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Apollo Astronauts Bemoan State of US Space Program - phil - 7/20/2009 10:41:12 PM

Tomorrow press conference on LRO's Apollo landing sites !!!! - Raoul - 7/16/2009 9:19:32 PM
- Sounds good! - TB - 7/17/2009 3:33:32 AM
  - Here !!! - Raoul - 7/17/2009 5:26:09 PM
    - "Future LROC images from these sites will have two to three times greater resolution." - TB - 7/18/2009 12:13:40 AM
    - Awsome!!!! - REB - 7/17/2009 5:46:42 PM
      - Hey, where's Apollo 12? - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 6:19:18 PM
        
        And the Rovers? - REB - 7/17/2009 6:51:06 PM
        
        re: Hey, where's Apollo 12? - Raoul - 7/17/2009 6:36:06 PM
        
        re: Hey, where's Apollo 12? - mememe - 7/20/2009 6:54:29 PM
  - Speaking of Apollo 11 images - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 2:15:29 PM
    - I didn't realize that 4th picture... - REB - 7/17/2009 2:33:01 PM

Refrigerator that doesn't use electricity - mip - 7/18/2009 4:52:48 AM
- hardly sustainable when it uses cooking fires for energy - sawyer - 7/18/2009 5:17:03 PM
  - "Cheap" Solar Concentrator - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/20/2009 4:58:30 PM
  - Your lecturing 3'rd world people is offensive. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/18/2009 9:44:23 PM
    - You misrepresenting what I said is more offensive - Sawyer - 7/19/2009 11:14:12 PM
      - [Gents, Keep it on topic, please] - Moderator Nick - 7/20/2009 1:33:43 AM
  - well, they'll be cooking their food anyway - mip - 7/18/2009 6:30:09 PM
    - Combining it with a solar concentrator is still not a bad idea. - TB - 7/18/2009 7:42:03 PM
      - Yes. Stripping 3'rd world forests and scrubland bare for firewood is not good. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/18/2009 9:47:21 PM
- Frigging brilliant! - TB - 7/18/2009 4:26:24 PM

Walter Cronkite - Raoul - 7/18/2009 8:05:30 AM
- He was one of the few who was allowed to own a NASA moon rock. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/19/2009 9:07:51 PM
  - And THAT"S THE WAY IT IS................ - carl - 7/20/2009 4:15:09 PM
- re: Walter Cronkite - Delbert - 7/18/2009 6:14:30 PM
  - The current Space Shuttle crew paid tribute to Walter today - Socrates II - 7/19/2009 4:06:11 AM
    - NYT article on Walter - Socrates II - 7/19/2009 4:56:15 PM

NASA's needs - Raoul - 7/19/2009 9:57:03 AM
- Jobs, yes. I read that Project Apollo hired over 400,000 men and women. - Jefferson-Washington. - 7/19/2009 9:31:06 PM
  - SpaceX will send people back to the Moon with less than 5,000 employees. - Lee - 7/20/2009 2:40:24 AM
- Tom Wolfe's Right Stuff - phil - 7/19/2009 3:58:26 PM
  - So many seem to forget - Raoul - 7/19/2009 7:47:03 PM
    - Revised memory - phil - 7/19/2009 9:09:49 PM
      - They promise dus resumed flights by 2000 - Socrates II - 7/20/2009 1:42:10 AM
      - re: Re-revised memory - Raoul - 7/19/2009 11:13:18 PM
        
        re: Re-revised memory - phil - 7/20/2009 12:50:16 AM
        
        Saturn V was used 17 times - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:23:08 AM
        
        Correction: 13 times and 16 or 17 built (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:29:22 AM
        
        Are the SRBs really the Achillies heel? - Lee - 7/20/2009 2:50:21 AM

Another space anniversary starts today - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 2:27:39 PM
- Have you seen close-up images of Phobos? - Jefferson-Washington - 7/17/2009 12:08:40 AM
  - Other space anniversaries during the week of July 20 besides Apollo 11 - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 7:51:52 PM
    - Viking 1 landing on Mars ! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/17/2009 9:14:02 PM
      - Yeah, but... - Socrates II - 7/19/2009 3:01:48 AM
        
