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Astronomy Club Observatory Ground Breaking Ceremony - Jeff F - 2/23/2009 4:14:33 PM

NEO Pioneer Eleanor â€œGloâ€ Helin - Socrates II - 2/23/2009 2:52:31 PM

Spirit rover gets a wash and wipe - TB - 2/20/2009 4:34:51 PM
- Good news, although I think they'll need a few more to survive the next winter. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/20/2009 11:08:23 PM
- I am amazed this hasn't been discussed here yet - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 10:21:01 PM
  - Interesting, and all that, but does it really matter? - E.P. - 2/20/2009 10:54:51 PM
    - It was cool, and it promises more discoveries. Isn't that enough? - TB - 2/21/2009 5:21:38 AM
    - If I thought that way about everything that interests me... - Socrates II - 2/21/2009 2:47:59 AM
      - Another reason to look for Mars life and the processes that sustain(ed) it - Socrates II - 2/22/2009 4:19:15 PM

The meteorite that was tracked.... - Raoul - 2/21/2009 3:15:00 PM

Sandra will stay longer up there.... - Raoul - 2/21/2009 9:08:01 AM

March 28 the Night of Darkness ! - Raoul - 2/18/2009 9:23:05 PM
- Astronomers and Environmentalists Fight to Save Dark Skies - Socrates II - 2/21/2009 3:01:53 AM

Space Debris Causes Alarm In Kentucky - Eric - 2/14/2009 10:49:25 AM
- re: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT - Eric - 2/14/2009 6:45:55 PM
  - If most of the satellite debris is staying up there for thousands of years - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 10:14:50 PM

Caught on Camera: Satellite wreckage falls on Austin, Texas - Eric - 2/16/2009 10:21:10 AM
- MSNBC: Shiny object recovered from TX fireball - Jack Herer - 2/17/2009 5:01:48 PM
  - More falling space trash in New Jersey - Jack Herer - 2/18/2009 6:33:59 PM
    - Meteorite exteriors are actually cold - Socrates II - 2/18/2009 6:45:08 PM
      - Video of object - Jack Herer - 2/18/2009 8:22:32 PM
        
        If you READ the accompanying text - Nick Hoffman - 2/18/2009 10:18:17 PM
        
        What? The source still unknown - Jack Herer - 2/19/2009 6:19:55 PM
        
        re: What? The source still unknown - nick hoffman - 2/19/2009 8:52:45 PM
        
        re: What? The source still unknown - Marsby - 2/20/2009 9:58:02 PM
- Seems like stuff is always falling on Texas - REB - 2/16/2009 10:55:55 PM
  - Martian CANISTERS a La War of the Worlds - carl - 2/17/2009 5:47:26 PM
- A meteorite, definitely not the debris from the collision - Raoul - 2/16/2009 5:02:43 PM
  - Texans can't seem to film a mile-long UFO hovering over their heads - Socrates II - 2/16/2009 5:56:10 PM
    - re: tumbling - Jack Herer - 2/16/2009 6:08:12 PM
      - parallax - Nick Hoffman - 2/16/2009 11:54:41 PM
        
        Two small meteorites from the fireball may have been found - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 2:26:43 PM

Earth, Sun and Moon from Kaguya on, february 9 - Raoul - 2/19/2009 7:43:43 PM
- Haaa!! - Raoul - 2/19/2009 7:59:29 PM
  - re: Woooow ! - Raoul - 2/19/2009 8:17:44 PM
    - All the sunrises and sunsets of the world in that beautiful image - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 4:55:01 PM
    - The Japanese space agency is learning space PR well. - Jacob - 2/20/2009 4:36:49 PM
      - While this is a different celestial photograph - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 5:55:38 PM
        
        Another interesting lunar image - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 6:07:00 PM
        
