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When your opinion does not matter: - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:10:13 PM
- 73P is not heading towards earth - nick hoffman - 7/25/2009 5:03:32 AM
  - Since 73P is demonstrably heading towards Earth, why are you insisting that it is not? - E.P. - 7/28/2009 3:01:09 AM
- Would it have killed you to put that reference up at the beginning? - TB - 7/24/2009 5:58:09 PM
  - It would not have been as much fun - E.P. - 7/24/2009 10:24:06 PM
  - re: Would it have killed you to put that reference up at the beginning? - Doug Ellison - 7/24/2009 6:56:53 PM
  - Yes, It Would Rob Him Of His Wil E Coyote Immitation - Marsby - 7/24/2009 6:24:18 PM
- Please Learn To Read and The Standards of Scientific Evidence - Marsby - 7/24/2009 5:31:05 PM

LRO has to be careful where it points LOLA - Socrates II - 7/27/2009 3:48:15 PM
- What about Russian Rovers? - Spacer - 7/27/2009 8:43:02 PM
  - The Soviet robot rovers are mentioned in the article - Socrates II - 7/27/2009 9:22:14 PM
- However... - Raoul - 7/27/2009 4:04:39 PM
  - re: However... - dd - 7/28/2009 2:14:49 AM

Crowded space station !!! 13 !! - Raoul - 7/27/2009 8:23:21 PM

Apollo 11 inspired - Raoul - 7/24/2009 11:19:19 PM
- re: Apollo 11 inspired - Eric - 7/25/2009 3:35:31 AM
  - This! - Raoul - 7/25/2009 9:38:28 AM
    - Have Phobos-Grunt land next to it - Socrates II - 7/27/2009 3:11:36 PM

we choose the moon . org - Delbert - 7/14/2009 2:08:16 PM
- re: we choose the moon . org (n/t) - mido - 7/27/2009 7:28:21 AM
- re: we choose the moon . org (n/t) - CLEVER - 7/19/2009 1:46:22 AM
- Great, Del, thanks!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/14/2009 3:06:05 PM

Puff piece on Scramjets - Adam - 7/22/2009 8:15:44 PM
- IMHO Scramjets offer the best way to reduce costs to near Earth orbit. - David F Mayer - 7/23/2009 2:38:12 AM
  - Well they're the obvious requirements... - Adam - 7/23/2009 6:47:36 AM
    - "The devil's in the details..." Ain't that the truth? Always! (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/26/2009 3:55:20 AM

More Salvos in The Moon Mars Debate - Marsby - 7/19/2009 5:12:44 AM
- Update From NASA on Mars Plans - Marsby - 7/24/2009 2:34:53 AM
- New NASA Head Joins Other Astronauts in Support of Mars - Marsby - 7/22/2009 4:40:36 AM
- When your opinion really doesn't matter: - E.P. - 7/20/2009 8:01:09 PM
  - Won't Matter For A Large One Either - Marsby - 7/20/2009 8:38:08 PM
    - Actually,we can stop both from hitting (n/t) - E.P. - 7/20/2009 10:06:11 PM
      - Say It A Million Times and It's Still False - Marsby - 7/21/2009 3:31:52 AM
        
        THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL - E.P. - 7/21/2009 3:44:53 PM
        
        The Threat Is Real, Your Solution BS - Marsby - 7/22/2009 3:43:43 AM
        
        re: THIS IS NOT HYPOTHETICAL - Doug Ellison - 7/21/2009 5:18:03 PM
        
        Why don't you discuss "space politics" on your own board, Doug - E.P. - 7/25/2009 3:50:17 PM
- Collins Weighs In Too - Marsby - 7/20/2009 5:01:38 PM
  - re: Collins Weighs In Too - Marcia - 7/22/2009 11:54:15 PM
    - Collins and Apollo 8, 10, & 13 too - Marsby - 7/23/2009 2:14:09 AM
      - re: Collins and Apollo 8, 10, & 13 too - Raoul - 7/23/2009 7:00:03 PM

