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"PICK A MARS ROVER'S NAME." - Bowser - 3/23/2009 8:13:29 PM
- How about ORSON???? - carl - 3/24/2009 5:41:01 PM
  - re: How about ORSON???? - Marcia - 3/26/2009 3:31:32 AM
    - re: How about ORSON???? - Marcia - 3/26/2009 3:49:13 AM
      - No Need for APOLOGY - carl - 3/26/2009 5:55:26 PM
        
        Image of the monument to the "invasion" at Grover's Mill, New Jersey - Socrates II - 3/26/2009 6:38:27 PM
  - Rosebud... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2009 5:30:29 AM
- re: "PICK A MARS ROVER'S NAME." - Marcia - 3/23/2009 9:23:12 PM
  - For God's sake, Marcia, not just ANY name! :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 3/23/2009 10:55:06 PM
    - re: For God's sake, Marcia, not just ANY name! :-) - Marcia - 3/23/2009 11:38:36 PM
      - re: For God's sake, Marcia, not just ANY name! :-) - Marcia - 3/23/2009 11:40:48 PM
  - re: "PICK A MARS ROVER'S NAME."... at least... - Marcia - 3/23/2009 9:55:37 PM
    - How about naming MSL after astronomers who made important contributions to the study of Mars - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 10:40:13 AM

It Came, it was Seen, it was Captured... - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2009 11:59:00 PM
- re: It Came, it was Seen, it was Captured... - Hans - 3/26/2009 3:19:40 PM
- Stunned and Shock and Awe - Socrates II - 3/26/2009 12:47:12 PM

ISS Spacewalker from the ground ? - Raoul - 3/25/2009 8:48:44 AM
- It's the bat. And he wants payback. - TB - 3/25/2009 2:07:13 PM
  - It's the Kirby guy, and has he got a deal! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/26/2009 3:44:44 AM
    - Cleans up space junk like you wouldn't believe. - TB - 3/26/2009 2:25:16 PM
  - The photographer gave the exact timing! - Raoul - 3/25/2009 5:23:38 PM
    - Good point. (n/t) - TB - 3/25/2009 9:55:13 PM
- Naw, Pizza Delivery MAN - carl - 3/25/2009 1:31:07 PM
  - The shiniest part of the space station are.... - Raoul - 3/25/2009 7:43:35 PM

ISS spacewalk while twice passing over Antwerp - Raoul - 3/19/2009 7:33:26 PM
- Spacewalkers Test Planetary Protection Concept - Socrates II - 3/21/2009 1:57:45 PM
  - All panels deployed...The ISS seen from Earth: as big as it will be! - Raoul - 3/22/2009 4:45:57 PM
    - Why are the new panels of a different color than the other ones? - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 11:45:18 AM
      - The DOD was bluffing! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/23/2009 3:41:55 PM
        
        re: The DOD was bluffing! - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 1:11:03 AM
        
        re: The DOD was bluffing! - Raoul - 3/24/2009 6:27:06 AM
        
        Soyuz doesn't have bolts... - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2009 4:10:18 AM
        
        Movie of ISS by John Locker - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 10:22:56 AM

A star that should not have gone supernova - but did - Socrates II - 3/23/2009 1:26:36 PM
- The Origin Of Supernovae Confirmed - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 10:33:11 AM

The Universe - Raoul - 3/15/2009 5:13:47 PM
- British usage - TB - 3/19/2009 2:31:27 AM
  - This is probably a relict usage of the term... - ER - 3/19/2009 11:42:31 AM
    - In dutch: Heelal - Raoul - 3/19/2009 7:41:50 PM
    - Even more - Socrates II - 3/19/2009 12:48:57 PM
      - re: Depends on the greek - Raoul - 3/19/2009 7:38:07 PM
        
        Of course - Socrates II - 3/19/2009 8:30:59 PM
- Everything that exists and everything that can be imagined. - ER - 3/18/2009 7:20:52 PM
  - Everything you can imagine is real. Picasso (n/t) - Bowser - 3/19/2009 3:24:56 AM
    - The trouble is, there is no foolproof way to tell them apart. (n/t) - ER - 3/19/2009 9:33:06 AM
  - Our imagination - Raoul - 3/18/2009 8:02:47 PM
- Meta-Galaxy? - Adam - 3/16/2009 7:17:31 AM
  - "Everything there is and lots there isn't." (n/t) - Bowser - 3/16/2009 8:43:59 PM
- "Literally "all turned into one"." - Bowser - 3/16/2009 6:35:19 AM
- Hoiw about Cosmos - Socrates II - 3/15/2009 11:28:30 PM
  - This reminds me of the attempt to rename the Big Bang - Socrates II - 3/18/2009 3:46:27 PM
    - Looking beyond the Cosmic Horizon - Socrates II - 3/24/2009 10:28:48 AM

