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...built TransHab out of aluminum and had a small-scale [model] inflated," says Schneider. At full size, 45 ft. long and 22 ft. in diameter, it should hold three to six people in a shirtsleeve environment. TransHab launches in a compressed state, with fabric wrapped around a rigid core, then inflates "like a pup tent in the back of a car," according to Schneider. Bigelow has poured $75 million into the project...
...easiest way to start an academic brawl is to ask what an educated person should know. The last time Harvard University tackled that question was in 1978, when it established its Core Curriculum, which focused less on content than on mastering ways of thinking. Like Harvard's so-called Red Book standards of 1945, which helped inspire a generation of distribution requirements, the core had broad resonance at other major universities. Now, after a four-year process initiated under controversial former president Lawrence Summers, the nation's most famous university has come up with a whole new set of guidelines...
What was a young defensive core last season will have to recover from the loss of all-Ivy defender Tom Mikula and classmate Peter Doyle, who combined for 70 ground balls their final year...
...with a season under its belt, the young group of sophomores Eric Posner, Max Gottschall, and Sean Whitsitt will look to prove itself. Newcomer Billy Geist will add to the core...
...arranged the dinner with Gross, said he felt “fairly positive” about Gross’s proposal. “I like it,” he said. “The biggest concern is that people who are taking Cores are getting screwed. But at least they are trying to do something about it.” Students in Core classes are required to take final exams, which means OCS cannot issue certification letters for seniors enrolled in those courses until the end of the final exam period, which falls in late May. One student...