New Evidence for Clovis Era Comet Strikes in North America - phil - 7/22/2009 8:34:58 PM
- You would think that some people would get the message - E.P. - 7/22/2009 9:49:32 PM
  - Scepticism and science - Adam - 7/22/2009 11:00:13 PM
    - re: Scepticism and science - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:25:31 PM
    - re: Scepticism and science - phil - 7/23/2009 1:04:49 AM
      - The debate is over geological evidence for comet impacts on Earth - mip - 7/23/2009 11:32:19 PM
        
        5. There is ample evidence that they are very rare - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 1:09:37 AM
        
        no there is not - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:21:37 PM
        
        Rare or not, it would only take one - mip - 7/24/2009 2:27:12 AM
        
        Statistics vs expectation in the matter of risk - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 6:08:33 AM
        
        Statistics Matter - Marsby - 7/24/2009 3:01:17 AM
        
        Statistics Matter: Yes they do, and right now NASA is understating the risk by an order of magnitude (n/t) - E.P. - 7/25/2009 3:41:53 PM
        
        Risk Analysis vs. Game Ender - mip - 7/24/2009 3:26:44 AM
        
        What Arguement? - Marsby - 7/24/2009 1:51:27 PM
        
        Mark, you have a problem in perception - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:28:35 PM
        
        Probably So - Marsby - 7/24/2009 5:34:13 PM
        
        But what if there's only a one-in-a-million chance... - alcaray - 7/24/2009 8:06:39 AM
        
        re: But what if there's only a one-in-a-million chance... - Doug Ellison - 7/24/2009 1:37:26 PM

We never went back - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2009 4:28:31 AM
- Robert Ballard - dtb - 7/23/2009 3:20:10 PM
  - re: how much more quickly would we have accomplished what we've done - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 1:06:15 AM
    - I'd buy that - dtb - 7/24/2009 2:17:32 AM
  - re: Robert Ballard - TB - 7/23/2009 5:26:56 PM
    - aside from cosmic rays? (n/t) - Adam - 7/24/2009 11:45:43 AM
      - re: aside from cosmic rays? - TB - 7/24/2009 3:47:45 PM
        
        And if you shovel the dirt too fast... - nick hoffman - 7/25/2009 11:07:26 AM
        
        Like watching cricket - Adam - 7/25/2009 5:43:52 AM
  - cost/benefits - Sawyer - 7/23/2009 5:24:08 PM

10 Years ago, this week- Liberty Bell 7 - REB - 7/22/2009 5:44:10 PM
- ME ME ME!!!!!! - carl - 7/22/2009 6:55:16 PM
  - re: ME ME ME!!!!!! - REB - 7/22/2009 7:02:47 PM
    - Meanwhile, somewhere beneath the Pacific. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/22/2009 9:31:29 PM
      - Mir - Raoul - 7/23/2009 8:19:58 PM
      - Unfortunately... - TB - 7/23/2009 7:31:44 PM
      - re: Meanwhile, somewhere beneath the Pacific. - REB - 7/23/2009 1:43:07 PM
      - re: Meanwhile, somewhere beneath the Atlantic - Douglas Ellison - 7/23/2009 11:39:24 AM
        
        Baikonur Downrange - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 1:26:24 AM
        
        Found the area on Google Maps - REB - 7/24/2009 3:43:10 PM
        
        Poking around the former USSR in Google Earth - REB - 7/24/2009 6:35:33 PM
        
        That's an Oil or Gas Field - nick hoffman - 7/25/2009 4:57:37 AM
        
        And they warm their hands on the radioisotope generators... - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 1:16:17 AM
        
        Off the Florida Coast - REB - 7/23/2009 1:42:21 PM

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - mip - 7/24/2009 2:39:15 AM
- YOU haven't signed the treaty - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 6:02:14 AM
  - Thanks for your suggestions - mip - 7/24/2009 8:36:02 PM

