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By MARY BETH MURRILL NASA Administrator Dan Goldin last week authorized the start of work on the IPL-man­ aged Space Infrared Telescope Facility MGS will target imaging areas (SIRTF), an advanced orbiting observatory that will give astronomers unprecedented views of phenomena in the universe that are invisible to Attempts will include other types of telescopes. The authorization signals the start of the design and development phase of the SIRTF Pathfinder and project. Scheduled for launch in December 2001 on a Delta7920-H rocket from Cape Viking landing sites, Canaveral, Fla., SIRTF represents the culmina­ tion of more than a decade of planning and Cydonia region design to develop an infrared space telescope with high sensitivity, low cost and long lifetime. "The Space Infrared Telescope Facility will do By DIANE AINSWORTH for infrared astronomy what the Hubble Space Telescope has done in its unveiling of the visible JPL's Mars Global Surveyor project has universe, and it will do it faster, better and cheaper resumed scientific observations of the surface than its predecessors," said Dr. Wesley Huntress, of Mars and has scheduled opportunities to NASA's associate administrator for space science. image four selected sites: the Viking l and 2 "By sensing the heat given off by objects in landing sites, the Mars Pathfinder landing site space, this new observatory will see behind the and the Cydonia region. cosmic curtains of dust particles that obscure Three opportunities to image each of the Target areas for Mars Global Surveyor imaging include the landing sites of Pathfinder (near much of the visible universe," Huntress said. four sites using the spacecraft's high-resolu­ bottom center of map above), Viking 1 (above Pathfinder) and the Cydonia region (to the right "We will be able to study fetal stars, detect other tion camera will take place over the next of center, near top). Another target area is the Viking 2 landing site, not shown on this map, which was created from Viking orbiter data. solar systems and study the most ancient, dis­ month, beginning on April 3 at 1 :58 a.m. tant galaxies at the edge of the universe." Pacific time, when Global Surveyor passes Conventional optical telescopes can study over the Viking 1 landing site. The spacecraft The spacecraft will begin transmitting to spacecraft and the ground, as well as very stars and other objects that glow brightly enough will next pass over the Viking 2 landing site at Earth data stored on its onboard solid-state slight picture element variations inherent in the to emit light in the visible portion of the electro­ 1:37 p.m. Pacific time on April 3. On April 4, recorders about seven hours after the images are camera. This data processing takes about 30 magnetic spectrum. But many objects, such as planets and unignited stars, do not "shine" in vis­ Global Surveyor will try to image the now­ acquired, concluding about three hours later. minutes. ible or ultraviolet light. Others that may burn silent Mars Pathfinder spacecraft at 1:16 a.m. Currently it takes radio signals from Mars Raw images will posted on three World brightly are still veiled from view behind the vast Pacific time. It will then capture a portion of Global Surveyor about 20 minutes to travel Wide Web sites: JPL's Mars news site at clouds of dust and gas that populate the universe. the Cydonia region of Mars, location of the so­ from the spacecraft to Earth. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/marsnews, the Mars Some of the most fascinating objects and called "Face on Mars," on April 5 at 12:33 Data will be received at one of NASA's . Global Surveyor project home page at processes in the universe may exist behind these a.m. Pacific time. Deep Space Network tracking stations at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov , and NASA's Planetary cosmic curtains of dust and gas, such as black Attempts to rephotograph the sites will Goldstone, Calif., near Madrid, Spain or near Photojournal site at http://photojournal.jp!. holes, quasars, regions where stars are forming in occur during two additional opportunities Canberra, Australia, and then sent by satel­ nasa.gov. galaxies and regions where planets are forming falling about nine days apart. A detailed sched­ lite to JPL There the images, along with all Information identifying the acquisition time, around stars. The majority of these concealed ule of the imaging attempts is listed below. of the rest of Global Surveyor's science and predicted center latitude and longitude of the attractions are detectable only with infrared tele­ Uncettainties in both the spacecraft's pointing engineering data, are placed in the project target location, and the local solar time will scopes, whose unique capability lies in their abili­ and the knowledge of the spacecraft's ground databas~ for access by flight controllers. accompany these images. Contrast enhancement ty to sense the heat of dark, faint or hidden objects. track from its navigation data will provide only This process takes only seconds for each bit will be performed by JPL's Multimission Image Infrared telescopes also provide the means a 30- to- 50-percent chance of capturing the to study the oldest and most distant objects at of data. Consequently, the image data will Processing Laboratory and posted on the World the edge of the expanding universe. Optical and images of each site. not be available be on the ground until about Wide Web a few hours later. The Global ultraviolet light emitted from stars, galaxies and All of the selected targets are located south 10.5 hours after they are acquired. Data Surveyor project home page also contains quasars since the birth of the universe has shift­ of Global Surveyor's periapsis, or point of clos­ received overnight will not be retrieved until spacecraft orbital velocity and distance to the ed, over time and distance, into the infrared por­ est approach to the Martian surface. 9 a.m. Pacific time on the following work­ planet in real time. tion of the spectrum. Recent studies of these Shortly before the spacecraft reaches this day. Images of the Viking and Mars Pathfinder objects made with infrared telescopes are pro­ point, the Global Surveyor spacecraft will rotate When image data are retrieved by camera landing sites will not be posted until image viding important insights into when and how slightly so that when it nears the selected target, operators, the information is assembled into enhancement and identification of the vehicles the first galaxies and stars formed. the camera's field-of-view will sweep across the "raw" images. Raw images may contain data have been completed, because the small space­ SIRTF, cost-capped at $450 million, will be target as the spacecraft flies south and rises errors or drop-outs introduced by noise in the craft will be at the limits of the camera's resolu­ See SffiTF, page 2 away. telecommunications channel between the tion. This process will take about 24 hours. q JPL families Pacific Ocean warm water pool near Tech Affiliates invited May 16 normal, but El Nifio expected to stay success story Tickets available April 6; By MARY HARDIN The most recent image from the JPL-man­ helps pilots event will precede public aged TOPEX/Poseidon satellite shows the sea open house by two weeks surface height along the central equatorial Pacific has returned to a near normal state and avoid danger Family members of JPL employees and con­ remnants of the warm water pool, commonly tractors will have a unique opportunity to get a referred to as El Niiio, are now situated to the By JOHN WATSON close-up view of the Laboratory and its activi­ north and south of the equator. ties during Employee Family Day, scheduled The image shows sea surface height relative Two new software packages enabling pilots for Saturday, May 16. to normal ocean conditions on March 14. Sea to use laptops to avoid hazardous terrain and The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 surface height is an indicator of the heat content find their place on maps are the latest success p.m. Tickets are required; they will be available of the ocean. Oceanographers indicate this is a stories of a JPL program bringing together from April 6 to 24 at the following locations: classic pattern, typical of a mature El Niiio con­ entrepreneurs and space engineers. • ERC (Building 114-104) dition that they would expect to see during the Pilots of small planes, for whom such tools •Public Services Office (186-113) ocean's gradual transition back to normal sea have been largely unavailable until now due to •Emergency Preparedness Office (180-102) level. These sea surface height measurements cost and the sheer size of bulky hardware, may •Observational Systems Division (306-416) have provided scientists with a detailed view of soon be able to cany onboard the personal com­ •Compensation and Benefits (291 -214) how the 1997-98 El Niiio warm water pool P49667 puter equivalent of collision-avoidance systems •Systems Division (301-230K) behaves because the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite March 14 TOPEX/Poseidon image shows that now used by the military and commercial airlines. •Credit Union (218) measures the changing sea smface height with the sea surface height along the central equato­ "TerrAvoid" and "Position Integrity" com­ •Environmental Laboratory (144-121) unprecedented precision. rial Pacific has returned to a near normal state bine Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) data Tickets will also be available outside each Sea surface temperatures, as measured by and remnants of the El Niiio warm water pool are with high-resolution maps of the Earth's topog­ cafeteria on April 10, 17 and 24 from 11 :30 a.m. the National Oceanic and Atmospheric now situated to the north and south of the equa­ raphy. Dubbs & Severino, Inc., based in Irvine, to 1:30 p.m. Administration (NOAA), are still well above tor. Sea surface temperatures, however, are still has developed software that allows the system Visitors are restricted to immediate family normal throughout the tropical Pacific Ocean well above normal and El Niiio conditions are to be run on a battery-powered laptop in the expected to continue through the spring. members only, according to Nancy Kapell of and are expected to remain that way through cockpit. Employee Services. Extended fami ly and April and into May. indicating that the so-called El Niiio weather The packages, designed primarily for mili­ friends are welcome to the public open house Using satellite imagery, buoy and ship data, conditions that have impacted much of the tary sponsors and now positioned to hit the con­ May 30 and 31, she said. and a forecasting model of the ocean-atmos­ United States and the world are expected to sumer market in coming months, came about as See Family, page 3 phere system, NOAA has extended an advisory continue through the spring. 0 See Tech transfer, page 3 2

National Library Week later this assembly will be launched at ambient month in the library reference area at SIRTF temperature and allowed to cool off the west end of Building 111. Continued from page 1 in space, Simmons said . "This ·pro­ Activities will take place April vides a huge savings in the amount of 21- 23 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and one of astronomy's most advanced cryogen we need to place onboard, will include hands-on demonstra­ telescopes. Its unconventional and greatly simplifies the overall ed to the dedication of a memorial tions of the newest Bibli ographic and approach uses new technologies, an handling and assembly of the obser­ bench in honor of former JPL Electronic Access Connection innovative mission design and small vatory before it is launched." mechanical engineer Jordan Kaplan (BEACON) World Wide Web launch vehicle. It is being developed on Another key innovation is April 6 at noon in the courtyard of resources (http://beacon) and tours of a quick schedule that closely integrates SIRTF's unconventional orbit around Building 301. the recently renovated fac ility. Also, the work of the contractor and academ­ the sun , trailing the Ea1th by up to Numerous donors from JPL and the Online Search Center will ic teams responsible for SIRTF devel­ about 50 million kilometers (3 0 mil­ elsewhere supported construction of demonstrate its mediated search opment and delivery. Its design promis­ lion miles). "This will prevent the the bench, which was built in capabilities; attendees will have the es high sensitivity and observing capa­ telescope and its detectors from being Kaplan's home state of Massa­ opportunity to sign up for a sample bility along with efficiency of opera­ exposed to heat from Earth, but chusetts under the supervision of his search. tions and long lifetime of at least two­ allows SIRTF's solar panels to fa mily. Ten drawings will be held each and-a-half to as m·any as five years. remain illuminated while the tele­ Kaplan, 32, di ed March 23, 1997, SIRTF is the fomth and final element scope enjoys an unobstructed view of eight days after an airplane he was day of the celebration, with prize in NASA's family of spaceborne "Great the heavens," Simmons said. piloting crashed in Pacoima. winners receiving one of two books: Observato1ies" that includes the Hubble The detectors that will form the Kaplan's parents and siblings are Pioneering Venus: A Planet Unveiled Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma herut of SIRTF's system have been planning to attend the dedication. or The Face of Venus: The Magellan Ray Observatory and the Advanced X­ developed under NASA sponsorship Music will be provided by The Patio Jordan Kaplan Radar Mapping Mission. Ray Telescope Facility, or AXAF. by industrial fabricators and university Players, with whom Kaplan played For more info1mation contact the SIRTF's findings will complement reseru-cl1ers who adapted technology music at the site of the memorial ded­ JPL's Library, Archives and Library at ext. 4-4200 or e-mail those of the other Great Observatories. originally developed for militruy appli­ ication. 