NASA launching satellite to measure globe's ice sheets

Monday, December 16, 2002

LOS ANGELES -- NASA scientists hope to get new insight into the future of global ocean levels with the launch this week of a laser-equipped satellite designed to measure the waxing and waning of the planet's largest ice sheets.

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