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...AEROSPACE 4 hours Time it will take to fly from London to Sydney on a space plane being developed by Europe's EADS Astrium $308,200 Estimated cost per ticket aboard the proposed four-passenger craft. The 10,600-mile (17,000 km) journey currently takes more than 21 hours and costs about...
...lumps in oatmeal. Most dramatically, it will collect detailed images of all six Apollo landing sites, which have stood unseen for close to 40 years. "LRO's job is to open up the lunar frontier," says Jim Garvin, chief scientist at Goddard's Space Flight Center, where the craft is being assembled. "Right now we have a view from the 1970s, and here we are in the 21st century...
...Given that many employers now care little what undergraduates actually studied in their classes, students have begun to craft a new type of liberal education—one where extracurriculars are the key part of career training, and academics become, in some sense, extracurricular themselves. According to Bill Wright-Swadel, the director of the Office of Career Services, the perception of liberal arts education as peripheral is not far from the truth when it comes to firms that recruit at Harvard. “Employers that we talk to for the most part tell us that the concentration...
...book explains writing makes it sound like an almost physical experience. Is that a common attitude among writers?BJ: There are so many things about writing that are so mysterious...But there are plenty of things that can be explained. You can really teach someone technique and craft and how to be a more sophisticated reader. Any gift or talent that the writer has will then be augmented. Like you said, it really comes down to being physical.3.FM: In the book you say that you don’t believe in inspiration or that writing can be taught?...
...Theron found the right person in 14-year-old actress AnnaSophia Robb. “Shewas the element that really made mecommit to the film,” Theron said.Theron became Robb’s mentor duringproduction, balancing the roles ofnurturing the young actress and pushingher to hone her craft. “I was very protectiveof her,” Theron said, “but I also thinkthat at that age you’re still figuring outyour method, and I wish I had somebodywhen I was 19 who was like, ‘Look, youcan deliver really...