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NASA improvised during the early years and... - Raoul - 11/1/2008 7:41:33 AM
- YOU Forgot APOLLO 13 - carl - 11/3/2008 9:54:09 PM
  - re: Indeed, you're right - Raoul - 11/3/2008 10:27:50 PM
    - Wrongo, RAOUL - carl - 11/4/2008 12:26:56 AM
      - And Apollo 13 did conduct some science - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 2:59:46 AM
        
        But there's one place less on the Moon, that was explored (n/t) - Raoul - 11/4/2008 6:36:45 AM
        
        Apollo 14 landed where Apollo 13 was going to go - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 2:12:47 PM
        
        And had 13 been successful, where would 14 have landed? - Raoul - 11/4/2008 5:00:23 PM
        
        I wished they had explored Tycho and Copernicus - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 5:37:31 PM
        
        Exploring without the rover - Raoul - 11/4/2008 7:27:25 PM
        
        "j" Missions Moved Up - carl - 11/6/2008 8:07:41 PM
        
        It was a good thing that Project Apollo ended when it did. - Jacob - 11/4/2008 5:17:15 PM
        
        re: Deflectors - Raoul - 11/4/2008 9:34:40 PM
        
        Maybe Orion can use an ion shield - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 5:39:39 PM
        
        Good information to know. Thanks (n/t) - Jacob - 11/5/2008 7:48:56 PM

The Long Thaw by David Archer - Socrates II - 11/6/2008 4:50:36 AM

Magnetic Radiation Shield for Mars Trip Astros - phil - 11/5/2008 7:58:33 PM
- Would a collection of water tanks around the ship do the same thing? - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 8:12:04 PM
  - re: Would a collection of water tanks around the ship do the same thing? - gbaikie - 11/6/2008 2:19:45 AM
  - Both needed, but then you have to define "needed" - E.P. - 11/5/2008 8:21:34 PM

Good work, Ed - E.P. - 11/5/2008 8:54:01 PM

That's a pilot !! - Raoul - 11/4/2008 5:14:06 PM
- The only thing that over-powered would be a model. And with one wing it would flip. - Bowser - 11/4/2008 10:21:00 PM
- On a wing and a prayer, as they used to say. (n/t) - Jacob - 11/4/2008 5:20:27 PM
  - It's a fake. - Post Sputnik - 11/4/2008 7:22:37 PM
    - re: It's a fake. - phil - 11/4/2008 9:35:26 PM
      - Supporting evidence? - S - 11/4/2008 9:53:43 PM
        
        Real, Fake, and Model - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2008 11:30:10 PM
        
        re: Real, Fake, and Model - S - 11/5/2008 8:33:00 PM

Hubble Mission Delayed and New 'breathtaking' photo by Hubble. - Marcia - 11/1/2008 12:01:42 AM
- re: Hubble picture - Raoul - 11/1/2008 7:12:58 AM
  - re: Hubble picture. Sorry, Raoul but as of today, no Earth telescope equals Hubble. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/4/2008 3:32:07 AM
    - depends on what you mean by 'equal' - ARRELL - 11/4/2008 6:51:52 PM
      - re: depends on what you mean by 'equal' - Marcia - 11/5/2008 8:16:55 PM
    - I'm not so sure - Raoul - 11/4/2008 6:40:03 AM
- WOW - McFly - 11/1/2008 12:29:38 AM
  - re: WOW - Marcia - 11/1/2008 1:37:39 AM
    - re: WOW, I know, if that's a galaxy, it's pretty darn cool. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/1/2008 2:06:12 AM
      - re: WOW, - The reasoning.... - Marcia - 11/1/2008 2:28:48 AM

Details on Enceladus - Raoul - 11/5/2008 6:52:33 PM
- re: Details on Enceladus - Bowser - 11/5/2008 7:58:15 PM
- rAmazing resolution - phil - 11/5/2008 7:50:25 PM
  - Might be a tough place to land - Socrates II - 11/5/2008 8:08:44 PM

The Moon may have something Mars lacks. - Jacob - 11/3/2008 6:08:15 PM
- re: The Moon may have something Mars lacks. - Marsbug - 11/4/2008 11:51:22 AM
  - re: The Moon may have something Mars lacks. - Marsbug - 11/4/2008 12:30:35 PM
    - One benefit to future historians/paleobiologists - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 2:05:01 PM
      - re: One benefit to future historians/paleobiologists - Marsbug - 11/4/2008 3:18:39 PM
        
        re: One benefit to future historians/paleobiologists - gbaikie - 11/4/2008 5:12:13 PM
        
