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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Water, water everywhere. Water on the moon, water on Europa. Twenty years and a few big drills, and the cold grey moon will be dotted with lake houses and tourist traps, kind of a Catskills for the new millenium. With the International Space Station grounded by delays and budget overruns, we'll certainly need a place to live...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Final Potato | 3/7/1998 | See Source »

...talking hobby here. We're talking a love of art, a contempt for law enforcement and the thrill of the score. As for the Gardner heist: "You can believe I didn't plan the thing, or The Rape of Europa would have been the first to go." The Titian work was the most valuable piece in the museum but was passed over for lesser goods, Connor says with disgust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT ART CAPER | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...inheritance. With money to burn, Gardner began making forays to Europe in the 1880s to "acquire the best." Her haul included 290 paintings, 280 pieces of sculpture, 460 pieces of furniture and much, much more. It is fitting that the centerpiece of her collection was Rape of Europa, because Gardner had her way with the Continent in much the same way that thieves would one day have their way with her collection. With this, she built a temple of finery, personally designing a 15th century Venetian-style palace featuring a glass-ceilinged center court with garden and fountain and three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GREAT ART CAPER | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

Hibbittz said that this research could be used to prove whether life ever existed on Mars because of the similarity between elements found on the red planet and Europa...

Author: By Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Evidence Found for Life on Jupiter | 10/21/1997 | See Source »

Hibbittz said that the source of heat on Europa is like a coat hanger being flexed back and forth...

Author: By Lisa B. Keyfetz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Evidence Found for Life on Jupiter | 10/21/1997 | See Source »

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