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November 2023 compared to previous years - ER - 12/5/2023 6:41:56 PM
- We are so very much... - RL - 12/6/2023 9:30:00 AM

Data mining the Southern Ocean - ER - 12/3/2023 11:05:00 PM

The Kirkwood Derby - ER - 12/1/2023 8:07:59 PM
- Orbital Resonance is neat. Check it out. - ER - 12/2/2023 5:59:20 AM

First Light for DSOC! - RL - 11/24/2023 11:59:20 PM
- And the insane data rate of 200Gbps has been achieved from a cubesat in Low Earth Orbit - RL - 11/25/2023 1:22:57 AM
  - Laser communication will revolutionize the type of science we do in space - RL - 11/25/2023 2:11:46 AM
    - How big is the ground terminal? - podrock - 11/25/2023 4:31:54 AM
      - The ground 'receiver' we are building is a 70cm telescope - RL - 11/25/2023 6:21:12 PM
        
        Dumb question - BuckGalaxy - 11/25/2023 7:43:16 PM
        
        Yes, if a plane were to fly through the beam it would break connection - RL - 11/25/2023 8:47:36 PM
        
        Interesting - BuckGalaxy - 11/26/2023 2:34:03 AM
        
        Current coms blackout with mars. - podrock - 11/26/2023 5:41:05 AM
        
        Well, it gets complicated - RL - 11/30/2023 6:10:32 AM
        
        For DSOC they are using Palomar for a receiver - RL - 11/30/2023 6:04:07 PM
        
        I read something about that a while back - BuckGalaxy - 11/27/2023 8:30:02 PM
        
        Yes... google LCRD - RL - 11/26/2023 3:24:19 AM

Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays - RL - 11/26/2023 4:52:47 AM

AI has a blind spot - ER - 11/23/2023 3:50:33 AM
- I posed your question to the Bing AI - RobVG - 11/24/2023 9:36:04 PM
- That may be the LEAST of its issues... - RL - 11/23/2023 7:50:42 AM
  - AI is no big deal. - ER - 11/23/2023 3:17:52 PM

Seriously cool site - RL - 11/20/2023 5:17:45 AM
- I like it - podrock - 11/20/2023 5:25:33 AM

This is really exciting new sensing technology - podrock - 11/16/2023 12:06:38 AM
- Just wait for quantum gravity sensors to become small and cheap - RL - 11/18/2023 6:32:09 PM
  - Interesting, thanks. - podrock - 11/19/2023 4:42:33 PM
    - Seriously, it WILL happen... - RL - 11/19/2023 5:36:51 PM
      - That would be great! - podrock - 11/19/2023 6:52:58 PM
- More: - podrock - 11/16/2023 3:47:51 PM
- It’s amazing - Pebble - 11/16/2023 1:31:04 PM

Queen on Mars - ER - 11/16/2023 9:11:50 PM
- "May"be - podrock - 11/19/2023 4:45:14 PM
- Martian Rhapsody - BuckGalaxy - 11/17/2023 3:06:11 AM
- Yes it is , I saw mention of it somewhere - Pebble - 11/16/2023 11:12:35 PM

New volcano on the way in Iceland? - podrock - 11/3/2023 11:22:36 PM
- Thousands encouraged to evacuate - RL - 11/12/2023 11:26:19 PM
  - Have evacuated.. - podrock - 11/13/2023 12:05:52 AM
- Latest updates - podrock - 11/6/2023 9:52:33 PM
  - Interesting - RL - 11/12/2023 11:30:41 PM
    - No - podrock - 11/13/2023 2:07:50 AM
- "considering evacuation plans of the area" - BuckGalaxy - 11/4/2023 7:06:56 PM
  - Grindavik - podrock - 11/5/2023 1:28:25 AM
    - Thanks for the update - BuckGalaxy - 11/6/2023 12:56:34 AM
      - We shall see what happens - podrock - 11/6/2023 4:11:08 AM
        
        Re: We shall see what happens - Pebble - 11/14/2023 7:49:53 PM

Hope Springs Eternal! - BuckGalaxy - 11/13/2023 6:43:22 PM
- Hmmmmm....lets see - ER - 11/13/2023 8:41:49 PM
  - Frick - BuckGalaxy - 11/13/2023 11:13:34 PM

CO2 - ER - 11/13/2023 5:38:21 AM

Will human civilization survive the coming apocalypse? - RL - 10/29/2023 3:51:39 AM
- All theser schemes for eliminating CO2 through technology are bogus. - ER - 11/9/2023 2:58:32 AM
  - It's just not going to happen. - podrock - 11/10/2023 2:59:04 AM
  - I think you're missing the point - BuckGalaxy - 11/9/2023 3:39:14 AM
    - No, Rob. YOU are missing the point. - ER - 11/9/2023 2:35:17 PM
      - Were you using my name as an insult ;) n/t - RobVG - 11/10/2023 5:49:53 PM
        
        Sorry about that. - ER - 11/11/2023 12:17:12 AM
        
        For the record - BuckGalaxy - 11/11/2023 12:59:16 AM
        
        I would have taken that as a compliment. - ER - 11/11/2023 4:19:29 AM
        
        And I took it as a compliment you referred to me as Rob - BuckGalaxy - 11/12/2023 7:06:47 PM
        
        Thanks Buck - RobVG - 11/12/2023 8:45:36 PM
      - You're jumping to conclusions - BuckGalaxy - 11/9/2023 7:07:33 PM
        
