Space Calendar - September 26, 2002
Ron Baalke
This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the web at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
The web version of the Space Calendar includes over 1,100 links to related
home pages.
This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send any
updates or corrections to r...@jpl.nasa.gov. Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates are
listed in 5 year increments only.
The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:
o David Legangneux, Bill Purdy, Philippe Berthe
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SPACE CALENDAR
September 26, 2002
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* indicates changes from last month's calendar.
September 2002
Sep 26 - Cosmos Molniya Launch
* Sep 26 - Venus At Its Maximum Brightness (-4.6 Magnitude)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 302 Clarissa Occults TYC 0025-00350-1 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Sep 28 - Asteroid 6455 (1992 HE) Closest Approach To Earth (0.444 AU)
* Sep 29 - Asteroid 301 Bavaria Occults HIP 1691 (7.4 Magnitude Star)
* Sep 29 - Asteroid 1998 RO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.184 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 2002 PC11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.267 AU)
Sep 29 - Asteroid 2001 TX1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.441 AU)
Sep 29 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Space Station Launch
* Sep 30 - Asteroid 2002 RB182 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
* Sep 30 - Asteroid 2002 RO137 Near-Earth Flyby (0.268 AU)
October 2002
Oct ?? - Cosmos Soyuz U Launch (Russia)
* Oct ?? - Zi Yuan 1B (CBERS-2) CZ-4B Launch (China)
* Oct 01 - Comet C/2002 O4 (Hoenig) Perihelion (0.776 AU)
Oct 01 - Asteroid 2001 SH276 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Oct 02 - STS-112 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Station Assembly Mission 9A
Oct 02 - Asteroid 18 Melpomene At Opposition (7.8 Magnitude)
Oct 03 - Comet C/2001 U6 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.234 AU)
Oct 03 - Asteroid 25 Phocaea Occults TYC 0457-00098-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Oct 03 - 40th Anniversary (1962), Zagami Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite)
Oct 03 - 40th Anniversary (1962), Mercury 8 Launch (Walter Schirra)
Oct 04-10 - Space Week
* Oct 04 - Asteroid 2002 PQ142 Near-Earth Flyby (0.247 AU)
Oct 04 - Asteroid 2001 RU17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.326 AU)
Oct 04 - 45th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 1 Launch (1st Artificial Satellite)
Oct 05 - European Southern Observatory's 40th Birthday (1962)
Oct 05 - Robert Goddard's 120th Birthday (1882)
Oct 06 - Asteroid 16834 (1997 WU22) Closest Approach To Earth (0.953 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 1998 UP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.120 AU)
Oct 07 - Asteroid 2001 RV17 Closest Approach To Earth (0.554 AU)
* Oct 08 - Asteroid 1542 Schalen Occults HIP 33496 (7.8 Magnitude Star)
Oct 08 - 10th Anniversary (1992), Pioneer Venus Burnup In Venus' Atmosphere
Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 09 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 1 Ceres At Opposition (7.6 Magnitude)
Oct 09 - Asteroid 2000 ED104 Near-Earth Flyby (0.166 AU)
Oct 09 - 10th Anniversary (1992), Peekskill Meteorite Fall
* Oct 10 - Asteroid 2002 SN Near-Earth Flyby (0.216 AU)
Oct 11 - Comet C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.184 AU)
Oct 13 - Mercury Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Oct 13 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (0.999 AU)
Oct 13 - Comet de Vico-Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.220 AU)
Oct 13 - Comet C/2000 Y1 (Tubbiolo) Closest Approach To Earth (7.919 AU)
* Oct 13 - Asteroid 2002 RV25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.169 AU)
Oct 14 - 55th Anniversary (1947), Chuck Yeager Breaks The Sound Barrier
* Oct 15 - Foton 13 Soyuz U Launch (Russia)
Oct 15 - Comet Oterma Closest Approach To Earth (4.480 AU)
Oct 15 - 5th Anniversary (1997), Cassini Launch (Saturn Orbiter)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 3171 Wangshouguan Occults HIP 15110 (4.9 Magnitude Star)
* Oct 16 - Asteroid 2002 SR Near-Earth Flyby (0.103 AU)
Oct 17 - INTEGRAL Proton K Launch
Oct 17 - Asteroid 22753 (1998 WT) Near-Earth Flyby (0.107 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 2001 GP2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.173 AU)
Oct 17 - Asteroid 2000 YH66 Closest Approach To Earth (0.660 AU)
Oct 18 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Charles Kowal's Discovery of 2060 Chiron
Oct 18 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Venera 4 Landing on Venus (USSR)
Oct 18 - 40th Anniversary (1962), Ranger 5 Launch
Oct 18 - 155th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid 8 Flora
Oct 19 - Asteroid 1999 FB Closest Approach To Earth (0.527 AU)
Oct 19 - Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
Oct 19 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Mariner 5 Flyby Of Venus
* Oct 20 - Asteroid 2002 RP28 Near-Earth Flyby (0.114 AU)
Oct 20 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.159 AU)
Oct 20 - Christopher Wren's 370th Birthday (1632)
Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak
Oct 21 - Yerkes Observatory's 105th Birthday (1897)
* Oct 22 - Molniya 3 Molniya M Launch
Oct 22 - Asteroid 1994 TF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.375 AU)
Oct 22 - Asteroid 2001 TX44 Closest Approach To Earth (0.745 AU)
Oct 23 - Asteroid 1993 VD Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 1989 VA Near-Earth Flyby (0.177 AU)
Oct 25 - Asteroid 2000 SY2 Closest Approach To Earth (0.915 AU)
Oct 25 - Henry Russell's 125th Birthday (1877)
Oct 27 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Back 1 Hour (North America, Europe)
Oct 27 - Comet C/2001 T4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (7.606 AU)
Oct 27 - Asteroid 1999 LU7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.146 AU)