        "Make it so, Number One..." - McFly - 11/4/2008 6:24:52 PM
        
        re: "Make it so, Number One..." - Marsbug - 11/5/2008 11:51:38 AM
        
        re: "Make it so, Number One..." - gbaikie - 11/4/2008 7:16:13 PM
        
        There is the old theory... - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 6:42:08 PM
- Don't be too sure - Socrates II - 11/3/2008 7:54:29 PM
  - On the other hand, we may find fossils on the Moon - Socrates II - 11/3/2008 7:58:38 PM
    - And human waste is also useful in Lunar greenhouses. - Jacob - 11/3/2008 9:09:04 PM

Vertical farming - this is the future - Laurie Street - 11/3/2008 4:35:21 PM
- Surrey (Vancouver suburb) may have the first vertical farm in the world - Laurie Street - 11/5/2008 5:16:12 AM
- Algae farming - Jack Herer - 11/4/2008 2:48:42 PM
  - re: Algae farming - gbaikie - 11/4/2008 5:35:08 PM
    - re: Algae farming - gbaikie - 11/4/2008 6:09:45 PM
- Proven technology for THC-bearing indoor crops - nick hoffman - 11/4/2008 3:55:40 AM
  - re: Proven technology for THC-bearing indoor crops - phil - 11/4/2008 6:30:24 PM
- There are so many reasons it won't work. - z - 11/4/2008 1:00:33 AM
- Poor formatting - hope this is more readable - LS - 11/3/2008 4:51:01 PM
  - Vertical farming and coal plants - gbaikie - 11/3/2008 10:11:33 PM
    - re: Vertical farming and coal plants - gbaikie - 11/3/2008 10:33:09 PM
    - re: Vertical farming and coal plants - gb - 11/3/2008 10:16:01 PM
  - Vertical farming - gbaikie - 11/3/2008 6:42:28 PM
  - re: Poor formatting - hope this is more readable - gbaikie - 11/3/2008 5:26:56 PM
    - More - gbaikie - 11/3/2008 5:58:47 PM
    - More LED ads - gb - 11/3/2008 5:40:17 PM

Have new subatomic particles been found at Fermilab? - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 5:54:02 PM
- re: Have new subatomic particles been found at Fermilab? - phil - 11/4/2008 6:29:13 PM
  - You don't understand. They were still "inside" the pipe, but outside of TIME - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2008 10:28:00 PM

Enceladus news - Raoul - 11/2/2008 10:09:42 PM
- Baghdad Sulcus, huh? - Jacob - 11/3/2008 5:21:03 PM
  - re: The other names - Raoul - 11/3/2008 9:01:08 PM
    - Can Cassini be Used to Detect Life on Enceladus? - Socrates II - 11/4/2008 3:05:08 AM
      - Any evidence would be ambiguous. - Jacob - 11/4/2008 5:05:32 PM

The deepest man - Raoul - 11/1/2008 6:01:01 PM
- re: The deepest man - MrPex - 11/3/2008 11:04:19 AM
- "The Moving Hand writes, and having writ, Moves on;" - Bowser - 11/2/2008 12:15:29 AM
  - Thank you, Raoul - Socrates II - 11/2/2008 3:37:01 AM

The Earth from Chandrayaan-1 (9,000 km high) - Raoul - 11/1/2008 5:57:48 PM

More on Lunar ice - gbaikie - 10/27/2008 6:51:10 PM
- We need to send an astronaut there to get the final word. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/30/2008 9:33:46 PM
- Useful Presentation - Nick Hoffman - 10/29/2008 5:37:20 AM
  - re: Useful Presentation - gbaikie - 10/29/2008 10:08:30 AM
- re: More on Lunar ice - gbaikie - 10/27/2008 7:11:10 PM
  - Exoskeleton & endoskeleton - gbaikie - 10/27/2008 9:55:00 PM
    - re: Exoskeleton & endoskeleton - E.P. - 10/29/2008 7:59:01 PM
      - re: Exoskeleton & endoskeleton - gbaikie - 10/30/2008 12:03:13 AM
        
        Another reason to visit the lunar poles - Socrates II - 11/1/2008 11:13:28 AM

We interrupt this website with a flash news bulletin! - Jacob - 10/31/2008 3:55:10 PM
- Aunties REALITIVE's WENT NUTTSSS!!!!! - carl - 10/31/2008 4:51:16 PM
  - Ever see The Night That Panicked America? - Socrates II - 10/31/2008 5:56:03 PM
    - One wonders what the reaction would be to the "real thing". (n/t) - Jacob - 10/31/2008 7:35:34 PM
      - Probably about the same - Socrates II - 11/1/2008 11:10:13 AM

Phoenix near the end - Raoul - 10/30/2008 4:07:38 PM
- On the other hand - E.P. - 10/30/2008 8:49:04 PM
  - re: On the other hand - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 3:32:42 PM
    - re: On the other hand - gbaikie - 10/31/2008 4:00:06 PM
      - Thermal Cycles - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 4:19:50 PM
        