2009 Space Elevator Games - RobVG - 7/24/2009 7:54:32 PM

A Space Program for the Rest of Us - phil - 7/24/2009 5:53:56 PM

Bolden indicating Mars first? - Buck Galaxy - 7/22/2009 6:25:41 AM
- re: Bolden indicating Mars first? - Marcia - 7/22/2009 11:49:33 PM
- When your opinion does not matter: - E.P. - 7/22/2009 9:58:53 PM
  - PROVE this unfounded asserion - phil - 7/23/2009 1:07:58 AM
    - of course there's one coming, but it might take 1 or 10 or 100 ma before it arrives - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2009 1:29:18 AM
      - Actually,13 years, Nick - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:46:01 PM
- More Details In KC's Typical Snarky Manner - Marsby - 7/22/2009 3:06:57 PM
- basic Business Administration and Engineering - Marsby - 7/22/2009 1:10:52 PM

Dordain brings up CAPS - E.P. - 7/22/2009 9:35:46 PM
- "Soyuz rocket-and-capsule system." - Marsby - 7/22/2009 9:48:05 PM
  - While my left hand does not work well, you seem to have a problem with reading comprehension - E.P. - 7/22/2009 9:52:13 PM
    - [EP, try to remain helpful and informative] - Moderator Nick - 7/23/2009 1:34:11 AM
      - re: [EP, try to remain helpful and informative] - E.P. - 7/24/2009 4:30:26 PM
    - I Have No Problem Spotting Your Unsupported Claims - Marsby - 7/23/2009 1:28:50 AM

Moon rock aboard ISS - Raoul - 7/24/2009 5:31:54 AM

CERN Shutdown Until Thanksgiving - phil - 7/22/2009 5:37:56 PM
- Electricity demand is highest in summer - aircon - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2009 3:56:17 AM
  - Yes but it's shut down every WINTER (n/t) - phil - 7/23/2009 9:30:38 PM
    - You're right - Nick Hoffman - 7/24/2009 1:59:23 AM

Basic Business Administration and Engineering - Marsby - 7/22/2009 1:09:37 PM
- The only valid reason for manned spaceflight is to stay - phil - 7/22/2009 2:04:34 PM
  - Great Post, But Disagree on 1 Point - Marsby - 7/22/2009 3:02:19 PM
    - re: Great Post, But Disagree on 1 Point - phil - 7/22/2009 5:43:56 PM
      - re: Great Post, But Disagree on 1 Point - REB - 7/23/2009 2:25:36 PM

To those ladies here, Playtex had a major part in Project Apollo. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/19/2009 9:16:14 PM
- CROSS YOUR HEART? - carl - 7/20/2009 4:28:09 PM
  - They had what they called the pooh and pee bags I'm told. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/20/2009 6:49:57 PM
- I read your subject line and... - Eri - 7/19/2009 9:18:51 PM
  - LOL. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/19/2009 9:31:58 PM
    - What Armstrong might have worn on the Moon if UCLA had its way - Socrates II - 7/20/2009 2:14:03 AM
      - I wonder what a future suit for Venus will look like? - Jefferson-Washington - 7/20/2009 6:59:51 PM
        
        There's no sulfuric acid on the surface - Adam - 7/23/2009 7:33:58 AM
      - You mean Buzz Lightyear? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/20/2009 6:43:55 PM
      - Yikes! (n/t) - Eri - 7/20/2009 3:00:09 AM

Boeing's 787 composite problems. - RobVG - 7/22/2009 5:51:28 PM
- Nothing beats METAL for aircraft, at least nothing YET. Maybe composites will arrive someday. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/23/2009 2:39:24 AM
- Not GOOOD!!! - carl - 7/22/2009 6:50:32 PM

