Word: fueled
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...will ever know for sure why the billion-dollar Mars Observer spacecraft permanently lost contact with NASA last August, just before it was to begin its surface-mapping mission. But an investigative panel has concluded that the problem was most likely a fuel leak and not, as first suspected, a faulty transistor. According to the theory, as the probe's fuel tanks were being pressurized for a final maneuver, the fuel ignited prematurely, blowing a hole in Observer and throwing it into an uncontrollable spin...
...report concludes there is a "somewhat better than even" chance that they have one or two. Even so, the Koreans' arsenal is not growing now. In order to obtain more plutonium for bombs, the North Koreans would have to turn off and cool down the reactor so its fuel rods could be removed. Infrared sensors aboard satellites would detect any such action. So far, close scrutiny has not revealed any recent shutdown...
Sleet, snow and torrential rain along a front traversing northwestern Europe dumped too much water for the land and the rivers to handle. The result was flooding over thousands of acres that left 100,000 people without fuel and electricity. In several cities the water reached levels not seen since the 18th century...
...details of his second parole, which became widely known after Davis was charged with Klaas' murder two weeks ago, have helped fuel the petition campaign for a measure titled "Three Strikes and You're Out." The California initiative, whose language is similar to a bill recently adopted in Washington State, triples the sentence of a violent felon convicted for the third time, effectively jailing him for a minimum of 25 years. Says its coordinator, Chuck Cavalier: "We had tremendous support before the Klaas case, but ((since Davis was captured)) our 800 number has got so many calls we blew...
...fact that putting humans into space remains extraordinarily dangerous. Both the Office of Technology Assessment and NASA itself, quietly, have agreed that the chances of catastrophic failure for the shuttle are currently 1 in 78 -- not exactly reassuring for the astronauts. Among the potential dangers: the shuttle's solid-fuel rocket boosters emit irregular bursts of extra power that put stresses on the ascending shuttle. The space agency twice overrode its own safety rules to let launches go forward. It doesn't have to do that anymore -- not because the boosters have been improved, but because the rules have been...