the= re. :-)   - LRK -

--------------------------------------= ------------------------
Hi Larry, (Lasher, Kellogg)

I was just= wondering if there would be some kind of notice/tribute
to the 30th a= nniversary of the Pioneer 10 probe being the first one
to fly by the p= lanet Jupiter on December 3, 1973?  On the Web site
or via an Ame= s release?

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/ch5.htm

Please le= t me know, thanks!

Larry (Klaes)

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

You really want to go check o= ut the chapter 5 page on the URL above.
Pictures of those on the missi= on when there hair was black and a lot of
information.  - LRK -
----------------
snip
At the beginning of November 1973, cont= rollers entered the busiest activity
period connected with Pioneer 10.= They readied the spacecraft for its time
of closest approach with Jup= iter. early in December. By November 6, long
range imaging tests comme= nced on the planet at a distance of 25 million km
(15.5 million miles)= And Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Jupiter's
outermost satellite Ha= des, on November 8. Controllers were now in the
process of starting th= e sequence of sending some 16,000 commands to the
spacecraft to direct= all the various scientific experiments and the
spacecraft for the 60-= day encounter period during which Pioneer 10 made its
close passage to= within 130,354 km (81,000 miles) of Jupiter's cloud tops on
December = 3, 1973.
snip

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

Have you ever gone to som= e place new for the first time and weren't sure
just when you would ar= rive?
- LRK -

----------------
snip
The spacecraft had, h= owever, speeded up slightly over its anticipated course
and was to arr= ive at Jupiter one minute earlier than previously calculated.
This aro= se because Jupiter turned out to be slightly heavier than calculated
f= rom Earth-based observations.
snip

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

=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
http://spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space= _Projects/pioneer/PNStat.html
PIONEER MISSIONS
Pioneer 10 distance = from Sun : 84.33 AU Speed relative to the Sun: 12.199
km/sec (27,290 m= ph) Distance from Earth: 12.47 billion kilometers (7.75
billion miles)= (Round-trip Light Time =3D 23 hours 7 minutes)

Thirty years ago t= oday on 3 December 1973, Pioneer 10 made its closest
encounter to Jupi= ter passing within 81,000 miles of the cloud tops. This
historic event= marked humans' first approach to Jupiter and opened the way
for explo= ration of the outer solar system - for Voyager to tour the outer
plane= ts, for Ulysses to break out of the ecliptic, for Galileo to
investiga= te Jupiter and its satellites, and for Cassini to go to Saturn and
pro= be Titan. During its Jupiter encounter, Pioneer 10 imaged the planet and<= BR>its moons, and took measurements of Jupiter's magnetosphere, radiation=
belts, magnetic field, atmosphere, and interior. These measurements o= f the
intense radiation environment near Jupiter were crucial in desig= ning the
Voyager and Galileo spacecraft.
snip
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Viktor Toth in Canada has graciously put up som= e images from snaps we took
of my Pioneer 10 Telemetry display as they= were shown on a Mac Quadra 950
back in March, April of 2002.

T= he programs had been running since 1993 and now the room is bare as it is=
getting rugs for the new Kepler mission.  Move over for the new = kid. :-) -
LRK -

http://www.vttoth.com/Pioneer/April2702%20Trac= k/lts042702.gif
see the rest here. - LRK -
http://www.vttoth.com/Pi= oneer/ScreenShots.htm

(See also Viktor's Deep Space Probe page.http://www.vttoth.com/probes/probes.asp ) - LRK -

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

If you would like to see what the spacecraft= had for data back in 1973 you
might want to enter some requests at th= e COHOWeb Data Explorer - Exploring
Pioneer 10 Data
http://lewes.gs= fc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/cohoweb/selector1.pl?spacecraft=3Dp10

Enter a = start and stop date, check what data you want, and click on submit.
De= fault is a plot of your data request.

----------
COHOWeb
htt= p://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cohoweb/cw.html
Deep space hourly merged magne= tic field, plasma, and ephemerides data.
----------

----------<= BR>NSSDC: Pioneer 10/11 Project Information
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov= /planetary/pioneer10-11.html
Pioneer 10/11 Project Information

= Pioneer 10 and 11 were the first in the Pioneer series of spacecraft to f= ly
by a planet, specifically Jupiter (both) and Saturn (Pioneer 11). L= ike their
forerunners in the Pioneer series, they were also designed t= o make studies
of the solar wind and interplanetary medium. Further in= formation about each
individual mission is available below.
snip----------

----------
Dr. J. A. Van Allen's Geiger Tube Telesc= ope was the last instrument working
on Pioneer 10. - LRK -
http://w= ww-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/pioneer/home.html
The two companion spacecraft= Pioneers 10 and 11 were launched in 1972 and
1973, respectively. They= passed through the asteroid belt between Mars and
Jupiter without dam= age, made the first-ever investigations at close range of
the great ou= ter planets Jupiter and Saturn and are now on escape
trajectories out = of the solar system.
snip
----------

It has been most enjoya= ble watching the old bird fly, even though I count
myself a newcomer t= o the Pioneer missions, having walked around the runway
from VP-9 to B= endix Field Engineering in 1983.  - LRK -

I hope you all have= as much fun looking up.

Next month we will have more to look for.=

The Mars Exploration Rovers are in the news.
http://mars.jpl.n= asa.gov/mer/



Larry Kellogg
http://radio.weblogs.com/011= 9030/stories/


=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
WHAT T= HE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Thanks for looking up.

