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In addition to this FAQ list, a broad variety of topical information is |
posted to the net (unless otherwise noted, in the new group |
sci.space.news created for this purpose). Please remember that the |
individuals posting this information are performing a service for all |
net readers, and don't take up their time with frivolous requests. |
Garrett Wollman ([email protected]) posts an acronym list around the |
first of each month. |
Veikko Makela ([email protected]) posts a monthly list of |
anonymous FTP servers containing astronomy and space related |
material to sci.space and sci.astro. |
Henry Spencer ([email protected]) posts summaries of |
space-related stories in the weekly _Aviation Week and Space |
Technology_. |
Ronnie Kon ([email protected]) posts a guide to buying telescopes to |
sci.astro. |
Don Barry ([email protected]) posts the monthly Electronic Journal |
of the Astronomical Society of the Atlantic to sci.astro. |
Swaraj Jeyasingh ([email protected]) posts summaries of |
space-related news from _Flight International_. This focuses more on |
non-US space activities than Aviation Week. |
Robert Bunge ([email protected]) posts a list describing many |
"Large Telescope Projects Either Being Considered or in the Works" |
to sci.astro. |
Peter Yee ([email protected]) posts a variety of NASA material, |
including NASA Headline News (with the schedule for NASA SELECT), |
shuttle payload briefings and flight manifests, and KSC shuttle |
status reports. For Usenet users, much of this material appears in |
the group sci.space.shuttle. |
Ron Baalke ([email protected]) posts frequent updates from |
JPL, Ames, and other centers on the Ulysses, Gailileo, Pioneer, |
Magellan, Landsat, and other missions. |
TS Kelso ([email protected]) posts orbital elements from |
NASA Prediction Bulletins. |
Mike Rose ([email protected]) posts orbital elements for the Hubble |
Space Telescope to sci.astro. |
Jost Jahn ([email protected]) posts ephemerides for asteroids, |
comets, conjunctions, and encounters to sci.astro. |
Richard Langley ([email protected]) posts SPACEWARN Bulletin, which |
describes recent launch/orbital decay information and satellites |
which are useful for scientific activities. Recent bulletins are |
available by anonymous FTP from nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov in |
Ken Hollis ([email protected]) posts a compressed version |
of the Space Shuttle launch manifest to sci.space.shuttle. This |
includes dates, times, payloads, and information on how to see |
launches and landings. |
Cary Oler ([email protected]) posts Solar Terrestrial reports |
(describing solar activity and its effect on the Earth) to |
sci.space. The report is issued in part from data released by the |
Space Enviroment Services Center, Boulder Colorado. The intro |
document needed to understand these reports is available by |
anonymous FTP from solar.stanford.edu (36.10.0.4) in |
pub/understanding_solar_terrestrial_reports. nic.funet.fi |
(128.214.6.100) also has this document in |
/pub/misc/rec.radio.shortwave/solarreports and is an archive site |
for the reports (please note this site is in Europe, and the |
connection to the US is only 56KB). A new primary archive site, |
xi.uleth.ca (142.66.3.29), has recently been established and will be |
actively supported. |
Glenn Chapman ([email protected]) posts summaries of Soviet space |
activities. |
Allen Sherzer ([email protected]) posts a newsletter, "One Small Step for |
a Space Activist," to talk.politics.space. It describes current |
legislative activity affecting NASA and commercial space activities. |
Ron Baalke ([email protected]) posts a calendar including |
anniversaries, conferences, launch dates, meteor showers and |
eclipses, and other space-related events. |
John Magliacane ([email protected]) posts "SpaceNews" (covering |
AMSATs, NOAA and other weather satellites, and other ham |
information) to rec.radio.amateur.misc and sci.space. |
Jonathan McDowell ([email protected]) posts "Jonathan's Space |
Report" covering launches, landings, reentries, status reports, |
satellite activities, etc. |
Bev Freed ([email protected]) posts "Toward 2001", a weekly |
global news summary reprinted from _Space Calendar_ magazine. |
(Included at the suggestion of Eugene Miya, who wrote the item) |
NASA has an internal system of unclassified electronic mail and bulletin |
boards. This system is not open for public use. Specifically, NASA |
personnel and procurement operations are regarded with some sensitivity. |
Contractors must renegotiate their contracts. The Fair and Open |
Procurement Act does not look kindly to those having inside information. |
Contractors and outsiders caught using this type of information can |
expect severe penalities. Unauthorized access attempts may subject you |
to a fine and/or imprisonment in accordance with Title 18, USC, Section |
1030. If in fact you should should learn of unauthorized access, contact |
NASA personnel. |
Claims have been made on this news group about fraud and waste. None |
have ever been substantiated to any significant degree. Readers |
detecting Fraud, Waste, Abuse, or Mismanagement should contact the NASA |
Inspector General (24-hours) at 800-424-9183 (can be anonymous) or write |
Inspector General |
P.O. Box 23089 |
L'enfant Plaza Station |
Washington DC 20024 |
NEXT: FAQ #3/15 - Online (and some offline) sources of images, data, etc. |
>Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 15:40:47 GMT |
>I need as much information about Cosmos 2238 and its rocket fragment (1993- |
>018B) as possible. Both its purpose, launch date, location, in short, |
>EVERYTHING! Can you help? |
>-Tony Ryan, "Astronomy & Space", new International magazine, available from: |
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