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Love seemed to be pouring from Johnson as he spoke about the futility of human quarrels on an absurdly tiny earth: "Think of our world as it looks from the rocket that is heading toward Mars. It is like a child's globe, hanging in space, the continents stuck...
Sir: The diagram on Mars Encounter in the Dec. 11 issue of TIME appears to be in error. Mars and the point of encounter with Mariner need to be shifted around 180°.
For a few days last week, it seemed as if the U.S. and Soviet Russia were racing each other to Mars. No sooner had the U.S. launched Mariner IV from Cape Kennedy than the Russians put up Zond (for Probe) II. Scientists speculated that the Soviets' more powerful rockets...
The fix came none too soon. Besides being a guide on the way to Mars, Canopus also served to aim Mariner's directional radio antenna back toward earth, enabling Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists to calculate the craft's flight path. Knowing that path, the rocketeers were able to...
Many Hazards. But even a successful mid-course correction will not guarantee a successful mission. There are still some 323 million miles to go. The 138,000 parts on board are subject to radiation damage, and to unexplained failure caused by undetected flaws. Only if Mariner survives all such hazards...