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South Korea just launched its own rocket ! - Raoull - 8/25/2009 2:53:34 PM
- Satellite or just a rocket? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 8/25/2009 3:28:08 PM
  - Satellite, but apparently not the right orbit (n/t) - Raoul - 8/25/2009 3:45:53 PM

Oppy headed for clays at Endeavor? - Buck Galaxy - 8/24/2009 4:49:39 AM
- I wonder if there is any granite on Mars? - Jefferson-Washington - 8/24/2009 6:29:31 PM
  - How about GOLD, SILVER, Platnum? - carl - 8/24/2009 7:44:34 PM
    - Plenty of that on the asteroids, and easier to get at. (n/t) - TB - 8/25/2009 1:56:27 AM
    - Well? They have discovered natural gas on Mars. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 8/25/2009 1:32:44 AM

Killer Ap for Suborbital Flights? - phil - 8/24/2009 7:43:58 PM

A View of the Obama Admin's Revamp of Manned Spaceflight Future - phil - 8/22/2009 4:40:51 PM
- I think the most important questions haven't been addressed. - Jefferson-Washington - 8/24/2009 6:24:31 PM
  - NASA's budget is worth 63 dollars per US citizen per year (n/t) - Raoul - 8/24/2009 7:37:55 PM
  - The Numbers Vary - Marsby - 8/24/2009 7:03:26 PM
- Is it feasible to mothball the ISS instead of deorbiting it? - pwokenyaw - 8/23/2009 6:36:52 PM
  - But if it remains occupied? - Raoul - 8/23/2009 6:42:16 PM
    - Then Russian ESA and Japan will have to keep it running. - Jefferson-Washington - 8/23/2009 11:55:23 PM
- You'll live long enough to see the Chinese on the Moon - Buck Galaxy - 8/23/2009 7:17:04 AM
  - Well.... - Raoul - 8/23/2009 11:40:09 AM
- sexing up unmanned vs doing manned - Sawyer - 8/22/2009 7:06:57 PM
  - re: sexing up unmanned vs doing manned - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2009 9:46:02 AM
  - re: unmanned vs manned - TB - 8/23/2009 3:58:38 AM
    - Somebody said, "you don't send a robot to Paris to taste the wine." - Jeffersoon-Washington - 8/23/2009 11:59:34 PM
      - Do you taste wine by having someone else drink it? - Sawyer - 8/24/2009 12:25:08 AM
    - Horribly naive argument - Sawyer - 8/23/2009 8:09:11 PM
      - re: Horribly naive argument - TB - 8/23/2009 10:09:31 PM
        
        How much would it cost to lift the Astronaut's LEG out of a mess of dirt? - Nick Hoffman - 8/24/2009 3:28:23 AM
        
        Other People - Marsby - 8/24/2009 1:40:32 PM
      - Not True For Mars - Marsby - 8/23/2009 9:11:50 PM
        
        For mars right now the cost per "man hour" is infinite because we can't even get a man there - Sawyer - 8/24/2009 12:17:54 AM
        
        Bull - Marsby - 8/24/2009 1:25:43 PM
      - Scientists do NOT have the monopoly on space exploration - Raoul - 8/23/2009 8:44:02 PM
        
        Real prestige will come from actually using space and making a profit - Sawyer - 8/24/2009 12:44:49 AM
        
        HLLV and sustainable mannes space program - Raoul - 8/24/2009 7:21:44 AM
        
        Well put... - Adam - 8/23/2009 11:38:03 PM
        
        re: Well put... - Raoul - 8/24/2009 6:49:04 AM
        
        Wise thought... - Adam - 8/24/2009 8:02:34 AM
        
        Humans.... - Raoul - 8/24/2009 7:35:51 PM
    - you're comparing one apple to two hundred oranges - pwokenyaw - 8/23/2009 6:19:08 PM
      - And eight hundred pounds of rocks - TB - 8/23/2009 10:17:33 PM
      - If we drop human spaceflight... - Marsbug - 8/23/2009 9:05:20 PM
  - Why manned flights matter - Raoul - 8/23/2009 12:41:06 AM
  - re: sexing up unmanned vs doing manned - Marsbug - 8/22/2009 10:22:01 PM
- Disapointing but not shocking... - Marsbug - 8/22/2009 5:43:45 PM