        There you go again. - ER - 11/9/2023 7:37:48 PM
        
        Necessity is the mother of invention - BuckGalaxy - 11/9/2023 9:30:57 PM
        
        CO2 is tough. - ER - 11/9/2023 10:18:53 PM
        
        Carbon taxes - BuckGalaxy - 11/9/2023 8:40:06 PM
        
        The problem is... - RL - 11/9/2023 8:45:42 PM
        
        You know, - podrock - 11/10/2023 3:03:36 AM
        
        a hell of a lot - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2023 5:56:00 PM
        
        I'd have to look that up. - podrock - 11/11/2023 1:28:41 AM
        
        I doubt it is a drop in the bucket compared to what we intentionally burn... - RL - 11/12/2023 8:17:13 PM
        
        Did you mean you "doubt it is more than a drop in the bucket..."? - BuckGalaxy - 11/12/2023 10:42:04 PM
        
        Global cooperation - BuckGalaxy - 11/9/2023 8:50:32 PM
        
        Agreed, but clean energy is not enough... - RL - 11/9/2023 8:55:27 PM
        
        I fully agree - BuckGalaxy - 11/9/2023 9:02:06 PM
        
        It's the scale - podrock - 11/10/2023 3:07:31 AM
- Producing graphene from carbon dioxide - BuckGalaxy - 11/8/2023 7:18:22 PM
- Water-conducting membrane allows carbon dioxide to transform into fuel more efficiently - BuckGalaxy - 11/8/2023 7:14:47 PM
- Cascades with carbon dioxide: Making substances out of CO2 - BuckGalaxy - 11/8/2023 7:11:25 PM
- Using liquid metals to turn CO2 back into coal - BuckGalaxy - 11/8/2023 7:07:13 PM
  - All these are nice in the lab - RL - 11/11/2023 10:07:21 PM
- We've discussed this before - BuckGalaxy - 11/4/2023 7:13:17 PM
  - Maybe LK-99. n/t - RobVG - 11/4/2023 8:47:42 PM
    - That article was retracted by Nature... - RL - 11/7/2023 5:41:19 PM
      - I briefly saw that. - RobVG - 11/9/2023 9:19:56 PM
        
        Nope.. there were real issues with the original claim - RL - 11/11/2023 7:10:39 PM
    - Or ultra short laser pulses - BuckGalaxy - 11/5/2023 1:04:29 AM
      - I also have looked at the idea of spinning gold from straw... - RL - 11/9/2023 8:53:48 PM
- That's the way I see it too. n/t - ER - 10/29/2023 4:00:41 PM
  - Was kinda hoping someone would point out why I am being too pessimistic... - RL - 10/29/2023 11:24:04 PM
    - It all depends on the severity of the collapse. - ER - 10/30/2023 12:28:18 AM

Global impact of Tonga eruption - RL - 11/12/2023 8:21:51 PM
- I've often wondered that mself. - ER - 11/12/2023 9:43:29 PM

Breaking the record - ER - 11/11/2023 11:48:21 PM

Meanwhile, its spring in Antarctica... - ER - 11/6/2023 1:32:20 PM

The October Country - ER - 11/4/2023 1:32:24 AM
- They should - podrock - 11/4/2023 3:01:21 AM
  - I should... - ER - 11/4/2023 2:14:25 PM

Laser communications terminal going to ISS - RL - 10/29/2023 5:20:13 AM

Not all of the old gods die, some have been put on ice - RL - 10/17/2023 10:25:20 PM
- 12 Monkeys - BuckGalaxy - 10/18/2023 7:03:38 AM
  - It would take access to the small pox virus... - RL - 10/18/2023 10:06:13 PM
    - I do consider this a serious risk, not a 'what if...' - RL - 10/18/2023 10:17:10 PM
      - All it would take is Iran to give Hamas the virus... - RL - 10/22/2023 8:55:58 PM
- Permafrost plagues and zombie viruses - ER - 10/17/2023 11:38:43 PM

Psyche Mission Launched!!! - RL - 10/13/2023 11:49:34 PM

October SIE report - ER - 10/5/2023 5:49:40 AM

A glitch in the Matrix? - RobVG - 9/30/2023 7:47:34 PM
- At the limits of our reach... - ER - 10/2/2023 1:31:57 AM

Asteroid sample return a success! - RL - 9/25/2023 3:41:07 AM
- Had the live steam on in the background today - podrock - 9/25/2023 4:28:58 AM
  - Empires have a tendency to go a little crazy and stupid when they start to unravel. - ER - 9/25/2023 2:52:50 PM

I am not sure how well vetted this is, but if true it is a little mind blowing - RL - 9/22/2023 12:46:51 AM
- So the origin of civilization (constructed semi-permanent buildings) - ER - 9/22/2023 1:24:27 AM
  - Wasn't there some catastrophe about 200,000 yrs ago - ER - 9/22/2023 1:57:34 AM
    - Link - podrock - 9/22/2023 5:16:09 AM
      - There is also the Toba super-volcano that some researchers claimed led to another bottleneck... - RL - 9/25/2023 3:00:30 AM

Two potentially important developments for the 3rd element - RL - 9/14/2023 5:05:38 AM
- Pod, Any idea how certain they are of the size of this Lithium deposit? - RL - 9/24/2023 10:22:31 PM
  - I'd have to review - podrock - 9/24/2023 11:16:07 PM
    - Found the 43-101 report. - podrock - 9/24/2023 11:23:41 PM

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