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Tennyson's 19th century vision, described in his poem Locksley Hall, could become 20th century reality if an international group of space buffs has its way. In the U.S. and Canada, in Europe and Asia, teams of scientists and designers are busily completing plans for innovative craft that will travel...
Increasing their velocity in Earth orbit, the spacecraft would spiral out from the planet, eventually swinging by the moon for a gravity assist that would hurl them into a trajectory toward Mars. Depending on their route and design, they could take as little as 500 days or more than 800...
Lack of financing may also be fatal to the Mars race. The Jubilee Commission has placed the burden of fund raising on the individual teams, which must spend anywhere from $3 million to $15 million to complete each entry. Boosting the sailships into orbit is another worry; rocket launches are...
Even if the Mars race fails to come off, Staehle says, his group plans to fly a test sail in space, "operating on a shoestring, if necessary," to prove the concept of space sailing. Eventually, he is convinced, great sailships will ply the trade routes between Earth, the moon and...
Both sides in the abortion fight could score political points by showing moderation on these issues, and both would remove easy targets for their - adversaries. "Parental notification is not a battle pro-choicers should fight in public, although the pro-lifers force them to. It defies the common sense of...