0 Records Section will celebrate [email protected]. 0 The project also represents a cations. The result is a giant leap in sen­ bridge to NASA's new Origins pro­ sitivity matched by a dramatic increase gram-administered by JPL-which in the size of the airnys of detectors that seeks to answer fundamental ques­ will form the focal planes. A marathon effort tions about the birth and evolution of SIRTF's 85-centimeter diameter the universe. SIRTF will lay the (33-inch) primary mirror is signifi­ groundwork for many investigations cantly larger than mirrors used on that are fundamental to the Origins previous infrared astronomy mis­ program, such as studies of the birth sions. The mirror is made of the ultra­ and evolution of galaxies, their stars, lightweight rare metal beryllium. and searches for planets that orbit The entire optical system weighs just some of those stars. Astronomers 31 kilograms (70 pounds). around the world are invited to Lockheed Martin Missiles & request observing time on SIRTF. Space of Sunnyvale, Calif. is respon­ Cold is the key to success in sible for the spacecraft and for the infrared astronomy, and designing SIRTF system integration and test­ and maintaining the liquid helium­ ing. Ball Aerospace and Technology based cooling system for infrared Corp., Boulder, Colo., is responsible telescopes has long been a major for the cryogenic telescope assembly. challenge because the detectors must The manufacture and delivery of be kept to near absolute zero (-273 SIRTF's science instruments is due in degrees Centigrade or -479 degrees April 2000, and the spacecraft and Fahrenheit) . "We have to defend telescope are scheduled to be inte­ against the heat produced by the grated in Februru·y 2001. instruments and satellite systems NASA's Deep Space Network PHOTO BY JIM MORAN I JPL PHOTO LAB themselves," said SIRTF project will provide the telecommunications JPL Deputy Director Larry Dumas meets with JPL employees who competed in last Sunday's Los Angeles manager Larry Simmons of JPL. link between the orbiting telescope Marathon. Top row, from left, Bob Edelson, Susan Merrill, Paul Herrera, Steve Schlaifer and Dumas. Middle "Once the cryogen- is exhausted, facility and a flight operations team row, from left: Ray Garcia, Debbi Dachinger, Greg Koellner, Michael Taylor and Carol Bruegge. Front row, from the mission is over, so any steps we at JPL. The SIRTF Science Center at left: Padma Varanasi, Jennifer Harris, Rashmi Bansal, Jon Hamkins, Bill Taber, Mike Allen and Tom Hoffman. take to lower the consumption of the Caltech will receive the data from use of liquid helium increases the life JPL, process it, and serve as the inter­ Having better things to do than sit around the house of other JPL employees spent their day off by volun­ span of the telescope." face with the astronomy community. last Sunday, 16 JPL employees decided to stretch their teering their time as ham radio operators for the One new approach is SIRTF's The project scientist at JPL is Dr. legs a bit-for 26.2 miles, to be exact. marathon, which helped in medical and other emer­ "wrum launch architecture." Michael Werner. They joined more than 19,000 others who ran, jogged, gencies. This vital communication support was provid­ Previous infrared telescopes in More information about SIRTF walked and wheeled through the grueling course on the ed by Bob Dengler, Jay Holladay, Allen Hubbard, Rick space required large amounts of liq­ and otl1er infrared astronomy projects streets of Los Angeles in the city's annual marathon. McKinney, Larry Ruple, Chuck Sarture, John Tallon, uid helium to keep the entire tele­ can be found on line at In addition to the runners pictured above, a number Jan Tarsala and Gerry Walsh. 0 · scope assembl y cooled before http://sirtf.jpl.nasa.gov/sirtf and launch. But SIRTF's telescope http://www.ipac.caltech.edu . 0

USC law professor Edward McCaffery formance at 8 p.m. in Caltech's which will provide land, ocean and Ongoing will di scuss the social and political Dabney Lounge. For information, call Friday, April 10 atmospheric data that will allow sci­ impmtance of tax, how tax systems (626) 395-4652. entists to study and eventually model Alcoholics Anonymous--Meeting at affect women, and how tax reform CaJl JPL Dance Club-Meeting at noon changes in the Earth's environment 11:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, provide more options for achieving in Building 300-217. and climate. At 7 p.m. in von Thursdays (women only) and Fridays. balance between work and family. At Tuesday, April 7 Karman Auditorium. Open to the For more information, call Occupational noon in von Karman Auditorium. public. Health Services at ext. 4-3319. JPL Gamers Club-Meeting at Monday, April 13 JPL Dance Club-Meeting at noon noon in Building 301-227. in Building 300-217. Codependents Anonymous--Meeting Develop New Products Seminar­ · ' Friday, April 17 at noon every Wednesday. For more JPL Genealogy Club-Meeting at JPL French Club-Club {Ilember Michael Dickerson of Section 344 information, call Occupational Health noon in Building 301-169. Dr. William Smyth will speak about will present an overview of new rate Services at ext. 4-3319. Flamenco Dancing-La Tania will his working visits to Antarctica, structures for DNP strategic tools. At appear at 8 p.m. in Caltech's noon in von Karman Auditorium. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Support where he has conducted seismology Wednesday, April 8 Beckman Auditorium. Tickets are Group-Meets the first and third experiments. At at noon in Building $26, $23 and $20. For information, Fridays of the month at noon in 183-328. The program will be repeat­ "Can We Use Chemistry to Change call (626) 395-4652. Building 111 -117. For more informa­ ed at 7 p.m. in the San Marino home the Way Our Genes Work?"­ Tuesday, April 14 JPL Dance Club- Meeting at noon tion, call employee assistance coun­ of another club· member. Caltech chemistry professor Dr. Peter selor Cynthia Cooper at ext. 4-3680 Dervan will deliver this free lecture at JPL Scuba Club-Meeting at noon in Building 300-217. "Scotland and the Scottish Isles"- or Randy Herrera at ext. 3-0664. 8 p.m. in Caltech's Beckman Auditor­ in Building 168-427. Joe and Mary Liz Adair will narrate Von Karman Lecture Series­ ium. For information, call (626) 395- their travel film at 8 p.m. in Caltech's JPL Stamp Club- Meeting at noon Division 32 outreach specialist HIV Support Group-Meets quar­ 4652. terly. Call employee assistance coun­ Beckman Auditorium. Tickets ai·e $9 in Building 183-328. Marguerite Syvertson will discuss the Earth Observing System (EOS), selor Cynthia Cooper at ext. 4-3680 and $7. For information, call (626) JPL Amateur Radio Club­ for more information. 395-4652. Meeting at noon in Building 238-543. which will provide land, ocean and Wednesday, April 15 atmospheric data that will allow sci­ Parent Support Group-Meets the JPL Drama Club-Meeting at noon entists to study and eventually fourth Tuesday of the month at noon. Saturday, April 4 in Building 301 -1 27. JPL Drama Club- Meeting at noon model changes in the Earth's envi­ For location, call Jayne Dutra at ext. in Building 301-127. ronment and climate. At 7 p.m. in JPL Toastmasters Club- Meeting 4-6400. Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats­ The Forum at Pasadena City at 5:30 p.m. in the Building 167 con­ JPL Hiking Club-Meeting at noon This People's Republic of China com­ College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. Senior Caregivers Support Group-­ ference room. in Building 303-209. Open to the public. Meets the second and fourth pany will present a spectacle of acro­ Wednesdays of the month at 6:30 p.m. batics, music and dance at 8 p.m. in SESPD Lecture Series-Lute at the Senior Care Network, 837 S. Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Maleki will discuss laser-cooling Thursday, April 16 Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, conference Tickets are $26, $23 and $20. For atomics physics research at noon in Saturday, April 18 information, call (626) 395-4652. room #1. For more information, call von Karman Auditorium. JPL Astronomy Club-Meeting at (626) 397-3110. noon in Building 198-102. Lula Washington Dance Theatre­ African American heritage will be Sat., Apr. 4-Sun., Apr. 5 Thursday, April 9 Von Karman Lecture Series­ explored with the troupe's blend of Friday, April 3 Di vision 32 outreach specialist African, jazz and modern dance. All-Mozart Concert-The Caltech JPL Dance Club--Clogging class will Marguerite Syvertson will discuss Reserved seats are $20. For informa­ ACW Seminar Series-Caltech and Glee Clubs will present this free per- be held at noon in Building 300-217. the Earth Observing System (EOS), tion, call (626) 395-4652. April 3, 1998

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"TerrAvoid" and "Position Integrity" work Tech transfer together to provide pilots with enhanced situa­ tional awareness through the use of six mutu­ Continued from page 1 ally supporting graphic windows. In this snap­ shot, the aircraft is flying through the Dixie the result of JPL's Technology Affiliates Valley near Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Program. Intended to give American industry The upper left screen shows how the Terrain assistance from Laboratory experts and to facil­ Avoidance window provides a 60-nautical-mile itate business use of intellectual property devel­ depiction of the terrain around the aircraft. On­ oped for the space program, the Technology screen colors show various altitude levels of Affiliates Program introduced the start-up com­ terrain above or below the aircraft. pany of Dubbs & Severino to JPL's Dr. Nevin Bryant four years ago. The lower left window, showing critical navi­ Dubbs & Severino had an idea for mapping gation information, shows six warning modes to reflect Federal Aviation Admini­ software to help private airplane pilots, inspired stration categories of concern about safe in part by the fatal crash of a pilot friend of com­ flight. In this example, Mode 4 is alerting the pany president Bob Severino. The twist: the pilot to an impending terrain collision. Voice package was to be completely software-driven, alerts are simultaneously broadcast into the instead of requiring expensive hardware, as was pilot's intercom headset. the norm up to that time. Bryant's Cartographic Applications Group at The other four windows show the "Position JPL had developed GeoTIFF, an architecture Integrity" moving map system. Each window standard providing geo-location tools for map­ is updated in real time using a Global Positioning System feed from the aircraft or ping applications. GeoTIFF proved to be the from a portable receiver. The top center win­ crucial key that the start-up company needed to dow shows a JPL-generated, shaded relief of bring the idea to fruition, allowing the firm to the terrain, with the highest elevations develop low-cost software packages. shown to the pilot in the warmest colors. GeoTIFF is now in the public domain, and its use for commercial product development has that graphically shows pilots if they are flying the world, while comparable versions are limit­ Dubbs & Severino was formed in 1994 with evolved into an industry standard over the last year. dangerously close to mountains: safe sections ed solely to either military, scientific or com­ a flight test contract for the Army, Navy and the Through the Technology Affiliates Program, can be seen in green, while hazardous sections mercial maps. GeoTIFF also enables the pack­ Federal Aviation Administration, and today the Dubbs & Severino obtained JPL's assistance early show up in red, with those proportions changing age to feature four windows at once, a useful corporation has eight research and development on and thus gained a jump-sta.tt in adapting the in real time as the pilot moves through hilly ter­ and unique option for pilots who need to work contracts with various military agencies. Just a.t·chitecture for their products' specific needs. "JPL rain. In a sense, the system "looks" out over a simultaneously