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...found in meteorites. Around the core is a 60-mile-thick transition zone, or lower mantle, composed of a mixture of olivine and basalt-like rock that was apparently formed out of molten material. Next comes the 150-mile-thick upper mantle, an entirely basaltic layer in which, some lunar scientists suspect, there may have been slow-moving convection currents -movements roughly akin to those that occur in a simmering pot of oatmeal...
Intelligence reports indicate that the North Vietnamese may be in a position by the end of January to launch a new, but relatively small Tet offensive in Cambodia. The Tet lunar new year starts...
Pentagon officials said that withdrawals may have to be slowed down for the next two months, in preparation for a possible lunar New Year offensive...
...week's end Lunokhod had clearly lived up to Soviet expectations. To cope with the frigid temperatures of the approaching two-week-long lunar night, the Russians will probably power down the vehicle, allowing it to "hibernate" until it can again draw energy from the sun. If it survives the extreme cold ( -250°F.), Kaminski predicted, it might well resume its explorations, eventually traveling hundreds of miles from the landing site-provided no other calamity befalls it. The Russians themselves were not inclined to make any risky predictions. But they did say that in the future more advanced...
...model of the U.S. machine arrived in Houston last week for training purposes. The 800-lb. vehicle resembles a terrestrial dune buggy, and is scheduled to carry two Apollo 15 astronauts on a short test spin across the lunar surface next summer...