Video of a Type 1a Supernover Explosion - phil - 8/24/2009 1:00:33 PM

ISS science report - Marsbug - 8/24/2009 11:36:20 AM

Kepler Update...Download Complete - phil - 8/22/2009 4:28:37 PM
- The Kepler guys have to be really excited - Sawyer - 8/22/2009 6:29:24 PM
  - re: The Kepler guys have to be really excited - phil - 8/22/2009 9:03:31 PM

The Medea Hypothesis...Life Caused Extinction Events in Earth's History - phil - 8/22/2009 5:54:39 PM
- hypothesis that antropomorphize - Sawyer - 8/22/2009 7:33:10 PM

Why is Mars so hard to get to - Raoul - 8/18/2009 9:29:23 PM
- 2 reasons - E.P. - 8/19/2009 5:29:53 PM
- JO Admits to a Change of Opinion on ISS - Marsby - 8/18/2009 9:40:43 PM
  - Move ISS's Orbit - phil - 8/22/2009 5:48:25 PM
  - I know the gov has done some pretty boneheaded things - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 2:03:02 PM
    - They Better Get Some Partial G Data Out Of It - Marsby - 8/19/2009 3:00:42 PM
      - Even if they do - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 3:23:24 PM
        
        How about a one-way trip to Mars? - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 2:19:46 PM
        
        Have to land first - Adam - 8/22/2009 5:38:41 AM
        
        Exactly! - Raoul - 8/22/2009 9:49:38 AM

lunar river :p - Marsbug - 8/22/2009 5:37:51 PM

Movie trailer for James Cameron's 'Avatar' - phil - 8/20/2009 7:06:16 PM
- Interesting visually - Adam - 8/20/2009 10:49:42 PM
  - re: Interesting visually - phil - 8/21/2009 4:01:17 AM
    - They're not aliens per se - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 1:29:07 PM
      - It's not the same Avatar. - Lee - 8/21/2009 3:06:45 PM
        
        So sad getting older (n/t) - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 4:04:05 PM
        
        I just read the plot summary for JC's Avatar - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 4:13:44 PM
        
        Sounds like Outer Limits "Chameleon" episode (n/t) - TB - 8/22/2009 4:49:15 PM
        
        And there was a recently released animated SF film of a similar nature - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 4:25:21 PM
  - Now, Adam, you know better - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 10:58:27 PM
    - re: Now, Adam, you know better - pwokenyaw - 8/22/2009 6:00:59 AM
      - Stop issuing specist slurs against my bonobo cousins! (n/t) - phil - 8/22/2009 2:02:03 PM

Pretty soon things are going to change here on the Habitable Zone.. - Moderite Podrock - 8/17/2009 4:28:45 AM
- I tryed to register but.... - Jeff F - 8/18/2009 12:18:30 AM
  - You have to wait for an email from Robert enabling your account (n/t) - FrankC - 8/18/2009 1:27:40 AM
    - I just confirmed a dozen new registrations, Jeff's included (n/t) - Robert - 8/19/2009 1:38:44 AM
      - re: I just confirmed a dozen new registrations, Jeff's included - Jeff F - 8/20/2009 2:04:05 PM
        
        re: I just confirmed a dozen new registrations, Jeff's included - Jeff F - 8/21/2009 3:39:56 PM
        
        Setting preferences: - podrock - 8/21/2009 6:51:01 PM
        
        Alas, no more - FrankC - 8/22/2009 1:34:46 AM
        
        Thanks, Frank, I hadn't notice the change. (n/t) - podrock - 8/22/2009 2:40:32 AM
        
        Missing email - Robert - 8/20/2009 7:29:00 PM
        
        re: Missing email.... chop suey?! - Marcia - 8/22/2009 2:40:11 AM
        
        we ain't going anywhere without you Marcia - FrankC - 8/22/2009 5:49:19 AM
        
        Oops,I messed up the link, here it is. - FrankC - 8/22/2009 5:55:57 AM
      - I registered five weeks ago. Did I not make the cut? - Ainz - 8/20/2009 8:33:08 AM
        
