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Experts puzzled by spot on Venus - ahb - 8/1/2009 6:01:45 PM
- If a spot shows up on Saturn now, I'm going to start getting nervous. (n/t) - TB - 8/1/2009 9:05:03 PM

Aliens vs. Coffee Machine - mp - 8/1/2009 8:50:20 PM
- Check out the original AniBoom.com site, too. (n/t) - TB - 8/1/2009 9:02:34 PM

Kinda Disgusting Aspects of Manned Spaceflight - phil - 8/1/2009 2:21:02 PM
- re: Kinda Disgusting Aspects of HUMAN Spaceflight - Marsby - 8/1/2009 4:29:08 PM

The lost recordings of the 200-inch Hale Telescope dedication ceremony - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 2:45:23 AM
- And Guess Who Was a Principal Designer of the Palomar Telescope? - David F Mayer - 7/30/2009 12:26:05 AM
  - Like he needs more credit - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 4:38:31 PM
    - On the telescopes in the paintings of J. Brueghel the Elder - Socrates II - 8/1/2009 2:08:52 PM

Augmented Reality Beer Goggles - mip - 8/1/2009 6:30:30 AM
- re: Augmented Reality Beer Goggles - TB - 8/1/2009 1:37:22 PM
- link - mip - 8/1/2009 6:35:20 AM

Fun with electricity - the 500 kiloVolt switch - mip - 8/1/2009 3:06:29 AM
- Speaking of electricity - Socrates II - 8/1/2009 12:53:56 PM

Endeavour landing was heard! - Marcia - 8/1/2009 2:59:53 AM
- I'm envious! (n/t) - phil - 8/1/2009 12:03:28 PM

Tremendous progress to report about Virgin Galactic and space tourism. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/27/2009 11:44:47 PM
- Oshkosh, by gosh... - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2009 1:12:37 AM
  - re: Oshkosh, by gosh... - okey-dokey. - Marcia - 8/1/2009 5:27:29 AM
  - Abu Dhabi buys into Space Tourism - nick hoffman - 7/28/2009 10:30:01 AM
    - With this latest progress, the first SS2 paying passengers could go up by May, 05, 2011. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/28/2009 4:57:55 PM

Big advance in nanotube production - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 3:02:48 PM
- They should already have nanotube cable of any length on the market - mip - 8/1/2009 12:09:18 AM
  - Big price decreases, industrial scaling, and practical cables - Sawyer - 8/1/2009 5:24:03 AM

The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - phil - 7/28/2009 1:00:40 AM
- re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - Sawyer - 7/28/2009 2:49:56 PM
  - Live and learn die and forget it all. - Mr Fibuli - 7/31/2009 5:08:35 AM
    - re: Live and learn die and forget it all. - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 11:40:33 AM
      - re: Live and learn die and forget it all. - Mr Fibuli - 8/1/2009 2:37:50 AM
  - re: culture transmitted symbolically in the oceans - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2009 11:25:02 PM
    - Main elimination issue for dolphins is lack of ability to make complex tools - Sawyer - 7/29/2009 1:32:30 AM
      - they lack ability for the hives themselves to cooperate. - Nick Hoffman - 7/29/2009 7:50:54 AM
        
        re: they lack ability for the hives themselves to cooperate. - Sawyer - 7/29/2009 3:05:15 PM
- Let's start with the asteroids - TB - 7/28/2009 5:32:25 AM
- re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - Marcia - 7/28/2009 2:01:05 AM
  - re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - JEKing - 7/28/2009 5:03:42 AM
    - re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - Kris Hartung - 7/30/2009 11:28:00 PM
    - re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - REB - 7/28/2009 4:18:53 PM
      - You might want to become a fan of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 5:46:40 PM
        
        re: You might want to become a fan of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - REB - 7/30/2009 12:46:10 PM
        
        You just better hope... - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 2:53:11 AM
        
        I have read about transcendence being the ultimate outcome of evolution - FrankC - 7/29/2009 10:04:58 PM
        
        We might easily "devolve" back into something similar that is more in tune with Earth's environment - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 2:15:22 PM
        
        A more immediate retrogression - JEKing - 7/31/2009 9:29:33 PM
        
        Now there's a science fiction story - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 9:49:02 PM
        
        re: Now there's a science fiction story - JEKing - 8/1/2009 12:00:43 AM
        
        Speaking of cetaceans - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 7:46:16 PM
        
        Re: "evolving towards" - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2009 11:21:36 PM
        
        True, until now. - Lee - 7/31/2009 10:32:38 PM
        
        How would you tell? - Adam - 7/30/2009 8:49:29 AM
        
        Go back and read Charlie Lineweaver's paper - nick hoffman - 7/30/2009 11:41:53 AM
        
        That's what he says... - Adam - 7/30/2009 8:08:58 PM
        
        life game - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 12:50:34 AM
        
        Just what I mean... - Adam - 7/31/2009 4:00:22 AM
    - Having just one data point on such an important subject is so frustrating - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 1:40:37 PM
      - ability to fly as an analogy - pwokenyaw - 7/28/2009 6:20:00 PM
        
        4+ You Forgot Pterosaurs - marsby - 7/29/2009 6:49:53 PM
        
        re: 4+ You Forgot Pterosaurs - pwokenyaw - 7/30/2009 11:44:27 PM
        
        4 times you forgot human flight, only 1 rocket power flight though (n/t) - Sawyer - 7/29/2009 3:14:50 PM

Jupiter impact on You Tube - mip - 8/1/2009 2:29:42 AM

Is Climate Change Greening the Sahara? - phil - 8/1/2009 1:04:10 AM

Rocket Man Update - phil - 7/31/2009 6:46:15 PM
- Is he the guy... - mip - 7/31/2009 11:09:51 PM
  - Dunno, could be...my ignorance on this topic is bottomless (n/t) - phil - 8/1/2009 12:25:51 AM

