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By MARK WHALEN Vol. 28, No. 5 March 6, 1998 JPL's future has never been stronger and its Pasadena, California variety of challenges never broader, JPL Director Dr. Edward Stone told Laboratory staff last week in his annual State of the Laboratory address. The Laboratory's transition from an organi­ zation focused on one large, innovative mission Galileo reveals best-yet Europa close-ups a decade to one that delivers several smaller, innovative missions every year "has not been easy, and it won't be in the future," Stone acknowledged. "But if it were easy, we would­ n't be asked to do it. We are asked to do these things because they are hard. That's the reason the nation, and NASA, need a place like JPL. ''That's what attracts and keeps most of us here," he added. "Most of us can work elsewhere, and perhaps earn P49631 more doing so. What keeps us New images taken by JPL's The Conamara Chaos region on Europa, here is the chal­ with cliffs along the edges of high-standing Galileo spacecraft during its clos­ lenge and the ice plates, is shown in the above photo. For est-ever flyby of Jupiter's moon scale, the height of the cliffs and size of the opportunity to do what no one has done before­ Europa were unveiled March 2. indentations are comparable to the famous to search for life elsewhere." Europa holds great fascination cliff face of South Dakota's Mount To help achieve success in its series of pro­ for scientists because of the Rushmore. The image at right shows an grams, the Lab must also continue its development prospects that a liquid ocean might area of crustal separation. Lower resolution of innovations in technology and in the implemen­ lie underneath its icy crust. The pictures taken earlier by Galileo revealed tation of new ways of doing business, he added. that dark wedge-shaped bands in this presence of water would increase Stone called 1997 one of the most exciting region are areas where the icy crust has years in the Laboratory's history. Highlights the odds that life may have existed completely pulled apart. Dark material included Mars Pathfinder's July 4 landing, at some point in Europa's history. has filled up from below and filled the marking Earth's first return to Mars in 21 years; The new pictures include high­ void created by this separation. P49633 Mars Global Surveyor's September arrival at resolution views of rough, broadly the red planet; TOPEX/Poseidon's monitoring scalloped icy cliffs on Europa as (and continued tracking) of the development of high as Mt. Rushmore. Other The dark, relatively smooth region at the El Nifio in the Pacific Ocean; Galileo, which images show an impact crater finished its primary mission and began an named Pwyll and the so-called lower right hand corner of the high-resolution extended study of Europa; and Cassini's Conamara Chaos region, where icy image at right may be a October launch to Saturn "on schedule, under plates on the surface have broken place where warm ice has budget and full up in specification." apart and moved around. One large, welled up from below. Pledging that 1998 will be "no less excit­ icy fracture is big enough to be The region is approxi­ ing," Stone cited Voyager passing Pioneer 10 on spanned by the Brooklyn Bridge. mately 30 square kilome­ Feb. 17 to become the most distant human-cre­ The Galileo mission, which ters in area (about 12 ated object in the solar system. He also noted continues through December square miles). An isolated that there will be six launches of JPL missions 1999, includes eight Europa fly­ bright hill stands within it. and instruments over the next 12 months. bys, four of the moon Callisto and The image also shows JPL's missions are linked by the themes of two prominent ridges that one or two of the moon Io, searching for evidence of life outside of Earth have different character­ as well as the discovery of the origins of galax­ depending on the spacecraft's istics; the youngest ridge health. ies, stars and planetary systems, Stone said. He runs from left to top and called the search for life elsewhere "a shorthand All recently released images are is about 5 kilometers in term for one _of the grand themes of what links available online at http://photojournal. width (about 3 Y2 miles). many of our programs together." jpl.nasa.gov . D P49629 Stone emphasized that since life has been detected "anywhere there's water on Earth­ whether it's at the bottom of the ocean; around vents of near-boiling water from the interior of the Earth; in Antarctica, at near freezing; or in a Lab recruits experts to help hunt for new planets and life rock two miles down-the search for life else­ By JANE PLATT and Mayor first detected where, in a certain sense, is a search for liquid a Doppler shift from the water elsewhere in the solar system." Two newly arrived scientists at JPL will play star 51 Pegasus, Queloz Viking showed scientists the existence of a key role in the search for planets around other said their first reaction water in Mars' past. But JPL's Mars program has stars and the hunt for life beyond Earth. The was "We'd better check already begun to step up the effort dramatically, appointments highlight a new JPL initiative to our instruments." as evidenced by its planned launches to the plan­ unite scientists from various disciplines, such as Even after they veri­ et every 26 months for the next 10 years or more. biology and astronomy, to study the evolution of fied the instruments' The Laboratory will also aggressively pursue planets and life in the universe. accuracy, Queloz and the origins of life elsewhere in the solar system. Dr. Didier Queloz, a Swiss astronomer who co­ Mayor spent several, Under development are a half dozen missions discovered the first known planet around a star sim­ weeks monitoring 51 that in the next 12 years will return samples of ilar to our sun, is a Distinguished Visiting Scientist Pegasus to confirm the alien worlds for scientists' analysis: Genesis, at JPL for the next year and a half. Dr. Kenneth discovery. In July 1995, solar wind, 2003 return; Stardust, comet, 2006; Nealson has joined JPL as a Senior Researcher in they were confident the Japanese MUSES-C, asteroid, 2006; Mars Astrobiology, a new field whose goal is to under­ enough to buy a large Surveyor, soil and rocks, 2008 and 2010; and stand how planets and life co-evolve. cake and hold a celebra­ Champollion/Deep Space 4, comet, 2010. While at JPL, Queloz will continue his search tion party in the south of In addition, Stone noted that in the last few for planets and help the Lab develop sophisticat­ France for family and weeks NASA's Solar System Exploration ed search technologies. His work will benefit friends. Queloz and Subcommittee proposed launch dates for several NASA's Origins Program, a series of planned Mayor formally an- Dr. Kenneth Nealson Dr. Didier Queloz missions in the Outer Planets Program: a Europa missions to study the formation of galaxies, nounced their discovery, orbiter mission in 2003, Pluto Kuiper Express in stars, planets and life. The program has gained a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting 51 Pegasus, at an er telescope, and holds great promise as a tool in 2004 and a solar probe mission in 2006 or 2007. momentum from discoveries by Queloz, and October 1995 scientific meeting in Florence, Italy. the search for Earth-sized planets. "I'd like to While the payoff from the Cassini mission subsequently other astronomers, of several plan­ Queloz and other astronomers face great play a role in future exploration by helping to may not be realized for another six years and ets orbiting stars beyond our sun. Many scien­ challenges in finding new and better ways to define interferometry techniques," Queloz said. more, Stone envisions a possibility of still further tists believe this raises the odds that an Earth-like detect planets more like Earth. Current tech­ Until very recently, an astronomer like studies. "It's hard for me to imagine that after the planet exists with suitable conditions for life. niques allow only for the detection of giant, Queloz would have had little if any interaction success of studying Saturn and its moon Titan Queloz, a Swiss citizen, got his degree in Jupiter-sized planets, which are considered with a biological scientist like Nealson. But var­ starting in 2004 we will not want to go back to physics in 1990 from the University of Geneva, unlikely candidates for life. ious disciplines such as astronomy, geology, biol­ further explore this world, which has on its sur­ and worked on his doctoral thesis at Geneva While at JPL, Queloz will share his planet­ ogy and chemistry are joining forces to study the face layer upon layer of organic matter produced Observatory with Professor Michel Mayor from finding experience with engineers who are design­ development of life on Earth and the prospects of over millions of years, very much like our own 1991 to 1995. Using the French Elodie telescope ing more advanced technologies. Queloz is using a life elsewhere. Therefore, the work of scientists polar caps have layer by layer records of our past in Haute Provence, France, they looked for signs testbed interferometer at Caltech's Palomar like Nealson and Queloz is converging to form a climate in the layers of ice and snow." of a Doppler shift in nearby stars. As a star Observatory to run tests on stars, to prepare for an broad, interdisciplinary approach. At the same time, Stone said, the Origins pro­ moves closer and then farther away from Earth, observing program. This work will help pave the "After all," said Nealson, "life is not a sim­ gram will step up the search for life beyond the the star's color shifts from red to blue. By detect­ way for other Origins projects, including the W.M. ple system and no science operates in a vacuum. solar system. The series of missions, which began ing this motion, astronomers can infer that the Keck Observatory interferometer in Hawaii, the Younger students are studying several disci­ with Hubble Space Telescope observations, will star is being tugged by gravity from an orbiting Space Interferometry Mission, and the Terrestrial plines to gain a more comprehensive view." continue preparations for the next century with the planet. Planet Finder, all being planned by JPL. Nealson is part of this new wave of scientific development of the Space Infrared Telescope "Back then, these experiments were consid­ Interferometry combines and processes light training, as a geobiology teacher and faculty Facility (SIRTF), the Space Interferometry ered a bit nutty"" recalled Queloz. When Queloz from several telescopes to simulate a much larg- See Planets/life, page 3 See Stone, page 3 2 Muirhead will manage DS4/Champollion Brian Muirhead, Muirhead named engineer of the year Gary Payton, deputy associate contact Kay Ferrari at ext. 4-9312. project man­ administrator for NASA's Office of ager for For his leadership of the high-risk, other winners of the magazine's Aeronautics and Space Transporta­ A mountain lion was recently seen JPL's Mars low-budget Mars Pathfinder mission, Special Achievement and Quality tion Technology, will be the keynote on Lab. These animals and other Pathfinder Brian Muirhead has been named awards. Both grants have been ear­ speaker for the ninth annual wildlife live in the hills and brush sur­ mission that 1998 Engineer of the Year by the marked for economically disadvan­ Advanced Propulsion Research rounding JPL and are not normally a delivered a readership of Design News, which taged engineering students attend­ Workshop and Conference being held threat to people. However, JPL's lander and represents a national audience of ing Caltech, where Muirhead March 11-13 m von Karman Emergency Preparedness Office rover to the engineers and aeronautics specialists. earned his master's degree in aero­ Auditorium. offers a few simple rules to maintain surface of Muirhead will receive a nautical engineering in 1982. He Experts from around the world a peaceful coexistence. Mars, has $25,000 educational grant, to be also holds a bachelor's degree in will meet at the conference to discuss • Do not leave food outside. The been named designated to his alma mater, mechanical engineering from the leading technologies related to space animals will depend on it. project man­ Caltech, from the magazine's University of New Mexico. flight propulsion systems of the next • Do not attempt to approach ager for the Brian Muirhead Engineering Education Founda­ Muirhead will be honored at an century. The event is organized by them. Enjoy them at a distance. Deep Space tion. He will also share an addition­ awards ceremony to be held March JPL's Advanced Propulsion • Do not move dead or wounded 4/Champollion mission to a comet. al $10,000 educational grant with 17 in Chicago. Q Technology Group for NASA's animals. Call ext. 3-3333. Planned for launch in 2003, the Marshall Space Flight Center, • If animals enter buildings, do not Deep Space 4/Champollion space­ Huntsville, Ala. attempt to remove them. Call ext. 3- craft will rendezvous with Comet Payton, a former astronaut who 3333 and keep other people from serve on Tempel 1 in 2005 and spend several Manning named the JPL flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery entering the area. Trapped animals months orbiting the comet nucleus, in 1985, heads up NASA's advanced can be dangerous. engineer­ making high-resolution maps of its Mars Program ing coun­ propulsion concepts and reusable If you encounter a mountain lion: surface. The spacecraft will deploy a launch vehicle program. JPL Director • Do not approach the animal. cil, lead lander with a 1-meter-long (3.3- chief engineer s t u d y Dr. Edward Stone will open the con­ •Don't run or make sudden moves. foot) drill to collect samples that ference. • Do not crouch down. teams, sit will be analyzed on-site; an attempt Rob Manning, chief engineer of Session topics to be discussed • Stand tall; make yourself look as on review will be made to return a sample to include new studies analyzing the big as possible. JPL's Mars Pathfinder mission, has boards and Earth in 2010. feasibility of a precursor to an inter­ • Pick up children so you appear to been named chief engineer of JPL's solve engi­ The project is part of the Deep stellar mission, which JPL began con­ be one large person. long-term program of robotic explo­ neering Space mission series under the New ducting this summer on behalf of • Face the animal. ration of Mars. problems Millennium Program, designed to NASA. Other subjects are propulsion For more information, call the Manning's newly created posi­ that cut perform flight demonstrations of for the human exploration and devel­ Emergency Preparedness Office at tion involves coordinating the engi­ across all new spacecraft technologies for opment of space, advanced micro­ ext. 4-1091or4-5535. a neering efforts of all robotic space­ Mars pro- solar system and Earth-orbiting mis­ jects. Rob Manning propulsion, advanced chemical and craft and instruments currently in sions. fusion/fission propulsion systems, Rick Shope of Section 311, development or planned for future "We are delighted to have some­ solar sails, tethers, and advanced who leads groups of educators and See Muirhea~, page 4 missions to Mars. Manning will See Manning, page 4 materials for propulsion. schoolchildren using mime and The registration fee for the confer­ improvisational theatre techniques ence is $80 for the general public, $50 to teach about space exploration, is for JPL employees and contractors. currently working to develop 1997-98 United Way campaign summary by directorate For further information, e-mail kinesthetic curriculum activities Patricia Hayes-Rowe or call her at for the Galileo Europa Mission, JPL personnel contributed more than $446,000 to. the 1997-98 United Way campaign. Per capita contributions ext. 4-3637. a Deep Space 1 and the Outer were $89.89, up $3.50 from 1996-97. Following are contributions by directorate. Planets/Solar Probe Project (previ­ Directorate Em12loyees Contributors · % Partici12ation $Amount Per Ca12ita JPL's Public Services Office is ously known as the Ice and Fire hosting the Eliot Middle School Preprojects). 176 129 73% $24,359.60 $138.41 Science Fair March 24--26 in von Shope is looking to form a group 2 279 167 60% $13,188.00 $47.27 Karman Auditorium. of JPL volunteers who are interested At least 50 JPL employees are in learning how to lead such-educa­ 3 3,359 - 1,682 50% $298,839.60 $88.97 sought to serve in the judging tional outreach activities in order to 4 36 25 69% $6,192.00 $172.00 process for the competition, which have a troupe to take part in"upcom­ 5 _ 200 149 74% $21,273.52. $106.37 will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ing events such as the JPL open March 24 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. house in May. He will host a perfor­ 6 570 368 65% $31,769.80 $55.74 March 26. mance workshop and audition March 7 157 98 62% $17,875.00 $113.85 An awards program and project 19 at 3:30 p.m. in Karman 8 77 57 74% $11,728.00 $152.31 viewing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Auditorium. March 26 in von Karman For further information, please 9 113 92 81% $21,248.68 $188.04 Auditorium. call Shope at ext. 4-3812 or e-mail to Total 4,967 2,767 56% $446,474.20 $89.89 If interested in serving as a judge, [email protected] . a

The Glass Menagerie-Tennessee Williams' tion of the new president of Caltech will be cele­ mandolinist David Grisman will team up for an Ongoing semiautobiographical play will be presented by brated at 3 p.m. in the mall. Refreshments will be 8 p.m. concert in Caltech's Beckman Glendale's repertory theater, A Noise Within, at 8 served. If planning to attend, contact the Public Auditorium. Tickets are $32, $29 and $26. For Alcoholics Anonymous--Meeting at 11:30 a.m. p.m. in Beckman Auditorium. Tickets are $26, $23 Services Office at [email protected] or ext. 4-0112. information, call (626) 395-4652. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs-days (women only) and and $20. For information, call (626) 395-4652. Fridays. For more information, call Occupational Dr. Stephen Hawking Lecture-The renowned Health Services at ext. 4-33 19. physicist will present a public lecture titled Sunday, March 15 Saturday, March 7 "Predicting the Future: From Astrology to Black Codependents Anonymous--Meeting at noon Holes" at 8 p.m. in Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Chamber Music-The quintet Calico Winds every Wednesday. For more information, call Caltech-Occidental Symphony Orchestra­ It will be simulcast to von Karman Auditorium. will perform a program of classical works at 3:30 Occupational Health Services at ext. 4-3319. Admission is free for this 8 p.m. presentation at JPL Drama Club-Meeting at noon in p.m. in Caltech's Dabney Lounge. Admission is Caltech's Ramo Auditorium. The program is to be Building 301-127. free. For information, call (626) 395-4652. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Support Group­ announced. For information, call (626) 395-4652. Meets the first and third Fridays of the month at noon in Building 111-117. For more informa­ JPL Amateur Radio Club-Meeting at noon Wednesday, March 18 tion, call employee assistance counselor Cynthia Sunday, March 8 in Building 238-543. Cooper at ext. 4-3680 or Randy Herrera at ext. JPL Toastmasters Club-Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Associated Retirees of JPUCaltech-Members 3-0664. Chamber Music-The Juilliard String Quartet in the Building 167 conference room. will take an architectural tour of the Caltech will perform at 3:30 p.m. in Caltech's Beckman HIV Support Group-Meets quarterly. Call campus, including lunch at the Athanaeum. employee assistance counselor Cynthia Cooper Auditorium. Tickets are $25, $21, $17 and $13. Cost: $15. For information, call (626) 395-4652. Thursday, March 12 at ext. 4-3680 for more information. JPL Drama Club-Meeting at noon in Overeaters Anonymous-Meets Tuesdays at JPL Dance Club-Clogging class will be held Building 301-127. noon. For more information, call Occupational Monday, March 9 at noon in Building 300-217. JPL Hiking Club-Meeting at noon 111 Health Services at ext. 4-3319. SESPD Lecture Series-Frank Carsey will dis­ Building 303-209. Parent Support Group- Meets the fourth cuss the RADARSAT Antarctic Mapping Friday, March 13 Tuesday of the month at noon. For location, call Project at 11 a.m. in the Building 167 confer­ Thursday, March 19 Jayne Dutra at ext. 4-6400. ence room. ERC Family Festival- Robin Williams' crazy antics highlight Disney's Flubber. At 6 Senior Caregivers Support Group-Meets the p.m. in von Karman Auditorium. Tickets are JPL Dance Club-Clogging class will be held second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at Tuesday, March 10 free and available in the ERC office Monday, at noon in Building 300-217. 6:30 p.m. at the Senior Care Network, 837 S. March 9. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, conference room #1. JPL Astronomy Club- Meeting at noon in JPL Scuba Club-Meeting at noon in Building Building 198-102. For more information, call (626) 397-3110. 168-427. JPL Dance Club-Meeting at noon in Building 300-217. Call Judy Pons at ext. 4-2077 or send an JPL Writers Club-Meeting at noon in JPL Stamp Club-Meeting at noon in e-mail to jpons@jpl. nasa.gov for information on Building 301-127. Friday, March 6 Building 183-328. membership and nominations for club officers. Von Karman Lecture Series-Dr. Anthony JPL Dance Club-Meeting at noon in Building Freeman will discuss "Mapping the Amazon: 300-217. Call Judy Pons at ext. 4-2077 or send an Wednesday, March 11 Saturday, March 14 Science, Supercomputers and Synthetic Aperture e-mail to jpons@jpl. nasa.gov for information on Radar," at 7 p.m. in von Karman Auditorium. Open membership and nominations for club officers. Dr. David Baltimore Reception-The inaugura- Downhome Music-Guitarist Doc Watson and to the public. March 6, 1998 3 Earth-imaging radar to go 3-D Astronaut Donald Thomas visited JPL last month staff who joined Thomas on his visit. to view preparatory operations for the IPL-managed Below, as Thomas (left) and Carrow view SIR­ Shuttle Radar Topography (SRTM) mission. C/X-SAR images of Brazil, they hold a space shuttle During its 11-day mission in 1999, SRTM will model that shows the scale of SRTM's 60-meter-long employ the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band (200 feet) deployable mast, which will be added to the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) hardware SIR-C/X-SAR hardware. When the shuttle reaches that flew twice on Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994. orbit, the mast will deploy, creating a fixed-length In left photo, Curtis Tucker, project element man­ interferometer at both C-band and X-band frequencies. ager for SRTM's structural mechanical subsystem, Analysts will use the SRTM data to generate 3-D points out features of the SIR-C antenna in the topographic maps of 80 percent of the Earth's land sur­ Spacecraft Assembly Facility to Thomas (center of face. Data will also be used to create 3-D pictures to group), JPL radar engineer Ed Carrow (to Thomas' study environmental factors that include flooding, ero­ left) and Johnson Space Center mission operations sion, landslides, earthquakes and climate. D

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Space 2 project onboard the Mars Polar ADEOS satellite last year. Ball's asked them," Stone said, 'What is the "It's not an accident that space sci­ Stone Lander, in which probes will be embed­ experience in small, Earth-orbiting biggest challenge you had in doing ence has grown in the last two years Continued from page 1 ded in Mars' surface to analyze the soil. spacecraft will help JPL to complete this?' The answer was breaking away in the president's budget," he added. In addition, Stone added, such sen­ QuikSCAT in 12 months. from the way it was always done." "This is a result of clear strategic Mission (SIM) and the Next Generation sor innovations are also necessary on a "That's the kind of innovation in The Electronic Parts Acquisition planning and leadership on the part of Space Telescope. much larger scale. "Mass to orbit is external implementation that will be Team improved the procurement of NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and To aid the Laboratory in carrying money. This also has tremendous sig­ critical for us to do all that we' re being space-qualified electronic parts. It clear leadership on the part of Wes out its challenging Mars, Outer Planets nificance for commercial applica­ asked to do within finite dollar and created an online system that includes Huntress. Their leadership has made and Origins programs now and in the tions- if you spend $1 billion to pµt a .work force resources," Stone said. 200,000 parts that can be ordered and it possible for the administration to future, the director pointed out that the system in Earth orbit, such as a radar, He also noted that three of eight received in two days. It's estimated send to Congress last year the first New Millennium Program is a key ele­ you have to sell an awful lot of prod­ finalists for NASA's Low Award that tl;itt .. new system will save JPL increase in the science budget in ment "to help us invest in, develop and uct commercially to ever get your (equivalent to the Baldridge Award for $800,000 a year. years, and this year to .send back a demonstrate the flight technology we money back. On the other hand, if you corporate business) are companies that "Ed Svendsen, the team leader, budget with a still larger increase in need to do these missions." can put a system up for $100 million, worked with JPL on Mars Pathfinder. had a wonderful way of describing the out years for space science." "Technical innovations have been it's one-tenth the amount of product In particular, he cited ILC Dover, the challenge," Stone said. "He called In answer to an audience