Asri-unix.1062 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:sri-unix!penalver.ES@PARC-MAXC Fri Mar 19 14:13:15 1982 Space Shuttle experiment slots open Through NASA's Get Away Special program a group of JPL employees, Occidental College students, and other interested persons are developing a materials processing payload to be flown in late '82 or early '83. This payload will contain 18 furnaces able to heat small (2 cc) samples to 1000 degrees Centigrade in 60 minutes. Its purpose is to investigate materials behavior in near-zero gravity. Each furnace will support an individual experiment. Six of the furnaces are still unallocated. Since we would like to put this payload to good use we would like to hear from people with good experiments in mind who are willing to do the ground-based preliminary and follow-up work involved. You supply the sample and temperature profile. We will, at no cost, fly and return your sample along with in-flight temperature and acceleration data . You write a report on the results, which will be published as part of the overall project report. If you are interested please get back to me. (If you just want to barbecue some chicken, I suggest your own back yard). Tony ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.