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To: DMaA who wrote (16036)	6/14/1998 10:59:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

Write your name among stars PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Stardust spacecraft, a scientific mission to study a comet, also is going to carry silicon chips engraved with the names of people who sign up at the project's Web site (http://www.stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/). More than 200,000 have been submitted so far for the mission, set for launch in February and due to reach the comet Wild-2 in 2004. The names are being engraved on silicon microchips, each no larger than a fingernail. The writing is so small that 80 letters equal the width of a human hair. The names can only be viewed with an electron microscope. The probe is to collect samples of dust spewed out by the comet, and then return the samples and the name-bearing chips to Earth in 2006. o~~~ O

To: DMaA who wrote (16036)	6/15/1998 8:28:00 AM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

European shares plummet as Asian grip tightens Monday June 15, 7:36 am Eastern Time FRANKFURT, June 15 (Reuters) - Asia's worsening financial crisis rocked European shares on Monday when analysts warned that benchmark indices across Europe could be vulnerable to further falls. Germany's DAX index of 30 blue-chip shares led the declines, falling more than 2.5 percent. France's CAC-40, Italy's Mibtel, and Spain's Ibex-35 indices all fell two percent or more. ''This is the kind of environment where confidence is threadbare and there could be more downside,'' said David McBain, a strategist at BT Alex Brown. ''Clearly there's a lot of uncertainty about prospects for the Asian markets, which is feeding through to international markets generally. Markets are concerned about prospects for the global economy,'' he said. biz.yahoo.com o~~~ O