Wat00328 惑星協会より緊急メッセージ
#0000 sci1082 9104201010
惑星協会より緊急メッセージ
パサデナに本拠を置く惑星協会（会長：カール・セーガン）より緊急
メッセージが届きました。会員向けのものですが、興味がありましたら
THE PLANETARY SOCIETY
65 NORTH CATALINA AVENUE
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91106
U.S.A.
または、NIFTY:MGG00151（菊地）までお問い合わせ下さい。
なお、この件に関して「論説委員室から」というコラムに取り上げられ
ています。｛（俊）って、、、もしかして俊宏さん？｝
Ｎｏｔｕｓ
#0001 sci1082 9104201015
URGENT MEMORANDUM
TO: ALL SOCIETY MEMBERS
FROM: LOUIS FRIEDMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ACTION: IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN SOVIET MARS MISSION
I'VE GOT SOME EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU IN THIS MEMORANDUM.
BUT AS YOU READ IT, PLEASE REALIZE THIS IS AN URGENT SITUATION WHICH
REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND RESPONSE:
WE'VE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT IN SPITE OF THE CURRENT TURMOIL IN THE
U.S.S.R., THE SOVIETS HAVE DEFINITELY RENEWED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THEIR
PLANNED MISSION TO MARS IN 1994 -- AND HAVE GIVEN IT FULL FUNDING.
BUT EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT FOR US, THE SOVIETS HAVE OFFICIALLY
INVITED THE PLANETARY SOCIETY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TESTING
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR MARS ROVER!
THIS UNIQUE PIECE OF ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY, ALONG WITH THE MARS BALLOON,
COULD GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE VERY FIRST MOBILE VEHICLE TO EXPLORE
THE MARTIAN SURFACE. IT IS ALSO UNPRECEDENTED FOR A NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION TO BE INVOLVED AT THIS LEVEL OF PLANETARY EXPLORATION.
I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE THAT THIS INVITATION REPRESENTS A SUPERB
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLANETARY SOCIETY.
BECAUSE OF OUR WORK WITH THE FRENCH SPACE AGENCY IN THE OCTOBER TESTING
OF THE MARS BALLOON IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, THE SOVIETS NOW CONSIDER THE
SOCIETY'S CONTINUING PARTICIPATION CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE MARS
'94 MISSION. WE ARE GREATLY HONORED BY THIS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A SERIOUS DILEMMA:
TO PARTICIPATE IN A MARS LANDING IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY,
ONE WE'VE DREAMED OF SINCE OUR FOUNDING. BUT, TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, WE
SIMPLY CAN'T EVEN BEGIN O COMMIT OURSELVES TO THIS LANDMARK PROJECT
WITHOUT A FIRM PROMISE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS.
YOU SEE, THE COST OF OUR EFFORTS IN THE ROVER TESTS (EXPENSES FOR
LOGISTICAL AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT...SCIENTIFIC AND VOLUNTEER TEAMS...
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, MEALS, VIDEOTAPING, PHOTOGRAPHY AND FIELD
EQUIPMENT) COULD BE AS MUCH AS $50,000. THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HAVE
ANTICIPATED THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. CONSEQUENTLY, WE'RE SIMPLY NOT
BUDGETED FOR SUCH A COMMITMENT.
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I MUST WRITE YOU TODAY WITH THIS URGENT
MEMORANDUM. THE SOVIETS AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS STAND
WAITING FOR OUR ANSWER TO THEIR CALL FOR HELP ON THIS HISTORIC
UNDERTAKING -- BUT WE CAN'T MOVE UNTIL WE RECEIVE DIRECTION FROM YOU
AND YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS.
TO HELP YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE
VENTURE, HERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT:
BUILDING O THE SUCCESS OF THEIR VENUS AND COMET HALLEY MISSIONS, THE
SOVIETS HAVE MADE EXPLORATION OF MARS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN THEIR
NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAM. WHILE PREVIOUS SOVIET ATTEMPTS AT MARS
EXPLORATION WERE ONLY PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL, IT IS NOW OUR JOB TO PITCH
IN AND HELP THEM CARRY OUT THE MISSION'S EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES.
