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DART LIVE BROADCAST BEGINS 6PM EST - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2022 4:48:59 PM
- That was extremely cool! - BuckGalaxy - 9/26/2022 11:34:36 PM
  - It was fantastic - Pebble - 9/27/2022 9:00:50 AM
  - Yes. It was magnificent. - ER - 9/26/2022 11:43:56 PM
    - They also discussed the benefits of this mission - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2022 12:22:40 AM
      - Npt really/ - ER - 9/27/2022 1:58:22 AM
        
        Follow up mission - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2022 9:06:47 AM
        
        HERA will have two "cubesats" - BuckGalaxy - 9/27/2022 7:36:12 PM

DART set for September 26 asteroid impact - BuckGalaxy - 9/9/2022 9:11:08 AM
- I respectfully disagree, Buck. - ER - 9/9/2022 12:39:38 PM
  - Follow up mission HERA - BuckGalaxy - 9/23/2022 7:59:22 AM
  - We can do both - BuckGalaxy - 9/10/2022 9:03:12 PM
  - Well, how ELSE are we going to get the protomolecule? - RL - 9/10/2022 12:17:42 AM

Hurricane Merbok - ER - 9/16/2022 7:49:35 PM
- Fiona might still have hurricane winds... - podrock - 9/21/2022 5:01:31 AM
- Re: Hurricane Merbok - rappleba - 9/21/2022 2:00:47 AM
  - Nice to see you, Rappleba! - podrock - 9/21/2022 2:19:49 AM
- Meanwhile... - ER - 9/16/2022 8:07:51 PM

Should We Search for Extraterrestrial Life? - ER - 9/11/2022 12:34:19 PM
- Life and Intelligent life - BuckGalaxy - 9/11/2022 9:20:10 PM
  - We've gone over this ground pretty thoroughly here on the Zone. - ER - 9/11/2022 11:28:03 PM
    - "...we are already doing that indirectly by broadcasting our entire civilization out to the universe..." - ER - 9/11/2022 11:52:26 PM

August Arctic Ice - ER - 9/7/2022 12:16:58 AM
- It’s spring! But in July…. - Pebble - 9/8/2022 10:02:55 AM

M74 - combined imagery from Hubble and Webb - ER - 9/4/2022 12:43:28 AM
- ER's analysis - ER - 9/4/2022 2:14:20 PM

Go Artemis. - ER - 8/27/2022 11:40:17 AM
- Second launch attempt this Saturday - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2022 2:39:33 AM
- Re: Go Artemis. - Raoul - 8/28/2022 7:24:14 PM
  - Raoul! - podrock - 8/28/2022 11:58:17 PM
  - Hi, Raoul! Welcome back. - ER - 8/28/2022 9:09:49 PM
    - Yeah, the only lunar reason is water. - podrock - 8/29/2022 12:08:35 AM
      - But the show might be important - podrock - 8/29/2022 3:01:06 AM
        
        Cis-Lunar space is complex. - ER - 8/29/2022 11:52:23 AM
        
        And another thing... - ER - 8/29/2022 1:31:59 PM
        
        Living off the land - BuckGalaxy - 9/1/2022 2:54:05 AM
        
        All excellent points - podrock - 8/29/2022 4:50:12 PM
        
        the typical corporate mentality - ER - 8/29/2022 6:25:22 PM
        
        Only it didn't work the last time, for long. - podrock - 8/29/2022 8:06:28 PM
- Will you get pictures? - RL - 8/27/2022 9:52:46 PM
  - No. - ER - 8/28/2022 2:38:29 AM
- It will be agonizing for me to watch it- a lot is riding on it... - RL - 8/27/2022 4:49:17 PM

