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Creating new technologies - Raoul - 5/31/2009 8:14:54 AM

"This whole thing scares the shit out of me, fellas." Then it gets quiet. - Bowser - 5/30/2009 9:45:45 PM
- Finally, a reason to view MSNBC, great post! (n/t) - phil - 5/31/2009 12:05:00 AM
- re: "This whole thing scares the shit out of me, fellas." Then it gets quiet. - gbaikie - 5/30/2009 10:05:06 PM

I'm gathering that most if not all of Hubble's repairs-remodels will get done? - Bowser - 5/18/2009 3:38:28 PM
- Can and will Hubble be used to track and characterize NEOs - E.P. - 5/18/2009 6:55:14 PM
  - You don't shoot quail with a 14" naval gun - Nick Hoffman - 5/20/2009 2:52:53 AM
    - It would be fun to try it, though. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/27/2009 10:07:10 AM
    - re: You don't shoot quail with a 14" naval gun - Marsbug - 5/21/2009 6:40:19 AM
      - In WWII... - Nick Hoffman - 5/22/2009 12:43:35 AM
  - How about Herschel? - Raoul - 5/18/2009 7:34:40 PM
    - Perhaps... - E.P. - 5/19/2009 8:10:43 PM
- Hail CANADARM!!!! - carl - 5/18/2009 6:28:14 PM
  - re: Hail CANADARM!!!! - No doubt. Kudos to Canada! :) (n/t) - Marcia - 5/18/2009 9:15:30 PM
    - re: Hail CANADARM!!!! - No doubt. Kudos to Canada! :) - john - 5/30/2009 8:40:14 PM
    - re: Hail CANADARM!!!! - No doubt. Kudos to Canada! :) - Marcia - 5/27/2009 3:35:37 AM
- Hail CANADARM!!!! - carl - 5/18/2009 6:28:10 PM
- Spacerwalking ! - Raoul - 5/18/2009 5:23:55 PM
  - They're finished, and NASA hasn't said anything was left out. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/18/2009 5:40:43 PM
    - Last moments ! - Raoul - 5/18/2009 7:12:10 PM
      - They Posed for a Pic - carl - 5/18/2009 8:07:21 PM
        
        re: They Posed for a Pic. - Those were the last men to use a shuttle's airlock. - Marcia - 5/18/2009 9:10:47 PM
        
        Honestly, I think Q-Public should be thanked too: - Marcia - 5/18/2009 9:24:45 PM
        
        I hope former NASA Administration O'Keefe was watching - Socrates II - 5/19/2009 1:03:30 PM
        
        re: I hope former NASA Administration O'Keefe was watching. - I hope so too! Also, you know what that is about robotics: - Marcia - 5/20/2009 11:17:36 PM
        
        Say it with me - Socrates II - 5/21/2009 1:23:07 PM
        
        re: Say it with me. - Sure, but... - Marcia - 5/27/2009 3:30:30 AM
        
        Was it worth it?...Given a regular shuttle mission cost $500M this probably cost $800M - Sawyer - 5/21/2009 1:10:18 AM
        
        re: Was it worth it? - Given the fact that we didn't have to use that second shuttle, et al... absolutely. - Marcia - 5/21/2009 1:25:49 AM
        
        Final HST repair mission in APOD and will it ever be recovered? - Socrates II - 5/20/2009 1:26:12 PM
        
        re: Final HST repair mission in APOD and will it ever be recovered? - Marcia - 5/21/2009 12:50:42 AM
        
        During every repair mission, parts of the HST have been recovered - Raoul - 5/21/2009 3:44:36 PM
        
        re: During every repair mission, parts of the HST have been recovered - Marcia - 5/27/2009 4:18:37 AM
        
        A full-scale replica is already in the Smithsonian NASM - Socrates II - 5/21/2009 6:19:57 PM

Our national TV at the club - Raoul - 5/30/2009 4:44:49 PM

Morning Mystery - Ainz - 5/24/2009 12:02:19 PM
- Thanks All, Great Info !! (n/t) - Ainz - 5/26/2009 4:50:24 AM
- re: Morning Mystery - TB - 5/24/2009 5:52:07 PM
- The Capricorn Flasher! - ER - 5/24/2009 1:28:37 PM
  - re: The Capricorn Flasher! - Ainz - 5/26/2009 4:44:17 AM
    - re: The Capricorn Flasher! - ER - 5/26/2009 12:14:49 PM
- Molnya 3rd stage? - Raoul - 5/24/2009 12:30:06 PM
  - FYI - The ISS is flaring - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 12:45:31 AM
    - re: FYI - The ISS is flaring - TB - 5/27/2009 3:36:32 PM
      - re: FYI - The ISS is flaring - Raoul - 5/30/2009 6:09:10 AM
        