If you know of= someone that would like to look up with you, and join the
lunar-updat= e list, have them send an e-mail to majordomo@altair.com. In the
body = of their message, put: subscribe lunar-update or just have them drop mea line and I will add them.

mailto:larry.kellogg@sbcglobal.net
Larry

http://radio.weblogs.com/0119030/
http://kelloggser= ialreports.blogspot.com/
http://www.larryrussellkellogg.net/

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December 3, 2003 | Can you imagine shutting down the Hubble Space Telescope even if it w= ere still working perfectly? Six months ago NASA was thinking of doing ju= st that in 2010. Such a move would save up to $200 million dollars a year= , enabling the cash-strapped agency to keep Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Te= lescope, on track for a planned launch in 2011. NASA has since stoppe= d threatening to turn off the world's most famous telescope, but Hubble i= s far from out of danger of coming to a premature end.
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Sent: Frida= y, November 28, 2003 1:39 PM
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S= ubject: [HASTRO-L] video: Arecibo Observatory 40th Anniversary
=
 
ICTAL was able to videotape the 40th Anniversary of the = Arecibo
Observatory where many of the users discussed the work that ha= s been
done there over the years.  They included its founder Will= iam Gordon,
Gordon Pettingill, Donald Campbell, Tor Hagfors, and so fo= rth.  You may
get a list of all of the videos by going to the ict= al.org website --->
topics (module) ---> twentieth century scien= ce ---> 'select all'.  Hope
you enjoy them.

http://www.= ictal.org/
modules.php?op=3Dmodload&name=3DNews&file=3Dindex&a= mp;catid=3D&topic=3D7&allstories=3D1

all the best,

=         -Rodrigo


__________= __________________________________________________

Rodrigo Fern=F3= s
Instituto de la Ciencia y Tecnolog=EDa en Am=E9rica Latina
http:/= /www.ictal.org
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------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C3BA51.3642A340-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Dec 4 09:05:44 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB4H5g1J011058; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:05:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id LAA20635 for public-list; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:45:19 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav99.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.129]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA20631; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:45:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 08:44:45 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav99.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:44:45 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Evidence for Sol-like planetary system around Vega Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:44:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BA5B.F7EB5050" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Dec 2003 16:44:45.0626 (UTC) FILETIME=[EC6981A0:01C3BA85] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BA5B.F7EB5050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/vega_planet.asp New evidence for Solar-like planetary system around nearby star Astronomers at the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Councils UK As= tronomy Technology Centre (ATC) at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh have = produced compelling new evidence that Vega, one of the brightest stars in= the sky, has a planetary system around it which is more like our own Sol= ar System than any other so far discovered. All of the hundred or so planets that have been discovered around other s= tars have been very large gaseous (Jupiter-like) planets orbiting close t= o their star. This is very unlike our own Solar System. New computer mode= lling techniques have shown that observations of the structure of a faint= dust disk around Vega can be best explained by a Neptune-like planet orb= iting at a similar distance to Neptune in our own solar system and having= similar mass. The wide orbit of the Neptune-like planet means that there= is plenty of room inside it for small rocky planets similar to the Earth= the Holy Grail for astronomers wanting to know whether we are alone in t= he Universe. The modelling, which is described today (1 December 2003) in The Astrophy= sical Journal, is based on observations taken with the world's most sensi= tive submillimetre camera, SCUBA. The camera, built at the ATC, is operat= ed on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii. The SCUBA image shows = a disk of very cold dust (-180 degrees centigrade) in orbit around the st= ar. The irregular shape of the disk is the clue that it is likely to contain = planets explains astronomer Mark Wyatt, the author of the paper. Although= we cant directly observe the planets, they have created clumps in the di= sk of dust around the star. The modelling suggests that the Neptune-like planet actually formed much = closer to the star than its current position. As it moved out to its cur= rent wide orbit over about 56 million years, many comets were swept out w= ith it, causing the dust disk to be clumpy. Exactly the same process is thought to have happened in our Solar System,= said Wyatt, Neptune was pushed away from the Sun because of the presence= of Jupiter orbiting inside it. So it appears that as well as having a Ne= ptune-like planet, Vega may also have a more massive Jupiter-like planet = in a smaller orbit. The model can be tested in two ways as Wayne Holland, who made the origin= al observations, explains The model predicts that the clumps in the disk = will rotate around the star once every three hundred years. If we take mo= re observations after a gap of a few years we should see the movement of = the clumps. Also the model predicts the finer detail of the disks clumpin= ess which can be confirmed using the next generation of telescopes and ca= meras. Paradoxically the star barely appears in the SCUBA image because it is fa= r too hot to be seen with this kind of detector. Vega is, however, easily= seen with the naked eye. It is the third brightest star visible from Nor= thern latitudes and is bluish-white in colour. Tonight you can see it in = the west at around 7pm. Facts about Vega Vega is the fifth brightest star in the sky and the third brightest visib= le in the Northern hemisphere. =20 It is 25 light years away from the Sun (1AU is the distance between the E= arth and Sun). =20 It has a diameter three times bigger than the Sun. =20 It is 58 times brighter than the Sun. =20 Together with Deneb and Altair, Vega forms the summer triangle. =20 Vega is the brightest star in the constellation Lyra, the Harp. The lyre,= or harp, is supposed to have been invented by the Greek God Hermes who g= ave it to his half-brother Apollo. Apollo then gave it to his son Orpheus= , the musician of the Argonaughts. =20 Vega was the first star ever to be photographed. During the night of July= 16-17 1850 the historic picture was taken at Harvard Observatory using a= 15 inch refractor telescope during a 100 second exposure. =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BA5B.F7EB5050 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
http://www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/vega_pl= anet.asp

New evidence for Solar-like planetary system = around nearby star

Astronomers at the Particle Physics and As= tronomy Research Councils UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC) at the Roy= al Observatory, Edinburgh have produced compelling new evidence that Vega= , one of the brightest stars in the sky, has a planetary system around it= which is more like our own Solar System than any other so far discovered=

All of the hundred or so planets that have been discovered aroun= d other stars have been very large gaseous (Jupiter-like) planets orbitin= g close to their star. This is very unlike our own Solar System. New comp= uter modelling techniques have shown that observations of the structure o= f a faint dust disk around Vega can be best explained by a Neptune-like p= lanet orbiting at a similar distance to Neptune in our own solar system a= nd having similar mass. The wide orbit of the Neptune-like planet means t= hat there is plenty of room inside it for small rocky planets similar to = the Earth the Holy Grail for astronomers wanting to know whether we are a= lone in the Universe.