question, our forte for the last four decades; that's you have to sell, and suddenly the which developed Pathfinder's airbags. ii 'Shrugging off the dead hand of tra­ Stone said JPL is still on target for a not new," Stone said. "What's new is commercial possibilities become real. "The problem was, we didn't dition."' work force in 2000 of around 5,000 that we have to be innovative in an era "So these innovations not only know enough about airbags to write "Tradition is important where it is people. "It's been a very painful five of faster development and lower cost." enable the kind of science we need to such specifications; the people who a key to your success," Stone offered. years in terms of the downsizing Stone said he was encouraged by have in order to improve the quality of build airbags didn't know enough "But it can be an inhibitor when it's we've gone through, but fortunately four aspects of technical innovations life here on Earth, it's also enabling us about space to be able to respond to getting in the way of changes you the end is in sight. We should concen­ recently implemented on Lab: to become a more spacefaring nation." any such specifications had we writ­ need to make. trate our work force on doing the real­ • Innovative spacecraft tech­ • Innovative approaches. "SIRTF ten them. We formed a working team "I often get asked 'Why can't we ly critical, innovative things- and nologies, such as X2000, which has a in 1990 was 5,700 kilograms, a multi­ that combined our expertise in space slow down the pace of change, put it finding our partners in universities, goal of drastically reducing the size, bil!ion dollar program. Now it's been with their expertise in materials and on hold for awhile?' We've been at industry and other federal labs- to mass and power requirements of reduced to 900 kilograms, due to the airbag systems to create collabora­ this internal change process for five help us do the rest of the program. spacecraft avionics. "Cassini's dry innovative approach of putting it in tively the system that got Pathfinder years, but we're still not where we "We still have some downsizing mass was about 2,000 kilograms; orbit around the sun rather than on the surface of Mars last July 4. need to be to cope with faster, better, left to go, but once we get there the Mars Pathfinder nearly 1,000 kilo­ around Earth, carrying enough liquid "That was a true partnership, and cheaper without burning out everyone Lab will be in very good shape. I think grams; the new outer planet space­ helium so the mission can last five was not the classic way of dealing in the process," he added. NASA understands that where we're craft will be 150 kilograms- that's years rather than three. That is the with a contractor. It's that kind of That's an indication, Stone told the going to end up in a couple of years is the challenge. And 10 years from reason SIRTF is in the budget and mode, of working with external audience, of how difficult innovations in where we we're going to stay. That's now, we want it to be 25 kilograms, will be launched in 2001-because of expertise, that's going to allow us to implementation are. In the next six the end of it; we've done our job." down another factor of six." an innovative approach of going into tap into the entire capability of this months, the Develop New Products Stone recalled the recent 40th • Innovative spacecraft opera­ orbit around the sun and changing the nation to create this program." process and New Business Solutions anniversary of Explorer 1- the JPL tions, such as for Deep Space 1. "Not entire thermal environment in w~lich • Innovations in internal imple­ Project will roll out a new set of systems mission that launched the United only does it have solar electric ion this telescope will operate, which is at mentation. As evidence of successful on Lab. 'We all have to resist the dead States into the Space Age- and drive, which is an important step in liquid helium temperatures." innovations inside of JPL, Stone hand of tradition so that we can remain stressed that all space missions since interplanetary navigation, it will also Stone also said that both external praised the efforts of the seven teams the best in the world at what we do." then "have been fueled by innova­ have autonomous, or on-board navi­ and internal innovations in implementa­ that won Process Improvement Awards Stone also said JPL has played a tions here at the Lab." gation-clearly the next step in being tion also play key roles in JPL's success. last year, citing two as examples. very impo1tant role in "setting up the "The first 40 years were extreme- able to fly a large number of missions • Innovative external implemen­ The Procurement Requisition Direct circumstances" that have led to the 1y exciting for JPL; the next 40 can be is to have the missions be able to fly tation is typified by JPL's partnership Entry Team, comprised of Francine nation's reinvestment in NASA's pro­ even more so. It will be hard, will themselves. That clearly requires with Ball Aerospace in developing Fisher and Vrrginia Kemp of Section gram. "We have made deals and have require innovation and will be unpre­ technical innovation." the QuikSCAT mission, which will 623, created a streamlined, online pro­ stuck to them," he said. "We do what dictable, but if anyone can do it, we • Innovative sensor systems, replace the NASA Scatterometer curement system that saves time and we say we're going to do; we don't go can, and that's the reason we've been including New Millennium's Deep (NSCAT), lost onboard Japan's about $170,000 a year for the Lab. "I back and ask for more. asked to do it." D

we're not sure how to distinguish life existed or could exist there. Planets/life from non-life. Our goal is to develop Nealson said astrobiology will be Computer security heightened tools to make that distinction clearly." useful for numerous space missions, JPL, along with all other NASA cen­ terns were rebooted, but no data is Continued from page 1 In recent years, microbiologists including the Mars sample return mis­ ters and some other federal government known to have been lost, he added. associate in Caltech's Geology and have made startling discoveries about sion, scheduled to bring back Maitian installations, experienced a computer The incidents ai·e under investiga­ Planetary Sciences division. At JPL, the hardiness of life on Earth, study­ rocks in the middle of the next decade. security breach earlier this week, anoth­ tion by JPL computer security offi­ Nealson has been appointed to head a ing living organisms in thermal vents, Astrobiology will also benefit the er in a series of recent break-in attempts. cials and NASA's Office of the new astrobiology unit. Nealson said acid lakes and other unlikely environ­ Origins Program's Terrestrial Planet Dr. Richard Green, deputy manag­ Inspector General. that over the next few years his astro­ ments. Nealson pointed out, "This has Finder, which will look for Earth-like er of the Institutional Computing and JPL Deputy Director Larry Dumas biology group will develop an under­ opened the eyes of scientists to the planets around other stars and hunt for Information Services (ICIS) Office, earlier this week issued a memo to all standing of the way life and planets notion that life could exist under signs of life-sustaining chemicals. said the most recent incidents occurred personnel outlining new computer have evolved, and will define the sig­ seemingly inhospitable conditions on Nealson said astrobiological studies in the evening hours of March 2 system security measures to deal with natures of life. other planets." may prove valuable in the study of through midday March 3. He termed the recent attempts at unauthorized "Not many foolhardy souls have Astrobiologists will also study Jupiter's moon Europa, which may the break-in as a "denial of service" use of JPL systems and data. Plans ventured into this area," Nealson changes in Earth's chemical composi­ have liquid oceans under its frozen attack, which primarily affected users include the installation of banners to said. "How can you find life if you tion over billions of years. They will surface. This icy moon is currently of the Windows NT operating system. be installed on computers to warn don't know what you're looking for? then apply this knowledge to other being studied by JPL's Galileo Europa About 95 percent of such users were unauthorized users. This is a very, very important prob­ planets to look for "chemical signa­ Mission, and a new Europa Orbiter affected, he said. The attack denied ser­ For online information, see http:// lem to be solved because right now tures" that might indicate that life has bas a planned launch in 2003. D vice to authorized users until their sys- security.jpl.nasa.gov/banner.html . D March 6, 1998 -,

4 NBS to deliver online timekeeping system By TIM SCHECK accessible from any JPL computer system will be quite simple to use; NBS communication manager with a web browser, including those however, on-screen messages, local with remote access to the timekeeping subject matter experts The first module of the Lab's New "jpl.nasa.gov" domain. Employees and a customer support service will Business Solutions (NBS) Project to be who do not have computers will be available to.ease users through the delivered this year that will affect all record their time at conveniently transition to the new system. A train­ JPL employees will be the new time­ located kiosk computers. (The new ing liaison person in each major orga­ keeping system. Employees will enter timekeeping system will not be used nization has been identified to work their time on a personal online time by contractors.) with NBS to ensure the needed train­ record, which will greatly simplify the Employees will be brought up on ing is available. current tedious, paper-based process. the new system at the rate of 1,000 Kathy Harris, who heads NBS train­ Supervisors will review time records per week, starting in late spring. The ing, will describe how Laboratory users online on an audit basis. Happily, the NBS training teain has developed a will be trained to use the new familiar but antiquated paper time cards schedule to train users during the NBS/Oracle business applications dur­ will soon become history. same week that they begin using the ing a noon presentation Thursday, The system will be web-based and system. It is envisioned that this new March 19 in Building 180-101. 0

With an expertise in spacecraft Muirhead Manning computing and fault-tolerant comput­ Continued from page 2 Continued from page 2 er systems, Manning has held key positions in the development of a A native of Chicago, Muirhead one of Rob's caliber in this position," variety of interplanetary spacecraft, joined JPL in 1978 and has worked on said Donna Shirley, manager of the including Galileo and Magellan. missions including Galileo to Jupiter Mars Exploration Program Office. More recently, he served as the cog­ and the Earth-orbiting Spaceborne "Establishing a chief engineer at the nizant engineer for all onboard com­ Imaging Radar (SIR-C). Muirhead program level will allow us to save puters on the Saturn-bound Cassini also managed JPL's Advanced money and avoid duplication of Spacecraft Development Group and spacecraft. effort." Mechanical Systems Integration Manning earned a combined Manning oversaw all technical Section. He joined the Pathfinder mis­ bachelor of science degree in sion as flight system manager and was aspects of the Pathfinder spacecraft. mathematics and physics in 1980 responsible for the design, develop­ He managed the technical aspects of from Whitman College, Walla ment, test and launch of the spacecraft. the novel entry and landing approach Walla, Wash. He joined JPL in After launch, he served as deputy pro­ and led the team that designed, 1981 and a year later completed a ject manager before being named pro­ developed, tested and operated the second bachel2l"s degree in engi­ ject manager upon Pathfinder's suc­ spacecraft's entry, descent and land­ neering and applied science at cessful landing last July. D ing system. Caltech. D

