European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A scenario for the birth of the Moon image Crea Cox Puleri show g Telim Kcf of Aventi thai trient Len now Farmed Iho Moon 4.ft Bullion yen 00. To first fret it Bud  Moon s i by James Gleick new York times astronomers studying one of the n ancient mysteries of science he orig the Moon Are embracing a theory ii a Lew years ago seemed fantastic in Moon was born in a catastrophic Coti Between the each and another planet the size t the Hope of establishing the Moon s origin we primary scientific rationale or the manned Lander the Apollo project in the 1960s the great que that Apollo tailed to answer. Three theories competed for respectability As landings began but to the bewilderment of astronomers the Long awaited flow of chemical t seismological data seemed la support none of u three. Now encouraged by new computer simulation growing consensus among astronomers labors t fourth idea the giant Impact or Mega Impact theory it was ignored or derided by most who i when it was first put Forward in 9975. The giant Impact theory has helped create t resurgence of Moon science altar years of near dormancy in the Wake of Apollo. It has also provi possible answers to some earthly mysteries sue the relative abundance of Gold and Platinum Nea surface. And it has cast a new Light on the formation of Walls and fences along once open by Joy Aschenbach National geographic he great Wall snaking across Western Sahara from Algeria to the Atlantic Ocean it has to be a Mirage. Bui a 1.550-mile Wall of Sand and Sloop which took More than five years to build along the brutal desert Frontier was completed last year to defend Morocco s claim to Western Sahara formerly Spanish Sahara. Something there is that does t love a Wall that wants it Down wrote Robert Frost. Rather than coming Jown More Walls and fences Are going up along Coco open International Borders. And existing Walls and fences the infamous Berlin Wall will be 25 years old in August Are being reinforced and equipped with the most sophisticated electronic sensors at the state department George j. Ozemko director of the office of the geographer monitors the phenomenon in the headlines of the 1980s Morocco tries to foil rebels with t,550-mile Wail of Sand India is planning to Fence off its Border with Bangladesh South Africa building a Wall along the Zimbabwe Border Malaysia Thailand Border Fence cuts smuggling it s a sign of internal Micnal paranoia an indicator o  Demko says. There s More movement of people 85 million Rel guess crossed Borders last year More illegal activity famine political insurgency hostility. Situations seem Logel worse Naf better but i Don t buy that Good fences make Good Neihbors " indeed along most of the hundreds of thousands of Border Miles Uherc Aro no barriers Between countries. And where Walls and fences exist experts believe they have been More elective when erected to keep people in not out. Morocco however contends that its great Sand Wall strategy succeeded in securing ils hold on the Tommei Spanish Colony by keeping out guerrillas who have fought Lor 10 years to make it an Independent nation. By making a moveable Wall nine feet High and pushing it farther and farther into the desert Morocco has brought at least two thirds of Nevada sized Western Sahara inside its massive Barrier. Ultimately the Wall is to reach to the National Borders. Guarded with command posts every few Miles it is equipped with electronic sensors and anti personnel radar that can select a person More than 12 Miles away. Considered a colossal Folly by some observers when it was begun the Wall is being studied by military strategists for its Success in using High Lech tactics against a guerrilla Force armed with sophisticated soviet weapons. India has threatened to Seal off Bangladesh with a bared wire Fence. Whether it would Stop the flow of impoverished bangladeshis is doubtful. The controversial 2,300-Nmle Fence was first announced by prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1983 and was to be erected in stages Over five years Starling Wilh the most troublesome sections of the order where violent protests against illegal immigration had erupted except Tor its coastline on the Bay of Bengal and a Short Border with Burma Bangladesh is surrounded by India. To Bangladesh the idea of the Fence is a National Insull. Only a few symbolic posts have been set up so far and there is some Hope that Rajiv Gandhi s India May seek to build better relations instead of a Fence. South Africa s electrified tence capped with coils of razor Sharp wire was put up fast year along strategic sections of the Border to keep illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe from crossing Over in search of work. On the malay Peninsula a Chain link Fence with dozens of Walch Lowers stretches across at Casl 35 Miles of Malaysia s narrow Northern Border. It is credited with cutting Down on gun and drug smuggling and communist infill Alion from Thailand. One of the most teen secured Borders in the world lies Between Israel and Syria along the Golan Heights. The barbed wire fences Are so sensitized that a single wandering sheep could trip the devices and half the israeli army would probably converge on thai spot says Julian v. Minghi professor of geography at the University of South Carolina Aid an authority on inner National Border regions. Along the entire length of the Syria Israel Border and Lor a few Kilometres into the hinterland is a single strip characterized by a Large number of fences. Minefields roads Mounds of Earth fill pillboxes etc., placing the area completely under the domination of the military and creating an extreme Security landscape Minghi writes in the february 1986 Issue of tie professional geographer. By 19b5. The Security landscape of Israel had reached a Peak it now covers More than 50 percent of Inq country he reports. Less Well known than the Berlin Wall an 840-mile barbed wire Fence still divides the two germanic running the Lengen of the Border from the Baltic Soa to Czechoslovakia. In what was considered a conciliatory move East Germany within the last two years has lore in of fart Iron. Del t a we Wal tur Fenk my con Wilt lha Mai s Wal Tore Chi Slot so f 1.3 28. It in and. That Page 14 the stars and stripes