ber@gummo.UUCP (ber) (02/06/84)
To 2/5/83 from Walt Pesch Net.space has had a few wide, slow-burning discussions this week on issues that have been discussed in the past. The debate on "the rights of planets" still fizzles on, concentrating on whether humans have the right to terraform any rock in space that we are able to get to. A cousin to the wombat discussion, the NASA terminology listings have been trying to throw more humor at the beaurocracy of space. The discussions based on planets and asteroids have moved to the mineralogical contents and economic worth of the afore mentioned. A new discussion is about the proposed Commercial Location Satellite, done as a Corporation venture, for tranceivers to use microwave broadcasts to satellites to pinpoint locations, and then send them back. The satellites exist and are accurate within meters. A related discussion on the calculation of the position is also going. Some others - interstellar travel via comet and starless "rogue" planets. - Apollo 11 and whether it was rehearsed. - Future projects for the planets in the solar system. - the "Star Wars" third-generation nuclear defence. (space-based)
ber@gummo.UUCP (ber) (05/02/84)
NET.SPACE, as compiled from the last week's of news. - Walt Pesch (ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch) o Article, half between net.astro and here, discussed the "Big Bang" theory, and the question of where the Big Bang took place. o Gossip concerning Von Braun and his forcing the redesign of the shuttle into more single-use components such as the fuel tanks. o Yes, folks, believe it or not, the readers of net.space favor the construction of a space station 73 to 2. (My vote makes it 74 to 2.) o Also seen were defenses of the space program and the positive effects that it has had upon life on Earth, including the Third World. o Lastly discussed would be the use of the material used for Shuttle Tiles to diffuse heat.