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Wavelengths
It's
time for Congress to get its priorities straight
By Glenn Bischoff
May 30, 2008
You might have noticed recent media reports concerning NASA’s Phoenix
mission. The space agency successfully landed a robotic probe, known as
a “scout,” on Mars’ North Pole. The planet is mostly desert, but
scientists believe water ice lurks just below the frozen tundra in the
arctic regions. Phoenix will probe the surface in search of the ice,
which might contain evidence of current or past life on Earth’s
neighbor.
We have a fascination with the Red Planet. Dozens of science-fiction
films with a Martian theme have been produced. And those of a certain
age—including me—remember fondly the 1960s sitcom “My Favorite
Martian.” NASA also has a fascination with Mars. Since the first
Mariner expedition in 1964, the space agency has launched 19 missions to
the planet.
I wasn’t able to come up with an aggregate cost of these missions in
my research, but it is safe to say that America has spent a boatload to
explore Mars. For instance, the Phoenix mission is setting taxpayers
back about $400 million. The Viking program alone, which landed two
probes on Mars in 1975, cost us roughly $1 billion—which translates to
about $4.2 billion in today’s dollars.
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In the News
Sprint
Nextel seeks license update for rebanding
By Donny Jackson
May 30, 2008
Sprint Nextel this week asked the FCC to update its
spectrum licenses to complete channel swaps with NPSPAC licensees in
several areas of the country as part of the 800 MHz rebanding process.
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In Print
A heads-up
when surf's up
By Jim Barthold
May 2008
An idea that jolted George Crawford's consciousness has
swelled into a tidal wave within the international emergency alert
community. Crawford, who is the earthquake program manager for
Washington State Emergency Management, was pondering the aftereffects of
an offshore earthquake — particularly a tsunami — when it struck him
that those in the most danger are also the ones who are least likely to
know what's going on because they're out of reach of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) extensive warning
system.
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