Beckett value, sell $40. 626/914-6083. March 5 vs. Carolina and Thurs. , April 9 vs. who wants to go to Orlando, FL through Dalmatian kitchen, lndry. rm.; rent/lease, $1,350. BOS/296- LETTERS BICYCLES, his and hers Huffy 12 spd. street bikes, Edmonton; $45 each game. 626/331-9998. Friends (adult version of Make-a-Wish for kids); 6934, Rose. 27" and 26", $BO/obo for both. 909/393-95B6. WASHING MACHINE (Maytag) and DRYER (elec­ please call for further info. 909/596-4390. Nancy and I thank our friends, colleagues and the BIKES, men & ladies, $30 & $40; FUTON, frame tric), almost new, $300 for pair/obo. 248-1790. BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA: patches, uniforms, ERG for their kind expressions of sympathy upon only, new cond., $20. 2B9-2688. WEDDING KIMONO, heavily embroidered red and etc., for collection. 909/946-0920. REAL ESTATE the recent death of my mother. CABOVER CAMPER, self-contained, sips. 6, fits gold brocade, 100% silk, perfect cond., $500. CHEST, cedar or hope, 4B-54" wide preferred. BIG BEAR, new cabin 2 blks . from lake, 2 bd., 2 Dick Spehalski light truck; incl. qn. size bed, stove, fridge and more; 626/577-2217. 626/794-210B. ba., mudflaundry rm., $129,000. 909/SBS-9026. DOD $600/obo. 626/357-6851. WEIGHT BENCH, $30. 310/61B-8977. SPACE INFORMATION & memorabilia from U.S. & HIGH DESERT, 7Y2 acres, custom home, all Thank you so much to my JPL and OAO friends CARPET, wool, slate blue, exc. cond., 12' x 13', pd. other countries from past & present. 790-B523, fenced, 2 wells, 7 lakes w/fish, 2 mobile sites and co-workers for the many prayers made on my $750, sell $200. 626/357-B210. Marc. (income), hundreds fruit & shade trees; photos sister1s behalf during her years of surgeries and CELLULAR PHONE, Motorola Tac Lite XL, recharg­ AUTOS/RVs TREADMILL, Landice B700 series or equivalent. avail., much more; $189,750. 626/797-B776. treatments. She is now at peace and your expres­ er, & car adapter, $130. 626/795-653B. 'B9 CADILLAC Allante, pearl white, 120K mi., 249-702B, eves., John. NEWBERRY SPRINGS, 5 acres, horse property, sions of love and sympathy will comfort me in the COFFEE TABLE, oval glass top, 30" x 60", with $15,000. 626/795-653B. VANPOOL RIDERS, full and part-time for van #20, 1,600 sq. ft. custom home; fenced, 2 wells, 3 lakes, days ahead. gold-painted iron base in scroll patte_rn; exc ..; 'B9 CADILLAC DeVille Sedan, dark blue in/out, w/stops in Northridge and Granada Hills. Ext. 4- 75/80 fruit & almond trees, storage bldgs., mobile Sandra (Saunie) Edwards $150/obo. 249-80BB. loaded, digital dash, leather, 66K mi., $8,500, orig. 291 B, Michele. home site, etc.; photos avail. ; $169,750. 626/797- DOD COMIC BOOKS, various titles, exc. cond.; call for owner. 790-402B. B776. I want to thank all who were at my retirement lun­ specifics. 626/335-5249. '96 CHEVROLET Tahoe, emerald green, VB, 4 dr., SIERRA MADRE CANYON cottage, quiet, charm­ cheon on Feb. 20 for the wonderful time and for the COMPUTER CD software for Macintosh, call for fully loaded., 25,300 mi., pwr. w/everything, LoJack FREE ing, secluded, 2 bd., 1 ba., recently remodeled great gifts. I also want to give special thanks to list, all $25 and under. 790-3899. alarm sys., cass./CD player w/B speakers, roof CAT, black & white, long hair, very friendly. 626/796- kitch. & bath; covered laundry area has washer Annie Aroyan, Minnie Perry and Mark Underwood COMPUTER GAME, Blade Runner, 4 CD-ROM rack, mirror w/compass, exc. cond. , must sell. 3466. and dryer; incl. parking spot; $125,000. 626/564- for arranging it. But my real thanks must go to all of adventure game for PC, all instruc. and pkg., $35. 626/266-1963. CATS, good homes sought for 3 lovable felines; 9607, Diana deNoyelles; e-mail: ddenoyel@ you JPLers, both active and retired, who I have 310/27B-B140. '90 CHEVROLET 1500 X-cab, short bed pickup, female gray tabby, 2 yrs.; female black longhair, 4 co.la.ca.us. worked with these past 41+ years forthe often dif­ COMPUTER, Mac Performa 635 CD, 33 MHz fully loaded Silverado VB, auto. trans., cass. tape, yrs.; male orange tabby, 1 Y, yrs.; al l shots, ficult but always challenging adventure extending 6B040 cpu, 32 MB RAM, 260 Meg HD, 8 bit color 120K mi., $9,000. 626/284-1564. spayed/neutered; good w/children. 952-B465, from the Sergeant missile-which was named for a VACATION RENTALS video, CD-ROM, Ethernet port (10 base T and 10 'B1 CHEVROLET Caprice wagon, recently repaint­ Alex. rank that I never attained wh ile serving in the base 2), mouse, keyboard; 17 in. multisync monitor ed and overhauled; vg cond.; best offer. 626/796- DOG, 4 mo. male pit bull, brown & white. 54B-3442. BIG BEAR cabin, near village, 2 bd., sips. B, compl. Army-to Sojourner Truth, named for a fine lady (Mac and PC compatible); sys. 7.5, easy upgrade to 4677, after 7 p.m. PUPPY rescued, brindle; owners abandoned him furn., f/p, VCR, $75/night. 249-8515. whose faith in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior 7.6 or 8; comes with Claris Works (word processor, 'B9 DODGE Caravan, great family car, auto., turbo, when they moved; 4 mos. old, wonderful disposi­ BIG BEAR LAKE cabin, 1 mile to ski slopes, lake, I share. I know I will see many great reports as JPL spreadsheet, database), American Heritage white /blue, c.c., air, loaded, privacy glass, AM-FM tion, cat friendly. 626/796-3466. shops, vi llage, forest; 2 bd., sips. 6, fully furn., lip, continues this incredible adventure well into the Dictionary, misc. freeware; $600. 562/695-9303, cass., dealer maint., all records; bought new TV, VCR, phone, full kitchen, microwave, BBQ and next millennium. eves. Caravan, must sell, $3,300/obo. 240-2104. more; JPL disc. price from $65/night. 909/599- Ron Banes FOR RENT COUCH, sectional, blue really fine corduroy, double '94 FORD Explorer XLT, with H.D. service and tow 5225. cushion back, can be used in comer or long line; 3 pkg., white w/tan interior, 45K mi., $13,200. ALTADENA guest house, living/dining rm., kitchen, BIG BEAR, 7 mi. from slopes, full kitchen, f/p, 2 bd., FOR SALE sitting cushions on one side, 2 on the other; w/hid­ 626/357-7347. bd., priv. bkyd.; 437 E. Marigold; $575 incl. utils. 1 ba., sips. 6; no smokers, no pets; exc. hiking, bik­ den footrest that comes out; vg cond.; $250. B93- '91 GEO Storm, SOK mi., vg cond ., Alpine CD play­ 626/296-0431. ing, fishing nearby; reasonable rates, 2-night min. AQUARIUMffERRARIUM, 40-gal., no leaks; $25. 31 OB, Carole. er, ale, 5 spd., $4,900/obo. 626/303-3BBO. ALTADENA ranch house, 2 bd., plus den w/fp., 1 909/SBS-9026, Pat & Mary Ann Carroll. 626/797 -3156. '90 GEO Prizm, 4 dr. sedan, pwr. steering & brakes, 1/2 ba., lg. liv. rm., area for washer & dryer, lg. KONA, HAWAII (Big Island) condo, 1 bd., 1 ba., BABY ITEMS: second-hand playpen, carry crib DINING ROOM SET, pecan, 42" x 56" oblong table AM/FM stereo, auto, air, $3, 700/obo. 626/793- kitchen w/dining area, double garage with lg. yd. sips. 4; 50 yds. from ocean; all amen., private and changing table. 626/791-7044, Laurence. w/6 chairs and 24" leaf, $200; CHINA CABINET, 9150. 445-0123 x210, Romie. beach; lots of activities and good restaurants near­ BASEBALL CARDS, '96 Bowman unopened box, matching glass front, $150; $300 for both. 790- 1649. '95 GMC Suburban SLE, dual air, full power, ALTADENA, 1 bd. back house, Florecita area, short by; only avail. July 10-17; $75/nite or $450 full 24 unopened packs, major stars and rookies, $11 5 DRESSER w/mirror, antique oak, exc. cond.; photo LoJack, alarm, 9 passenger, 3rd seat, indigo blue; walk to JPL, pets OK w/dep.; fenced yd., lndry., week. 790-B069, after 5. avail.; $595. 952-B455. orig. owner, only BK mi., no dents/scratches, show­ kitchen, clean & quiet; $425 + part utils. 626/794- MAMMOTH at Snowcreek, 2 bd., 2 ba., loft, sips. DRYER, electric, exc. cond., avail. 3/15, $150. room cond.; $29,500/obo. 360-7B63, eves./wknd. 6076. 6-B; fully equipped kitchen incl. microwave, d/w; 626/304-0565. 'BB LAYTON 5th wheel camper, 2B ft., exc. cond., ALTADENA, 3 bd., 3 ba., plus studio room; on cul­ cable TV, VCR, phone, balcony w/view to mtns.; NOTICE TO ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, oak, L-shaped cabi­ very little use; ale, central heating, full kitchen & de-sac, 437 E. Marigold; $1,100. 626/296-0431 . Jacuzzi, sauna, streams, fishponds, close to net w/beveled glass door; holds TV, VCR and bath, elec. jacks, awning, sips. 6; 'B9 CHEVROLET ARCADIA, furn., cozy room; incl. kitchen privileges, Mammoth Creek; JPL disc. 626/79B-9222 or ADVERTISERS stereo components w/extra storage for CD's, tapes, Silverado pickup truck 1 ton w/454, ext. cab, new laundry, pool, friendly atmosphere; no smoking; 626/794-0455. records; top lifts for turntable access; exc. cond.; body style, 57K orig. mi ., runs great; must sell, will $350. 626/44B-BB09, Shary. MAMMOTH condo in Chamonix at lifts 7, B, 16, 17; All housing and vehicle advertise­ must sell ASAP; $175/obo. 626/791-7645. accept any reasonable offer. 626/79B-6405, Marco. GLENDALE, light & airy, 700 sq. ft., 2 bd., 1 ba., walk to warming hut; 2 bd ., 2 full ba., sips. 6, fully ments require that the qualifying per­ FREEZER, 20 cu. ft., Kenmore upright, manual '95 MAZDA Miata MX-5 convertible, 2-seater, clas­ apt. over garage & studio apt.; stove, refrig., garage equipped elec. kitchen, incl. microwave & extras, f/p defrost, vg cond., $200. 790-1649. sic super red exterior/black interior, 1.BL DOHC 16- prkg. for 1 car; 15-20 min./JPL; $650 incl. gas & & wood, color TV, VCR, FM stereo; old Jacuzzis, son(s) placing the ad be listed as an HOME THEATER EQUIPMENT: Sony STRD-2020 valve inline 4-cyl. engine, auto., ale; pwr.: steering , water. 249-3602. sauna, game, rec. & lndry. rms.; conv. to shops, lifts; owner on the ownership documents. receiver w/Dolby Prologic & DSP, 120W iront, 1SW windows, & mirrors; alloy whee ls w/locks, cruise MONTCLAIR, 3 bd. condo/townhouse, 2-car spec. midweek rates. 249-B524. rear, 2 digital inputs, $275; Yamaha amplified (30W) cont., AM/FM stereo w/anti-theft coding, cass., pre­ attached garage w/lndry. hookups, small yd., com­ MAMMOTH condo, 2 bd. + loft, 3 ba., sips. B, spa, center channel spkrs., $25; pair of RSL 3BOO Studio mium sound w/headrest speakers, leather-wrapped plex incl. pool & Jacuzzi. 909/465-1713. full kitchen, TVNCR; JPL disc. rates; walk to Monitor spkrs., 3-way (12" woofer, 4" midrange, 1" steering wheel, dual air bags, carpeted floor mats, MONTROSE/GLENDALE deluxe 2 bd. condo, 1% Canyon Lodge. 249-80BB. tweeter) w/floor stands, $300. 626/2BB-5B77. exc. cond. w/upgrades, 46K mi., firm $14,995. ba., cent. air, we ll decorated, pool, Jacz., rec. rm. , MAMMOTH condo, sips. 5, shuttle stop nearby; ORGAN, Yamaha 415 electronic console w/13 ped­ 626/939-3B53, David. exercise rms., lndry. facil., sec. bldg., 5 min./JPL, downtown; $50 Sun.-Thurs., $65 Fri. & Sat. 353- Universe als, 3 keyboards, 144 rhythm patterns, pd. $7,500, 'B9 MAZDA MX-6 GT Turbo, ale, moonroof, ABS, near 2 fwy.; $1, 150. 626/447-1953. 7B39. sacrifice for $3,000. 790-3B99. pwr. everything, gray ext., burg. int., trailer hitch, N. ALHAMBRA, lg. 1 bd. duplex in gd. residential MAMMOTH condo, studio + loft, 2 ba., fireplace Editor PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER, Seiko $5,200. 213/259-B604. area; 700 sq. ft., clean, hdwd. floor, 1-car garage; w/wood supplied, Jacuzzi, sauna, game rm. , color "Phone-Pal", $25. 790-3B99. '77 MERCEDES 2BO SE, mint cond. & well-main­ stove, window ale, refrig., washer; avail. 3/15; cbl. TVNCR, full kitchen w/microwave, terrace, Mark Whalen POOL TABLE, 4' x B' oak w/leather pockets; 2 sets tained, runs like new; charcoal gray, 4 dr. w/sunroof; water, trash and gardener provided; $600. 6B3- view, amen. 714/870-1B72. of balls, cues and misc. access.; $700. 249-3628. $4,500/obo. 213/669-5700, Mary. 9935, eves. MAMMOTH ski cabin in Knolls, 4 bd., sips. 1o, f/p, Photos RECLINERS (2), twin, new, burgundy, soft suede, '73 MERCEDES 280 SE, white, 4 dr., classic, VB, PASADENA guest house, 1 bd., refrig., stove, ale; deck. 626/445-7443 or 310/375-B421. long, $500; small recliner, blue, soft fabric, med., auto, blue leather int., spotless, 139K mi., vg cond., Chapman Woods area; utils., $750. 626/793-7937. MAUI condo, on beach w/ocean view, 25 ft. from JPL Photo Lab $75; SOFA BED, 6 1/2', gd. cond., desert colors, $3,500 firm. 626/969-3479, eve. PASADENA, end-unit townhouse, 1 bd., 1 ba., surf, 1 bd. w/loft, compl. furn., incl. phone, color TV, Universe is published every other $125; EXERCISE MACHINE, cross country glider, '93 MERCURY Villager LS minivan, SOK mi., attached private garage, laundry hookups, patio; VCR, microwave, dishwasher, pool & priv. lanai, new, easy to work, $100. 626/441-2097 or 441- loaded, exc. cond., 2-tone white, $12,995. 909/599- corner Magnolia/Alpine, 5min./CIT, 10min./J PL; sips. 4, 4/15-12/14 rate $95/nite/2, 12/15-4/14 rate Friday by the Public Affairs Office 6065, after 6 p.m. M-F or after B a.m. Sat.-Sun. 3230. pool/Jacuzzi/sauna; avail. 3/9B; water incl., $975. $110/nite/2, $10/nite/add'I person, less 10% JPL & of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, RECORDS, lots of 45's and LP's, $.25-.50 ea.; '87 NISSAN Maxima, 1 owner, 93K mi., new tires, 626/56B-B29B, eves. Caltech disc. 714/348-8047. CLOCKS, 2 new old stock Pepsi Cola, $15 ea.; exc. cond., auto., ale, runs great, svc. record, PASADENA, rear 1 bd. cottage, 1 ba.; light, airy, PACIFIC GROVE hse., 3 bd., 2 ba., Ip, cable tv/vcr, California Institute of Technology, BUFFALO SKULL, old, $B5; HORSE HAINES, 2 pr. $3,000. 213/257-7217, eves. quiet lg. bd. and closet carport; stove and refrig. stereo/CD, well-eqpd. kit. w/microwave, beaut. 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, vintage, $10 pr.; TELEPHONE INSULATORS, sev­ '90 SKAMPER camper trailer, model 211C; sips. 5, furn.; water pd., $690 + $400 sec./cleaning dep. furn., close to golf, beaches, 17 Mile Dr., Aquarium, 626/797-4745. CA 91109. eral old green, $1 ea.; RADIO, portable, 1941 black equipped for elec. or propane use, stove, fridge, Cannery Row, JPL discnt. 