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The project is funded by NSF and nine foreign coun tries. “The ship will be used to re trieve core saples from the ocean floor at sites around the world,” said Dr. William Mer- rell, associate dean of geosci ences at Texas A&M. “Scientists will then be able to study the cores for information on the ages and origins of the world’s ocean basins and the sediments deposited within them.” Merrell said in addition to the purely scientific value, the findings could also have impor tant implications in the search for additional energy sources worldwide. The 16,000-ton ship which has a crew of 52 and can acco modate 50 scientists, was built in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1978 and has a computer controlled positioning system which can keep the vessel over a precise lo cation wile drilling in 27,000 feet of water. - *v«i * * ** r I f Operation of the ship will be managed from the program’s headquarters at Texas A&M. The facility will include a repos itory for cores from the Pacific and Indian Oceans located at the University’s new research park. V This SEDCO Inc. drilling ship will be operated by Texas A&M’s Research Foundation. The deck will bt equipped with laboratories. The Ocean Drilling Program is the successor to the scientific and technical programs of the Deep Ocean Drilling Project carried out by the Scripps Insti tution of Oceanography in Cali fornia from 1966 to 1983. The National Science Foun dation, which funds the S30 million project, selected the Joint Oceanographic Institu tions to manage the drilling project. JOI is a consortium of 10 major oceaographic institu tions wich provides manage ment support for international scientific research. The partici pants are Texas A&M, the Uni versity of Texas at Austin, Uni versity of California at San Diego, Columbia I'nbi University of Hawaii, li sity of Miami, Oregon University of Rhode University of Washington, Woods Hole Oceanognbi stitution. Michael Jackson takes four Grammys United Press International LOS ANGELES — Superstar singer Michael Jackson and his hit album “Thriller” won four awards, but were beaten twice by the Police and their single “Every Breath You Take,” early classified adJSi • We buy, sell, and repair used trucks Pickups-Plus 512 W. Carson 775-6708 f 775-670 SlESilZfcAR^AREF^ODUCTsl OPEN THURSDAY I SUEorMAHC* EVENINGS I FROM HI*** oartormsnc^ v « Till O DO I prom ranty. Thay *“ many ® ,he Iompa«ltlvely from 1970 as wall ^ tfl .yra ^ p 8UP erlor v* Till 8 PM Starting Jan. 5 BATTERY I in the Grammys show Tuesday evening. Jackson, the undisputed king of popular music, won Gram mys for best male R&B vocal performance and best new R&B song for the smash single “Billie Jean,” and best male rock per formance for the hit “Beat It.” “Thriller,” which spawned seven top-10 singles that domi nated the airwaves throughout 1983 and has sold nearly 30 mil lion copies worldwide, also won a Grammy for best engineered non-classical recording in awards given before the start of the telecast. But the ballad “Every Breath You Take” by the Police upset both Jackson singles in voting for new song of the year — the first award given on the air. “Every Breath” also won for best pop performance by a duo or group, downing Jackson and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s joint effort on “The Girl is Mine.” Jackson was nominated for an unprecedented 12 awards and hoped to win eight to set a record for most Grammys won by an artist in a single year. Sting, lead singer of the Po lice, became a triple winner as he also won for best rock instru mental performance for his work on the “Brimstone and Treacle” movie soundtrack. The “Flashdance” sound track won two Grammys, for best album of an original score written for a movie or TV spe cial and for best instrumental “Thriller,” as producer, of the year with Quincy Jones for three tracks on “Thriller” and for “E.T. The Extra-Terres trial” as best children’s record- M H mg. composition. Chaka Kahn picked up three awards — for best female R&B performance, best R&B perfor mance by a duo or group for “Ain’t Nobody” with Rufus Kahn and best vocal arrange ment for “Be Bop Medley” with Arif Mardin. Sir George Solti won four classical awards to give him a ca reer total of 23, passing Henry Mancini, who has won 20 Grammys, as the all-time big gest winner. The Police and Jackson were also competing for the two top Grammys — “Thriller” vs. “Synchronicity” for best album and “Every Breath You Take” vs. “Beat It” for best record — liven by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. Jackson was also nominated for best male pop vocal for Other early winners included Pal Benatar for “Love is a Bat tlefield” as best female rock vo cal performance, George Ben son for “Being With You” as best pop instrumental perfor mance; Anne Murray for “A Little Good News” and Lee Greenwood for “I.O.U” for best country vocal performances; Ella Fitzgerald with “The Best Is Yet to Gome” and Mel Torme with “Top Drawer” for best jaz- zvocal performances. Lionel Richie got five nomi nations, including record and new song for his calypso-style “All Night Long.” The “Flashdance" sound track was nominated for album of the year, with “Flashdance ... What a Feeling” by Irene Gara and “Maniac” by Michael Sem- bello both up for record of the year and “Maniac” also running for best new song. The remaining nominees for album of the year were Billy Joel for “An Innocent Man" and David Bowie for Dance.” The 1984 awards appt ' comeback year for the ro industry, punctuatedbylkr surgence of top-40 radioii| new invasion of Britisli:; stars. The nominations marked the emer^enttp dance hits, a move awe | . adult contemporary styltsi ■ , itw inr, member 01 Unite the continuing breakdoK , • Were no the color barrier in pop an , ries. i lsto . 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We couldn’t ask venture capital to put a cou ple of billion dollars in orbit. “We’re talking about an or der of magnitude less (than the government effort.)” Faget said he thinks a smaller, cheaper orbiting plat form, unmanned and devoted Um ...Cc Jt /r MSC CAMERA Salon ’84 Open to all amateurs Enter Photos Feb. 27-March 2 10-2 at MSC Photos must be mounted: 16x20 maximum 11x14 minimum For info 845-1515 260-6993 Judging March 4 AUS" group [Texas ] rcbkl ] in any v ing the for in i ynmora Curn 'hysicia Jutions manufacturing, wouldf' pronou: i ractive to private enterprisl pj 0VV( various productive purpo* group ( “We know that most oft/ Rehabi things are very amenablet sl tomation, but every onceit while comes time for © c nance or refurbishirieni * our facility would alio*- hands-on capability," said. “The time scale we’reIrf at is several years; (NASA) space station.TV is now.’ NASA is planning to hi' 1 space station in orbit early 1990s. Faget is 1 operational status by V 1980s. The space shuttle has I* carrying experimental' ufacturing equipment into 1 for the last several missions for space manufacturing 1 * profitable such equip® needs to stay in space, said. “We want to keep it up® and maintain it in they (the owners) would 11 Faget said. Ideas about space n#] luring focus on taking a tage of the gravity freeeti'fj Da BLENDS men t to produce pure it such as pharmaceuticalsot 3 j als. I Faget said the memora* ; / of understanding is gagement ring before thf ding ring” of a joint end f ') ^ agreement with NASA. “We still have a num^ : things we and NASA h 3 ' ; work out,” Faget said. Tentative plans call f” facility to be placed in lo*^ orbit by the space shuttle !t be serviced several time: vJSi year by the shuttle. It wo 1 " designed for unmanned' mated operation. m The facility would inri 111 pressurized compartment would accommodate astn’fjj durintg service visits. 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