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No. 9, Dec. 1995
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***** Content *****
Friends and Partners in Space (FPSPACE) ListServer
Update on the RKK Energia book "From First Satellite to Energia-
Buran and Mir"
EASTVIEW PRESS - New Products
EUROMIR 95 OPERATIONS SYSTEM
"Investigating the Surface Chemistry of Mars"
"A First Try: Launching UNAMSAT-1 from Plesetsk Russia: A
Travelogue"
Mir-18 Coverage
The New Russian Space Program
"US-Russian Cooperation in Space"
WSJ on Russian Boosters and Engines
"Stalin & the Bomb"
"Scholars Guide to Washington DC for Russian Central Eurasian and
Baltic Studies"
"Russia and the Former Soviet Union: A Bibliographic Guide to
English Language Publications 1986-1991"
"The Making of a Soviet Scientist"
"Defense Industry Restructuring on Russia: Case Studies and
Analysis
***** Editors Note *****
Its been a busy summer and fall and this issue should make up
for all that time since the May issue. Contributions have been
slow also so this will be the last issue mass distributed by mail.
In the future all issues will be posted to the Friends and
Partners listserv which is available to anyone with email (See
details in first item below). I urge you to support and use the
Friends and Partners project. It has firm funding and good support
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it out and use it to communicate to others with similar interests!
***** News *****
Friends and Partners in Space (FPSPACE) ListServer Jennifer Green
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[Ed: Below is a sample of the useful messages you will see on the
FPSpace list]
Subject: Re: Russian WWW Sites
Status: OR
FYI,
There are a lot of Russian WWW sites that primarily use Cyrillic
fonts. There is even a site at MIT that will convert these pages
for you.
http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/russian-club/translit.html
http://www.sovam.com/russia/russia.html
http://www.glasnet.ru/ruswebs.htmlhttp://www.ac.msk.su/map_list.ht
ml
Mark Reiff
Vice President, General Space Corporation
1199 NASA Road One, Suite 212
Houston, TX 77058
E-Mail : mreiff@hti.net
(713) 280-0280 Office/Voice-Mail
(713) 280-8882 Fax
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Update on the RKK Energia book "From First Satellite to Energia-
Buran and Mir" Charles Radley
The book is available from Eastview publications in Minneapolis:
1-800-477-1005. Price has fluctuated, last I heard was $ 69
including shipping worldwide. Ask for Kathy Porter.
Energia USA also had some for $ 50, call (703)-836-1999
In Moscow they cost about $ 20 at the flea market and the Energia
museum. But I hear the plane fare is about $ 2,000
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EASTVIEW PRESS - New Products Glen Howard
We have several new Aerospace and Space studies that you may be
interested in acquiring (they are in Russian and are: $40.00 per
study.
-Analysis of the Development and Use of CIS Kosmodromes - An
Analytical Survey. 1995. 61 pp.
-Enterprises of the Russian Space Industry. 1994. 109 pp.
-The Russian Federations State Space Program to the Year 2000
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EUROMIR 95 OPERATIONS SYSTEM http://EUROMIR@gsocmail.rm.op.dlr.de
Welcome to the EUROMIR 95 !
Thank you for your interest in the world of Space Science and
Research.
Here you will find the latest information about the conduct of the
mission and the most recent forecast of activities. This page is
provided by the joint ESA / DLR Operations Team located at the
German Space Operations Center (GSOC) of the Deutsche
Forschungsanstalt f¸r Luft- u. Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) at the
Oberpfaffenhofen Research Center , near Munich, Germany. It is
updated every day during the mission and upon receipt of news
regarding the project before.
The launch of the Russian SOYUZ spacecraft, carrying the European
(German) Astronaut Thomas Reiter and two Russian Cosmonauts (Yury
Gidzenko and Sergei Avdeev) to the MIR Station has occurred on 3rd
of September 95 at 11:00:23 CET.
The docking to the MIR Station complex is in progress on the 5th
of September and the contact between the two spacecraft has
occurred at 12:29:54 CET , the crew has opened the hatch at
13:01:12 CET and the crew of SOYUZ TM 22 and MIR joined in orbit.
Thomas Reiter was first followed by commander Gidzewnko and
Engineer Avdeev. Presents were exchanged. Thomas brought an ESA
Flagg and the EUROMIR 95 decal. The crew then staged for a video
conference with the control center.
The EUROMIR 95 Mission is planned to last 135 days. 47 different
experiments contributed by the European member states of ESA will
be conducted during this time, including a so-called EVA (the
European Astronaut will leave the MIR station to work in space =>
Extra Vehicular Activity). The American Space Shuttle will dock to
the MIR station during the mission as well as several Russian
transport spacecraft of the PROGRESS type.
ACTUAL MISSION STATUS: (from the desk of the Payload Operations
Manager)
FLIGHT DAY 022 / 17:35 CET (24 September 1995)
The crew on-board MIR is in excellent condition and had another
day off - today they had the oportunity to see and speak with
their families - an activity enjoyed by all of them.
