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Tuesday, 24-Jan-2006 - Latest from ESA Science and Technology web site
COSMIC VISION Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 is the roadmap by which the ESA Science Directorate is planing its future missions. In the first of four articles one of the key themes is presented. + COSMIC VISION 2015- 2025: PLANETS AND LIFE http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38646 ===================================================== SOLAR SYSTEM MISSIONS Updated mission status reports are available for the Venus Express and SMART-1 missions. + START OF SECOND PAYLOAD POINTING CAMPAIGN http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38648 + ONGOING LUNAR OPERATIONS http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38649 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jan 24 2006, 08:06 PM
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Thanks for those links ljk4-1
 O.K. for some ESA activities but members of the Press ( even Free-lancers ) are always invited to ESA events ! Moreover let's not forget that ESA published the FREE magazine ' ESA Bulletin ' which is excellent ! ( Large high quality magazine on 96 glossy pages ) Also ESO ( ESA Southern Observatory ) publishes a FREE magazine ' The Messenger ' with 70 pages on average ... So ESA isn't doing bad after all ! 
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Jan 24 2006, 10:36 PM
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QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 25 2006, 07:06 AM) Thanks for those links ljk4-1 O.K. for some ESA activities but members of the Press ( even Free-lancers ) are always invited to ESA events ! Moreover let's not forget that ESA published the FREE magazine ' ESA Bulletin ' which is excellent ! ( Large high quality magazine on 96 glossy pages ) Also ESO ( ESA Southern Observatory ) publishes a FREE magazine ' The Messenger ' with 70 pages on average ... So ESA isn't doing bad after all !  Just too clarify, ESO stands for European Southern Observatory and is not related to ESA in any way, so that doesn't count. The ESA Bulletin is very good though, worth pointing out. James -------------------- |
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Jan 31 2006, 06:21 PM
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LATEST NEWS
COSMIC VISION 2015-2025 PART 2 - THE SOLAR SYSTEM The search for the origins of life set out in the first of the four themes for Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 must begin in our own Solar System. Understanding how the Sun behaves over a range of timescales, how the planets can be shielded from its radiative and plasma output, why the nine Solar System planets are so different from one another, and what the small bodies such as comets and asteroids can tell us about our origins - these are only a few aspects of the question. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38656 MARS EXPRESS IMAGE OF CLARITAS FOSSAE REGION A further high resolution image of the Claritas Fossae region on Mars. Claritas Fossae is located on the Tharsis rise, south of the three large volcanoes known as the Tharsis Montes, and extends roughly north to south for approximately 1800 kilometres. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38700 ===================================================== MISSION STATUS REPORTS VENUS EXPRESS - Report for Period 20 January - 26 January 2006 During the reporting period the last part of the payloads pointing scenario has been completed and the in-flight thermal characterisation has started. During this characterisation all cold faces of the spacecraft are exposed to a certain time to the Sun in order to fully validate the thermal model. This first part has seen the exposure of the spacecraft side walls (+/-Y faces) and will be followed in the next reporting period by the cryo face (-X) and by the Main Engine face (-Z). http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38680 ROSETTA - Report for Period 6 January - 27 January 2006 The reporting period covers three weeks of passive cruise, with monitoring and minor maintenance activities. On the subsystems side, the TC link timeout was returned to its normal value of 9 days on 12 January. The TM mode was temporarily changed to 'bi-weekly' between 12 and 19 January, to cope with possible reduction of coverage when new Norcia was supporting Mars Express contingency operations. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38679 ==================================================== FEATURE ON ISO ONLINE DVD -Â ISO 10 YEAR CELEBRATION 2005 represented 10 years since the launch of the ISO - the Infrared Space Observatory. A special DVD was compiled presenting a review of the mission and launch activities. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38622 PUBLICATION - ISO SCIENCE LEGACY http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38683 ===================================================== KEEP IN TOUCH + SCITECH RSS Subscribe to SciTech's RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to get the latest updates delivered directly to your desktop. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=37599 + SCITECH SCREENSAVER Don't forget to download the SciTech Screensaver a multi-facetted application that allows you to keep abreast of status reports, news and announcements of events taking place at ESA Science. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=34651 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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 Jan 31 2006, 06:45 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jan 31 2006, 06:21 PM) LATEST NEWS Thanks for the posts, ljk4-1. I don't know where you find the time to firehose these posts across the web, but more power to you. In fact, you're such a prolific poster here that we should lobby Doug to give you your own category or sub-forum 
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Jan 31 2006, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 24 2006, 01:06 PM) Thanks for those links ljk4-1 O.K. for some ESA activities but members of the Press ( even Free-lancers ) are always invited to ESA events ! Moreover let's not forget that ESA published the FREE magazine ' ESA Bulletin ' which is excellent ! ( Large high quality magazine on 96 glossy pages ) Also ESO ( ESA Southern Observatory ) publishes a FREE magazine ' The Messenger ' with 70 pages on average ... So ESA isn't doing bad after all ! Just to clarify, there is no connection between "The Messinger' the free magazine and "The Messenger" the Space Probe, and "The Messinger" the resident board anarchist
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Jan 31 2006, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jan 31 2006, 01:45 PM) Thanks for the posts, ljk4-1. I don't know where you find the time to firehose these posts across the web, but more power to you. In fact, you're such a prolific poster here that we should lobby Doug to give you your own category or sub-forum I enjoy working with people. My mission responsibilities range over the entire operation of the forum, so I am constantly occupied. I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. http://www.underview.com/2001/haltrans.html#afternoon 
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and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 1 2006, 01:27 AM
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Open the pod bay doors, please, ljk...
