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Stephen Hawking: â€œHumans Have Entered a New Stage of Evolutionâ€ - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 6:31:08 AM
- AI and directed self-evolution - Sawyer - 7/6/2009 1:10:00 PM
  - I know this won't be easy, but... - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 1:29:43 PM

New cheaper Moon concept - Raoul - 6/30/2009 7:52:41 PM
- Argument about lunar orbit rendez-vous - Raoul - 7/4/2009 9:19:18 AM
- Just the old Shuttle "C",...it won't be built (n/t) - Ainz - 7/1/2009 9:23:26 AM
  - Cheaper argument not sufficient? (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2009 5:33:51 PM
- Going to the Moon... then Mars... is like dumb... and dumber. - mip - 6/30/2009 11:08:23 PM
  - Seriously, if you want to replace the shuttles... - mip - 6/30/2009 11:18:30 PM
- Move the engines under the ET. - Lee - 6/30/2009 10:18:58 PM
  - In a ballistic recoverable module (n/t) - TB - 7/6/2009 1:23:01 PM
  - That way, both the SRBs and the ET are exactely the same as now: savings! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2009 5:27:08 AM
- You have your man-rated HLV! - Bowser - 6/30/2009 7:57:47 PM
  - re: Man-rated HLV! - Raoul - 6/30/2009 8:13:16 PM
    - Will humans even go back to the Moon now? - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 3:47:53 AM

Findings from Mars Phoenix show promise for Martian life - Socrates II - 7/5/2009 4:27:16 PM
- Phoenix Lander Team: It Snows at Night on Mars - Socrates II - 7/5/2009 4:32:25 PM
  - re: Before Phoenix we did not know whether precipitation occurs on Mars - Nick Hoffman - 7/6/2009 12:34:02 AM
    - Could that have been CO2 snow? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 7/6/2009 8:39:58 AM
    - Did NASA just not spend enough on Phoenix? - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 3:38:51 AM
      - re: Did NASA just not spend enough on Phoenix? - Robert Clark - 7/6/2009 8:50:53 AM
        
        Mars Pathfinder was first an engineering test - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 1:16:54 PM

Sunspots! - Raoul - 7/5/2009 2:23:23 PM

Russian concept of ISS successor - Raoul - 7/5/2009 9:10:54 AM

Medusa Nuclear Pulse Magsail Starship - mip - 7/3/2009 11:59:19 PM
- So you fly the ship into where you just set off the nuclear pulse? - REB - 7/4/2009 2:12:08 AM
  - Frames of reference - Adam - 7/4/2009 8:07:47 PM
  - re: So you fly the ship into where you just set off the nuclear pulse? - mip - 7/4/2009 1:45:33 PM
- So how does it work? - ER - 7/4/2009 1:36:55 AM
  - I'll just throw a few ideas out... - mip - 7/4/2009 1:43:47 PM
    - Wouldn't the gas be quickly be used up? - ER - 7/4/2009 3:03:35 PM
    - The other way of doing it.... - mip - 7/4/2009 2:01:23 PM
      - Does it really need gas? - Adam - 7/4/2009 8:10:20 PM

UAH Global Temperature Anomaly for June 09 - gbaikie - 7/3/2009 9:59:50 PM
- No anomaly in one month. Do you even know what that means? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/4/2009 8:19:49 AM

Polywell Fusion Engineering Project Update - phil - 6/17/2009 12:51:25 PM
- re: Polywell Fusion Engineering Project Update - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/28/2009 9:27:31 AM
  - Aside from fission and fusion... - Adam - 7/3/2009 11:50:23 PM
  - re: Polywell Fusion - mip - 6/28/2009 3:00:29 PM
    - re: Polywell Fusion - TallDave - 6/29/2009 3:32:32 AM
      - Which is the reason I'm still following it after a couple years - mip - 6/29/2009 9:58:17 PM
- How about putting some money into something that is KNOWN to work instead? - David F Mayer - 6/21/2009 9:25:26 PM
  - Any figures on total energy potential? - Adam - 6/28/2009 10:18:51 PM
    - Somewhere around 300 times todays total energy use. - David F Mayer - 7/2/2009 2:54:16 PM
  - re: How about putting some money into something that is KNOWN to work instead? - vernes - 6/26/2009 8:52:30 AM
    - re: How about putting some money into something that is KNOWN to work instead? - lediana - 7/2/2009 12:20:59 AM
      - Most of what I know, I am not permitted to talk about. - David F Mayer - 7/2/2009 2:59:19 PM
        
        That's cool... er... hot... (n/t) - Adam - 7/2/2009 10:30:00 PM
    - Did you even look at the web site? There are NO panels. Nothing covers the sea. - David F Mayer - 6/28/2009 3:58:32 AM
      - re: Did you even look at the web site? There are NO panels. Nothing covers the sea. - vernes - 6/29/2009 9:52:21 AM
        
