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United States of America
When the Time Ball drops in Time Square, New York then the USA moves into the new millennium. There's a lot more going on... GovernmentWhite House Millennium ProjectFull details of President Clinton's White House Millennium initiative including the announcement of the educational website for the millennium. Time CapsuleDetails of the U.S. Time Capsule; lock your family away for posterity for free! MediaMillennium Minutes: are sponsoring a "Millennium Minute" on networked across the USA. Every day from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 1999. You can hear it across the Net if you have Real Player (formerly Real Audio) installed. LIFE Magazine: Millennium Special Edition: has developed a special which covers the "Top 100 events of the past 1,000 years". It lists "Fixing the Calendar" in position 100 and "Tick Tock" the invention of the chronometer by John Harrison at Greenwich in position 52 (one ahead of the invention of the refrigerator?!) Millennium ProjectsThe projects page contains information about important millennium projects in the USA including: NASA - New Millennium Program History: Read all about 's vision entitled the , "where a virtual human presence will be created through our communications links to numerous small spacecraft, frequently launched from Earth. These microspacecraft explorers will be designed to pursue highly focused science objectives or to fly in precise formation, making simultaneous measurements. They will observer Earth formation, making simultaneous measurements. They will observer Earth and explore our galaxy." Science for the Millennium: The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has is setting up an on-line Expo "". You can visit the ; the ; the or the . You can also take a Fly-Through Video Tour of the Expo. Uses many multi-media features which requires various plug-in's but enjoy your visit into the future! Millennium OrganizationsListing of USA based millennium organisations, including:
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