Oct 28 1993
From The Space Library
A two-ton chunk of a Chinese reconnaissance satellite launched earlier this month fell into the Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles west of Peru, the U.S. Space Command said. (USA Today, Oct. 28/93, Oct 29/93; P Inn, Oct 28/93, Oct 29/93; W Post, Oct 28/93, 29/93; NY Times, Oct 26/93)
Dinosaurs became extinct not as a result of a giant asteroid, as one theory holds, but because of an atmospheric change that left too little oxygen to support their inefficient respiratory systems, according to Gary Landis, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist. He was one of four scientists who presented the new theory at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting. (P Inq, Oct 28/93)
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