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IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT
FORMER BASKETBALL STAR
DENNIS RODMAN IS UP TO NOW.
MESSAGE OF PEACE TO VATICAN
CITY.
HE SAYS HE'LL BE IN SAINT
PETER'S SQUARE WEDNESDAY.
RODMAN RECENTLY GOT BACK
FROM A TRIP TO NORTH KOREA
-- WHERE HE SAYS HE BECAME
FRIENDS WITH LEADER KIM JONG
UN.
HE'S EVEN PLANNING TO
VACATION WITH HIM THIS
SUMMER.
RODMAN SAY KIM JONG UN WANTS
PEACE -- AND IS APPARENTLY
NOW TRYING TO ARRANGE A
THE F-A-A HAS APPROVED A
BOEING PLAN TO REDESIGN THE
BATTERIES FOR ITS 787
DREAMLINERS.
BOEING SAYS IT WILL RE-
MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF A
SHORT CIRCUIT.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BETTER
INSULATION AND A NEW VENTING
SYSTEM.
THE 787 FLEET HAS BEEN
GROUNDED SINCE JANUARY.
AFTER A BATTERY FIRE ON ONE
PLANE.
ANOTHER.
MORE FLIGHTS AT SMALLER
AIRLINES
ARE ARRIVING LATE.
81 PERCENT OF FLIGHTS
ARRIVED WITHIN 14 MINUTES OF
JANUARY.
THAT'S DOWN FROM 83-POINT-
SEVEN PERCENT A YEAR AGO.
ON-TIME RATING.
AS FOR THE WORST --
FRONTIER, EXPRESS JET AND
AMERICAN EAGLE ALL DID
NASA NOW THINKS THAT MARS
WAS ONCE CAPABLE OF
SUPPORTING VERY SIMPLE
FORMSTHE DISCOVERY WAS MADE
BY THE CURIOSITY MARS ROVER,
WHICH ARRIVED ON THE RED 4'S
CHARLES CLIFFORD HAS MORE.
>> REPORTER: FOR THE PAST
FEW MONTHS THE CURIOSITY
ROVER HAS BEEN EXPLORING AN
AREA JUST NORTH OF THE
MARTIAN
EQUATOR...HERE...NEAR
WHAT'S CALLED THE GALE
CRATER. AT THE MOMENT THE
PROBE IS TO BE AN ANCIENT
STREAM BED. USING A VARIETY
OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS,
THE PROBE HAS BEEN DRILLING
INTO AND ANALYZING ROCKS..
LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE.
WHAT IT'S FOUND IN THIS DUST
IS SULFUR, NITROGEN,
HYDROGEN, OXYGEN,
PHOSPHORUS AND CARBON... THE
BASIC CHEMICAL BUILDING
BLOCKS OF LIFE AS WE KNOW
IT.
THEY'VE ALSO FOUND MINERAL
CLAY, BASICALLY DRIED OUT
MUD, WHICH INDICATES THAT AT
SOME POINT IN THE DISTANT
PAST, PROBABLY MILLIONS OF
YEARS AGO, THIS AREA WAS
COVERED IN FRESH WATER. THE
WATER WAS FRESH, NOT TO
SALTY OR ACIDIC.. THAT MEANS
THAT MICROBIAL LIFE COULD
HAVE SURVIVED HERE.
THERE ARE ALSO TRACES OF
SULFATES AND SULFIDES... A
POSSIBLE FOOD SOURCE FOR THE
MICROBES.
>> THIS WAS AN ANCIENT
ENVIRONMENT WITH THE RIGHT
ELEMENTS. MINERALS
INDICATING A NEAR NEUTRAL
ENVIRONMENT AND SLIGHTLY
SALTY WATER. ALL THE
PREREQUISITES TO SUPPORT
LIFE. A HABITABLE
ENVIRONMENT.
>> REPORTER: THESE