        What podrock said - Robert - 8/20/2009 7:32:26 PM
        
        Cool! Thank you,..and Pod too! (n/t) - Ainz - 8/22/2009 7:26:42 AM
        
        There have been some registration delays. - podrock - 8/20/2009 6:01:04 PM
- Quite correct - Robert - 8/17/2009 5:43:08 PM
  - So what will happen with this site? - Socrates II - 8/17/2009 8:06:56 PM
    - Archived or "assimilated" - Nick Hoffman - 8/17/2009 11:26:05 PM
      - "assimilated" - Robert - 8/19/2009 1:40:55 AM
        
        re: "assimilated". Ahem... sounds good. - Marcia - 8/22/2009 2:43:24 AM
        
        G;lad to hear about the archive - E.P. - 8/19/2009 5:39:59 PM
        
        In addition to Robert's comment - FrankC - 8/20/2009 1:15:43 AM
        
        why do you think that? - Robert - 8/19/2009 11:18:10 PM

Amino Acid Found in Stardust Comet Sample of Wild 2 - Socrates II - 8/17/2009 8:04:55 PM
- This is Earth Shaking news - Jeff F - 8/18/2009 12:26:55 AM
  - It's a quantum leap from a simple amino acid to DNA. Sorry, I'm not shaken' in my boots. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 8/18/2009 2:11:49 AM
  - No, Glycine has been reported in Space before (2003) - Nick Hoffman - 8/18/2009 1:44:39 AM
    - Nucleobases have been reported in.... - Marsbug - 8/18/2009 11:00:54 AM
      - re: Nucleobases have been reported in.... - Marcia - 8/19/2009 1:36:48 AM
        
        Panspermia is actual life forms being delivered from one world to another - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 2:10:35 PM
        
        It's Been Generalized - Marsby - 8/19/2009 5:28:28 PM
        
        As most people use the term.... - Marsbug - 8/19/2009 5:42:27 PM
        
        To be clear... - Marsbug - 8/19/2009 5:49:47 PM
        
        While we are on the subject of alien life definitions - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 1:45:57 PM
        
        re: While we are on the subject of alien life definitions - Marcia - 8/22/2009 2:26:45 AM
        
        Research Reveals Major Insight Into Evolution Of Life On Earth - Socrates II - 8/21/2009 3:05:20 AM

What we don't know about planet earth's water - Sawyer - 8/20/2009 12:24:16 PM
- I don't think the map is subduction zones - Sawyer - 8/21/2009 11:50:02 AM
- Not black and white - Nick Hoffman - 8/21/2009 2:00:18 AM
  - Nothing black and white about paper, see "I don't think..." (n/t) - Sawyer - 8/21/2009 11:52:00 AM
- Speaking of hidden water - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 2:17:31 PM
  - Flood... - Adam - 8/20/2009 9:45:14 PM
    - re: Recent - Nick Hoffman - 8/21/2009 1:22:10 AM
      - Forgive my slipshod terminology - Adam - 8/21/2009 9:18:25 PM

And Greg Easterbrook reports - E.P. - 8/19/2009 9:33:07 PM
- Does Anyone Else Get Their Asteroid News At ESPN? - Marsby - 8/20/2009 8:02:59 PM
  - GE is Serious Though - Marsby - 8/20/2009 8:10:39 PM
    - Yep - E.P. - 8/21/2009 8:00:38 PM
      - Or that the frequency numbers he's comparing are for different size objects - Marsby - 8/21/2009 9:17:23 PM
- Link assistance - TB - 8/19/2009 9:59:09 PM

Panel says not enough funds for Mars or the Moon - Jeff F - 8/13/2009 4:57:29 PM
- Thanks To Everyone For A Great Thread - Marsby - 8/21/2009 3:09:01 AM
- Forget the Moon. Forget Mars. - mip - 8/15/2009 4:40:05 PM
  - re: Forget the Moon. Forget Mars. - Baroke Obama - 8/18/2009 4:37:04 AM
  - Forget Lifeless Rocks? - Marsby - 8/16/2009 4:33:15 PM
    - Whats wrong with geology? - Marsbug - 8/17/2009 10:47:42 AM
      - NASA's focus on Exobiology is turning out to be a pact with the devil - Nick Hoffman - 8/18/2009 12:35:30 AM
        
        re: NASA's focus on Exobiology is turning out to be a pact with the devil - Marsbug - 8/18/2009 1:16:26 PM
        
        Nothing Wrong With Geology or Emphasis on Life - Marsby - 8/18/2009 3:09:05 PM
        
        re: Nothing Wrong With Geology or Emphasis on Life - Marsbug - 8/18/2009 3:53:38 PM
        
        That's a Big No On The Resource Issue, Maybe On Life - Marsby - 8/18/2009 4:39:17 PM
        
        ppm?! Those Numbers are near 0.01% - Marsby - 8/18/2009 9:17:56 PM
        
        Ah, I understand where you're coming from now.. - Marsbug - 8/19/2009 10:10:58 AM
        
