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Early results from Univ. of Texas hydraulic fracturing study show no direct link to groundwater contamination; contamination problems appear related to other aspects of drilling ops

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Representatives of the Environmental Defense Fund will review and comment on any recommendations included in the final report prior to its publication. A peer group also will review the team’s findings.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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NASA geologist Paul Lowman , who reviewed the original, unsolicited proposal for the MSS, had no faith that the technology would work. Two days after the launch, Goddard received its first MSS image, showing the Dallas–Fort Worth area. (In RBV had been used on previous space missions and weather satellites.

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