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The 'flight of the Spider' - 40 years ago. - Bowser - 3/14/2009 4:48:23 AM
- Many firsts ! - Raoul - 3/14/2009 3:57:17 PM
  - How about... - Socrates II - 3/14/2009 6:24:26 PM
- Time of Hectic Launches Back then - carl - 3/14/2009 1:59:39 PM

Happy Pi Day! - Socrates II - 3/14/2009 3:44:38 PM

Happy Birthday Giovanni Schiaparelli!! - carl - 3/14/2009 1:56:45 PM
- Some info - Socrates II - 3/14/2009 3:42:00 PM

How wrong we were ! - Raoul - 3/9/2009 6:12:14 PM
- "Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future." Niels Bohr (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/10/2009 8:06:33 PM
- Yes (n/t) - E.P. - 3/9/2009 7:29:52 PM
- And is it that strange? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/9/2009 6:58:28 PM
  - Now who can argue with that! - Johnson - 3/10/2009 4:12:31 AM
    - Sermons in Space - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/11/2009 1:23:07 AM
      - re: Sermons in Space - Johnson - 3/13/2009 2:18:20 AM
        
        Thanks. - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2009 7:47:35 AM
        
        re: Thanks. - Johnson - 3/14/2009 1:15:11 AM
        
        I am being extremly restrained and polite. - alcaray - 3/13/2009 9:09:20 PM
        
        Are you? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/13/2009 10:07:27 PM
        
        And low-key. Yes. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/13/2009 10:18:26 PM
        
        Dude, truly. - alcaray - 3/13/2009 4:36:14 AM
      - "proselytizing acts only as an irritant" - ER - 3/11/2009 2:01:46 AM
        
        re: "proselytizing acts only as an irritant" - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/11/2009 4:24:03 AM
    - Oh dude. Are you going to start this crud again? - alcaray - 3/10/2009 11:25:35 PM
  - Well If We Don't At Least Hunger For Most Of Those We'll Go Extinct - Marsby - 3/9/2009 8:25:59 PM
    - LOL...True. I guess we need broad appetites ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/9/2009 9:04:55 PM

An anthology of science fiction stories with accurate astronomy - Socrates II - 3/13/2009 4:30:14 PM

Space station research sheds light on salmonella - Marsbug - 3/12/2009 1:18:56 PM
- Question - Marsby - 3/12/2009 7:47:26 PM
  - re: Question and food poisoning - Marsbug - 3/12/2009 8:25:23 PM
- So the astronauts better hope they never get food poisoning - Socrates II - 3/12/2009 2:49:09 PM

Discovery launch postponed to Sunday: - Marcia - 3/11/2009 9:50:24 PM
- After a while I believe I'd get nervous about this flight. - Bowser - 3/11/2009 10:07:17 PM
  - re: After a while I believe I'd get nervous about this flight. - Marcia - 3/12/2009 1:40:52 AM
    - Nothing, and no one. - Bowser - 3/12/2009 3:12:58 AM
  - re: After a while I believe I'd get nervous about this flight. - Marcia - 3/12/2009 1:38:31 AM

Ice Ages and Sea Level - gbaikie - 2/24/2009 1:24:29 AM
- Archibald is a crank - pwokenyaw - 2/24/2009 11:34:03 PM
  - re: Archibald is a crank - gbaikie - 2/25/2009 1:31:27 AM
    - (Medieval Optimum) - (Little Ice Age) = 4 degrees C - gogoonthego - 3/2/2009 8:25:44 PM
      - care to put some money on that? - pwokenyaw - 3/3/2009 6:09:08 PM
        
