European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March 19, 1991zooming in on. Baltimore up1 the Hub la space Telescope despite its flawed Mirror is snapping the Sharp est pictures of Mars Ever taken from the Vicinity of Earth in a Long term program to Monitor seasonal changes in the red planets atmosphere. The work eventually May allow scientists to understand Martian weather patterns a prerequisite for any future manned missions there according to the space Telescope science Institute which coordinates Hubble science activities. Preliminary observations with the $1.5 billion Telescope clearly show features of the Martian atmosphere and surface details As. Small As 31 Miles across. The smallest features detectable by ground based instruments arc some 93 Miles wide. One of the first pictures of Mars released by the science Institute was taken during Midsummer in Mars Southern hemisphere. The picture shows a Clear sky Over much of the planet but a thick canopy of Clouds. Obscuring the frigid North pole Region. A was on Earth the Periphery of this Polar Hood Region is the locale of intense storm systems which i. Grate through Northern mid latitudes a the Institute said m a release. A details of the Cloud structures can be seen in the Hubble images a other details visible in. Image taken last dec. 13 in elude Sidis plan Tia a 620-Milc-wide Impact Basin the heavily cratered Arabia plan Tia Region the windswept Wyrtis major area and the Bright Hellas plan Tia Basin. Which measures 1,118 Miles across arid 5 Miles deep. Mars has been studied in detail by a variety of space probes including Viking Landers but its Active atmosphere and Earth like seasonal changes require More Long term observation. A a to understand Mars Complex meteorology and. Cut mate the planet must he continually monitored Over Many of its annual cycles much As the monitoring of Earth by terrestrial weather satellites has improved our ability to understand and forecast weather on our planet a the science Institute  with the Hubble space Telescope will allow scientists to Monitor the surface and atmosphere of Mars to reveal the global distribution of water and dust Clouds at various locations and times of year. Such research is impossible using current ground based telescopes because of the blurring effects of Earth a turbulent atmosphere. In fact the sharpest images possible when Mars and Earth Are closest together every 780 Days or so cannot show surface features smaller than about 93 Miles across. Most of the time the Resolution is from roughly 370 to 620 Miles. But even when Mars is at its greatest distance from Earth the performance of the Hubble space Telescope s planetary camera is comparable to that of ground based instruments when the planets Are closest together. V. A a a a this makes hot an idea instrument for monitoring a composite photograph of Mars a made from images captured last december by the Hubble space Telescope a shows a thick canopy of Clouds covering the planet s icy North Polar Region upper left. Long term changes on Mars throughout the planet s 1.8-year Orbital period Quot the science Institute said. In addition to taking Sharp pictures of the red planet Hubble s position in space allows the instrument to de acct ultraviolet Light from Mars that otherwise would be. Blocked by Earth a atmosphere. Such data should allow scientists to Monitor water and Ozone Levels in Mars atmosphere. A comparison of images obtained at different limes will reveal surface weather and climate changes on the red planet and will hasten the Day when scientists can understand and characterize weather and surface conditions on the planet in preparation for future manned and unmanned exploration a the science Institute said. Hubble  from the shuttle discovery in april 25, 1990. Although its flawed 94.5-Inch Mirror produces blurred images computer enhancement can nonetheless yield Sharp  plans to Correct the blurring program in 1993 when a shuttle Crew is scheduled to install a new planetary camera. Equipped with modified lenses to counteract the mirrors spherical aberration.  crash kills family of 4 from wire reports Bronson Fla. A Massachusetts family of four returning Home from vacation was killed sunday when their single engine plane crashed in heavy rain officials said. The Piper Malibu was in route from St. Petersburg to Bedford mass., when if lost Contact with air traffic controllers in Jacksonville the Federal aviation administration said. Killed were Donald m. Schreiber 48 i Swift Merle a sch Reiber 4b and their sons Jason about 14, and Justin about 4, said the Levy county sheriffs office lottery fever strikes Chicago a the Illinois state lottery lotto Jackpot has rolled Over for the seventh straight time boost ing the prize for wednesday s drawing to $50 Mil lion. But lottery director Desiree Rogers said that a lottery fever could push the prize even higher  drawing takes place. A we were Selling tickets at a Pace of about 1.1 million an hour yesterday saturday a she said sunday. Turtles can cause some aggression. Boston a those lean Green fighting machines known As teenage Mu-1 Tant ninja turtles arc bringing violence to the classroom say teachers from around the country who responded to a Survey Quot the turtles encourage violent and anti social behaviour among Young evil Dren and have a disturbing effect on learning behaviour and play a said Diane Levin an associate professor of education at Wheelock College who was co author of the  a a some adults May think the four turtles named for Renaissance painters Are More Likely to spark a child s imagination than run of the Mill muscle bound superheroes. The study s general conclusion from the 73 educators from 19 states who responded to the Survey was that youngsters emulate the turtles karate chopping and pizza chomping but Little else. Ninety five percent of the respondents provided examples of aggressive behaviour linked to the Turtle characters. Levin said sunday. A the Way the ninja turtles work out their difficulties is by seeking each other and knocking each other 1 said Survey respondent Hanne Sonquist. A member of the Board of the National association for the education of Young children. A its totally programmed and scripted so that Many children who watch a great Deal of that kind of programming have less Access to the imagination a said son quist who runs a workshop for parents and Young children in California. Levin who has written books on children a fascination with War play conceived the Survey alter parents and teachers asked her to examine Turtle mania. She conducted the study with Nancy car Isson Paige an associate professor of education at Lesley College in Cambridge. The Story of the turtles birth certainly strays from the superhero script. They started out As aquarium pets but Mii rated after falling into a Pool of radioactive glop in a new York sewer. They were raised by a rat. Splinter who taught them ninja skills to fight crime. T. Artists Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman who dreamed up the characters did not respond to a request for comment on the study. In an interview last year Eastman and Laird took a More tranquil View of their creations. A i think they re appealing for a number of reasons a Laird said. A the turtles live their lives with the philosophy that they Don t want to hassle anybody and they Don t want to be hassled themselves. But when trouble comes they re Able to handle  a a. A  Eastman speculated children Are attracted to the turtles because of Quot the family attitude with the four Brothers and splinter playing the father figure and the teacher.�?�. Levin acknowledges the ninja turtles Arentt the first superheroes to beat up on the enemy. But the intense marketing of everything from Turtle toys to lunch boxes has provoked an obsession with the creatures among children Between the Ages of 18 months and 10 years she said. Superman had friends and a life outside crime fighting As his alter ego Clark Kent a a the generic hero kids could try to emulate a she said. Not the turtles. A mostly what they do is fight Quot she said. Some teachers noted that they had used the turtles to try to inspire children to learn about other subjects. One teacher said she was Able to involve More boys in an Art project by asking children to make Turtle masks. But in some cases trying to link the ninja turtles to classroom projects backfired. A we. Have one Case of a Turtle being killed by being thrown against the Wall Quot Levin said. Quot