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Saturn's F Ring - Raoul - 11/15/2008 10:55:47 AM
- re: Saturn's F Ring - Arnaud - 11/15/2008 2:41:51 PM
  - re: Saturn's F Ring - Arnaud - 11/15/2008 3:58:34 PM

BBC SHUNNED ME FOR DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE - gbaikie - 11/12/2008 8:38:10 AM
- Flat earthers tend to be shunned as well... - ARRELL - 11/12/2008 1:50:50 PM
  - re: I agree. Human beings pumping untold amounts of particulates into the atomsphere is having a significant impact. (n/t) - Vince - 11/12/2008 7:08:01 PM
    - CO2 is not a particulate. - Lee - 11/13/2008 11:53:51 PM
      - Thank you - S - 11/14/2008 8:50:10 PM
        
        Congratulations... all but one statement in your post was a flat out lie... - ARRELL - 11/15/2008 2:51:33 AM
      - He didn't actually say it was. You may have inferred where there was no implication. - McFly - 11/14/2008 1:10:37 AM
        
        Then look at the geological record. - Lee - 11/14/2008 2:27:53 AM
        
        Wow... - McFly - 11/14/2008 4:35:06 PM
        
        Take a look at the hysteria. - Lee - 11/15/2008 3:47:21 PM
        
        Correction - Lee - 11/15/2008 3:51:18 PM
        
        re: Wow... - gbaikie - 11/14/2008 10:51:37 PM
    - re: Human beings pumping untold amounts of particulates into the atomsphere is having a significant impact. - E.P. - 11/12/2008 9:46:07 PM
  - Educating oneself - TB - 11/12/2008 6:51:44 PM
    - "It would also be refreshing if you had anything in your repertoire except snotty remarks."- Yeah, right... - ARRELL - 11/14/2008 3:07:59 AM
  - re: Flat earthers tend to be shunned as well... - gbaikie - 11/12/2008 5:58:21 PM
    - re: Flat earthers tend to be shunned as well... - pwokenyaw - 11/12/2008 10:09:42 PM
      - re: Flat earthers tend to be shunned as well... - gbaikie - 11/13/2008 7:25:07 PM
        
        re: Flat earthers tend to be shunned as well... - pwokenyaw - 11/13/2008 8:30:14 PM
        
        re: Flat earthers tend to be shunned as well... - gbaikie - 11/13/2008 9:55:59 PM
  - Shoot! I shun him just for the hell of it. :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 11/12/2008 5:39:12 PM

Nasa Mars mission declared dead - Algorithms - 11/11/2008 1:58:37 AM
- No it isn't! It's not dead! It's whining for the fiords. - Jacob - 11/11/2008 10:53:42 PM
  - Ehat should be pining for thr fiords. (n/t) - Jacob - 11/11/2008 10:55:33 PM
    - re: pining for the fjords. - Robert Clark - 11/15/2008 12:39:46 PM
- Opportunity is still going - REB - 11/11/2008 4:01:35 PM
- re: Nasa Mars mission declared dead - Marcia - 11/11/2008 2:04:44 AM
  - Not likely to rise from the ashes again - Algorithms - 11/11/2008 3:24:12 AM
    - Some other news related to the Red Planet - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 4:08:22 AM
      - One final task for Phoenix - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 2:36:30 PM
        
        re: One final task for Phoenix - REB - 11/11/2008 4:04:28 PM
        
        You would think and hope, but... - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 4:50:34 PM
        
        re: You would think and hope, but... - REB - 11/11/2008 5:48:03 PM
        
        Reading Obsolete Digital Storage - phil - 11/11/2008 7:37:10 PM
        
        re: Reading Obsolete Digital Storage - Marcia - 11/12/2008 9:11:38 PM
        
        re: Reading Obsolete Digital Storage - dd - 11/11/2008 8:01:12 PM
        
        We will be able to keep monitoring Phoenix - Socrates II - 11/12/2008 2:19:49 PM
        
        Speaking of restoring old data... - Socrates II - 11/13/2008 4:17:14 PM
        
        Cool! Pop it into a new thread when it shows up. (n/t) - TB - 11/13/2008 4:27:20 PM
        
        Will do - Socrates II - 11/13/2008 4:56:22 PM

Then Moon at the Cape! - Raoul - 11/14/2008 11:59:16 PM
- Eyewitness report on Off-topic. (n/t) - ER - 11/15/2008 2:10:51 AM
  - Brought it here, ER ! (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 11/15/2008 10:53:06 AM
- In six minutes! Find your TV and turn it on! - TB - 11/15/2008 12:51:34 AM