with maps, cha.tts, photo images after start-up, it was awarded a U.S. Army gave us a demonstration and opened up the red car­ plane's flight path, sweeping 360 degrees, warn­ and sketches at different scales and zoom levels. Research Office Small Business Technology pet. It was a match made in heaven," Severino said. ing the pilot if there are any upcoming haza.t·ds. As Severino explains, "GeoTIFF enables ter­ Transfer program grant that required it to team Merle McKenzie, manager of JPL's Integrating Global Positioning System (GPS) rain avoidance and nav igation map packages to with a university or research laboratory, a fur­ Commercial Technology Program, said that tracking data with maps on CD-ROM, this soft­ manipulate the pixels in each image intelligent­ ther incentive for the company to work with Dubbs & Severino's ability to utilize technology ware package is approximately l/20th the cost ly, making costly hardware unnecessary. Its JPL. Discussions are ongoing with wholesale originally developed for NASA provides a of its nearest competitor. clever indexin g scheme organizes large numbers software firms to bring "TerrAvoid" and strong example of the many advantages of tech­ "Position Integrity," which also co-registers of pixels efficiently and inexpensively, com­ "Position Integrity" to the consumer market by nology transfer programs. "This is a win-win real-time GPS data with local maps on CD­ pressing and capturing huge amounts of data the end of the year. partnership through which yet another ROM, is a moving map detailing the exact posi­ into a seamless image file. It has paved the way Further details about JPL's technology trans­ American business gets a boost from the space tion of the pilot. Because of the unique features for sophisticated mapping software to be made fer activities, including the Technology program," she said. of GeoTIFF, this software can be adapted to avail ab le not just to major commercial airlines Affiliates Program, are available online at "TerrAvoid" is a te1nin avoidance system operate with any map, chart or photo image in but also to small-plane pilots around the world." http://techtrans.jpl.nasa.gov/tu.html . 0 Lab-supported childcare available to more JPL families pie are awa.t·e of the center's tuition far above-in some age groups more Waiting lists shorter, more tuition assistance funds available assistance program, which can reduce than twice-the guidelines mandated By ENRICO PIAZZA JPL employees than is currently being tions are available for fall 1998 tuition costs up to 70 percen·t. by the state. The CEC is accredited by utilized. enrollment for all age groups. "We have reorganized our funding the National Academy of Early Created to accommodate JPL According to CEC executive In addition, Nelson said some peo­ in such a way that we have more Childhood Education. employees' need for quality and conve­ director Elyssa Nelson, two wide­ ple don't realize that JPL families tuition assistance money for JPL "The best part about the CEC is niently located childcare, the Child spread misconceptions keep some JPL have priority enrollment over the gen­ employees than ever before," she that children get the right kinds of Educational Center (CEC) has been families from exploring enrollment. eral public. said. "We want to encourage people attention," said Dr. Laif Swanson, a serving the Lab conununity since 1979. One has to do with a long waiting list "We were set up to serve JPL who might have thought the CEC was technical manager in the Telecommu­ Since that time, close to 1,000 JPL and the other with tuition costs. employees, and we take that commit­ too expensive to really check it out." nications and Mission Operations families have been served. The center While there were times in which ment very seriously," Nelson said. While CEC tuition is not much Directorate's Technology Program has expanded three times to meet ser­ waiting li sts for some age groups In terms of tuition costs, "The higher than that of most private child­ Office. "There are no rigidly struc­ vice demands for its traditional client were as long as two years, that's not belief that the CEC is too expensive is care facilities, the quality of the care tured activities, like in other places base of infants, toddlers and preschool­ the case anymore. Openings are a problem," Nelson said. Aside from offered is second to none, according where there is the writing hour, the ers, and has in recent yea.t·s added pro­ updated weekly on the jpl.forum the automatic discount JPL employ­ to JPL parents with children at the playing hour and so on. grams for school-age children. newsgroup; enrollment is now under­ ees receive-ranging from 4 to 10 CEC. The majority of caregivers have At the CEC "children can choose Despite the center's success, how­ way for the center's summer camps percent depending on the child's college degrees in child education, the activities they are interested in; ever, it has greater capacity to serve for school-age children; and applica- age-Nelson said not too many peo- and the teachers-to-children ratio is See CEC, page 4

struggle-albeit with some improve­ Daughters, ment-particularly in ai·eas with math, science or technical emphasis," Lew Allen Award winners named Nunez added. "We hope to offer a sons to be stimulating experience to these young Three JPL scientists have Nikzad was recognized for her mmmg, image analysis and mas­ minds, and provide them with options been named recipients of the outstanding contributions to the sively parallel computing for the welcomed and aspirations for their future. 1998 Lew Allen Award for fundamental understanding and automated analysis of ve1y large "At the same time, it's a great Excellence. development of advanced scien­ scientific data sets, and in the pio­ bonding experience for parent and The annual awards recognize tific low-energy particle detec­ neering of concepts for onboard April 23 child," she said. and encourage significant individ­ tors. • analysis of science data. The event is also supported by the ual accomplishments or leadership Pain was cited for his technical The award consists of a plaque JPL will again join thousands of Human Resources Directorate, in scientific research or technical leadership and creative inventive­ and a grant of $25,000 from the employers tlu·oughout the nation in Public Affairs, Advisory Committee innovation by JPL employees dur­ ness in maintaining and expanding Director's Research and Develop­ recognition of "Take Our Daughters on Minority Affairs, and Security and ing the early years of their profes­ JPL's lead role in advanced solid ment Fund, to be used at JPL to to Work Day" April 23. Plant Protection. sional careers. state imagers, particularly the enhance the professional efforts of The Lab has aligned the name of The event is open to JPL employ­ The recipients are Dr. Shouleh active pixel sensor. the awardees. its program in recognition of the ees only, with approval required from Nikzad of Section 346, Dr. Beda­ Stolarz received his award in The award was established in nationwide event; however, both their supervisor. It is limited to one brata Pain of Section 385 and Dr. recognition of outstanding research 1990 in honor of Allen, who served boys and girls continue to be wel­ child between the ages of 9 and 17 Paul Stolarz of Section 395. achievement in the areas of data as JPL's director from 1982-90. 0 come for the activities at JPL. per participating employee. "The program is designed to cele­ An application form was sent to brate a girl's worth-to value her all employees last week. The dead­ opinions and ideas, to speak her mind, line to apply is April 10. 0 to never stop asking questions, and to take pride in who she is," noted event coordinator Carmen Nunez of the Family Advisory Council for Women (ACW). Continued from page 1 "The event was conceived in response to research conducted by Tour sites will include the space Harvard University and the American simulator, Microdevices Lab, von Association of University Women on Karman visitor center, ERC, the adolescent development of girls, Observational Instruments Lab, which found that girls tend to like or Spacecraft Assembly Facility, Space dislike themselves based on aspects Flight Operations Facility and of their physical appearance, and suf­ Professional Development Center. fer from lower expectations than do An astronaut presentation and chil­ their boy counterparts," said ACW dren's activities a.t·e also planned. chair Jeanette Mills. "Spending a day JPL personnel are also encour­ Former JPL Director Dr. Lew Allen, left, current Director Dr. Edward Stone, second from right, and Chief in the workplace gives girls a glimpse aged to take their families to their Scientist Dr. Moustafa Chahine, right, join Lew Allen Award winners (from left) Dr. Shouleh Nikzad, Dr. Beda­ of their own potential and helps them work locations. Lunch and entertain­ brata Pain and Dr. Paul Stolorz. make the crucial connections to their ment will be provided in the mall. future development." For more information, call Kapell "Girls and women continue to at ext. 4-9432. 0 April 3, 1998 4

result of the CEC's philosophy and adults, the center encourages parent CEC educational practices, which empha­ visits. size that "learning takes place in the "It is very important to me that the Continued from page 3 context of the community and human CEC has a very open environment," Royal visit they are constantly stimulated in relationships," Nelson said. "And it is said Dr. Chad Edwards, deputy man­ learning about themselves first, and in this nest of caring, involved adults ager of the TMOD Technology they become comfortable in taking that children thrive." Program Office. He added that having on new challenges," she said. Curiosity is a natural part of being the center less than half a mile from "You can sense (CEC caregivers) human, she said, and children have with­ the Lab's south gate was another pos­ love the children, and the children in themselves all of the "hardware" nec­ itive factor when his children attended love them," Swanson added. essary to learn, to discover and to ask the center. Alice Wessen, an outreach spe­ questions. "The problem is in many cul­ "My wife Ruth and I were often cialist in JPL's Commercial Technol­ tures and education systems this curiosi­ able to spend our lunchtime with our ogy Program, said she had a similar ty is conditioned out of us," Nelson said. children," he said. "A half-hour in the experience at the center. The opposite is true at the CEC, infant room certainly puts the day-to­ "As first-time parents, (my hus­ she stressed. day pressures of work in their proper band) Randii and I felt over­ "We take very seriously the impor­ perspective." whelmed," she said. But as CEC staff tance of keeping this curiosity alive Edwards said that the center's provided needed coaching, life as and nourishing it by creating relation­ well-being influences the Lab's work­ parents became less intimidating. ships of very loving, involved people force. "What I like best about the CEC is in the child's life so they really can "I think it's very important for JPL its sense of community," Wessen said. develop fully," Nelson said, adding to support the CEC," he said, "Children and parents 'grow' together." that this allows the CEC to provide for "because having such a high-quality She said CEC staff provided sup­ both the emotional and cognitive childcare center in the vicinity of the port and helped model ways of han­ needs of children. Lab helps JPL attract young, talented dling and talking to the infants. "We don't focus on memorization, people to work here." "Soon I felt better about how I we focus on higher level thinking In its 4, 180-square-meter (45 ,000- was doing as a mom," Wessen said. skills," Nelson said. "We focus on the square-foot) main site at 140 Foothill "I remember the caretakers in the skills we all need to creatively solve Blvd.-adjacent to La Canada High infant room re ally talking to the the problems that inevitably come up School-the center accepts infants as PHOTO BY JIM MORAN I JPL PH OTO LAB infants, holding them, kissing and numerous times in the course of the young as six weeks old up to age 5. The JPL Director Dr. Edward Stone presents a Spaceborne Imaging loving them. I was so impressed at day, and on math and literacy learning CEC also has two after-school pro­ Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) image of the level of care." that is embedded in activities that grams---one at the main site and one north-central Thailand to that country's Princess Maha Chakri The sense of community that tran­ have meaning for the children." near Caltech-for children up to age 12. Sirindhorn, who visited JPL last month. Her tour included overviews spires from these parents' experi­ To complete the full spectrum of For more information or to inquire of JPL's Earth science and remote sensing programs, as well as the ences is not casual. Rather, it is the interactions between children and about a center visit, call ext. 4-3418. D Mars Pathfinder mission control area.