        True, but It doesn't just apply to colonization - Marsby - 8/19/2009 3:13:09 PM
        
        I agree in principle... - Marsbug - 8/20/2009 10:28:55 AM
        
        Should have Gone Below Marsbug's Post and Clarification - Marsby - 8/18/2009 9:36:07 PM
        
        re: That's a Big No On The Resource Issue, Maybe On Life - Marsbug - 8/18/2009 8:40:22 PM
        
        re: And lets just say they find "life" - Baroke Obama - 8/18/2009 4:32:45 AM
        
        It has already begun - Socrates II - 8/18/2009 1:47:05 PM
        
        Newbies - Marsby - 8/18/2009 2:42:57 PM
        
        Barry D was on HZ? - Socrates II - 8/18/2009 2:48:15 PM
        
        Here You Go - Marsby - 8/18/2009 3:37:57 PM
        
        Yes - Marsby - 8/18/2009 3:14:09 PM
        
        persona non grata - Adam - 8/19/2009 9:20:53 AM
      - This "lifeless rocks" attitude is one reason why NASA is in the trouble it is in now - Socrates II - 8/17/2009 1:05:06 PM
- Just how bad... - dtb - 8/13/2009 6:55:07 PM
  - NEA and Phobos missions... - Adam - 8/14/2009 1:30:28 AM
    - re: NEA and Phobos missions... - Marsby - 8/16/2009 5:02:47 PM
    - re: NEA and Phobos missions... - Jeff F - 8/14/2009 4:44:15 PM
      - Let us be honest here - Socrates II - 8/14/2009 5:10:58 PM
        
        Zubrin's "Gaiashield" is a good baseline... - Adam - 8/14/2009 11:29:14 PM
        
        The Obvious Problem - Marsby - 8/16/2009 5:28:34 PM
        
        I agree - Adam - 8/17/2009 12:35:34 PM
        
        A synopsis of why Phobos makes a good platform for exploring Mars - Socrates II - 8/18/2009 1:24:08 PM
        
        re: A synopsis of why Phobos makes a good platform for exploring Mars - Marsby - 8/18/2009 9:31:15 PM
        
        In the SF novel Red Planet - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 2:14:40 PM
        
        OOPs - Marsby - 8/19/2009 6:27:04 PM
        
        Not A Fan - Marsby - 8/19/2009 5:35:40 PM
        
        KSR's Red Mars is online for free, but... - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 6:27:26 PM
        
        Thanks - Marsby - 8/21/2009 3:13:04 AM
    - They say no, not with current budgets - dtb - 8/14/2009 4:07:44 AM
      - Aye Karumba! - Adam - 8/14/2009 8:02:48 AM
        
        Dumb Question of the Day - Socrates II - 8/14/2009 1:44:50 PM
        
        the public - pwokenyaw - 8/14/2009 5:32:57 PM
        
        re: the public - Marsby - 8/16/2009 5:37:59 PM
        
        Our workforce - Nick Hoffman - 8/16/2009 11:25:55 PM
        
        It Will Always Be Cheaper On a Cost Per Mission Basis - Marsby - 8/17/2009 2:52:54 AM
        
        Biosphere management... - Adam - 8/20/2009 10:53:49 PM
        
        re: Biosphere management... - Marsby - 8/21/2009 6:34:02 PM
        
        We disagree by several orders of magnitude - pwokenyaw - 8/17/2009 3:52:55 AM
        
        Try Using Scientific Terms - Marsby - 8/17/2009 4:36:18 AM
        
        re: Try Using Scientific Terms - pwokenyaw - 8/17/2009 11:15:35 PM
        
        Probably Confused with Podrock - Marsby - 8/18/2009 3:31:31 PM
        
        Confused with Podrock? - podrock - 8/18/2009 7:29:29 PM
        
        Try Using Scientific Terms - Marsby - 8/17/2009 4:27:02 AM
        
        re: the public - Jeff F - 8/14/2009 11:06:36 PM
        
        and whose money will you use to do this? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 8/15/2009 5:31:10 AM
        
        "the people"... - Adam - 8/14/2009 11:34:22 PM
        
        The construction of Endeavour also required a budget increase (n/t) - Raoul - 8/14/2009 5:45:31 PM

Big Wave Theory Offers Alternative to Dark Energy - Socrates II - 8/18/2009 8:39:35 PM
- Speaking of cosmic waves... - Socrates II - 8/18/2009 9:22:05 PM
  - New Limits on Gravitational Waves From the Big Bang - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 9:38:35 PM
    - Do gravity waves produce sprites? - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 4:30:58 PM
      - Those "gravity" waves are not waves of gravity - Nick Hoffman - 8/21/2009 12:44:47 AM