New fissue eruption in Iceland! - podrock - 8/3/2022 3:00:07 PM
- 3d model embed test - podrock - 8/16/2022 12:27:44 AM
  - Not loading, but here's the link: - podrock - 8/16/2022 12:29:04 AM
    - Works in the chrome browser. - podrock - 8/16/2022 12:32:58 AM
- more: - podrock - 8/3/2022 3:05:43 PM
  - Iceland is on a hotspot. - BuckGalaxy - 8/3/2022 3:45:08 PM
    - Also on a rift, which complicates thing. - podrock - 8/3/2022 3:54:16 PM
      - Location of Geldingadalir Volcano - BuckGalaxy - 8/3/2022 5:14:17 PM
        
        It is right next to last year's eruption. - podrock - 8/3/2022 5:28:08 PM
        
        I wish I was one of them - Pebble - 8/4/2022 5:20:51 AM

Yo, Pod! This one's 4 U. - ER - 8/4/2022 7:16:15 PM
- Oops. - podrock - 8/4/2022 7:39:38 PM

NASA's LRO finds Lunar pits harbor comfortable 63 F (17 C) temperatures - BuckGalaxy - 7/29/2022 10:24:54 PM
- I had been hopeful they were much colder - RL - 8/2/2022 5:11:49 PM
- Lava tubes are indeed very promising - RL - 8/2/2022 5:01:43 PM
  - That would be a huge advance in LIDAR technology - BuckGalaxy - 8/2/2022 5:20:59 PM
    - The drone would be in Mars atmosphere - RL - 8/2/2022 5:55:07 PM
      - Wow a did a google search and look what I came up with! - BuckGalaxy - 8/2/2022 10:09:56 PM
        
        Seems like it would have very limited range - RL - 8/3/2022 12:25:06 AM
        
        I hadn't considered the rocky surface - BuckGalaxy - 8/3/2022 5:01:38 PM
- I'm still a little fuzzy on how it would feel in the vacuum that surrounds the Moon. n/t. - RobVG - 8/2/2022 3:20:31 AM
  - FAM - BuckGalaxy - 8/3/2022 3:53:28 PM
  - What ever you do, don't fart. - ER - 8/2/2022 3:38:17 AM
- I'm surprised this post hasn't gotten more traction - BuckGalaxy - 8/1/2022 4:23:07 AM
  - It may not be fair, but - ER - 8/1/2022 12:48:15 PM
    - There's a healthy interest in off world habitats - RobVG - 8/2/2022 3:57:11 AM
  - I plan to buck... - RL - 8/1/2022 4:39:10 AM
  - much to discuss. Still considering the concepts. - podrock - 8/1/2022 4:29:05 AM

July SIE - ER - 8/3/2022 2:44:46 AM

Saharan dust - ER - 7/30/2022 10:27:38 PM
- Here, we get the wildfire smoke report. - podrock - 7/31/2022 5:11:18 PM
- It’s common here but none this week.. - Pebble - 7/31/2022 11:25:54 AM

Interactive SIE Graph - ER - 7/27/2022 2:46:28 PM
- Nice data presentation. Thanks. - podrock - 7/30/2022 1:19:24 AM

Question - RobVG - 7/16/2022 8:17:26 AM
- A vacuum has no temperature. - ER - 7/16/2022 11:55:52 AM
  - Question revisited - RobVG - 7/22/2022 2:49:34 PM
    - yes. - ER - 7/22/2022 5:12:36 PM
      - The cool thing is, modern high power model rockets can easily reach lunar escape velocity. - RobVG - 7/23/2022 10:15:29 PM
        
        Why not launch one from a high altitude balloon? - ER - 7/24/2022 12:30:35 AM
        
        It was done in 1997. - RobVG - 7/28/2022 1:04:03 AM
        
        Air density would probably be an issue. - RobVG - 7/24/2022 7:58:41 PM
        
        How about big fins for the thin air. - ER - 7/25/2022 12:35:34 AM
        
        That's a possibility. Fall away boosters with larger fins are commonplace. - RobVG - 7/25/2022 2:49:35 AM
        
        Good idea! - RobVG - 7/24/2022 1:59:53 AM
      - Great answer. Thanks again ER. - RobVG - 7/23/2022 3:02:25 AM
  - Thanks. it was one of those bedtime thoughts. - RobVG - 7/16/2022 4:54:35 PM

