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...mail is from a former NASA computer scientist (Gabriel Byrne) who has been assigned to a top-secret government project. In an old, abandoned observatory, he is in charge of thousands of cameras that have been set up to monitor everyday people--a system that would ultimately lead to "the end of violence." Only the scientist doesn't want to play Big Brother, so he leaks the information via e-mail...
...unlikely? Heat-resistant ceramic jackets around each plutonium pellet, which can easily withstand the temperature of reentry and the force of an explosion. If the system does fail, Cassini's opponents warn, trace amounts of plutonium could be inhaled and cause cancers of the lung, bone and liver. NASA's response: the average exposure would equal about 2 millirems over 50 years, a dose so mild that it makes standing next to your microwave look dangerous...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla: Spare a thought for Michael Foale. The British-born NASA Astronaut spent four-and-a-half months on Mir during the station's most critical moments; now he can't even get home. Poor weather, gusty wind and intense cloud-cover over Florida frustrated the Shuttle Atlantis' attempts to return Foale to Earth Sunday. NASA instructed the seven-member shuttle crew to stay aloft an extra day and try to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Monday. It wasn't the only hitch in space traffic: back on Mir, a cargo ship docking was delayed...
...Center. But questions like, where the heck is the Science Center? were the first ones we needed answered, as we were not given maps. Even the John F. Kennedy School of Government gives maps to the students in its National Security Program. If future CIA agents and officials at NASA need maps, don't sophomores at the College...
...Friday evening they won't be that far apart," said Catherine E. Watson, a public affairs specialist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston...