Greetings! There is now a FAME site,
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/FAME/ which provides comprehensive information about this phenomenal device. "Welcome to the web pages of the Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer (FAME). FAME is an astrometric satellite designed to determine with unprecedented accuracy the positions, distances, and motions of 40 million stars within our galactic neighborhood. It is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and several other institutions (see About FAME). FAME will measure stellar positions to less than 50 microarcseconds. (To put this angle in perspective, the width of a typical strand of human hair would subtend 50 microarcseconds if you were viewing it from a distance of 65 miles.) FAME will launch in 2004 as a NASA MIDEX mission." (Somewhat more precise than measuring Earth's quadrant!) Have fun! Tom Semadeni 45.768° North 80.600° West