        You would think, - ER - 5/30/2009 12:44:38 PM

10 things about planets - Raoul - 5/24/2009 6:35:41 PM
- I'll give it a shot - Ainz - 5/28/2009 11:55:59 PM
  - water worlds - FrankC - 5/29/2009 4:36:29 AM
  - re: I'll give it a shot - lance - 5/29/2009 2:56:41 AM
- How many times did life originate on Earth? - phil - 5/27/2009 1:43:47 PM
  - But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960 - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 3:33:03 PM
    - re: But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960 - phil - 5/27/2009 4:31:37 PM
      - Money isn't everything - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 4:56:36 PM
- Cool list! Here's mine - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 5:01:19 AM
  - A couple of answers - TB - 5/25/2009 4:28:01 PM
    - I'd like to see your article. - podrock - 5/26/2009 1:13:33 AM
      - I loaded JPGs into Flickr - TB - 5/26/2009 3:22:27 AM
        
        re: I loaded JPGs into Flickr - gbaikie - 5/28/2009 8:49:46 AM
        
        Thanks TB - podrock - 5/26/2009 8:32:18 PM
        
        Elemental separation in zero G - Nick Hoffman - 5/27/2009 12:36:18 AM
        
        Two birds with lots of rocks? - podrock - 5/27/2009 2:29:21 AM
        
        Not if the buckets are attached to the asteroid in some way. - TB - 5/27/2009 3:56:15 AM
        
        re: Elemental separation in zero G - gbaikie - 5/27/2009 2:13:11 AM
        
        A magnetic or electrostatic field can take the place of gravity. - ER - 5/27/2009 2:23:54 AM
    - re: A couple of answers - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 12:51:08 AM
    - Very impressive potential - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 5:47:26 PM
      - 1986DA - TB - 5/25/2009 8:16:52 PM
        
        re: 1986DA - 20m miles from earth at closest - Buck Galaxy - 5/28/2009 3:46:34 AM
        
        re: 1986DA - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 11:21:30 PM
        
        Leave it in Space - podrock - 5/26/2009 12:25:07 AM
        
        re: Leave it in Space - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 1:15:29 AM
        
        You're working too hard. - TB - 5/25/2009 11:52:17 PM
        
        re: You're working too hard. - gbaikie - 5/26/2009 2:32:06 AM
        
        The Gold Bug - ER - 5/26/2009 12:18:05 AM
        
        I think you'd start out slow with the imports. - TB - 5/26/2009 3:39:27 AM
        
        Not really - podrock - 5/26/2009 12:56:48 AM
  - re: Cool list! Here's mine - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 6:38:04 AM
- re: 10 things about planets - gbaikie - 5/24/2009 9:59:12 PM
  - Thermal gradients - Nick Hoffman - 5/25/2009 12:53:15 AM
    - geometry too - alcaray - 5/27/2009 7:06:19 AM
      - The scaling with gravity includes both mass and geometry - Nick Hoffman - 5/27/2009 7:20:51 AM
    - re: Thermal gradients - gbaikie - 5/25/2009 5:00:11 AM

“The dogs don’t like it,” - gbaikie - 5/18/2009 9:35:08 PM
- rThe girl on the escalator - Raoul - 5/19/2009 9:19:32 PM
  - re: rThe girl on the escalator - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 10:22:59 PM
    - re: rThe girl on the escalator. - I think we've learned much since that 'girl on the escalator' days... at leas most women have. - Marcia - 5/20/2009 11:07:23 PM
    - Apparently headphones will remain large in 2026 - Socrates II - 5/20/2009 1:19:18 PM
      - re: Apparently headphones will remain large in 2026 - gbaikie - 5/20/2009 11:44:24 PM
        
        re: Apparently headphones will remain large in 2026 - gbaikie - 5/21/2009 11:39:18 PM
- Told you so. - E.P. - 5/19/2009 8:16:33 PM
- Have you ever watched NASA TV? - Lee - 5/19/2009 11:53:17 AM
  - If you were in charge on NTV - what would you do? - Doug Ellison - 5/22/2009 11:58:53 AM
    - re: If you were in charge on NTV - what would you do? - gbaikie - 5/22/2009 7:53:28 PM
    - Reduce considerably the long stares at Mission Control - Socrates II - 5/22/2009 2:56:30 PM
- So our space effort is faltering because of leftist politics. - ER - 5/18/2009 10:25:12 PM
  - re: So our space effort is faltering because of leftist politics. - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 12:31:55 AM
    - Please discuss and contrast Kennedy, Nixon and Apollo. And define "leftist". (n/t) - Bowser - 5/20/2009 4:18:53 AM
      - re: Please discuss and contrast Kennedy, Nixon and Apollo. And define "leftist". - gbaikie - 5/20/2009 10:15:33 AM
    - No - E.P. - 5/19/2009 8:20:38 PM
      - re: No - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 9:44:45 PM
        
        re: No - E.P. - 5/20/2009 10:04:37 PM
        
        re: No - gbaikie - 5/21/2009 12:57:48 AM
        
        re: No - gbaikie - 5/21/2009 1:53:51 AM
  - Seriously, thanks for posting that article. - ER - 5/18/2009 11:14:27 PM
    - re: Seriously, thanks for posting that article. - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 2:36:56 AM
    - I looked at this concept back then - TB - 5/19/2009 12:25:13 AM
      - I've been thinking a lot about it lately. - ER - 5/19/2009 2:16:24 AM
        
        re: I've been thinking a lot about it lately. - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 6:16:24 AM
        
