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  . $865M, 5 trillion bits, Deep space network antenna captures 1e-16 W
  . Pub89-24 p104: 1961, gravity assist invented by 25 yo Michael A. Minovitch, mathematician grad student at JPL, 1962, Grand Tour, 1964 Max Hunter writes about it, 1965 Flandro works out details.
 .p81 re. Voyager disks, Hawking said we are simply not evolved enough to make contact.
  . $865M, 5 trillion bits, Deep space network antenna captures 1e-16 W
  . Pub89-24 p104: 1961, gravity assist invented by 25 yo Michael A. Minovitch, mathematician grad student at JPL, 1962, Grand Tour, 1964 Max Hunter writes about it, 1965 Flandro works out details.
 .p81 re. Voyager disks, Hawking said we are simply not evolved enough to make contact.     .Analogies to aboriginal contacts invalid; most damage was disease, we have science and can figure things out, contact will be very slow.

Interstellar Age

Jim Bell, Penguin/Dutton 2015, Tigard Library 629.43 BEL


  • p46 In 1965, Caltech Gary Flandro invented "Grand Tour", little credit until 1998 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
    • You have to learn not to be discouraged by experts

  • p68 11,000 work-years devoted to Voyager, 1/3 of the labor force for the Great Pyramid at Giza for King Cheops
    • C. Kohlhase The Voyager Neptume Travel Guide, JPL Publication 89-24 Nasa page 135

      • $865M, 5 trillion bits, Deep space network antenna captures 1e-16 W
      • Pub89-24 p104: 1961, gravity assist invented by 25 yo Michael A. Minovitch, mathematician grad student at JPL, 1962, Grand Tour, 1964 Max Hunter writes about it, 1965 Flandro works out details.
  • p81 re. Voyager disks, Hawking said we are simply not evolved enough to make contact.
    • Analogies to aboriginal contacts invalid; most damage was disease, we have science and can figure things out, contact will be very slow.

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