Pioneer 10 on course toward Jupiter flyby in 1973
Pioneer 10 remains on track at 200 million miles from Earth with 340 million miles to Jupiter. NASA reports all systems normal as the craft travels through the asteroid belt since July 15 without problems. The probe, moving 60 000 mph, is set for a Jupiter flyby on December 3 1973, after which it may depart the solar system. It costs $1 to be cleared by Pioneer 4 next February.
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Giant fiberglass barge model unveiled by Northrop
Northrop Corp unveiled the first fiberglass cargo barge model to cut costs and raise loads for shipping lines. The 60 by 31 foot vessel with nine foot draft is designed to be loaded aboard cargo ships and transferred via the LASH concept. The initial barge was delivered to Pacific Marine East Line in San Francisco, with a $10 million order book for 200 vessels.
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Huge metal deposits found on sea floor by USC geologist
USC geologist Dr James Bischoff says a vast strip of ocean floor between the Galapagos and Easter Island hosts deposits of iron manganese copper zinc and barium near the East Pacific Rise. The find is scientifically significant, not economic, and may relate to ongoing mantle upwelling processes 12 000 feet down.
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