The modelling, which is described today (1 D= ecember 2003) in The Astrophysical Journal, is based on observations take= n with the world's most sensitive submillimetre camera, SCUBA. The camera= , built at the ATC, is operated on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in H= awaii. The SCUBA image shows a disk of very cold dust (-180 degrees centi= grade) in orbit around the star.

The irregular shape of the disk i= s the clue that it is likely to contain planets explains astronomer Mark = Wyatt, the author of the paper. Although we cant directly observe the pla= nets, they have created clumps in the disk of dust around the star.

<= P>The modelling suggests that the Neptune-like planet actually formed muc= h closer to the star than its current position.  As it moved out to = its current wide orbit over about 56 million years, many comets were swep= t out with it, causing the dust disk to be clumpy.

Exactly the sam= e process is thought to have happened in our Solar System, said Wyatt, Ne= ptune was pushed away from the Sun because of the presence of Jupiter orb= iting inside it. So it appears that as well as having a Neptune-like plan= et, Vega may also have a more massive Jupiter-like planet in a smaller or= bit.

The model can be tested in two ways as Wayne Holland, who mad= e the original observations, explains The model predicts that the clumps = in the disk will rotate around the star once every three hundred years. I= f we take more observations after a gap of a few years we should see the = movement of the clumps. Also the model predicts the finer detail of the d= isks clumpiness which can be confirmed using the next generation of teles= copes and cameras.

Paradoxically the star barely appears in the SC= UBA image because it is far too hot to be seen with this kind of detector= Vega is, however, easily seen with the naked eye. It is the third brigh= test star visible from Northern latitudes and is bluish-white in colour. = Tonight you can see it in the west at around 7pm.

Facts about V= ega

  • Vega is the fifth brightest star in the sky and the = third brightest visible in the Northern hemisphere.
  • It is 25 light years away from the Sun (1AU is the distance between the= Earth and Sun).
  • It has a diameter three times big= ger than the Sun.
  • It is 58 times brighter than the= Sun.
  • Together with Deneb and Altair, Vega forms t= he summer triangle.
  • Vega is the brightest star in = the constellation Lyra, the Harp. The lyre, or harp, is supposed to have = been invented by the Greek God Hermes who gave it to his half-brother Apo= llo. Apollo then gave it to his son Orpheus, the musician of the Argonaug= hts.
  • Vega was the first star ever to be photograph= ed. During the night of July 16-17 1850 the historic picture was taken at= Harvard Observatory using a 15 inch refractor telescope during a 100 sec= ond exposure.

 

 

------=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BA5B.F7EB5050-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Dec 4 11:09:24 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB4J9M1J009524; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:09:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA22745 for public-list; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:52:35 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav151.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.181]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA22740; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:52:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:52:01 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.24 by bay4-dav151.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:52:01 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.24] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: NASA PANEL TO DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE SCIENCE EDUCATION Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:51:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3BA6D.C3E0D840" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Dec 2003 18:52:01.0502 (UTC) FILETIME=[B3BFB7E0:01C3BA97] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3BA6D.C3E0D840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: NASANEWS@mail.arc.nasa.gov Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:57 PM To: ames-releases@lists.arc.nasa.gov Subject: NASA PANEL TO DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE SCIENCE EDUCATION John Bluck Dec. 4, 2003 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Phone: 650/604-5026 or 650/604-9000 E-Mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov RELEASE: 03-99AR NASA PANEL TO DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE SCIENCE EDUCATION How NASA is working with scientists and educators to improve science =20 education will be the subject of a special panel discussion during =20 the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting in San Francisco. Seven education experts and scientists including specialists from =20 NASA, the NASA Astrobiology Institute and the SETI Institute will =20 take part in the panel on Monday, Dec. 8, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST =20 in room 3012 of the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco. =20 Astrobiology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that deals with =20 life in the universe: its origin, evolution, distribution and future. "What we're hoping will come out of the session is an increased =20 awareness within the scientific community of the benefits of =20 collaboration between scientists and educators," said Daniella =20 Scalice, the education coordinator with the NASA Astrobiology =20 Institute at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and =20 chairperson of the panel discussion. "There is an increasing impetus =20 for scientists to get involved in education, and we're here to guide =20 and support them in their efforts." "The theme that we are building on is the fostering of a cultural =20 shift in both the science and education communities toward greater =20 mutual respect and collaboration - with the ultimate goal of =20 improving science education," Scalice said. "Astrobiology relies on collaboration across scientific disciplines =20 and can bring this experience to the arena of science education," she =20 said. "Take Project Astro, for example, which is a program run by the =20 Astronomical Society of the Pacific in San Francisco. This program =20 brings together teachers and scientists for one year to collaborate =20 in whatever way they choose," Scalice added. "While scientists can get involved with the education community in =20 many different ways, Project Astro models how a one-on-one =20 professional relationship between the scientist and the educator can =20 benefit education," Scalice explained. "Project Astro is about bringing astronomy into the classroom," said =20 Yvonne Pendleton, an astrophysicist at NASA Ames, who has volunteered =20 with Project Astro for 10 years. Pendleton also served as the NASA =20 liaison with the SETI Institute for its Voyages Through Time =20 astrobiology integrated science curriculum. Panelists in the session, "Astrobiology Education: Bridging the Gap =20 between Scientists and Educators," include: =E2=80=A6 Lisa Faithorn, a collaboration specialist with experience in =20 bridging scientific disciplines and manager of virtual collaborations =20 at the NASA Astrobiology Institute. =E2=80=A6 Krisstina Wilmoth, manager of education and public outreach at = the =20 NASA Astrobiology Institute and an education professional working =20 with educators to improve their involvement with science and =20 scientists. =E2=80=A6 Cheri Morrow, manager of public outreach at the Space Science =20 Institute, Boulder, Colo., who also is working with educators and =20 scientists. =E2=80=A6 Joyce Stark, a high school teacher in Sunnyvale, Calif., who ha= s =20 worked with scientists. =E2=80=A6 Yvonne Pendleton, an astrophysicist at NASA Ames. =E2=80=A6 Edna Devore, deputy chief executive officer and director of =20 education and public outreach at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, =20 Calif. More information about astrobiology is on the World Wide Web at: http://nai.arc.nasa.gov and http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov -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 list from which you would like to be removed with =20 "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Also, the NASA Ames News homepage =20 at URL, http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov includes news releases and JPEG =20 images in AP Leaf Desk format minus embedded caption. ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3BA6D.C3E0D840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: NASANEWS@mail.arc.nasa.gov
Sen= t: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:57 PM
To: ames-releases@lists.arc.nasa.gov
Subject: NASA PANEL TO DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE SC= IENCE EDUCATION
 