My favourite lake - Pebble - 7/24/2022 12:05:58 PM
- my favorite lake is gone - podrock - 7/26/2022 12:20:36 AM
- beautiful shot - podrock - 7/25/2022 1:01:07 AM

Russian chess robot breaks child's finger. - RobVG - 7/25/2022 7:34:50 AM
- Next teach it to turn the board over when losing - podrock - 7/25/2022 9:23:36 PM

Al Gore was right - ER - 7/22/2022 1:17:15 PM
- Yes, he was. - podrock - 7/22/2022 6:25:53 PM

What’s next from Webb - Pebble - 7/18/2022 5:07:05 PM
- And this - Pebble - 7/18/2022 6:14:05 PM

JWST on NOVA - ER - 7/14/2022 7:20:22 PM
- There was one on tv here last night too, I’ll watch it soon and report back - Pebble - 7/14/2022 10:50:33 PM

Vega c twr - Pebble - 7/13/2022 9:39:21 PM
- ESA does some impressive things in space... - RL - 7/14/2022 1:48:53 AM

LIDAR mapping of a mine - podrock - 7/13/2022 12:37:51 AM
- Fascinating, thanks. - Pebble - 7/13/2022 6:20:55 PM

Webb image galleries: - podrock - 7/12/2022 3:35:28 PM
- What is causing the circular effect? - RobVG - 7/12/2022 4:05:40 PM
  - Gravitational Lensing - podrock - 7/12/2022 4:30:23 PM
    - I'm familiar with it but haven't seen images. Thanks - RobVG - 7/12/2022 5:40:52 PM
      - It's really cool to see it in such detail. - podrock - 7/12/2022 5:54:58 PM

Tuesday is the day - RL - 7/9/2022 1:49:51 AM
- Come on, we’re waiting, - Pebble - 7/12/2022 1:57:52 PM
- link - podrock - 7/11/2022 10:28:50 PM
- Timetable for tomorrow - Pebble - 7/11/2022 9:55:30 PM
- Actually, the event is at 5:30, not 5 - RL - 7/11/2022 9:05:29 PM
  - running a little late I guess... - RL - 7/11/2022 9:36:00 PM
    - I've never had any luck with NASA live TV, - ER - 7/11/2022 9:55:11 PM
    - Are we nearly there yet ? - Pebble - 7/11/2022 9:53:01 PM
      - And that MUZAK is really annoying. - ER - 7/11/2022 9:56:20 PM
        
        IT HAS STARTED - RL - 7/11/2022 10:16:50 PM
        
        What music ? - Pebble - 7/11/2022 10:09:14 PM
- One hour til the first picture release!!! - RL - 7/11/2022 8:00:33 PM
- A tourist's guide to the Carina Nebula - ER - 7/11/2022 4:53:36 PM
- Tuesday's release will include spectrum of a giant exoplanet and Carina Nebula - RL - 7/11/2022 2:21:10 PM
- Today is also the day... - RL - 7/11/2022 12:50:39 PM
- It will conflict with the 6 Jan hearings! - ER - 7/9/2022 2:50:34 AM
  - I can multi-task - RL - 7/9/2022 2:53:29 AM
- It's like waiting for Christmas morning. - podrock - 7/9/2022 1:58:54 AM

Just how much better is JWST than Hubble? - RL - 7/12/2022 12:12:59 AM
- The arcs are gravitational lensing, right? - podrock - 7/12/2022 4:47:39 AM
  - Yes. Gravitational lensing. - ER - 7/12/2022 11:49:50 AM

Welcome to the HZ, Awimbo! (n/t) - podrock - 7/8/2022 2:24:28 PM
- Hujambo, Awimbo! - RL - 7/9/2022 2:56:04 PM
  - Ungawa, Bwana! - ER - 7/11/2022 5:38:31 PM
- And welcome from me too. - Pebble - 7/9/2022 6:24:41 AM

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