Oct 28 - Soyuz TMA-1 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space Station 5S)
* Oct 29 - Nadezhda/Al Sat 1 Cosmos Launch
Oct 30 - Asteroid 2002 GT Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 345 Tercidina Occults HIP 19499 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 35396 (1997 XF11) Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 1998 WP7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.144 AU)
Oct 31 - Asteroid 2329 Orthos Closest Approach To Earth (0.590 AU)
November 2002
Nov ?? - OrbView-3 Pegasus XL Launch
* Nov ?? - SATEC VLS-1 Launch (Brazil)
Nov 01 - Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Nov 02 - Comet C/2002 C2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.948 AU)
Nov 02 - 85th Anniversary (1917), Mount Wilson 100-Inch Telescope First Light
* Nov 03 - Eutelsat Delta 4M Launch (Inaugural Launch Of the Delta 4M)
Nov 03 - Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
Nov 03 - Asteroid 431 Nephele Occults FK6 2288 (5.9 Magnitude Star)
Nov 03 - Asteroid 680 Genoveva Occults HIP 49947 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Nov 03 - 45th Anniversary (1957), Sputnik 2 Launch (Laika Dog)
Nov 04 - Asteroid 309 Fraternitas Occults HIP 35494 (7.1 Magnitude Star)
Nov 05 - Galileo, Amalthea 34 Flyby
Nov 05 - Asteroid 1996 BT Near-Earth Flyby (0.198 AU)
Nov 07 - Jupiter Occults TYC 1402-01697-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Nov 07 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Lander)
* Nov 08 - Hot Bird 7/Stentor/Ballast Ariane 5ECA Launch
Nov 08 - 20th Anniversary (1982), Wethersfield Meteorite Fall
(Fell Through Roof Of A House)
Nov 09 - Asteroid 2001 TW1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.504 AU)
Nov 09 - 35th Anniversary (1967), 1st Saturn V Launch (Apollo 4)
* Nov 10 - STS-113 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space Station Assembly Mission 11A
Nov 10 - Galaxy 8IR Zenit 3SL Launch
Nov 10 - Asteroid 2002 QE15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.186 AU)
Nov 11 - Asteroid 2002 NX18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.195 AU)
Nov 11 - 430th Annivesary (1572), Tycho Brahe's Discovery of Supernova 1572
Nov 14 - Asteroid 1991 BN Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Nov 14 - Asteroid 2001 WF49 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)
* Nov 15 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.300 AU)
Nov 15 - Asteroid 2001 UF18 Closest Approach To Earth (0.931 AU)
Nov 16 - Jupiter Occults TYC 1402-01027-1 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 2000 WN10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.191 AU)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 2002 AW Near-Earth Flyby (0.276 AU)
Nov 17 - Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Near-Earth Flyby (0.335 AU)
Nov 17 - Henry Gellibrand's 405th Birthday (1597)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 1049 Gotho Occults TYC 3358-00173-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 1991 VE Closest Approach To Earth (0.434 AU)
Nov 18 - Asteroid 1998 WM Closest Approach To Earth (0.598 AU)
Nov 19 - Leonids Meteor Shower Peak (Potential Meteor Storm)
Nov 19 - Comet C/2002 Q5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.242 AU)
Nov 19 - Comet d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.197 AU)
Nov 19 - Asteroid 44 Nysa At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Nov 20 - TDRS-J Atlas II Launch
Nov 20 - Lunar Eclipse
Nov 21 - Asteroid 612 Veronika Occults TYC 4818-1219-1</a. (8.8 Magnitude Star)
* Nov 22 - NSS-6 Ariane 4 Launch
Nov 24 - MUSES-C MV Launch (Japan Asteroid Sample Return Mission)
Nov 24 - Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (1.734 AU)
* Nov 26 - Astra 1K Proton K Launch
Nov 26 - Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (0.920 AU)
Nov 29 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (1.118 AU)
December 2002
Dec ?? - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
Dec ?? - Tskylon-2 Cosmos Launch (Russia)
* Dec ?? - AMC-9 Proton K Launch
* Dec ?? - GPS 2R-8 Delta 2 Launch
* Dec ?? - ADEOS-II/Micro-Labsat/Fedsat 1/WEOS H-2A Launch (Japan)
* Dec ?? - Cosmos Proton K Launch (Russia)
Dec 01 - SORCE Pegasus XL Launch
Dec 01 - Asteroid 349 Dembowska At Opposition (9.6 Magnitude)
Dec 02 - Comet Gehrels 1 Closest Approach To Earth (2.223 AU)
Dec 03 - Asteroid 1994 BB Near-Mars Flyby (0.018 AU)
Dec 04 - UniSat 2/Rubin 2/Latinsat 1/Saudisat 3 Dnepr 1 Launch
Dec 04 - Solar Eclipse (Visible From Southern Africa)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 2001 XU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
Dec 04 - Asteroid 2002 EZ16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.262 AU)
Dec 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
Dec 07 - 30th Anniversary (1972), Apollo 17 Launch (Last Manned
Mission to the Moon)
Dec 08 - 10th Anniversary (1992), Galileo, 2nd Earth Flyby
Dec 09 - STARDUST, End of 2nd Interstellar Dust Collection
Dec 09 - Asteroid 2001 XX4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Dec 09 - Asteroid 10115 (1992 SK) Closest Approach To Earth (0.719 AU)
* Dec 10 - Comet C/2002 S1 (Skiff) Closest Approach To Earth (2.615 AU)
Dec 10 - Asteroid 20 Massalia At Opposition (8.4 Magnitude)
Dec 10 - 10th Anniversary (1992), Mihonoseki Meteor Fall (Fell
Through Roof Of A House In Japan)
Dec 12 - Comet Kopff Perihelion (1.584 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 25330 (1999 KV4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.182 AU)
Dec 12 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.273 AU)
Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 13 - Asteroid 2002 NW16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.272 AU)
Dec 13 - 30 Years (1972) Since Man Has Been to the Moon
(Apollo 17)
Dec 13 - 35th Anniversary (1967), Pioneer 8 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
Dec 14 - DSCS B6 Delta 4 Launch
* Dec 14 - Comet P/2002 R2 (Shoemaker 3) Perihelion (1.814 AU)
Dec 14 - 40th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Flyby Of Venus
* Dec 15 - ICESat/CHIPS Delta 2 Launch
Dec 15 - GPS 2R-9/ProSeds Delta 2 Launch
* Dec 15 - Horizons 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Dec 15 - Coriolis Titan 2 Launch
