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Goals: S. Tom Korrie 5, Brad Kotz 4, Brad Lundblad 3, Dave Desko 2, Tom Nelson 2, Tem Nelson 2, Eric Jeschke. John Schimole, Mark Burnham, Pat Donahue, Matt Holman 1, H. Tom Corcoran 2. Paul Garavente...
Assists: S. Tim Nelson 4. Brad Kolz, Brad Lunblad, Todd Curry 3. Gordy Mapes 2. Dan Pratt. "Mark Burnham, Matt Holman 1. H. none...
...goes well, Solar Max's capture will be attempted on the third day of flight, when Challenger closes to within 300 ft. of the errant satellite. Mission Specialist George Nelson, 33, who has a doctorate in astronomy, will buckle himself into a manned maneuvering unit (MMU), the jet-powered Buck Rogers contraption that enabled astronauts to make the historic, untethered space walk on Challenger's February flight. Mission Specialist James van Hoften, 39, a onetime hot-tub salesman with a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering, will act as an emergency backup...
...spectacular walk to the satellite should take about ten minutes. The most breathtaking moment will occur when Nelson threads his way past Solar Max's 7-ft.-long solar panels, which are slicing through space like slow-motion helicopter blades (the satellite rotates once every 6 min.). If Nelson can dodge this orbital buzz saw without incident, he will try to halt Solar Max's spin...
...TriBeCa (through April 14) may not be as complex and many-layered as Graves', but they have their own peculiar intensity about the stuff of the natural world - in his case, wood. Surls, 40, a muscular farm dweller from Splendora, Texas, who is sometimes mistaken for Willie Nelson, works with whole branches and roots, artfully pegged and jointed together so that their knotty, straight-from-the-ground appearance is kept even as they turn into parodies of the human figure. It is like the folksy sensibility that pops two eyes on an odd-shaped root and turns it into...