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Oct 1, 2005 10:04 am
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I quote the title of one of today's articles: " NASA study recommends airship for exploring Titan "....
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/moon/index.html Not as big compared to its primary as Charon is -- or as close to its primary -- but quite...
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0510/02xenamoon/ Moon discovered orbiting solar system's 10th planet CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NEWS RELEASE ...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 3, 2005 5:13 am
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Their report is now out ( http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/nh2_final_report.pdf ). Contrary to some early rumors, they did not say that NH 2 would actually end up...
One correction: those "earlier rumors" did not say that the Panel would conclude that NH2 would actually cost more than NH 1, but rather that it would cost the...
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article1731.html The big news is that -- while they certainly did detect a major release of organics (along with water and CO2),...
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/piPerspective_current.html The PI's Perspective: Changes in Latitude New Horizons Alan Stern October 2005 With the passing of...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 3, 2005 4:41 pm
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Hi, Rodney: Welcome to astronomy! Unfortunately, if you want to look at Jupiter specifically, you might have to wait a couple of months. Right now it's getting...
Huzzah; it's now available for free: http://aviationnow.ecnext.com/free-scripts/comsite2.pl?page=aw_document&article=TITA10035 Note that the cost is pegged at...
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0510/03gpb/ I must admit that I never thought it would get this far. Now it will take about a year to analyze its...
W.M. Keck Observatory 65-1120 Mamalahoa Hwy. Kamuela, HI 96743 Media Contact: Laura K. Kraft, (808) 885-7887 October 3, 2005 MOON DISCOVERED ORBITING 10th...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 4, 2005 4:27 pm
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Internal JPL E-mail ( http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18283 ): "On September 7, 2005 Dr. Elachi informed us that the entire NASA budget is under...
TITAN'S ENIGMATIC INFRARED-BRIGHT SPOT IS SURFACE MAKE-UP From Lori Stiles, University Communications, UA, 520-621-1877 October 06, 2005 ... Contact...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 6, 2005 7:11 pm
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http://uanews.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/8/wa/SRStoryDetails?ArticleID=11813 Could this thing possibly be a fresh volcanic dike of uprising...
Cassini Significant Events for 09/29/05 - 10/05/05 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, October 5, from the Canberra tracking stations....
Ron Baalke
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Oct 7, 2005 5:16 pm
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JPL's guide to the Dione flyby is now out ( http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/products/pdfs/20051011_D1_mission_description.pdf ) . Apparently it will get...
Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington Oct. 5, 2005 (Phone: 202/358-3749) George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone:...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 12, 2005 5:18 pm
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First that lacework of tectonic cracks across Dione's surface goes down to the very finest scales imaginable, which one doesn't seem to see on Tethys (or at...
Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington Oct. 13, 2005 (Phone: 202/358-3749) George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) [snip] ...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 13, 2005 10:41 pm
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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/14oct_betterrocket.htm? list752044 "October 14, 2005: When you think of future rocket technology, you probably think of...
ESA News http://www.esa.int 15 October 2005 Cassini-Huygens mission celebrates anniversary On the eighth anniversary of the launch of the NASA/ESA/ASI ...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 18, 2005 3:50 pm
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Titan, Dione and Prometheus in the same shot. (Courtesy of Doug Ellison's "Unmanned Spaceflight" site). ...
Cassini Significant Events for 10/06/05 - 10/12/05 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, October 12, from the Goldstone tracking...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 19, 2005 5:04 pm
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STORMY WEATHER: TITAN'S ENGIMATIC CLOUD BAND IS CONVECTIVE From Lori Stiles, UA, University Communications, 520-621-1877 October 20, 2005 ... Contact...
Ron Baalke
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Oct 20, 2005 9:54 pm
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Cassini Significant Events for 10/13/05 - 10/19/05 The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired Wednesday, October 19, from the Madrid tracking stations....