gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com (Ken Hollis) (06/12/91)
Greetings and Salutations: From: andre@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andre Willey) >Don't forget to have your car radio tuned into the local station which >carries the KSC stuff. FM Station 91.5. It is a local religious station. >I don't suppose there's an easy way to get a pass into KSC for a better >view, if you ask in advance, is there? The next launch is sometime in August. You may write to the following address for a launch pass: NASA Vehicle Pass PA - Pass Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 In general, if you know the launch that you wish, ask for that launch. If you know a general time frame, then ask for that time frame. SPACE SHUTTLE MANIFEST (June 11 1991) STS Date Orbiter Payload --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 Aug. 91 Atlantis TDRS-E (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite), SSBUV-3 48 Oct. 91 Discovery UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) 44 Dec. 91 Atlantis DSP (Defense Support Program) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 Feb. 92 Discovery IML-1 (Int. Microgravity Laboratory), GAS Bridge 45 Apr. 92 Atlantis ATLAS-1, SSBUV-4 49 May 92 Endeavour Intelsat VI Reboost, ASEM 50 Jun. 92 Columbia USML-1 (United States Microgravity Laboratory), EDO 46 Aug. 92 Atlantis TSS-1 (Tethered Satellite System), EURECA-1L 47 Sep. 92 Endeavour SL-J (Spacelab Japan), GAS Bridge 52 Sep. 92 Columbia LAGEOS II, USMP-1, CANEX 53 Nov. 92 Discovery DoD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Jan. 92 Endeavour ACTS (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite) 54 Feb. 93 Columbia EURECA-1R, SPAS-ORFEUS, GAS Bridge, SHOOT 55 Mar. 93 Discovery TDRS-F (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) 56 Apr. 93 Endeavour SL-D2 (Spacelab Germany) 57 May 93 Atlantis SRAD/TPITS, WSF-1, IEH, ISEM-1 58 Jun. 93 Columbia SLS-2 (Spacelab Life Sciences), EDO 59 Jul. 93 Discovery Spacehab-1, OAET-1, CAPL, FLOATZONE-1 60 Aug. 93 Endeavour ATLAS-2, SPTN-2, SSBUV-A-1 61 Sep. 93 Atlantis USMP-2, SPTN-3, CMSE-1, payload oppty --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASEM Assembly of Station by Extravehicular activity Methods ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science CANEX Canadian Experiments CAPL Capillary Pump Loop experiment CETA Crew and Equipment Translation Aid CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle CMSE Candidate Materials Space Exposure (extended duration) EDO Extended Duration Orbiter EURECA European Retrievable Carrier FLOATZONE Floatzone crystal of Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) FTS Flight Telerobotic Servicer GAS Get Away Special IBSS Infrared Background Signature Survey IEH International Extreme-UV far-UV Hitchhiker ISEM ITA Standardised Experiment LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite MPEC Multi-Purpose Experiment Cannister OAET Office of Aeronautics, Exploration, and Technology ORFEUS Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer SHOOT Super fluid Helium On Orbit Transfer demonstration SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite SPTN Shuttle Pointed autonomous research Tool for astronomy (aka SPARTAN) SRAD Shuttle Radiator Assembly Demonstration SSBUV Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet instrument STP Space Test Program TPITS Two Phase Integration Thermal System USMP United States Microgravity Payload WSF Wake Shield Facility >From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >>From: petej@phred.UUCP (Peter Jarvis) >>Congress can't even decide on how much to appropriate for a minimal Space >>Station......... >This may have more than a little to do with the fact that the Space Station >has spent roughly a decade and $5G+ on studies to date, with no hardware >to show for it... Of course Congress has done nothing to increase this spending (like changing thier minds every year (or less) on the design & costs). Admittedly NASA has not done a sterling job at cost estimation, but I lay AT LEAST equal blame on congress if not more. Ken Hollis Contact Ken Hollis through these paths: ProLine: gandalf@pro-electric ARPA: crash!pro-electric!gandalf@nosc.mil UUCP: crash!pro-electric!gandalf Internet: gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com
ccoprmd@prism.gatech.EDU (Matthew DeLuca) (06/14/91)
In article <1991Jun12.073610.26710@crash.cts.com> gandalf@pro-electric.cts.com (Ken Hollis) writes: >Greetings and Salutations: > >From: andre@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andre Willey) >>Don't forget to have your car radio tuned into the local station which >>carries the KSC stuff. > >FM Station 91.5. It is a local religious station. If you're not interested in religious stations, I would highly recommend AM 580 out of Orlando; they had *excellent* coverage when I was down for the STS-38 launch late last year, with a minimum of clueless Dan Rather-like chatter. -- Matthew DeLuca Georgia Institute of Technology "I'd hire the Dorsai, if I knew their Office of Information Technology P.O. box." - Zebadiah Carter, Internet: ccoprmd@prism.gatech.edu _The Number of the Beast_