eugene@AMES-NAS.ARPA (Eugene Miya) (11/04/86)
Gee, Ted, hope this gets to you.
I will be posting my yearly "Announcement of Opportunity" in about a
month to people who read net.space for people interested in taking
summer positions with NASA. My contacts are primed and ready to act as
inside sources to those people interested in things other than great wages,
excellent working conditions, etc. The target opening date will be January 1
and closing on January 31, so if you are an undergrad just starting school
again: get your resumes ready. And as a piece of advice for any summer
position next year, anywhere: START YOUR RESUME NOW! Companies
prefer to look early in the year, not later.
Other news: I was told that the amount of trash on the net has not
diminished, but on a quick check, it appears it has. Re: space telescope
pointing to earth. They thought about it in the late 1970s. It can point
to earth without damaging optics (they have those things designed for
nuclear blast observation, forgot what they are called). NASA just
commissioned a study to consider follow-ons to the ST using an external
fuel tank as the base. I have also talked to people at GSFC about the
possibility of distributing satellite elements on the network: they can't
do this due to BITNET restrictions against file transfer: complain to BITNET.
Yes, we are working on Mars missions (not at Ames), and I don't know if
you saw the request by Mike Malin (pixar!malin) looking for people to build
a Mars camera. I can vouch for Mike, his is a worthy project, I highly
endorse it: little pay, small recognition, but helpful to mankind.
I have more but that will wait.
From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
--eugene miya
NASA Ames Research Center
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