        No, but a couple of questions - S - 3/5/2009 6:15:07 PM
        
        Of course your side isn't interested in betting - they'd lose. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 3/11/2009 11:29:39 PM
        
        re: No, but a couple of questions - gbaikie - 3/6/2009 3:01:43 AM
        
        Yes - S - 3/10/2009 5:59:06 PM
        
        re: Yes - gbaikie - 3/11/2009 10:35:56 AM
        
        re: care to put some money on that? - gbaikie - 3/3/2009 9:12:11 PM
        
        re: care to put some money on that? - pwokenyaw - 3/4/2009 7:57:26 AM
        
        re: care to put some money on that? - gbaikie - 3/4/2009 9:58:02 AM
        
        Do you even believe what you've been saying? - pwokenyaw - 3/4/2009 5:09:45 PM
        
        re: Do you even believe what you've been saying? - gbaikie - 3/5/2009 2:27:12 AM
      - re: (Medieval Optimum) - (Little Ice Age) = 4 degrees C - gbaikie - 3/3/2009 2:33:25 AM
        
        Online presentation from LLNL scientist - Socrates II - 3/6/2009 12:52:50 PM
        
        Transcipt? - S - 3/10/2009 6:20:28 PM
        
        re: Transcipt? - Socrates II - 3/10/2009 6:36:08 PM
        
        Thanks - S - 3/10/2009 7:27:34 PM

Seeing another Earth: Detecting and Characterizing Rocky Planets with Extremely Large Telescopes - Socrates II - 2/24/2009 5:01:12 AM
- Sounds like a bigger version and wider view of our Kepler mission in some ways. Thanks, Socs.! (n/t) - Marcia - 3/11/2009 8:11:16 PM
- T.I.P.O. (Tesla Interferometric Planetary Observer) - Socrates II - 2/24/2009 5:03:54 AM
  - Is Beta Pic b the transiting planet of November 1981? - Socrates II - 3/9/2009 2:29:20 AM

Lulin Report - Hank - 2/28/2009 4:09:19 AM
- Alien spacecraft captured barreling through space towards distant galaxies - Socrates II - 3/10/2009 11:46:06 AM
  - Probably the Leo Cluster. - hank - 3/10/2009 6:32:34 PM

NASA's Constellation program - Raoul - 3/7/2009 7:52:31 PM
- Past time to stop Ares 1 and get on with Direct (n/t) - E.P. - 3/9/2009 7:32:54 PM
  - I'll agree with that. (n/t) - Lee - 3/9/2009 10:28:24 PM
- Shutup Jerk - Marsby - 3/9/2009 2:18:58 AM
  - Note that this is NOT a response to Raoul. - TB - 3/9/2009 4:41:02 AM
    - I didn't think I had but the one post on this subject. :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 3/9/2009 5:28:14 AM
- (obscenity deleted) (n/t) - modpod - 3/9/2009 2:15:20 AM
- re: NASA's Constellation program - Hans - 3/8/2009 9:13:19 PM
- Raoul - you are the man!! Extraordinary! Enjoy the weekend! (n/t) - Vince - 3/8/2009 8:35:07 AM
- Spectacular. - Bowser - 3/8/2009 7:59:45 AM
- re: EXCELLENT photos! - phil - 3/8/2009 1:01:11 AM

Kepler - Raoul - 3/5/2009 8:17:23 PM
- Three cheers for CU ! - podrock - 3/8/2009 12:05:38 AM
- 10:49 PM Eastern Time is the latest launch time. (n/t) - TB - 3/6/2009 7:45:06 PM
  - Launched! - TB - 3/7/2009 3:53:31 AM
    - re: Launched! - Finally!!!! - Marcia - 3/8/2009 1:57:02 AM
    - Waited a long time for the Kepler mission - mip - 3/7/2009 4:10:02 AM
- Five Things About the Kepler Mission - Socrates II - 3/6/2009 3:03:01 AM
  - And if Earth-like planets are rare? - Adam - 3/8/2009 8:26:12 AM
    - There will be very little different in the universe if we learn that they are rare. - alcaray - 3/8/2009 7:13:50 PM
      - I'm not so sure... (n/t) - Adam - 3/9/2009 8:17:10 AM
      - It would mean we don't understand solar system formation - pwokenyaw - 3/9/2009 3:49:01 AM
        