        That is a small platform, less than 100 meters long. It covers negligable area. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/2/2009 2:55:39 PM
        
        re: That is a small platform, less than 100 meters long. It covers negligable area. - vernes - 7/3/2009 6:20:59 AM
- Delays on the ITER fusion experiment - Socrates II - 6/19/2009 11:42:54 AM
  - re: Delays on the ITER fusion experiment - phil - 6/19/2009 1:10:11 PM

simulated evolution - alcaray - 7/3/2009 2:41:02 AM
- s,p,d,f - ER - 7/3/2009 3:52:51 PM
  - just one letter can make a such a difference... - ER - 7/3/2009 4:55:38 PM
    - re: just one letter can make a such a difference... - alcaray - 7/3/2009 6:21:07 PM

An interesting science report from the ISS - Marsbug - 7/3/2009 10:42:11 AM

LRO 2 hours from Lunar orbit - Ainz - 6/23/2009 7:47:14 AM
- first images on the ground - Doug Ellison - 7/2/2009 7:00:41 PM
- So how long do you think it'll be before we can get to Mars in under a week? - Lee - 6/24/2009 11:53:40 AM
  - Only nuclear propulsion offers such speed. And even so, there will be a small payload with such a trajectory. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/2/2009 2:51:07 PM
  - Big MoFo'ing Pulse Rockets - Adam - 6/30/2009 10:16:50 AM
- Now in Orbit OK - nick hoffman - 6/24/2009 12:20:56 AM
  - But is it the right probe? - E.P. - 6/24/2009 1:09:57 AM
    - re: But is it the right probe? - Doug Ellison - 6/24/2009 8:57:48 AM
      - re: But is it the right probe? - E.P. - 6/24/2009 3:56:25 PM
        
        Impact debris...hmmm. - TB - 6/24/2009 11:19:19 PM
        
        Comets are not just volatiles - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2009 4:13:44 AM
        
        Speaking of impact debris on the Moon... - Socrates II - 6/25/2009 2:03:23 PM
        
        Speaking of impact debris on the Moon... - Socrates II - 6/25/2009 2:00:38 PM
        
        re: Impact debris...hmmm. - gbaikie - 6/25/2009 4:59:32 AM
        
        re: Impact debris...hmmm. - E.P. - 6/29/2009 2:52:14 PM
        
        The Earth is NOT a good Lunar Analogue - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2009 4:36:13 AM
        
        re: The Earth is NOT a good Lunar Analogue - E.P. - 6/30/2009 4:34:23 PM
        
        re: The Earth is NOT a good Lunar Analogue - E.P. - 6/30/2009 4:34:07 PM
        
        Instead of replying twice, try reading once - Nick Hoffman - 7/1/2009 12:57:54 AM
        
        re: But is it the right probe? - Doug Ellison - 6/24/2009 9:51:45 PM
        
        re: But is it the right probe? - E.P. - 6/29/2009 2:42:29 PM
        
        Answer the question properly, see NH's 6/29/2009 post above. (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 6/30/2009 7:57:29 AM
        
        The difference between professional imaging and semi-professional - E.P. - 6/30/2009 6:47:10 PM
        
        [EP - play the ball, and not the man] - Moderator Nick - 7/1/2009 1:08:23 AM
        
        The hypocisy of your suggestion is humourous - E.P. - 7/3/2009 12:51:11 AM
        
        While we're giving orders - E.P. - 6/30/2009 4:41:06 PM
        
        [E.P. this is not the place for this discussion] - Nick Hoffman - 7/1/2009 12:59:30 AM
        
        agreed - Doug Ellison - 7/1/2009 4:36:52 PM
        
        Thie poiht, Doug, is that there is a difference between amateur and professional image processing (n/t) - E.P. - 7/3/2009 12:41:26 AM
        
        so? - Doug Ellison - 7/3/2009 7:06:04 AM
      - That would be difficult, if not impossible, on any body that has no atmosphere (n/t) - TB - 6/24/2009 3:13:14 PM
      - re: But is it the right probe? - gbaikie - 6/24/2009 10:42:36 AM
        
        What about all the supposed water ice at the south pole? - Socrates II - 6/24/2009 3:59:21 PM
        
        re: What about all the supposed water ice at the south pole? - Marsbug - 6/24/2009 8:13:03 PM

LRO's first images !! - Raoul - 7/2/2009 7:06:21 PM
- There's a crater at the terminator that looks like an 'ear'. ;-) (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/2/2009 11:28:49 PM

A solar cycle lost in 1793--1800: Early sunspot observations resolve the old mystery - Socrates II - 7/2/2009 7:20:49 PM

RUMOURS>>NASA Found OLD Missing Apollo 11 Slo-Scan MOONWALK Tapes - carl - 7/1/2009 3:16:05 PM
- It's a hoax, according to the Bad Astronomer - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 3:22:09 PM
  - :) :) :) (n/t) - Ainz - 7/2/2009 10:22:55 AM
  - Kinda Figgered THAT - carl - 7/1/2009 4:54:18 PM
    - The people at the Cape on Launch Day - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 5:35:09 PM
      - Kaguya may have imaged the Apollo 11 LM ascent engine blast - Socrates II - 7/2/2009 2:58:17 PM
        
        re: Kaguya may have imaged the Apollo 11 LM ascent engine blast - Raoul - 7/2/2009 5:18:47 PM

