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Giuseppe Cocconi, SETI Pioneer - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 4:39:50 PM
- re: Giuseppe Cocconi, SETI Pioneer - Jack Herer - 12/8/2008 6:47:39 PM
  - Obviously, a relic of the True Cross. (n/t) - ER - 12/9/2008 7:32:11 PM
  - Yes, and appropriately so JackO (n/t) - phil - 12/8/2008 11:23:23 PM

Great news!...if true. - Lee - 12/9/2008 1:26:39 AM
- re: Ublikely - Mike - 12/9/2008 9:59:34 AM
  - Russia had a "news" story about a Buran shuttle capturing Skylab - Socrates II - 12/9/2008 12:52:38 PM
  - That's true. - Lee - 12/9/2008 12:46:20 PM
    - Lee, please note, - Moderite Podrock - 12/9/2008 2:29:08 PM
      - To be fair... - TB - 12/9/2008 5:26:11 PM
        
        I didn't see it either until I followed podrock's link. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/9/2008 7:01:25 PM
        
        good point, thanks - podrock - 12/9/2008 6:51:39 PM

Raising the Proton-M for launch. - Bowser - 12/9/2008 12:46:36 AM
- re: Raising the Proton-M for launch. - TB - 12/9/2008 1:30:25 AM
  - Live and learn. - Bowser - 12/9/2008 8:45:07 AM
  - re: Raising the Proton-M for launch. - So, will it or will it not work? (n/t) - Marcia - 12/9/2008 1:33:25 AM
    - re: Raising the Proton-M for launch. - So, will it or will it not work? - gbaikie - 12/9/2008 1:49:23 AM

Discovery in orbit. - TB - 10/23/2007 3:50:12 PM
- re: Discovery in orbit. (n/t) - Larry W Seaman - 3/13/2008 2:34:56 AM
- Harmony in space - Raoul - 10/24/2007 3:51:02 PM
  - re: Harmony in space (n/t) - michael laubek - 12/9/2008 8:16:10 AM
- So when does ISS expand the crew? - Buck Galaxy - 10/24/2007 6:51:40 AM
  - I believe in 2009 (n/t) - Raoul - 10/24/2007 3:17:27 PM
- Check heavens-above.com for sightings tonight - TB - 10/24/2007 1:29:24 AM
  - re: We should have a good view in the midwest this evening! - TAFKASE - 10/24/2007 2:09:34 PM
- re: Discovery docking with ISS - SteveS - 10/23/2007 10:12:13 PM
- re: Discovery in orbit. - Eri - 10/23/2007 5:10:37 PM
- The old girl made it- great! (n/t) - REB - 10/23/2007 3:52:28 PM
  - STS 120 - Raoul - 10/23/2007 4:14:43 PM
    - That on-camera roll maneuver was gorgeous, wasn't it? (n/t) - TB - 10/23/2007 10:48:31 PM
      - Yes, the sharpest so far, perhaps! (n/t) - Raoul - 10/24/2007 9:27:01 PM
    - Watta screensaver! - carl - 10/23/2007 5:51:12 PM
      - Both seen from the south of France! - Raoul - 10/23/2007 9:46:35 PM

COLOR-CODED SUNSPOTS - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 9:33:15 PM

STS 130 and STS 131 crews named - Raoul - 12/8/2008 8:23:22 PM

A collision in space explains Hanny's voorwerp - Raoul - 12/8/2008 6:44:02 PM

Habitability of Super-Earth Planets around Other Suns: Models including Red Giant Branch Evolution - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 6:33:49 AM

Absolute silence from Mojave Spaceport; no word on UP Aerospace; and the SFF website has tanked. - Jacob - 12/4/2008 7:55:30 PM
- Here's a good spot for updates on all things manned commercial spaceflight related.... - Marsbug - 12/5/2008 12:16:27 PM
  - Thanks. (n/t) - Jacob - 12/5/2008 4:21:42 PM
- re: Absolute silence from Mojave Spaceport; no word on UP Aerospace; and the SFF website has tanked. - Marsbug - 12/5/2008 11:57:40 AM
- The show's not over until the fat lady signs....... (n/t) - Marsbug - 12/5/2008 11:56:11 AM
  - Why not the fat man? - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 2:14:27 PM
    - the shows not over until ET or huperson's signs :p (n/t) - brian gyles - 12/7/2008 11:36:23 PM