        Sure. When it pays to go out there, we will. - TB - 5/19/2009 2:43:27 AM
        
        There would be a market for space in space. - alcaray - 5/19/2009 9:21:09 PM
        
        re: There would be a market for space in space. - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 11:06:01 PM
      - re: I looked at this concept back then - gbaikie - 5/19/2009 1:38:37 AM
      - re: I looked at this concept back then. - Marcia - 5/19/2009 12:54:38 AM
    - re: Seriously, thanks for posting that article. - Some thoughts: - Marcia - 5/18/2009 11:30:49 PM
      - re: Seriously, thanks for posting that article. - Some thoughts: - Marcia - 5/18/2009 11:33:18 PM
        
        You still don't get it (in my opinion) - E.P. - 5/20/2009 10:12:09 PM
        
        re: You still don't get it (in my opinion). - As far as Mars is concerned, no, but I was refering to the moon specifically. It's ok. (n/t) - Marcia - 5/20/2009 10:52:27 PM
        
        re: You still don't get it (in my opinion). - As far as Mars is concerned, no, but I was refering to the moon specifically. It's ok, this time.. (n/t) - Marcia - 5/29/2009 2:29:25 AM

Frank De Winne in space !! - Raoul - 5/27/2009 7:17:04 PM
- A Canadian too. - Jefferson-Washington - 5/27/2009 10:01:18 PM
  - re: A Canadian too. - mip - 5/28/2009 10:46:35 PM
  - Spending - Raoul - 5/28/2009 12:27:08 PM

Meteor spotted on Russian surveillance cam - Jack Herer - 5/27/2009 7:54:43 PM
- Rocket Launch Confirmed - Spacer - 5/28/2009 6:01:14 AM
- re: Meteor spotted on Russian surveillance cam - Delbert - 5/27/2009 9:15:21 PM
  - re: Meteor spotted on Russian surveillance cam - delbert - 5/27/2009 9:29:50 PM
    - Why did you call it a meteor... - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 11:46:31 PM

How to use pulsars for interstellar navigation - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 8:08:50 PM

Nasa News Conf Today 5/27, Mars data - Jeff F - 5/27/2009 4:46:45 PM

NEXT New Mars Rover gets a Name........... - carl - 5/27/2009 3:41:33 PM

Kepler Operational & Scaning - phil - 5/18/2009 8:22:52 PM
- re: Kepler Operational & Scaning - Marcia - 5/21/2009 2:45:39 AM
  - Kepler's looking sideways, not inwards - pwokenyaw - 5/21/2009 10:08:21 PM
    - re: Kepler's looking sideways, not inwards. - Yep, got it and thanks!!! :) - Marcia - 5/27/2009 12:26:16 AM
  - The same with SETI - Socrates II - 5/21/2009 1:19:07 PM
- This is probably the most exciting mission out there in which to expect near term results - Sawyer - 5/19/2009 1:30:57 PM
- re: Kepler Operational & Scaning - lance - 5/19/2009 3:51:51 AM

Official: Charlie Bolden becomes the next NASA administrator - Raoul - 5/23/2009 2:31:25 PM
- Charlie is also the first African-American NASA boss. - Jefferson-Washington - 5/25/2009 11:41:55 PM
  - Across the pond - Raoul - 5/26/2009 9:08:20 PM
- re: Official: Charlie Bolden becomes the next NASA administrator - Arnaud - 5/25/2009 11:04:39 AM
- To Boldenly go where no one has gone before - Buck Galaxy - 5/25/2009 1:23:46 AM
  - we had such high hopes for the last two as well. - Lee - 5/25/2009 1:30:58 PM
- Charlie Bolden and Bill Nelson share.... - Raoul - 5/23/2009 3:52:36 PM
  - Stephen, Franklin, Kathryn... - Raoul - 5/24/2009 7:26:15 PM

The Centauri Race - phil - 5/21/2009 6:38:39 PM
- re: The Centauri Race Deletion & correction - phil - 5/21/2009 6:47:08 PM
  - Finding Earthlike exoplanets via their exooceans - Socrates II - 5/26/2009 2:40:09 PM

