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ISEE-3 Vector Helium Magnetometer Update

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
July 3, 2014
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Notes on the ISEE-3 Vector Helium Magnetometer From the Original Principal Investigator
“Ed Smith, Original Original Principal Investigator on ISEE-3 Vector Helium Magnetometer: The effort to recapture the ISEE-/ ICE spacecraft has just achieved a notable scientific success. Data recovered from the spacecraft very recently show that the magnetometer is not only operating well but has observed a large rapid change in the Interplanetary Magnetic Field/IMF.”

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9 responses to “ISEE-3 Vector Helium Magnetometer Update”

  1. Scot007 says:
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    Did other operational satellites that also picked up this increase?

  2. Rich_Palermo says:
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    Marvelous. It will be a great day when space science gets the funding it deserves and the ISS has to run a Kickstarter to do … whatever it does.

    This resurrection deserves a Collier Trophy.

    • Scott Darpel says:
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      There is a lot of science being run aboard the ISS, but I know it may not get out there as well as it should. It’s also not as “Sexy” as planetary science, but worthwhile all the same. I support a group that does a variety of combustion science, fluid physics, advanced fluids, and even some human research. Again, maybe not as interesting, but they’ve unlocked some good data about fundamental behaviors, etc. Before I took this position, I had no idea what an advanced colloid was, either. Now, I marvel at what each break through means for everything around us.

      • fcrary says:
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        Maybe you could help me with a question someone at work asked. Accurate or not, scientific work is often measured by the number of research papers published in peer-reviewed, scientific journals. A planetary science mission I work on can go to NASA, ask for extended mission funding, and point to over 3000 papers in peer-reviewed journals as proof that we’re doing good work. So… What is the bibliography for ISS like? How many peer-reviewed papers have been published on all the research done on ISS?

        • Rich_Palermo says:
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          FCrary: Very well said and entirely on point.

          Scott Darpel: There’s a lot of combustion and fluid science done on the earth. Same with colloids. Even advanced fluids and advanced colloids. For the gigatons of money dumped into the ISS, the science return is neither sexy (your term) nor valuable as far as the publications (FCrary). That further money is dumped in this hole while ongoing and future science missions are locked in a musical chair deathmatch is a low-down dirty shame.

        • Scott Darpel says:
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          Gentlemen, I am probably not the right person to defend the validity of what science gets performed in reduced gravity – I’m a safety and mission assurance person. I would say, however, that given the limited amount of money our specific projects are allotted, there is quite a bit of peer review that goes on outside of NASA to vet what REALLY requires that environment. I also know that some of what we are doing now, or are working for future experiments requires more time in reduced gravity to reach steady state than a drop tower or aircraft can provide. I’m just not the right person to debate the science, but it seems to me that if folks like P&G are willing to put time & money into it, as they have with some of our colloids experiments, there’s likely some value. I don’t think P&G would otherwise.

  3. BeanCounterFromDownUnder says:
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    Great news. Any science data is worth this effort.
    Cheers.

  4. Scot007 says:
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    Again, did other satellites pick this up? If not, it is probably not real, but an artifact of the old girl’s systems.

    • Denniswingo says:
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      I am letting the PI figure this out. As for it being an artifact, that is unlikely.