Dear Santa - brian gyles - 12/7/2008 10:54:37 PM

NASA Delays MSL 2 Years & Adds Possibly $400,000,000 - phil - 12/4/2008 7:44:21 PM
- We've all seen barren wasteland photos from mars. - zed - 12/4/2008 11:40:24 PM
  - Going to Mars together - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 5:32:10 AM
    - re: Going to Mars together - phil - 12/5/2008 3:00:59 PM
      - And they'll keep failing - zed - 12/5/2008 11:07:17 PM
        
        re: And they'll keep failing. - Genes survive, carbon units do not. - Marcia - 12/6/2008 11:02:07 PM

Cold is the new warm - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 7:33:10 PM

Leaving Sol - gbaikie - 12/4/2008 5:44:47 PM
- re: Leaving Sol - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 1:41:14 AM
- re: Leaving Sol - gbaikie - 12/5/2008 3:04:56 PM
  - re: Leaving Sol - gbaikie - 12/5/2008 4:18:56 PM
    - Ultra-reflective surfaces - Adam - 12/6/2008 12:38:10 AM
      - re: Ultra-reflective surfaces - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 2:19:04 AM
        
        Bit more of a wish than a plan I guess... - Adam - 12/6/2008 2:45:25 AM
        
        re: Bit more of a wish than a plan I guess... - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 6:05:40 PM

Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - Raoul - 11/28/2008 11:33:59 PM
- Re-usable Launch Vehicles - coming to a space port near you. - Robert Clark - 12/5/2008 9:05:30 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - brian gyles - 12/2/2008 7:41:35 PM
  - re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 4:52:34 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - delbert - 11/30/2008 8:55:49 PM
  - re: Orion - Raoul - 11/30/2008 9:15:37 PM
    - re: Orion - Marcia - 12/1/2008 8:33:51 PM
      - re: Orion... and that does not even apply towards Orion... - Marcia - 12/1/2008 8:54:16 PM
        
        The 2009 class of astronauts will be quite different from the Shuttle generation astronauts... - Raoul - 12/1/2008 9:12:09 PM
- A very complicated question with no simple answer. - TB - 11/29/2008 10:08:27 PM
  - The payload is indeed what matters - Raoul - 11/30/2008 8:36:37 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - Raoul - 11/29/2008 9:08:22 AM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: The Necessity and Eventuality - Post Sputnik - 11/29/2008 3:04:51 AM
  - Ariane rockets - Raoul - 11/29/2008 9:06:26 AM
    - re: Ariane rockets - Post Sputnik - 11/29/2008 3:34:17 PM
      - Ariane 5 - Raoul - 11/29/2008 5:06:48 PM
        
        re: Ariane 5 - Shuttle Vs. Straight Stack - Post Sputnik - 11/30/2008 12:14:52 AM
        
        Piggyback isn't the problem - Lee - 11/30/2008 2:55:13 AM
        
        Re-using the engines - Raoul - 11/30/2008 8:48:23 AM
        
        re: Re-using the engines - nick hoffman - 11/30/2008 10:39:59 AM
        
        re: Re-using the engines - Raoul - 11/30/2008 2:06:19 PM
        
        Perhaps it was the height of Hubris? - nick hoffman - 12/1/2008 7:08:06 AM
        
        re: Ariane 5 - Nothing Special - Mike - 11/29/2008 5:29:30 PM
        
        re: Ariane 5 - Nothing Special - Raoul - 11/30/2008 12:58:06 AM
        
        Another Shuttle Failure - Post Sputnik - 12/1/2008 2:49:29 AM
        
        Indeed it landed! - Raoul - 12/1/2008 6:31:26 AM
        
        re: Indeed it landed! - Post Sputnik - 12/1/2008 3:55:05 PM
        
        When that was supposed to happen - Raoul - 12/1/2008 9:42:11 PM
        
        [Inappropriate respons by Post Sputnick deleted] - Moderator Nick - 12/2/2008 10:37:17 AM
        