        Did something hit Jupiter on July 19? - Socrates II - 7/20/2009 1:25:21 AM
        
        Perhaps! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2009 9:24:35 AM

USAF: Orion Crew Will Not Survive Early Mission Abort. - Robert Clark - 7/18/2009 6:21:49 PM
- re: Early Mission Abort. - TB - 7/18/2009 7:33:00 PM
  - re: Early Mission Abort. - Robert Clark - 7/18/2009 9:25:46 PM
    - Wow. (n/t) - mip - 7/18/2009 9:36:25 PM
      - Follow-on thoughts - mip - 7/20/2009 5:17:57 AM
- Maybe the Roton would have been a favorable configuration - mip - 7/18/2009 7:17:44 PM
  - Actually, any helicopter manufacturer could make an autorotating rotor for Orion - mip - 7/18/2009 7:35:06 PM

loss of apollo video question. - delbert - 7/19/2009 1:43:03 AM
- They are missing, NOT erased - Socrates II - 7/19/2009 3:19:51 AM
  - re: They are missing, NOT erased - Delbert - 7/19/2009 3:36:00 PM

Beyond Molecular Nanotechnology - Femtotech - Socrates II - 7/19/2009 4:44:33 AM
- Would make Dyson Spheres easy to do - Adam - 7/19/2009 10:34:30 AM

India's first lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1, rescued from failure - Socrates II - 7/19/2009 6:00:41 AM

SpaceX launches a Falcon 1 - TB - 7/14/2009 3:48:20 AM
- Did they finally launch the ashes of Scottie and Gordo into orbit? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/14/2009 10:31:23 PM
  - Launched twice, lost twice - Socrates II - 7/15/2009 2:35:08 PM
- YAHHOOO! - Adam - 7/14/2009 10:43:38 AM
  - "boggles the mind" - phil - 7/15/2009 4:38:27 PM
    - Different Goals & Bank Accounts - Marsby - 7/16/2009 2:56:02 AM
    - re: "boggles the mind" - E.P. - 7/15/2009 6:06:04 PM
      - Will the 'Dog' bark? - Adam - 7/15/2009 11:51:37 PM
        
        re: Will the 'Dog' bark? - Doug Ellison - 7/16/2009 8:17:15 AM
        
        Do you think 'Dragon' has a better chance? (n/t) - Adam - 7/16/2009 11:03:29 PM
        
        2nd Class Heat Shield - Marsby - 7/19/2009 5:51:53 AM
        
        re: Do you think 'Dragon' has a better chance? - Doug Ellison - 7/17/2009 7:22:58 AM

Great News For ETI - Venus Probably Had Plate Tectonics and an Ocean - Marsby - 7/15/2009 1:53:08 AM
- I wouldn't rule out a native, undersea ETI civilization - pwokenyaw - 7/17/2009 5:14:57 AM
  - Whales have been around for about 30 million years - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 1:38:07 PM
    - re: Whales have been around for about 30 million years - Marsby - 7/17/2009 4:08:53 PM
      - large-brained whales have been around for a lot less than 30m years - pwokenyaw - 7/17/2009 6:11:02 PM
        
        Don't Think So - Marsby - 7/17/2009 6:34:36 PM
        
        well, kind of - pwokenyaw - 7/18/2009 5:16:32 AM
        
        Thanks For The Memory Jog - Marsby - 7/18/2009 6:56:52 PM
        
        Not sure if that's the right comparison - pwokenyaw - 7/19/2009 5:30:11 AM
        
        It may not be so much the ability as the desire - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 6:47:05 PM
        
