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Moons of Uranus, a trans-Pacific solo flight, and the health dangers of smoking: today's hits in the history of science and technology.

For those unfamiliar with who Steve Fossett is: he was the first person to fly solo, nonstop, around the world in a balloon. He went missing in September of 2007 over the Nevada Desert, with no trace of his plane or himself ever discovered. He was officially pronounced dead by a courtroom judge February of this year. But some are ...