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...Mir We Go Again A Russian launch rocket fumbles its $100M cargo. Is the cash-poor Russian Space Agency just plain unreliable...
...Over on the Mir, David Wolf appears to have been somewhat more successful at converting his two Russian colleagues ? the space station trio had smoked turkey for dinner...
...Mir space station were an automobile, you can be sure it would be up on blocks in someone's backyard." ED TROSTER Smyrna, Tenn...
...have always been fascinated with space exploration and have had a tiny urge to work in that field. But after reading your story about the glitches aboard the Mir space station [SPACE, Nov. 3] and seeing its diagrams and its massive, complex structures, I think space exploration is scary. Whatever happened to the classic, simple space vehicle? Is it possible that we are in over our heads with all this complicated technology? TORRE CATALANO Buffalo...
...right that we can read about heroes like Mir commander Vasili Tsibliyev, crew member Alexander Lazutkin and American astronaut Michael Foale in magazines like TIME. How right that, on the brink of a new millennium, space exploration is experiencing a public reawakening, and the average person is encouraged to look up and confront the questions that make being alive a thrilling experience! MARIO DI MAGGIO, Education Officer Durban Natural Science Museum Durban, South Africa...