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As Mars made its closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years [ASTRONOMY, Sept. 1] and I watched from my backyard, it seemed appropriate to contemplate the ancient and seemingly unstoppable need of human beings to wipe out one another. Mars, the Roman god of war, would be reassured to...
No one knows exactly when the historic launch will take place. China's secretive space commissars haven't divulged such tiny details as the blast-off date?it could be Oct. 1, China's National Day, or sometime in mid-October. Nor have they confirmed the number of astronauts on...
Guitar Center has been able to expand in part because of weak competition. The country's next biggest music-store chain, privately held Sam Ash, has 40 stores concentrated on the East Coast. A 79-year-old family-owned business, Sam Ash doesn't have the capital to grow at...
The prospect of the landings could not have come at a better time. NASA was smacked around soundly last week when the long-awaited report on the loss of the space shuttle Columbia was released. Investigators blamed the tragedy, at least in part, on the agency's lack of a...
The planet last week passed closer to Earth than it has in almost 60,000 years. Even as Spirit and Opportunity speed toward their wintertime rendezvous, the European Space Agency has a probe of its own on the way, a stationary lander expected to touch down on Mars on Christmas...