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...shortage of teachers and Ph.D.s comes at a time when society is dependent as never before upon engineers to devise energy-saving designs in such areas as solar energy and synthetic fuels. "All the scientific information about solar energy is known," says Dean Charles Sanders of California State University-Northridge. "Fusion is scientifically understood. But you need engineers to build these things." The shortage of both engineering Ph.D.s and expert faculty arises from a booming industrial technology that has created a record demand for young engineers and pushed undergraduate enrollments in the field to an all-time high...
After nearly four centuries of telescopic observation, astronomers know Saturn is a giant, rapidly spinning ball of hydrogen and helium, surrounded by rings of icy debris and numerous satellites, including the largest moon in the solar system. Still, many questions remain. What are Saturn's rings made of? Can they be traced back to the solar system's origin 4.6 billion years ago, or did they evolve later from the breakup of passing objects captured by Saturn's gravity...
...ages ago, the planet is radiating more heat back into space than it receives from the distant sun. What is the source of this mysterious energy? Perhaps the most tantalizing question concerns Titan, Saturn's largest satellite (even bigger than Mercury) and the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere. Could it harbor organic molecules, the precursors of life...
...miles) of the planet's cloud tops. Whipped by Saturn's gravity, the spacecraft will then swing quickly up and around the planet, photograph other moons, make a film of Saturn's swiftly moving clouds and rings and, finally, head out of the solar system...
...that surpassed even the festivities for the town's 125th anniversary eight years ago. Included in the procession: the band and drum majorettes from Mount Everett Regional High School, the town's new fire engine and police cruiser and a float featuring a windmill, water wheel and solar panel...