latest on HST search dates

From: Tony Spadafora (ALSpadafora@lbl.gov)
Date: Fri Dec 19 2003 - 10:43:54 PST

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    Search dates are still not set but here is what is now being considered.
    -Tony

    Begin forwarded message:

    > From: adam riess <ariess@stsci.edu>
    > Date: December 19, 2003 9:03:47 AM PST
    > To: williamj@stsci.edu, RAGibbons@lbl.gov, ALSpadafora@lbl.gov
    > Cc: robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu, saul@lbl.gov, ariess@stsci.edu,
    > gibbo@panisse.lbl.gov
    > Subject: options
    > Reply-To: adam riess <ariess@stsci.edu>
    >
    > Bill,
    >
    > Okay, I see some room for improvement:
    >
    > Search 1: April 2-4, day 93-94 visibility > 60 min
    >
    > Search 2: May 21-23, day 142-144, visibility > 78 min
    >
    > Search 3: July 7-8, day 189-190, visibility > 59 min
    >
    > Search 4: August 25-26, day 238-239, visibility = 50.2 minutes
    >
    >
    > Searches 1-3 should be totally fine now according to the tables.
    >
    > The problem child is search 4. (We just miss being able to work it
    > on Aug 17, day 230).
    >
    > So, *if* you can find SAA impacted orbits to give
    > us for August 25-26 (or we could go back as much as a week
    > earlier) *and* you expand the 50 min visibility by the 8%
    > you could do, then we hit the 54 minutes needed.
    >
    > So will this work?
    >
    > -Adam
    >
    > P.S. If we do this it would expand us into Cycle 13
    > but its not our request since we could have done this with our
    > option 1 in
    > Cycle 12. So if we go this route, are you guys responsible
    > for clearing it with Duccio and Rodger?
    >
    >
    >
    >



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