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TUESDAY, Feb. 15th
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
in MSC
1405-A Harvey Road
C.S., Texas 77840
(409) 680-1385
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Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Aventis Crop Science
Cargill
ContiGroup Companies, Inc. — Cattle Feeding Division
Environmental Care, Inc.
Excel Corporation
Holm-Dietz FAMOUS Software
Fireman’s Fund Agribusiness, Inc.
IBP, Inc.
Lambert Landscape Co.
Lawns of Dallas
Peace Corps
PIC
Premium Standard Farms
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service
Texas A&M Career Center
Texas Parks & Wildlife
Tractor Supply Company
T-Systems International
USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs
Wright Brand Foods
Learn more about these companies on the C.O.A.L.S. web page at http://coals, tamu.edu.
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THE BATTALION
Monday, Febmar
Shuttle approaches asteroid’s orbi
LAUREL, Md. (AP) —A robot craft that missed its
mark a year ago is on target for a Valentine’s Day ren
dezvous with an asteroid named for the Greek god of love.
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
spacecraft is approaching the asteroid Eros slowly and
is expected to slip into orbit around the mountain-sized
space rock at midmoming Monday.
Ifsuccessful, NEAR will become the first spacecraft
to orbit an asteroid. Researchers hope data compiled
about Eros could one day help humans defend the Earth
against a “killer asteroid” like one thought to have
wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Eros, a potato-shaped rock, is 21 miles long and
eight miles wide; by comparison. New York’s Manhat
tan island is about 13.5 miles long and 2.5 miles wide.
Like this planet, Eros orbits the sun, about 160 million
miles from Earth.
The $224 million NEAR mission was launched Feb.
17, 1996. The craft was supposed to have gone into an
orbit of Eros in January 1999, hut it malfunctioned af
ter a rocket firing that was to have aimed the spacecraft
at the asteroid was shut down automatically.
NEAR sped past Eros, capturing photos as it went.
Then, for reasons still not understood, the craft went
out of control and lost contact with Earth for more
than 24 hours.
“We know why the rocket motor shut down,” said
Robert Farquhar, the mission director. “But what hap
pened after that is a mystery.”
The craft apparently went into wild gyrations and
burned about 20 percent of its fuel before it righted
itself. With just 10 minutes of power left, NEAR fi
nally was able to aim its solar panels at the sun again
and start charging its battery, Farquhar said. If the bat
tery had failed, the spacecraft might not have been
heard from again.
Instead, engineers regained control and plotted a
new course. NEAR and Eros circled the sun for a year
in separate orbits. A series of rocket firings has now
brought them close again.
NEAR is to be within 200 miles of Eros at 10:33
a.m. Monday. It will lire small rocket thrusters to drop
it into the weak gravity field of Eros and start a y ear
long orbit of the asteroid.
During the year, the craft will descend slowly and
slip into lower and lower orbits. Late in the year, NEAR
may actually brush Eros’ surface with a solar panel and
photograph the mark it leaves.
“That’s one of several options the team is considering
for the end of the mission,” said Farquhar. a scientist at
the John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laborato
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tract. Scientists from Cornell University and the Jet
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Team to five Super Bowls and was famous for
pacing the sidelines in a business suit and felt
fedora, died Saturday. I le was 75.
Landry had been undergoing treatment
since May for acute myelogenous leukemia.
Baylor University Medical Center issued a
news release on behalf of Landry’s family, say
ing, “He w ill never be forgotten by all of us
whose lives he has touched so deeply.”
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resented the NFL at its best,” NFL commis
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urday. “He will always rank as one of the
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of the most successful teams in sports history.”
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first 20 years, won two Super Bowls with star
quarterback Roger Staubach. 1 lis 270 victories
are more than any NFL coach except Don Sim
la and George Halas.
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Term Dates: May 29 to June 11,
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