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Reactive Reports Issue 36 David Bradley	The metallic mounds of Venus If you think winters on earth can be challenging, spare a thought for the highlands of Venus where heavy metal frost coats the ground and toxic lead compounds fall as snow.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Mars Update: Opportunity lands Two rovers now inhabit Mars, after the latest of NASA's robot explorers, Opportunity, landed safely over the weekend. Following a brief hiccup last week when its twin went momentarily silent, Opportunity touched down on Saturday night, half a planet away from Spirit.
BusinessWeek February 2, 2004 Otis Port	Space Travel: Bringing Costs Down To Earth NASA should give startups room to maneuver
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Bush retools space program As the Mars rover Spirit prepares to drive off its platform tonight and into the martian terrain, President Bush prepared the United States to send humans to the red planet and beyond.
Geotimes January 2004 Naomi Lubick	Mars geologist in action After a successful landing close to midnight EST last Saturday, the Mars exploration rover Spirit has been sending back information to its human tenders, in Pasadena, Calif.
T.H.E. Journal January 2004	Software Allows Students to Control the Universe The mysteries of the universe are now a bit clearer for students thanks to the recent availability of a program that provides the most realistic view of the universe to date.
Geotimes January 2004 Lisa M. Pinsker	Impacts in Space and on Earth: An Interview with Carolyn Shoemaker Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered more comets than anyone else alive today. Under the tutelage of her late husband, Carolyn learned how to identify these objects both in the sky and on the ground.
Geotimes January 2004 Sara Pratt	Green minerals on the Red Planet Contrary to the prevailing idea that Mars once sustained a warm, wet climate similar to Earth's, new evidence shows that the planet may have been dry and cold for much of its history.
Geotimes January 2004 Richard P. Binzel	Asteroid Futures The efforts to locate large asteroids that might impact Earth, and what could be done if a threat was found.
PC Magazine December 24, 2003 Jennifer Harsany	Out of This World The Deep Space Network will be used to communicate with spacecrafts landing on Mars collecting comet dust, and probing the rings and moons of Saturn.
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