441-3265. Zenith, clean, but not working, $35. 24B-52B2. sink, elec. hookup for towing, tow ball incl., $2,000. PINE MOUNTAIN, 2 bd., 1 Y2 ba. house; carpool to PALM SPRINGS, 1 bd. condo, completely furn.; JPL avail.; $550. 310/B31-4234, Peter. ROCKER, upholstered, $20; CHAIR, upholstered, 626/358-17B6, Dave. pool, spa, tennis cts.; cable TVNCR; all furn., Ads must be submitted on ad cards, SIERRA MADRE CANYON cottage, quiet, charm­ $20; chair on wheels, leather, upholstered, $20; '95 TOYOTA Previa LE S/C van, immaculate, 39K rugs, paint & cooking utensils new. 626/445- ing, secluded, 2 bd., 1 ba., recently remodeled available at the ERG and the END TABLES (2), $3 each; SOFA BED, $75. mi., four wheel ABS, alarm, ale, cass., tilt wheel, 0BB4. kitch. & bath; covered laundry area has washer and Universe office, Bldg. 186-118, or via 626/441-409B or 441 -2097, after 6 p.m. M-F or after cruise control; pwr. windows, locks & mirrors; bur­ ROSARITO BEACH condo, 20 mi. south of border; dryer; incl. parking spot; option to purchase; $B95. B a.m. Sat.-Sun. gundy w/gray interior, $20,800/obo. 909/9B0-350B. 2 bd., 2 ba., ocean view, short walk to beach, pool, electronic mail to universe@ 626/564-9607, Diana deNoyelles; e-mail: dde­ SHELVING, sturdy metal, 7' tall, 36" x 1B" wide, 7 '93 TOYOTA truck 4X2, red, bed liner, CD player, tennis ct., 18-hole golf course w/in 5 mi., private 130K, exc. cond., blue book $6,300, will sell $5,400. noyel@co. la.ca.us. ,ipl.nasa.gov. E-mail ads are limited shelves; have 7 sets; $30/each. B93-310B, Dean. prkg. 626/794-3906. 244-0751. SOUTH PASADENA townhouse, 3 bd, 2.5 ba., 2- SOFA, B ft., slightly curved, quilted, off-white w/sub­ SAN FRANCISCO, Nob Hill honeymoon suite, to six lines. '91 TOYOTA Tercel DX, white, 4 dr. sedan, ale, auto car att. garage; 1, 125 sq. ft., built 19BB; 1037 tle floral design; vg cond.; $250. 626/797-3156. kitchen, maid, concierge, $105/night. 626/797- trans., pwr. steering, stereo w/cass., 77K mi., exc. Arroyo Verde Rd. #C; $1,100, 1-yr min. lease. 54B- Ads are due at 2 p.m. on the SOFTWARE, Turbotax, '9B Fed final/final CD-ROM 3156. cond., $5,BOO/obo. 626/447-1953. 3671. (std ed.)+ '9B Calif. final, $10 takes both. BOS/297- SOUTH LAKE TAHOE KEYS waterfront home, 4 Morit;lay after publication for the '86 TOYOTA Celica GT, exc. cond., auto, 4 cyl., SOUTH PASADENA, 171B Huntington Dr., good 0219. bd./3 ba., sips. 12+; lip on 2 levels, decks overlook­ SOFTWARE, website authoring "HTML black, 1 owner, cruise, air, old, 47K mi., $4,000/obo. area east of Marengo; fully furn. bungalow studio following issue. ing private dock and ski lifts; gourmet kitch.; bicy­ Construction Kit", new, $10; 805/297-0219. 352-560B. apt., carport, laundry room, ale-heater; non-smoker; cles, 20' sail & paddle boats, 3 color TVs, VCR, For change of address, contact STEREO EQUIPMENT: bookshelf speakers, 1 pair '91 VOLVO 240, exc. cond., electric windows & utils. pd.; avail. immediately & 4/1. 626/792-9053, stereo w/tape & disk; assn. indoor & outdoor pools, Bose 402 Bass Reflex, $130; 1 pair Boston door locks, ale, radio w/cass., 127K mi., serviced Marilyn. your section office or the HRS hot tub & beach; Blighted tennis cts.; 10 min. to ski­ Acoustics, $1BO; portable CD player, Kenwood, regularty, $9,500/obo. 895-2B66. TUJUNGA, duplex, upper; 2 bd., 1 ba., 2 patios, ing, casinos, golf; 1 hr. to Western Sierra wine Help Desk at ext. 4-9559 (on-Lab $75. 957-2B9B, Keith. new crpt., fresh paint, stove, refrig.; no pets country; $995/wk. for high season (June 15-Sept. personnel) or Xerox Business SWEATER, Coogi, from Australia, new, cost $325 because no yd.; splendid view; 20 min./JPL; $560. at Nordstrom, sell $100. 790-3B99. WANTED 352-5608. 15; Nov. 22-Mar. 1 ); $495/wk. low season, + $90 Services at (626) 799-3968 (for TICKETS for Kings hockey, 2 tickets + parking in AIRLINE MILEAGE from United; if willing to donate VALENCIA, 4 bd., 3 ba., 2-story house, fully mar­ cleaning fee; 3-day min. 626/57B-1 503, Jim JPL retirees and others). Forum lot; on blue line, colonnade •. row 11 ; Thurs., United mileage-plus miles for a friend with cancer bled ground floor, living rm., dining rm., family rm., Douglas. March 6, 1998 c Dinosaur o~ II en :::J .9 demise theory a. ctS 0 "'­ "'- 0 strengthened Cl..~ ....J by findings Ci5 Vol. 28, No. 6 March 20, 1998 J Pasadena, California New Central America crater sites show impact MGS views Martian dust storm by asteroid or comet

New data also reveal deeply By DIANE AINSWORTH Two new impact crater sites in Belize and layered terrain, magnetic features Mexico add further evidence to the hypothesis that an asteroid or comet collided with Earth about 65 By DIANE AINSWORTH million years ago, subsequently killing off the dinosaurs and many other species on the planet. For the first time in Mars exploration, a spacecraft has captured the Researchers Adriana Ocampo of IPL and development of a Martian dust storm from start to finish. JPL's Mars Global Kevin Pope of Geo Eco Arc Research, La Surveyor mission also has brought new focus to the deeply layered terrain Canada-Flintridge, led an international team that and mineral composition of the Martian surface, and to highly magnetized discovered the two new sites during a recent crustal features that provide new insights into the planet's interior. expedition sponsored by NASA's Exobiology These findings are among the early results from the Mars-orbiting mis­ Program and the Planetary Society. sion being reported in the March 13 issue of Science magazine. "We discovered an important new site in This first set of formal results comes from data obtained in October and Alvaro Obregon, Mexico, about 230 kilometers November 1997, while the spacecraft was just beginning to use the drag of (140 miles) from the rim of the Chicxulub Mars' upper atmosphere to lower and circularize its orbit via aerobraking. At crater," Ocampo said. 'This crater was formed the time, a dust storm was brewing when a 10-to-14-kilometer diameter (6-to-8- on Mars and had grown to about the mile) asteroid or comet collided with Earth." size of the South Atlantic Ocean. 'The site contains two layers of material, or The Global Surveyor data sug­ ejecta, thrown out by the impact that flowed across gest that it began as a set of small dust storms along the edge of the plan­ the surface like a thick fluid, known as fluidized et's southern polar cap, according to Dr. Arden Albee of Caltech, the Mars ejecta lobes," added Pope. 'This is the closest sur­ Global Surveyor mission scientist. By Thanksgiving, it had expanded into face exposure of ejecta to the Chicxulub crater that a large regional dust storm in Noachis Tern that covered almost 180 has yet been found and the best example known degrees longitude, while spanning 20 degrees south latitude to nearly the tip on Earth from a really big impact crater." of the Martian equator. Centered on the coast of Yucatan, Mexico, "As this storm obscured the Martian landscape, we followed it in detail the Chicxulub crater is estimated to be about 200 using several instruments onboard Mars Global Surveyor," Albee said. kilometers (120 miles) in diameter. The impact "The thermal emission spectrometer mapped the temperature and opacity of PIA00805 65 million years ago kicked up a global cloud of the atmosphere while the camera followed the visual effects. The effects of Rare tear-shaped dark dunes are revealed in this 6.4- by 7-kilometer dust and sulfur gases that blocked sunlight from the storm extended to great heights of about 80 miles and resulted in great (4- by 4-1/3-mile) image of Crommelin Crater, centered near 47 penetrating through the atmosphere and sent See Mars, page 3 degrees south, 341 degrees west. Earth into a decade of near-freezing tempera­ tures. The drop in temperature and related envi­ ronmental effects are thought to have brought about the demise of the dinosaurs and about 75 Asteroids found in Hubble archive percent of the other species on Earth. The Earth orbits the sun in a swarm of so­ "The archive images are distributed fairly called near-Earth objects, whether they are By DIANE AINSWORTH The asteroid hunters also were intrigued that they didn't find evidence of small comets pass­ evenly across the sky, so we find asteroids comets or asteroids, yet the science of detecting Astronomers have stumbled on an unusual ing near Earth, a finding announced last year. according to both their position in the sky and and tracking them is still relatively young. asteroid hunting ground: the thousands of Hubble Most astronomers stalk the Hubble archive their number," Evans said. "As expected, we Only a handful of astronomers around the world Space Telescope images stored in its archive. for bigger game, such as quasars, distant galax­ see the asteroids concentrated towards the eclip­ search for these objects, and they estimate that The hunt, by Robin Evans and Karl ies, and supernovae, but Evans and Stapelfeldt tic plane and we see small asteroids because currently only about one-tenth of the population Stapelfeldt of JPL, has yielded a sizable catch of have discovered that the pursuit of smaller prey they are the most numerous. Small main-belt of near-Earth objects has been detected. small asteroids- about 100. Their preliminary such as asteroids can be equally successful. asteroids such as these are the ones most likely Chicxulub is the only impact event that has analysis suggests that a total population of Over a three-year period, the two to evolve into Earth-crossing asteroids due to been correlated with mass extinctions to date. 300,000 small asteroid-essentially rocks just astronomers and their collaborators have encounters with their larger neighbors. Some of The site has been dated geologically to the over 1 kilometer to 3 kilometers wide (half a searched through more.than 28,000 Wide Field the asteroids in our survey could eventually boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary mile to about 1 112 miles)-are orbiting and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) images, migrate toward Earth." periods, also known as the KIT boundary. between Mars and Jupiter in a band of space looking for wide, looping streaks of light, the An accurate asteroid census is an important part Local geologist Brian Holland of Punta debris known as the main belt. Currently, there telescope's tell-tale signatures of asteroids. of assessing how many of these small bodies there Gorda, Belize, guided the expedition to another are 8,319 confirmed main belt asteroids whose Most of the ones they found are too faint to be are that could potentially pose a hazard to Earth. new ejecta site about 480 kilometers (290 miles) orbits have been measured, and about the same observed by current ground-based search pro­ The Hubble archives represent a newly-tapped from the crater rim. This Belize site contains number have been sighted but not confirmed. grams. Hubble captures their images purely by information resource that could help scientists more tiny spheres of altered green glass, called tek­ accident: nearby asteroids inevitably wander precisely estimate the risks they pose to Earth. tites. Tektites are rocks that have been melted to across the telescope's field of view while other, The Hubble archival data also strongly sug­ glass by the severe heat of an impact. Expedition higher priority targets are being observed. gest a limit in the number of small comets that See Crater, page 3 Asteroid won't hit could be passing very near Earth, according to Earth in 2028, JPL Evans and Stapelfeldt. Last year, Dr. Louis Lab welcomes astronomers say Frank of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, using Asteroid 1997 XFll will pass well beyond data from NASA's Polar new Caltech the moon's distance from Earth in October spacecraft, reported he 2028 with a zero probability of impacting the found evidence that about planet, according to IPL astronomers. a dozen small comets president Last week the International Astronomical strike Earth's upper Union's Central Bureau for Astronomical atmosphere each minute. By MARK WHALEN Telegrams issued a news release stating that Evans and Stapelfeldt while the chances of asteroid 1997 XFll col­ estimate the such small Laboratory personnel welcomed new liding with Earth in 2028 were small, a colli­ comets should be bright Caltech president Dr. David Baltimore to JPL sion "is not entirely out of the question." enough to produce thou­ during an informal reception on the mall March The asteroid "is predicted to pass at a rather sands of detectable trails 11 , two days after his inauguration on campus comfortable distance of about 600,000 miles in the Hubble archival as the institute's sixth president. (about 960,000 kilometers) in 2028," reported images, but these were Hundreds of employees and contractors Drs. Donald Yeomans and Paul Chodas, IPL not seen. came to hear Baltimore speak about his new scientists who specialize in computing the pre­ The Hubble images position as well as his impressions of the dicted orbits of comets, asteroids, planets and capture an asteroid as a Laboratory, and many queued up to meet the other bodies in the solar system. long trail produced by its Nobel Prize- winning biologist and his wife, Data on the asteroid from March 1990 motion across the cam­ Dr. Alice Huang. (well before its discovery in December 1997) era's field of view. The In a brief address, Baltimore told the audi­ was integrated into the orbit calculations by trails appear like the ence that he considers IPL activities "as impor­ Yeomans and Chodas to arrive at the distance streaks of light found on tant as anything done at Caltech. In fact, the the asteroid will pass Earth. The 1990 obser­ truth is you are more visible that most of SPACE TELESCOPE SC IENCE INSTITUTE photos taken at night of vations of the object were found March 12 in Caltech is. The newspaper would rather cover A bright asteroid roaming in the constellation Centaurus is captured speeding cars with their what happens on Mars than what happens in a the Palomar Planet Crossing Asteroid Survey in the Hubble Space Telescope image above. The asteroid's trail headlights on. In Hubble's conducted at Caltech's Palomar Observatory, above the center of the image is shown against background stars. case, asteroid trails show petri dish. You are the ambassadors for the rest by JPL's Eleanor Helin and Ken Lawrence This asteroid has a diameter of 2 kilometers (1 1/4 miles), and was a unique curvature due to of Caltech- what people know about Caltech and by Brian Roman, formerly of JPL. D located 140 million kilometers (87 million miles) from Earth and 251 the continuously shifting often is JPL." million kilometers (156 million miles) from the sun. See Asteroids, page 3 See Baltimore, page 3 .,