        Great Point - Marsby - 7/17/2009 8:36:04 PM
- re: Great News For ETI - Venus Probably Had Plate Tectonics and an Ocean - REB - 7/16/2009 1:24:45 PM
  - re: Great News For ETI - Venus Probably Had Plate Tectonics and an Ocean - Marsby - 7/16/2009 1:44:27 PM
    - re: Great News For ETI - Venus Probably Had Plate Tectonics and an Ocean - REB - 7/16/2009 3:06:05 PM
    - The theory of Venus totally resurfacing itself via massive volcanic eruptions 500 mya... - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 1:59:20 PM
      - re: Due to the lack of continental plates and tectonics - Nick Hoffman - 7/17/2009 6:24:15 AM
      - re: The theory of Venus totally resurfacing itself via massive volcanic eruptions 500 mya... - Marsby - 7/16/2009 3:02:17 PM
        
        And Venus may not be quite dead yet - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 3:34:06 PM
        
        No sulfuric acid near the surface. - Adam - 7/16/2009 11:19:24 PM
        
        re: And Venus may not be quite dead yet - REB - 7/16/2009 3:48:56 PM
- For those who think a few flybys or even one landing of an immobile probe are enough to understand an entire world - Socrates II - 7/15/2009 2:24:02 PM

40 years ago, what us blacks in East Philadelphia thought of Apollo 11. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/14/2009 9:04:26 PM
- Ron McNair - REB - 7/16/2009 7:29:56 PM
  - I wish I had experienced that in my youth. Thanks for your personal recollection. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/17/2009 12:14:15 AM
  - From the link I posted. - REB - 7/16/2009 7:33:08 PM
    - I used to have a copy of 'Ron's Piece' - REB - 7/16/2009 7:38:56 PM
      - I found 'Ron's Piece' on You Tube - REB - 7/16/2009 8:04:25 PM
- who? - JimO - 7/15/2009 3:42:00 PM
  - re: who? - Delbert - 7/16/2009 12:10:51 AM
    - And now... - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 1:35:20 PM
      - In conclusion; Mr. Degrasse Tyson. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/16/2009 7:26:30 PM
        
        Smart Eloquent Guy in General, But Can't Define a Planet (n/t) - Marsby - 7/19/2009 4:07:12 AM
        
        You may be happy to know... - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 7:38:36 PM
        
        Thanks. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/17/2009 12:10:44 AM
  - Jackson, Abernathy, and others did INDEED criticize Project Apollo. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/15/2009 6:18:30 PM
  - You forget Stokey Carmichael, and others too. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/15/2009 6:01:48 PM
- hoax-beliefs - JimO - 7/15/2009 3:32:32 PM
  - What? Blacks can't have their own point of view or opinions, now or then? wrong opinions or right opinions? It's the C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L right of all Americans. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/15/2009 6:06:11 PM
    - re: What? J-W error on C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L right of all Americans. - JimO - 7/17/2009 12:54:30 PM
- So what you're saying, - ER - 7/14/2009 11:51:59 PM
  - Makes for a powerful argument for the return of true nation states. - Lee - 7/15/2009 11:59:40 AM
    - Au contraire. - ER - 7/15/2009 12:51:24 PM
      - Sensitive nerves? - ER - 7/15/2009 5:51:46 PM
      - re: Au contraire. - JimO - 7/15/2009 3:38:21 PM
        
        OK, a bit of history. And a "what if?" - Jefferson-Washington - 7/15/2009 6:14:33 PM
        
        re: OK, a bit of history. And a "what if?" - JimO - 7/17/2009 1:01:32 PM
        
        Robert H Lawrence - phil - 7/15/2009 7:42:09 PM
        
        re: Au contraire. - phil - 7/15/2009 4:48:24 PM
        
        re: Au contraire. - pwokenyaw - 7/15/2009 6:11:06 PM
      - I'm referring to the original definition of nation. - Lee - 7/15/2009 3:04:58 PM
- re: 40 years ago, what us blacks in East Philadelphia thought of Apollo 11. - phil - 7/14/2009 9:47:39 PM

Thoughts on the space program - Delbert - 7/18/2009 6:05:26 PM
- It's not fair to blame lack of interest on "the people." - Eri - 7/19/2009 3:32:27 AM
- The problem is - mip - 7/18/2009 6:47:40 PM