India's first lunar mission - JEKing - 11/10/2008 7:45:08 PM
- The first released photo of the Moon - Socrates II - 11/12/2008 12:37:00 PM
  - re: The first released photo of the Moon. - Marcia - 11/12/2008 9:19:48 PM
    - India ready to land on the Moon - Socrates II - 11/14/2008 3:32:55 PM
      - Correction - Socrates II - 11/14/2008 8:15:38 PM

Five Years on Mars - Raoul - 11/2/2008 10:29:41 AM
- Calling All Aliens on after that - Socrates II - 11/2/2008 6:06:17 PM
  - The NGC ad for the Mars Rover program was amusing - Socrates II - 11/3/2008 4:17:42 PM
    - The Spirit is still alive on Mars - Socrates II - 11/14/2008 3:16:38 PM

Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Socrates II - 11/7/2008 3:46:31 AM
- Did Life Evolve in Ice? - Adam - 11/11/2008 12:00:54 PM
- re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Mr Fibuli - 11/10/2008 4:06:39 AM
- re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marcia - 11/7/2008 9:48:44 PM
  - re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marsbug - 11/8/2008 3:39:33 PM
    - re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marcia - 11/10/2008 2:25:51 AM
      - re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marcia - 11/10/2008 2:42:33 AM
        
        re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marsbug - 11/10/2008 11:06:59 AM
        
        re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marcia - 11/10/2008 4:25:28 PM
        
        re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marcia - 11/10/2008 4:32:52 PM
        
        re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marsbug - 11/11/2008 11:37:54 AM
- re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marsbug - 11/7/2008 3:58:18 PM
  - re: Could life have started in a lump of ice? - Marsbug - 11/7/2008 4:13:42 PM
- Well, I know of a friend's wife who got pregnant. - Bowser - 11/7/2008 6:38:43 AM
  - re: Well, I know of a friend's wife who got pregnant. - Mr Fibuli - 11/7/2008 11:08:00 AM
  - The concept of an Eutectic - nick hoffman - 11/7/2008 8:16:42 AM
    - Thank you, Prof. Hoffman - Fox - 11/8/2008 3:24:59 PM
      - At the other end of the temperature scale - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 3:19:24 AM
        
        How about clay? - Socrates II - 11/12/2008 12:42:11 PM
        
        re: How about clay? - Not just clay... - Marcia - 11/13/2008 4:53:14 AM
        
        Every dog had its day..... - Marsbug - 11/13/2008 8:16:31 AM

All plants came from a unique cellular encounter - Nick Hoffman - 11/9/2008 10:39:32 PM
- re: All plants came from a unique cellular encounter - gbaikie - 11/9/2008 11:03:31 PM
  - 15 billion billion always equals 15 billion billion. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/10/2008 1:17:35 AM
    - re: 15 billion billion always equals 15 billion billion. - gbaikie - 11/10/2008 4:52:38 AM
      - That's ridiculous - Adam - 11/12/2008 11:56:50 AM
        
        re: That's ridiculous - gbaikie - 11/12/2008 7:20:28 PM
        
        Must be a typo - Adam - 11/12/2008 11:51:29 PM
        
        re: Must be a typo - gbaikie - 11/13/2008 6:34:20 AM
        
        re: That's ridiculous - gbaikie - 11/12/2008 11:45:11 PM

Another new solar power tech breakthrough - TB - 11/5/2008 9:05:16 PM
- Interesting. - Bowser - 11/5/2008 10:20:52 PM
  - re: Interesting. - Marcia - 11/5/2008 11:28:51 PM
    - Help me put that in it's place, Marcia. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/5/2008 11:36:54 PM
      - re: Help me put that in it's place, Marcia. - Marcia - 11/13/2008 4:04:47 AM
- Are you thinking what I'm thinking Raoul? - RobVG - 11/5/2008 10:11:16 PM
  - re: Are you thinking what I'm thinking Raoul? - z - 11/5/2008 11:17:55 PM
    - re: Rensselaer Institute is well known (n/t) - Raoul - 11/6/2008 4:49:07 PM
- Sounds promising - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 9:55:54 PM
  - re: Sounds promising... not to moi - phil - 11/6/2008 1:51:31 AM
    - Nukes for baseload, solar for peak... - Adam - 11/6/2008 9:45:14 PM