        Isn't it MPL reborn? - dtb - 10/31/2008 6:54:34 PM
        
        Both - Doug Ellison - 10/31/2008 8:01:35 PM
  - Survivable polar probe - TB - 10/30/2008 9:36:11 PM
    - So are we going to miss out on another chance to hear the winds of Mars? - Socrates II - 10/30/2008 11:18:29 PM
      - Phoenix goes quiet - Socrates II - 10/31/2008 3:03:26 AM
        
        re: Phoenix goes quiet - gbaikie - 10/31/2008 2:18:28 PM

Extreme time waster - RobVG - 10/30/2008 5:53:58 PM
- Great info source. - Robert Clark - 10/31/2008 10:56:57 AM
  - Sure is - RobVG - 10/31/2008 7:07:46 PM
- Too good to waste on OT! great stories... (n/t) - Moderator Nick - 10/30/2008 10:45:38 PM

Some good and some bad news on the space front. - Jacob - 10/24/2008 10:46:56 PM
- re: Some good and some bad news on the space front. - gbaikie - 10/25/2008 2:23:37 AM
  - You're correct, but evidence for any lunar ice seems to be fading...unfortunately. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/25/2008 5:56:12 PM
    - re: You're correct, but evidence for any lunar ice seems to be fading...unfortunately. - gbaikie - 10/26/2008 3:25:19 PM
      - re: You're correct, but evidence for any lunar ice seems to be fading...unfortunately. - Marcia - 10/27/2008 3:12:14 AM
  - re: Some good and some bad news on the space front. - gb - 10/25/2008 2:35:14 AM
    - Perhaps they need a ground penetrating radar on the next one. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 10/25/2008 11:34:51 AM
      - Could you define what you mean by "GPR" ??? - nick hoffman - 10/26/2008 11:48:35 AM
        
        re: Could you define what you mean by "GPR" ??? - Robert Clark - 10/31/2008 5:02:08 PM
        
        SRTM is a good example of what one might desire!!! - alcaray - 10/26/2008 6:48:22 PM
      - How important is water on the Moon? - E.P. - 10/25/2008 4:41:08 PM
        
        I think I know why you're asking. - Jacob - 10/25/2008 6:22:58 PM
        
        Close, but a miss - E.P. - 10/27/2008 3:19:56 PM
        
        "I am not monomaniacal about this" (n/t) - nick hoffman - 10/27/2008 7:47:22 PM
        
        yeah - that was a laugh-out-loud moment for me as well :) (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 10/27/2008 9:24:56 PM

Armadillo Aerospace and the bureaucracy - TB - 10/28/2008 2:23:50 PM
- He does say at one point... - McFly - 10/30/2008 5:31:53 PM
  - Regulations - TB - 10/31/2008 3:31:04 PM
    - Granted - McFly - 10/31/2008 5:01:14 PM
- Govt Needlessly Hindering Private Enterprise Again (n/t) - phil - 10/30/2008 3:12:11 PM

Hubble back in business !! - Raoul - 10/30/2008 3:36:37 PM
- More Trouble for Hubble - Socrates II - 10/30/2008 5:55:45 PM
  - re: Delays - Raoul - 10/30/2008 7:11:49 PM
    - Son of a.....Hubble needs us, and it's well worth the mission. (n/t) - Vince - 10/31/2008 2:13:24 AM
      - Even if it delays the Ares 1 first test by more than a year (launch pad availability)? (n/t) - Raoul - 10/31/2008 3:21:02 PM
    - Or worse. (n/t) - Jacob - 10/30/2008 9:29:59 PM
    - and back to the original question: - E.P. - 10/30/2008 8:53:59 PM

Polywell fusion news. - Lee - 10/31/2008 2:47:18 PM

Phoenix rises! - Laurie Street - 10/31/2008 2:39:24 PM

Dawn's One Year Anniversary in Space - Socrates II - 10/31/2008 2:24:03 AM

COLORADO FIREBALL - gbaikie - 10/30/2008 12:39:00 PM
- re: I just missed it - only visible for a short time. Tough to time. (n/t) - Vince - 10/31/2008 2:14:32 AM

Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars - Andrew - 10/29/2008 5:12:18 PM
- re: Opaline silica in "young" deposits on Mars - Nick Hoffman - 10/30/2008 10:17:20 PM
- re: Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars - Marcia - 10/29/2008 7:26:09 PM
  - re: Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars - lance - 10/30/2008 4:02:38 AM
    - re: Opaline silica in young deposits on Mars, - As I. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/30/2008 4:07:22 AM

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