2 Going out on a high note

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discussions I've had with colleagues Baltimore around the world, it seems to me that Continued from page 1 the finest space science in the world is done here at JPL. You've given me Baltimore also called for more moments of great pride, you've given collaborative science activities America moments of great pride, and between the campus and JPL, in addi­ I look forward to many more of tion to a strengthening of technology them." 0 transfer activities from both organi­ zations in order to benefit local industry and the economy. "The challenge I see is to contin­ Crater ue to bring together the efforts of. the Continued from page 1 JPL community and campus com­ munity so that we can jointly pursue member Jan Smit of Free University, our common set of goals," Amsterdam, noted that the Belize tek­ Dr. David Baltimore's wife, Dr. Alice Huang, Baltimore said. Noting that JPL and tites were similar to those found in and JPL Deputy Director Larry Dumas look on Caltech share many interests, he said Haiti and northern Mexico. This find­ as Caltech's new president speaks to Lab per­ ing links the stratigraphy of the Belize "one that illustrates very well what sonnel March 11. PHOTOS BY DUTCH SLAGER I JPL PHOTO LAB we can do together is the under­ sites to the more distant Caribbean standing of the environment on Congress and th~ industrial world to moments have come from discussions and on campus who have posed the and Mexican ejecta sites. Earth, which is so well surveyed by see if we can't bring our activities to with people at JPL." Of particular question: can there be life that is not Alfred Fischer of USC, Michael the activities here and studied at the local community. interest, he said, is the exploration of based on DNA? Gibson of the University of other levels on campus. "We have the opportunity, in this the possibility of life elsewhere in the "So if you all can find for us any Tennessee at Martin, and Jaime "(JPL Director Dr.) Ed Stone, particular case, to stimulate the solar· system or the universe in its evidence of life elsewhere, if we can U1rutia and Francisco Vega of the (Deputy Director) Larry Dumas and growth of industry in the local area to entirety. "That's the kind of question understand what its genetic program is National Autonomous University of I, and others, are working together to the benefit of the environment we live that's behind so much of the work or how in fact it programs itself to func­ Mexico helped the team collect 400 find mechanisms by which there can in, to the benefit of the people who here at JPL and generally at NASA, tion, I think we' II get some very deep kilograms (900 pounds) of samples, be more joint activities and more live around us, and to the benefit of but also, nothing could be more fasci­ insights into how impo1tant the particu­ including drill cores, for paleomag­ strength corning out of the joint types the general economy of Southern nating to a biological scientist than to lar structure of DNA is, or whether in netic studies. They also collected fos ­ of science we can do." California." think about the issue of whether there fact it is just one solution to a problem sils from the site to help date the In terms of technology transfer, Baltimore acknowledged that in are other ways of organizing living that has many potential solutions. deposits and add new pieces to the Baltimore said he is "quite convinced the five months he has been in his new systems, whether there are other kinds "From everything I've learned," puzzle of what happened at that we have a mandate from NASA, position, "some of my most rewarding oflife. I've talked to some people here Baltimore concluded, "from all the Chicxulub 65 million years ago. Impact ejecta is very rare on Earth, but covers much of the surface of Mars dust storm, measurements from the which measure on the order of 50 kilo­ than was expected. The steep walls of because Mars' surface has remained Mars spacecraft's magnetometer and elec­ meters (30 miles), are found within the canyons, valleys and craters show the stable and unchanged for billions of Continued from page 1 tron reflectometer have yielded new ancient cratered terrain rather than Martian crust to be stratified at scales years, thus preserving debris from findings about Mars' strong, local­ within the younger volcanic terrain," of a few tens of yards, which is an these rare impact events. Also, such increases in both atmospheric density ized magnetic fields. These patches of Acuna said. "By correlating crustal exciting discovery, Albee noted. "At fluidized ejecta lobes have never been and variability from orbit to orbit. the crust, which register high levels of age with magnetization, we have a this point we simply do not know observed directly on Earth before and These atmospheric measurements magnetism, · are beginning to unlock perfect window on Mars' past, which whether these layers represent piles can serve as an excellent laborato1y for have great significance to future some of the mysteries surrounding will help us to determine when Mars' of volcanic flows or sedimentary studying the ejecta lobes surrounding Mars missions that will be using aer­ Mars' internal dynamo and when it internal dynamo ceased operating." rocks that might have formed in a many Martian craters. obraking techniques too." died, said Dr. Mario Acuna of High-resolution images of dunes, standing body of water," he said. "The discovery of these new ejec­ Before the storm, atmospheric NASA's Goddard Space Flight sandsheets and drifts also are helping The thermal emission spectrome­ ta sites is very exciting," said team dust was generally distributed very Center, Greenbelt, Md. reveal earlier chapters of Martian his­ ter, led by principal investigator Dr. co-leader Ocampo. "It is like seeing a uniformly, Albee said. Observations "These locally magnetized areas tory. Landforms shaped by erosion Philip Christensen of Arizona State bit of Mars on Earth." of the limb of the planet in the north­ on Mars could not form without the are almost everywhere, according to University, is beginning to obtain a The exact nature of these ejecta ern hemisphere revealed both low­ presence of an overall global magnet­ Albee, and many bear a striking few infrared emission spectra of the lobes on Mars remains a mystery, lying dust hazes and detached water­ ic field that was perhaps as strong as resemblance to Colorado's Rocky surface, although it is still too cold on Ocampo noted. Some scientists think ice clouds at altitudes of up to 55 Earth's is today,'' Acufia said. "Since Mountains. Rocky ridges poke the smface for the best results. The they were created by an abundance of kilometers (34 miles). Movement of the internal dynamo that powered the through the Martian dust just as the best spectra clearly indicate the pres­ water in the Martian crust, which these clouds was tracked by the spec­ global field is extinct, these local jagged edges of cliffs pierce through a ence of pyroxene and plagioclase, turned the ejecta into a muddy, trometer as the planet rotated. magnetic fields act as fossils, preserv­ blanket of snow in the Rockies. minerals that are common in volcanic molasses-like material. Others suggest Atmospheric turbufence disrupted ing a record ·of the geologic history Martian dust appears to have spilled rocks, with a var·iable amount of dust the fluidized ejecta lobes were enabled these cloud patterns as the small and thermal evolution of Mars." down the sides of ridges just as fresh component. No evidence was found by a much thicker atmosphere in storms began to rise and kick more Magnetic fields ar·e created by the snow slides down a ski slope. for carbonate minerals, clay minerals Mars' early history. As flying ejecta dust into the air. As the storm began movement of electrically conducting "One almost expects to see ski or quartz. If present in these rocks, from an impact event flew through the to abate, small local storms began to fluids, and a planet can generate a glob­ tracks crisscrossing the area," Albee their abundance must be less than Martian atmosphere, it was reduced crop up again along the edges of the al magnetic field if its interior consists added. "These images present a sharp about 10 percent. by friction to a very dense, turbulent south polar cap, and ice clouds of molten metal hot enough to undergo contrast to the images of boulder­ Their absence indicates that car­ cloud of debris that also flowed like formed in depressions as the carbon convective motion, similar to the strewn deserts found at the Viking bonates are not ubiquitous over the water. Study of the Chicxulub flu­ dioxide cap continued to retreat. churning motion seen in boiling water. and Pathfinder landing sites." surface of the planet, but they may idized ejecta may help settle this In addition to these unprecedented "The small size and highly magnet­ The Martian crust also exhibits still be found in specific locations debate and shed new light on theories observations of a full-blown Martian ic nature of these crustal features, much more layering at great depth that either favored their initial depo­ that the Martian surface may once sition or their subsequent preserva­ have been more hospitable for life. tion. This finding could have impor­ Volunteers who assisted the tant implications for identifying areas Planetary Society and the scientists in that may preserve signs of ancient the field have posted their pho­ Pathfinder doesn't answer final call life on Mars, since carbonate miner­ tographs of the expedition on the Two hundred fifty days after day, calling the mission "the greatest A description of the efforts to als are· commonly formed in biologi­ Planetary Society's World Wide Web Mars Pathfinder's historic landing experience anyone could ever hope to reestablish contact with Pathfinder cal processes, Albee said. 0 site at http://planetary.org . 0 on the red planet last July 4, the have. To the world who watched us, can be found on the World Wide Web long goodbye to the lander and the thank you for all your enthusiasm and at http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/readme. Sojourner rover ended March 10 support." html. Asteroids Stapelfeldt began combing through when the lander failed to respond to The Pathfinder team will contin­ Pathfinder raw images and meteo­ more than 1,600 of the science team's the final command to communicate ue analyzing the data and making it rological raw data are now available Continued from page 1 survey photos, finding 12 more aster­ with JPL controllers. The Path­ available over the coming mon,ths online at http://www-pdsimage.jp!. position of the telescope as it orbits the oids. This discovery prompted their finder mission, which operated via the Planetary Data System nasa. gov /PDS/pu blic/MPF/front­ Earth. This effect, known as parallax, Jar·ge-scale search, by eye, of two years three times longer than its original library. page.html . 0 allowed Evans and Stapelfeldt to deter­ worth of Hubble archival images. 