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If they have no place to go, they begin to stall, and force |
compression, stealing power from the vehicle (High Drag). |
If you squeeze the fuselage, so that these pipes have aplace to bend |
into, then drag is reduced. |
Essentially, teh cross sectional area of the aircraft shoulf |
remain constant for all areas of the fuselage. That is where the wings are |
subtract, teh cross sectional area of the wings from the fuselage. |
pat |
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Pat) writes... |
>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Ron Baalke) writes: |
>|Comet Gehrels 3, which was discovered in 1977, was determined to have |
>|been in a temporary Jovian orbit from 1970 to 1973. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1993e |
>|may remain in orbit around Jupiter long enough to allow Galileo to |
>|make some closeup observations. The orbital trajectory for Comet |
>|Shoemaker-Levy is still being determined. |
>a |
>What about positional uncertainties in S-L 1993e? |
If Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1993e is in Jovian orbit, and if the comet |
is still hanging around when Galileo arrives, then I'm sure it will |
be added to the list of targets. We'll have by then over two years |
of Earth-based observations to help narrow down the positions of the |
pieces of the comet. It probably won't be too much different than |
what was done with Gaspra. |
>But when they were |
>imaging toutatis? |
Galileo did not image Toutatis. That came from Earth-based radar. |
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| instead. |
NASA Headquarters distributed the following press |
release today (4/6). I've typed it in verbatim, for you |
folks to chew over. Many of the topics recently |
discussed on sci.space are covered in this. |
Gibbons Outlines Space Station Redesign Guidance |
Dr. John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and |
Technology Policy, outlined to the members-designate of |
the Advisory Committee on the Redesign of the Space |
Station on April 3, three budget options as guidance to |
the committee in their deliberations on the redesign of |
the space station. |
A low option of $5 billion, a mid-range option of $7 |
billion and a high option of $9 billion will be |
considered by the committee. Each option would cover |
the total expenditures for space station from fiscal |
year 1994 through 1998 and would include funds for |
development, operations, utilization, Shuttle |
integration, facilities, research operations support, |
transition cost and also must include adequate program |
reserves to insure program implementation within the |
available funds. |
Over the next 5 years, $4 billion is reserved within |
the NASA budget for the President's new technology |
investment. As a result, station options above $7 |
billion must be accompanied by offsetting reductions in |
the rest of the NASA budget. For example, a space |
station option of $9 billion would require $2 billion |
in offsets from the NASA budget over the next 5 years. |
Gibbons presented the information at an organizational |
session of the advisory committee. Generally, the |
members-designate focused upon administrative topics |
and used the session to get acquainted. They also |
received a legal and ethics briefing and an orientation |
on the process the Station Redesign Team is following |
to develop options for the advisory committee to |
consider. |
Gibbons also announced that the United States and its |
international partners -- the Europeans, Japanese, and |
Canadians -- have decided, after consultation, to give |
"full consideration" to use of Russian assets in the |
course of the space station redesign process. |
To that end, the Russians will be asked to participate |
in the redesign effort on an as-needed consulting |
basis, so that the redesign team can make use of their |
expertise in assessing the capabilities of MIR and the |
possible use of MIR and other Russian capabilities and |
systems. The U.S. and international partners hope to |
benefit from the expertise of the Russian participants |
in assessing Russian systems and technology. The |
overall goal of the redesign effort is to develop |
options for reducing station costs while preserving key |
research and exploration capabilities. Careful |
integration of Russian assets could be a key factor in |
achieving that goal. |
Gibbons reiterated that, "President Clinton is |
committed to the redesigned space station and to making |
every effort to preserve the science, the technology |
and the jobs that the space station program represents. |
However, he also is committed to a space station that |
is well managed and one that does not consume the |
national resources which should be used to invest in |
the future of this industry and this nation." |
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin said the Russian |
participation will be accomplished through the East- |
West Space Science Center at the University of Maryland |
under the leadership of Roald Sagdeev. |
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