From: Brian D Williams <talon57@well.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 06:33:58 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Cypherpunks Satelites?
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There was a review of a book called "Micro Space Craft" by Rick
Fleeter in the Aug issue of WIRED.

My copy arrived an hour ago......

Chapter one:   Why are we here?
Chapter two:   Propulsion-or-how to get there?
Chapter three: Orbit Mechanics-or-What keeps these things up      
               anyway?
Chapter four:  Orbit Mechanics II: The Movie
Chapter five:  You Send Me: Orbit mechanics III
Chapter six:   Magnetic Attractions
Chapter seven: Everything you always wanted to know about radio,
               Part one: Shatter the myth of the digital Miracle?
Chapter eight: Everything you always wanted to know about radio
               Part two: Faster than a speeding bullet.
Chapter nine:  Everything you always wanted to know about radio
               Part three: What's up Doc?
Chapter ten:   Thermal Dynamics: Tough talk about temperature
               (A short virtually painless, and occasionally      
               philosophical look at spacecraft thermostatics and 
               thermodynamics.
Chapter eleven: You got an attitude buddy?: (A primer on small
                satelite stability and control.)
Chapter twelve: Memory systems for spacecraft-or-Memory-What is it 
                good for?
Chapter thirteen: Mechanisms: The nuts and bolts of small         
                  Satelites.
Chapter fourteen: Batteries not included.
Chapter fifteen: Bring'em up clean.
Chapter sixteen: Satelite clusters
Chapter seventeen: Where to look for historical underpinnings,term 
                   definitions, and revolutionary zeal turned up to 
                   11.
Chapter eighteen: Space history and a possible future.
   
"Dr Rick Fleeter is a founder and President of the small Satelite
and space transportation company AeroAstro, and the International
Small Satelite Organization (ISSO). He has been responsible for
development of over 20 miniature satelites ranging from 2.5 to 250
pounds and has been writing and publishing the "NEW SPACE"
(previously ISSO) newsletter bimonthly since 1987."

The Edge City Press
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Reston, VA 22091
703.620.6650
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Brian

"Zazen? Well it beats sitting around on your ass all day doing
nothing."