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- From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
- Subject: NASA Get Away Specials
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.140113.22624@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:01:13 GMT
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- There have been some discussions about the NASA GAS program in recent
- weeks. I thought the following short note from Optics and Photonics
- News might be of interest.
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- NASA "Get Away Specials"
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- Since the first "Get Away Special" payload flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia
- a decade ago, 87 payloads have flown on 18 missions, representing customers
- from industry, educational institutions, domestic and foreign governments,
- and individuals.
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- Payload costs range from $8000 for a payload weighing 27.22 kg with a
- volume of 0.071 m^3 to $27,000 for a 90.72 kg [payload] with a volume
- of 0.142 m^3. Charges for U.S. educational institutions range from $3000
- to $10,000.
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- To receive general information on the Get Away Special program or to make
- a reservation, contact Robert Tucker, Office of Space Flight, 202/453-2347.
- For programmatic or technical questions, contact Lowell Primm, GAS Program
- Manager, Office of Space Flight, 202/453-1922.
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- Dave Michelson
- davem@ee.ubc.ca
-