Bolden & Garver To Run NASA - phil - 7/18/2009 1:15:07 PM
- re: Bolden & Garver To Run NASA - Marsby - 7/18/2009 6:22:15 PM

Late 21st Century Public Service Announcements - phil - 7/18/2009 12:42:40 PM

Aerodynamics of a Cyclogyro - mip - 7/18/2009 5:17:01 AM
- re: Aerodynamics of a Cyclogyro (most obvious advantage) - mip - 7/18/2009 5:21:32 AM

High Altitude Kite Turbine - mip - 7/18/2009 4:55:10 AM

Battlefield Bot Update - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - phil - 7/14/2009 9:37:45 PM
- re: Battlefield Bot Update - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? - Robert Clark - 7/18/2009 1:09:08 AM
- Why just the battlefield? - ER - 7/14/2009 11:46:09 PM

EURONEAR â€“ Data Mining of Asteroids and Near Earth Asteroids - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 7:07:26 PM
- I'm looking forward to *real* mining of the asteroids. - Robert Clark - 7/4/2009 11:26:53 AM
  - Project Icarus by David S. F. Portree on his Robot Explorers blog - Socrates II - 7/10/2009 2:03:55 PM
    - Asteroids Were Born Big - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 8:18:57 PM

Endeavour and ISS - Raoul - 7/17/2009 7:41:49 PM

Apollo 11 and the top secret weather satellite that saved the astronauts - TB - 7/15/2009 6:34:25 AM
- Amazing how little we had in 1969 - dtb - 7/16/2009 4:29:09 AM
  - You don't miss what you don't have - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 1:18:09 PM
    - Makes One WONDER of TODAY'S Top Secret TECH - carl - 7/16/2009 3:12:14 PM
      - Not so true anymore - dtb - 7/16/2009 10:22:56 PM
      - As Tom Clancy said in The Hunt for Red October - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 3:23:16 PM
        
        mid 70's Penatgon TECH - carl - 7/16/2009 6:12:21 PM
- Fascinating. Thanks for posting. (n/t) - Eri - 7/16/2009 1:15:33 AM
- And if Apollo 11 had to abort its lunar landing - Socrates II - 7/15/2009 3:45:06 PM
  - Great speech. Glad he didn't have to give it!!!!! (n/t) - Eri - 7/16/2009 1:14:50 AM
    - Sadly, in some parallel universes... - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 7:31:23 PM
      - And in ALTERNATE REALITIES - carl - 7/17/2009 5:16:55 PM
- re: Apollo 11 and the top secret weather satellite that saved the astronauts - JimO - 7/15/2009 3:28:03 PM
  - Like the Australian "Dish" story - TB - 7/15/2009 5:10:28 PM
    - Relevant new book - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 8:20:25 PM

Real Time PLAYBACK of Apollo 11..40yrs later - carl - 7/16/2009 1:37:26 PM
- Cool! - REB - 7/16/2009 3:07:55 PM
  - I was on Front Porch - carl - 7/16/2009 6:10:04 PM
    - If you own a genuine artifact from Apollo 11... - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 1:55:03 PM

Why Titan is Wicked Cool! - phil - 7/15/2009 11:38:27 PM
- re: Why Titan is Wicked Cool! - mip - 7/17/2009 4:09:25 AM
- re: Why Titan is Wicked Cool! - REB - 7/16/2009 1:06:16 PM
  - Not so sure - Adam - 7/16/2009 10:23:51 PM
    - re: Not so sure - REB - 7/17/2009 12:30:50 PM
      - Blue skies in our Solar System - REB - 7/17/2009 12:39:34 PM
  - The paper - and a comment - Socrates II - 7/16/2009 5:57:28 PM
    - Clouds are composed of "condensed phase" - Adam - 7/16/2009 10:58:48 PM

Via Nanotech to the Stars - Socrates II - 7/10/2009 8:18:59 PM
- More info on the NanoFET Nano-particle field extraction thruster funded by the USAF - Socrates II - 7/10/2009 11:35:03 PM
  - From Discover Magazine - Socrates II - 7/17/2009 12:03:21 PM

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