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...long after Neil Armstrong took his "one small step for man," however, even as more Apollo flights were successfully plying the lunar route, the seeds of NASA's decline were planted. Some space historians go so far as to pinpoint the day it happened: March 7, 1970, when President Richard Nixon, preoccupied with Vietnam and budgetary problems, decided that it was not in the best interests of the U.S. to have a high-profile space program...
...within 1.3 miles of a recently sprayed area. The Army had fairly detailed records on the daily positions of its companies during the fighting. There were gaps, but the Pentagon group repeatedly told the CDC that other documents, such as daily journals and situation reports, could be used to pinpoint which units had ventured into areas sprayed with the defoliant. Houk's team complained that the Pentagon data were too spotty to determine whether companies had been deployed in normal formations spread over 200 to 300 yards or dispersed over distances of up to 12 miles. It stubbornly refused...
Though many scientists ridiculed the blood tests, Houk used them to contend again that the Pentagon records could not be used to pinpoint exposure to Agent Orange. He recommended canceling the study; the White House Science Panel agreed, and the Domestic Policy Council did so in September 1987. This was after $43 million had been spent...
...that was due to be installed at Rio Grande City, Texas, has not yet been floated. That leaves just three aloft. But even when these helium-inflated giants are trouble-free, on-line agents question their effectiveness. They cannot be flown in bad weather, and the drug activity they pinpoint is often in remote terrain that undermanned law- enforcement agencies must spend hours to reach. When they get there, the dopers are long gone...
Ever since its development in the 1940s, radiocarbon dating has been a vital tool for historians and paleontologists trying to pinpoint the ages of everything from ancient animal bones to prehistoric human settlements to Egyptian mummies. By measuring the decay of the natural radioactive isotope carbon 14, which almost all organisms ingest while they are alive, scientists can estimate how long it has been since an animal or plant died...