        Whoops, they weren't rolling - just shadows - Socrates II - 2/20/2009 8:50:05 PM

So why is this a bad thing when it's caused by Man? - Lee - 2/19/2009 12:56:31 AM
- How about when it's when it's prevented by Man? - gbaikie - 2/20/2009 1:17:35 AM
- Classy, creep-job. - et - 2/19/2009 4:44:57 AM
  - That slick would make the Exxon Valdez look like an oil change. - Lee - 2/19/2009 12:58:21 PM
    - Not big on facts, we know... (n/t) - et - 2/19/2009 4:18:34 PM
      - No difference between large asteroids hitting Earth and nuclear war, is there? - Bowser - 2/19/2009 5:49:51 PM
        
        You mean besides the radiation count and number of targets? - Socrates II - 2/19/2009 6:22:19 PM
        
        More like asteroids burning up in atmo, and nuclear war. (n/t) - et - 2/19/2009 6:21:51 PM
- re: So why is this a bad thing when it's caused by Man? - Marcia - 2/19/2009 2:20:23 AM

Cloned mammoth in the offing. Perhaps Neanderthals next. - Robert Clark - 11/21/2008 5:27:23 PM
- re: Cloned mammoth in the offing. Perhaps Neanderthals next. - Robert Clark - 2/18/2009 4:30:20 PM
  - re: Cloned mammoth in the offing. Perhaps Neanderthals next. - Robert Clark - 2/19/2009 5:33:57 AM
- Human selection is a many-thousand year old tradition - zed - 11/21/2008 9:26:21 PM
- re: Perhaps Neanderthals next. - TB - 11/21/2008 6:43:57 PM
  - The ultimate mammoth story. - ER - 11/21/2008 8:45:30 PM
- The Catholic Church also once said it was wrong to say that Earth went around the Sun - Socrates II - 11/21/2008 6:40:40 PM
  - Plenty Still Say Evolution Is Wrong - Marsby - 2/19/2009 7:29:35 PM
- re: Perhaps Neanderthals next - phil - 11/21/2008 5:41:57 PM

ESO's VLTI has the sharpest star picture ever: T Leporis - Raoul - 2/18/2009 6:51:30 PM
- re: ESO's VLTI has the sharpest star picture ever: T Leporis - Robert Clark - 2/19/2009 5:03:01 AM

Dead Comet Fragments - E.P. - 2/13/2009 9:16:34 PM
- Scary... - Adam - 2/14/2009 12:20:06 AM
  - No need for fear - E.P. - 2/16/2009 4:48:13 PM
    - Others are wrong (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 2/16/2009 11:56:03 PM
      - In your opinion - E.P. - 2/18/2009 6:59:32 PM

Dawn to flyby Mars on February 17 - Socrates II - 2/17/2009 2:19:15 AM
- re: Dawn to flyby Mars on February 17 - Raoul - 2/17/2009 9:30:22 PM

Galaxy Zoo 2 opens - Raoul - 2/17/2009 8:20:10 PM

Darwin - Raoul - 2/11/2009 7:02:49 PM
- [definition] Atheism: Someone who believes that nothing made everything [scientific impossibility]. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/16/2009 5:59:39 PM
  - re: [definition] Troll - someone who deliberately bends the rules to annoy the Mods - Moderator Nick - 2/17/2009 12:01:50 AM
  - re: [CORRECTED definition] ATHEIST: Someone who believes that nothing made everything [scientific impossibility]. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/16/2009 6:14:08 PM
    - What is something and what is nothing? - Raoul - 2/17/2009 7:19:23 PM
    - Something can be made from nothing - Socrates II - 2/16/2009 6:59:02 PM
- Creating and reproducing - Adam - 2/13/2009 1:23:37 AM
- Darwinism Must Die So That Evolution May Live - Jody - 2/12/2009 11:35:34 PM
  - Why did you feel the need to make that statement? - Socrates II - 2/13/2009 3:49:57 PM
  - Who's using the word "darwinism" ? - Raoul - 2/13/2009 6:31:49 AM
- re: Darwin - Raoul - 2/11/2009 9:59:25 PM
  - A Fitting Time To Discover Human Evolution Is Accelerating - Marsby - 2/12/2009 2:31:41 AM