Dec 15 - Asteroid 42 Isis Occults TYC 1861-01129-1 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Dec 16 - Asteroid 509 Iolanda Occults TYC 0111-01109-1 (8.4 Magnitude Star)
Dec 16 - Arthur C Clarke's 85th Birthday (1917)
Dec 16 - Edward Barnard's 145th Birthday (1857)
Dec 17 - Nimiq-2 Atlas 5 Launch
Dec 17 - Saturn At Opposition
Dec 18 - Comet Wild 2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.969 AU)
Dec 18 - Asteroid 795 Fini Occults HIP 41137 (9.1 Magnitude Star)
Dec 21 - Asteroid 2002 OS4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.302 AU)
Dec 22 - Winter Solstice, 01:14 UT
Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
Dec 22 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Perihelion (3.110 AU)
Dec 22 - Comet Oterma Perihelion (5.471 AU)
Dec 23 - Comet Maury Perihelion (2.042 AU)
Dec 23 - 330th Anniversary (1672), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery
of Saturn Moon Rhea
Dec 24 - Comet Reinmuth 1 Perihelion (1.878 AU)
Dec 25 - Asteroid 3362 Khufu Near-Earth Flyby (0.150 AU)
Dec 25 - Isaac Newton's 360th Birthday (1642)
Dec 26 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (19 Degrees)
Dec 27 - Comet Neujmin 1 Perihelion (1.552 AU)
Dec 28 - Comet C/2002 B3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.616 AU)
Dec 28 - Arthur Eddington's 120th Birthday (1882)
Dec 29 - Asteroid 1997 AQ18 Closest Approach To Earth (0.474 AU)
Dec 29 - 25th Anniversary (1977), Recovery of ALHA 77005 Meteorite
From The Antarctic (Mars Meteorite)
Dec 31 - Comet C/2002 O4 (Hoenig) Closest Approach To Earth (1.396 AU)
Dec 31 - Comet C/2002 B2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.622 AU)
Dec 31 - Asteroid 171 Ophelia Occults TYC 5821-00227-1 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
January 2003
Jan ?? - Thuraya-2 Launch
* Jan ?? - Milstar 2-F4 Titan 4B Launch
Jan 02 - Comet Russell 4 Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak
Jan 04 - Earth at Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 126 Velleda Occults TYC 1902-01783-1 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Jan 06 - Asteroid 51 Nemausa Occults HIP 27029 (8.1 Magnitude Star)
Jan 06 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Lunar Prospector Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jan 06 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Lander)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
Jan 08 - Asteroid 1993 HA Near-Earth Flyby (0.181 AU)
Jan 08 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Luna 21 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander/Rover)
Jan 08 - Sir Frank Dyson's 135th Birthday (1868)
Jan 09 - SIRTF Delta 2 Launch
Jan 10 - Shenzhou 4 CZ-2F Launch (China)
Jan 10 - Asteroid 2002 AK14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.115 AU)
Jan 11 - Venus At Its Greatest Western Elongation (47 Degrees)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 441 Bathilde Occults TYC 0231-00063-1 (7.7 Magnitude Star)
Jan 11 - Asteroid 2001 KR1 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.035 AU)
Jan 12 - Rosetta Ariane 5 Launch (Comet Orbiter & Lander)
Jan 12 - Asteroid 2002 CQ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Jan 13 - Asteroid 2002 NT7 Closest Approach To Earth (0.417 AU)
Jan 14 - Asteroid 582 Olympia Occults TYC 5452-01110-1 (8.9 Magntiude Star)
Jan 16 - STS-107 Launch, Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacehab
Jan 16 - Comet C/2002 O6 (SWAN) Closest Approach To Earth (1.964 AU)
Jan 17 - Asteroid 1993 OM7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
Jan 18 - Comet C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.058 AU)
Jan 18 - Jupiter Occults TYC 1401-00341-1 (9.3 Magnitude Star)
Jan 18 - Asteroid 234 Barbara Occults TYC 0814-01598-1 (9.8 Magnitude Star)
Jan 21 - Comet Wild 4 Perihelion (2.170 AU)
Jan 22 - Asteroid 1998 RK15 Near-Mars Flyby (0.031 AU)
Jan 22 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 5 Launch
Jan 25 - 20th Anniversary (1983), IRAS Launch
Jan 26 - Comet Shoemaker 3 Closest Approach To Earth (0.912 AU)
Jan 26 - 25th Anniversary (1978), IUE Launch
Jan 27 - Moon Occults Mars
Jan 27 - 95th Anniversary (1908), Melotte's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Pasiphae
Jan 29 - Asteroid 35107 (1991 VH) Near-Earth Flyby (0.279 AU)
Jan 30 - Progress M-47 Soyuz-U Launch (International Space Station 10P)
Jan 30 - Asiasat 4 Atlas 3B Launch
Jan 30 - Comet C/2002 A3 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.595 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 2002 CD Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
Jan 30 - Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.331 AU)
Jan 31 - 45th Anniversary (1958), Explorer 1 Launch (1st Earth Satellite by USA)
February 2003
Feb 01 - Chinese New Year
* Feb 01 - GALEX Pegasus XL Launch
Feb 01 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.315 AU)
Feb 01 - Asteroid 40267 (1999 GJ4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.196 AU)
Feb 02 - Estrela do Sul Delta 4 Launch
Feb 02 - Jupiter at Opposition
Feb 03 - Asteroid 253 Mathilde Occults TYC 0786-00475-1 (11.7 Magnitude Star)
Feb 04 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (25 Degrees)
Feb 05 - Asteroid 2002 AL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.235 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet C/2002 A2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.563 AU)
Feb 08 - Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko Closest Approach To Earth (1.400 AU)
Feb 08 - Jules Verne's 175th Birthday (1828)
Feb 09 - Comet C/2002 A1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.589 AU)
Feb 10 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 13 Flyby
Feb 11 - Asteroid 2002 EZ11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.144 AU)
Feb 11 - Asteroid 1999 DB7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.187 AU)
* Feb 12 - E-Bird (Eutelsat)/Insat 3A Ariane 5 Launch
Feb 12 - Asteroid 1992 SY Near-Earth Flyby (0.105 AU)
Feb 13 - Asteroid 663 Gerlinde Occults TYC 4814-00668-1 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Feb 14 - Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.449 AU)