ISS urine recycler - not rocket science. - Bowser - 3/24/2009 1:26:07 AM
- re: ISS urine recycler - not rocket science. - That's why it has to be complicated. - Marcia - 3/24/2009 1:55:11 AM

Springtime! - Raoul - 3/21/2009 9:43:27 PM

A useful website - ER - 3/21/2009 12:52:45 PM
- Computerized sunlight - TB - 3/21/2009 2:39:32 PM
  - That website is an electronic version of the Nautical Almanac. - ER - 3/21/2009 3:40:50 PM

We all know that the 6 days to create the world was figurative. God repeats him-, her- itself. - Bowser - 3/19/2009 8:29:39 PM
- re: We all know that the 6 days to create the world was figurative. God repeats him-, her- itself. - Johnson - 3/21/2009 1:28:55 AM
  - A 1000 years is but a day... - Adam - 3/21/2009 10:42:42 AM
  - One needs to remember what bread, fish and water represent in Christianity. - Bowser - 3/21/2009 2:51:10 AM
- But Does GOD have a MYSPACE PAGE? - carl - 3/20/2009 12:57:28 PM
- Oh, my gosh, he gets it... or got it a while back, but here it is! - Marcia - 3/19/2009 10:54:10 PM
  - re: Honest... - Marcia - 3/19/2009 11:04:11 PM
- God's first Space-Ark - Adam - 3/19/2009 9:37:20 PM
  - Huh. I am about 3/4ths serious. This is how it would have to start. - Bowser - 3/19/2009 9:56:52 PM

Ceres as a giant radio telescope - Socrates II - 3/17/2009 11:05:28 AM
- Oh sure... - Adam - 3/19/2009 2:09:36 AM
  - Doritos ads - Socrates II - 3/19/2009 10:41:07 AM
    - re: Doritos ads - Adam - 3/19/2009 9:03:25 PM
      - Nobody can see Ceres from here without a telescope - Socrates II - 3/20/2009 11:48:12 AM

Bottom of a Mars Pit via HiRise - Adam - 3/19/2009 11:25:40 PM

Yah! Space Tourism Launches from Sweden in 2012 - phil - 3/19/2009 5:51:05 PM

Mars Society - Raoul - 3/1/2009 11:19:14 PM
- Put on a canvas suit and a plastic trashcan on your head, and pretend Canada is Mars - E.P. - 3/6/2009 8:25:47 PM
  - Just Like NASA - Marsby - 3/6/2009 9:08:35 PM
    - Yeah, just like NASA - E.P. - 3/6/2009 9:56:24 PM
      - Break a deal.... - et - 3/7/2009 1:25:04 AM
        
        What the hell are you talking about? (n/t) - E.P. - 3/9/2009 7:55:24 PM
        
        You're gambling with exile again. (n/t) - et - 3/11/2009 2:19:28 AM
        
        Cool title, though - Socrates II - 3/18/2009 3:41:07 PM
- You're also free to join the anti-Belgium society..... - et - 3/3/2009 12:37:18 AM
  - Philosophy and recognition - Raoul - 3/3/2009 6:31:44 AM
    - Seeing as we have never colonized another world before - Socrates II - 3/9/2009 11:41:30 AM
      - It's Not Even Close - Marsby - 3/9/2009 6:01:58 PM
        
        Some very good points - Socrates II - 3/9/2009 7:29:17 PM
        
        I need to add - Socrates II - 3/17/2009 2:54:47 PM
- re: Mars Society - Bowser - 3/2/2009 6:24:15 AM
  - The latter, I believe - Raoul - 3/2/2009 10:38:08 AM
- It's Definately Frowned On But Not Taboo - Marsby - 3/2/2009 4:51:28 AM
  - "Frowned on" - Oh yeah, and that explains the attacks - E..P. - 3/6/2009 8:21:59 PM
    - re: "Frowned on" - Oh yeah, and that explains the attacks - Marsby - 3/6/2009 9:04:48 PM
      - "Frowned on" - Oh yeah, and that explains the attacks - E.P. - 3/6/2009 10:17:21 PM
        
