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COVER: A dramatic nighttime Soviet launch heralds a new era in Mars exploration
Along with an ambitious schedule of unmanned missions, the Soviet probes of the Martian moon Phobos are paving the way for a manned flight to Mars. The fact has not been lost on many Americans, who think the U. S. space program should aim at putting humans on the Red Planet. The cost is stupendous, the technology tricky, and the hazards real, but Mars still beckons. See SPACE.
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NATION: The downing of Flight 655 raises questions on technology and morality
While experts try to piece together...