        We don't. - alcaray - 3/9/2009 6:41:40 PM
        
        It's a puzzle - Adam - 3/9/2009 11:28:42 AM
        
        More than just finding another Earth - Socrates II - 3/9/2009 11:23:16 AM
        
        To clarify - Socrates II - 3/9/2009 11:26:38 AM
    - Science is more important than faith ! - Raoul - 3/8/2009 9:50:51 AM
      - Absolutely - Adam - 3/9/2009 8:09:42 AM
      - You mean I can't look up how many "earths" in the bible? - sawyer - 3/8/2009 12:16:11 PM
        
        Faith isn't just a religious thing - Adam - 3/9/2009 8:15:28 AM
        
        HOPE will take us to the stars, imho - nick hoffman - 3/9/2009 10:31:26 AM
        
        No love for Charity? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/9/2009 9:58:20 PM
        
        Anomalist Spam Deleted (n/t) - podrock - 3/9/2009 2:40:48 AM
        
        Once Again - Marsby - 3/9/2009 2:11:36 AM
        
        The contradictions.... - Raoul - 3/8/2009 1:07:02 PM
        
        I wihs humans had bigger imaginations - Socrates II - 3/8/2009 7:10:51 PM
        
        Imagination - Raoul - 3/8/2009 7:40:21 PM
        
        Kepler's Streak - Socrates II - 3/9/2009 11:17:54 AM

Changing appearance below Phoenix - Raoul - 3/9/2009 5:36:46 AM
- Perchlorates. - generation xyz - 3/9/2009 3:07:09 PM

Venus and the moon last night - Laurie Street - 2/28/2009 7:23:19 PM
- re: Venus and the moon last night - brian gyles - 3/3/2009 1:37:58 AM
- re: Venus and the moon last night - TB - 3/1/2009 12:31:29 AM
  - re: Venus and the moon last night - Laurie Street - 3/1/2009 7:46:59 PM
    - Took pics with my new Canon - phil - 3/2/2009 1:19:30 AM
      - Looking forward to seeing the pics - Laurie Street - 3/2/2009 10:08:17 PM
        
        re: Looking forward to seeing the pics - phil - 3/8/2009 8:35:56 PM
        
        Nice! - Laurie Street - 3/9/2009 2:34:18 PM

Were gravitational waves first detected in 1987? - Socrates II - 3/4/2009 6:58:36 PM
- Probably not. But Weber DID start an entire new branch of astronomy. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/5/2009 12:50:35 AM
  - How superconducting sheets could reflect gravitational waves - Socrates II - 3/6/2009 1:37:21 PM
    - Neat idea, but I doubt it. - David F Mayer - 3/6/2009 10:34:42 PM

Doug Ellison has a great article in the "Planetary Report" - TB - 3/5/2009 7:29:26 PM
- Podcast > Article > Talk at JPL, March 17th - Doug Ellison - 3/6/2009 12:28:53 AM

Oppy by MRO (recent) - Raoul - 3/5/2009 5:54:43 PM

Forty Years APOLLO 9 March 3, 1969 - carl - 3/3/2009 5:36:02 PM
- re: Forty Years APOLLO 9 March 3, 1969 - Raoul - 3/3/2009 5:58:37 PM
  - re: Forty Years APOLLO 9 March 3, 1969 - Raoul - 3/3/2009 6:10:30 PM
    - Just Too Much that WENT RIGHT - carl - 3/3/2009 8:52:17 PM
      - re:1 goal - Raoul - 3/3/2009 9:34:33 PM
        