Feb 15 - Comet du Toit-Hartley Perihelion (1.230 AU)
Feb 16 - 55th Anniversary (1948), Gerard Kuiper's Discovery of
Uranus Moon Miranda
Feb 19 - Comet P/2002 Q4 (Brewington) Perihelion (1.590 AU)
Feb 19 - Nicolas Copernicus' 530th Birthday (1473)
* Feb 20 - Intelsat 907 Ariane 4 Launch (Last Ariane 4)
Feb 21 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Neptune
Feb 22 - Comet Reinmuth 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.985 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 2000 SM10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.103 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 1996 BG1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.037 AU)
Feb 24 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Discovery of the 1st Pulsar
Feb 25 - Comet C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)
March 2003
Mar ?? - NRO Delta 4 Medium Launch
Mar ?? - MOST Rokot Launch
* Mar 01 - STS-114 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Station Assembly Mission
* Mar 01 - SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Launch
* Mar 01 - Asteroid 2002 SQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.289 AU)
Mar 04 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Uranus
* Mar 05 - Asteroid 2002 SR Near-Earth Flyby (0.212 AU)
Mar 06 - Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.424 AU)
* Mar 10 - Comet C/2002 Q5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.192 AU)
Mar 12 - Venus Passes 0.2 Degrees From Neptune
Mar 13 - Asteroid 258 Tyche Occults TYC 0156-00065-1 (9.5 Magnitude Star)
Mar 15 - Comet Wirtanen Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)
Mar 15 - 30th Anniversary (1973), San Juan Capistrano Meteorite Fall
* Mar 16 - Optus C-1/Galaxy 12 Ariane 5 Launch
Mar 16 - Asteroid 2002 FT6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Mar 17 - 45th Anniversary (1958), Vanguard 1 Launch
Mar 19 - Comet P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (3.991 AU)
Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 01:00 UT
Mar 21 - Comet Hartley 1 Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Mar 22 - Asteroid 26379 (1999 HZ1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.184 AU)
Mar 24 - Wilhelm Baade's 110th Birthday (1893)
Mar 27 - Comet Gehrels 3 Closest Approach To Earth (2.998 AU)
Mar 28 - Progress M1 N-10 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 11P)
Mar 28 - Venus Passes 0.1 Degrees From Uranus
Mar 29 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 14 Flyby
April 2003
Apr ?? - NROL-19 Titan 4B Launch
Apr 02 - Comet C/2001 N2 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.666 AU)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 42 Isis Occults HIP 27017 (9.0 Magnitude Star)
Apr 02 - Asteroid 2001 FC58 Near-Earth Flyby (0.263 AU)
Apr 02 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Luna 4 Launch (Soviet Moon Flyby Mission)
Apr 03 - Comet P/2001 X2 (Scotti) Closest Approach To Earth (2.809 AU)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 8 Flora Occults TYC 6272-00706-2 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Apr 03 - Asteroid 2002 FT5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.297 AU)
Apr 04 - Asteroid 2000 EE104 Near-Earth Flyby (0.170 AU)
Apr 04 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Apollo 6 Launch (Last Test Flight of Saturn V)
Apr 05 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
Apr 06 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (North America)
Apr 07 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Luna 14 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
Apr 10 - STS-115 Launch, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space Station Flight 12A
Apr 10 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 Closest Approach To Earth (2.828 AU)
Apr 10 - Asteroid 2001 GO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)
Apr 16 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (20 Degrees)
Apr 18 - Asteroid 2001 PM9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.116 AU)
Apr 18 - Comet C/2001 G1 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (7.899 AU)
Apr 20 - Easter Sunday
Apr 21 - Asteroid 2001 BF10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
Apr 21 - Asteroid 1998 KG3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.178 AU)
Apr 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Cassini Venus Flyby
Apr 22 - Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak
Apr 24 - Gravity Probe B Delta 2 Launch
Apr 24 - Asteroid 2000 GQ146 Near-Earth Flyby (0.205 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 2002 OA22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
Apr 26 - Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (1.986 AU)
Apr 26 - 155th Anniversary (1848) Andrew Graham's Discovery of Asteroid 9 Metis
Apr 28 - Sojus TMA-2 Launch (International Space Station 6S)
Apr 28 - Asteroid 287 Nephthis Occults TYC 1385-00019-1 (9.2 Magnitude)
Apr 29 - Asteroid 1997 CZ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Apr 30 - Asteroid 1998 XN17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.112 AU)
May 2003
* May ?? - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
May 01 - Cassini, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #19 (TCM-19)
May 01 - Asteroid 2001 DQ8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.193 AU)
May 01 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Discovery of Dar al Gani 476 (Mars Meteorite)
May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* May 05 - Asteroid 2001 CB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.297 AU)
May 05-11 - Astronomy Week
May 07 - Mercury Transits The Sun
May 08 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.175 AU)
May 10 - Astronomy Day
May 10 - Asteroid 2001 FM129 Near-Mars Flyby (0.028 AU)
May 11 - Comet Gunn Perihelion (2.446 AU)
May 11 - Richard Feynman's 85th Birthday (1918)
May 13 - Asteroid 10563 Izhdubar Near-Earth Flyby (0.235 AU)
May 14 - Mars Passes 2.0 Degrees From Neptune
May 14 - Comet du Toit Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
May 14 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab Launch
