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earliest animal life - andrew - 2/5/2009 11:40:36 AM

IYA 2009 Eyes on the skies DVD - Raoul - 2/5/2009 6:32:33 AM

Moon rovers - Raoul - 2/4/2009 10:01:28 PM

NASA delays launch of DISCOVERY - carl - 2/4/2009 5:46:35 PM
- What's the rush? - Socrates II - 2/4/2009 7:15:46 PM

Comet Lulin - RobVG - 2/2/2009 3:48:12 AM
- re: Comet Lulin - SteveS - 2/4/2009 2:16:42 PM
- Comet Lulin in today's APOD - Socrates II - 2/2/2009 2:08:15 PM

Titan? Sign me up! - RobVG - 2/3/2009 6:48:26 AM
- That's not Titan - Socrates II - 2/3/2009 3:18:17 PM
  - It's one of them movie planets... - TB - 2/3/2009 7:22:13 PM
    - Sim - RobVG - 2/4/2009 4:46:35 AM
      - Of course between Jupiter's radiation and Io's erupting volcanoes - Socrates II - 2/4/2009 12:22:10 PM

We aimed for the stars...and stopped - Raoul - 1/24/2009 4:06:41 PM
- Phantom Planet - FrankC - 1/27/2009 7:00:43 PM
  - There are two problems: Will and Money. Right now we have neither. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/4/2009 3:21:29 AM
  - re: Phantom Planet - E.P. - 1/30/2009 10:28:59 PM
    - What a load of bollocks - Adam - 2/1/2009 7:11:19 AM
- Actually...Thiokol just forced solid rocket boosters on the Shuttle, and it stopped - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:08:14 PM
  - No competition... - Adam - 1/27/2009 5:55:18 AM
    - Transportation costs - E.P. - 1/28/2009 9:38:15 PM
      - Old 1948 designs... - Adam - 1/29/2009 10:47:01 PM
        
        re: Old 1948 designs... - E.P. - 1/30/2009 9:48:21 PM
        
        How about computer simulations? - Socrates II - 1/30/2009 10:06:51 PM
        
        Use Phobos and Deimos as natural space stations - Socrates II - 1/30/2009 3:45:31 PM
- The USA Cannot Afford to Have An Ambitious Space Program AND Permit Businesscrooks to Loot the Country. - David F Mayer - 1/25/2009 3:11:46 AM
  - Have you read "The Wredking Crew" yet? (n/t) - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:09:10 PM
    - I never heard of it. (n/t) - DFM - 1/27/2009 1:30:23 AM
      - The Wrecking Crew - E.P. - 2/3/2009 7:20:55 PM
- What 50 billion dollars could do. - Jacob - 1/24/2009 7:53:33 PM
  - re: What 50 billion dollars could do. - Lee - 1/24/2009 9:22:22 PM
    - Complainers - mip - 1/25/2009 1:26:33 AM
      - What do I want to do in space? - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:15:31 PM
      - Too young to remember? - Jacob - 1/25/2009 7:51:51 PM
        
        So what? - mip - 1/25/2009 8:13:05 PM
        
        re: So what? - Marsbug - 1/26/2009 11:36:09 AM
        
        Machines are for exploring, humans are for colonizing - Socrates II - 1/26/2009 1:00:06 PM
        
        What about now ? - Raoul - 1/26/2009 8:10:00 PM
        
        re: Machines are for exploring, humans are for colonizing - nick hoffman - 1/26/2009 3:42:32 PM
        
        Actually that IS what I really thnik will happen down the road - Socrates II - 1/26/2009 4:27:51 PM

Ares 1/ Ares 5 or Direct? - E.P. - 2/3/2009 7:22:31 PM
- Direct (n/t) - Lee - 2/3/2009 11:39:09 PM
- Direct (n/t) (n/t) - Tom C. - 2/3/2009 11:33:03 PM

Spirit ROVER has a MEMORY LAPSE - carl - 1/30/2009 4:39:16 PM
- Spirit is still taking pictures. - REB - 2/3/2009 2:02:30 PM
  - Are the images from Spirit a bit fuzzier now? - Socrates II - 2/3/2009 2:24:16 PM
    - I can't tell. - REB - 2/3/2009 3:09:11 PM
- Missing time. - Lee - 1/30/2009 11:40:36 PM
- it had a "senior moment" ;) (n/t) - FZ - 1/30/2009 5:53:25 PM
  - or was hit with radiation - E.P. - 1/30/2009 9:41:05 PM
  - Naw, Took DAY OFF - carl - 1/30/2009 6:46:13 PM
  - What? Five rover years is like 100 human years? ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 1/30/2009 6:38:37 PM

Russia Proposes Mission to Search for Evidence of Astroengineering - Socrates II - 1/20/2009 3:10:17 AM
- Fermiâ€™s paradox solved? - Socrates II - 2/2/2009 3:05:10 PM
  - A couple of issues--1000 years?, von neuman probes - Sawyer - 2/2/2009 9:28:48 PM
    - It is still very early in the game - Socrates II - 2/3/2009 2:07:39 PM

Google Earth 5.0 Includes a fantastic Google Mars. - Tom C. - 2/3/2009 12:25:31 AM

