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...probe on its way to the moon, the first lunar mission since the Soviets' Luna 24 in 1976. Muses-A is expected to come within 16,000 km (10,000 miles) of the target in mid-March. It will then release a smaller probe, which will go into lunar orbit. If all goes as planned, Japan will become only the third country in history to reach earth's closest neighbor...
...prelude to future unmanned missions that may land on the moon and explore the atmosphere of Venus. At the same time, Japan is building a new booster rocket that could make the country a strong competitor in the burgeoning business of launching commercial satellites into earth orbit. The Japanese have announced no plans for manned space flights, but they are considering the possibility. Already their companies have begun developing construction techniques for use in building bases on the moon and even Mars...
...Automobile Magazine, they found an unpleasant surprise. There, in a series of high-quality color photos, was GM's top-secret Saturn automobile, which the company has spent $3 billion to develop and plans to roll into showrooms late next year. What really sent the motor moguls into orbit were signs that the Saturn pictures, along with shots of the 1993 Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird in the same issue, had been leaked to the trade magazine by an employee in GM's design studios. Unlike the grainy, long-distance spy shots that paparazzi regularly take of new models...
...satellites may soon crash to earth. First to fall, perhaps next month: the Solar Max Scientific Satellite. The agency hopes to rescue the eleven-ton Long Duration Exposure Facility, designed to test the effects of solar radiation on computer chips, by using the shuttle Columbia to retrieve it from orbit in December. A supersophisticated Air Force-CIA Key Hole spy satellite failed after deployment on Aug. 8. The $1 billion snooper is tumbling wildly, but the time of its demise cannot be predicted...
...organization's purpose would become more political: preventing the Continent from reverting to the spasmodic shifts in national alliances that sparked centuries of wars. The twelve-nation European Community is likewise poised to play a leading role in belaying the nations that are breaking loose from the Soviet orbit...