Is there a special place in the Universe? - Socrates II - 11/12/2008 3:19:55 PM
- re: Is there a special place in the Universe? - phil - 11/12/2008 9:15:13 PM

Astrotrac (Paris) - Raoul - 11/10/2008 8:58:52 PM
- re: Astrotrac (Paris) - Arnaud - 11/11/2008 9:26:51 AM
  - re: Astrotrac (Paris) - arnaud - 11/11/2008 4:07:03 PM

Cosmis Log eye-opener. "HOW SAFE IS THE SHUTTLE?" - Bowser - 11/9/2008 8:29:39 PM
- re: Cosmis Log eye-opener. "HOW SAFE IS THE SHUTTLE?" - gbaikie - 11/9/2008 10:47:04 PM
  - Let's look at the 2 failures - E.P. - 11/10/2008 4:14:21 PM
  - re: Cosmis Log eye-opener. "HOW SAFE IS THE SHUTTLE?" - Marcia - 11/10/2008 1:43:47 AM
    - An unmanned shuttle. (Take a deep breath, let it out, do it again.) - Bowser - 11/10/2008 2:28:21 AM
      - not with the old electronics and wiring - E.P. - 11/10/2008 4:02:24 PM
      - The words "safe" and "shuttle" have never really belonged together - McFly - 11/10/2008 12:42:44 PM
        
        In one book, Pre-Challenger failure estimates: NASA engineers, 1-100. NASA management, 1-100,000. - Bowser - 11/10/2008 3:38:26 PM
        
        Thank you...and nice find, btw! :-) (n/t) - McFly - 11/10/2008 6:12:48 PM
        
        The Space Shuttle is a technical and pro-space promotion failure - Socrates II - 11/10/2008 4:09:41 PM
        
        re: The Space Shuttle is a technical and pro-space promotion failure - Marcia - 11/10/2008 10:01:47 PM
        
        re: I should have said, NOT SO, as a failure is concerned. - Marcia - 11/10/2008 10:04:07 PM
        
        While I cannot comment on your grandfather... - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 2:01:37 PM
        
        Some points - Raoul - 11/10/2008 9:16:40 PM
        
        When lofting larger than otherwise numbers of people into space gets us a permanent place on the planetoids and other worlds - Socrates II - 11/10/2008 10:48:02 PM
        
        Yes, but... - E.P. - 11/10/2008 4:24:04 PM
      - re: An unmanned shuttle. (Take a deep breath, let it out, do it again.) - Marcia - 11/10/2008 2:36:28 AM
        
        re: Last note: - Marcia - 11/10/2008 4:05:38 PM

No Earthlike Planets Around Alpha Centauri A or B - phil - 11/7/2008 8:26:06 PM
- What a load of malarkey! - Adam - 11/11/2008 11:22:00 AM
- what about post-formation migration of planets, though? - pwokenyaw - 11/8/2008 1:03:36 AM
- Using our current methods of exoplanet detection... - Socrates II - 11/7/2008 9:00:42 PM
  - re: Using our current methods of exoplanet detection... - phil - 11/7/2008 9:16:21 PM
    - re: Bull - z - 11/8/2008 12:26:13 AM
      - Great Balls of Fire - ER - 11/10/2008 5:43:27 PM
      - re: Bull is right - NO, not all stars have exoplanets. - Marcia - 11/8/2008 2:05:09 AM
        
        re: Bull is right - NO, not all stars have exoplanets. - Post Sputnik - 11/8/2008 3:07:51 AM
        
        re: Bull is right - NO, not all stars have exoplanets. - Marcia - 11/8/2008 4:20:30 AM
        
        re: Bull is right - NO, not all stars have exoplanets. - gbaikie - 11/8/2008 5:24:53 AM
        
        re: Bull is right - NO, not all stars have exoplanets. - Marcia - 11/10/2008 1:57:10 AM
        
        re: Bull is right - NO, not all stars have exoplanets. - gbaikie - 11/10/2008 3:50:57 AM
        
        It depends on what the meaning of 'are' is. - Post Sputnik - 11/8/2008 5:06:30 AM

Next on NOVA: "Alien From Earth" - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 3:24:30 AM

