Zvezdnye voiny
V. G. Surdin/GAISh, Moskva (postupila 24 noyabrya 2001)

Inogda ochen' trudno, a poroi i prosto nevozmozhno razdelit' voennye i mirnye issledovaniya. V poslednie gody fokusom etoi dilemmy stala strategicheskaya oboronnaya iniciativa (SOI) - popytka sozdaniya v SShA sistemy protivoraketnoi oborony. Posle uzhasnyh sobytii 11 sentyabrya 2001 g.

Merkurii Marinera
24.11.2001 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

Blizhaishaya k Solncu planeta Merkurii ostaetsya samoi tainstvennoi sredi vnutrennih planet Solnechnoi sistemy. Pryachas' v luchah Solnca, Merkurii yavlyaetsya ob'ektom, trudnym dlya nablyudeniya s Zemli. Edinstvennym kosmicheskim apparatom, issledovavshim Merkurii s blizkogo rasstoyaniya, byl "Mariner-10", vypolnivshii dva proleta vblizi Merkuriya v 1974 i 1975 godah, i osmotrevshii okolo 45 procentov poverhnosti planety.