May 15 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Mercury 9 Launch (Gordon Cooper)
May 15 - Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille's 290th Birthtday (1713)
May 16 - Lunar Eclipse
May 17 - Asteroid 5381 Sekhmet Near-Earth Flyby (0.129 AU)
May 20 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (1.687 AU)
May 20 - Asteroid 6489 Golevka Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
May 20 - 30th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 1 Launch (Venus Orbiter)
May 23 - Mars Express Soyuz-Fregat Launch (Mars Orbiter/Lander)
May 23 - Asteroid 2001 SL9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.285 AU)
May 24 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.289 AU)
May 26 - Mercury Passes 2.2 Degrees From Venus
May 29 - Moon Occults Venus
May 29 - Comet C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.213 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 2001 WJ15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.161 AU)
May 29 - Asteroid 1999 KW4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.220 AU)
May 30 - Mars Exploration Rover A Delta 2 Launch
May 31 - Annular Solar Eclipse
May 31 - Asteroid 107 Camilla Occults TYC 5739-01061-1 (9.6 Magnitude Star)
May 31 - Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.605 AU)
May 31 - 5th Anniversay (1998), Galileo, Europa 15 Flyby
June 2003
Jun ?? - NRO Atlas II AS Launch
Jun 02 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15 Launch (Soviet Venus Orbiter)
Jun 03 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
Jun 04 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Closest Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
Jun 05 - STS-116 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Station Flight 12A.1
Jun 06 - Asteroid 2002 EM7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.196 AU)
Jun 06 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16 Launch (Soviet Venus Orbiter)
Jun 08 - Asteroid 2000 HB24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
Jun 09 - Pluto At Opposition
Jun 10 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Explorer 49 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
Jun 12 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Perihelion (2.159 AU)
* Jun 13 - Satmex-6/Smart-1 Ariane 5 Launch
* Jun 13 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Perihelion (3.870 AU)
Jun 15 - Asteroid 2001 VC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.221 AU)
Jun 16 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Vostok 6 Launch (Valentina Tereshkova -
1st Woman In Space)
Jun 18 - 20th Anniversary (1983), STS-7 Launch (Sally Ride - 1st US
Woman In Space)
* Jun 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.233 AU)
Jun 21 - Summer Solstice (19:10 UT)
Jun 21 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Venus
Jun 22 - Mars Passes 3.1 Degrees From Uranus
Jun 22 - Asteroid 1998 HM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)
Jun 22 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Jim Christy's Discovery of Pluto
Moon Charon
Jun 25 - Mars Exploration Rover B Delta 2 Launch
Jun 27 - Mars Occults TYC 5817-01202-1 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
Jun 27 - Asteroid 1998 FH12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
Jun 28 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
Jun 29 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (2.823 AU)
Jun 29 - George Hale's 135th Birthday (1868)
Jun 30 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Saturn
Jun 30 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
Jun 30 - 95th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion
July 2003
Jul 01 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever #3 (DSM-3)
Jul 02 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.385 AU)
Jul 02 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Jul 03 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 135th Birthday (1868)
Jul 05 - Progress M-48 Soyuz Launch (International Space Station 12P)
Jul 06 - Comet Whipple Perihelion (3.088 AU)
Jul 06 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
Jul 06 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Lysithea
Jul 08 - Venus Passes 0.8 Degrees From Saturn
Jul 08 - Asteroid 2000 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
Jul 09 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (2.792 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 58 Concordia Occults TYC 5737-00035-1 (9.7 Magnitude)
Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
Jul 13 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
Jul 14 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
Jul 15 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
Jul 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Perihelion (2.011 AU)
Jul 16 - Asteroid 2002 MQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.279 AU)
Jul 17 - Moon Occults Mars
Jul 17 - Asteroid 1149 Volga Occults TYC 0543-00599-1 (9.7 Magnitude Star)
Jul 20 - NOAA-N Delta 2 launch
Jul 20 - Asteroid 2000 OL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)
Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
Jul 21 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars Mission)
Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter)
Jul 26 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
Jul 26 - Asteroid 2000 PH5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
Jul 26 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st Geosynchronous Satellite
Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Jul 29 - NASA's 45th Birthday (1958)
Jul 30 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth (6.360 AU)
Jul 30 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Carme
August 2003
Aug ?? - MTSAT-1RA H-2A Launch
Aug ?? - DSP-23 Delta 4 Launch
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - Maria Mitchell's 185th Birthday (1818)
Aug 04 - Neptune At Opposition
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 08 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Pioneer Venus 2 Launch
Aug 10 - Asteroid 2000 PG5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - 25th Anniversary (1978), ISEE-3 (ICE) Launch (Comet Flyby Mission)