Welcome to Jurassic Park - phil - 11/4/2008 9:32:47 PM
- re: Michael Crichton died - Raoul - 11/5/2008 7:12:10 PM
  - Andromeda Strain is one of the most realistic SF films ever - Socrates II - 11/6/2008 2:06:13 PM
    - Biology in Science Fiction Blog's take on Crichton - Socrates II - 11/6/2008 9:50:45 PM
      - Various takes on Crichton from SF authors - Socrates II - 11/10/2008 3:20:45 PM
        
        Robert Park on Crichton - Socrates II - 11/11/2008 1:56:30 AM
- re: Welcome to Jurassic Park - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 6:24:17 AM

The Sun Shows Signs of Life - gbaikie - 11/10/2008 7:58:54 AM
- Something of an aside - McFly - 11/10/2008 7:35:52 PM
  - re: Something of an aside. - Re: Scope - Marcia - 11/10/2008 9:04:08 PM
    - Thanks - McFly - 11/11/2008 1:17:09 AM

The Journey to Palomar on PBS-TV November 10 - Socrates II - 11/1/2008 11:06:59 AM
- Program reminder - Socrates II - 11/10/2008 5:07:07 PM

And now... - E.P. - 11/7/2008 9:25:44 PM
- re: now and then... - Johannes - 11/9/2008 3:57:41 AM
  - re: now and then... (links) - Marcia - 11/10/2008 2:03:09 AM

Obama and nuclear space - Mike - 11/6/2008 5:51:08 AM
- re: Obama and nuclear space. - I thought that the space part came under the vice-pres.? - Marcia - 11/7/2008 9:28:34 PM
  - The vp has no special domain except:... - alcaray - 11/9/2008 8:57:49 PM
- re: Obama and nuclear space - pwokenyaw - 11/6/2008 6:41:18 AM
  - Obama on science - Socrates II - 11/6/2008 3:01:23 PM
    - Sure, but let's see what he's got money for, when he's finished counting what's left in the Treasury - nick hoffman - 11/7/2008 8:21:21 AM
      - re: Sure, but let's see what he's got money for, when he's finished counting what's left in the Treasury - Marcia - 11/7/2008 9:25:43 PM
        
        But... - McFly - 11/8/2008 1:01:48 AM
        
        re: But... - Marcia - 11/8/2008 2:10:37 AM
        
        No need for the tone - McFly - 11/8/2008 3:26:18 AM
        
        re: No need for the tone. - Likewise. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/8/2008 4:24:39 AM
        
        I don't think the horse is dead yet... - McFly - 11/8/2008 3:16:16 PM
        
        re: I don't think the horse is dead yet... - gb - 11/9/2008 4:25:47 AM
        
        re: Exactly, gb. - Marcia - 11/10/2008 12:03:43 AM
      - Obama on Space Exploration - Socrates II - 11/7/2008 3:39:26 PM

Space News story on new Congress - TB - 11/7/2008 11:09:28 PM
- The link opened just fine for me. - Bowser - 11/8/2008 7:56:25 AM
  - Remember... - TB - 11/9/2008 5:12:22 AM
- re: Space News story on new Congress - Marcia - 11/7/2008 11:23:32 PM

"Cassini might hold secrets to life on Saturn moon." - Robert Clark - 11/8/2008 9:04:15 PM

Chandrayaan 1 has successfully entered Lunar orbit. - Jacob - 11/8/2008 8:03:24 PM

Other people on the short list - E.P. - 11/7/2008 8:06:31 PM

The President''s NASA staffing - E.P. - 11/5/2008 8:38:43 PM
- [Please avoid personal jibes and insults] - Moderator Nick - 11/6/2008 12:18:38 AM
  - Technically speaking - E.P. - 11/7/2008 7:59:50 PM
- Obama on Space - phil - 11/5/2008 9:00:36 PM
  - re: Obama on Space - E.P. - 11/5/2008 9:01:41 PM
- re: The President''s NASA staffing - phil - 11/5/2008 8:49:53 PM
  - re: The President''s NASA staffing. - Thanks, Phil. - Marcia - 11/5/2008 9:02:09 PM
  - re: The President''s NASA staffing - E.P. - 11/5/2008 8:56:52 PM

Air cars - a surprisingly well-developed technology - Laurie Street - 11/6/2008 7:34:10 PM
- I actually contacted the company - azstrummer - 11/7/2008 3:07:08 PM
- Everything old is new again... - Adam - 11/6/2008 9:40:04 PM
  - re: Everything old is new again... - nick hoffman - 11/7/2008 8:19:31 AM

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