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From: jon@CIT-VAX.ARPA (Jonathan P. Leech)
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Subject: Re: Voyager at Uranus
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 15:08:17 EDT
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    Actually, having a Caltech ID would do you little good. During
Saturn encounter, I found JPL was relatively tightly sealed (except to
the press). Even if you could get in, the most interesting areas
(Mission Operations and the press conferences in Von Karman
Auditorium) are much more difficult, being filled with press types.

    However, during those encounters there were monitors placed all
around Tech receiving real-time feed from JPL as the pictures came
in. I suspect they'll do it again. There's no problem with access to
Tech (only in wanting to stay...)

    Quoting from the document

    `Voyager Bulletin / Mission Status Report # 68, April 10, 1985':

    " ... Voyager 2 will make its closest approach to Uranus on
	January 24, 1986, passing within 110,000 kilometers (68,000
	miles) of the planet's center."

    " Extended observations of Uranus will begin on November 4, 1985
	and continue through Februrary 25, 1986. Future issues of the
	Voyager Bulletin will focus on preparations for the encounter,
	including the health of the spacecraft, science objectives for
	the encounter, and capabilities for sending and receiving data
	over large distances."

    " Uranus, its rings, and satellite orbits present a bull's-eye
	target to Voyager 2; the planet is tilted on its rotational
	axis and the illuminated pole presently points almost directly
	to the sun. This unique orientation means that significant
	events of the Uranus encounter, such as satellite encounters
	and ring plane crossing, will be compressed into about 5-1/2
	hours, as compared to 35 hours for the approach to Jupiter's
	Galilean satellites and 13 days for the satellites out to
	Phoebe's orbit at Saturn."

    Current issues of this publication can probably be obtained by
	writing:

	    Public Information Office
	    F. E. Bristow, Manager
	    Mail Code 180-200
	    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
	    Pasadena, Ca. 91109
	    (818)-354-4321

    Note that this address came from the Institute directory so I
	make no guarantees of its reliability.

    -- Jon Leech (jon@cit-vax.arpa)
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