Ariane 5 lifts off with the largest communication satellite ever - Raoul - 7/2/2009 5:32:58 AM

1st Extragalactic Exoplanet? - phil - 6/10/2009 12:43:40 AM
- re: 1st Extragalactic Exoplanet? - Yes!!! - Marcia - 6/10/2009 7:59:15 PM
- The Reason To Explore - Marsby - 6/10/2009 4:39:12 PM
  - re: The Reason To Explore. - Of course.. - Marcia - 6/10/2009 8:10:39 PM
    - Detecting exoplanets in Messier 87? - Socrates II - 6/15/2009 2:21:51 PM
      - And has an exomoon been found? - Socrates II - 6/15/2009 2:31:23 PM
        
        re: And has an exomoon been found? - Monk - 6/22/2009 6:29:17 AM
        
        If M31 is a more active and typical spiral galaxy than our Milky Way, what does this say about the formation of life in such systems? - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 7:18:08 PM

Posted my "Asteroid Resources" article on HZ.net in "Files Gallery." (n/t) - TB - 6/23/2009 5:49:56 PM
- Not to be outdone... - ER - 6/23/2009 6:13:06 PM
  - I saw those. That's what inspired me to make my own gallery. (n/t) - TB - 6/24/2009 2:31:42 AM
  - Have y'all tried to post these in the "Articles" part of HZ.net? (n/t) - podrock - 6/23/2009 10:17:36 PM
    - I couldn't find the "Articles" part. So I put them in the File Gallery. (n/t) - ER - 6/23/2009 11:16:33 PM
      - Hmmmmm. - podrock - 6/23/2009 11:54:00 PM
        
        Go for it. (n/t) - ER - 6/24/2009 12:59:18 AM
        
        Close binary stars in the solar-age Galactic open cluster M67 - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 7:11:16 PM

DNA Nucleobase Synthesis at Titan Atmosphere Analog by Soft X-rays - Socrates II - 6/29/2009 2:34:53 AM
- Cassini/VIMS hyperspectral observations of the HUYGENS landing site on Titan - Socrates II - 7/1/2009 7:00:13 PM

Another AIRBUS Goes Down - carl - 6/30/2009 6:46:14 PM
- Unrelated ! (n/t) - Raoul - 6/30/2009 7:53:21 PM
  - Composite tail make Airbus a flying coffin. - RobVG - 7/1/2009 2:41:08 AM
    - Wondered about Stress and fatigue of AIRFRAMES - carl - 7/1/2009 2:43:03 PM
    - First debris from Flight 447 was intact Rudder (Vert Stab) - Ainz - 7/1/2009 9:44:43 AM
      - Same from Flight outa JFK in 2001 - carl - 7/1/2009 2:46:45 PM
    - As if Airbus never encounters turbulences.... - Raoul - 7/1/2009 5:29:32 AM
    - That is a great post. Thanks a lot! (n/t) - Bowser - 7/1/2009 4:00:25 AM
      - Can COMPOSTIES BECOME "Fatigued???? - carl - 7/1/2009 2:49:07 PM

Day - gbaikie - 6/29/2009 7:57:14 PM
- Night - podrock - 6/30/2009 6:25:06 AM
  - re: Night - gbaikie - 7/1/2009 1:43:48 AM

Lunar Uranium Found by Kaguya GRS - Socrates II - 6/30/2009 1:58:11 AM
- Lunar Iron mapped by Kaguya GRS - E.P. - 6/30/2009 5:14:44 PM

Iteresting space station design. - Lee - 6/28/2009 5:53:29 PM
- Cute. - Adam - 6/28/2009 10:22:21 PM
  - Luxury space hotels in LEO - Socrates II - 6/29/2009 3:18:22 PM
    - Modular spacecraft - a concept whose time has come - Socrates II - 6/30/2009 5:14:44 AM

Climate Changes & Extinctions NOT Linked to Galactic Rotation - phil - 6/26/2009 11:59:20 PM
- AND Clube and Napier's correlation still stands (n/t) - E.P. - 6/29/2009 2:54:31 PM
- See also - Socrates II - 6/29/2009 1:51:35 PM

Free Spirit ! - Raoul - 6/27/2009 8:29:59 AM
- What a wonderful problem to have! - Bowser - 6/27/2009 6:12:50 PM
  - Spirit may be stuck, but it is not idle - Socrates II - 6/29/2009 1:45:13 PM
    - And checking beneath its feet - I mean wheels - Socrates II - 6/29/2009 2:03:35 PM

Hubble Trouble - Delbert - 6/28/2009 11:45:14 PM
- I think it's been having fairly regular computer crashes since the last repair. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/29/2009 1:21:57 AM

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