Oct 12 1993
From The Space Library
NASA scientists were scheduled to test an "intelligent" computer on the 14-day Spacelab life sciences mission, scheduled for launch in early October. The computer, known as the Astronaut Science Advisor, was designed to help astronauts work more efficiently and improve the quality of science in space. (NASA Release 93-180)
In the current issue of the journal Science, astronomers reported that refined analysis of spacecraft data had led them to estimate that the heliopause is somewhere from 116 to 177 times farther away from the Sun than is Earth. The previous calculations, announced in May, gave a lower estimate of 82 to 130 times. (NY Times, Oct 12/93)
NASA officials said that its Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory had yielded three major breakthroughs, two of which would enable scientists to unmask hidden supernovae buried deep in the center of the Milky Way. The third discovery pinpoints a source of the mysterious cosmic rays in this galaxy that have puzzled researchers since the rays first were detected more than 80 years ago. (NASA Release 93-182)
NASA announced that it had received a request from Russian physicians treating victims of the recent emergency in Moscow for medical assistance from U.S. clinicians. The medical consultations were to use a previously established U.S./Russian satellite telemedicine program known as "Spacebridge to Moscow." NASA first became involved in satellite telemedicine programs in the 1970s when a NASA satellite was used for medical consultation and health care delivery to remote sites in Alaska. (NASA Release 93-183)
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