        IYF EP - Marsby - 3/9/2009 4:27:10 AM
        
        The Challenge Stands Unanswered & Probably Always Will - Marsby - 3/7/2009 6:58:29 PM
        
        There's a more than a few flaws in his books... - Adam - 3/10/2009 9:01:36 AM
        
        re: There's a more than a few flaws in his books... - Marsby - 3/10/2009 12:59:10 PM
        
        *sigh* - Adam - 3/11/2009 10:12:58 AM
        
        re: *sigh* - E.P. - 3/11/2009 6:44:03 PM
        
        re: *sigh* - Marsby - 3/11/2009 12:58:45 PM
        
        For once we all seem to agree... - Adam - 3/12/2009 12:53:30 AM
        
        re: For once we all seem to agree... - Marsby - 3/12/2009 12:30:05 PM
        
        re: For once we all seem to agree... - gbaikie - 3/13/2009 3:24:13 AM
        
        re: For once we all seem to agree... - Marsby - 3/13/2009 12:29:03 PM
        
        re: For once we all seem to agree... - gbaikie - 3/14/2009 11:52:39 AM
        
        Good Points - Marsby - 3/14/2009 2:50:14 PM
        
        Primary versus Secondary Cosmic Radiation - Adam - 3/18/2009 11:46:45 AM
        
        The Challenge was answered years ago - E.P. - 3/9/2009 8:03:00 PM
        
        re: The Challenge was answered years ago - Marsby - 3/10/2009 4:27:59 AM
        
        Then Where Are The Numbers? - Marsby - 3/9/2009 8:29:32 PM
        
        Over on Flame (n/t) - E.P. - 3/18/2009 9:20:46 PM
        
        Do you promnise not to get upset? (n/t) - E.P. - 3/11/2009 6:52:34 PM
        
        Very Funny - Marsby - 3/11/2009 9:00:02 PM
        
        Not Very Funny - E.P. - 3/18/2009 9:48:28 PM
  - Thanks, Mark - Raoul - 3/2/2009 10:40:05 AM
- Good question. - TB - 3/2/2009 12:31:08 AM
  - Join a group... - Socrates II - 3/2/2009 1:56:50 PM
    - ? - Marsby - 3/6/2009 3:30:46 AM
    - Tell me about it. - TB - 3/3/2009 3:30:14 AM
      - It's "evolvement" into the NSS wasn't much better - Socrates II - 3/3/2009 1:23:35 PM

ISS and Discovery !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Raoul - 3/17/2009 7:15:10 PM
- 2 pictures! - Raoul - 3/17/2009 7:32:07 PM
  - nice :) (n/t) - brian gyles - 3/18/2009 1:24:46 AM
    - There was a bat attached to the external fuel tank - Socrates II - 3/18/2009 12:50:26 PM
      - 15 seconds exposure near Betelgeuse at 20:35 CET - Raoul - 3/18/2009 6:58:33 PM
        
        re: 15 seconds exposure near Betelgeuse at 20:35 CET - Casper - 3/18/2009 7:47:46 PM

BAT Outta HELL!!!! - carl - 3/18/2009 1:01:44 PM

Teens captures images from space with a balloon and camera - Jack Herer - 3/17/2009 3:34:56 PM
- That's amazing for any age. - RobVG - 3/18/2009 12:19:08 AM
  - re: That's amazing for any age. - Marcia - 3/18/2009 12:01:55 AM

Close call for ISS - Buck Galaxy - 3/12/2009 9:02:26 PM
- What do they do up there anyways? - mip - 3/12/2009 9:18:38 PM
  - re: What do they do up there anyways? - same to you as w/Bowz. (n/t) - Marcia - 3/18/2009 12:13:55 AM
  - It's sort of like a very cheap destination resort. - Bowser - 3/12/2009 11:33:07 PM
    - re: It's sort of like a very cheap destination resort. - sorry, B. - Marcia - 3/18/2009 12:06:17 AM
    - re: It's sort of like a very cheap destination resort. - sorry, B. - Marcia - 3/18/2009 12:06:13 AM
      - re: Emphasis on 'AHEAD'. - Marcia - 3/18/2009 12:12:57 AM
  - re: Just one small part of it - Raoul - 3/12/2009 9:22:36 PM
    - Not very specific - mip - 3/12/2009 9:28:42 PM
      - You want details? One day last August... - Laurie Street - 3/13/2009 1:31:15 AM
        
