Creative destruction
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NASA plans to crash Lunar Prospector, a space probe, into the moon, and discover whether there is water in the form of ice in lunar craters. The probe has little fuel left, needs a new battery, and no longer attracts funding, so it is to be sacrificed. The aim is to gain some information through the sacrifice. Other crashes could be carried out in order to investigate asteroids and other celestial bodies. Commercial communications satellites could also be used for this purpose.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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One step nearer: Yugoslavia
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A United Nations peace plan for Yugoslavia has been delayed by Milan Babic, leader of Krajina's Serbs. Babic has been losing support, and his referendum on the peace plan is a stalling tactic. The Croats have withdrawn their agreement on the peace plan.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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NEARer to thee
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A spacecraft is researching the asteroid Eros, and its findings are examined in detail.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 2001
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