From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Sun May 05 2002 - 14:33:04 PDT
Before astronauts can take the first steps on Mars, much research needs to be
done to guide mission planners and hardware designers, says a new National
Academies report. The report outlines the environmental, chemical and
biological hazards that NASA should assess.
http://www.nationalacademies.org/topnews/#0501
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NEW ONLINE BOOKS
The following titles from the National Academy Press catalog and backlist are
now available online.
(NAS Colloquium) Molecular Kinesis in Cellular Function and Plasticity
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10359.html?onpi_listserv050302
Making Sense of Complexity: Summary of the Workshop on Dynamical Modeling of
Complex Biomedical Systems
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10356.html?onpi_listserv050302
Storms from the Sun: The Emerging Science of Space Weather
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10249.html?onpi_listserv050302
Safe on Mars: Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on
the Martian Surface
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10360.html?onpi_listserv050302
Assessment of the Usefulness and Availability of NASA's Earth and Space Science
Mission Data
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10363.html?onpi_listserv050302
Learning and Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science
in U.S. High Schools:
Report of the Content Panel for Biology
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10365.html?onpi_listserv050302
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