        Thanks for the confirmation - mip - 3/13/2009 2:16:38 AM
        
        How about the machines? - Raoul - 3/13/2009 5:30:38 AM
        
        They got to Mars in the first place. - mip - 3/14/2009 3:48:43 AM
        
        You would say that no matter what. - alcaray - 3/13/2009 3:14:55 AM
        
        You're right - mip - 3/13/2009 11:17:29 PM
        
        Unmanned flight is not always a bargain either. - TB - 3/14/2009 3:44:47 PM
        
        What if Space X had an annual budget of $50 million? - Lee - 3/18/2009 12:08:35 AM
        
        It's not about the money - mip - 3/15/2009 11:26:08 AM
        
        re: It's not about the money - Marsbug - 3/15/2009 8:14:48 PM
        
        The two objectives need to be separated - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 11:45:23 AM
        
        re: You're right - Marsbug - 3/14/2009 1:24:08 PM
        
        So you like astronauts for their entertainment value - mip - 3/15/2009 10:47:58 AM
        
        Manned spaceflight for entertainment value - Marsbug - 3/15/2009 11:46:05 AM
        
        That is the main problem with the ISS - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 12:01:41 PM
        
        re: Manned spaceflight for entertainment value - Marsbug - 3/15/2009 7:37:36 PM
        
        Space tourists need a tangible destination - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 11:50:55 AM
        
        re: Space tourists need a tangible destination - Marsbug - 3/16/2009 12:55:06 PM
        
        The two "sides" should work together - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 1:49:12 PM
        
        You assume a zero sum game when no such thing exists. - alcaray - 3/14/2009 12:15:07 AM
        
        No? - mip - 3/14/2009 1:43:25 AM
        
        huh? - alcaray - 3/14/2009 2:47:12 AM
        
        Haha - mip - 3/14/2009 3:38:59 AM
        
        I give up (n/t) - alcaray - 3/14/2009 5:45:37 AM
        
        One Last Chance for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - Socrates II - 3/17/2009 10:40:37 AM

STS 119 launch - Raoul - 3/15/2009 8:14:09 PM
- re: STS 119 launch - Delbert - 3/16/2009 2:26:55 PM
- It was beautiful, and there has to be an easier way. - Bowser - 3/15/2009 10:51:03 PM
  - Watched it in 10x50 binocualrs from Fort Lauderdale. - ER - 3/15/2009 10:53:51 PM
    - Wow! I'm impressed. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/15/2009 11:52:57 PM
      - No great feat in S Florida. And it was still daylight out! - ER - 3/16/2009 12:31:12 AM
        
        I just looked it up - Vandenberg AFB is within range. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/17/2009 5:36:35 AM
        
        I've seen a launch from Vandenberg from the Bay Area. - ER - 3/17/2009 9:47:39 AM
        
        Schedule and viewing locations for Vandenberg. - Bowser - 3/17/2009 4:27:32 PM
        
        That has to be a sight! - Bowser - 3/16/2009 6:32:59 AM
    - Woke up to see it!! Great from spaceflightnow.com!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/15/2009 10:59:00 PM

NASA On The Radiation Hazard of Going to Mars - Marsby - 3/13/2009 3:03:29 PM
- Then there is the risk of solar flares. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/17/2009 12:47:34 AM
- Shields up! - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2009 8:07:50 PM
  - Shielding of high energy particles depends mainly upon NUCLEAR properties. - David F Mayer - 3/17/2009 12:46:22 AM
    - My new mantra - Socrates II - 3/17/2009 1:08:57 PM
  - the single most important issue for future manned space exploration - mip - 3/14/2009 3:53:53 AM
    - Yes...that would be a real problem... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/14/2009 4:32:23 AM
- re: NASA On The Radiation Hazard of Going to Mars - E.P. - 3/13/2009 7:17:26 PM
- Good stuff! Thanks! - TB - 3/13/2009 4:31:23 PM
  - Omnidirectional Rads - phil - 3/13/2009 6:35:54 PM
    - I assumed the issue was traveling there - TB - 3/13/2009 10:27:57 PM
      - Exploring from a hole - Adam - 3/16/2009 7:34:25 AM
        
        re: Exploring from a hole - gbaikie - 3/16/2009 11:49:22 AM
        
        Whatever kind of habitat you are in on the Moon - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 11:38:56 AM
        
        Indian balloon experiment finds new species of UV-resistant bacteria in Earth's stratosphere - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 5:56:50 PM

