Sunday, September 28, 2008

The 2 Arcticles

1. A new contender for earth's oldest rock
2. Nell Greenfieldboyce
3. NPR.com
4.Geology
5. The earth is only around 4.6 billion years old
Earth started as a big, hot blob of molten metal and rock
Scientist have found mineral grains called zircons
6. Find the age of rocks that look at the composition
There could be rock as old as 4.3 billion years old
7. Were the earliest completely destroyed by some unusual process?

1. Inflatable Lunar Habitat to be tested in Antarctica
2. Fraser Cain
3. Universe Today
4. Geology
5. NASA uses a 50 years old tent for a design called Jameson Hunt
They are setting up a permanent base for NASA
NASA and NSF are creating a new prototype
6. The purpose of the design is to the the Inflatable Habitat
Television viewers recognize the design in the show M*A*S*H
7. What else does the prototype do?