November 2004

feature articles

space calls
Needed: The technological expertise that will invent a new age of exploration. By Ahmed K. Noor and James A. Cutts

the urge to explore
It brought the first creatures from the sea onto the land; it sent us to the moon. Where shall we go next? By Buzz Aldrin and Wyn Wachhorst

you gotta pay to play
As top dogs, automakers set the rules that their suppliers play by. By Jean Thilmany

Tutankhamen's tribology
Mechanical problems had to be solved even back in the days of wooden chariots and leather bindings. By Robert O. Woods

input/output
Bottled Up. By Harry Hutchinson



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