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Jeff is probably best known for co-writing the book that spawned the movie Apollo 13, so he was a natural to field the question about when we will live on Mars. "We've nailed the basic technology; the only thing missing is a decision to go." Barbara Maddux, who is doing a superb job as the head reporter on the entire Visions project, liked the "Will We Live on Mars?" question for more practical reasons: "As a New Yorker living in a tight housing market, I was surprised--and encouraged--by Jeff's optimistic answer...
DIED. CHESTER LEE, 80, NASA mission director who oversaw the return of Apollo 13 after an oxygen tank exploded in mid-flight; in Washington. The Navy captain helped develop the Polaris missile as well as NASA's shuttle program...
...hooked. You log on and post how fast you want to play (five minutes for the whole game is customary) and how strong an opponent you want. Within seconds, your screen is alive. A chessboard has appeared; your opponent has already moved; your clock, posted onscreen in ominous Apollo-countdown mode, is running...
...Fortunately, Apollo 440 finally took off, moving into a series of beat-heavy songs that restarted the crowd. It helped that these Brits seemed to actually remember being in Boston, not just through shouts of "there's a party in Fenway Park!", but also by reminiscing about performing in the pre-remodeling Axis...
...interact with a limited percentage of you. So I take a stab in the dark and pick concerts from musicians that I feel are fairly well-known, or should be better known, and I try to do it with some reverence for music history. Which is how Fiona Apple, Apollo 440 and Lit came to share this page. But then somewhere along the line someone pointed out that this philosophy needed to be explained, plus we needed a way of summarizing all the musical occurrences on, around and off campus. So here it is, the inaugural edition...