September 1980
From The Space Library
NRC's News Report included an article on asteroids, comets, and meteoroids, subject of a report by the Space Science Board's committee on planetary and lunar exploration, calling for investigation and analysis of the solar system's "primitive objects" to determine their chemical and isotopic composition and deduce their history through Earth-laboratory and theoretical studies as well as from spacecraft and space probes, as part of a strategy for understanding solar system development. The committee, chaired by Eugene Levy of the University of Arizona, called for initial exploration and reconnaissance of asteroids and comets by spacecraft encounter as a "goal of high priority" for the period 1980-1990. (NRC News Rept, Sept 80, 1)
NASA issued a summary of Saturn encounter events for the period August 22 through December 15, beginning with "in-bound movie sequences" from Voyager 1 through Saturn Titan close approach and ending with a postencounter movie sequence. Subjects of Voyager research at Saturn would be the planet itself, its rings, its satellites (especially the Mercury-size Titan), and Saturn's magnetosphere; the summary listed points of special interest and the unique properties to be investigated. (NASA Release 80-145)
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