EDITORIAL MARS EXPLORERS M2K4 MAY BE JUST WHAT WE NEED TO PULL US OUT OF OUR COLLECTIVE FUNK.WAR, suicide bombings Noun 1. suicide bombing - a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it bombing - the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists suicide bombing n → in Iraq, deadly wildfires, mudslides and earthquakes, plane crashes, terrorists with almanacs Almanacs See also astronomy; calendar almanagist a person who compiles almanacs. ephemeris an astronomical almanac giving, as an aid to the astronomer and navigator, the locations of celestial bodies for each day of the year. under their arms eyeing jetliners - it's been a harsh end to a long year of bleak reality. For that reason alone, the timing of the robot explorer's landing last Saturday on the Red Planet couldn't be better. Suddenly, the possibilities up in the heavens put our conflicts here on Earth back into some perspective of its significance in the infinite universe. Some might grumble about the cost of space exploration, or say ``What's the point?'' Undoubtedly there were plenty of folks who thought it folly to sail into the unknown charted oceans so many centuries ago. But who can put a price tag on tag on Verb to add at the end of something: a throwaway remark, tagged on at the end of a casual conversation Verb 1. a better understanding of what's around us? Humans have never been content with the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. . We have always striven for a deeper knowledge of our surroundings, to help us better understand our own place in the scheme of things. There's no telling what the Spirit and Opportunity (which lands later this month) rovers might turn up, what shocking evidence of water or atmosphere or of some form of life they might find, what new materials or conditions. Whatever they find - or don't - while roaming The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection. the Red Planet, the journey itself symbolizes an important reinvigoration of a space program that has made few great leaps since the first moonwalk moon·walk n. A walk on the surface of the moon by an astronaut. intr.v. moon·walked, moon·walk·ing, moon·walks To walk on the surface of the moon. on July 20, 1969, but has had plenty of public tragedies. And it couldn't come at a better time. |
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