* Aug 13 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Closest Approach To Earth (1.975 AU)
Aug 14 - Mercury Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Aug 16 - Asteroid 37655 (1994 PM) Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Aug 17 - Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.174 AU)
Aug 18 - Comet Hartley 1 Perihelion (1.980 AU)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 978 Aidamina Occults TYC 1678-00590-1 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Aug 22 - Asteroid 1997 GD32 Near-Earth Flyby (0.114 AU)
Aug 24 - Uranus At Opposition
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 25 - Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.045 AU)
Aug 26 - Asteroid 420 Bertholda Occults TYC 5757-00353-1 (8.7 Magnitude Star)
Aug 27 - Asteroid 1998 CS1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.033 AU)
Aug 28 - Mars At Opposition
Aug 28 - Comet du Toit Perihelion (1.274 AU)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 2002 JR100 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Aug 28 - 10th Anniversary (1993), Galileo Flyby Of Asteroid Ida & Dactyl
Aug 29 - Comet Russell 4 Perihelion (2.231 AU)
Aug 29 - Asteroid 1978 CA Near-Earth Flyby (0.141 AU)
September 2003
* Sep 02 - Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)
* Sep 05 - Asteroid 1998 SU4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.188 AU)
* Sep 08 - Asteroid 2001 QJ96 Near-Earth Flyby (0.179 AU)
* Sep 09 - Moon Occults Mars
* Sep 09 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 11 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
* Sep 11 - Asteroid 1998 VS Near-Earth Flyby (0.158 AU)
* Sep 12 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.004 AU)
* Sep 14 - 35th Anniversary (1968), Zond 5 Launch (Soviet Moon Orbiter)
* Sep 14 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Venera 12 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)
* Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 GF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
* Sep 16 - Asteroid 7336 Saunders Near-Earth Flyby (0.190 AU)
* Sep 16 - Asteroid 2000 AG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
* Sep 17 - Asteroid 22771 (1999 CU3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
* Sep 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (5.727 AU)
* Sep 19 - 155th Anniversary (1848), William and George Bond's Discovery of
Saturn Moon Hyperion
* Sep 20 - Comet C/2002 O7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.885 AU)
* Sep 22 - Galileo, Jupiter Impact
* Sep 23 - Autumnal Equinox, 10:47 UT
* Sep 25 - Comet Wild 2 Perihelion (1.590 AU)
* Sep 26 - Mercury Greatest Western Elongation (17 Degrees)
* Sep 26 - Asteroid 2063 Bacchus Near-Earth Flyby (0.122 AU)
* Sep 26 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 17 Flyby
* Sep 28 - Asteroid 1999 TO13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.105 AU)
* Sep 29 - Asteroid 1998 RO1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)
* Sep 30 - SWIFT Delta 2 Launch
Brad Guth
2002.
Venus will eventually become 0.271 AU, that's roughly 105 times as far
away as our moon and, representing nearly 3.25% the diameter of our
moon.
This quest is a xenon/laser packet calling effort of near UV as well
as whatever other spectrum works. Xenon or mercury/xenon is
essentially dirt cheap as compared to anything laser and, right off
the shelf.
Unless intentionally blocked by NASA/NSA/DoD, our L1/SOHO should have
the best view for capturing any worthy replies as emitted from above
those pitch black clouds of Venus. Unless there's sufficient cloud
density reduction, surface emissions are not likely. Unless Hubble is
broken or off-line (again), this also may be capable of recording any
potential illumination emissions from Venus.
http://guthvenus.tripod.com/calling-venus.htm
If the above URL locks up, try out the following:
http://geocities.com/bradguth/calling-venus.htm
Regards, Brad Guth / IEIS
Malcolm Street
> Don't forget about "Calling Venus" starting October through November
> 2002.
> Unless intentionally blocked by NASA/NSA/DoD, our L1/SOHO should have
> the best view for capturing any worthy replies as emitted from above
> those pitch black clouds of Venus.
So you already have your conspiracy theory on stand-by for when you don't
get any replies. But I'd look at the possibility that there isn't
intelligent life on Venus first :-)
Malcolm
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...If they actually answer Brad's calls, it'll be proof there is *no*
intelligent life up there.
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"Malcolm Street" <malcolm...@canberra.edu.au> wrote in message
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Brad Guth
Malcolm and the two previous guys are each representing NASA on a
tactical mole level, as "spin" and "damage control" freaks. As
otherwise, there's not valid reason as to bashing me nor "GUTH Venus"
because, there's nothing whatsoever to loose and everything
conceivable to gain.
The cost impact of making this communications effort is zilch, as we
already have sufficient numbers of capable laser cannons, not that at
0.271AU such cannons are even necessary. A few modern 5 watt lasers
could do this task or, how just about at much less costly and of
greater energy efficiency are xenon or mercury/xenon spot illumination
fixtures, where those could have been assembled into arrays of 12 and
subsequently project a sufficient beam of low baud rate binary packets
at under 1 degree towards Venus. Our SOHO (unless intentionally
blocked by NSA/DoD efforts) could monitor the dark side of Venus
during these next 2 months (in fact it will be damn hard not to
monitor it when it so freaking close to the sun). This also is a zero
cost factor because SOHO is already sitting at EL1 and, it's been
bought and paid for. Don't start in with it can't possibly be
accomplished because, others and I've seen SOHO's images of Mercury
dark side as it passed directly across those solar flares and, there's
sufficient field of view as for clearly imaging Venus without
interfering with your precious solar monitoring.
