Friday, May 2, 1984
3
Space ventures to multiply in 80s
By DON MUNDAY
Staff Reporter
In 1970, space probes had visited and explored only two of the planets in the solar system outside the earth. Mars and Venus.
By 1890, that list had more than doubled. During the 1970s, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn all had mechanical visitors, and by 1980, the spacemen's amenas are expected to have been explored.
Thomas Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, outlined the next decade's planned space ventures at a recent public presentation.
Of the major changes of the 1970s, he said, had been the end of an era of initial space exploration and the beginning of a new era, in which simple voyages of discovery were replaced by systematic studies of the various planetary bodies.
THE FIRST major space venture of the new decade will be the Voyager I foby of Saturn last year this time. Saturn was first seen close-up by the Pioneer 11 spacecraft last September, but technical problems hindered its first good look at the giant planet.
"We expect the resolution of the Voyager to be 100 to 1,000 times better than the Phoner ships. Armstrong said. So far we have not uncovered the greatest glimpses of what it is arabic like."
New satellites and details of the rings and the Saturnian atmosphere can be expected as soon as the spacecraft gets near enough for close observation, he said.
Late next year, however, a mission closer to home will begin. A group of satellites will be launched to observe the earth's magnetic
field and its relation to solar radiation from different vantage points.
One will be positioned to observe the magnetic field at the earth's pole, one will be passed between the earth and the sun and placed "downstream" of the magnetic field.
The Galileo program, named for the early astronomer who discovered four of Jupiter's moons, will be a two-part mission. A spacecraft will be launched from a space shuttle, expected to begin operations soon, and then into two parts when it reaches Jupiter.
THE SOLAR system's largest planet, Jupiter, which has already been visited by the Voyager and Pioneer probes, will again be the object of scrutiny in the 1800s.
One part will be an orbiting vehicle that will study Jupiter's magnetic field, its ring and its satellites for up to two years. It will also serve as a transmitter for the other part of the system.
The probe will enter the planet's atmosphere at a speed 10 times of that normal re-earth entry, Armstrong said, because of the planet's enormous gravitational pull.
Parachuting to the Jovian cues, the probe will relay data about the atmosphere for about an hour, until the arm soiden to radio signals can pass
"You'd be able to build a probe that could withstand the pressure," Armstrong said, "but you wouldn't be able to talk to it."
THE GALILEO mission will be launched in 1983 for a 1986 encounter with Juniter.
Another mid-1980s probe will be a mission to rendezvous with Halley's Comet. Comets, which are believed to contain primordial
University Daily Kansan
material from the formation of the solar system, have so far been left out of the planetary missions.
Budgetary restrictions have meant that an added facet of the mission, a flyby of the moon, has been cut. The counter, had to be scrapped. NASA's plan for the mission are still sketchy, but should the American probe not reach the comet in 2015? Or could European spacecraft may possibly make it.
Two solar missions have also been proposed for the decade. One would put a battery on board, accompanied before, and the other would skim a spacecraft by the sun closer than any other.
THE SOLAR polar mission would use the gravity of Jupiter to act as a slingshot in sending a probe into an orbit around the sun. The trajectory was confined to the sun's ecliptic plane.
"Our view of the sun up till now has been a two-dimensional one." Armstrong said, "because orbits in the same plane as the earth are the easiest to do."
The polar mission would enable scientists to make a three-dimensional picture of the sun, help physicists better understand the nature of solar activity, such as flares.
The other solar mission, only in the planning stages, would shoot a probe by the sun so fast that it would only take 16 hours to zip by.
The probe would come within three times the sun's diameter of its surface—so close that it could almost be moving any slower. The enormous gravity of the sun, however, would speed it up.
Jazz Up at Paul Gray's Jazz Place
now a private club upstairs at 926 Mass. Tonight and Saturday Stan Kessler & The Flat Five
New Hours Stan Kessler & The Flat Five
Mon - Fri 4 pm to 1 am Saturday
from K.C.
