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Carnegie Mellon University introduces a way to honor noteworthy robots, along with their inventors. An international jury for the Robot Hall of Fame will decide the first entries in Fall 2003.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2003
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This week's selection for the Extreme Explorers Hall of Fame is a trio of European probes slated to land on a comet (Rosetta), a Saturnian moon (Huygens), and the Red Planet (Mars Express). Standing up to three times the temperature of the Sun's surface may be the least of their design specifications to match
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Saturday, August 30, 2003
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Fixed wing flyers are difficult to build as Martian roving vehicles. But this week's Extreme Explorer tries to learn from the terrestrial insect world, and employs a chemical power source to drive wings that flap and steer. Named the Entomopter, after it's insect-like (ento-) chopping motion, it features low-ground speed which means the Martian surface would not just be a blur in the camera. This week's entry in the Extreme Explorer's Hall of Fame is called the Entomopter
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Thursday, August 07, 2003
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Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks is the author of many books, including "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" and "Uncle Tungsten". In this second of a two-part essay on astrobiology, Dr. Sacks muses on the possibility of life on other worlds.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2003
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The Europa Focus Group, a collaboration of scientists who study Jupiter's ice-covered moon, met recently on Alaska's North Slope. By studying the unique terrain at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, they foreshadow future expeditions to search for life on Europa.
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Thursday, July 24, 2003
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This is the first in a series of articles on a research project, Life in the Atacama, that recently began in Chile's Atacama desert. This article will focus on the unique habitats for life that exist in the Atacama and on how the project may guide the search for life on Mars. Subsequent articles will discuss the innovative Hyperion rover that will be used in the project and the specialized life-detection instruments being developed as part of its payload.
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Monday, July 07, 2003
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Two Mars rovers, one in May and the other in June of 2003 will land six months later at different locations. Both take on the daunting task of probing for water clues.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2003
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In recent years, researchers discovered life also thrives in other, much colder, lightless deep-sea ecosystems besides hydrothermal vents.
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Monday, June 09, 2003
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