THIS TIME OUT, THE SOVIETS HAVE A NEW AND IMPROVED, SECOND-GENERATION
PHOBOS SPACECRAFT, WHICH WILL BE THE CORNERSTONE OF THE MARS '94
MISSION.
THIS IS A ROBOTIC MISSION -- WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF COLLECTING
SCIENTIFIC AND PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE MARTIAL ATMOSPHERE, WIND AND
SURFACE -- AND SAMPLING SOIL AND ROCKS WITH A ROBOTIC ROVER VEHICLE.
THE MISSION INCLUDES THE MARS BALLOONS (WITH THE JOINT COOPERATION OF
THE FRENCH AND PLANETARY SOCIETY), ORBITERS, PENETRATORS, SMALL
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS...AND TWO ROVERS, ONE ON EACH PROBE.
THE ROVERS WILL TRAVEL ABOUT AN HOUR A DAY UNDER POWER OF RECHARGEABLE
BATTERIES, MAKING OBSERVATIONS, TAKING MEASUREMENTS, AND GATHERING
SAMPLES. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO OPERATE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, EACH
EVENTUALLY COVERING 100 KILOMETERS OVER THE SANDS OF MARS -- ALL THE
WHILE RETURNING TELEVISION IMAGES AND CONDUCTING IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE ADDITION OF THE ROVER TO THE MISSION PLAN WAS A
COMPLETE SURPRISE TO MOST OBSERVERS. MARS '94 WAS ALREADY TECH-
NOLOGICALLY AMBITIOUS ENOUGH WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE BALLOON, THE
PENETRATORS, AND, OF COURSE, THE LARGE ORBITER.
THIS IS SAID THAT "GREAT DEEDS ARE USUALLY WROUGHT AT GREAT RISKS"
(HERODOTUS). THE SOVIETS OBVIOUSLY CONCUR, AS DO WE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE ROVER IS ENORMOUSLY COMPLEX, BUT THE
SOVIETS REALIZED THAT THE ADVANTAGES OF FURTHERING THE MISSION'S
PRIMARY PURPOSE -- MARTIAN SURFACE EXPLORATION -- MORE THAN JUSTIFIED
THIS HIGH-RISK EXPERIMENT.
YOU MAY WELL WONDER WHY THE SOVIETS ARE NOT COLLABORATING ON THIS
PROJECT DIRECTLY WITH NASA, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, NO COOPERATIVE
ENGINEERING OR HARDWARE VENTURE YET EXIST BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE
U.S.S.R. IN THEIR PLANETARY PROGRAMS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PLANETARY SOCIETY COMES IN:
WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY, WITHOUT HIGH COSTS AND RED TAPE, AND WE HAVE THE
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE TO DO THE JOB. WE HAVE A COMMITTED TEAM OF
VOLUNTEERS -- SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FROM THE JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY, FROM UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY, NOT TO MENTION OUR OWN
MEMBERS, READY TO JOIN IN THIS PHENOMENAL EFFORT.
THE ONLY THINS WE DON'T HAVE IS THE FINANCES.
THAT'S WHY YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY
CRUCIAL!
IN CASE YOU NEED ANY MORE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE, THEN
CONSIDER THESE POINTS:
FIRST, IF WE ARE EVER TO CONDUCT JOINT MISSIONS, WE MUST ESTABLISH
LINKS BETWEEN U.S. AND U.S.S.R. ENGINEERING TEAMS.
SECOND, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE INCREASE PUBLIC INTEREST IN ROBOTIC
TECHNOLOGY. FOR ROVERS REPRESENT OUR BEST HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH
SUCCESSFUL, FIRST-TIME SURFACE EXPLORATIONS OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR
MOONS AT COMPARATIVELY LOW COST AND WITHOUT RISKING HUMAN LIVES.
FINALLY, WHILE MOST OF HUMANITY WILL ALWAYS BE PASSIVE OBSERVERS OF
THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE, YOU, AS A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY, WILL BE
PLAYING A DIRECT ROLE IN THE MARS '94 PROJECT.
IF ALL GOES WELL, TWO MARS BALLOONS WILL RACE WITHE WIND ACROSS THE
RED PLANET IN 1995. TWO ROVERS WILL CRUISE THE SURFACE, SENDING BACK
INFORMATION AND PICTURES OF PINK SKIES...PYRAMID-SHAPED MOUNTAINS...
