Mars chemistry differs 2 Soviet cosmonauts
to link with Salyut 5
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1976
The biological experiments con-
fti ducted by the Viking I lander on
vU | Mars indicate that some form of life
v does exist on the planet, Dr. R. A.
d Schorn said in Rudder Tower last
night.
Schorn, an astronomy professor at
Texas A&M, said that Martian life
may not be based upon the same
chemical compounds as life on
Earth, but life is the only explanation
for the unusual results from the Vik
ing experiments.
He added, “If it isn’t life, it’s
something awful screwball.
Schorn described the Viking mis
sion to a small but enthusiastic audi
ence in a program sponsored by
Cepheid Variable Science Fic
tion/Fantasy Committee. He in
cluded a short slide shew in bis pre
sentation showing pictures of Mar
tian terrain taken by Viking and also
ntsdti the previous Mariner mission.
Schorn pointed out the VIKING
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Mars, also showing the place where a
Russian probe landed in 1971. He
said that these areas were known to
be deserts before the mission was
planned and that more potentially,
rewarding sites were avoided be
cause of rougher teiTain.
“They’re picking the most unin
teresting areas on the map, ’ he said.
Schorn described each of the biol
ogy experiments conducted by Vik
ing I and explained what the results
mean and that most of the data indi
cate life. He said that the recent Bik
ing II experiments might clarify mat
ters.
Beginning with the information
that was obtained through tele
scopes on Earth, Schorn traced the
history of efforts to gain knowledge
of Mars.
“The most important thing
Mariner did was to get money for
Viking,’ he said.
—John W. Tynes
Viking II jammed
Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — While Vik
ing II s vital chemistry probes stood
idle yesterday, three miniature biol-
doi| ogy laboratories aboard the lander
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were examining a handful of Martian
irt for traces of life.
The biology experiments were the
only ones aboard Viking II to receive
heir quotas of the red soil of Utopia
)n Sunday before the sampler arm
ammed. Special teams of repairmen
vorked to fix the ailing arm, which
nas ordered to extend itself nearly a
foot early Tuesday, enabling Viking
II’s twin cameras to snap a picture of
it.
Viking team members think the
sample-collector head may have a
pebble in its digging mechanism,
preventing it from completing its
rounds.
If the photographs show a Martian
pebble is the source of the problem,
the arm will be ordered to scratch
the surface once more in the hope of
shaking the tiny rock free.
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MOSCOW — The Soviet Union
sent a two-man crew into space to
day, Tass announced.
The official news agency said the
Soyuz 22 spacecraft was commanded
by the veteran cosmonaut Col. Val
ery Bykovsky, 42, who rode Vostok 5
into space in 1963.
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senov, 41, who Tass said had been
active in the development of new
spacecraft systems and testing them
in flight since 1963.
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link up with Salyut 5, the space labo
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on July 7 and spent 48 days on the
space lab performing scientific ex
periments. They returned to earth
on Aug. 24.
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