Thomas enjoyed one of his hobbies, the HAM Radio. We had the
pleasure of having a short talk with him too, from the local HAM
station at Oberpfaffenhofen. He feels good and asked us to give
his best regards to all of you.
The crew also had lots of personal time allocated in addition to
the needed physical exercise done every day.
we are copying the series of general information's (which is to be
continued - promise !!) to a special file, after they have
appeared on this spot for one day.
have also decided to keep the daily messages in a file: message
log
##### NEW #### NEU #### NOUVEAU ######
The MIR station can, depending on the particular constellation of
Station, Earth and Sun be seen with the naked eye. We have
prepared the information here at DLR, of how to, as a service for
our readers. You find two files
ENGLISH and
DEUTSCH
for the period 24.09.1995 to 01.10.1995 calculated for 10 major
cities in Germany and all of the 17 EUROMIR 95 home bases.
Note:
Except for the initial picture seen under the headline of this
homepage and depicting the EUROMIR 95 Logo, a picture of the
Russian MIR station complex and the logos of ESA and DLR, we have
for the sake of speed moved all pictures one level back; i.e. you
will have the opportunity to select the picture by clicking on its
title in a text or list rather than showing it all the time. Also
you may download your own *.tif file if you wish.
In order to look at certain tables and pictures, you will need a
special reader utility. We have chosen the ADOBE ACROBAT READER.
You may DOWNLOAD your own free copy of the Windows 3.1 version.
Please use the option "Load to Local Disk" and execute the self-
extracting *.exe
file.
ESA PUBLIC INFORMATION
DLR PUBLIC INFORMATION
==>. a hotlink to NASA (a courtesy of NASA HQ)
OPERATIONS DATA BASE
==> SORRY - This Database is not for public access.
It is used to distribute information to
the active participants in the mission
at their homebases.
A USER ID and PASSWORD are required to
read from this area.
Your questions, comments and suggestions are very welcome and
should be send to our e-mail
address: EUROMIR@gsocmail.rm.op.dlr.de
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"Investigating the Surface Chemistry of Mars"
If your are interested in a detailed article about US instruments
on the Mars 96 lander you should see this in "Analytical
Chemistry, Oct. 1, 1995, pp. 605-610 (a publication of the
American Chemical Society.
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"A First Try: Launching UNAMSAT-1 from Plesetsk Russia: A
Travelogue"
Check out this great story of the preparations for a launch at
Plesetsk as the title says. David Liberman of AMSAT has a
wonderful story with photos which should interest everyone. You
can find it in "The Amsat Journal", Vol .18, No. 4, July/Aug 1995
(Contact AMSAT-NA, 850 Silgo Ave. Silver Spring, MD 20910; Ph:
301-589-6062.
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Mir-18 Coverage
Good coverage of the Mir-18 mission can be found in "STS Mission
Profiles" issues #23 and #24 from June 1995. The current status of
this periodical is unknown. Contact STS Mission Profiles, PO Box
751387, Memphis, TN 38175-1387.
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The New Russian Space Program
A new edition of Brain Harvey's comprehensive book is due in
December. An advert in Spaceflight lists the book for £25. Order
from Marketing/Physical Sciences, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Baffins
Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 IUD, UK; FAX 440-1243-770154.
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"US-Russian Cooperation in Space"
The OTA report is now available on the OTA ftp site or you can
order the hard copy from the GPO (S/N 052-003-01410-6) for $10.
The report doesn't have any relevations in it but does serve as a
handy reference to the financial agreements made over the last
couple of years.
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WSJ on Russian Boosters and Engines
See the Nov. 10 1995 Wall Street Journal for a front page story on
the sale of NK-33 engines for Atlas upgrades, the Sea Launch
Venture and US restrictions on Russian launches.
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***** Reviews *****
"Stalin & the Bomb", David Holloway, Yale Univ Press, New Haven,
1994, ISBN 0-300-06056-4, 464 pages.
Review by Dennis Newkirk
This is certainly the best book on Soviet development of nuclear
weapons yet produced. I confess to have only read half of the book
so far, but it is clearly above average and many of you will want
to read it.
This book is very detailed in describing the interactions of
individuals involved in weapons development. It starts off in its
first chapters describing the Soviet efforts to follow research in
the west and internal research efforts.
The book predictably touches on the usual topics of WWII, weapons
delivery system research, different weapons designs, Stalin and
Beria, international relations during the cold war, but all in
similar detail so no area is left untouched. The last 100 or so
pages are references.
The book is well organized and easy to read, but sometimes
the amount of details and fast changing names of participants can
make it a little hard to assimilate if you read it too slowly.
But, unlike the other books reviewed here this book should be
easily found in better bookstores everywhere.
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"Scholars Guide to Washington DC for Russian Central Eurasian and
Baltic Studies" Steven A. Grant, William E. Promeranz (Editor),
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, 1994, ISBN 0-943875-52-8,
293 pages.
