| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 512.1 | As long as they're not heading past the Belts | MTWAIN::KLAES | N = R*fgfpneflfifaL | Mon Mar 13 1989 14:02 | 9 |
| Not really, as they are inside the Van Allen Radiation Belts
which circle Earth. If the Space Shuttle were outside those belts,
then the crew might be in danger from the radiation. This is a
concern for future manned Moon and planetary missions.
For more details on the STS-29 mission itself, see Topic 486.
Larry
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| 512.2 | | STAR::HUGHES | | Mon Mar 13 1989 16:00 | 14 |
| Higher inclination low earth orbits have more chance of seeing sunspot
effects, i.e. the closer you get to the poles.
At the briefing, this same question was asked and the NASA reps said it
would not be a problem at this altitude and inclination (or any that
the shuttle is likely to reach). It is potentially a concern for the
TDRS links and for the deployment of TDRS-D, although the TDRS have not
been reporting excessive heavy particle hits in the last few days.
Apparently the aurorae were spectacular last night. A friend called me
from a plane flight late at night to tell me about them, but I couldn't
see them from my home (in Mass).
gary
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| 512.3 | No good telling me NOW.... | REPAIR::RICKETTS | Have you tried kicking it? | Tue Mar 14 1989 07:06 | 5 |
| Apparently a good auroral display was visible from much of the
UK last night.....so I heard on the radio this morning, too late
of course. 8*( We are coming up to a sunspot maximum, so it's expected
that there will be a few more good shows during the next year or
so.
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| 512.4 | | STAR::HUGHES | | Tue Mar 14 1989 10:41 | 4 |
| FWIW, one of the local news services last night was predicting another
good display tonight (Tuesday Mar 14).
gary
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| 512.5 | See also the ASTRONOMY file | ANT::TRANDOLPH | | Tue Mar 14 1989 12:48 | 2 |
| You might want to check out LDP::ASTRONOMY. Several people (me included) sighted
the aurora last night. (Very beautiful! - hoping for a repeat tonight) -Tom R.
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