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...reasons are obvious to medical researchers. Scientists understood the principles of nuclear fission long before they undertook to build an atomic bomb, and grasped the physical principles of spaceflight before they attempted to send a rocket to the moon. They have no such unified store of fundamental knowledge about cancer. Says Columbia University Researcher Sol Spiegelman: "An effort to cure cancer at this time might be like trying to land a man on the moon without knowing Newton's laws of motion." A better-funded research effort could help science to understand more about the many diseases that...
...seasons ago that the overseers of Wimbledon revitalized tennis by opening their tournament for the first time to pros as well as amateurs. Several other major tournaments have since followed suit, and the added competition has increased both fan interest and purses. Going into Wimbledon last week, Rod the Rocket had already won a record $195,135 for the year. With half the season still to go, it is possible that he may top $300,000-a figure not even dreamed of by those most affluent of athletes, the pro golfers...
...open to debate. If these compounds exist, they are extremely rare and difficult to detect. This means contamination by terrestrial compounds is a real problem. Such contamination could occur if the sample containers leak, if the chemicals used in the test techniques are not absolutely pure, or if the rocket fuel burning produced complex organic contaminants...
...also disclosed the results of the intense investigation into why the Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle had sent the U.S. Mars orbiter, Mariner 8, plunging into the Atlantic only minutes after takeoff. The failure occurred, he said, when the rocket's autopilot circuitry was damaged by a surge of voltage. NASA officials believe that a recurrence of the problem can be avoided on Mariner 9, which they hope to launch by mid-June; after that Mars will not be in a favorable position for another two years...
...Russians. That implies a deepening Soviet involvement in the Middle East. When the Israelis celebrate their 23rd independence day this week, they will exhibit arms of their own, including U.S.-supplied helicopters, self-propelled guns and amphibious armored personnel carriers. Also on display will be 240-mm. Russian rocket launchers that were captured during the 1967 Six-Day War and can lay down in twelve seconds a barrage of twelve shells within a radius of 150 yds. at a range of seven miles...