Shadow on Jupiter's Moon ! - Raoul - 8/20/2009 5:31:24 AM
- re: Shadow on Jupiter's Moon ! Amazing! (n/t) - phil - 8/20/2009 1:29:20 PM
  - re: Shadow on Jupiter's Moon ! Amazing! - Andrew - 8/20/2009 8:14:49 PM

Serendipity in Astronomy - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 4:10:01 PM
- re: Serendipity - Andrew - 8/20/2009 8:06:01 PM

Gravity waves - Raoul - 8/20/2009 4:24:35 PM
- re: Gravity waves - phil - 8/20/2009 7:09:28 PM

The other Augustine panle options - E.P. - 8/19/2009 9:23:56 PM
- Sad times indeed.... - Jeff F - 8/20/2009 2:08:26 PM
  - You and I will get to see this in our lifetimes - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 2:12:04 PM
- Typo: The other Augustine panel options - E.P. - 8/19/2009 9:25:06 PM
  - The "n" achronym. - Jefferson-Washington - 8/20/2009 2:57:52 AM
    - I doubt Orion will be built. - Lee - 8/20/2009 4:06:01 AM
      - To be fair - Socrates II - 8/20/2009 1:57:18 PM

Pluto still not a main planet according to the IAU - Socrates II - 8/14/2009 5:23:58 PM
- re: Pluto has been designated a minor planet since '06. - Marcia - 8/15/2009 2:46:07 AM
  - Other Science Errors Have Taken Longer To Correct - Marsby - 8/15/2009 10:08:09 PM
    - Pluto's early discovery is the main reason there is any debate - Socrates II - 8/16/2009 3:53:58 AM
      - No Merit In That Arguement - Marsby - 8/16/2009 2:36:47 PM
        
        Well, Pluto ain't a major planet as far as I am concerned (n/t) - Socrates II - 8/17/2009 12:56:32 PM
        
        Everybody's Entitled To Their Own Opinion - Marsby - 8/17/2009 1:34:12 PM
        
        re: Everybody's Entitled To Their Own Opinion - Marcia - 8/19/2009 2:11:11 AM
        
        Mike Brown's blog - Raoul - 8/17/2009 8:45:04 PM
        
        re: Mike Brown's blog - Marsby - 8/17/2009 9:28:09 PM
        
        Very wrong!!! - Raoul - 8/18/2009 5:38:18 AM
        
        Very wrong method of education - Marsby - 8/18/2009 1:03:11 PM
        
        Ok, so french speaking children are dumb.... - Raoul - 8/18/2009 5:17:29 PM
        
        Rhetorical Artifact - Marsby - 8/18/2009 6:16:41 PM
        
        We're not talking science, we're talking public use. - Nick Hoffman - 8/18/2009 12:14:41 AM
        
        Stars - Marsby - 8/18/2009 2:23:59 AM
        
        re: naked Eye - nick hoffman - 8/18/2009 8:23:29 AM
        
        The Moons Prove The Point - Marsby - 8/18/2009 1:10:38 PM
        
        Without arguing the point of how planets are classified - FrankC - 8/20/2009 1:29:28 AM
        
        Cool - Marsby - 8/20/2009 2:50:02 AM
        
        The IAU Does Not Print English Dictionaries. - Marsby - 8/18/2009 2:19:49 AM

SpaceShipOne and Two Designer Burt Rutan - phil - 8/20/2009 1:27:06 AM

Venus - Johannes - 8/17/2009 9:24:16 AM
- re: Update on the .....whatever..... near Venus - Johannes - 8/19/2009 3:41:00 PM
  - Are you focussed properly? - Nick Hoffman - 8/19/2009 11:03:20 PM
  - Report it to ALPO or Spaceweather.com (n/t) - Socrates II - 8/19/2009 5:55:33 PM
- re: Venus - Jeff F - 8/17/2009 7:53:05 PM
  - re: Venus - Johannes - 8/18/2009 1:48:45 AM
    - one optical item to check is... - nick hoffman - 8/18/2009 8:16:28 AM
      - Did you give your telescope time to adjust to outside conditions? - Socrates II - 8/18/2009 2:16:25 PM
        
        re: Thanks guys. - Johannes - 8/19/2009 3:00:16 AM

Missile Defense update - TB - 8/19/2009 9:09:49 PM

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