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...Martz enjoys the distinction of having poll numbers worse than Gray Davis?s: a 20% approval rating as of the last count. A former Olympic speed skater, she?s had her share of ethical lapses. When an intoxicated top aide drove off a mountain road, killing a passenger in his car, Martz had him spirited off to the governor?s mansion where she washed the blood from his clothes. He was given a suspended sentence for negligent homicide...
...more catastrophic accident would mean the program could not support enough flights to keep the space station operating. And an orbital space plane would share many of the same limitations as the shuttle. What if a rocket were about to explode and the commander tried to abort at supersonic speed? The force would simply rip the wings off a space plane. And leaving one docked to the station for months at a time, the way Soyuz lifeboats are today, would expose its thermal tiles and wingpanels, essentially the same system that failed on Columbia, to hits from space debris, perhaps...
Negatives: no smart playlists, and no high-speed FireWire connection to transfer songs from your computer. Still, it's enough to finally give Apple a run for its money...
DIED. BOBBY BONDS, 57, three-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove--winning outfielder and father of San Francisco Giants slugger Barry; of lung cancer and a brain tumor; in San Francisco. The elder Bonds, whose pro career lasted from 1968 to 1981, had a rare combination of speed and power, attributes for which his son is also celebrated...
...ship was constructed from seven kinds of hardwood native to Indonesia and joined entirely by pegs, which Assad calls "tree nails." Burningham declares himself "just about satisfied" with the results. "Stability is adequate, not excellent, and the maximum speed is about 7 1/2 knots. She has a terrific motion and doesn't pitch or roll." The ship that he and Assad built is a funny-looking duck, with masts like narrow pointed ladders, canted sails and stout bamboo outriggers. The ship's captain, Alan Campbell, a Scotsman now living in Tasmania, recalls his first impression: "Some ships, when you first...