John Bluck Dec. 4, 2003
NASA Am= es Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-5026 or 650/6= 04-9000
E-Mail: jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov

RELEASE:  03-99AR=
NASA PANEL TO DISCUSS HOW TO IMPROVE SCIENCE EDUCATION

How NAS= A is working with scientists and educators to improve science
educati= on will be the subject of a special panel discussion during
the Ameri= can Geophysical Union's fall meeting in San Francisco.

Seven educa= tion experts and scientists including specialists from
NASA, the NASA= Astrobiology Institute and the SETI Institute will
take part in the = panel on Monday, Dec. 8, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST
in room 3012 of th= e Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco.
Astrobiology is an emergi= ng interdisciplinary field that deals with
life in the universe: its = origin, evolution, distribution and future.

"What we're hoping wil= l come out of the session is an increased
awareness within the scient= ific community of the benefits of
collaboration between scientists an= d educators," said Daniella
Scalice, the education coordinator with t= he NASA Astrobiology
Institute at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett = Field, Calif., and
chairperson of the panel discussion. "There is an = increasing impetus
for scientists to get involved in education, and w= e're here to guide
and support them in their efforts."

"The th= eme that we are building on is the fostering of a cultural
shift in b= oth the science and education communities toward greater
mutual respe= ct and collaboration - with the ultimate goal of
improving science ed= ucation," Scalice said.

"Astrobiology relies on collaboration acro= ss scientific disciplines
and can bring this experience to the arena = of science education," she
said. "Take Project Astro, for example, wh= ich is a program run by the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific in Sa= n Francisco. This program
brings together teachers and scientists for= one year to collaborate
in whatever way they choose," Scalice added.=

"While scientists can get involved with the education community i= n
many different ways, Project Astro models how a one-on-one
prof= essional relationship between the scientist and the educator can
bene= fit education," Scalice explained.

"Project Astro is about bringin= g astronomy into the classroom," said
Yvonne Pendleton, an astrophysi= cist at NASA Ames, who has volunteered
with Project Astro for 10 year= s. Pendleton also served as the NASA
liaison with the SETI Institute = for its Voyages Through Time
astrobiology integrated science curricul= um.

Panelists in the session, "Astrobiology Education: Bridging th= e Gap
between Scientists and Educators," include:

=E2=80=A6 Li= sa Faithorn, a collaboration specialist with experience in
bridging s= cientific disciplines and manager of virtual collaborations
at the NA= SA Astrobiology Institute.
=E2=80=A6 Krisstina Wilmoth, manager of edu= cation and public outreach at the
NASA Astrobiology Institute and an = education professional working
with educators to improve their involv= ement with science and
scientists.
=E2=80=A6 Cheri Morrow, manager= of public outreach at the Space Science
Institute, Boulder, Colo., w= ho also is working with educators and
scientists.
=E2=80=A6 Joyce = Stark, a high school teacher in Sunnyvale, Calif., who has
worked wit= h scientists.
=E2=80=A6 Yvonne Pendleton, an astrophysicist at NASA Am= es.
=E2=80=A6 Edna Devore, deputy chief executive officer and director= of
education and public outreach at the SETI Institute, Mountain Vie= w,
Calif.

More information about astrobiology is on the World = Wide Web at:

http://nai.arc.nasa.gov and http://astrobiology.arc.n= asa.gov

-end-

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------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3BA6D.C3E0D840-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Dec 5 05:32:51 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB5DWo1J014866; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:32:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id IAA10678 for public-list; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:18:50 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav69.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.99]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA10674; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:18:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:18:15 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.16 by bay4-dav69.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:18:15 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.16] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: White House denies new space policy imminent Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:18:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3BB08.534725D0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Dec 2003 13:18:15.0526 (UTC) FILETIME=[3DC00860:01C3BB32] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3BB08.534725D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This article is also available on the web at: http://www.spacetoday.net/getsummary.php?id=3D2059 . White House denies new space policy imminent =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Posted: Fri, Dec 5 12:31 AM ET (0531 GMT) White House officials said Thursday that there no immediate plans for the President to announce a new national space policy, which could include human missions to the Moon. =20 Press Secretary Scott McClellan told reporters during a press conference Thursday that "there are no plans for any policy announcements in the immediate future." Recent reports, including a front-page article in Thursday's New York Post, suggested that Bush would announce the new policy, whose cornerstone would be human missions to the Moon perhaps by the end of the next decade, as soon as December 17, during a speech at Kitty Hawk to mark the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. McClellan declined to even confirm that Bush would event speak at Kitty Hawk. McClellan did say that an interagency space policy review is ongoing, but offered no timetable of when the review might end and when a new policy might be released. Related Links: -------------- Houston Chronicle article: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2271238 SPACE.com article: http://space.com/news/moon_bush_031204.html New York Post article: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/12584.htm UPI article: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=3D20031204-104042-8972r AP article: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&cid=3D624&ncid=3D624&e=3D1&= u=3D/ap/20031204/ap_on_sc/moon_or_mars Visit http://www.spacetoday.net/ to get the latest space news summaries and links to space news articles published throughout the web. If you have any questions about this service, please contact us at info@spacetoday.net. ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3BB08.534725D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Posted: Fri, Dec 5 12:31 AM ET= (0531 GMT)

