Word: endeavour
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...wouldn't watch MTV anymore. Plus, if attention is what they were going for, the media made the endeavour successful. Kendra Oliver Pittsburgh...
...Does the Bush administration have any right to propose an endeavour like this when they already have the nation in a near financial crisis? The deficit is at a record high, and between the cost of the Iraq war and the Republican committment to tax cuts there is now sign of improvement. Going to the Moon or Mars would be extremely costly, something that Americans would be more likely to support if we all had jobs! Jon Butler Cheshire, Mass...
...Keefe was quick to promise, just four hours after the crash, that shuttles would resume normal flight operations as soon as possible, some of the program's staunchest backers were soon nursing doubts about the long term viability of winged spacecraft. With just three orbiters remaining - Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour - one more catastrophic accident would mean the program could not support enough flights to keep the space station operating. And an orbital space plane would share many of the same limitations as the shuttle. What if a rocket were about to explode and the commander tried to abort at supersonic...
...suicide country," warns Andreas Brunner, Zurich's chief public prosecutor, whose job it is to keep an eye on Dignitas' activities and make sure it doesn't break any laws. Such concerns do not sway Nägeli from pursuing what he sees as a purely humanitarian endeavour. "I can identify with these people," he says. "As a doctor, I just can't stand to see them suffer." Without tough new legislation - which is unlikely at this point - Nägeli and Minelli's mission of mercy looks set to continue...
...space agency agreed to allow American millionaire Dennis Tito aboard the International Space Station next week, according to sources close to negotiations. NASA officials in Washington would neither confirm nor deny the move; however, NASA chief Daniel Goldin, in Cape Canaveral for the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Thursday told reporters, "I expect before the launch of Mr. Tito, all the issues will be resolved." The response - he refused follow-up questions - would seem to indicate that Tito, who reportedly paid $20 million for the trip aboard a Russian Soyuz vehicle, will launch next Saturday and become...