That’s it! And Author Mudgway turns out to be from Sonoma, a town in my county just a few miles east of me. I wonder if I can get him to sign my copy when it comes out?
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 3:52 PM Adam Kumiszcza <akumisz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this is available here: > https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20020033033.pdf and > here: > > https://books.google.pl/books?id=vn5TAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=pl&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false > > Best regards, > Adam Kumiszcza > > On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 5:20 PM Jeremy Nichols <jn6...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sufficiently interesting that I bought a paper copy through Abebooks. > Looks > > like a somewhat later version, author given as Douglas Mudgway, title > > “ Uplink-Downlink: > > A History of the Deep Space Network 1957-1997.” “Oversized,” 674 > > pages. Abebooks > > lists a couple dozen copies in both hardback and paperback at prices from > > reasonable to ridiculous, as is usual for bookstores. > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 3:47 AM ew via time-nuts < > time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > This is a must read. Could not put it down, JPL, NASA, Eisenhowe,r did > > > learn a lot at the same time fascinating > > > Bert Kehren > > > In a message dated 5/22/2020 10:36:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > > jim...@earthlink.net writes: > > > > > > Apparently, they used moonbounce between DSN stations to synchronize > to 5 > > > microseconds in 1968. It was easier and cheaper than flying cesium > clocks > > > around. (And the Rb standards weren't good enough). > > > https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19770007245 > > > History of DSN - mostly about politics, history, transmitters and > > > receivers, but a whole section on timekeeping, phase measurements, etc. > > > starting around page 133 (The DSN Inherent accuracy project), and the > > > discovery during Mariner that UTC and UTI were different enough to > cause > > > nav errors. > > > _______________________________________________time-nuts mailing list > -- > > > time-n...@lists.febo.comTo unsubscribe, go to > > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.comand > > follow > > > the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > > To unsubscribe, go to > > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > -- > > Jeremy Nichols > > Sent from my iPad 6. > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Jeremy Nichols Sent from my iPad 6. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.