White House officials said Thursday that there no imme= diate
plans for the President to announce a new national space
poli= cy, which could include human missions to the Moon.
Press Secretary S= cott McClellan told reporters during a
press conference Thursday that = "there are no plans for any
policy announcements in the immediate futu= re."  Recent
reports, including a front-page article in Thursday'= s New
York Post, suggested that Bush would announce the new
policy,= whose cornerstone would be human missions to the
Moon perhaps by the = end of the next decade, as soon as
December 17, during a speech at Kit= ty Hawk to mark the 100th
anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first fl= ight. McClellan
declined to even confirm that Bush would event speak a= t
Kitty Hawk.  McClellan did say that an interagency space
pol= icy review is ongoing, but offered no timetable of when
the review mig= ht end and when a new policy might be
released.

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------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C3BB0F.A892C380-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Dec 5 07:04:40 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB5F4c1J003798; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 07:04:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA12076 for public-list; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:38:13 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav128.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.158]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA12071; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:38:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 06:37:34 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.16 by bay4-dav128.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:37:34 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.16] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Lou Lanzerotti believes Voyager 1 went over the edge Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:37:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0011_01C3BB13.66828B70" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Dec 2003 14:37:34.0682 (UTC) FILETIME=[526D9BA0:01C3BB3D] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C3BB13.66828B70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3D10612924&BRD=3D1918&PAG=3D461= &dept_id=3D506868&rfi=3D6 Local scientist believes Voyager I went 'over the edge' =20 By JULIE LANGE , Staff Writer 12/04/2003 =20 HARDING TWP. - For more than 25 years, the Voyager I spacecraft has been = hurtling toward the outer reaches of the solar system, far beyond the poi= nt where its designers expected it to break down. =20 Now some scientists, including astrophysicist Lou Lanzerotti of Brook Dri= ve North, believe it has actually "gone over the edge," having passed the= orbit of Neptune to reach a point where the solar wind bumps up against = the vastness of interstellar space. At this boundary about 8 billion miles from earth, Voyager I may actually= have entered the heliosheath, a nebulous beltway where the solar wind is= abruptly slowed by interstellar pressure, causing a phenomenon known as = "termination shock." =20 Lanzerotti and his colleagues believe Voyager temporarily entered the une= xplored region beyond the sun's magnetic field for about 200 days, but be= cause this boundary keeps shifting with changes in solar activity, it has= moved outward since then, leaving Voyager I back within the supersonic s= olar wind. =20 Differing Opinions But not all scientists agree that the spacecraft has reached termination = shock. There are three schools of thought, all inferred from measurements= of particle activity and magnetic fields taken by the three instruments = on Voyager I and beamed back to earth. =20 Some scientists believe the spacecraft has not yet reached the heliosheat= h, and a third group still has not formed an opinion about what is being = observed on Voyager I. Lanzerotti said he and a colleague designed one of the instruments on boa= rd in the mid-1970s to measure the lowest level energy particles other th= an those found in solar wind. They did a lot of the design work at Bell L= abs, where Lanzerotti worked as a research scientist, and built the devic= e at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Md. =20 A particle accelerator at Rutgers University was used to calibrate the in= strument, which no one believed would last as long as it has, Lanzerotti = said. It is smaller than a breadbox and swings around 360 degrees to meas= ure both the energy and the direction of particle movements. =20 A second instrument developed by another team of scientists measures some= what larger particle behavior and the third instrument monitors the magne= tic field. There is a fourth instrument on board, designed to measure sol= ar wind speed, and it might have provided the tie-breaking data, but it i= s no longer functioning. One thing is certain. The spacecraft has reached a region of the solar sy= stem unlike any encountered before, and far beyond where any manmade obje= ct has ever traveled. =20 Scientists will continue to monitor data from Voyager I as it continues i= ts journey over the next couple of years or even longer, Lanzerotti said.= Its radioisotope-generated fuel is expected to last till around 2020. =20 Beyond the heliosheath, the spacecraft will continue to collect data to h= elp humankind understand the nature of interstellar space, he said. In the meantime, Voyager II, which was launched a month after Voyager I, = is trailing behind its predecessor by about 3,000 kilometers, on a separa= te trajectory, with its solar wind-measuring instrument still intact. Eve= ntually, it also is expected to reach the threshold of the solar system a= nd add to scientific understanding about what's out there. Whether or not Voyager I has passed into the heliosheath as yet, the prog= ram has disproved some earlier theories about the solar system, Lanzerott= i said. =20 Originally planned as sort of a grand tour of Jupiter and Saturn and only= expected to last five to 10 years, the mission surprised everyone when V= oyager I bounced off Saturn's gravity and just kept going. In fact, thing= s were going so well that NASA continued to support the mission, which en= ded up visiting all of the outer planets except for Pluto. =20 "About two years ago, NASA considering turning off Voyager for budgetary = reasons," Lanzerotti said. "It costs about $5 million per year to operate= it. But there was such an uproar from the research community that NASA b= acked down." =20 In the 1950s, when the space program began to ramp up, scientists believe= d that space was empty, devoid of particle activity, and in the early 196= 0s a scientific paper hypothesized that interstellar space began at Mars,= Lanzerotti said. "By a funny quirk, when I was in college in the late 1960s I wrote a pape= r based on my analysis of optical data from Jupiter," he said. "I thought= the boundary was probably nearer the orbit of Jupiter or near the orbit = of Saturn, varying with the solar cycles. "When Pioneer arrived in the 1970s and then Voyager in 1979, it became qu= ite clear that all the papers were wrong. But that's how science advances= We make proposals and then we test them. =20 "That was the most wrong thing I've ever predicted and I'm proud of it." =20 Lanzerotti is retired from Bell Labs, where he began his career in 1965 a= fter earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Ch= ampagne and his doctorate degree at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. =20 He is a distinguished research professor at New Jersey Institute of Techn= ology in Newark. During the George H.W. Bush administration, he was a mem= ber of Vice President Dan Quail's Space Policy Board and served for nearl= y 10 years as a member of the NASA Advisory Council. =20 Lanzerotti currently is serving his fourth term on the Harding Township C= ommittee. ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C3BB13.66828B70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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<= TD>= Local scientist believes Voyager I went 'over the edge'
By JULIE LANGE = , Staff Writer 12/04/2003
=