Review by Dennis Newkirk
It seems fate keeps me returning to Washington DC every year,
so I judged this book a fair buy to locate resources. The book is
divided into collections (including libraries, archives, museums,
data banks, etc.), organizations (including research centers,
academic departments, government departments, associations, media,
etc.), appendix (including library collections, bookstores,
housing, transport, etc.), and a bibliography and index.
If you think you will be in DC and need to do some research
and are not very familiar with DC's resources you should look at
this book.
Each entry has a detailed description of the content of the
collection and resources. Important information about access are
noted, special arrangements are described and lots of names and
phone numbers are provided. All you need if a map and a metro pass
to reach many of these locations. Now just to find the time...
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"Russia and the Former Soviet Union: A Bibliographic Guide to
English Language Publications 1986-1991", Helen F. Sullivan &
Robert H. Burger, Libraries Unlimited, Englewood CO, 1994. ISBN 1-
56308-046-X, 380 pages.
Review by Dennis Newkirk
I can't really review this book but it's a useful reference
to a mass of books written in the past several years about Russian
and the USSR. The book is an index to other works, the first part
being general works and interrelated subject matter. The second
part is on specific subjects ranging from Libraries and
Encyclopedias to music, politics, telecommunications and
handicrafts. Mixed in are sections on military affairs, language,
history, foreign relations economics and science. The last part of
the book covers ex-Soviet republics.
Each entry in the book includes complete reference
information and a short paragraph describing the work. There are
several pages of references about nuclear weapons and war. Space
topics are not in great number, I can only find one title, but I
think anyone reading this should be able to find interesting books
in this reference. Over 1400 books are listed in total.
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"The Making of a Soviet Scientist", Roald Z. Sagdeev, John Wiley &
Sons, New York, 1994, ISBN 0-471-02031-1, 340 pages.
Review by Dennis Newkirk
The book covers Sagdeev's life from his years in school
through work in fission and fusion programs to his heading of the
IKI and the Phobos mission. In between he describes the
motivations and inner workings of scientific research institutes.
He also gives a few hints into the working of military research
and industry.
This is a very well written book and very easy to read with
lots of good stories about the personalities involved. Keldysh,
Korolev, Chelomey and Mishin are central to a few chapters. Other
designers and political figures also make appearances.
Sagdeev also writes about arms control agreements and some
negotiations he was involved in. The later chapters go into great
detail about the political struggle of managing the IKI in between
the great powers of the military-industrial complex and the party.
Although there are a few small errors in his memory this is a
great book to read, and gives the reader a sense scientists work
in the times of the USSR.
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"Defense Industry Restructuring on Russia: Case Studies and
Analysis", David Bernstein (Editor), Stanford Univ., 1994, ISBN 0-
935371-34-6, 244 pages. (order at Publications, 320 Galvez St.,
Stanford, CA, 94305-6165, ph: 415-723-9625)
Review by Dennis Newkirk
The case studies in this book are worth its price, they
include studies of TsAGI, NPO Mashinostroenie, Saratov Aviation
Plant, and other industrial centers in Russia. These make up the
first 75 pages, and the Mashinostroenie section is the best of
them. If you want to know the extent of resources of an NPO you
should read this.
From farms to apartment blocks, Mashinostroenie has a big job
ahead to restructure itself into a lean company by western
standards. From forming joint ventures for housing construction to
splitting off sub divisions as independent companies and forming
banks, this book describes the daunting tasks ahead for Russian
industry.
The last half of the book is a more general description of
the restructuring efforts underway at the entities described in
the first section and in general in Russia today. The book is very
well referenced and is the result of many interviews, books and
media monitoring. You won't find broad sources of information but
this book provides a small but clear view into the real problems
of a handful of organizations.
***** Wanted/Questions/Corrections *****
- I would still like to hear any stories around the launching of
Sputnik 1 from Guide readers.
Thanks,
Chris Gainor
gainorc@web.apc.org
***** Contributers *****
Jennifer Green
jlgreen@clark.net
Charles Radley
Tranquest Corporation, Cleveland, OH.
Tel (Fax) 1-216-888-3991 (-3992)
File Server: Mail-server@tranquest.com
Anonymous FTP: ftp.wariat.org /pub/tranq
WWW Url = http://rogue.northwest.com/~charles
Glen Howard
EASTVIEW PRESS
greylit@eastview.com
ESA
EUROMIR@gsocmail.rm.op.dlr.de
***** Contributions *****
The objective of the Guide is to put professional and amateur
Russian aerospace researchers and writers in touch with each other
and the wide array of atypical information sources available about
past and present events. As researchers uncover sources they can
make the source known to the rest of the community and are
credited with providing the info. If you find a good book, or an
article about Russian aerospace outside the main stream US space
press (Space News, Aviation Week, Final Frontier, Air & Space,
etc.) write up a brief description of the item and send it to the
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