        To a Rocky Moon now online - Socrates II - 3/4/2009 1:37:29 PM
        
        GPO Had alot of Neat BOOKS in 70's - carl - 3/4/2009 3:41:27 PM
        
        Is this the book? - Socrates II - 3/4/2009 5:04:04 PM
        
        Or perhaps more likely this one? - Socrates II - 3/4/2009 5:09:02 PM
        
        THAT's IT!!!! - carl - 3/5/2009 5:29:34 PM

Asteroid flyby today! - Raoul - 3/2/2009 11:16:06 AM
- Anyone know the actual probabilities of impact of 10 meter sized asteroids? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/4/2009 12:22:18 AM
  - re: Anyone know the actual probabilities of impact of 10 meter sized asteroids? - Robert Clark - 3/5/2009 5:19:17 AM
- Too bad there wasn't more notice. - RobVG - 3/3/2009 1:18:03 AM
- In today's APOD - Socrates II - 3/2/2009 2:41:46 PM
  - This only proves once again.... - Jeff F - 3/2/2009 4:48:06 PM
    - It doesn't have to happen again - E.P. - 3/2/2009 4:57:37 PM
      - We do? - Jeff F - 3/3/2009 8:07:00 PM

Visualizing the 10 dimensions of String Theory - phil - 3/5/2009 12:45:27 AM
- That was great. I think. Seemed pretty good. Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/5/2009 4:03:37 AM

Controversy Sails with the Polarstern - gbaikie - 3/5/2009 3:50:41 AM

100 Years Since the Tunguska Event - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:08:38 PM
- A Canadian operated asteroid-hunting satellite should probe the sky in 2010. - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:25:35 PM
- House passes bill mandating a plan for asteroid warning and deflection - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:09:28 PM
  - That is in addition to the George Brown Jnr. Ammendment - E.P. - 7/3/2008 9:15:51 PM
  - Once in 100 years, huh?...The next one will explode over the Pacific. - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:29:37 PM
    - A Hiroshima size explosion occurs in Earth's atmosphere around once a year. - Lee - 6/28/2008 12:07:11 AM
      - re: A Hiroshima size explosion occurs in Earth's atmosphere around once a year. - a;lskdjf - 3/5/2009 2:18:52 AM
    - And yet, there is more of the surface of the earth that is not Pacific Ocean than is. - alcaray - 6/27/2008 9:35:30 PM
      - A big enough impact in the ocean... - ER - 6/28/2008 3:03:55 PM
        
        But those are _really_ big impacts - dtb - 6/28/2008 10:16:00 PM
        
        Good summation - TB - 6/28/2008 6:50:14 PM
      - The one that zipped over the US in 1972... - Socrates II - 6/28/2008 3:09:11 AM
        
        re: The one that zipped over the US in 1972..it might still trigger a nuclear response . - Andrew - 7/4/2008 4:27:27 PM
        
        And there may be a 'recent' Arabian Tunguska that may have wiped out a merchant city/town. - Jacob - 7/2/2008 4:59:11 PM
        
        Happened in 1991 as well. - Lee - 6/28/2008 5:24:15 AM
        
        Huge Tunguska Explosion Remains Mysterious 100 Years Later - Socrates II - 6/30/2008 7:52:27 PM
        
        The Tunguska Impact - 100 Years Later - Socrates II - 6/30/2008 7:55:11 PM
        
        Acid Rain Traces Support Meteor Theory For 1908 Tunguska Blast - Socrates II - 7/1/2008 2:08:22 PM
        
        Maverick scientists probe Siberian forest mystery - Socrates II - 7/2/2008 3:03:38 PM
        
        Tesla DEATH RAY.............. - carl - 7/2/2008 3:13:53 PM
        
        Scientific American article on the Tunguska Event - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 1:46:11 AM
        
        Meanwhile - 12,900 years ago in America... - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 3:47:40 PM
        
        Yep. - E.P. - 7/3/2008 9:27:27 PM
        
        Maybe Chicken Little Wasn't Paranoid After All - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 3:06:30 PM

A European Lunar Lander - Raoul - 3/2/2009 8:12:33 PM
- Yes! It's time to leave earth, this place is getting too dangerous. - Jacob - 3/3/2009 5:50:14 PM
  - China Aims For Unmanned Soft Landing On Moon By 2013 - Socrates II - 3/4/2009 12:49:04 PM

