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The Rhode Island[[ James_F._Bell,_III | James F. Bell ]], not the Oregon [[ James_F._Bell,_III | anarchist Jim Bell ]]. The Arizona State University scientist [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Bell,_III  | James F. Bell ]] 1965, not the anarchist [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bell | Jim Bell ]] 1958.
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[[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1 | Voyager 1 ]] is the first functional space probe in interstellar space, crossing the heliopause at in 2012. [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2 | Voyager 2 ]] crossed in 2018. [[ https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ | Both spacecraft ]] are still transmitting data as I write this.
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Bell was born in Rhode Island, loved the Apollo missions as a young child, and had an 8 inch Meade telescope as a teenager. Only PBS had science shows ... mostly [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_(American_TV_program) | NOVA ]]. [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan | Carl Sagan]]'s 1980 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage | Cosmos ]] inspired him to be a scientist. [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program | Viking ]] was "astounding", but [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program | Voyager ]] was "irresistible".

 .p13 Voyager had 10 project managers, but only one project scientist, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._Stone | Edward C. Stone ]]
  .namesake of asteroid [[ https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=5841 | 5841 Stone ]]
 .p20 "Don't anthropomorphize the spacecraft, they don't like it" -- attributed to project manager [[ https://www.nae.edu/19579/165897/20676/166043/20687/55294/55568/55569/John-R-Casani | John Casani ]]
 .p24 Sagan and Caltech's [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_C._Murray | Bruce Murray] ]'s [[ https://www.planetary.org | Planetary Report ]] in 1989, bimonthly newsletter $15/y .
 .p27 Bell matriculates to Caltech in 1983, failed Math 1 special "Math 0.9" class, image analysis scutwork for [[ https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/65653596_Mark_Allen | Mark Allen ]], then [[ https://academic.microsoft.com/institution/122411786 | G. Edward Danielson ]]
 .p33 1985 Danielson arranges special badge to watch Voyager Uranus encounter from inside the Science Operations Room in JPL Bldg. 264 with student [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Hammel | Heidi Hammel ]] .
 .p42 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Flandro | Gary Flandro ]] develops [[ http://www.gravityassist.com/IAF3-2/Ref.%203-143.pdf | planetary assists ]] and what [[ https://collections.archives.caltech.edu/agents/people/395 | Homer Joe Stewart ]] dubbed [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour_program | "The Grand Tour" ]].
 .p49 MJS-77 mission Jupiter Saturn evolved into Voyager
 .p53 8-track tape player recorder, about 100 images
 .p56 Three launch struts and four booms: magnetometer on 43 foot fiberglass boom, two 33 foot plasma/radio receiver booms, eight foot science boom: Plasma Wave, Cosmic Ray, Low Energy Charged Particle instruments, steerable scan platform for imaging and spectroscopy
 .p56 short boom with '''Ra'''dioisotope '''T'''hermal '''Ge'''nerator - PU238
 .p57 High Bay in JPL bldg. 179, Class 10,000 clean room (Intel's Hillsboro Fab D1D is Class 10, with wafers in Class 1 )
 .p58 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Infrared_Telescope_Facility | NASA IRTF ]] InfraRed Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, 4205m
 .p59 Flight to Hawaii in snow boots and parka
 .p62 825 kg, 120 kg scientific instruments, launched on Titan-III Centaur
 .p63 Deep Space Network Canberra 70 meter dish, Voyager 23 watt transmitter
 .p71 [[ http://goldenrecord.org/#discus-aureus | Golden Record ]]
 .p105 miision designer [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kohlhase| Charley Kohlhase ]] and 10 colleagues.
 .p107 July 9, 1979 Jupiter flyby
 .p113 Voyagers 3 axis spin stabilized, fixed orientation
 .p118 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_A._Morabito | Linda Morabito ]] observed volcanos on Io
 .p136 Pioneer 11 just missed [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(moon) | Janus ]] or [[ https://en.wikipedia.or./wiki/Epimetheus_(moon) | Epimetheus? ]] by 2500 km (author writes 2500 miles /

The Interstellar Age

Jim Bell - Central 919.9204 B4338i 2015

The Arizona State University scientist James F. Bell 1965, not the anarchist Jim Bell 1958.

Voyager 1 is the first functional space probe in interstellar space, crossing the heliopause at in 2012. Voyager 2 crossed in 2018. Both spacecraft are still transmitting data as I write this.

Bell was born in Rhode Island, loved the Apollo missions as a young child, and had an 8 inch Meade telescope as a teenager. Only PBS had science shows ... mostly NOVA. Carl Sagan's 1980 Cosmos inspired him to be a scientist. Viking was "astounding", but Voyager was "irresistible".

  • p13 Voyager had 10 project managers, but only one project scientist, Edward C. Stone

  • p20 "Don't anthropomorphize the spacecraft, they don't like it" -- attributed to project manager John Casani

  • p24 Sagan and Caltech's Bruce Murray] ]'s [[ https://www.planetary.org in 1989, bimonthly newsletter $15/y .

  • p27 Bell matriculates to Caltech in 1983, failed Math 1 special "Math 0.9" class, image analysis scutwork for Mark Allen, then G. Edward Danielson

  • p33 1985 Danielson arranges special badge to watch Voyager Uranus encounter from inside the Science Operations Room in JPL Bldg. 264 with student Heidi Hammel .

  • p42 Gary Flandro develops planetary assists and what Homer Joe Stewart dubbed "The Grand Tour".

  • p49 MJS-77 mission Jupiter Saturn evolved into Voyager
  • p53 8-track tape player recorder, about 100 images
  • p56 Three launch struts and four booms: magnetometer on 43 foot fiberglass boom, two 33 foot plasma/radio receiver booms, eight foot science boom: Plasma Wave, Cosmic Ray, Low Energy Charged Particle instruments, steerable scan platform for imaging and spectroscopy

  • p56 short boom with Radioisotope Thermal Generator - PU238

  • p57 High Bay in JPL bldg. 179, Class 10,000 clean room (Intel's Hillsboro Fab D1D is Class 10, with wafers in Class 1 )

  • p58 NASA IRTF InfraRed Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, 4205m

  • p59 Flight to Hawaii in snow boots and parka
  • p62 825 kg, 120 kg scientific instruments, launched on Titan-III Centaur
  • p63 Deep Space Network Canberra 70 meter dish, Voyager 23 watt transmitter

  • p71 Golden Record

  • p105 miision designer Charley Kohlhase and 10 colleagues.

  • p107 July 9, 1979 Jupiter flyby
  • p113 Voyagers 3 axis spin stabilized, fixed orientation

  • p118 Linda Morabito observed volcanos on Io

  • p136 Pioneer 11 just missed Janus or Epimetheus? by 2500 km (author writes 2500 miles /

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