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> March 26,
2004:
Hour One: Mars Update
/ Microsoft Antitrust / Exxon Valdez Anniversary
This week, the European Union hit software giant Microsoft with a $613 million fine, and demanded changes in the company's business practices. In this hour of Science Friday, Ira and guests take a look at the decision and how it might affect the software industry.
We'll also get an update on the Mars Exploration Rover mission, which announced this week that one rover, Opportunity, may be on the edge of what once was a salty sea on Mars.
Finally, we'll look back on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which occurred 15 years ago this week. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (2-3 Eastern), and share your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Steve Squyres
Principal Investigator for the science payload, NASA's Mars
Exploration Rover Mission
Professor, Astronomy
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
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Kristi Heim
Seattle Bureau Chief
San Jose Mercury
News
Seattle, Washington
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Marybeth Holleman
Author, 'The
Heart of the Sound: An Alaskan Paradise Found and Nearly Lost.' (University
of Utah Press, 2004.)
Adjunct Professor at the University
of Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska
Nancy Bird
Director, Prince William Sound Science
Center
Cordova, Alaska
'Jeep' Rice
Program Manager, Habitat Investigations
NOAA Auke Bay Laboratory
Juneau, Alaska
This segment produced by Charles Bergquist and Erica Altman
Archived Audio:
Mars
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Microsoft
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Exxon Valdez
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Related Links:
Mars
Exploration Rover Mission: Home
Traces
of long-lost 'salty sea' found on Mars
Saltwater
flowed on surface of Mars, evidence indicates
Q&A:
An ancient shoreline on Mars
Forbes.com:
TAKE A LOOK-EU launches Microsoft antitrust order
Silicon
Valley: Microsoft Antitrust Coverage
FindLaw
Legal News: Special Coverage: Microsoft
Anchorage Daily News | Sound Advice
Exxon
Valdez Spill, 15 Years Later: Damage Lingers
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/misc_pdf/peterson.pdf
Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council-Home Page
NMFS
Alaska Office of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Damage Assessment and Restoration
The
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Valdez
Books/Articles Discussed:
'The
Heart of the Sound: An Alaskan Paradise Found and Nearly Lost,' by Marybeth
Holleman. University of Utah Press, 2004.'
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