HARDING TWP. - For more than 25 years, the Voyager I spacecraf= t has been hurtling toward the outer reaches of the solar system, far bey= ond the point where its designers expected it to break down.


Now = some scientists, including astrophysicist Lou Lanzerotti of Brook Drive N= orth, believe it has actually "gone over the edge," having passed the orb= it of Neptune to reach a point where the solar wind bumps up against the = vastness of interstellar space.

At this boundary about 8 billion m= iles from earth, Voyager I may actually have entered the heliosheath, a n= ebulous beltway where the solar wind is abruptly slowed by interstellar p= ressure, causing a phenomenon known as "termination shock."

Lanze= rotti and his colleagues believe Voyager temporarily entered the unexplor= ed region beyond the sun's magnetic field for about 200 days, but because= this boundary keeps shifting with changes in solar activity, it has move= d outward since then, leaving Voyager I back within the supersonic solar = wind.

Differing Opinions

But not all scient= ists agree that the spacecraft has reached termination shock. There are t= hree schools of thought, all inferred from measurements of particle activ= ity and magnetic fields taken by the three instruments on Voyager I and b= eamed back to earth.

Some scientists believe the spacecraft has n= ot yet reached the heliosheath, and a third group still has not formed an= opinion about what is being observed on Voyager I.

Lanzerotti sai= d he and a colleague designed one of the instruments on board in the mid-= 1970s to measure the lowest level energy particles other than those found= in solar wind. They did a lot of the design work at Bell Labs, where Lan= zerotti worked as a research scientist, and built the device at Johns Hop= kins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Md.

A particle accelerator at= Rutgers University was used to calibrate the instrument, which no one be= lieved would last as long as it has, Lanzerotti said. It is smaller than = a breadbox and swings around 360 degrees to measure both the energy and t= he direction of particle movements.

A second instrument developed= by another team of scientists measures somewhat larger particle behavior= and the third instrument monitors the magnetic field. There is a fourth = instrument on board, designed to measure solar wind speed, and it might h= ave provided the tie-breaking data, but it is no longer functioning.

=

One thing is certain. The spacecraft has reached a region of the solar= system unlike any encountered before, and far beyond where any manmade o= bject has ever traveled.

Scientists will continue to monitor data= from Voyager I as it continues its journey over the next couple of years= or even longer, Lanzerotti said. Its radioisotope-generated fuel is expe= cted to last till around 2020.

Beyond the heliosheath, the spacec= raft will continue to collect data to help humankind understand the natur= e of interstellar space, he said.

In the meantime, Voyager II, whi= ch was launched a month after Voyager I, is trailing behind its predecess= or by about 3,000 kilometers, on a separate trajectory, with its solar wi= nd-measuring instrument still intact. Eventually, it also is expected to = reach the threshold of the solar system and add to scientific understandi= ng about what's out there.

Whether or not Voyager I has passed int= o the heliosheath as yet, the program has disproved some earlier theories= about the solar system, Lanzerotti said.

Originally planned as s= ort of a grand tour of Jupiter and Saturn and only expected to last five = to 10 years, the mission surprised everyone when Voyager I bounced off Sa= turn's gravity and just kept going. In fact, things were going so well th= at NASA continued to support the mission, which ended up visiting all of = the outer planets except for Pluto.

"About two years ago, NASA co= nsidering turning off Voyager for budgetary reasons," Lanzerotti said. "I= t costs about $5 million per year to operate it. But there was such an up= roar from the research community that NASA backed down."

In the 1= 950s, when the space program began to ramp up, scientists believed that s= pace was empty, devoid of particle activity, and in the early 1960s a sci= entific paper hypothesized that interstellar space began at Mars, Lanzero= tti said.

"By a funny quirk, when I was in college in the late 196= 0s I wrote a paper based on my analysis of optical data from Jupiter," he= said. "I thought the boundary was probably nearer the orbit of Jupiter o= r near the orbit of Saturn, varying with the solar cycles.

"When P= ioneer arrived in the 1970s and then Voyager in 1979, it became quite cle= ar that all the papers were wrong. But that's how science advances. We ma= ke proposals and then we test them.

"That was the most wrong thin= g I've ever predicted and I'm proud of it."

