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Maxwell said he remembers a storm in May that left a foot of snow on the ground during the 1970s...
...search, you have to stop for three to six months to find a new person and even if they are extraordinarily good, they're not going to know all of the details of the operation, and it may take them a few months to get off the ground...
Ideally, scientists would love to get closer than 20 miles away from an exotic object like Eros. And by the time the mission is over, they may get their chance. If there's enough propellant left in NEAR's tanks at the end of the year, ground controllers will have the option of sending the probe into a slow-motion, controlled crash. That would give NEAR's sensors one last, very detailed look at Eros' surface and perhaps reveal even more scientific information. Will they do it? Says APL's Coughlin: "We aren't even going to consider that question...
...wife and key adviser Alma. This week's piece was probably the toughest of all. He not only had to unearth a carefully buried story, but he had to master the intricacies of nuclear plant operation as well. Says Pooley: "I had to keep going over the same ground before I was sure...
Elfin singers from Iceland are not high on the Committee to Protect Journalists' hit list. This may change, however, since BJORK let fly at a reporter at Bangkok airport, throwing her to the ground and banging her head on the floor. "All I said was, 'Welcome to Thailand,' and she just hit me, lost control and went crazy," cable reporter JULIE KAUFMAN told Reuters. The Grammy nominee telephoned Kaufman the next day to say she was sorry, explaining that she was concerned about her son Sindri, and apologized publicly in a statement. Kaufman won't press charges. No word...