CAAD Ill frame & Shimano Ultegra components; tie floral design; vg cond.; $150. 626/797-3156. car; make offer. 957-577 4. cabin $149,000, adj. lot $19,900. 303-1 927. LETTERS exc. cond.; $800/obo. 626/446-0568, Steve. STOVE, gas, gd. cond. , green, $50. 241-0710. '82 VW Westtalia, auto, exc. cond., SK on new PA LMDALE area (8 mi. south}, 2.2 acres view prop­ BOOKCASE, all metal, 48" w x 48" h, 3 shelves; TOY, Ty Princess Beanie Baby, $100. 626/332- engine, $5,000. 957-2091. erty, has water & utils., legal parcel, 330 ft. of Wally Castellana wo uld like to thank all those who $25. 365-3799. 2979, Bertie, after 7 p.m. frontage, $30,000. 246-3331. donated blood in his name at a recent JPL blood CAR COVER, '94-'98 Mustang GT; brand new, in TRAMPOLINE, 'Rebound' Professional, 40 in. dia., PASADENA, 3-level townhouse, Altadena Dr. and drive. As of th is time, he is still waiting for a donor box; water resistant, breathable; soft, non-abrasive; rarely used, $49. 626/793-8783. WANTED Orange Grove, across Victory Park; 3 bd., 2.25 ba., and the surgery. A special thank you to Warre n cable and lock incl.; $100. 213/265-3181 . TRI CYCLE, adult 2-seater, side-by-side, tandem, 3 CARPOOLER in Arcadia. Ext. 4-1 024, Shary. fireplace, balcony, pool, spa and sauna, 1,300 sq. Moore , who got the word out about the need for CAR SEATS: in fant, $15; infant/toddler, $25. spd.; w/trailer, 4' x 8', co llapsible; both in exc. cond.; CARPOOLERS from Diamond Bar (fwy. 57 and ft; sharp and close to JPL; no agents; $166,000. donations. 626/585-1374, after 5 p.m. $495 total. 805/251-7616, Ben, after 6 p.m. Pathfinder park and ride} to Foothill Facili ty (B ldg . 626/398-5303. Wally and Ginny Castellana CARBURETORS (SU), two, 1 1/2", for Austin­ TYPEWRITER, reconditi oned IBM Selectric II ; 502/507/51 1). 626/584-4435, Mike or 626/584- SUNLAND townhouse, Alpine Meadows complex. 2 Healey 100-4, Uni-Syn carburetor synchonisor, SU $75/obo. 626/797-8082. 4429, Sunil. bd., 1.5 ba. , 2-story, 2-car garage, pool, spa, tennis We would like to thank our respective Sections 357 factory workshop manual; $30 for all. 541- 11 23. VACUUM, Royal upright w/attachs., gd. workin g HOUSEKEEPER (or service) recommendations. ct. , rec . rm., we ll-maintained; $110,000. 248-0178. (Kathleen Bickler) and 511 (Ju li e Corpe) for plan­ CLOCKS, new old stock ele c. , Pepsi Cola, $15; cond., $49. 626/793-8783. 626/284-9424. TUJUNGA, comfortable family home, 3 bd./1 ba., ning two of the most unforgettable retirement par­ BUFFALO SKULL, old, $75; TELEPHONE INSU­ WASHER/DRYER (gas), '94 Whirlpool, large cap., SPACE INFORMATION & memorabil ia from U.S. & dining rm. , f/p, lndry., upgraded kitchen, fenced yd., ties ever. We would also like to thank all our family, LATORS, old glass, $1 ea.; RADI O, 1946 wood matching, wh ite, exc. cond., $350 for both. other countries from past & present. 790-8523, 7141 Summitrose St.; will consider lease/option, friends and co-workers for joining us at our lun­ cabinet, looks like spice cabinet, $50; HORSE 626/449-0102. . Marc. $149,900. 352-7471. cheons. We were overwhelmed with all our family HAINES, antique, 2 pair, $10 pr.; RECORDS, vin­ WATERBED, king sz., exc. co nd., $350; DRYER, TUBE TUNNEL, collapsible, for kids. 242-8914. and friends at each. We have nothing but wonder­ tage 78 RPM, $.25-$3 ea.; ALBUM SETS, 78 RPM , gas, Maytag, gd. cond., $60. 790-2915. fu l memories of our 28 and 29 years each at JPL. Bing Crosby/Al Jolson, $1O set. 248-5282. WATERBED, qn., 12 drawers; new 30-yr. waveless VACATION RENTALS We are very happy in our retirement home up here FREE COAT, women's leather, full-length, burgundy, mattress and heater; mirror hdbrd. w/s helves; per­ BIG BEAR cab in, quiet area nr. village; 2 bd. , sips. in Big Bear watching all our birds, squirrels and the "trench coat" style, rarely worn, exc. cond.; made by fect pecan wood; $1,000. 249-6615. DOG HOUSE, older, 30" x 36"; yo u haul. 790-3299. 8, comp!. furn., f/p, TVNCR; $75/night. 249-8515. spectacular sun rises and sunsets over the lake. Beged-Or; $150. 249-6883. BIG BEAR LAKEFRONT lu xury townhome, indoor Thanks to everyone for your good wishes on our COFFEE TABLE, cherry wood, oval with Queen pool/spa, near skiing, stone f/p, sips. 6. 714/786- retirement. FOR RENT Anne legs, exc. cond. , $65/obo. 957-4722. AUTOS I BOATS I RVs 6548. Julie and Henry Delgado ALTADENA, 1 bd. back house, Florecita area, short COFFEE TABLE, It. gray laminate, 36 in. sq. tiered '87 ACURA lntegra LS, all white, blue interior, 4 dr., BIG BEAR , 7 mi. from slopes, fu ll kitchen, f/p, 2 bd., ODO base, $49. 626/793-8783. auto, 1 owner, vg cond., ale, easy to drive, 75K mi. , wa lk to JPL, fenced yd ., pets OK w/dep., lndry. , 1 ba., sips. 6; no smokers, no pets; exc. hiking, bik­ My heartfelt thanks to all of those who contributed COMPUTER, 486, 33 MHz, 1.5 GB hard drive; mul­ $6,000/obo. 790-2570. kitch., clean & quiet, $425 + part utils . 626/794- ing, fishing nearby; reasonable rates, 2-night min. blood and platelets and who sent cards, letters, 6076. timedia, internet capable; monitor not incl.; $75. '80 AUDI 5000S sedan, maroon, garaged, $1,500 909/585-9026, Pat & Mary Ann Carroll. prayers and offers of support during the ordeal ALTADENA, partially furn. room in 3-bd . house, 3 541-1480. firm. 626/793-9346. CAMBRIA, ocean front house, exc. view, sips. up to which led to the death of my wife , Vicki Schechtman, mi./JPL, share kitchen, laundry, fireplace, hdwd. COMPUTER, Apple ll C Plu s, Mac lmageWriter '86 BMW 325ES, 2 dr., gd. cond., orig. owne r, com ­ 4; $125/night for 2, $175/night for 4. 248-8853. on March 7. A scholarship fund to support women floors , quiet neighborhood, $380 + 1/3 utils. printe r, Apple 13" composite monitor, 5 ~" external plete service records; $7,000. 310/318-6372. KONA, HAWAII (Big Island) condo, 1 bd. , 1 ba., pursuing degrees in the sciences is being set up in 626/798-4492. disk dri ve; all for $100. 353-5402. '77 CADI LLAC Brougham, classic luxury edition , sips. 4; 50 yds./ocean; all amen., private beach; her name. Information on the fund, Vicki's life and AZUSA, 2 bd., 2 ba. house, hdwd. firs., detached COMPUTER, PC 486, 66 MHz, 256K cache, 8 MB perf. cond., SOK orig. mi., deep brown exterior lots of activities and good restaurants nearby; the illness that resulted in her death is available on garage, fenced front and bkyd., laundry rm., $870. memory, 420 MB hard drive, Panasonic double spin w/beige leather interior; $5,000. 626/794-5196. avail. July 10-1 7; $75/night or $450 full week. 790- the Web at home.sprynet.com/sprynet/bbon/vickien­ 626/812-0872, Debbie. CD-ROM, Teac 1.44 floppy drive, video card w/1 '85 CHEVROLET Cavali er type-10, 2 dr., light blue, 8069, after 5. dowment. html. LA CRESCENTA, furn. room, kitchen, laundry priv­ MB, 15 in. CTX SVGA monitor, 14.4K fax/modem, 99K mi., runs well; $1,000. 626/287-6148, San LAGUNA BEACH , luxury resort apt., sips. 4; Bruce Bon ileges, garage; 2915 Montrose Ave. #426; utils. MS mouse, mid tower, sound blaste r 16 MCD, Gabriel area. steps to beach, walk to town; htd. pool & spa; incl. , $375. 957-7911 . speakers, Windows 95, $350. 909/596-4712. '81 CHEVROLET Caprice wagon, recently repaint­ avail. May 15-22/98; $89/night, $534/7 nights. LA CRESCENTA, room w/priv. bath in spacious FOR SALE COMPUTER, IBM AT 386, 40 MHz, incl. color mon­ ed and overhauled; vg cond. ; best offe r. 626/796- 626/797-3156. 4677, after 7 p.m. home, limited kitchen & lndry. privileges; long term LAKE TAHOE, N. Shore; great location; 2 bd. ART PRINT by Gloria Eriksen, Pharaoh with Ankh itor, $400/obo. 541-9655. '70 CHEVROLET El Camin o, 350, 82,400 mi ., (or summer employee, min. 3 mo.) OK; non-smok­ condo, 2 1/2 ba., fully furn.; private beach, pool, and Queen , 37'' x 37", $200; GUITAR AM P, Park COUCH/FUTON, vg cond., $100. 714/449-9714. orange w/black roof, big tires, exc. cond. , 1OY2 to 1 er; $365 + utils. 957-5774. sauna; 3-day min. through mid-June; weekly G10, new in the box, $100. 248-0178. DAYBED, oak, twin, 1Y2 yr. old, $200/obo. 249- 9669. . compression, $6,200. 626/914-6083. N. ALHAMBRA, lg. 1 bd. duplex in gd. residential summer rates mid-June through Labor Day; BABY ITEMS: 2 potties, $5 each; backpack, Gerry, area; 700 sq. ft., clean, hdwd. floor, 1-car garage; DESK, in box, cherry finish , designed for computer '89 DODGE Caravan SE, 4 cyl., turbo, auto, JPL disc. rates. 626/355-3886, Rosemary or exc. cond., $25. 355-9733, after 6 p.m. or leave stove, window ale, refrig. , washer; water, trash and equip., great for home office, $350. 626/403-9002. white/blue int., c.c., air, tint, AM/FM cass., dealer Ed. msg. gardener provided; $600. 683-9935, eves. DINING ROOM TABLE and 4 chairs, glass top maint.; new: tires, brakes, smog, reg.; all reco rd s; MAMMOTH at Snowcreek, 2 bd. , 2 ba. + loft, sips. BIKE (road), Cannondale, tall 63 cm, w/1997 PASADENA, 3 bd. , 2Y, ba. apt. , blt.-in range/oven, table, black finished chairs and table base; great bought new Caravan, must se ll; $2,900. 240-2104. 6-8, fu lly equipped kitchen incl. microwave, d/w, central a carpets, drapes, cvrd. prkg. , lnd ry., dis­ cond.; $150/obo. 626/398-7090. '78 DODGE B300 stretched va n camper; toilet & le, cable TV, VCR, phone, balcony w/view to mtns., posal; $990. 790-7062. EDITING/DUPLICATING EQUIPMENT (audio and shower, propane furnace, wate r heater and more; Jacuzzi, sauna, streams, fishponds, close to PASADENA, room in 4 bd., 2 ba. house nr. Orange video), cables and mikes; box of misc. items, $20; $2,400. 790-2 013. Mammoth Creek; JPL disc. 626/798-9222 or Grove/Allen; share w/Caltech grad. students; huge AUDIOTAPE, blank, $2 each. 789-1995, Ken. '89 FORD Tauru s LX, 3.8 L V6, fu lly loaded, full 626/794-0455. kitchen , storage, off-street parking. 626/440-9953, NOTICE TO END TABLE and coffee table, Lane, solid walnut, vg power, recent paint, tires & brakes, orig. owne r, vg MAMMOTH condo in Chamonix at lifts 7, 8, 16, 17; cond., $150 for both. 249-4603. cond., no accidents, $3,800. 626/355-3886, leave msg. walk to warming hut; 2 bd., 2 full ba. , sips. 6, fully SAN GABRIEL, housemate needed to share 3 bd. , ENLARGER, Du rst RS35; print washer, trays, Ed/Rosemary. equipped elec. kitchen, incl. microwave & extras, f/p ADVERTISERS 2 ba. house; 23 min./JPL; $500. 626/281-2179, easel, timer, darkroom light, etc.; $30 for all. 54 1- '87 FORD Taurus wagon, run s well, $1,500/obo. & wood, color TV, VCR, FM stereo; o/d Jacuzzis, All housing and vehicle advertise­ 11 23. 249-8271, Diana. Mike. sauna, game, rec. & lndry. rms.; conv. to shops, li fts; SE PASADENA, 1 bd. guest house; incl. refrig. , EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, Tunturi stepper, hardly '9 1 GEO Storm, 60K mi. , recent tune-up, Alpine spec. midweek rates, summer rates begin May. ments require that the qualifying per­ stove, ale, and utils.; $750. 626/793-7937. used, $75. 626/797-7793. CD/stereo, 5 spd., ale, sporty, drives well; 249-8 524. SIERRA MADRE CANYON cottage, quiet, charm­ son(s) placing the ad be listed as an FUTON, qn. size, convertibl e, gd. cond.; $75. 541- $3,900/obo. 626/303-3880. MAMMOTH condo, 2 bd. + loft, 3 ba., sips. 8, spa, ing, secluded, 2 bd. , 1 ba., recently remode led 1480. • '68 GMC Suburban, 307 ci VB , 3 spd. manual with full kitchen, TVNCR, JPL disc. rates; walk to owner on the ownership documents. kitch. & bath; covered laund ry area has washer and GAME SYSTEM, Virtual Boy, 32 bit RISC Proc. dig. O/D; 3 dr., front bucket seats plus 2nd and 3rd Canyon Lodge. 249-8088. dryer; in cl. parking spot; option to purchase; $895. stereo sound, high res. 3D graph w/double grip seats; 1 owner, all orig.; all records; mechanically MAMMOTH condo, sips. 5; shuttle stop nr. condo; 626/564-9607, Diana deNoyelles; e-mail: dde­ contr., digital stereo spkrs, w/AC adapter & 2 games sound, needs some cosmetic restoration; $5,000. downtown; $50 Sun.-Thurs., $65 Fri. & Sat. 353- noyel @co. la.ca.us. (baseball, ten ni s) ; $40. 626/445-3510, Christopher. 