Richard M. Goldstein, Who Helped Map the Cosmos, Dies at 97

Richard M. Goldstein, a trailblazer in planetary exploration who used ground-based radars to map planets with techniques that scientists now use to measure geographical changes on Earth, including melting glaciers, died on June 22 at his home in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. He was 97.His daughter, Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein, confirmed the death.In the early 1960s, Dr. Goldstein was a graduate student in electrical…