The Pioneer Anomaly (fwd)

Here's a response I received today from the Pioneer Anomaly team, the folks who have the data tapes from the Pioneer missions that were at risk of being lost: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:08:24 -0700 From: Bruce Betts <tpsbb at planetary.org> To: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> Subject: re: The Pioneer Anomaly Hi, Thanks to preliminary contributions from members, the Pioneer Anomaly team have been able to confirm that data can be retrieved successfully from the old data tapes using the existing machine at JPL. We greatly appreciate your offer, but don't think it will be necessary as the tests have been successful so far. We will keep you in mind however and I will pass your information along to the team. We have also established a two phase plan with the team. Phase 1 is underway now: data recovery and validation, which will take several months of tedious work. Phase 2 will be a period of intensive data analysis to carefully search for the source of the anomaly. Thank you for your interest. FYI, more information on the Pioneer Anomaly and things related to our Pioneer Anomaly special appeal can be found at: http://planetary.org/news/2005/pioneer_anomaly_faq.html Bruce Betts Bruce Betts, Ph.D. Director of Projects The Planetary Society, Ph:626-793-5100 The Planetary Society is the largest space interest group on Earth. The Society is non-profit and non-governmental. See http://planetary.org for more information. --- -- Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org [ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ] [ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]