626/358-6685, Mark. 7839. GOLF CLUBS, full set (3-9, PW irons, 1,3,5 metal '91 HONDA Civic, red, 3 dr. hatchback, 4 spd., SOUTH PASADENA, amazing 2 bd., 2.5 ba., split MAMMOTH condo, studio + loft, 2 ba. , fireplace level townhouse with cath. ceilings; best area, nr. woods), gd. cond., $125/obo. 626/798-9395. records, 86K mi. , vg cond., extremely reliable, clean w/wood suppli ed, Jacuzzi, sauna, game rm. , co lor 11 0 fwy.; - 1,600 sq. ft., LR w/fpl./Fr. doors/patio, Universe GU ITAR, Fender, American-made Squ ier in/out, $3,900/obo. 981 -4061. cb l. TVNCR, fu ll kitchen w/microwave, te rrace, formal DR w/wet bar, lg. kitch. w/a ll appliances, den Stratocaster, black w/maple neck; comes w/Carvin '86 HONDA Accord, 115K mi., auto, ale, view, amen.; great snow. 714/870-1 872. Editor w/built-in office; 2 master suites w/vlt. ceilings, gig bag & fuzz pedal; $250. 626/446-0568, Steve. AM/FM/cass., cruise, orig. owner; recent: trans., MAMMOTH sk i cabin in Kno lls, 4 bd., sips. 10, f/p, skylts., wa lk-in closets, very lg. ba. and wd. shutters HAM RADIO TOWER, HAM 40 toot tubular tele­ compressor, water pump, CV boots; exc. cond.; deck. 626/445-7443 or 310/375-8421. Mark Whalen everywhere; 2-car att. gar. w/opener, washer/dryer, scoping tower (US MA40), hinged base, co-ax $4,900/obo. 909/592-2279. MAUI condo, on beach w/ocean view, 25 ft. from pool , hot tub, sauna; $1,700. 626/799-3020, Stella arms, mast extension, Hy-Gain Explorer-14 beam '77 HONDAMATIC hatchback, green, major tune­ surf, 1 bd. w/lott, co mp!. furn., incl. phone , color TV, Photos Meng or 626/218-2729. antenna with 40M dipole add-on, and Hy-Gain up, will need a valve-gri nd job; sell all or part-out; VCR, microwave, dishwasher, pool & priv. lanai, SOUTH PASADENA, furn. apt., good area on 1718 JPL Photo Lab antenna rotator (HAM IV); all for $600. 626/914- $500. 249-6071. sips. 4, 4/15-1 2/14 rate $95/nite/2, 12/15-4/14 rate Huntington Dr. , near Marengo; elec. heat/air cond., 5585. '86 HYUNDAI, 109K mi., running cond., $550/obo. $110/nite/2, $10/nite/add'I person, less 10% JPL & Universe is published every other parking and lndry. faci l.; non-smoke r; $565, incl. MOVING SALE: 2 drawing tables, 1 - 6' x 3 steel 875-8365. Caltech disc. 714/348-8047. utils. 6261792-9053, Marilyn. Friday by the Public Affairs Office adjust. - $150 (new $500) , and 1 - 4' x 2.5', $50; '84 MERCURY Cougar, It. blue, V6, 3.8 engine, full OCEANSIDE , on the sand, charming 1 bd.+ co ndo, SUNLAND townhouse, 3 bd., 2 1/2 ba., kit./blt. -ins drafting stool, $75 (new $200); 2 drafting lights, $25 pwr., recent tune-up, smogged on 317/98; new fr. panoramic view, walk to pier & marina, pool, spa, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, + laundry hkups., calh, liv.rm./frpl. , lg . patio off din. (new $120 ea.); Canon copier, $175 (new $450); all disk brakes, head, liner; auto. trans., $1,400. 249- game rm. 714/786-6548. California Institute of Technology, 6071. rm., dir. access dbl. gar., pool/Jacuzzi/tennis, close PACIFIC GROVE hse., 3 bd ., 2 ba., fp , cabl e tv/vcr, in exc. shape and workin g cond. ; also YORX com ­ to 21 O/stores/park, $1,075. 353-7778. 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, pact AM/FM stereo w!T.T. & speakers, $30; and 2 '96 NISSAN Pathfinder SE, 4x4, 5 spd., 4 dr., ale, stereo/CD, we ll-eqpd. kit. w/microwave, beaut. CD, moonroof, extras, vg cond., 27K mi. , $26,000. TUJUNGA, comfortable family home, 3 bd./1 ba. , furn. , close to golf, beaches, 17 Mile Dr., Aquarium, CA 91109. birch bunk beds w/matt. , $100. 626/398-4455. dining rm. , f/p, lndry., upgraded kitchen, fenced yd., MOVIN G SALE: refrigerator, $100; bunk beds 310/315-1 075. Cannery Row, JPL discnt. 441-3265. 7141 Summitrose St.; $1,000. 352-7471. PALM SPR INGS, 1 bd. condo, co mp!. furn.; pool, w/mattress, $85; mini-trampoline, $7; speakers, '89 NISSAN 240SX, 2 dr. SE Fastback, auto, ale, Ads must be submitted on ad cards, sunroof, AM/FM, 83K mi. , $4,950/obo. 909/860- TUJUNGA, duplex upper apt., splendid view, new spa, tennis, cable TVNCR, carpets, paint, cooking $7/ea.; cross-country ski machine, $50/obo; com­ available at · the ERG and the 0491. crpt. , fresh paint, stove, refrig. , 2 bd., 1 ba., 2 patios; utensils new; re nt dail y, weekly, wk nds.; avai l. forters, $7/ea.; wedding dress, petite size 5, '85 NISSAN 200SX, white; new: paint, battery, and no dogs (no yd.}; 20 min./JPL; $650. 352-5608. Easter week. 626/445-0884. Universe office, Bldg. 186-118, or via w/hanging storage case, $75; alarm clock radios, alternator; $2, 100/obo. 714/487-7307, Alex or PINE MOUNTAIN, 2 bd., 1Y2 ba., $60/night wk nd s., $4/ea.; dining chair cushions, $15/a ll 6; cameras, electronic mail to universe@ jpl. 714/325-6007, Lily. $500/mo. 310/831-4234, Peter. $15/ea. 626/585-1374, after 5 p.m. REAL ESTATE nasa.gov. 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::::l delayed until a.. 0 1o... end of year a_ Cl~ AM-1 spacecraft scheduled Pasadena, California Vol. 28, No. 8 April 17, 1998 for June liftoff has Labs ASTER and MISR onboard

NASA has found software performance problems with ground system software required Face it: This is Cydonia to control, monitor and schedule science activi­ ties on the Earth Observing System (EOS) series of spacecraft. Mars Global Surveyor imaged the Viking 1 and 2 landing sites, Officials believe these problems will delay the Mars Pathfinder landing site and the so-called "Face on Mars" the software, which will impact the launch date during two recent passes over those areas of the red planet. for the Earth Observing Spacecraft AM-1. The The spacecraft's high-resolution camera captured the "Face," launch, originally planned for late June from as well as an adjacent set of features known by some as "The Vandenberg Air Force Base, will be delayed at City," during imaging passes April 5 and 14 with resolutions 10 least until the end of the year. and 20 times better than the best images taken by the Viking JPL's contributions to EOS AM-1 are the mission in the 1970s. The images are posted on JPL's Mars news Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission site at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/marsnews, on the Mars Global Reflectance Radiometer (ASTER) and Multi­ Surveyor project home page at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov, and on Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR). NASA's Planetary Photojournal site at http://photojournal. ASTER, a cooperative effort between NASA jpl.nasa.gov. and Japan's Ministry of International Trade and The spacecraft also successfully imaged the site of the Industry, has 14 channels in the visible, near Viking ! lander in Chryse Planitia on April 12, after missing that infrared, shortwave infrared and thermal target by a small margin on its first try April 3. Global Surveyor infrared, and will allow scientists to study volca­ targeted the location of the Viking 2 lander in Utopia Planitia on noes, geology, topography, clouds, ice and land April 3 and 13, but during both attempts the site was complete­ changes at spatial resolution of 15 to 90 meters. ly clouded over, with surface visibility reduced by about 70 to MISR comprises nine cameras that observe 80 percent. the Earth at nine different angles, both fore and Continuing inaccuracies in navigation data used to target the aft of the spacecraft. Each camera operates at Mars Pathfinder landing site resulted in Global Surveyor miss­ four different wavelengths (red, green, blue and ing that site on both attempts April 4 and 13, the second time by infrared) for a total of 36 different images. The about 40 pixels. The flight team plans to update the navigation multi-angled images are designed to analyze data before making a third and final attempt to capture the site airborne dust and haze, clouds and the surface. next week. The ground control software, called the Inaccuracies in the navigation data used to target selected "Flight Operations Segment" (FOS) software, is sites and spacecraft performance gave the flight team a 30 to 50 part of the Earth Observing System Data and percent chance of capturing each target during any given pass. Infonnation System (EOSDIS), the ground sys­ The last set of opportunities to image these four regions of tem responsible for spacecraft control, data Mars will occur Tuesday through Thursday, April 21-23. acquisition, and science information processing Meanwhile, all spacecraft operations continue to go well as The high-resolution image of the "Face on Mars" feature in the Cydonia and distribution for NASA's Earth Science Global Surveyor carries out a five-month period of data-gather­ region above-as imaged by Mars Global Surveyor on April 5--contrasts enterprise, including the EOS flight missions. ing before aerobraking resumes. 0 wit~ the i?ame area as imaged by the Viking 1 orbiter in 1976 (inset). The problem is with the control center sys­ tem FOS software that supports the command and control of spacecraft and instruments, the monitoring of spacecraft and instrument health and safety, the planning and scheduling of instrument operations, and the analysis of spacecraft trends and anomalies. Decommissioned DSN antenna Program managers expect it to take several weeks to clearly understand whether correcting the current software or taking other measures is becomes students' key to the stars the best approach. "We're concurrently looking at commercial Telescope (GAVRT) project became a reality off-the-shelf technology that was not available By MARK WHALEN NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin told a gather­ ing of students, teachers, supporters and guests at when the Science and Technology Center took when this software system initially was Thanks to NASA and JPL's commitment to the dedication ceremony. "(It will take) a commit­ control of the antenna in the spring of 1997. designed," said Arthur "Rick" Obenschain, pro­ education, an old space communications and ment by the adults to the children; not just to talk The recent dedication marked new class­ ject manager for EOSDIS at NASA's Goddard tracking antenna has been converted into a radio about education, but to really make it happen." room and office expansions to the facility, as Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. telescope for the use of students and teachers JPL's plans to dismantle a decommissioned well as the renaming of the center as the Lewis Previous versions of the software successful­ around the nation. 34-meter antenna at Goldstone in 1995 changed Center for Educational Research, in honor of ly demonstrated real-time commanding func­ The telescope at the Deep Space Network's when the Apple Valley Unified School District U.S. Rep. Jerry Lewis, who was noted as a key tions with the AM-1 spacecraft. In the new ver­ Goldstone complex is remotely controlled from and the Science and Technology Center contact­ supporter to the project's success. sion, however, a number of problems identified the newly expanded Science and Technology ed NASA to request the use of the antenna for In addition to Goldin and Congressman Lewis, · in the previous software deliveries were not cor­ Center in the high desert. The center is a branch radio astronomy. A feasibility study by the DSN those attending the dedication included JPL rected as expected, and significant problems of the Lewis Center for Educational Research Science Office soon followed, and JPL began to Director Dr. Edward Stone; Gayle Wilson, wife of were found in the new capabilities. Problems that was dedicated April 3 in Apple Valley in implement a plan to convert the telecommunica­ California Gov. Pete Wilson; former astronaut include unacceptable response time in develop­ San Bernardino County. tions antenna to a remotely controlled radio tele­ Dick Covey; and Gael Squibb, JPL's director of ing spacecraft schedules, poor performance in "The key to the 21st century is education," scope. The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telecommunications and Mission Operations. analyzing spacecraft status and trends from Dignitaries were given a tour of the center's telemetry data, and improper implementation of mission control area, where students in decision rules in the control language used by Michigan and Kentucky joined those in Apple the flight team to automate operations. Valley to operate the giant radio telescope from Government/contractor teams have been their classrooms via the Internet. formed to evaluate options for correcting these JPL is collaborating with the center to problems to minimize impact on the AM-1 develop fundamental science and technology launch. A recovery plan is being developed and curricula to support the middle school and high will be reviewed during the last week of April. 