I suppose my stance against acquiring those potentially lethal Mars
microbes is somehow a factor, at two decades and 250 billions worth
(that's if nothing goes terribly wrong) and, that's not even including
impact of all the trapped CO2 created by such missions nor of the more
correct and proper location of establishing their "safe house" for
such microbes and of housing their mad scientist from NSA/DoD, as for
that being on the moon. You know, as situated right next to some of
those supposed Apollo lander remains, those 6 landing sights that our
capable 1.5 meter Earth based SAR imaging technology still can't
manage to resolve, not even by applying the NIMI certified PhotoShop
at a minimum of 10X (folks, that's 0.15 meter lunar resolution and,
not that SAR needs illumination but, I know there's damn good
illumination for Keck's 4 meter raw resolution of such equipment
(that's 0.4 meters under PhotoShop), especially as placed against that
10% reflective lunar surface [that's sort of asphalt reflective as
opposed to those lander remains as being 75+% reflective]).
Furthermore, that surrounding thick dusty lunar soil should absorb 50
to 75% of the signal as opposed to whatever a good deal of our debris
has to offer.
Sorry about all that Apollo stuff. Would you like to talk about
something other, like Hubble's digital multi-imaging resolution
capability or going back in time as for removing asbestos from those
Challenger "O" rings, or how about the "USS LIBERTY", or more recently
"Flight 800", or perhaps 9/11, or better yet, all the way back to JFK
and our nifty "cold-war" issues ??????
David Knisely
of what is on the GUTH Venus site is completely unsupported conjecture
(bordering on really *bad* science fiction), take care when interacting
with this guy. He will take what you say and twist it, forming lies and
distortions to meet his own needs (not to mention childishly insulting
or even slandering those who make statements contrary to his own
mis-guided beliefs). Clear skies to you.
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> Malcolm Street <malcolm...@canberra.edu.au> wrote in message
> news:<3d99...@herald.canberra.edu.au>...
>> Brad Guth wrote:
>>
>> > Don't forget about "Calling Venus" starting October through November
>> > 2002.
>>
>> > Unless intentionally blocked by NASA/NSA/DoD, our L1/SOHO should have
>> > the best view for capturing any worthy replies as emitted from above
>> > those pitch black clouds of Venus.
>>
>> So you already have your conspiracy theory on stand-by for when you don't
>> get any replies. But I'd look at the possibility that there isn't
>> intelligent life on Venus first :-)
>>
>> Malcolm
>
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>
> Malcolm and the two previous guys are each representing NASA on a
> tactical mole level, as "spin" and "damage control" freaks.
Er, I'm in Australia, not the US, and have no connections with NASA
whatsoever. My only interest is in the application of Occam's Razor.
OTOH maybe NASA's beaming mind control rays at me from the Tidbinbilla DSTN
station c. 50 km from here... The same sort of rays they use to block
transmissions from Venus.
As
> otherwise, there's not valid reason as to bashing me nor "GUTH Venus"
> because, there's nothing whatsoever to loose and everything
> conceivable to gain.
There's no need to bash you; plenty of others are doing that already :-).
Your site appears on www.crank.net/space.html categorised as "Illucid"!
You're in good company; JTM's Mission 51-L site appears just below it
(categorised as "Crankiest").
cheers,
Malcolm
Pat Flannery
Malcolm Street wrote:
>
>There's no need to bash you; plenty of others are doing that already :-).
>Your site appears on www.crank.net/space.html categorised as "Illucid"!
>You're in good company; JTM's Mission 51-L site appears just below it
>(categorised as "Crankiest").
>
>cheers,
>
>Malcolm
>
That one went on the "Favorites" list around five seconds after it was
opened- thanks!
Pat
Brad Guth
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Hi Wizard David,
I was wondering when I could officially start using your full name and
association again.
For your entertainment; I just posted: NASA ignores Venus,
October/November 2002 event, SOHO has the "Anti-GUTH Venus virus"
Now, I'm not going to be all that nasty, just sort of "returning the
favor".
Of course, at any time you could try being just a wee bit "positive"
about what Venus has to offer, or you can keep taking my return fire.
You've recently stated that I'm not sufficiently "accurate", well,
here's your chance to correct upon my inaccuracies and, I'll even post
credits for such and/or better yet, I'll post a link to your vastly
more accurate information.
In other words "put up or shut up".
Unlike yourself, I've made and will likely make hundreds if not
thousands of mistakes and/or apply "inaccuracies". Since I'm learning
and thereby not doing any of that intentionally, I'm wondering how
your mistakes or those of your associates have been coming along.
Regards, Brad Guth / IEIS http://guthvenus.tripod.com
David Knisely
> association again.
You still may not do so on your web page. The USENET newsgroups are a
different type of forum, as what is publically posted can be responded
to in kind *on that forum*, but again, you must be careful not to libel
someone, even on these newsgroups.
> Unlike yourself, I've made and will likely make hundreds if not
> thousands of mistakes and/or apply "inaccuracies".
Yes, but you keep making the same ones and *never* seem to learn from
them! You don't seem to know or understand the facts about Venus, about
astronomy, about imaging, and about science in general despite the
patient efforts of others. It is you who must now "put up or shut up".
All I am doing is warning those who interact with you about the childish
and insulting way you have treated many of those who disagree with you.
END TRANSMISSION.
Brad Guth
OK Wizard David, I'll just post a link to this posting and let that be
it.
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"Should our NASA just sit there or do something about GUTH Venus"
Now, if you wanted to do something constructive, even though that
would most likely break one of your golden rules, I could certainly
use some of your expertise, that which can help to educate the likes
of myself upon the subject of thermal insulation.
