From: skunk-works-digest-owner@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu To: skunk-works-digest@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Skunk Works Digest V3 #58 Reply-To: skunk-works-digest@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Errors-To: skunk-works-digest-owner@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Precedence: bulk Skunk Works Digest Saturday, 12 June 1993 Volume 03 : Number 058 In this issue: FTP access RE: Falling objects and shields See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the skunk-works or skunk-works-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: S.Dray@ste0402.wins.icl.co.uk Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 12:18:23 +0100 Subject: FTP access I am having difficulty in getting ftp access can someone confirm the correct address to call for ftp from the server ------------------------------ From: beede@SCTC.COM (Mike Beede) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 93 09:20:52 CDT Subject: RE: Falling objects and shields > I know some people that are working on the program. We were > discussing the landing method. I think it would be much cheaper > (and easier) to just deploy a parachute for the final decent. The > powered, nose up, vertical landing requires pretty fancy software > and control systems. I understand the that DC-Y will be a little large for parachute landing. I forget the exact details, but I think it's to be considerably larger than the shuttle orbiter. The basic reason for the DC-X is to demonstrate the DC-Y landing mode. By the way, do you get to watch these tests? Mike ------------------------------ End of Skunk Works Digest V3 #58 ******************************** To subscribe to skunk-works-digest, send the command: subscribe skunk-works-digest in the body of a message to "listserv@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu". If you want to subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then append that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-skunk-works": subscribe skunk-works-digest local-skunk-works@your.domain.net To unsubscribe, send mail to the same address, with the command: unsubscribe skunk-works-digest in the body. Administrative requests, problems, and other non-list mail can be sent to either "skunk-works-digest-owner@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu" or, if you don't like to type a lot, "prm@ecn.purdue.edu". A non-digest (direct mail) version of this list is also available; to subscribe to that instead, replace all instances of "skunk-works-digest" in the commands above with "skunk-works". Back issues are available for anonymous FTP from harbor.ecn.purdue.edu, in /pub/skunk-works/digest/vNN.nMMM (where "NN" is the volume number, and "MMM" is the issue number).