Spacedaily.com reporting going downhill - Buck Galaxy - 5/23/2009 10:06:01 PM
- "shuttle could deliver astronauts to the moon" How absurd. - David F Mayer - 5/26/2009 12:47:15 AM
  - Classic mistake: mixing shuttle for spacecraft (n/t) - Raoul - 5/26/2009 5:31:02 AM
- re: Spacedaily.com reporting going downhill - Doug Ellison - 5/25/2009 7:30:01 AM
- You assume too much - Adam - 5/24/2009 8:53:32 AM
- Oops. Link - Buck Galaxy - 5/23/2009 10:10:24 PM
  - Shuttle.... - Raoul - 5/24/2009 11:18:59 AM

40 years ago, today, the highest speed ever achieved! - Raoul - 5/26/2009 5:20:39 AM

Another brick in the wall - gbaikie - 5/23/2009 10:35:36 PM
- Darwinism denies excessive loading with Junk DNA. If it were not valuable, it would be deleted. - David F Mayer - 5/26/2009 12:51:37 AM

Beautiful weather at Edwards for Atlantis!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 5/24/2009 3:36:05 PM
- re: Beautiful weather at Edwards for Atlantis!!! - Delbert - 5/24/2009 3:43:06 PM
  - Postlanding activities ! - Raoul - 5/24/2009 3:52:38 PM
    - re: Postlanding activities ! - Arnaud - 5/25/2009 10:13:24 AM

ISS science - Marsbug - 5/24/2009 1:44:25 PM

Could all particles could be mini-black holes? - Socrates II - 5/14/2009 4:57:24 PM
- re: Could all particles could be mini-black holes? - mip - 5/24/2009 12:09:21 PM
- Then why are they so uniform in size? And why don't they grow? - TB - 5/15/2009 5:24:06 AM
  - re: Then why are they so uniform in size? And why don't they grow? - gbaikie - 5/15/2009 2:08:53 PM
    - Bingo! Evaporation would take place in tiny fractions of a second - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 12:12:15 PM
  - re: Then why are they so uniform in size? And why don't they grow? - Bowser - 5/15/2009 6:27:18 AM
- Is it just me... - ER - 5/14/2009 7:17:18 PM
  - No, it is not just you. The previous close link between theory and experiment has been broken. - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 12:23:48 PM
    - Interesting observation, or should I say, interesting theory? - ER - 5/18/2009 4:52:44 PM
      - Clarification. - David F Mayer - 5/20/2009 1:25:58 AM
        
        I doubt we are anywhere near knowing it all by a long shot - Socrates II - 5/20/2009 1:23:49 PM
  - The cherries may have been picked. - Bowser - 5/14/2009 7:54:07 PM
    - Desktop accelerators - Adam - 5/14/2009 8:33:57 PM
      - The point of diminishing returns? - ER - 5/14/2009 11:16:22 PM
        
        I agree - Adam - 5/15/2009 10:45:09 AM
        
        To detect cosmic strings, assuming they even exist - Socrates II - 5/15/2009 12:53:28 PM
- One of the more fascinating concepts I've seen. - Bowser - 5/14/2009 5:11:28 PM
  - As Angels and Demons is coming out this Friday - Socrates II - 5/14/2009 6:20:04 PM

A good summary regarding Global warming - gbaikie - 5/22/2009 9:42:03 PM
- 1 degree every hundred years will be a problem in 3500 years - mip - 5/24/2009 11:26:34 AM
- First idiotic statement I noticed - pwokenyaw - 5/23/2009 12:03:16 AM
  - re: First idiotic statement I noticed - gbaikie - 5/23/2009 2:33:24 AM
  - re: First idiotic statement I noticed - phil - 5/23/2009 1:39:04 AM
    - re: First idiotic statement I noticed - gbaikie - 5/23/2009 10:55:17 PM

"Russia to unveil spaceship plans ." "Europe will now pursue its own plans, but incorporate Russian technology." - Bowser - 5/24/2009 6:35:35 AM

All the man-made things left on the Moon the LRO could spot - Raoul - 5/22/2009 6:41:48 AM
- How can these fake moon mission movie props on hollywood sound stages can be spotted? Is this a fake mission too? (n/t) - Sawyer - 5/22/2009 8:05:59 PM
  - Oh yeah, and Grissom, Chafee, and White died just to add realism (n/t) - E.P. - 5/24/2009 4:13:57 AM
- Letsee, - carl - 5/22/2009 1:56:13 PM
  - Flags and impacts - Raoul - 5/22/2009 2:32:21 PM
    - How about the lesser known and mysterious missions - Socrates II - 5/22/2009 2:45:41 PM

The data available seems endless - "ATLAST, a replacement for Hubble?" - Bowser - 5/23/2009 8:12:06 PM
- re: The data available seems endless - "ATLAST, a replacement for Hubble?" - AHB - 5/23/2009 10:55:23 PM

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