Big advance in underwear design - TB - 7/31/2009 4:33:50 PM
- Um.... - OMG - 8/1/2009 12:20:41 AM
- chirp.... chirp.... chirp (n/t) - cricket - 8/1/2009 12:17:07 AM

Sub-surface Oceans In Early Comets Suggest Possible Origin of Life - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 8:55:56 PM
- Interesting theory (n/t) - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 10:19:13 PM

ISS growing....from Endeavour - Raoul - 7/31/2009 5:57:05 PM
- Great...my new wallpaper...beautifull (n/t) - phil - 7/31/2009 7:55:31 PM
- I don't know - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 7:03:32 PM
  - Stations - Raoul - 7/31/2009 7:38:13 PM

Mars Society Capital Blitz Talking Points - Marsby - 7/26/2009 7:42:56 PM
- Don't Take An 8 yr old on a Political Blitz - Marsby - 7/31/2009 1:22:52 AM
  - You can blame Star Wars on that, not your parenting - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 1:45:18 PM
- One Lunar Underground Talking Point - E.P. - 7/27/2009 3:01:48 PM
  - re: One Lunar Underground Talking Point - Marsby - 7/27/2009 4:20:00 PM
    - re: One Lunar Underground Talking Point - E.P. - 7/28/2009 2:53:14 AM
- Agustine Input - Marsby - 7/26/2009 9:46:54 PM
- re: Mars Society Capital Blitz Talking Points - phil - 7/26/2009 8:25:29 PM
  - re: Mars Society Capital Blitz Talking Points - Marsby - 7/27/2009 4:10:52 AM
    - Emphasize the jobs aspect - Socrates II - 7/27/2009 1:52:15 PM

Shuttle and ISS extensions - Raoul - 7/30/2009 5:48:37 PM
- I've given up on Nasa. - Lee - 7/31/2009 2:31:59 AM
- Cheapest access to ISS and gravity experiments - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 12:33:44 AM
- re: A lot of interesting options to be considered. Thanks for the post/link. (n/t) - Vince - 7/30/2009 6:22:10 PM

Why Apollo 11 inspired us ? - Raoul - 7/29/2009 9:01:34 PM
- re: Why Apollo 11 inspired us ? - REB - 7/30/2009 12:50:43 PM

Betelgeuse and its gas (37 milliarcseconds) - Raoul - 7/29/2009 4:18:35 PM

HST image of Jupiter Strike - RobVG - 7/25/2009 2:25:07 AM
- I wonder where the rest of this one is? - E.P. - 7/25/2009 4:03:30 PM
  - It's an interesting coincidence - mip - 7/26/2009 1:11:26 AM
  - re: I wonder where the rest of this one is? - RobVG - 7/25/2009 7:11:33 PM
    - It is probably a loner - Socrates II - 7/27/2009 3:20:33 PM
      - See this event for yourself while it lasts - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 7:38:58 PM
        
        Those dates and times are helpful- Thanks (n/t) - RobVG - 7/29/2009 6:01:35 AM

ISS and Shuttle against the sun - TB - 7/28/2009 9:55:08 PM
- re: Legault - Raoul - 7/29/2009 5:35:56 AM

MIT electric car concept - TB - 7/25/2009 8:50:17 PM
- If you have the money, there's the Tesla. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/27/2009 11:36:37 PM
  - Test-driving the Tesla - TB - 7/29/2009 1:38:21 AM
- Even "power stations" is tough - dtb - 7/25/2009 10:10:53 PM
  - Battery-Exchange - RobVG - 7/25/2009 11:32:10 PM
    - re: Battery-Exchange - dtb - 7/26/2009 4:28:42 AM
      - Here ya go... - RobVG - 7/26/2009 5:44:18 AM
      - Better add the word- Car (n/t) - RobVG - 7/26/2009 5:35:37 AM
      - Google it. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/26/2009 5:17:41 AM
    - That would have to be a large warehouse type building. - Lee - 7/26/2009 2:40:18 AM
      - like servers in a rack. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/26/2009 4:07:53 AM
  - Market forces - TB - 7/25/2009 10:23:12 PM
    - re: Market forces - dtb - 7/26/2009 4:27:33 AM
      - On site nuclear reactors? - TB - 7/26/2009 11:12:08 PM
      - True hybrids - TB - 7/26/2009 10:47:00 PM
      - Truck stop -- 100MW - dtb - 7/26/2009 4:39:38 AM
        
        You are forgetting something - mip - 7/27/2009 4:27:50 AM
        
        re: I forgot something - mip - 7/28/2009 7:23:54 AM

100 years ago today: milestone in aviation!! - Raoul - 7/25/2009 11:23:17 AM
- And 400 years ago today, an astronmy milestone. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/25/2009 10:02:09 PM
  - Not exactly, actually! - Raoul - 7/26/2009 12:30:02 AM
    - The other "problem" with Harriot - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 1:47:33 PM

"I'd like to be, under the sea..." - TB - 7/26/2009 10:32:27 PM
- The problem with any structure over water - mip - 7/27/2009 9:41:55 PM
- Submarine mould problems... - Adam - 7/27/2009 11:16:50 AM
  - Acrylic - TB - 7/27/2009 5:33:13 PM
    - Seems a pity... - Adam - 7/28/2009 10:02:27 AM
  - So if we can't have hotels on Mars in our lifetimes... - Socrates II - 7/27/2009 4:15:17 PM
    - 1968! - Raoul - 7/27/2009 8:31:14 PM

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