0 school students who use the radio telescope. The first of these curriculum elements is called "Jupiter Quest," where participants are measur­ ing the planet's temperature, analyzing its Galileo discovers atmosphere, and monitoring changes in the high-energy radiation belts around Jupiter. new dust ring "I think it's very appropriate that one of the objects being studied by the students is Jupiter," Stone noted, "because this very antenna, during around Jupiter its first 30 years, was a principal point of con­ Scientists have found evidence for a new ring tact with missions such as Pioneer 10, Pioneer of dust that occupies a backward orbit around 11, and Voyager 1and2-which flew by Jupiter Jupiter, based on computer simulations and data beginning in 1973-and then tracked Voyager from JPL's Galileo spacecraft, it was reported in well past Neptune in 1989." the journal Science this month. Dr. Michael Klein, manager of the DSN A team led by researchers at the University Science Office, attributed the success of the of Colorado at Boulder reported that a fa int, program to the fact that students have the doughnut-shaped ring of interplanetary and opportunity to do real astronomy experiments. interstellar dust some 1,126,000 kilometers in "They compare their measurements with diameter (about 700,000 miles) appears to be orbiting the giant planet. Evidence for the new JPL Director Dr. Edward Stone addresses the autjience at the April 3 dedication of the Lewis those we do routinely at Goldstone," Klein said. Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley. Jerry Lewis, the congressman for whom the "They're now making measurements nobody ring's existence comes from computer simula­ facility was named and who represents the high desert area, sits at right. At left is Rick Piercy, else is making and we're merging those into our tions that correlate with data collected by a dust Apple Valley Science and Technology Center chief operations officer. See Apple Valley, page 3 See Galileo, page 4 2 A tribute to a colleague NASA astronaut and former Williams, James Wishard. Galileo engineer Stephanie Wilson Section 354: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, will appear at JPL's Employee Patricia Hayes-Rowe, Dean Johnson, Family Day on May 16. Jack Jones, Anthony Lai, Christian Wilson, who was selected as an Linden smith. astronaut candidate two years ago, Section 391: Robin O'Brien, will give hourly presentations in von Linsey Ray. D Karman Auditorium on NASA's Space Flight Awareness program. JPL personnel are reminded that Tickets are required for Family all computers capable of being used Day and are available through April for external communications must be 24 at th e ERC (Building 114-104), bannered for security purposes. Unix, Public Services Office (186-113), Novell and Windows NT computers Emergency Preparedness Office in particular must be bannered by the (180-102), Observational Systems end of April 1998. Division (306-416), Compensation Computer security measures were and Benefits (29 1-214), Systems outlined in a March 3 memo sent to Division (301 -230K), Credit Union employees by Deputy Director Larry (218) and Environmental Laboratory Dumas (available online at (144-121). http://icis.jpl.nasa.gov/iis/ Tickets will also be available out­ o verv iew/dum as_memo . h tm ) . side each cafeteria on April 17 and 24 Instructions for installing the banner from 11 :30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. D on all computer platforms are avail­ able online at http://security.jp!. The winners of JPL's Notable nasa.gov/ banner.html . D

Organizational Value-Added (NOVA) PHOTO BY BOB BROWN I JPL PHOTO LAB awards for March have been announced: JPL personnel are invited to sub­ Section 190: Susan Henry. mit their best landscape and nature About 100 friends, coworkers and family members of the late JPL mechanical engineer Jordan Kaplan gath­ Section 194: Mark Banuelos. photographs for possible inclusion in ered earlier this month to dedicate a memorial bench in his honor. Kaplan died in March 1997 as a result of Section 195: Paul Gowler. a revised version of the "Welcome to injuries suffered in the crash of an airplane he was piloting. Kaplan's father Henry, right, stands aside the Section 346: Lloyd Doug Bell II, Outer Space" multimedia production. new bench in the courtyard area of Building 301 as he addresses the group. From left are Kaplan's sister Greg Cardell, Debra Cuda, Edward Those interested may submit Deborah; his mother, Phyllis; sister Cynthia; and brother Josh. Next to Henry Kaplan is Jancis Martin of Fortier III, Winn Hong, James Lamb, color 8- by 10-inch photos or color Section 311, who often performed music with Jordan in the same courtyard as a member of the Patio Koria Mcfall, Linda Miller, Richard slides to Sherri-Rowe Lopez at von Players. Members of that group performed for the gathering during the memorial dedication. Muller, Barbara Nakamura, Daniel Karman Auditorium (mail stop 186- Pinion, Thomas Van Zandt, Roger AUD). D

appear at 8 p.m. in Caltech's Beckman Building 180-101. tion, call (626) 395-4652. Ongoing Auditorium. Tickets are $25, $21, $17 and $13. For information, call (626) 395-4652. JPL Atari Club-Meeting at noon in Building . 238-544. Alcoholics Anonymous-Meeting at 11 :30 a.m. Sunday, April 26 "Jazz and Jokes"-The Caltech Jazz Bands Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays (women only) and will appear at the Ice House, 24 N. Mentor Ave, JPL Drama Club-Meeting at noon in Fridays. For more information, call Occupational Chamber Music-Winners of the Coleman Pasadena, with two shows, starting at 7:30 p.m. Building 301-127. Health Services at ext. 4-3319. Chamber Ensemble competition will perform Admission is $8, with a· two-drink minimum. JPL Toastmasters Club-Meeting at 5:30 p.m. at 3:30 p.m. in Caltech's Ramo Auditorium. Codependents Anonymous-Meeting at noon The best joke of each set from either audience or in the Building 167 conference room. Tickets are $10. For information, call (626) every Wednesday. For more information, call band members will win a $25 gift certificate to 395-4652. Occupational Health Services at ext. 4-3319. a local CD store. Call the Ice House at (626) National Library Week-The JPL Library will 577-1894. dedicate its re-opening with a ribbon-cutting Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Support Group­ ceremony at 11 :30 a.m., followed by speakers Meets the first and third Fridays of the month at Willis Chapman, Division 64 manager; Deputy Tuesday, April 28 noon in Building 111-117. For more informa­ Tuesday, April 21 Director Larry Dumas; Business Operations tion, call employee assistance counselor Cynthia Director Darya! Gant; and Library, Archives and Develop New Products Seminar-Ted Kopf of Cooper at ext. 4-3680 or Randy Herrera at ext. Eudora Quick Start Session for Technical Records Section Manager Linda Kosrnin. Section 344 will deliver a talk titled "Building 3-0664. Users-This overview is for cc:Mail PC users Refreshments will follow. Electronic Design Models: The Process and The who have not yet begun to use Eudora Pro. At Tools" at noon in Building 180-101. HIV Support Group-Meets quarterly. Call noon in the Building 167 conference room. Eudora Quick Start Session for Business employee assistance counselor Cynthia Cooper For other Eudora classes, see the ICIS home Thursday, April 23 at ext. 4-3680 for more information. Users- This overview is for cc:Mail PC users page at http://icis.jpl. nasa.gov . who have not yet begun to use Eudora Pro. At Parent Support Group- Meets the fourth JPL Dance Club-Clogging class will be held National Library Week- Activities at the JPL noon in the Building 167 conference room. Tuesday of the month at noon. For location, call at noon in Building 300-217. Library will take place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and For other Eudora classes, see the ICIS home Jayne Dutra at ext. 4-6400. will include demonstrations of catalog, online The Future of UNIX at JPL-Dr. Steve page at http://icis.jp!. nasa.gov . Senior Caregivers Support Group-Meets the and business-resource requests on Biblio­ Jenkins, deputy manager of the Enterprise second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at graphic and Electronic Access Connection Information System, Section 175, will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Senior Care Network, 837 S. (BEACON) World Wide Web resources noon in von Karman Auditorium. Wednesday, April 29 Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, conference room #1. (http://beacon), as well as tours of the recently National Library Week-Activities at the JPL For more information, call (626) 397-3110. renovated facility. For more information, con­ JPL Drama Club- Meeting at noon in Library will take place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and tact the Library at ext. 4-4200 or e-mail Building 301-127. [email protected] will include demonstrations of catalog and Friday, April 17 online requests on Bibliographic and Electronic JPL Golf Club-Meeting at noon in Building Access Connection (BEACON) World Wide 306-302. Wednesday, April 22 Web resources (http://beacon); Cambridge sci­ JPL Dance Club- Meeting at noon in Building 300-217. entific abstracts; and electronic journals, as well Award for Excellence Ceremony- To be held as tours of the recently renovated facility. For Thursday, April 30 Flamenco Dancing-La Tania will appear at 8 at 2 p.m. in von Karman Auditorium. Seating more information, contact the Library at ext. 4- p.m. in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Tickets will be limited, but the ceremony will also be 4200 or e-mail [email protected] are $26, $23 and $20. For information, call aired live on JPL television monitors. For more Fidelity Workshops-Investment Basics I, Social Security- Agency representative (626) 395-4652. information about the award and a list of recipi­ which will focus on first-time investors and a ents, visit the Reward and Recognition home Ann Valleroy will be on hand from 9 to 11 refresher of investment choices, will be offered Von Karman Lecture Series- Division 32 page at http://eis/sec614/reward/rr.htm . a.m. in the Building 167 cafeteria. at 10 a.m. in Building 180-101. Those attend­ outreach specialist Marguerite Syvertson will Employees may make an appointment to file ing Investment Basics /l, Mapping Out a Plan discuss the Earth Observing System (EOS), Caltech/JPL Flying Club-Member Garrett a Social Security claim; request a personal for Your Retirement will learn about the impor­ which will provide land, ocean and atmospheric Reisman will speak on his experiences inter­ earnings and benefit estimate statement, tance of saving early, and calculating how data that will allow scientists to study and even­ viewing to be a NASA astronaut. The club pro­ information on Social Security benefits, a much to save each year. At 2 p.m. in Building tually model changes in the Earth's environment vides airplanes for rent, insurance and club­ change of name or replacement of their 180-101. and climate. At 7 p.m. in The Forum at Pasadena approved instructors. Prospective members or Social Security card, or ask general ques­ City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. Open to simply the curious are welcome. A general tions. JPL Dance Club-Clogging class will be held the public. membership meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m on at noon in Building 300-217. the Caltech campus in 269 Lauritsen. Included will be the club's election of its board of direc­ Friday, April 24 Saturday, April 18 tors. For information, call Peter Gluck at ext. 4- Friday, May 1 9425. JPL Dance Club-Meeting at noon in Building Lula Washington Dance Theatre-African 300-217. JPL Dance Club-Meeting at noon in Building "Increasing Your Value as an Office 300-217. American heritage will be explored in the Professional"-This live satellite event, spon­ troupe's Muddy Waters, a blend of African, jazz sored by the Director's Advisory Council for and modern dance. Reserved seats are $20. For Women, will cover the American Management Fri., Apr. 24-Sat., Apr. 25 information, call (626) 395-4652. Association's 11th annual Conference for Saturday, May 2 Secretaries. Topics will include practical ideas Capitol Steps-Current and former congres­ and detailed advice on developing communica­ sional staffers perform song parodies spoof­ Big Band Music-The Big Band Alumni Sunday, April 19 tion skills; managing time, work and self; han­ ing politicians and other newsmakers at 8 Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. in Caltech's dling demands of multiple managers; and effec­ p.m. in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Beckman Auditorium. Tickets are $32, $29 and Chamber Music-Quartet Sine Nomine will tively using technology. From 10 a.m. to noon in Tickets are $32, $29 and $26. For informa- $26. For information, call (626) 395-4652. April 17, 1998 3 Engineering, art come together in DS2 'spider'

