"You want to make sure that you start out with a relationship between the two people that go on this mission that is on really solid footing, that they know how to pick themselves up after a falling-out, " Poynter said.

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In Oregon, researchers will look at research plots of potatoes that are artificially under-watered and under-fertilized to see how quickly the aircraft can pick up those details.

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Stories abound of how she has exploited friends, belittled her ex-husband and once tried to back over a gardener in her pick-up truck.

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