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In April 1991 a Space VLBI Work Week was held at Marsfield to discuss
planning for the RadioAstron and VSOP missions, both of which were
expected to launch within the next few years. As it turned out, the
VSOP satellite, HALCA, launched in 1997, and the RadioAstron
satellite, Spektr-R, launched in 2011! The COSPAR symposium held last
week in Pasadena included a session on "The multi-wavelength view at
the universe as triggered by the RadioAstron mission," and provided an
opportunity for a number of those present at the 1991 Space VLBI Work
Week to catch up. The image above shows a group, gathered around a
framed photo of the 1991 meeting, which includes Jim Moran (of
Thompson, Moran and Swenson), Dave Meier (author of "Black Hole
Astrophysics: The Engine Paradigm"), Joel Smith (former head of the
JPL Space VLBI group), Dave Murphy (creator of the FakeSat simulation
package), Dave Jauncey (pictured in a ADAP several weeks ago with the
Spektr-R antenna), and Yuri Kovalev. The next COSPAR meeting will be
held in Sydney in 2020. (Image credit: Carl Gwinn)
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