Admission only $3.00 call 843-2644 for reservations and information
7 pm to 1 am
Happy Hour 5:30 to 7 weekdays
The Modern Way to Rent Furniture.*
*Pre-Rent Now and Save!
10% off 1st Month Rent
When You Pre-Rent for Fall
Before June 1st
Choose from all styles of contemporary furniture . . . at different prices. All with low monthly rates.
Select the furniture you want!
At Modern, you can rent furniture now, with the option to buy it later. And, "every few cents of money" can be spent on furniture.
Try a different set of furniture for a while, if you like it, keep it. If you don't, change it.
Come to Modern Furniture Rentals and rent the furniture that looks like the way you want to look.
Lawrence is a Modern City.
Modern Furniture Rentals
I-35 Between 75th & 79th
913-383-2900 Call Collect for Information or Directions
By BENJAMIN JONES Staff Renorter
Second City, Lawrence, laugh together
Lawrence last night became, for two hours, a tale of two cities, and the tale of two people. In Second City, a touring troupe of improvisational actors from Chicago, incorporated an audience of more than 250 students from New York and an empty stage with a black backdrop.
In one improvisation, the group began with a random sentence solicited from an artist and started by writing in a library card—and launched into a stop-action skit where "tag teams" of actors could yell "freeze," then assume the actor in the skid and begin a different skill.
The library card was coughed up, became a taco, and the group was off into another serious set.
One of the opening skits had John Kapelos as a night club singer trying to make himself heard over the very loud audience. The next tie he was wearing, cigarette in hand.
Things quickly got out of hand as the group, finding seats in the audience.
transformed their audience into the more docile members of a very disengaged TA group. They were joined by Lawrence civic leaders who debated introducing education into the local school
ONE OF the group members defended his point by saying, "It's a fact that one young person in Lawrence catches VD every 15 minutes."
KANSAN Review
"I know that kid!" exclaimed a gay high school football coach, played by Bob Clemens.
The comedy troupe catered to their late auditoria audiences in Tara Man, Sha Man, and Clemens as Brian Bethek, KU quartet, endorsing harlquine romances in the new movie.
Kapelos said they chose a skit dealing with the audits of Dylan Thomas for last night's performance—a skit they had
not done in months—because they knew the audience would understand it.
THE SKIET, which had Kapelos playing a New York "tough guy"叫 his younger brother visiting from the hysterical toronto, judging from the hysterical lauer.
With or without dialogue, the characterization was always peerless. "We wear our characters as lightly as our hats," Kanelos said.
Utilizing few props, and countless outfits, the crowd an upright audience of their own. Each character projected a general tone: red neck, wimp, w armed—all but were illuminated by the dozens of short skirts and the few longer skirts they performed during the event.
FOR THE most part, the humor came fast-paced and furious. One-lines capped off the best exchanges, as when two students rapidly getting soaked in a New York bar.
The audience definitely saw the humor in Second City last night. It's a helluva town.
University-Community Service Scholarship/Award
As a result of the efforts of many students on the evening of April 20, 1970 in the saving of furniture, art objects and invaluable service to firefighters during the Kansas Union fire, some insurance carriers will present to the Kansas Union a cash gift. After presentation of the gift, it was suggested that the Students seek those students deserving of being awarded scholarship awards from the interest on the gift.
Qualifications
- Regularly enrolled students at the University of Kansas at the time of application (spring term) and at the time of the receipt of the award (fall term).
- Service to the University and/or the Lawrence community.
- Scholarship, financial need and references will be of minimal consideration in application reviews.
Applications
- Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 6, 1980 in the SUA office, Kansas Union. Interviews to be held May 8, 1980.
- More information and applications available in the SUA office, Kansas Union.
WHEATSTOCKII
TUESDAY, MAY 6 · 12:00 TO 7:00PM · POTTERS PAVILLION · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
PRESENTED BY SUA SPECIAL EVENTS & KLZR · IN CASE OF RAIN UNION BALLROOM