Raoul has a good question about life - Johannes - 2/17/2009 2:18:50 AM

Corot discovers an exoplanet - Raoul - 2/3/2009 5:02:43 PM
- It's more like a super-Mercury than a super-Earth. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/3/2009 9:58:04 PM
  - HD45364, a pair of planets in a 3:2 mean motion resonance - Socrates II - 2/4/2009 3:30:37 PM
    - Was it Mr. Bode, Johannes Kepler, or another astrophysicist who discovered these math-ratios for orbital resonances? (n/t) - Jacob - 2/4/2009 6:31:23 PM
      - Review: The Crowded Universe - Socrates II - 2/17/2009 1:57:43 AM

Princess Elisabeth Station inaugurated today! - Raoul - 2/15/2009 9:34:19 PM
- Very cool! - Laurie Street - 2/16/2009 9:57:54 PM
  - Alberts - Raoul - 2/16/2009 10:33:33 PM

Now were cooking with gas. - et - 2/12/2009 2:50:02 AM
- "Live is a gas, but not a breeze." - Bowser - 2/12/2009 11:27:59 PM
- Well, sorta... - S - 2/12/2009 9:15:33 PM
  - Denmark to increase wind power share of electricity to 50% - pwokenyaw - 2/13/2009 6:08:16 PM
    - Danes on Wind - S - 2/13/2009 9:29:58 PM
      - Since clean nuclear has been blocked, what do we do? (n/t) - E.P. - 2/16/2009 5:21:06 PM
      - moving the goal posts, and changing the subject - pwokenyaw - 2/13/2009 9:58:09 PM
        
        "...changing the subject"; I think not - S - 2/13/2009 10:19:50 PM
        
        You first said wind will only be a bit player, then changed the subject (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/14/2009 12:02:18 AM
        
        "Wind is an unreliable ‘bit player’ on the energy scene." - S - 2/15/2009 11:34:06 PM
        
        Not if you have an efficient distribution grid (n/t) - E.P. - 2/16/2009 4:40:08 PM
        
        Wind power will only be a bit player. - TB - 2/14/2009 1:21:31 AM
        
        Forever and ever, AMEN.... - et - 2/15/2009 12:50:29 AM
        
        re: Forever and ever - TB - 2/15/2009 3:38:25 AM
        
        It's easier to engineer safe nuke plants 30 years later. - et - 2/15/2009 4:21:35 AM
        
        re: It's easier to engineer safe nuke plants 30 years later. - gbaikie - 2/15/2009 10:48:25 AM
        
        Nuclear waste is still piling up on the generation sites. (n/t) - et - 2/15/2009 11:54:58 PM
        
        re: Nuclear waste is still piling up on the generation sites. - gbaikie - 2/16/2009 8:43:17 AM
        
        Alright GB. Thats enough spiking of the space board. (n/t) - et - 2/16/2009 5:49:20 PM
        
        Now, solar has more possibilities... - TB - 2/15/2009 4:14:35 AM
        
        Indeed. - et - 2/15/2009 4:19:04 AM
        
        re: Indeed. - TB - 2/15/2009 3:44:00 PM
        
        ...but true, original Money article link is dead - S - 2/13/2009 10:50:41 PM

Regarding earthlike planets - FrankC - 2/8/2009 3:02:24 AM
- re: Resonance - Raoul - 2/8/2009 10:23:49 AM
  - Rare Earth - FrankC - 2/8/2009 7:13:23 PM
- ejection - nick hoffman - 2/8/2009 3:58:13 AM
  - life on ejected planets - pwokenyaw - 2/9/2009 5:24:45 PM
    - re: life on ejected planets. - Ejected planets is one thing... - Marcia - 2/10/2009 3:39:07 AM
      - Wouldn't be too sure about that... - Adam - 2/10/2009 12:47:23 PM
        
        re: Wouldn't be too sure about that...- Thanks for being here, Nick. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/13/2009 4:24:22 AM
        
        re: Wouldn't be too sure about that...- Thanks for being here, Nick.. Of course the info. and replies are waaaay cooll as well. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/13/2009 4:26:37 AM
        
