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The hope is that these satellites can be built within three years, rather than the typical seven or eight, which would keep the cost down, and that they can incorporate the most advanced technology possible. Traditionally NASA has shied away from anything but thoroughly proven electronics and other devices, figuring...
"Nuclear weapons threaten to endanger human life and civilization," says Forrow, also an instructor in medicine at the Medical School who practices at the Beth Israel Hospital. "It is unrealistic to think that if they exist that they won't be used."
In 20 to 25 years, the Spaceguard program could find over 90 percent of the asteroids and comets that may endanger us. Its relatively small price could be shared among several developed countries.
And the exactness of the construction is also important because small glitches can endanger any experiment. Deegan recalls one professor, who, for reasons still unexplained, lost his frogs and with them an experiment in progress. Perfect maintenance with delicate balances is necessary for Harvard's legions of experimental guinea pigs...
That comes as no surprise to experts who have studied product tampering since it first exploded in 1982, when seven people in the Chicago area died after taking cyanide-laced Extra-Strength Tylenol. Waves of tampering complaints have since swept the nation. But for all the hysteria, true tampering -- deliberately...