Word: moisten
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...making his decisions, Martin is confronted by a complex series of deadlines. Some biologists are worried that the "chicken soup"-a nutrient-rich broth that will be used to moisten samples of Martian soil to determine if they contain organisms-will not keep long enough for all of the experiments scheduled. Even more vexing, Viking 2 is scheduled to arrive at Mars and go into orbit on Aug. 7. That will crowd the schedule of the Viking 1 lander, which will not begin to conduct its experiments until eight days after it lands. Each of the experiments requires an eleven...