Is it true? Jupiter has been hit again by a large object? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/21/2009 2:25:38 AM
- Statistical aberration or? - Buck Galaxy - 7/22/2009 6:16:08 AM
  - I recall that many pro astronomers thought that the 1994 event was a 1 in 300 year event. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/22/2009 6:55:48 PM
  - re: Statistical aberration or? - REB - 7/22/2009 12:41:24 PM
    - Then theer's justification to send another craft to take another close look at Jupiter's moons. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/22/2009 6:58:33 PM
- Hale Bopp on the 25th, now this on the 40th? Woah! - Lee - 7/21/2009 3:33:30 AM
  - I meant Shoemaker-Levy 9 (n/t) - Lee - 7/21/2009 3:34:59 AM
- Confirmed - Nick Hoffman - 7/21/2009 3:01:59 AM
  - Good to see Jupiter is still playing janitor to the Solar System - TB - 7/21/2009 9:13:07 PM
    - google "Jupiter, Friend or Foe" - It's not as clear cut as you think :) (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 7/22/2009 8:19:03 AM
      - I didn't have that information. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 7/22/2009 7:33:24 PM
  - Outrage in amature comunity over JPL's comments - RobVG - 7/21/2009 8:41:29 PM
    - Frakin' A! B, C, and D, too! - phil - 7/21/2009 10:05:38 PM
  - I'm stunned. I am almost tempted to say this passes coincidence - Jefferson-Washington - 7/21/2009 4:37:11 PM
  - and NOT DETECTED before it hit. (n/t) - E.P. - 7/21/2009 3:46:44 PM
    - Of Course Not - Marsby - 7/22/2009 3:36:08 AM
  - Confirmed by NASA JPL - phil - 7/21/2009 1:17:34 PM
    - Jupiter HOOVER - carl - 7/22/2009 2:14:28 PM
  - "discovering that a rare comet or asteroid the size of Earth had crashed into Jupiter" - Marsby - 7/21/2009 3:24:38 AM
    - The "scar" is the size of planet Earth - Nick Hoffman - 7/21/2009 6:42:32 AM

Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century - Johannes - 7/21/2009 5:11:33 PM
- re: Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century (n/t) - D.S.N.VARMA - 7/22/2009 9:57:58 AM
- re: Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century - Raoul - 7/21/2009 6:47:45 PM

Ohh SHoooot!, Astros deal with PLUGGED up TOILET - carl - 7/20/2009 9:49:44 PM
- Repaired! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/21/2009 10:02:34 AM
  - July 20, 1969 Man Lands on Moon!; July 20, 2009 Man Repairs Space Toilet! - phil - 7/21/2009 10:09:33 PM

July 20th 1969 - Raoul - 7/20/2009 10:43:00 AM
- Contradiction - Marsby - 7/21/2009 3:42:38 AM
  - Next momentuous event - Raoul - 7/21/2009 10:13:09 AM
    - re: Next momentuous event - Marsby - 7/21/2009 2:36:56 PM
- first time life as we know it stepped on another celestial body. - phil - 7/20/2009 11:03:17 PM
  - re: first time life as we know it stepped on another celestial body. - Marcia - 7/20/2009 11:28:13 PM
    - GREAT memories! - phil - 7/21/2009 12:10:58 AM
      - re: GREAT memories! - Marcia - 7/21/2009 1:05:20 AM
- re: July 20th 1969 - Delbert - 7/20/2009 8:27:37 PM
  - ALL the NUMBERS+ READBACKS - carl - 7/20/2009 10:16:14 PM
    - re: ALL the NUMBERS+ READBACKS - Marcia - 7/20/2009 11:34:21 PM
- re: July 20th 1969 - Delbert - 7/20/2009 6:17:02 PM
  - re: July 20th 2009 - Raoul - 7/21/2009 12:31:43 AM
  - AM Transistor Radio - carl - 7/20/2009 7:03:41 PM

Disturbing news on Mars Science Laboratory - Sawyer - 7/20/2009 1:04:03 PM
- Clays at Endeavor, maybe - dtb - 7/20/2009 7:34:20 PM
  - ejecta might be much closer than 10 miles - pwokenyaw - 7/20/2009 10:39:42 PM
- re: Disturbing news on Mars Science Laboratory - phil - 7/20/2009 2:26:20 PM
  - re: Disturbing news on Mars Science Laboratory - Marcia - 7/21/2009 1:18:29 AM
  - Not having power need and availablity match up at this late date supports your view (n/t) - Sawyer - 7/20/2009 2:32:31 PM
    - There needs to be consequences for this type of result - pwokenyaw - 7/20/2009 6:49:33 PM
      - re: There needs to be consequences for this type of result - phil - 7/21/2009 2:40:01 AM
        
        re: There needs to be consequences for this type of result - Marcia - 7/21/2009 4:20:06 AM

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