By SUZANNE D'MELLO Krishnan figured out the outer functional. At one point he even New Millennium Program dimensions of the spider. had to contend with having the outreach coordinator Leiva machined the spider into material move while he tried to its final shape using the process of machine it. After consulting with In January 1999, Deep Space 2's "undercutting" to hollow out the legs materials engineers the problem twin probes will take off for Mars rid­ of the spider. Undercutting, a was solved, and Leiva completed ing piggyback aboard the Mars Polar process invented by JPL engineer ilie spider in October 1997. Lander spacecraft. The experimental Don Bickler for the Mars Pathfinder The device has since successful­ mission is designed to test a number mission, is an innovative way of hol­ ly passed all its tests and Krishnan of advanced, miniature instruments lowing out a piece of metal without is very pleased with its design. "I and systems inside the probes to see if having to cut it in two. Bickler used think when you look at this part, they can perform experiments the process for the Sojourner rover's what makes it interesting is the beneath Martian soil after surviving "rocker bogie" suspension system, method we used to hollow it out," crushing impacts on landing and which allowed the rover to negotiate he said. "I don't think it would have extremely co ld temperatures. the Martian terrain with its system of actually looked as neat if we had On their journey to the red plan­ joints that rotated and conformed to used an alternative method." et, each probe will be housed in a the contour of the ground . Though Krishnan may be protective shell drnt will be attached To drill holes in the precise loca­ indebted to Bickler for the aesthet­ to the larger spacecraft with a device tions that Krishn an had pinpointed ics of his design, he also has Leiva's called a "spider," which is part of an in the legs of the spider, Leiva used extraordinary craftsmanship to overall attachment structure. The a series of fine tools, knowing that thank for producing an industrial spider is so-called because its if he was off by even an infinitesi­ device that is a perfect blend of curved, three-legged frame resem­ mal amount the part wouldn't be functionality and beauty. 0 bles the body of that arthropod. JPL29023AC What is striking about this seem­ The life cycle of the Deep Space 2 'spider' is shown above. Starting out as ingly fragile piece of aluminum is a 250-kilogram bar of aluminum, after several stages of development it was that it's not only functional hard­ eventually shaped into its final shape at lower right. Spider designer Satish ware-needing to withstand the Krishnan, below, joins the Deep Space 2 microprobes with the spider extreme conditions of launch and onboard the Mars Polar Lander at Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver. travel into deep space-but with its spare, elegant, Art Deco-like form, is industrial design at its most beautiful. Satish Krishnan, 23, who designed the spider, was just a few months out of college when assigned the task by DS2's mechanics lead engineer, Tom Rivellini, in late 1996. Rivellini provided Krishnan with an initial concept, which required that the egg-shaped shell be held on to at three, equidistant points. Wid1 a preliminary design of a three-pronged structure in hand, Krishnan worked closely with Rivellini, structural analysts Darshan Sutharshana and Faz Keyvenfar, manufacturing engineer Bob Moncada, machinist Nelson Leiva, and DS2's graphics designer, Frank Ramirez, during the year it took to spider a single part would be very inside the spider." complete the part. ''This had to be a difficult," he said, "but assembly of Making the spider a single part collaboration from the very start," three parts would have been a night­ was not that much easier a task, Krishnan pointed out. "The very mare because of the tolerance mis­ either. The finished spider, which nature of this part required it." matches we'd have to contend with­ weighs a mere 590 grams (1.3 Heavily constrained by issues of tolerance is the degree of precision pounds), had to be crafted out of a cost and manufacturability while required in a dimension. So we giant, 250-kilogram (550-pound) bil­ working concurrently in JPL's decided to bit e the bullet and make let of aluminum. "faster, better, cheaper" era, he it a single part." Why such a large chunk? Detailed adapted his design several times on ''This is the toughest part I've drawings hadn't yet been created the advice of the others. The single ever worked on," admitted Moncada, when Krishnan decided to make the most important question that who added, "The part wouldn't have device a single part instead of three. Krishnan faced in creating the spi­ been as rigid or strong if it had been Ordering a large billet of metal der was whether to make it one part three pieces, and this was the clean­ ensured that engineers would have or three. "We knew that making the est, easiest way to mount the shell plenty of material to work with once

ideas that were "peer-reviewed" by the high nel at Goldstone, Redlands High Apple Valley schoolers. will continue to School students "If Continued from page 1 this were just a radio astronomy experi­ develop ilie capa­ Whitney Price, left, ment, it would be rather limiting," Klein said. bility of the radio and Nillie database. Together, we're watching how Jupiter "The kids get excited as they watch the data telescope, main­ Alemozaffar demon­ changes over weeks, months and years, and a come in, take things off the screen and enter tain it and keep it strate mission con­ new program is designed to search for day-to­ them on a spreadsheet; the next day they get the functioning. trol operations to day changes." official spreadsheet that comes off our data log. Because ilie tele­ guests at the dedica­ tion of the Lewis Eventually, the students' results will be pub­ They can look for thihgs like noisy data, bad scope is remotely Center for Educa­ lished in scientific journals. measurements because of interference-learning operated, all soft­ tional Research. Klein said development of a variety of cur­ the practical aspects of what it's like to get data." ware can be Standing, from left, riculum elements is planned. The next project Klein echoed a remark by Goldin that whether developed at JPL are NASA Admin­ will map the sun and compare the radio maps the students at the center may become scientists or and run through istrator Daniel with optical and ultraviolet observatory mea­ engineers is not the issue; rather, that understand­ mission control at Goldin; Gayle Wilson, surements. ing the functions and roles of science and technol­ Apple Valley to wife of California The science center and its curriculum are ogy are essential for all citizens in the future. operate ilie radio Gov. Pete Wilson; about far more than astronomy, however. "I would be thrilled if every kid in a class telescope at Rep. Jerry Lewis; and JPL Telecom­ "The mission to Jupiter idea really opens the will learn that science is a process, not a set of Goldstone. munications and door to students' curiosity," Klein noted. "Soon facts to memorize," he said, "and that they have The teachers Mission Operations they start talking about scenarios: 'Well, if some understanding of what the scientific who have so far Director Gael Squibb. you're going to send a ship with people in it, method is and how we learn about nature. participated are you'll have to send food- maybe you'll have "We're not trying to clone scientists," he considered the STUDIO WEST PHOTOGRAPHY hydroponic gardening.' Then they get into added. "One of the things I've consistently had program's issues like radiation protection. to make people aware of is this is definitely not developers, rather than users. They spend a support a charter school (K-12) and to house an "These young people come up with practical a sandbox for the honors kids." week at the center, including one day at observatory, Air Force jet flight simulator, com­ questions that-in their minds-need to get It's possible that hundreds of schools nation­ Goldstone. "They become part of the project puter center, weather station and related hands­ answered. It isn't just an astronomy course. It wide could participate in running d1e radio tele­ and work with us iliroughout the year," Klein on learning tools for students, which includes really does broaden out subject matter to include scope experiments, with telescope time being a said. "We hope iliey will stay with ilie project mission control for the GAVRT radio telescope. biology, math, physics and chemistry. They also limitation. However, thousands more could still into the future." The new center hopes to draw far more ilian the discover that to do science, you have to write. It be a part of the program by using the curriculum Ten schools-from California (including 80,000 students and teachers from across the isn't just math and numbers; you have to learn if unable to do the actual observations. South Pasadena Middle School), Alabama, nation who have visited since 1989. how to communicate with others." Community colleges and universities may ldal1o, Kentucky and Michigan-are part of the It is now staffed by a small professional staff Another part of the students' real-world also participate, but must first agree to partner core group, and more will be added in ilie fall. and about 600 volunteers. experience involving communication includes with a high school, Klein said. "Eventually we'll have the curriculum robust Contributions from NASA and corporate learning about proposal writing. In a pilot pro­ Within a couple of years, he added, the cur­ enough to where we can accommodate users sponsors supported the development of a digital gram last fall, a high school served as a project's riculum currently developed for middle school and who don' t have to go through this training and TV studio, amateur radio station and control "prime contractor," teaming with two middle high school students will be adapted to accommo­ development process," Klein said. room, which will allow students to produce and schools who were "subcontractors." The middle date students from kindergarten to 12th grade. The original Science and Technology Center, broadcast educational programs to more ilian school students came up with problem-solving JPL, wiili assistance from AlliedSignal person- built nearly 10 years ago, bas been expanded to 35,000 homes. 0 April 17, 1998 4