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Feb 1 2006, 03:15 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 31 2006, 08:27 PM) Open the pod bay doors, please, ljk... -the other Doug I'm sorry, the other Doug, I'm afraid I can't do that. http://www.underview.com/2001/haltrans.html#goodbye -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 2 2006, 06:12 PM
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-------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 2 2006, 07:16 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Feb 2 2006, 11:12 AM) Fantastic imaging - this is an excellent webpage! Another month though, and still no report, 'Lessons Learned' or otherwise from the Huygens' channel 'A' failure. |
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QUOTE (The Messenger @ Feb 2 2006, 07:16 PM) Fantastic imaging - this is an excellent webpage! Overstatement, no great shakes. Only artist's impressions, Mars pseudo-images generated by computer and some images of Earth. Typical for ESA. Unattractive. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
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Feb 3 2006, 10:08 PM
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Well I did like the EVA practice showing both Dutch & Belgian Astronauts together
Looking forward to the next ESA Bulletin ! |
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Feb 7 2006, 06:43 PM
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COSMIC VISION 2015-2025: FUNDAMENTAL LAWS
Theme 3 - What are the fundamental physical laws of the Universe? The most important challenge facing fundamental physics today is to understand the foundations of nature more deeply. Physicists know that the laws of physics as formulated at present do not apply at extremely high temperatures and energies, so that events in the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang are not at all understood. Matter as we know it today did not then exist; protons and electrons formed later. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38657 ===================================================== FUTURE MISSION - UPDATES PLANCK The Planck Flight Model is currently being prepared for transport from the prime contractor Alcatel Alenia Space (located in Cannes, France) to the cryogenic test facility at Centre Spaciale de Liege (Belgium) where the spacecraft will undergo thermal balance testing. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38729 HERSCHEL The completed Herschel Structural and Thermal Qualification model satellite has been mounted onto the HYDRA platform in preparation for mechanical vibration and shock tests to complete the environmental qualification campaign. This test is to ensure the satellite can cope with the vibrations experienced during launch by the Ariane V launcher. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38735 ===================================================== STATUS REPORTS VENUS EXPRESS Report for Period 27 January - 02 February 2006 During the reporting period the Thermal Characterization Scenario with Sun illumination of the cryo face (-X) and the Main Engine face (Z) has been completed. The MAG instrument has been switched ON, the Star Tracker Stray Light Test has been performed, and a TM bit rate test with the Cebreros Ground Station has been performed. http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=38728 ===================================================== KEEP IN TOUCH + SCITECH RSS Subscribe to SciTech's RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to get the latest updates delivered directly to your desktop. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=37599 + SCITECH SCREENSAVER Don't forget to download the SciTech Screensaver a multi-facetted application that allows you to keep abreast of status reports, news and announcements of events taking place at ESA Science. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=34651 ===================================================== To change your subscription options, or unsubscribe at any time follow the link here: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/subscribe/ Please contact us through the Scitech Website: http://sci.esa.int -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 7 2006, 07:22 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Feb 7 2006, 11:43 AM) COSMIC VISION 2015-2025: FUNDAMENTAL LAWS Theme 3 - What are the fundamental physical laws of the Universe? The most important challenge facing fundamental physics today is to understand the foundations of nature more deeply. Physicists know that the laws of physics as formulated at present do not apply at extremely high temperatures and energies... Use the stable and gravity-free environment of space to implement high-precision experiments to search for tiny deviations from the standard model of fundamental interactions Test the validity of Newtonian gravity using a trans-Saturn dragfree mission Observe from orbit the patterns of light emitted from the Earth's atmosphere by the showers of particles produced by the impacts of sub-atomic particles of ultra-high-energy Mission Scenarios Fundamental physics explorer programme Deep space gravity probe Space detector for ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays Very intriguing and lofty goals. I STILL think there is a tantalizing trail toward these very objectives in the Huygens' data - both what has been made public, and the pieces that are still being mulled over by the PI's. There are too many pieces of the puzzle that do not fit. Cassini also, is just scratching the surface. |
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