Lanzerotti is retired= from Bell Labs, where he began his career in 1965 after earning his unde= rgraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Champagne and his docto= rate degree at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

He is a disti= nguished research professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newa= rk. During the George H.W. Bush administration, he was a member of Vice P= resident Dan Quail's Space Policy Board and served for nearly 10 years as= a member of the NASA Advisory Council.

Lanzerotti currently is s= erving his fourth term on the Harding Township Committee.

<= /P> ------=_NextPart_001_0011_01C3BB13.66828B70-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Dec 5 07:49:18 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hB5FnG1J031186; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 07:49:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA12343 for public-list; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:54:53 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav153.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.183]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA12339; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:54:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 06:54:13 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.16 by bay4-dav153.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 14:54:13 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.16] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] X-Sender: ljk4@msn.com From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Binary pulsars boost hope for gravity wave hunters Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:54:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BB15.BA712370" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Dec 2003 14:54:13.0682 (UTC) FILETIME=[A5E0E920:01C3BB3F] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BB15.BA712370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Press Release 2003/03 - 3rd December 2003 =20 Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave hunters Neutron star pairs may merge and give off a burst of gravity waves about = six times more often than previously thought, scientists report in today'= s issue of the journal Nature [ 4th December 2003]. If so, the current ge= neration of gravity-wave detectors might be able to register such an even= t every year or two, rather than about once a decade - the most optimisti= c prediction until now. This means that the direct detection of gravity w= aves - a key prediction made by Albert Einstein's general theory of relat= ivity - might be closer than previously suspected. Astronomers have indir= ect evidence of their existence but have yet to detect them directly. =20 Until now, it was thought that such neutron star mergers were comparative= ly rare, about one every few decades, but the discovery of the new binary= system by an international team of scientists from Italy, Australia, the= UK and the USA using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales = has enabled the estimate of such an occurrences to be greatly increased. =20 As team member Dr Dick Manchester of CSIRO pointed out, "It is now though= t that they might occur at least six or seven times more often." Professo= r Andrew Lyne, Director of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Ob= servatory, added, "this discovery is good news for gravity-wave astronome= rs; it may be possible to study one of these cosmic catastrophes every fe= w years, instead of having to wait half a career." =20 Both objects in orbit around each other are "neutron" stars, city-sized b= alls of a super-dense form of matter - the remnants of supernovae, the ca= taclysmic explosions that mark the death of giant stars. One of the neutr= on stars is a pulsar, PSR J0730-3039. It is spinning round 45 times per s= econd emitting rotating beams of radio waves which were detected as regul= ar pulses of energy at the Parkes Telescope. Detailed timing analysis of = these pulses allowed the extreme characteristics of the neutron star's or= bit to be determined. =20 Though separated by more than twice the distance of the Moon from the Ear= th, their large masses, each somewhat more than our Sun, mean that they o= rbit each other in just over 2 hours. As a result, they are already losin= g energy by radiating gravitational waves - but currently at too low a le= vel to be detected directly. This is causing a "dance of death" during wh= ich the two stars slowly spiral in towards each other. They will finally = fuse - perhaps forming a black hole - in about 85 million years resulting= in a burst of gravity wave rippling out across the galaxy at the speed o= f light. As Professor Nicolo D'Amico, Director of the Cagliari Astronomic= al Observatory in Sardinia, stated, "if this were to happen now, it could= be detected by the current generation of gravitational wave detectors su= ch as LIGO-I, VIRGO or GEO." =20 The importance of this discovery is that it implies that these events are= likely to occur much more frequently than thought before. "We now expect= that the current gravitational wave detectors could register a neutron s= tar merger every one or two years" said Dr Vicky Kalogera, Assistant Prof= essor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University in Illinois, US= A, who with colleagues Chunglee Kim and Duncan Lorimer have modelled the = coalescence rates to provide the new estimates. "It does look now as thou= gh it may not be too long before we will have the exciting prospect of th= e first direct detection of gravitational waves." =20 This new system is more extreme than any previously discovered and, becau= se it contains a pulsar, it forms a superb test-bed for testing Einstein'= s predictions. Pulsars are incredibly accurate clocks and this property w= ill enable us to understand gravity under extreme conditions. Gravity is = one of the fundamental forces of the Universe and determines the evolutio= n and structure of the Universe as we see it today. =20 For the rest of the article, go here: http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/news/binary/ ------=_NextPart_001_0014_01C3BB15.BA712370 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Press Release 2003/03 - 3rd December 2003
=

Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave= hunters

Neutron star pairs may mer= ge and give off a burst of gravity waves about six times more often than = previously thought, scientists report in today's issue of the journal Nat= ure [ 4th December 2003]. If so, the current generation of gravity-wave d= etectors might be able to register such an event every year or two, rathe= r than about once a decade - the most optimistic prediction until now. Th= is means that the direct detection of gravity waves - a key prediction ma= de by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity - might be closer th= an previously suspected. Astronomers have indirect evidence of their exis= tence but have yet to detect them directly.

Until now, it = was thought that such neutron star mergers were comparatively rare, about= one every few decades, but the discovery of the new binary system by an = international team of scientists from Italy, Australia, the UK and the US= A using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope in New South Wales has enabled th= e estimate of such an occurrences to be greatly increased.

As team me= mber Dr Dick Manchester of CSIRO pointed out, "It is now thought that the= y might occur at least six or seven times more often." Professor Andrew L= yne, Director of the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory,= added, "this discovery is good news for gravity-wave astronomers; it may= be possible to study one of these cosmic catastrophes every few years, i= nstead of having to wait half a career."

Both objects in orbit around= each other are "neutron" stars, city-sized balls of a super-dense form o= f matter - the remnants of supernovae, the cataclysmic explosions that ma= rk the death of giant stars. One of the neutron stars is a pulsar, PSR J0= 730-3039. It is spinning round 45 times per second emitting rotating beam= s of radio waves which were detected as regular pulses of energy at the P= arkes Telescope. Detailed timing analysis of these pulses allowed the ext= reme characteristics of the neutron star's orbit to be determined.