        "greenhouse effect" - Nick Hoffman - 2/10/2009 10:49:26 PM
        
        What else can I call it? - Adam - 2/10/2009 11:45:17 PM
        
        It depends whether it is IMPORTANT or not - nick hoffman - 2/11/2009 7:16:23 AM
        
        au contraire - Adam - 2/13/2009 1:00:12 AM
        
        re: It depends whether it is IMPORTANT or not - gbaikie - 2/11/2009 10:22:13 AM
        
        DUH, get a scientiufic education - nick hoffman - 2/12/2009 7:45:14 AM
        
        re: DUH, get a scientiufic education - gbaikie - 2/12/2009 11:59:01 AM
        
        re: DUH, get a scientiufic education - gbaikie - 2/12/2009 9:24:12 PM
        
        Agree with Nick..... learn some science - dtb - 2/13/2009 2:21:07 PM
        
        re: Agree with Nick..... learn some science - gbaikie - 2/13/2009 10:38:53 PM
        
        Units! - dtb - 2/11/2009 11:30:35 AM
        
        re: Units! - gbaikie - 2/11/2009 3:09:20 PM
        
        re: What else can I call it? - gbaikie - 2/11/2009 3:50:36 AM
        
        Effective temperature - Adam - 2/13/2009 1:18:08 AM
        
        re: Effective temperature - gbaikie - 2/13/2009 8:02:08 AM
        
        Clouds and aerosols - Adam - 2/13/2009 12:00:43 PM
        
        re: Clouds and aerosols - gbaikie - 2/13/2009 7:36:57 PM
        
        Sunset? - Adam - 2/13/2009 9:04:19 PM
        
        re: Sunset? - gbaikie - 2/14/2009 3:01:02 AM
        
        Sulfuric acid breakdown - Adam - 2/14/2009 9:18:56 PM
        
        Night side and day side - nick hoffman - 2/14/2009 6:03:42 AM
        
        re: Night side and day side - lance - 2/15/2009 2:39:22 AM
        
        Places to learn stuff - nick hoffman - 2/16/2009 7:16:29 AM
        
        re: Night side and day side - gbaikie - 2/14/2009 10:01:17 AM
        
        Did you say anything there? - nick hoffman - 2/14/2009 11:23:19 AM
        
        re: Did you say anything there? - gbaikie - 2/15/2009 2:56:15 AM
        
        Windspeed vs Wind-shear - Adam - 2/15/2009 8:46:34 AM
      - Stripping - not inevitable - nick hoffman - 2/10/2009 9:08:36 AM
    - Monitoring globular star clusters - Socrates II - 2/9/2009 6:57:06 PM
      - Check this out - Socrates II - 2/9/2009 8:17:30 PM

40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference abstracts. - Robert Clark - 2/10/2009 9:21:58 AM
- Some 40th LPSC Phoenix abstracts. - Robert Clark - 2/11/2009 11:26:24 AM
  - re: Some 40th LPSC Phoenix abstracts. - Marsbug - 2/15/2009 5:24:22 PM
  - More on those white blobs on the landers legs. - Robert Clark - 2/11/2009 12:11:52 PM
    - re: More on those white blobs on the landers legs. - Marsbug - 2/15/2009 4:24:51 PM
- Some fascinating papers - nick hoffman - 2/11/2009 9:18:40 AM
- Thanks Bob (n/t) - Adam - 2/10/2009 12:41:52 PM

This may be a promotion for a new "X Prize" - Zephrim Cochrane Sr. - 2/15/2009 6:24:28 AM
- Sure...I guess... - McFly - 2/15/2009 8:12:13 AM
  - Didn't we already discuss this one? (n/t) - Adam - 2/15/2009 8:48:22 AM

Satelite vs. Satellite - Eri - 2/14/2009 11:41:37 PM

On this day, a message using Venus ! - Raoul - 2/14/2009 9:58:19 PM

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