From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Thu Nov 07 2002 - 08:42:41 PST
Astronotes: More than 3 Million Names Headed to Mars
http://www.space.com/news/astronotes-1.html
More than three million people have signed up to have their names included on a DVD that will fly to Mars with NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, slated to land on Mars in 2004. The deadline to submit names is Nov. 15, and you can do it here. Last time we checked, there were few options on the Red Planet regarding playback, but it sounds like fun anyway.
* The Nuts and Bolts of an Astrobiology Mission in the Andes
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/licancabur3_021104.html
This is the third in a series of four articles about a scientific expedition currently under way to explore the highest lake in the world. The lake lies inside the crater of Licancabur, a dormant volcano that straddles the border between Chile and Bolivia. The expedition hopes to learn how the organisms that live in the lake have adapted to the thin atmosphere and damaging high-UV environment there.
* Cassini Spacecraft Snaps First Photo of Saturn
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/cassini_saturn_021101.html
The Cassini spacecraft has returned its first image of Saturn as the robotic probe heads toward a 2004 encounter with the ringed planet.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Thu Nov 07 2002 - 09:02:02 PST