"Traveling wave" nuclear reactor - TB - 3/9/2009 2:46:45 PM
- I realize it's a mature technology, but what's frightening is "liquid sodium". - Bowser - 3/11/2009 11:58:38 PM
  - "liquid sodium is beyond frightening.". - ER - 3/12/2009 12:37:50 AM
    - It's even scarier than that - ER - 3/12/2009 12:49:10 AM
      - I think I've related this story. - Bowser - 3/12/2009 4:50:29 AM
        
        Low pressure sodium - Adam - 3/16/2009 9:24:39 AM
- U.S. News article on French nuclear power - TB - 3/11/2009 5:10:26 PM
- Cheap Nuclear Power! I have been hearing about new ideas for 40 years. - David F Mayer - 3/10/2009 8:49:57 PM
  - the only problem with Nuclear Power is Politics. - Nick Hoffman - 3/10/2009 9:35:53 PM
    - WRONG! The biggest problem with Nuclear Power is PRICE, not politics. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/11/2009 12:26:15 PM
      - The price is a consequence of politics, not an accident... - Nick Hoffman - 3/12/2009 11:42:07 PM
        
        I don't believe that. I think that the price is inherent in the process. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/16/2009 11:30:42 PM
    - "Waste" ain't waste - Adam - 3/11/2009 10:16:49 AM
      - A primer for the puzzled - ER - 3/11/2009 11:41:44 AM
        
        All of which is why this particular reactor concept is so attractive. - TB - 3/11/2009 5:09:28 PM
        
        Would rather one of those... - Adam - 3/16/2009 8:15:30 AM
    - expense - pwokenyaw - 3/10/2009 10:51:30 PM
      - re: expense - TB - 3/11/2009 3:27:43 AM
- re: "Traveling wave" nuclear reactor - ER - 3/9/2009 9:21:18 PM
  - Not too shabby - ER - 3/9/2009 9:30:02 PM
    - re: Not too shabby - TB - 3/9/2009 10:29:02 PM
      - re: Not too shabby - ER - 3/10/2009 12:06:28 AM
- Sounds very promising - Laurie Street - 3/9/2009 7:15:50 PM

Stop by the Carnival - Ken Murphy - 3/15/2009 2:35:25 AM
- "Instapundit" links to this on a regular basis. - TB - 3/16/2009 4:31:40 PM
- Very nice. Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/15/2009 4:15:06 AM

Water - And Life - Under Olympus Mons? - Socrates II - 3/5/2009 1:01:52 PM
- re: Water - And Life - Under Olympus Mons? - BRFelix - 3/16/2009 12:55:10 AM
  - Your final paragraph - Socrates II - 3/16/2009 12:33:27 PM
- I have suspected that there is microbial life on Mars for a long time. - David F Mayer - 3/10/2009 8:51:59 PM
  - Will Phobos do? - Socrates II - 3/11/2009 12:56:32 AM
    - Nope. No water on Phobos! It is as dead as a brick. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/11/2009 12:27:51 PM
      - re: Nope. No water on Phobos! It is as dead as a brick. - Marsbug - 3/12/2009 9:11:04 AM
      - Good places for Mars bases - Socrates II - 3/11/2009 12:48:43 PM
- Could Life On Earth Have Come From Ceres? - Socrates II - 3/6/2009 2:15:51 AM
  - Does Ceres really have an Ocean of Ice? - Adam - 3/6/2009 9:49:06 PM
    - Comparisons - Marsby - 3/7/2009 8:34:38 PM
      - Europa Link Fixed - Marsby - 3/7/2009 8:38:04 PM

Japan Threatens to Shoot Down North Korean Satellite - David F Mayer - 3/13/2009 5:56:28 AM
- Do the Japanese have the capability? (n/t) - ER - 3/13/2009 7:00:17 PM
  - re: Do the Japanese have the capability? - Hans - 3/14/2009 4:28:58 PM
    - Apparently the Japanese are getting reinforcements. - ER - 3/15/2009 1:20:02 AM
      - Well they do have the fourth largest defense budget on the planet. - Lee - 3/15/2009 4:45:48 PM
    - Remember those laser tanks the JDF used to fight Godzilla with? - Lee - 3/14/2009 10:43:16 PM
      - Russia is watching NK too - Socrates II - 3/15/2009 10:58:55 PM

Google Mars Updated - podrock - 3/14/2009 7:34:21 PM
- MSNBC Article On This And Other New Websploration - Marsby - 3/15/2009 3:31:15 AM

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