Word: planetful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that help account for his successes--the cutting wit, the stubborn independence, the refusal to ask for help even when stakes are highest--also produced the more horrible moments of this campaign, when he seemed to be running for some other office in some other century on some other planet. Ultimately, says one of his primary rivals, "Dole's campaign is a reflection of Dole...
Hurtling in from space some 16 million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into the dusty surface of Mars and exploded with more power than a million hydrogen bombs, gouging a deep crater in the planet's crust and lofting huge quantities of rock and soil into the thin Martian atmosphere. While most of the debris fell back to the surface, some of the rocks, fired upward by the blast at high velocities, escaped the weak tug of Martian gravity and entered into orbits of their own around...
...intense scientific scrutiny that is certain to follow, it will confirm for the first time that life is not unique to Earth. That confirmation, in turn, would have staggering philosophical and religious repercussions. It would undermine any remaining vestiges of geocentrism--the idea that man and his planet are the center of the universe--and strongly support the growing conviction that life, possibly even intelligent life, is commonplace throughout the cosmos...
...world long fascinated by legends and fantasies about the Red Planet, the news had an electrifying effect, inspiring awe, disbelief, excitement--and, from not a few experts, skeptically raised eyebrows. The importance of the putative discovery was underscored by an immediate response from the White House. "Today Rock 84001 speaks to us across all those billions of years and millions of miles," proclaimed President Clinton as he set off for a three-day campaign swing through California. "It speaks of the possibility of life. If this discovery is confirmed, it will surely be one of the most stunning insights into...
Even before all the talk of Martian microfossils, the Red Planet was a hot target for NASA, with as many as 10 unmanned missions tentatively scheduled during the next 10 years. After the buzz created by last week's foot-high LIFE ON MARS! headlines, all those missions suddenly look a lot less tentative. And with President Clinton choosing this moment to pledge his continued support for space exploration, at least some people at NASA are beginning to whisper again about a project whose name they long dared not speak: a manned mission to Mars...