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Show The Summer Chronicle - Page Four U. Wednesday, July 17, 1991 hosts seminar on space travel ash By agenda. Thiokol is planning a tour of Travis Rigby their Shuttle Booster Reprocessing Chronicle Staff Writer plant in Clearfield and a tour of their manufacturing facility near Brigham The University of Utah, in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain NASA Space Grant Consortium, are hosting the "Visit to Mars" workshop which began last Wednesday. Administrators of the workshop hope that by discussing a trip to Mars, the workshop will promote science among students planning to enter college. The conference will conclude at Utah State University Thursday. Those attending discussed subjects ranging from space radiation to space food systems. They also examined the feasibility of placing an astronaut on Mars, over the use and expense of unmanned spacecraft Dwayne Westenskow, U. professor of anesthesiology, said, "Each member of the consortium plans a day's City. "The University of Utah specializes in medical and systems. We will present topics such as bone loss in weightlessness, psychological aspects of closed environments and medical decision computer-aide- d life-suppo- rt making.'' USU will host the final two days of the conference. Activities will include a rocket launch contest, an explanation of USU's space shuttle flight experiments and a tour of the USU Space Dynamics Laboratory. Other members of the consortium include the University of Denver, Brigham Young University, Hansen Planetarium, and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Thomas Thorpe, manager of the Mars Observer Project at Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said the Mars Observer will be the next chance to get a close-u- p view of the planet He explained that the spacecraft, scheduled to launch in late 1992, consists of two parts: the spacecraft itself and its payload of science experiments. The craft will be lifted into space by a Titan III rocket and during an 11 month trip to Mars the antenna, instrument booms, and solar array will unfold from the spacecraft Thorpe said, "Experiments were narrowed down to only the most essential instruments including a gamma ray sensor, magnetometer, camera, infrared sensor and a laser altimeter. from page one unapproved site. He did not know there was a problem with the disposal of the ash until then, but he believes the unapproved dumping has occurred since 1987. The ash was determined, in preliminary tests, to be nonhazardous, and health officials may conduct more tests. No matter who is at fault, Turpin said, U. officials have a responsibility to help move the ashes to a proper site. However, he does not know how much of the costs the U. will eventually have to pay. The ashes, from coal burned at a water plant, are produced from September through March and are taken away from the U. approximately every other day, he said. U. "Experiments will determine Mar's geologic, tectonic and atmospheric history and conditions. The craft will also monitor any thermal emissions, map the planet and communicate that information to earth. high-temperatu- re Diamant said U. officials are now required to report a definite date of removal and to identify where the waste will go. They have chosen three options: an East Carbon landfill which will not be built for two years; the U.S. Pollution Corp.; or a Transjordan landfill, if accepted. The East Carbon landfill is an option because the owner offered to take the ashes for free, but Diamant said it is not a good option because the landfill has not been built yet, and the transportation costs would be costs average 10 cents a mile per ton of waste, he said. Negotiations on who will pay disposal and transportation fees are going on between U. officials and Erickson Bros, officials, he said. County health department officials have filed a complaint against the U., Diamant said, and it is a possibility that U. officials may file a countersuit against Erickson Bros. fusion from page one N H wTirtTTr7,S.' TT" ' H JJNi WALK -- Haven Bergeson have been in the past, he said. More "careful, systematic and unemotional research" needs to be done. Researchers must concentrate on finding the truth about Cold Fusion, while ignoring goals like conducting Nobel Prize-winnin- research. g Approximately $500,000 a year is necessary for the U. to continue research on cold-fusio- n small scale among three departments. Council members urged that n research be future a cold-fusio- jjjvS )s 1 .NiyJ vTj Vjf rr r"rr r Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Monday, Tuesday OUTDOOR SALE HOURS ARE 10AM - 4PM gpieH2iS5!5;le"ace an save l50itoP9QfOiipplies, books, insienia wear aftd comouteKorodiicts. Hot savings ipr scnooi, omce ana ran in uie sun. funded by private' sources, and Bergeson said that Fritz Will, former NCFI director who will return to the U. as a professor in March, is conducting talks with businesses such as General Electric. However, no official deals have been made with representatives of any industry. Because some research will continue at the U., John Morris, associate vice president for Academic Affairs, said the U. will keep equipment bought for cold fusion research. The U. will retain the NCFI building and equipment, and if cold fusion researchers want to use some of the equipment, their research will have priority. In the "Cold Fusion Overview and Executive Summary," from the institute's final report, Fritz Will wrote, "Recent strong findings in support of the reality of cold fusion, obtained at several Navy laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the National UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY QaaEE,i "j311 OF IJJ3IEEK BOOKSTORE UTAH anagnawt CAMPUS aj)iiiifl Cold Fusion Institute, are giving rise to the hope that the perception of cold fusion in the scientific community and the public will be improving. "Presently, however, in spite of very encouraging scientific results obtained in cold fusion work, both in the United States and abroad, the political and financial climate in the U.S. remains generally negative." efforts are Large cold-fusio- n continuing abroad, in places such as Japan, the Soviet Union, China, India and in European nations, such as Italy, he added. |