Space Forum / Space Science / October 2003

Michael Mewhinney                         Oct. 30, 2003
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-3937 or 650/604-9000
E-mail: Michael.Mewhinney@nasa.gov

[Please reply in newsgroup as my email is going haywire]
I have tried but have not been able to jog my memory into a
recollection...
I am looking for the name of the area or group from which Jupiter, et al

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34105
SMART-1 is one month in orbit
Eurpean Space Agency
October 29, 2003

(C.omments O.pinions W.elcome  wholy COW)
I assume meteor strikes are proportional to Area x Mass.
(Area seems obvious, and Mass is proportional to gravity,
so I figure doubling the attractiveness doubles the attraction

Anybody known where I can find the Pioneer 10 and 11 trajectory elements ???
I've done some Googling and rummaging around on the JPL and various NASA
sites, but so far no luck... :-(
-- Gordon D. Pusch  

Some questions concerning atmospheric drag in low orbit:
1) Was the International Space Station/Space Station Freedom meant to
orbit at 300-400km originally (c1990), or was it slated for higher
altitudes?

Contact: Heidi Koontz
hkoontz@usgs.gov
303-202-4763
United States Geological Survey

I have been reviewing the comments on the referenced thread, and it
seems to me that most of the writers missed the sense of my original
suggestion.  I did NOT suggest going there as a relay station, or a
place to take a rest before continuing further.  I believe there is

...Predictably, immediately after posting, I found the answer to my own
question. (The correct keywords appear to be the exact phrase "pioneer 10"
plus "ephemeris.")
I wound up at <http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/helios/heli.html>, and my

-> > The scientific objectives of the mission probably will include
-> > confirming the presence of an ocean at Europa, remotely
-> > measuring the composition of the surface and scouting out
-> > potential landing sites for a follow-on lander mission.  

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/2003/29/text
FOR RELEASE: 11:00 a.m. (EDT) September 25, 2003
CONTACT:
Donna Weaver

Can the Hubble Space telescope and ISS be put in similar enough orbits that
astronauts aboard ISS could "spacewalk" routinely to HST and do maintenance?
Obviously, the two objects need to have zero relative velocity and about
100 meters apart.  So when something breaks, instead of ...

Anyone else see the article a few days ago on the spaceweather.com site
about the budget cuts? Heres more about it.  Seems like a pretty stupid
thing to do if you ask me.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10453

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

I couldn't find any information on the Cassini website about the science
observations the spacecraft will make as it approaches Saturn. I found this
page: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/operations/approach.cfm but it talks about
the flyby of the small moon Phoebe..  I would think that ...