SETI public: The Life and Death of Planet Earth

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 09:14:27 PDT

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    Science/Astronomy:

    * Image of the Day: Possible Former Lake on Mars
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/image_of_day_030513.html

    This Mars Global Surveyor image, acquired in March and released last week, shows dozens of repeated layers of sedimentary rock in a western Arabia Terra crater.

    * The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World

    http://www.space.com/spacelibrary/books/library_planetearth_030512.html

    In 2000, paleontologist Peter D. Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee argued persuasively in their book Rare Earth that life in all its complexity found on Earth is most likely a cosmic abberation, a unique circumstance that -- if their theory is true -- dashes the hopes of sci-fi fans and extraterrestrial hunters everywhere.

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    Spaceflight:

    * All Systems Go: The Mars Exploration Rovers are Ready for Launch
    http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/mer_ready_030513.html

    NASA's one-two punch at reactivating on-site Mars exploration is near at hand. The space agency's delivery plan is twins: two lookalike Mars Exploration Rovers -- for now tagged simply MER-A and MER-B -- are ready to wheel their way into scientific history.

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    Recent Headlines:

    * Eye on the Future: NASA Explores Innovative Space Telescope Technologies
    http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/optics_ngst_030509.html

    * NASA Awards Prometheus Study Contracts
    http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/prometheus_proposals_030509.html

    * Two Asteroids Collided, Showered Earth with Debris
    http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/asteroids_collide_030508.html

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