<= P>Though separated by more than twice the distance= of the Moon from the Earth, their large masses, each somewhat more than = our Sun, mean that they orbit each other in just over 2 hours. As a resul= t, they are already losing energy by radiating gravitational waves - but = currently at too low a level to be detected directly. This is causing a "= dance of death" during which the two stars slowly spiral in towards each = other. They will finally fuse - perhaps forming a black hole - in about 8= 5 million years resulting in a burst of gravity wave rippling out across = the galaxy at the speed of light. As Professor Nicolo D'Amico, Director o= f the Cagliari Astronomical Observatory in Sardinia, stated, "if this wer= e to happen now, it could be detected by the current generation of gravit= ational wave detectors such as LIGO-I, VIRGO or GEO."

The = importance of this discovery is that it implies that these events are lik= ely to occur much more frequently than thought before. "We now expect tha= t the current gravitational wave detectors could register a neutron star = merger every one or two years" said Dr Vicky Kalogera, Assistant Professo= r of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA, w= ho with colleagues Chunglee Kim and Duncan Lorimer have modelled the coal= escence rates to provide the new estimates. "It does look now as though i= t may not be too long before we will have the exciting prospect of the fi= rst direct detection of gravitational waves."

This new system is more= extreme than any previously discovered and, because it contains a pulsar= , it forms a superb test-bed for testing Einstein's predictions. Pulsars = are incredibly accurate clocks and this property will enable us to unders= tand gravity under extreme conditions. Gravity is one of the fundamental = forces of the Universe and determines the evolution and structure of the = Universe as we see it today.

For the rest of the article, go here= :

http://www.jb.m= an.ac.uk/news/binary/

 

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Schewe, Ben Stein, and James Riordon THE TOP PHYSICS STORIES OF 2003. The first three on our list concern the sharpening of our understanding of the big bang era, evidence for new quark groupings, and progress in manipulating quantum gases. At the largest size scale, new observations from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), the Sloan Digital Survey and other telescopes have reduced the uncertainties in the values of such cosmic parameters as the Hubble constant, the age of the universe, and the fractions of total energy vested in the form of dark and luminous matter (www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/624-1.html; www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/659-1.html ). Going to the opposite extreme, at the level of elementary matter, new data indicate that quarks needn't appear only in clumps of three (baryons) or two (mesons). Work at SLAC (US) and KEK (Japan) hint that quarks might also exist in "tetraquark" states (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/643-1.html), while experiments in Japan, the US, Russia, and elsewhere provide evidence for a "pentaquark" state (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/644-1.html ). The third top story concerns the creation of the first ever Bose Einstein condensate (BEC) consisting of paired-fermion-atom molecules. This work is potentially important because mastering the interactions between fermion atoms in the BEC state might provide insights into the nature of superconductivity and superfluids (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/663-1.html ). Other notable physics stories from the past year include the controversy over the use gravitational lensing of distant radio waves by Jupiter to measure the speed of gravity (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/620-1.html ); advances in the use of attosecond laser pulses in studying chemical reactions (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/625-1.html ); the use of microfluidics---essentially the science of fluids on a chip---in processing bio-particles such as blood cells and DNA molecules (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/627-1.html ); evidence for the focusing of light in left-handed materials, materials with a negative index of refraction, and vindication of earlier research in this area (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/628-1.html ); first fusion reactions in Sandia's Z machine (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/632-1.html ); LIGO's first scientific publications report no gravity wave events but do succeed in establishing new upper limits on various wave production processes (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/632-2.html ); building a laser based on a single atom at rest (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/654-1.html ); amphoteric refraction, both positive and negative refraction, in a single material (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/657-3.html ); and new work with photonic crystals, including the effects of shock waves (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/634-1.html) and energy shifting (http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2003/split/646-1.html). RELATIVISTIC CHAOS. A new study shows that general relativity, a theory in which observers in different reference frames measure time differently, is not incompatible with chaos theory, in which events unfold in absolute time. Chaos is an ordinary word with lots of meanings. In physics, however, the meaning is more precise: a system---a weather system, say---is chaotic if a very slight change in initial conditions sends the system off into a very different history. How different? The degree to which a system is chaotic can be encapsulated in a parameter called the Lyapunov exponent: when it is positive the system is chaotic and to some extent unpredictable; for a negative value, the system becomes nonchaotic---a small perturbation will not radically change its history. What has worried physicists for many years was the fear that a shift in a frame of reference might so alter the time parameter as to change the Lyapunov exponent from null or negative to positive or vice versa. In other words, the change of frame would seem to make a chaotic system nonchaotic or vice versa. Now, the work of Adilson Motter of the Max Planck Institute for Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany lays this matter to rest. He shows (motter@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de, http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~motter ) that over a wide range of conditions, a change of time parameter does not alter the Lyapunov exponent enough to change chaos in a system. Motter believes that this is good news since the equations of general relativity are nonlinear, as are those of chaotic systems, and many common situations described by general relativity, such as the motion of massive bodies near black holes or a nonuniform expansion of the universe at the time of the big bang ("mixmaster universe model,"see http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/1993/split/pnu158-3.htm ) are expected to be highly chaotic. 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PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE
= The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News
Number 664&= nbsp; December 2, 2003   by Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, andJames Riordon

THE TOP PHYSICS STORIES OF 2003.  The first t= hree on our list
concern the sharpening of our understanding of the bi= g bang era,
evidence for new quark groupings, and progress in manipula= ting
quantum gases.   At the largest size scale, new observa= tions from
the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), the Sloan = Digital
Survey and other telescopes hav