Japanese Scientists Cool To Kyoto - gbaikie - 2/27/2009 2:44:31 AM
- I know a climatologist in Japan who knows these people - pwokenyaw - 2/27/2009 4:18:42 AM
  - That's not fair... - et - 3/3/2009 12:25:48 AM
  - re: I know a climatologist in Japan who knows these people - gbaikie - 2/27/2009 6:49:02 AM
    - re: I know a climatologist in Japan who knows these people - pwokenyaw - 2/27/2009 10:09:22 PM
  - It's interesting. - TB - 2/27/2009 5:32:49 AM
    - It IS interesting, isn't it? - et - 3/3/2009 11:58:37 PM
    - Scientific Skepticism Is Supposed To Based on Science Not Wishful Thinking - Marsby - 2/28/2009 5:13:12 PM
      - But you don't understand... - ER - 2/28/2009 6:18:43 PM
        
        Evidence, ER. - TB - 2/28/2009 7:39:52 PM
        
        Motive, TB. - ER - 2/28/2009 8:52:01 PM
        
        re: Motive - TB - 3/1/2009 12:29:48 AM
        
        you missed the boat TB - pwokenyaw - 3/1/2009 7:09:58 AM
        
        "It's amazing that I still haven't been able to get this simple point across." - ER - 3/1/2009 3:58:00 AM
        
        re: point - TB - 3/1/2009 5:46:31 AM
        
        Problems With Proposed Solutions Is Not A Scientific Basis For Rejecting The Problem - Marsby - 3/1/2009 9:49:01 PM
        
        re: Problems With Proposed Solutions Is Not A Scientific Basis For Rejecting The Problem - phil - 3/2/2009 1:59:15 AM
        
        re: Proposed Solutions - TB - 3/1/2009 11:28:31 PM
        
        Of Course - Marsby - 3/2/2009 5:25:11 AM
        
        Don Q - phil - 3/2/2009 1:21:57 AM
        
        I look a lot more like Sancho Panza - TB - 3/2/2009 4:41:59 AM
        
        Ay...Seeesco.... - ER - 3/2/2009 1:45:36 PM
        
        Hey, I'm reading Don Quijote right now on my bus commute. - ER - 3/2/2009 2:03:22 AM
        
        So now it's the UN? - ER - 3/1/2009 12:20:36 PM
        
        75% of auction fees are going for a tax cut, so your model doesn't work - pwokenyaw - 3/1/2009 7:14:47 AM
        
        It isn't a tax cut. - TB - 3/1/2009 3:07:24 PM
        
        it sure is - pwokenyaw - 3/1/2009 4:21:15 PM
        
        Your Point Is Clear Just Not Believable - Marsby - 3/1/2009 1:58:49 AM
        
        re: Motive, TB. - gbaikie - 2/28/2009 11:02:37 PM
      - re: Scientific Skepticism Is Supposed To Based on Science Not Wishful Thinking - TB - 2/28/2009 6:17:48 PM
        
        Let Me Make It Simpler - Marsby - 2/28/2009 11:10:27 PM
        
        re: Let Me Make It Simpler - gbaikie - 3/1/2009 12:04:54 AM
        
        re: Let Me Make It Simpler - Marsby - 3/1/2009 1:55:16 AM
    - re: It's interesting. - E.P. - 2/27/2009 10:07:11 PM
- Are they the ones that say that whaling doesn't affect whale population? (n/t) - alcaray - 2/27/2009 3:16:47 AM

11th Century Supernovae Detected in Antarctic Ice - Socrates II - 2/23/2009 10:01:58 PM
- Supernovae are not always seen... - Hank - 3/3/2009 12:52:36 PM
- It is utterly amazing what information lies in ice, rock, etc for the truly intelligent observer. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:19:14 AM

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