RINGWORLD - Hydrocarbon Wind Stirs On Titan http://www.spacedaily.com/news/saturn-titan-02a.html Moffett Field - Aug 26, 2002 - Researchers from NASA and other institutions have developed an atmospheric model lending insights to decades-old mysteries surrounding Saturn's moon Titan that could shed light on the chemical processes that may have jump-started life on Earth. - Microorganisms Grow At Low Pressures: And Maybe On Mars http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-02e.html Fayetteville - Aug 26, 2002 - Using a unique device known as the Andromeda Chamber to simulate conditions found on Mars, University of Arkansas researchers discovered that certain microorganisms called methanogens could grow at low pressures. ------------- OPINION SPACE - The Spirit of Mars http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-02j.html Scottsdale - August 26, 2002 - For nearly a century Mars has been the blue screen onto which we project, in scientific speculation as well as literature, two powerful concepts: the West and the Other. Looking at the sequence of imagined Marses (see the previous edition of this column, "Barsoom's Legacy), we the evolution of American hopes and fears. In turn, these projections continue to shape the meaning of Mars for us. |
