SETI public: Fw: Why Viking failed to find life on Mars / First image from 'gigantic' camera

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DESERT COULD EXPLAIN WHY VIKING FOUND NO LIFE ON MARS
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A team of scientists has discovered clues from one of Earth's driest
deserts about the limits of life on Earth, and why past missions to Mars
may have failed to detect life.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08marsnolife/

SAND RIPPLES TALLER ON MARS
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Mars is kind of like Texas: things are just bigger there. In addition to
the biggest canyon and biggest volcano in the solar system, Mars has now
been found to have sand ripples twice as tall as they would be on Earth.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08tallermars/

FIRST IMAGE FROM 'GIGANTIC' NEW INFRARED CAMERA
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Astronomers from the University of Hawaii have released the first image
from a gigantic new infrared camera recently mounted on the 2.2-meter
Telescope on Mauna Kea. The galaxy imaged, NGC 891, is in the
constellation Andromeda at a distance of about 10 million light years. It
is of particular scientific interest because it is very similar to our own
Milky Way Galaxy but is seen almost exactly edge-on.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/09gigantic/

ASTRONOMERS BREAK GROUND FOR UNIQUE TELESCOPE
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Scientists and dignitaries from North America, Europe, and Chile have
broke ground on what will be the world's largest, most sensitive radio
telescope operating at millimeter wavelengths.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/09alma/

TWO COSMIC EXPLORERS NAMED 'BEST OF WHAT'S NEW'
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Two recently launched NASA missions won "Best of What's New" awards from
Popular Science magazine. The two missions, the Space Infrared Telescope
Facility (SIRTF) and Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), which both probe
the far reaches of our universe.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08whatsnew/

KSC ENGINEER RECEIVES R&D 100 AWARD FOR NEW INSULATION TECHNOLOGY
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James Fesmire, NASA lead engineer of the Cryogenics Testbed Facility at
Kennedy Space Center, received the R&D 100 Award for his work on a new
product, "Flexible Aerogel Superinsulation," a composite insulation
blanket. R&D named Fesmire an innovator and the product "one of the most
technologically significant of the year."

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08rdaward/

SENATE CONFIRMS NASA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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President George Bush has appointed Gwendolyn Brown as NASA's new Chief
Financial Officer. Brown's nomination was confirmed by the United States
Senate. The CFO provides professional leadership for the planning,
analysis, justification, control and reporting of all NASA fiscal
resources, and for agency strategic management and planning, and
performance measurement.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08nasacfo/

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<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08marsnolife/">DESERT COULD EXPLAIN WHY VIKING FOUND NO LIFE ON MARS</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08tallermars/">SAND RIPPLES TALLER ON MARS</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/09gigantic/">FIRST IMAGE FROM 'GIGANTIC' NEW INFRARED CAMERA</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/09alma/">ASTRONOMERS BREAK GROUND FOR UNIQUE TELESCOPE</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08whatsnew/">TWO COSMIC EXPLORERS NAMED 'BEST OF WHAT'S NEW'</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08rdaward/">KSC ENGINEER RECEIVES R&D 100 AWARD FOR NEW INSULATION TECHNOLOGY</a>

<a href="http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08nasacfo/">SENATE CONFIRMS NASA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER</a>

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