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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...third duplicate craft as a "backup," in the event of twin failure, is largely unnecessary. They recommend, however, that NASA proceed with the only planetary flight now funded and scheduled-a photographic flyby of Mars in 1969 by two Mariner spacecraft. The flights would not be redundant, the report notes, because each Mariner is scheduled to photograph a different area of the Martian surface...
Because of the age-old curiosity about life on Mars, the report also gives top priority to a Mariner orbital flight in 1971 and a Mariner-type craft that could orbit and land on the red planet by 1973. Mariner's large payload would enable it to carry instruments that might well detect life on Mars, if it exists...
These flights, the report stresses, should provide vast new knowledge about the solar system, the origin and evolution of life, and the processes that govern the earth's interior, surface and atmosphere. But the scientists warn that planning must begin years ahead of any actual mission. Thus, they conclude, "decisions arrived at this year and next will go far in determining the future character and scope of planetary programs...
Pugnacious Forager. After studying five mature walking catfish, Biologists Vernon Ogilvie and Robert Goodrick issued an alarming report. The fish can jump 4 ft. out of water and move overland at will. It sleeps during daylight hours but becomes "very active" at night or when it is disturbed. It is so strong and slippery that it is virtually impossible to handle. One specimen, placed in a 70-gal. tank with other fish, promptly attacked and killed a fish of equal size. "All other fish in the tank gave the Clarias a wide berth," the scientists noted, "a piranha being...
These prodigious feats have Floridians worried that the walking catfish will turn out to be the most formidable immigrant of them all. Other pests can often be controlled or eliminated. But, as Ogilvie and Goodrick note in their report: "A fish with the ability and inclination to leave the water and walk around is, to the best of our knowledge, unmanageable...