a non-erosive, lightweight, single­ identified ring of dust with smoke­ DS2 stage atmospheric entry system or Galileo size particles ongmating from Passings aeroshell; power microelectronics beyond the Jovian system appears to Continued from page 3 Continued from page I with mixed digital/analog advanced be much larger, more sparse and, pos­ Lee Brimmer, 78, a retired elec­ face will measure atmospheric pres­ ·integrated circuits; an ultra-low tem­ detector aboard the Galileo space­ sibly unique in the solar system. tronics specialist from Section 343, sure in tandem with a sensor on the perature lithium battery; an advanced craft has detected this ring by captur­ "I suspect we may wind up seeing died of natural causes March 12. Mars Polar Lander. three-dimensional microcontroller; ing some of its dust, said Dr. Joshua something similar at Saturn," said Brimmer joined the Lab in 1947 and The mission is scheduled to be the and flexible interconnects for system Colwell, a research associate at the Colwell. Launched in 1997, JPL's retired in 1983. He is survived by his second launch in JPL's New cabling. university's Laboratory for Cassini spacecraft will reach the wife, Catherine, and sons Jay and Sam. Millennium Program of technology "The combination of a single­ Atmospheric and Space Physics. ringed planet in 2004. 0 Services were held at Rose Hills validation flights, designed to enable stage entry vehicle with electronics Surprisingly, the researchers say, Memorial Park in Whittier. 0 advanced science missions in the 21st and instrumentation that can survive most of the interstellar and interplane­ Robert Cole, 63, a Galileo soft­ century. very high impact loads will enable us tary dust particles appear to be in a "ret­ ware engineer from Section 314, died "I'm delighted with the selection to design a whole new class of very rograde" orbit-that is, moving in the Retirees of multiple myeloma March 21 at his of this excellent group of investiga­ small, rugged spacecraft for the in­ opposite direction of the rotating planet The following JPL employees home in La Canada. tors. The Mars microprobe will give situ exploration of the planets," and its moons, Colwell said. The rea­ retired in April: Cole had worked at JPL since us a glimpse of the subsurface of explained Sarah Gavit, DS2 project son for the backward orbit of the tiny Gary Coyle, 39 years, Section 350; 1978. He is survived by his wife, Mars, which in many ways is a win­ manager at JPL. particles is not yet clear, he said. Charles Kohlhase Jr., 39 years, Elizabeth, and daughters Mindy dow into the planet's history," said "Slamming high-precision sci­ The paper in Science was authored Section 140; Gustavo Faist Jr., 35 Morrison and Martha Cole-Mendez. Dr. Suzanne Smrekar, the Deep ence instruments into the surface of by Colwell, research associate Dr. years, Section 389; Douglas Clay, 33 Services were held April 2 at Space 2 project scientist at JPL. "The Mars at 400 mph is very challenging, Mihaly Horanyi, also of the Laboratory years, Section 323; Carl DeForrest, Forest Lawn Memorial Park in region of Mars we will explore is no doubt about it," said DS-2 pro­ for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Section 391, 32 years; William Glendale. 0 similar to Earth's polar regions in that gram scientist Dr. Michael Meyer of and planetary scientist Dr. Eberhard Stinnett, Section 394, 29 years; Paul it is believed to collect ice and dust NASA Headquarters. "But once this Grun of the Max Planck Institute for Kresch, Section 351, 27 years; Robert Robert Ruppenthal, 80, a retired over many millions of years. By type of technology is demonstrated, Astrophysics in Heidelberg, Germany, Detweiler, Section 341, 25 years; engineering assistant from the former studying the history of Mars and its we can envision future missions that who is the principal investigator on Ronald Klemetson, Section 350, 22 Section 151 , died of a stroke April 5 climate, we are likely to better under­ could sample numerous regions on Galileo's dust detector. years; Karen Potter, Section 506, 19 at a nursing home. stand the more complex system on Mars or make network measurements JPL's Voyager 2 spacecraft detect­ years; Ojars Sovers, Section 335, 19 Ruppenthal, who worked at JPL our own planet." of global weather and possible ed an uneven dust ring around Jupiter years; Ronald Van Hek, Section 333, from 1961-79, is survived by his In addition to the miniaturized Marsquakes." in 1979 that scientists believe was 19 years; John Blizzard, Section 665, wife, Arolene, and two daughters. science instruments capable of sur­ Further information on DS2 is created by the collisions of small 17 years; Henry Gundersen, Section Services were held April 8 at viving high velocity impact, tech­ available on the Internet at moonlets with micrometeoroids in 385, 17 years; Martre Grable, Oakdale Memorial Park in nologies to be tested on DS2 include http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds2 . 0 the Jovian system. But the newly Section 334, IO years. 0 Glendora. 0

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TVNCR, full kitchen w/microwave, terrace, SOUTH PASADENA, furn. apt., good area on 171B supports the Y Indian Guides and Princesses pro­ cruise control; pwr. windows, locks & mirrors; bur­ view, amen., spring rates, great snow. 714/870- Huntington Dr., near Marengo; elec. heal/air cond., Editor gram; incl. "free· ticket for 1-day admission to Y gundy w/gray interior, $20,BOO/obo. 909/9B0-350B. 1B72. parking and lndry. faci l. ; non-smoker; $565, incl. facility good through 12/31/9B; $3 ea. 249·6B52, 'B7 TOYOTA Supra turbo, 5 spd., targa top, exc. MAUI condo, on beach w/ocean view, 25 ft. from utils. 626/792-9053, Marilyn. Mark Whalen Kim. cond., $5,500. 626/794-6142. surf, 1 bd. w/loft, compl. furn., incl. phone, color TV, SYLMAR townhouse, 3 bd., 2 1/2 ba., spacious kit., TRAILER, 2-wheel, 6' x 4', all steel, Model T pickup 'BB VOLVO 240 DL, 109K, 1 owner, exc. cond., very VCR, microwave, dishwasher, pool & priv. lanai, dishwasher, gar. disp., stove, din. area, sliding Photos bed style look, $100. 5621464-0466. clean, new battery, new tires, $6,000. 626/446- sips. 4, 4/15-12/14 rate $95/nite/2, 12115-4/14 rate glass dr. onto walled patio, direct access dbl. TRICYCLE, adult 2-seater, side by side, tandem, 3 0165. $110/nite/2, $10/nite/add'I person, less 10% JPL & JPL Photo Lab garage/door opener/laundry lac., liv. rm ./frpl., calh, spd.; w/trailer, 4' x B', collapsible; both in exc. cond., '70 VW Bug, rebuilt engine; new: seats, chrome Caltech disc. 714/34B-B047. Universe is published every other $495 total. BOS/251-7616, Ben, after 6 p.m. wheels, tires, and battery; needs wiring completed, end unit, pool/Jacz., close to frwys., $995, rent or OCEANSIDE, on the sand, charming 1 bd.+ condo, lease/buy. 352-0507. TRUMPET, Holton "Collegiate", exc. cond., Monel not running, as is, good project car, $950/obo. panoramic view, walk to pier/marina, pool, spa, Friday by the Public Affairs Office VALLEY VILLAGE townhome (near Studio City), 2 valves, case, 2 mutes, n Arban·s· authentic edition 626/309·0429. game rm . 714/7B6-654B. bd., 3 ba., attached 2-car gar. (+ storage rm.) , of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, textbook; all for $390. 24B-1369. 'B9 YAMAHA YZ250 dirt bike, Weisco piston, pro PACIFIC GROVE hse., 3 bd., 2 ba., fp, cable tv/vcr, security syst., fireplace, breakfast nook in kitch., WASHER/DRYER, Kenmore/Whirlpool; $70 & ci rcuit pipe & silencer, Renthal bars & sprocket, '92 stereo/CD, well-eqpd. kit. w/microwave, beaut. California Institute of Technology, appliances incl., lease/rent, $1,050. 909/272- $150. B46-4159. plastic, new tires, very fast, comes w/parts; furn., close to golf, beaches, 17 Mile Dr., Aquarium, 0622. 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, WASHER/DRYER (gas), '94 Whirlpool, large cap., $1,BOO/obo. 626/307-1706. Cannery Row, JPL discnt. 441 ·3265. VAN NUYS, house for lease; good central Valley matching, white, exc. cond., $350 for both. PALM SPRINGS, 1 bd. condo, compl. furn. ; pool, CA 91109. location, 20 min./JPL; 2 bd., 1 ba., + bonus patio 626/449-0102. spa, tennis, cable TVNCR, carpets, paint, cooking rm., garage, stove, paint, carpeted; washer/dryer Ads must be submitted on ad cards, WATERBED, qn., 12 drawers; new 30-year wave· WANTED utensils new; rent daily, weekly, wknds., avail. less mattress and heater; mirror hdbrd. w/shelves; ACCOMMODATION in cent. Pasadena (nr. hookups; water & gardener pd.; child/pet OK. 501- Easter wk. 626/445-0BB4. available at the ERG and the B161. perfect pecan wood; $1,000. 249-6615. Caltech/JPL), non-smoking English post-doc PINE MOUNTAIN, 2 bd., 1 ba.; Big Bear-like but WHITTIER, charming 2 bd. cottage; $B75, first, last, Universe office, Bldg. 186-118, or via WRITING DESK, slant lop w/key, partitioned requires either 1 bd. furn. apt. or rm. in a friendly closer; $65/night, $550/mo. 310/B31-4234, Peter. sec. 5621464-0446. electronic mail to universe@ spaces inside, middle drawer, 2 bookshelves below, shared house. E·mail Andy Bingham (awb1001@ ROSARITO BEACH condo, 2 bd., 2 ba., ocean compact, 27L x 42H x 9 3f.>D, vg cond., $125. cus.cam.ac.uk). view, pool, tennis ct., 18-hole golf course w/in 5 mi., jpl.nasa.gov. E-mail ads are limited 626/793·3561. BABYSITTER, part·time (2·3 days/wk.), preferably REAL ESTATE short walk to beach, priv. prkg.; $50/day during wk., from 5:30-B:30 or so; willing to pay good salary; $75 Fri. & Sat./night. 626/794-3906. to six lines. ADELANTO, buildable lots (7,000-B,OOO sq. ft.), child is approx. 3 yrs. old. 957-0252. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE KEYS waterfront home, 4 only $100 down and $100/mo. 952-9467. Ads are due at 2 p.m. on the AUTOS/RVs/ BABYSITTERS needed for occasional week and bd./3 ba., sips. 12+; f/p on 2 levels, decks overlook· BIG BEAR, new cabin 2 blocks from lake, 2 bd., 2 wknd. eves. in Monrovia area; must be good w/chil­ ing private dock and ski lifts; gourmet kitch.; bicy­ Monday after publication for the ba., mud/laundry rm., $129,000. 909/5B5·9026. MOTORCYCLES dren, accountable, and have own transportation; cles, 20' sail & paddle boats, 3 color TVs, VCR, following issue. 'BS BMW 52BE, orig. B7,000 mi., se1Vice records, exp. nee., references required. 626/303-2BOB, GREEN VALLEY LAKE, a secluded village in the stereo w/tape & disk; assn. indoor & outdoor pools, San Bernardino Mins., custom 3·story log home AT, pwr. window~door-seat , sun roof, Diana. hot tub & beach; Blighted tennis cts.; 1 o min. to ski· For change of address, contact runs great, $5,000/obo. 616/443-9774, eve. BIKE, BMX style (Huffy, Mongoose, etc.), in gd. and buildable adjacent lot; beautiful 1 BO-deg. view ing, casinos, golf; 1 hr. to Western Sierra wine your section office or the HRS '70 CHEVROLET El Camino, exc. cond., orange, cond. 952-B455. w/lg. decks, shade trees; walk to lake and skiing; country; $995/wk. for high season (June 15-Sept. Help Desk at ext. 4-9559 (on-Lab big tires, 350 eng., 10 Y2 to 1 compression, black BOOKCASES, any size. 248-3364. cabin $149,000, adj. lot $19,900. 303·1927. 15; Nov. 22-Mar. 1 ); $495/wk. low season, + $90 leather seats, $5,000/obo. 626/914-60B3. CLIPPER/SHREDDER in good running cond. 366- LAKE CO., N. Calif., 2 1/2 acre lot, in beautiful cleaning fee; 3·day min. 626/57B· 1503, Jim personnel) or Xer.ox Business '65 CHEVROLET Impala SS 409 orig., $B,500/obo. 2004. Kelseyville near Clear Lake, perfect site for a per· Douglas. Services at (626) 799-3968 (for B05/B67-2671. PLACE to live alone or with others, in Pasadena or manent or retirement home, 30 walnut trees, paved TIMESHARE, based on availability: 1 full wk. in CROWN 35' motor home, 220 Cummins, sips. 6· surrounding area. no smokers, no pets, up to road, electricity, $36,000. 626/337-7522. Europe, $450; U.S., Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, $350. JPL retirees and others). $15,000/obo. B05/B67-2671 . $460/mo. 626/79B-4492, Linda. PASADENA, completely restored craftsman home, 626/296-939B. April 17, 1998