30-day planned lifetime on the mar­ mine distances and sizes for the aster­ Evans' and Stapelfeldt's initial tian surface, is acknowledged as oids spied by Hubble. A similar· paral­ results are reported in the February one of NASA's most successful lax effect is the key to depth perception 1998 issue of the research journal endeavors as a dramatic example of in human vision: our eyes are set apart Icarus. 0 the agency's new style of "faster, so that we can see three-dimensionally. better, cheaper" planetary explo­ "Asteroid trails observed by the ration. Hubble telescope are usually curved Yeomans will The last-ditch effort to listen for because the telescope travels in a curved a signal from Pathfinder effectively low-Earth orbit," Stapelfeldt said. "By lead science team ends the mission, said Project precisely measuring the shape of the Manager Brian Muirhead. No fur­ trails, we can solve for the distance to for asteroid ther attempts will be made to com­ each asteroid at the time it was observed. municate with Pathfinder, he It isn't possible to do this using a sta­ sample return added. tionary telescope on the ground." Pathfinder flight controllers Ben Finding asteroids isn't what the two Astronomer Dr. Donald Yeomans Toyoshima and Rob Smith at JPL astronomers 01iginally had in mind. has been named project scientist for the spent nearly four hours alternately As members of the WFPC2 science NASA portion of the joint U.S.­ commanding the lander to turn on its team, Evans and Stapelfeldt were Japanese MUSES-C mission, which transmitter, then listening for a examining test images of distant stars will be the first ever to send a lander response via the Deep Space and galaxies to ensure that the new and robotic rover to an asteroid and Network's 34-meter antenna at camera was functioning properly. return an asteroid sample back to Earth. Goldstone, Calif. One-way radio These were among the first images Yeomans is a senior research sci­ communications to Mars from Earth taken with WFPC2, which had entist at IPL and supervisor of the take nearly 20 minutes. restored sharp focus to Hubble's Lab's Solar System Dynamics The final Pathfinder telecommu­ images when it was installed in late Group, which is responsible for nications session ended at 1:21 p.m. 1993. Stapelfeldt's wife, Deborah tracking all the planets, natural satel­ when no transmissions had been PHOTO BY DUTCH SLAGER I JPL PHOTO LAB Padgett (also an astronomer), pinpoint­ lites, comets and asteroids in the solar detected from Pathfinder. Pathfinder surface mission planner Bill Dias, left, flight director Jennifer ed the first asteroid in 1994 while look­ system. Yeomans will lead the work Flight Director Jennifer Harris Harris and flight controller Ben Toyoshima check out commands to be sent ing at images on the couple's home of the U.S. science team in utilizing thanked the team for working one last to the lander that, if successful, would have activated its transmitter. computer. Intrigued, Evans and See Yeomans, page 4 March 20, 1998 4

Gwendolyn Frank of Pittsburgh. Pasadena. Passings Services were held at Mount Eastwood joined JPL in 1957 and Lebanon Cemetery in Pittsburgh. D retired in 1981. He is survived by his Ernest Adams, 83, a retired envi­ wife, Doris, six children and 14 She gives a hoot ronmental test specialist from Section Douglas Eastwood, 81, a retired grandchildren. 354, died of natural causes Feb. 12 at test specialist from Section 352, died Services were held March 4 at a nursing home. of cancer March 1 at his home m Live Oak Cemetery in Monrovia. D Adams worked at the Lab from 1959-78. He is survived by daughters 391; Henry Delgado, 29 years, Gloria Kratz and Linda Moore and Retirees Section 357; Julie Delgado, 28 years, son Robert Adams. Section 506; Henry Frank, 28 years, Services were held at Forest Lawn The following employees retired Section 346; Joyce Pattenson, 23 Memorial Park in the Hollywood in March: years, Section 195; Carol Miller, 20 Hills. D Dennis Carpenter, 40 years, years, Section 389; Dorothy Gordon Dillinger, 80, a retired Section 349; Tommy Otoshi, 37 Robinson, 20 years, Section 515; supervisor from the former Section years, Section 333; Alan Frandsen, Donald Gennery, 18 years, Section 152, died of a heart attack Feb. 15 . 36 years, Section 320; M. Joseph 345; Jacqueline Richardson, 18 Dillinger, who worked at JPL from Cork, 33 years, Section 501 ; Marvin years, Section 501 ; Thomas Cleary, 1963-83, is survived by his wife, Wick, 33 years, Section 920; Leo 17 years, Section 388; James Krug, Jeanette, daughter Linda and son Mark. Carls Jr., 31 years, Section 324; 17 years, Section 391; Antonio Services were held Feb. 28 at Arthur Kiesow, 30 years, Section Gonzales, 10 years, Section 662. D United First Methodist Church in Pasadena. D mile in diameter. Scheduled for launch from Japan Daniel Garcia, 72, a retired Yeomans on a Japanese MS rocket in January Many JPLers have recent­ heavy duty truck driver from Section Continued from page 3 ly noted the presence of a 2002, MUSES-C will be the first 643, died of cancer Feb. 16. family of great horned the scientific instruments on the tiny space flight demonstration of several Garcia joined the Lab in 1968 and owls nested just below book-size rover being built at JPL for new technologies. "MUSES-C" retired in 1982. He is survived by his the rooftop of the south­ the mission. The lander and sample stands for Mu Space Engineering wife, Ethel, and five children. east corner of Building return vehicles are provided by Spacecraft (the "C" signifies that it is 198. An adult female pro­ Services were held at Mountain Japan. The U.S. and Japanese science the third in a series). It is part of a tects three babies. These View Cemetery in Altadena. D teams will collaborate on the analysis series of flight technology and science photographs were taken Elma Davis, 77, a retired data of scientific data returned by the missions managed by the Institute of from Building 301. coordinator from Section 661, died of spacecraft, including work on the Space and Astronautical Science of natural causes Feb. 21. sample that will be brought back to Japan (ISAS). JPL is managing the Davis worked at JPL from Earth from Asteroid 4660 Nereus, a U.S. portion of the mission. Ross 1957-83. She is survived by sister small, near-Earth asteroid nearly one Jones is the project manager at JPL. D

BOOKS, technical, computer, engineering , astro­ shell; clean; low mi. ; $1,900/obo. 626/449-9385. other countries from past & present. 790-8523, deg. view w/lg. decks, shade trees; walk to lake LETTERS physics texts; many titles. 240-7253. '89 CHRYSLER New Yorker, 4 dr., white, auto, all Marc. and ski ing; cabin $ 149,000, adjacent lot BOXES (cardboard), standard sizes w/lids, gd. pwr., auto door locks, digital dash, premium sound STUDENT EXCHANGE, 17-year-old daughter of a $ 19,900. 303-1927. Thank you ERG and Section 393 for the lovely cond., 3 for $1. 367-0969. system, burgundy interior; needs minor body work; colleague at the Eu ro pean Space Agency in LAKE CO., N. Calif., 2 1/2 acre lot, in beautiful plant and card that were received upon the recent CHANDELIER, solid brass, two tier with 18 lights, must sell (too many cars), $3,200/obo. 626/795- Germany interested in arranging a private student Kelseyville near Clear Lake, perfect site for perma­ passing of my father-in-law. Your kind thoughts 35" diameter, 31" high; $50/obo. 626/963-2565. 1687. exchange (visits of several weeks to each other's nent or retirement home, 30 walnut trees, paved were greatly appreciated. COFFEE TABLE, oval glass top, 30" x 60", with '89 DODGE Caravan, 4 cyl., turbo, white/blue int.; home) to improve language skill s and cu ltural expo­ road, electricity, $36,000. 626/337-7522. Marj Burris gold-painted iron base in scroll pattern; exc.; new: tires, brakes, head job, smog, reg.; sure. 626/335-5564, Michael. PALM DESERT, furn. home in Palm Valley Country DOD $150/obo. 249-8088. $3,300/obo. 240-2104. TEMPORARY LODGING: desperately seeking asy­ Club, on golf course; 1,918 sq. ft., 2 bd., den, 3 ba. , I would like to thank my friends, co-workers, and COFFEE TABLE, cherrywood, oval with Queen '87 FERRARI , 3.2 Mondial Quatrovalvole Cpe, lum May 1-Aug. 15; quiet, responsible, non-smoker; separate liv./din. rms. , tile & custom carpets, cus­ the ERG for the cards, condolences, prayers, and Anne legs, exc. cond., $85. 957-4722. blk./blk., sunroof, CD changer, ce ll phone, alanm; has cat, will house sit or willing to pay full rate for tom built-ins in every room , decorator furniture; beautiful plant upon the recent death of my father. COMFORTER, Stevens brand twin, new, red roses SOK mi., recent service, exc. cond.; $29,000. funished or unfurn. apt. or home near JPL (5-7 $310,000. 760/345-3713. Bob Warzynski on white background, $25. 626/398-4960. 626/351-0097. miles) + cleaning and readvertising fee. 626/398- PASADENA, 3-level townhouse, Altadena Dr./ ODD COMPUTER, AST Notebook, 386 5X/20 Model '94 FORD Explorer XLT, 2 WD, ps, auto., air, cruise 7712, Kathleen. Orange Grove, across Victory Park; 3 bd., 2 % ba., A special thank you to my friends who planned my 43V/2 MB w/bag, exc. cond., $300/obo. 626/792- ctrl., tow pkg., 45K mi. , $14,000. 626/357-7347. VAN POOL RIDERS, full - and part-time for van #20, fireplace, balcony, pool, spa and sauna, 1,300 sq. retirement gathering on Feb. 27 and to those who 2655. '92 FORD E350 van, white, previous vanpool vehi­ w/stops in Northridge and Granada Hills. Ext. 4- ft. ; sharp and close to JPL; no agents; $166,000. attended. I also appreciate all the good wishes COUCH/FUTON BED, gd. cond., $120. 714/449- cle, 11 reclining seats, 129K, 460 eng., power, tow, 0307, Marilyn. 626/398-5303. from those who could not attend. I value your 9714. exc. cond., $8,000. 805/265-9572. VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS, coed, all levels of play; PHILLIPS RANCH, great family home in exc. friendship throughout the years. Thanks again. ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, 2-piece oak, w/light­ '90 FORD Tempo, 4 dr., 91 K, ale, exc. body and every Tuesday night from 8-10 at Eagle Rock High cond., 3 bd. , 2 ba., DR, LR, den, nice kitchen, spa­ Joyce Pattenson ing feature, exc. cond., $800/obo. 249-3053, Linda mechanical cond., clean, white, $3, 100/obo. School; $4/night. 956-1744, Barbara. cious, vaulted ceilings, 2 car gar., lg. bkyd. DOD or Dave. 626/441-1496. w/patio, deck & spa, brick entry, kid-friendly cul­ Thank you so much to my JPL friends and to the ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, dark oak; L-shaped '88 FORD Mustang convertible LX; runs well, looks LOST/FOUND de-sac, close to good school; $185,000. 909/620- ERG for prayers made on my mother's behalf dur­ cabinet w/beveled glass door; holds TV, VCR, stereo good; no scratches/dents; all power, air cond., 9234. ing her illness, and kind expressions of sympathy components w/storage for CDs, tapes, records, etc.; stereo cass.; 107 K; 2.3L; $2,300/obo. 683-0631. Lost: Brown leather amuleVmedicine bag necklace, SUNLAND townhouse, Alpine Meadows complex, upon her recent death. top lifts for turntable or top loader access; small, per­ '77 FORD Granada, 53K mi. (orig. mi.), V8, 2 dr., w/silver feather chanm on top, has fringe and 2 bd., 1.5 ba., 2-story, 2-car garage, pool, spa, ten­ Elly Ponce fect for apt. or small house; must sell ASAP; exc. brand new maint.-free battery, copper color, immac. leather cord, approx. 3 "long x 1 1/2 " wide, senti­ nis ct., rec. rm ., well-maintained, $110,000. 248- cond.; $150/obo. 626/791-7645, Bob/Sharon. cond.; $1,500. 626/335-6354, Jay. mental value. 805/250-8066. 0178. FOR SALE FREEZER, 20 cu. ft., Kenmore upright, manual '91 GEO Storm, 60K mi., vg cond., Alpine CD play­ defrost, vg co nd ., $200. 790-1649. er, ale, 5 spd., recent tune up, sporty, fun to drive, ALARM CLOCK, antique table top, old English; FREE VACATION RENTALS JET SKI, standup, '87 Kawasaki, good shape, $3,900/obo.626/303-3880. FIGURINES, misc. (no Hummel left); COLLE CTOR $1,000. 310/518-921 6, Audrey. '68 GMC Suburban, 307 ci V8, 3 spd. manual CATS, good homes needed for 3 lovable felines; BIG BEAR LAKEFRONT luxury townhome, indoor PLATES, 18 (one Bing and Grundel); LAMPS, MARS ROVERS: Hot Wheels, 1 for $15, 2 for $25, w/O/D; 3 dr., front bucket seats plus 2nd and 3rd female gray tabby, 2 yrs.; female black long hair, 4 pool/spa, near skiing, stone f/p, sips. 6. 714/786- alabaster, and one marble-based fl oor lamp. or 3 for $30; remote control (battery operated, seats; 1 owner, all orig., all records; mechanically yrs.; male orange tabby, 1 Y2 yrs.; all shots, 6548. 909/985-7508, Jim. approx. 4" tall x 8 1/2" long, "climbs" with mock sound, needs some cosmetic restoration; $5,000. spayed/neutered; good w/children. 952-8465, Alex. BIG BEAR, 7 mi. from slopes, full kitchen, f/p, 2 bd., BABY ITEMS: 2 potties, $5 each; backpack, Gerry, rocker bogie), $25 each. 626/398-9984. 626/358-6685, Mark. DOG, 3Y2 yr. old German shepherd; very friendly, 1 ba., sips. 6; no smokers, no pets; exc. hiking, bik­ exc. cond. , $25. 