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...made to MIT last year, the gift was considered “seed” money for an eventual $300 million fund to be raised through donations from alumni and other donors. But during the press conference that followed the announcement yesterday, founding director of the institute Eric S. Lander avoided saying whether that goal had been reached...
...There’s lots going on with it....[The new donation] is a separate and wonderful thing that we had not in any way anticipated,” said Lander, who holds academic appointments with both Harvard...
...made to MIT last year, the gift was considered “seed” money for an eventual $300 million fund to be raised through donations from alumni and other donors. But during the press conference that followed the announcement yesterday, founding director of the institute Eric S. Lander avoided saying whether that goal had been reached. “There’s lots going on with it... [The new donation] is a separate and wonderful thing that we had not in any way anticipated,” said Lander, who holds academic appointments with both Harvard...
...national pride, with China's state media portraying the country's first manned space shot as a triumph of native science, technology and collective will. Soon after the success of Shenzhou V, China upped the ante, announcing plans to launch an unmanned lunar orbiter before 2007 and a lunar lander by 2010. Chinese officials have also indicated that the nation's ultimate goal is to land a man on the moon...
...former J.P.L. director Ed Stone. Adds Elachi: "Almost every lab director has kept the same philosophy." That has helped the lab survive many rocky patches, such as in the 1960s, when Pickering's moon probes flopped six times before Ranger 7 succeeded; and in 1999, when the Mars Polar Lander and the Mars Climate Orbiter failed. The message from management remained the same. "We encourage [employees] to push the limits in a thoughtful way," says Elachi. "We keep telling them, 'Look, setbacks are going to happen. And when they do, we will stand...