Greetings
Hello, I was searching the web and found Larry Klaes' April 1998 article "Europa Ocean Explorer Project" in the on-line publication "SpaceViews." This is an area of much interest to me and one in which I might be able offer technical assistance. I have just recently moved into the position of Senior Technologist at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI after 9 years at the Naval Research Laboratory. My interests are in the design and development of prototype acoustic transducers and devices with a particular interest in developing new devices for small underwater autonomous vehicles. My interest in Eurpoa is that it is my belief that it will be necessary to characterize any future underwater exploration with simple sound speed measurements and determinations. This could be done with probes or on ocean explorers or possibly a combination thereof. As list members are likely aware, the US Navy has a keen interest in exploring ALL oceans and Europa should be included within that interest. Please let me know if there is an avenue that we can contribute with this exploration. I look forward to reading about some of the factual plans as well as some of the conceptual views of how this resource might be explored. Tom Howarth == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: Greetings
Welcome aboard, Tom. This is more than just a Europa site; it's also sort of a 'Star Wars Bar' for various technophiles and astronomers. It works out something like an online issue of 'Science'. I'd be interested to hear a lot more about the acoustical probe concept, as it may be the way that a practical Europa probe will have to function, rather than physically drilling through the ice there. -- JHB == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
RE: Greetings
Welcome aboard Thomas Howarth I for one look forward to your contributions to this group. Mickey Schmidt USAF Academy == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: Golden Disasters
In a message dated 1/12/2001 9:44:11 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For Russia this number is somewhat higher -- including a lot of ground = support and scientific personnel killed during preflight testing. Launch = pad explosions wiped out a lot of their brainpower, and is a significan = factor behind our reaching the moon first. =20 Wow. Can you imagine, such a tightly knit little group as theirs must have been, reeling under the loss of their members, yet still 'expected' to produce significant gains for the Motherland... Imagine, for instance, if we all logged on to the Europa group one day, and found out that 1/3 of the members normally here had all died when their keyboards discombobulated. -- JHB == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: Golden Disasters
In a message dated 1/12/2001 10:18:06 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What mission are you referring to that says NASA is going to land on Europa in 2010? Has something been scheduled? Tom Tom... it's a sly Jeremy Blaeschke reference to 'Odessey 2', a sequel to the Arthur C. Clarke Novel / Movie '2001: a Space Odessey'. In Odyssey 2, the Americans and Russians are racing to get to Europa first, when the Chinese steal the show by sending a one-way lander to Europa, hoping to refuel with water once they actually get there. Along the way, however, they have a mishap with some of the local fauna... -- JHb == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
Re: RED MOON available on Amazon
In a message dated 1/11/01 7:32:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David S. Michaels: I'd have sent you this email directly, but all I have is a palladium email address. That book, Red Moon, sounds amazing. I'll get a copy, as the concept alone blows my mind. How much is true? I didn't know you were a fan of ancient history. Care to compare notes sometime? Herodotus forward is my purview... yours? -- JHB Thanks for the interest. RED MOON is a mix of fact and fiction-- the details of the Solviet lunar orbital and landing programs more or less follow actual events, up to the catastrophic explosion of the N-1 moon rocket on January 3, 1969 (carrying a payload that has never been fully devulged and the subject of much dispute). From then on, it's entirely speculative fiction with the proviso that nothing is truly imopossible given the circumstances (in fact FPSpacer Mark Wade helped me design a one-way moon mission for Luna 15 / Firebird that WOULD work, given the state of technology back then). Up until recently, I made my living selling ancient coins and artifacts, so Classical history is another passion of mine. I rather prefer Polybius, Suetonius and Ammianus to Herodotus (but I've been accused of being more Roman than Greek in any case). Love to compare notes sometime! DS Michaels
The Case of the Missing Mars Water
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 13:01:07 -0600 Subject: The Case of the Missing Mars Water To: "NASA Science News" [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: NASA Science News [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "NASA Science News" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NASA Science News for January 5, 2001 Plenty of clues suggest that liquid water once flowed on Mars --raising hopes that life could have arisen there-- but the evidence remains inconclusive and sometimes contradictory. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast05jan_1.htm?list86654 --- This is a free service. If you need to get in touch with us directly, please go to http://science.nasa.gov/comments Home page: http://science.nasa.gov == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