JimO speaks on 'Fobos Grunt' Prospects Feb 5 - Jim O - 2/2/2009 3:15:35 PM

Astronomy days - Raoul - 2/1/2009 9:20:59 AM
- Magazine article from 1949 on exclusive first images from 200-inch Hale Telescope online - Socrates II - 2/2/2009 2:39:45 PM

Ground officially broken for China's 500-meter FAST radio telescope - Socrates II - 2/2/2009 2:29:40 PM

Stimulus for space exploration - Buck Galaxy - 2/1/2009 10:10:47 PM

Carbon nanotubes... - Raoul - 1/29/2009 9:36:59 PM
- For sure. ANY very strong, stiff fiber can cause lung damage. - David F Mayer - 2/1/2009 4:42:37 AM
- Maybe... - Adam - 1/29/2009 9:48:42 PM

Now THIS is a hot flash! - Eri - 1/31/2009 1:18:05 AM

Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 49 - Volcanism on the Moon and Mercury - REB - 1/29/2009 1:59:22 PM
- re: Brown-Vernadsky Microsymposium 49 - Volcanism on the Moon and Mercury - E.P. - 1/30/2009 10:31:26 PM
- Black Shape in crater - nick hoffman - 1/30/2009 6:22:42 AM
  - It's a giant Mercury Slug :) - REB - 1/30/2009 6:27:18 PM
- Shadowed face of central peak - dtb - 1/30/2009 12:01:44 AM
- Basalt? (n/t) - Jacob - 1/29/2009 9:58:07 PM
- Cool... a volcanic caldera - Adam - 1/29/2009 9:46:19 PM
- The 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference - REB - 1/29/2009 2:03:26 PM

Ncik, How is the ice managing to stay at Mars's poles? - E.P. - 1/26/2009 5:17:44 PM
- Nick, How is the water ice managing to stay at Mars's poles? - E.P. - 1/30/2009 10:22:14 PM
- Continuous replenishment. (n/t) - TB - 1/26/2009 5:19:41 PM
  - and...thermodynamic stability. - et - 1/26/2009 6:18:05 PM
    - The electrification of wind-blown sand on Mars and its implications for atmospheric chemistry - Socrates II - 1/27/2009 6:10:19 PM
      - Peroxide is still around... - Adam - 1/27/2009 9:48:00 PM
        
        Forget all this other stuff... - Socrates II - 1/28/2009 1:02:11 PM
        
        Wants to get Jiggy with Gaia - Adam - 1/29/2009 10:50:58 PM

Von Braun's dream-rocket performances - Raoul - 1/30/2009 9:39:22 AM
- re: Von Braun's dream-rocket performances - E.P. - 1/30/2009 9:39:44 PM

Antarctic cooling update - Hank - 1/22/2009 2:44:43 AM
- re: Antarctic cooling update - Jack Herer - 1/22/2009 9:12:54 PM
- An ice-free world!... I love it! (n/t) - Jacob - 1/22/2009 6:15:37 PM
  - Not when sea levels rise 300 feet around the globe - Socrates II - 1/22/2009 7:37:16 PM
    - I won't miss them. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 1/23/2009 6:20:33 PM
- The NASA story - TB - 1/22/2009 4:16:09 AM
  - I'd suggest that the first ever known melt is something to worry about (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/22/2009 8:11:57 PM
    - First ever known melt of that type *in the past thirty years.* - TB - 1/22/2009 8:28:49 PM
- link - et - 1/22/2009 2:52:25 AM
  - I'm a sceptic now, says ex-NASA climate boss - Socrates II - 1/30/2009 4:50:02 AM
    - Not a climate boss, not Hansen's boss, retired 15 years ago - pwokenyaw - 1/30/2009 6:23:07 PM

Majel Barrett Roddenberry's ashes to visit the Final Frontier in 2012 - Socrates II - 1/30/2009 3:53:35 AM
- Hey, LOOK at what HAPPENED to SPOCK - carl - 1/30/2009 4:41:13 PM

Apollo 1 Challenger Columbia - Raoul - 1/28/2009 7:02:40 PM
- Challenger - Raoul - 1/28/2009 9:56:01 PM
  - In memoriam - Raoul - 1/29/2009 9:17:48 PM

You decide - SteveS - 1/29/2009 2:06:07 PM
- That's a toughy...they can't do all six? :-) - McFly - 1/29/2009 6:30:52 PM

ISS and Venus size comparison - Raoul - 1/29/2009 6:43:06 AM
- Now... - TB - 1/29/2009 5:08:17 PM
- re: ISS and Venus size comparison - REB - 1/29/2009 2:04:26 PM
  - Since some of you say you can see Venus in crescent phase with unaided vision... - Socrates II - 1/29/2009 5:48:40 PM
    - re: Mir...but that was before glasses corrected my eyesight...:-( (n/t) - Raoul - 1/29/2009 6:24:00 PM
  - re: ISS and Venus - SteveS - 1/29/2009 5:47:54 PM
    - ISS 45 minutes ago !! 89 degrees high ! - Raoul - 1/29/2009 6:20:49 PM

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