        The delusional inanities of Raoul. - Post Sputnik - 12/2/2008 10:52:41 AM
        
        But! - Jacob - 11/29/2008 7:46:41 PM
- re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 1:37:25 AM
  - The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - nick hoffman - 11/29/2008 3:38:19 AM
    - re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 4:35:54 AM
      - re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - Marsbug - 11/29/2008 5:34:03 PM
        
        re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 1:55:20 AM
        
        re: The Rutan tourist vehicles are NOT space launchers - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 2:57:02 AM
        
        Your analogy to the flight trajectory of an ICBM is very significant - nick hoffman - 11/29/2008 11:20:28 PM
        
        re: Your analogy to the flight trajectory of an ICBM is very significant - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 12:50:16 AM
      - NASA did do it with the X-15 (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 11/29/2008 10:42:06 AM
        
        re: NASA did do it with the X-15 - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 12:11:31 PM
    - Difficulty of space travel - dtb - 11/29/2008 4:20:30 AM
      - re: Difficulty of space travel - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 1:18:15 PM
        
        Physics, not engineering - dtb - 11/29/2008 7:27:08 PM
        
        re: Physics, not engineering - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 1:05:42 AM
        
        Sci-Fi, not engineering - nick hoffman - 11/30/2008 8:01:37 AM
        
        My hope - Lee - 12/1/2008 1:24:40 AM
        
        re: Sci-Fi, not engineering - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 10:56:24 AM
        
        WHAT are you smoking? - nick hoffman - 11/30/2008 12:06:26 PM
        
        re: WHAT are you smoking? - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 4:07:39 PM
        
        Aeronautics v Astronautics - Raoul - 11/29/2008 2:07:54 PM
        
        re: Aeronautics v Astronautics - gbaikie - 11/30/2008 1:08:54 AM
  - re: Re-usable Launch Vehicles: a wrong "good idea" ? - gbaikie - 11/29/2008 2:19:47 AM
    - Another problem for RLVs is the market - Raoul - 11/29/2008 9:21:30 AM

A smile in the southern hemisphere - Raoul - 12/5/2008 6:44:03 AM
- Mosquitos have great appreciation for the finer things. - Bowser - 12/5/2008 5:08:46 PM
  - re: Mosquitos - "...don't require liquid water to breed" - S - 12/5/2008 8:35:14 PM
    - re: Mosquitos - "...don't require liquid water to breed" - Marcia - 12/6/2008 1:50:37 AM
    - In the interest of purity, please see reply on Off Topic. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/5/2008 11:26:59 PM
    - typo: Salway not Slayway (n/t) - S - 12/5/2008 10:05:59 PM
  - The Moon !!! - Raoul - 12/5/2008 6:19:21 PM
- needed that picture :) what a way to start a day (n/t) - brian gyles - 12/5/2008 2:02:42 PM

Promising may 2009 ! - Raoul - 12/5/2008 8:32:00 PM

Watch aurorae any ol' time - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 6:43:44 PM

Light Pollution: It's not just for astronomers any more - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 1:56:25 AM
- Mega LP in LA - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 2:39:47 PM
  - re: Mega LP in LA - phil - 12/5/2008 3:12:29 PM

Deuterium Micro-Bomb propulsion - Adam - 12/3/2008 4:32:51 AM
- Project Orion rises from the ashes! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/3/2008 4:41:33 PM
  - It's nothing like Orion. - Lee - 12/4/2008 12:47:11 PM
- re: Deuterium Micro-Bomb propulsion - gbaikie - 12/3/2008 7:38:05 AM
- Seems cumbersome for a space based application. (n/t) - et - 12/3/2008 5:04:58 AM
  - Is it terribly different in principle from using expendable rockets? - Socrates II - 12/4/2008 2:34:30 PM
    - Yes. Heavier, less thrust, and oh yea more expensive. (n/t) - et - 12/4/2008 6:33:17 PM
      - But you forgot one thing - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 2:41:42 PM

