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SHOULD WE HARVEST MANGANESE NODULES AT THE SEABOTTOM?

The Paris Summer Olympics roll along, and so are the teams of the USA.    Women's gymnastics team , overcame ailing legs, illnesses, falls and twisties to rather easily win the Gold medal. Men's gymnastics team  won a medal, bronze, for the first time in 16 years. Good ethnic mix on both teams.  In no other event will you see such close team camaraderie, and hugs. Men's soccer team , for the first time in 24 years, reached the knockout round.  They face Morocco at 9AM EDT on Friday, August 2. Both women's and men's volleyball teams look to make the next round. Katie Ledecky  coasted to victory in the 1500 meter swim, topping her Olympic mark of Tokyo by 5 seconds, finishing 10 seconds before the silver medalist, winning her 8th gold medal, the most in swimming, with Jenny Thompson. The most stunning USA victory, maybe ever, was in women's rugby, where they won the bronze medal match over heavily favored Australia.  First medal in rugby for the U.S. since the Par