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From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Magellan CD-ROMs
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                             MAGELLAN CD-ROMs
                                 Cycle 2
                             November 5, 1992
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     Fourteen more Magellan CD-ROMs (volumes 53 through 66) have now
been released by the Magellan project.  A total of 77 Magellan CD-ROMs
are now available: 66 CD-ROMs containing radar images, and 11 CD-ROMs
containing altimetry data.  Volumes 1 through 52 contain the radar
images taken by the Magellan spacecraft during Cycle 1, the first 8 month
mapping of the planet Venus.  Volumes 53 through 66 are the first release
of the Cycle 2 radar data.

     The CD-ROMs can be obtained from the National Space Science Data Center
(NSSDC) at the Goddard Space Flight Center.  The "nominal" charge is $20 for
the first CD-ROM, and $6 for any additional CD-ROM in an order.  However,
NSSDC may waive this charge for a small amount of data requested by bona fide
research users, government laboratories, etc.  School teachers who are unable
to pay may be helped on a case by case basis, and/or as resources permit.
Researchers funded by NASA's Solar System Exploration Division can also obtain
the CD-ROMs through the Planetary Data System at JPL.

     NSSDC's address is:

	National Space Science Data Center
	Goddard Space Flight Center
	Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
	Tel: (301) 286-6695

        Email address:   request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov

     You can also reach NSSDC by logging on to their computer.  To log onto the
NSSDC computer, telnet to NSSDC.GSFC.NASA.GOV and give the username "NSSDC".
You will then be connected to a menu system which allows you to use the
"Master Directory".  You can also leave questions and orders for the NSSDC
staff.  If this is the first time you have used the NSSDC "NODIS" system, it
will ask you for information (name, address, ...) to keep a database of NSSDC
users.

     NSSDC also provides the following software to display the images:

        o IMDISP       (IBM PC)
        o Browser      (Macintosh)
        o Pixel Pusher (Macintosh)
        o True Color   (Macintosh)

     The Magellan CD-ROMs will also eventually be available at the anonymous 
ftp site at the Ames Research Center: ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3].
The Ames site has two CD-ROM drives and they are accessible through the
pub/SPACE/CDROM and pub/SPACE/CDROM2 directories.
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