A new type of comet - our first interstellar visitor? - Socrates II - 12/3/2008 2:44:29 PM
- re: A new type of comet - our first interstellar visitor? - Marcia - 12/4/2008 3:37:33 AM
- Reminds me of Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama" - ARRELL - 12/3/2008 6:10:21 PM
  - Whoa! There are TWO MORE Coming??? (n/t) - phil - 12/4/2008 1:32:57 AM
    - Yes, but... - Socrates II - 12/4/2008 2:05:02 PM

Enceladus and stars from Cassini - Raoul - 12/3/2008 8:45:55 PM
- re: Enceladus and stars from Cassini - Marcia - 12/4/2008 1:46:19 AM
- If only it had been Mimas - Socrates II - 12/3/2008 9:49:16 PM

The speeds of the solar system - Raoul - 12/2/2008 9:53:43 PM
- re: Spaceship Earth ! - Raoul - 12/3/2008 7:42:20 PM

Jupiter's Core Bigger And Icier Than Thought - Socrates II - 11/26/2008 3:17:48 AM
- re: Icy Outer Planets - BRFelix - 11/30/2008 6:51:18 PM
  - Well actually... - Adam - 12/1/2008 10:53:08 PM
    - re: True enough - BRFelix - 12/3/2008 7:32:35 PM
- Suggests a single computational model. Wait for Juno. (n/t) - et - 11/26/2008 7:35:08 PM
  - Bilitzer makes that same point... - Adam - 11/27/2008 10:40:49 PM
    - Depends what you mean by "solid" - Nick Hoffman - 11/27/2008 11:08:21 PM
      - re: Depends what you mean by "solid" - Marcia - 11/28/2008 2:26:27 AM
        
        I meant it thew way I said it - nick hoffman - 12/1/2008 7:13:40 AM
        
        re: Ok then. - Marcia - 12/1/2008 6:55:25 PM
        
        As they say, there's no such thing as a stupid question - Nick Hoffman - 12/1/2008 10:26:21 PM
        
        So what becomes of Arthur C. Clarke's Jovian core made of diamond the size of Earth? - Socrates II - 12/1/2008 3:05:16 AM
        
        Molten diamond - Adam - 12/1/2008 10:59:18 PM
        
        I guess we may never know. (n/t) - Jacob - 12/1/2008 9:48:21 PM

America's Space Accomplishments - Post Sputnik - 12/2/2008 11:55:27 AM
- Commercialization and science - Raoul - 12/2/2008 8:45:53 PM
  - Rambling ... - Post Sputnik - 12/2/2008 8:56:40 PM
- Raoul has one valid point. - TB - 12/2/2008 7:04:42 PM
  - Raoul has no valid points - Post Sputnik - 12/2/2008 7:28:34 PM
    - re: Raoul has no valid points - gbaikie - 12/3/2008 2:44:26 AM
    - [Keep it technical, not personal] (n/t) - Moderator Nick - 12/2/2008 8:46:48 PM
      - TB's Point - Post Sputnik - 12/2/2008 9:08:04 PM
        
        re: TB's Point - Doug Ellison - 12/3/2008 1:26:15 AM
        
        re: TB's Point - TB - 12/3/2008 3:39:37 AM
        
        re: TB's Point - Doug Ellison - 12/3/2008 10:48:10 AM
        
        The worst of it - TB - 12/3/2008 3:58:43 PM
        
        (most of) Post Sputnik's post - Moderator Nick - 12/3/2008 3:44:35 AM
        
        [Obscenity deleted] Post Sputbik is banned for 1 month from Space - Moderator Nick - 12/3/2008 2:54:01 AM

Awesum SKY SHOW - carl - 12/1/2008 10:32:26 PM
- SpaceWeather has a gallery, of course - Socrates II - 12/3/2008 1:54:49 PM

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