355-9733, after 6 p.m. or leave msg. RANGE, gas, 36" Caloric, double oven, self-clean­ '98 HONDA Accord LX, silver, brand new, exc. good w/children. 957-6821. ing, fishing nearby; reasonable rates, 2-night min. BED, double, hdbrd. w/storage, bedside 2 drawer ing, gd. cond., $150/obo. 768-4436. cond., 4K mi., 4 eye., full elec. pkg., backseat 909/585-9026, Pat & Mary Ann Carroll. chest, dresser w/3 lg . attachable mirrors; COUCH, REFRIGERATOR, 17 cu. ft. , GE, gd. cond., access to trunk; divorce/distress sale; take over 2- CAMBRIA, ocean front house, exc. view, sips. up to light green, approx. 9' (high quality); DESK, fold-out, FOR RENT $150/obo. 714/449-9714. yr., closed-end lease at $387.84/mo., 15K mi. 4, $125/night for 2, $175/night for 4. 248-8853. w/drawers and top matching hutch cabinet; all furni­ ALTADENA ranch house, 2bd.,1 1/2 ba., lg . liv. rm ., ROLLTOP DESK, oak, w/chair, like n!Jw; $380. yearly; can sell or purchase 11 /3/98. 626/796- KONA, HAWAII (Big Island) condo, 1 bd., 1 ba., ture avail. in Upland 4/1/98. 909/985-7508, Jim. plus den w/fp, lg. kitchen w/area for dining rm ., area 626/813-9959, Paul. 2010. sips. 4; 50 yds. from ocean; all amen., private BEDROOM SET, gd. cond., antique white wood, for washer/dryer, double garage, lg. yd. 445-0123 SKI RACK, Yakima Buttondown 6 ski rack accesso­ '91 HONDA CRX Si, white on black; incl.: MOMO beach; lots of activities and good restaurants near­ dresser w/9 drawers, desk & chair, bookcase, 2 x210, Romie. ry, still in box, $70. 352-6778. steering wheel and stick shift, new tires, leather by; only avail. July 10-17; $75/nite or $450 fu ll nightstands, $100/obo. 790-4455. ALTADENA, 1 bd. back house, Florecita area, short SKIS, Autier w/Marker II titanium bindings, 194 cm, hood cover, alarm , pwr. door locks, $2,500 stereo week. 790-8069, after 5. BIKES, men & ladies, $30 & $40; boy & girl's 20", walk/JPL, fenced yd., pets OK w/dep., lndry., kitch., $75; SKI BOOTS, Lange 55, M size 12, $75; SUIT­ system; prewired for Motorola cell phone kit; mint LAKE TAHOE, North Shore; avail. after April 1; $20 & $30. 626/289-2688. clean & quiet, $425 + part utils. 626/357-0252. CASE, women's 27", w/wheels and extra shoe com­ cond.; 80K mi.; $7,000. 803-8686, pgr. great location; 2 bd. condo, 2 1/2 ba., fully furn.; pri­ BOOKCASES, oak wall unit, 6' x 6', gd. cond., ALTADENA, partially furn. rm . in 3-bd. house, 3 partments, green, soft cover, exc. cond., $60. '89 HONDA CRX 2 dr. hatchback, 5 spd., vate beach, pool, sauna; 3-day min. thru mid-June; $100; 4' x 5', gd. cond., $30; PRINTER, Epson LQ- mi:/JPL, share kitch., laundry, frplace, hdwd. floors, 626/793-3561 . AM/FM/cass. w/removable faceplate, exc. cond., weekly summer rates mid-June thru Labor Day; 510, 24 pin, $50. 909/595-6467. quiet neighbrh'd, $380 + 1/3 utils. 626/798-4492. SOFA, slightly curved, off-white w/subtle floral pat­ serviced regularly; good in snow; $2,500 incl. JPL disc. rates. 626/355-3886, Ed or Rosemary. GLENDALE, light & airy, 700 sq. ft. , 2 bd., 1 ba., tern, vg cond., $150. 626/797-3156. chains. 626/821-0130. MAMMOTH at Snowcreek, 2 bd., 2 ba. + loft, sips. apt. over garage & studio apt. ; stove, refrig., garage TEACUPS, Desert Rose pattern/Franciscanware, '92 HUSQUAVARNA 610, 4 stroke dirt bike; $2,500. 6-8, fully equipped kitch. incl. microwave, d/w, cable prkg. for 1 car; 15-20 min./JPL; $650 incl. gas & $7/ea. 626/398-4960. 626/813-9959, Paul. TV, VCR, phone, balcony w/view to mtns. , Jacuzzi, NOTICE TO water. 249-3602. TELEVISION, RCA 25" console, swivel base and '90 KAWASAKI Ninja 750R motorcycle, 4K mi. , sauna, streams, fishponds, close to Mammoth GLENDALE, townhouse style 2-story, c/a, 2 bd., 2.5 casters, works fine, good picture, no remote; Corbin seat, burglar alarm, new Metzlers, li ke new; Creek; JPL disc. 626/798-9222 or 626/794-0455. ADVERTISERS ba., kit./blt.-i ns, built in '87, $725. 240-1523, mgr. $50/obo. 626/963-2565. $3,000/obo. 790-1649. MAMMOTH condo in Chamonix at lifts 7, 8, 16, 17; LA CANADA house, 3 bd., 1 Y2 ba. , dbl. gar., nice All housing and vehicle advertise­ TICKETS (2) for Penn & Teller, Sat., April 4, 8 p.m.; '89 MAZDA MX-6 GT Turbo, gray ext.Iburg. int., fast walk to warming hut; 2 bd. , 2 fu ll ba. , sips. 6, fully yd., close to JPL, water pd. , $1,800. 790-6382. orch. row F, seats 1 & 3 (left ctr. aisle, right in back car, moonroof, ABS, pwr. everything, trailer hitch, eq uipped elec. kitchen, incl. microwave & extras, f/p ments require that the qualifying per­ LA CANADA house, 3 bd., 2 ba., liv. rm ., lam. rm., of the break), $50 ea./obo. 805/255-0149. AM/FM/cass./10 CD, 75K mi., $5,000. 213/259- & wood, color TV, VCR, FM stereo; old Jacuzzis, den, 1,750 sq. ft., lg. fenced yd. (10,000 sq. ft.), fruit son(s) placing the ad be listed as an TRAILER, 2 wheel, 6' x 6', all steel, Model T black 8604. sauna, game, rec. & lndry. rms.; conv. to shops, lifts; trees, walk to JPL, 4532 Viro Rd. 790-8216. pickup bed style, $190. 562/464-0446. '77 MERCEDES 280 SE, mint cond. & we ll-main­ spec. midweek rates. 249-8524. owner on the ownership documents. MONTCLAIR, 3 bd. condo/townhouse, 2-car TRICYCLE, adult 2-seater, side by side, tandem, 3 tained, runs like new; charcoal gray, 4 dr. w/sunroof; MAMMOTH condo, 2 bd. + loft, 3 ba., sips. 8, spa, attached garage wflndry. hookups, small yd., cent. spd.; with trailer, 4' x 8', collapsible; both in exc. $4,500/obo. 213/669-5705, Mary. full kitchen, TVNCR, JPL disc. rates; walk to air, 1,300 sq. ft. , pool & Jacuzzi, $875. 909/465-1713. cond.; $495 total.805/251-7616 Ben, after 6 p.m. '94 TETON Atlanta 5th wheel trailer, 40', wfTeton Canyon Lodge. 249-8088. PASADENA end-unit townhouse, 1 bd. , 1 ba. TROPHY INVENTORY, complete, $75/obo. Series upgrade; 3 slide outs, mint cond. NS, MAMMOTH condo, sips. 5, shuttle stop nr. condo, w/attached private garage, laundry hkups., patio; 626/797-6406. loaded; 2 AC/furn/fant fans, stonm windows, new downtown, $50 Sun.-Thurs., $65 Fri.-Sat. 353- Universe very quiet complex at corner of Magnolia/Alpine, 5 TYP EWRITER, antique Smith Corona, w/carry tires, Onan gen., hyd. jacks, awnings, sbs frig. 7839. min./CIT & 10 min./JPL, pool/Jacuzzi/sauna; avail. case, mint cond. , never used, $50; BASEBALL w/ice; $70,000. 760/345-3713. MAMMOTH condo, studio + loft, 2 ba., fireplace Editor 4/98, water/trash/gardener incl., $975 + sec. dep. CARDS, '65 Topps embossed, gold inserts of major '96 TOYOTA Previa S/C van, sport pkg. , rear spoil ­ w/wood supplied, Jacuzzi, sauna, game rm ., color 626/568-8298, eves. Mark Whalen stars of the '60s, $200-$10 ea. 626/914-6083. er, dual sunroofs, CD player, dk. green w/tan interi­ cbl. TVNCR, fu ll kitchen w/microwave, terrace, ROOM in lg. home, shared bath/furn. ; non-smoker, TYPEWRITER, reconditioned IBM Selectric II, $75. or, tinted windows, ale, cruise ctrl. , pwr. windows & view, amen., great snow. 714/870-1 872. clean person; $425 + 1/3 util. 626/797-5570. Photos 626/797-8082. locks, tilt wheel, alarm, 27K mi. ; moving, need to MAMMOTH ski cabin in Knolls, 4 bd. , sips. 10, f/p, ROOM w/view and priv. ba. in lovely sgl.-fam. house, WASHER/DRYER , Maytag stack, large cap. wash­ sell ASAP, $22,000/obo. 541-0131. deck. 626/445-7443 or 310/375-8421. JPL Photo Lab quiet area on hills; use of kitch., washer/dryer, er, full-size gas dryer; vg cond., $250. 790-1649. '95 TOYOTA Previa LE S/C van, immac., 39K mi., MAUI co ndo, on beach w/ocean view, 25 ft. from garage, pool; 7 mi./JPL; monthly maid serv. and utils. WATERBED, qn ., 12 drawers, new 30-year wave­ four wheel ABS, alarm, ale, cass., tilt wheel, cruise surt, 1 bd. w/loft, compl. furn., incl. phone, color TV, Universe is published every other pd.; non-smoker; $400. 213/256-0535. less mattress, new heater, mirror hdbrd. w/shelves, control; pwr. windows, locks & mirrors; burgundy VCR, microwave, dishwasher, pool & priv. lanai, Friday by the Public Affairs Office SIERRA MADRE CANYON cottage; quiet, charm­ pertect pecan wood, $1,000. 249-6615. w/gray interior, $20,800/obo. 909/980-3508. sips. 4, 4/15-12/14 rate $95/nite/2, 12/15-4/14 rate ing, secluded; 1 bd. & office, 1 ba.; + recentl y of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, WH EELS, 1995-97 style for Miata, alum. alloy '89 TOYOTA Coroll a DX, gd. cond., ale, cass. deck, $110/nite/2, $10/nite/add'I person, less 10% JPL & remodld . kitch. & ba. ; covered laundry area stock, make offer. 626/914-1195. manual trans., runs well, $1,900. 909/465-1713. Caltech disc. 714/348-8047. California Institute of Technology, w/washer/dryer; $895, incl.parking spot. 626/564- WRITING DESK, compact w/2 bookshelves below, '70 VW Bug, rebuilt engine; new: seats, chrome OCEANSIDE, on the sand; charming 1 bd.+ condo, 9607, Diana deNoyelles; or [email protected]. 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, middle drawer and partitioned space inside desk, wheels, tires, battery; needs wiring; as is, $950/obo. panoramic view, walk to pier/marina, pool, spa, SOUTH PASADENA townhouse, 3 bd., 2.5 ba., 2- 27L x 42H x 9%D, key, vg cond., $125. 626/793- 626/309-9716. game rm. 714/786-6548. CA 91109. car att. gar. w/laundry hookups; rng./dw./mw.; no 3561. '9 1. VOLVO 240, exc. cond., elec. windows & door PALM SPRINGS, 1 bd. condo, compl. furn.; pets; quiet rear unit; 1037 Arroyo Verde Rd #C; Ads must be submitted on ad cards, locks, ale, radio w/cass., 127K mi., serviced regu­ pool , spa, tennis; cable TV/VCR; carpets, paint, $1,100 incl. water & trash. 548-3671. available at the ERC and the larly, $9,500/obo. 895-2866. cooking utensils new; rent daily, wknds. AUTOS/RVs/ SOUTH PASADENA, 1718 Huntington Drive, good 626/445-0884. Universe office, Bldg. 186-118, or via area, east of Marengo; fully furn. bungalow studio PINE MOUNTAIN mtn. retreat, 2 bd., 1 Y2 ba. , WANTED apt. , carport, laundry facil. , ale & heat, non-smoker; electronic mail to universe@ $65/night or $500/mo. 310/831-4234, Peter. MOTORCYCLES AIRLINE MILEAG E from United; if willing to donate utils. pd. , $565. 626/792-9053, Marilyn. ROSARITO BEACH condo, 2 bd., 2 ba., ocean jpl.nasa.gov. E-mail ads are limited '87 BUICK Park Avenue, 4 dr., burgundy, auto ., United mileage-plus miles for a friend with cancer SUNLAND townhouse, 3 bd., 2 1/2 ba., kit./blt.-ins view, tennis ct., pool, golf course w/in 5 mi. (new to six lines. recent motor; must sell (too many cars), who wants to go to Orlando, FL through Dalmatian + laundry hookups, ca/h, liv. rm ./frpl. , lg. patio off w/ocean view), secure priv. prkg. 626/794-3906. $3,200/obo. 626/795-1687. Friends (adult version of Make-a-Wish for kids); din. rm., dir. access dbl. gar., pool/Jacuzzi/tennis, SAN FRANCISCO, Nob Hill honeymoon suite; Ads are due at 2 p.m. on the '89 CADILLAC Sedan DeVille, dark blue in/out, please call for further info. 909/596-4390. close to 210/stores/park, $1,075. 353-7778. maid, concierge, $105/night. 626/797-3156. TUJUNGA, spacious house w/mtn. views, 2 bd./1 Monday after publication for the loaded, digital dash, leather, 66K mi. , orig. owner, HOUSEKEEPER (or service), need recommenda­ S. LAKE TAHOE, 4 bd., 3 ba. home, sleeps 12+, $8,500. 790-4028. tions. 626/284-9424. ba. + den, fenced bkyd., ca/ch, lip, lndry. hookups, fireplc. on 2 levels, decks overlook priv. dock + ski following issue. '89 CHEVROLET Cavalier Z-24 convertible, white HOUSEKEEPER, 8 hrs., 1 day a month; dusting, non-smokers ; 10603 Fernglen; $950 (water & gar­ lifts, gourmet kitch., bikes, boats, 3 color TVs, VCR, w/blue top; low mi., exc. cond.; just pd. tags & vacuuming. and ironing. 353-2463. dener in cl.). 352-5553. stereo w/tape + disc; pools, hot tub + beach; lighted For change of address, contact license; immediate sale, $6,000. Altadena area: RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC tennis; 1 O min./skiing, casinos, golf; 1 hr.twine your section office or the HRS 626/398-1988. needs people w/backgrounds in the sciences, law, REAL ESTATE country; $995/wk. high season (6/15-9/15; 11 /22- '89 CHEVROLET Celebrity station wagon, V6, low medicine and languages, to transcribe textbooks 3/1; $495/wk. low seas., + $90 cleaning fee; 3-day Help Desk at ext. 4-9559 (on-Lab mi. , $3,000. 626/794-1623. from the printed page to audio cassettes, Mon.­ BIG BEAR, new cabin 2 blks. from lake, 2 bd. , 2 min. 626/578-1503, Jim Douglas. personnel) or Xerox Business '89 CHEVROLET S10 Blazer, sport trim , 2 WD, V6, Sat., incl. eves.; daytime office help also needed. ba., mud/laundry room, $129,000. 909/585-9026. TIMESHARE: 1 full week anywhere in Continental Services at (626) 799-3968 (for ps, pb, ale, cass., tilt, cc, rack, auto., white/tan, 226-6055, San Fernando Valley; 213/664-5525, GREEN VALLEY LAKE, a secluded village in U.S./Canada, $350; Europe, etc., $450; based on 158K, $2,500. 805/254-6134. Hollywood; 31 0/414-6506, South Bay. the San Bernardino Mtns., custom 3-story log availability; reservations must be made before June JPL retirees and others). '71 CHEVROLET 1/2 ton pickup; 307 V8, 3 spd., SPACE INFORMATION & memorabilia from U.S. & home and buildable adjacent lot; beautiful 180- 9, '98. 626/296-9398, Valerie. March 20, 1998