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Faster,
Better, Cheaper, How? An Interview With Domenick J. Tenerelli,
by George S. Musser
The days of the billion-dollar space mission may soon be over,
and that's no bad thing. Mars Observer went missing;
Galileo went mute; Magellan, Hubble,
and Gamma-Ray Observatory went to the brink. Domenick
Tenerelli at Lockheed is putting the lessons of the past to
use in the Lunar Prospector mission. |
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The Case of the Disappearing Gas, by
Joseph C. Shields
The scorching gas in many galaxy clusters is pulling a Houdini.
As the gas cools, it falls inward -- and vanishes without a
trace. These "cooling flows" have also swallowed up
every theory advanced to explain them. |
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Galaxies That Go Bump in the Night,
by Jill S. Price and KarenAnn Caldwell
Galaxies are like dancers on a crowded floor, scrunching toes,
elbowing each other in the back, and slow- dancing with other
people's partners. The galactic roughhousing, once unthinkable,
is now recognized to have made galaxies what they are today.
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To Mars By Way of the Schoolhouse,
by Kenneth Edgett
These days, a space mission won't make it off the ground unless
schoolkids are aboard. Scientists working on Mars Global
Surveyor have involved teachers and students from day
one. |
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Digging
Into Science: Archaeoastronomy in a Multicultural Science Curriculum,
by Greg Whitlock
Many students connect with ancient astronomies more readily
than with modern astronomy. This makes archaeoastronomy an ideal
way to teach modern conceptions of the cosmos and to tear down
the perception that only some groups of people do science. |
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Liquid Sky, by Thornton Page
When these astronomers need to move their telescope, then simply
drain it into half-quart bottles. That's the advantage of mercury
mirrors. The disadvantage is that the mercury can kill. |
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Editorial,
by George Musser |
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Letters to the Editor |
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Society News |
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Black Holes to Blackboards, by Jeffrey
F. Lockwood
In his inaugural column, Lockwood replaces the tell 'em
and test 'em of traditional science education with a
new maxim: If they build it, they will learn. |
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World
Beat: Czech Republic,
by Vladimir Stefl
American schools debate whether they should even teach astronomy,
but in the Czech Republic that battle has long since been won.
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Echoes of the Past, by Katherine Bracher
The computer revolution has democratized astronomy, by eliminating
the need for roomfuls of servants to do math and making computing
power available to more people than ever before. |
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Point-Counterpoint, by Nathaniel Cohen,
Andrew W. Clegg
What should we do about radio interference? |
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Sky Calendars
Mercury now includes the sky calendars that the ASP used to
mail quarterly. The cost savings allow for four extra pages
of magazine text. |
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Book Review, by Martin Connors
The Hubble Wars by Eric Chaisson. The Space Telescope
by Robert Smith. |
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Last
Page, by Richard M.
Jones and Audrey T. Leath
Communicating with Congress. |