SANDSTORMS REACHING HALF THE SPEED OF SOUND...AND VAST,EXTINCT
VOLCANOES THAT DWARF ANYTHING EVER SEEN ON EARTH. WONDROUS NEW
DISCOVERIES WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE MADE -- DISCOVERIES ABOUT WHICH
NO ONE TODAY COULD HAVE GUESSED.
ON THAT DAY, YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOU MADE THIS HISTORIC
ACCOMPLISHMENT POSSIBLE!
SO NOW I ASK: WHAT SHALL WE TELL THE SOVIETS? IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU.
I HOPE YOU'LL GIVE US THE GO-AHEAD TO SAY, "COUNTS US IN!," BY MAKING
THE MOST GENEROUS GIFT YOU POSSIBLY CAN, RIGHT AWAY, SO THE SOCIETY
CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS MARVELOUS EXAMPLE OF INTERNATIONAL AND
SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION.
WELCOME TO THE MARS '94 TEAM!
#0002 kepel 9104201316
「俊」は前科学部長で現論説委員の武部俊一さんです。
あそこは平記者は書けなくて、もっとえらい（俊宏さんごめん！！）
人でなければ書けないんです。
ｋｅｐｅｌ拝
#0003 sci1082 9104220955
なるほど、んなわけ無いと思ってたのですが。いぇ、なに、俊宏さ
んの方には惑星協会入会のお手伝いをしたことがあるもので。
メッセージの誤字脱字はご容赦を。
Ｎｏｔｕｓ
#0004 ultra7 9104221155
ほうほう、『ﾗﾝﾄﾞﾛｰﾊﾞｰ』って、その実験装置のビデオを見たことがあります。鼓形し
た車輪を３つ車体の下に持った、全長１２０ｾﾝﾁ、重さ75ｷﾛ程度という小さな車で、平地
では、そのままゴロゴロ普通に走ってますが、山やがけになると、その車輪が前後に伸
び縮みし始め、シャクトリムシとなって34度の傾斜の登攀が可能になるという、変わっ
た装置です。
積載機材は、深さ１メートルまで振動で穴を掘れるﾎﾞｰﾘﾝｸﾞ装置に、深さ35センチから
サンプルを回収できる穴掘り機など。一日に100ｷﾛの走行が可能で、電源はﾗｼﾞｵｱｲｿﾄｰﾌﾟ
と電池、その発電能力から２年間のミッションが可能とか。
昨年、火星フォーラムの招きでソ連担当者がやって来ましたが、まだどうやって火星
表面にソフトランデイングさせるか方法が決まっていないとか、地球から操縦すると、
緊急事態に間に合わないので、自動走行にしたいのだが、そこらの開発もまだ全部終わ
ってないとか、ゆうてました。それから、ローバーの実験は、ｶﾑﾁｬｯｶでやってるそうで
す。ｶﾑﾁｬｯｶと火星って地形が似てるのかしら。
Notusセンセイも、南極に次いで、火星の極冠に日の丸立ててくるなんてのはどうでし
ょうか。それから、『火星の顔』と記念写真なんてのもいいですねえ。
ほとんど何の協力にもなってない、ゴミ書き込みでした。
艮神
#0005 ultra7 9104221233
↑ また書き間違えてしまった。ローバーは、一日に移動できるのが
数十キロで、全移動可能距離が、百キロでした。
艮神
#0006 sci1082 9105011222
惑星協会の主催で以下の講演会が開かれます。
Notus拝
ＩＳＹ（国際宇宙年）記念企画
「惑星への夢」講演会（入場無料）
講演：日本の月惑星探査計画（水谷 仁）
惑星有人飛行の諸問題（新田慶治）
日時：平成３年５月１１日（土）
午後２時〜５時
会場：発明会館
東京都港区虎ノ門２−９−１４
主催：The Planetary Society（惑星協会）
財団法人宇宙科学振興会
日本ロケット協会
後援：文部省宇宙科学研究所
放送大学学園
#0007 ultra7 9105011311
ところ、全然関係ないけどこの会、ｶｰﾙｾｰｶﾞﾝさんが会長でしたよねえ。
意味のない質問の艮神