I'm only concerned with conductive aspects of N2 and H2 (mostly
regarding H2).
I'm gaining a rough idea, which means I'm going to be inaccurate at
best and totally off base at worst. As for thinking about applying
those small glass spheres, as preferably containing H2, under what we
on Earth might call a vacuum of at least 1/2 atmosphere.
On Venus at roughly 5 km, that nighttime 1/2 atmosphere is still a
good -37 Bar (-536 psi).
These spheres could become anything from micro-balloons to more
substantial objects ranging from 10mm to 25 mm (I'm thinking smaller
is better).
Actually, in considering the ease by which vacuum can be either
generated and/or achieved from a high flying airship factory (in a
pinch, any one of those 17+km mountain tops might even do), via
airship it's entirely possible that less then 1/10 atmosphere is
entirely unobtainable, as that's still 7+ bars of remaining H2 and
then eventually 67+ bars of external pressure. That 67+ bar (578 psi)
of external pressure should not impose such structural problems that a
sufficiently constructed glass or pyrex sphere of even 25 mm couldn't
withstand. Obviously the smaller those spheres become, the better, as
their shell's could be thinner and thereby transferring lesser btu's.
Basically, I'm striving for a likely R-100+ factor, as something like
what a 127 to 254 mm thick panel containing those glass spheres might
offer. The potential of obtaining R-200 is likely with the lesser
diameter spheres as containing that H2 as manufactured aloft where the
ambient pressure was something like 5 or less bar, then those
fabricated spheres are returned to the elevated surface, as sort of an
aerial industry produced insulation product. The assembled panels (say
5 m by 10 m each), filled with these H2 spheres, would be further
displaced by N2, so that any remaining voids between those spheres is
at least N2 and not CO2, thus we now have ourselves a worthy vapor
barrier as well as a conduction barrier and, possibly even a
structural panel as well.
Obviously the thermal conduction resistance of H2 is already fairly
good as compared to what 75 bars of 96% CO2 offers, so much better yet
as glass balloons encapsulated at 1/10 atmosphere worth of pure H2.
Since the nighttime environment of Venus offers little IR (not really
all that much daylight IR either) and otherwise imposing mostly
convection and conduction thermal issues, those spheres of H2 or N2 if
need be, could do quite nicely, as obtaining that minimum R-100 at
even lesser panel thickness then the 254 mm concept, possibly even
less then 127 mm.
These insulation only and/or structural insulation combination panels
would deliver what I believe a surviving (obviously still sufficiently
evolved species) nocturnal lizard sort of individual might have
developed, as some time prior to his home planet going totally
greenhouse thermal, especially when there's that manufacturing
potential via airship as well as the vertical CO2 differential that so
effectively powers their surface based existence.
Unfortunately for NASA wizards, there's not all that much added
thermal signature from Vertical wind power utilities nor little else
from any capable airship, at least not sufficient that our instruments
could have detected. So, I could be entirely wrong about this
insulation issue, as there certainly are alternatives, such as massive
CO2-->CO/O2 conversions and then subsequently massive refrigeration
obtained by compressed CO2 bleed off, with then a good deal of plain
old thermal heat exchanging, all of this method being powered by those
CO/O2 powered turbine engines, which naturally should be giving off
some degree of noticeable thermal waste heat signature. But then,
according to every study and research grant as well as internal NASA
effort, we really have not looked all that close for such thermal
signatures, especially as related to those surface considerations at 5
to 10+ km elevation. Hell's bell's, there was not even one lousy
research/study as for identifying anything even potentially
artificial, not then and not for the past 13 years and counting.
If you can help with this H2 sphere issue, as for making everything as
according to Wizard David, a lot more accurate, then I'll post your
talents and expertise and/or provide others with a link into your
supposedly perfect world, that way you can hold most all the cards and
I'll have to follow your lead or become known or perhaps confirmed as
a truly mad scientist. Actually I am not, or at least not much of any
scientist, as I'm merely that observer that 21 months ago spotted a
fairly large number of highly unusual attributes that looked a whole
lot more artificial then not. From that point on, things simply got
out of hand, as my "all knowing" opponents (starting with NASA) bashed
their way over and through my every move, which was entirely odd,
being that I was merely trying to reactivate a few embers left over
from those Apollo and cold-war days, hoping there was a rational logic
and worthy outcome that would make for a better day and a grand future
as far as the new guard at NASA was concerned (obviously I was dead
wrong about all that).
I'm not certain but, I believe NASA could have used a few hundred
billions that NSA/DoD would have no rights in sharing a damn penny of.
That's where ESA and/or Russia or even China would come in, as the
"can do" "mission possible" solution.
Focus, focus, focus; That's what I have been trying to create, so that
those supposedly capable of doing something that's positive as well as
entirely obtainable, simply get with the program of making such things
happen.
Sorry about all the words again, but there's a lot to say about Venus
and even more about "GUTH Venus". So, what are all of you waiting for,
another NASA red flag day or how about that bold green flag that
signals everyone to put their peddle to the floor. For Pete's sake
(whom ever the hell Pete is), it's past due time as for making wind,
to fire that damn torpedo or at least get off the freaking pot.
And yes I know, my URL's needs to be thoroughly scrapped and
re-written with 1% the words and proper ones at that. So why don't
some of you take this puppy out for a spin, then you apply all the
smart's and proper syntax you've got, toss in some truly great 3D
graphics, some Dilbert animation and custom surround sound tracks to
boot. That way, if you make any mistakes, your taxpayer funded "knock
your socks off" web pages will more then compensate, as most Americans
are really not all that smart as to figuring things out for themselves
anymore. If the wrapper looks great, what's inside doesn't seem to
much matter anymore.