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Host Liane Hansen speaks with Dr. Lou Friedman, Executive irector of the Planetary Society in Pasadena, California, about the future of pace exploration. They discuss the results of this month's Atlantis/Mir docking ission, and explore how the benefits of the recent joint space venture will ltimately affect upcoming missions and future goals in space. Dr. Friedman says manned mission to Mars could occur within the next 15 year

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including music from the Nathan Hale Fife and Drum Corp in hiladelphia on Independence Day; Mark Mastrangelo, the town crier of hiladelpia, at the Fourth of July celebration; Jack Lombard of Greensville, orth Carolina commenting on the amount of barbequed ham and chicken sold on the oliday; a Kennedy Space Center spokeperson describing the landing of the tlantis space shuttle after it's docking with the Russian Mir spacecraft; resident Clinton speaking about political civility; Judge Lance Ito and Marcia lark putting the prosecution to rest at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE RE-RELEASE OF LUIS BUNUEL'S (BOO-nyoo-elz) "BELLE DU JOUR" THAT PREMIERED IN 1968, STARRING STARRED CATHERINE DENEUVE.

NPR's Jim Zarolli reports on the U.S. media operations of Rupert Murdoch. Australian-born Murdoch runs Fox TV, and this week the Federal Communications Commission said Murdoch's News Corporation would not have to give up any of the eight t.v. stations that make up the core of Fox TV, even though that violates foreign-ownership rules. Murdoch supporters say his US operations have brought competition to the airwaves. His opponents say he's brought shlock.

NPR'S SYLVIA POGGIOLI REPORTS FROM BELGRADE THAT WITH THE GROUND SITUATION IN BOSNIA WORSENING, ATTENTION IS NOW FOCUSED ON WHAT BELGRADE MAY DO.

A LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE ESTATE OF ROCK GUITARIST JIMI HENDRIX CAME TO AN END YESTERDAY (FRIDAY 7/28) WITH THE SIGNING OF A LEGAL SETTLEMENT THAT RETURNS ALL OF THE RIGHTS TO HENDRIX'S MUSIC TO HIS FATHER. ROBERT SMITH, OF MEMBER STATION KUOW, REPORTS FROM HENDRIX'S HOMETOWN, SEATTLE.

THEODORE FIDDLEMAN WHO, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN AMONG THE MOST PROLIFIC CORRESPONDENTS TO THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SECTION OF SOME MAJOR NEWSPAPERS, HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE, IN REALITY, PAUL H. BLACKMAN, A RESEARCH COORDINATOR FOR THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATIONS' INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. 5:56 This week's on-air player lives in Clearwater, Florida and listens to WUSF,

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that five humanitarian organizations have banded together to provide women in refugee camps with assistance addressing their sexual needs: birth control, protection against AIDS, and sexual abuse.