Newsgroups: sci.space
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Payload Status for 11/08/90 (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <1990Nov13.034936.9574@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1990Nov8.222606.3750@news.arc.nasa.gov> <998@qusuna.queensu.CA>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 90 03:49:36 GMT

In article <998@qusuna.queensu.CA> akerman@qucis.queensu.CA (Richard Akerman) writes:
>... I see frequent mentions of "argon
>servicing for the Astro-1".  What exactly is the purpose of this servicing?
>Does the payload need some sort of inert environment?

Not quite:  some of the sensors need to be kept cold, seriously cold, and
this is done with liquid or solid argon (depending on details of planned
procedures).
-- 
"I don't *want* to be normal!"         | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
"Not to worry."                        |  henry@zoo.toronto.edu   utzoo!henry