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ATV is down! - Raoul - 9/29/2008 3:17:20 PM
- re: ATV's re-entry from a DC 8 - Raoul - 9/29/2008 4:58:22 PM

Ozone hole seems to have busted another area record - TB - 9/26/2008 6:47:07 AM
- Yeas, and we're going to seee some "interesting " weather (n/t) - E.P. - 9/29/2008 4:51:44 PM

Rocket Man crosses the Channel - nick hoffman - 9/26/2008 11:48:01 PM
- COBRA!!! - Lee - 9/27/2008 9:34:20 PM
- Perhaps one day ther'e'll be a squadron of rocket men doing aerobatics! - Raoul - 9/26/2008 11:57:33 PM
  - You'll see it on a future James Bond movie. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 9/27/2008 8:24:51 PM
    - re: Die Another Day - Check out the switchblade and the PHASST! - Vince - 9/28/2008 12:55:23 PM
  - He had to land with a parachute? - Socrates II - 9/27/2008 12:28:06 AM
    - Maybe Made a TRUE BELLY LANDING??? - carl - 9/27/2008 4:36:23 PM

ISS to get new ring for damaged solar rotary joint. "...finally pinned down the cause of metallic contamination..." - Vince - 9/26/2008 11:01:11 PM
- Aww, Shucks, a LITTLE WD-40 Should Do the TRICK - carl - 9/27/2008 4:38:56 PM
- re: Link - vince - 9/26/2008 11:04:34 PM

Japan to host space elevator conference - phil - 9/22/2008 4:07:39 PM
- re: Japan to host space elevator conference - gbaikie - 9/22/2008 6:04:56 PM
  - pound-for-pound - Nick Hoffman - 9/23/2008 3:19:18 AM
    - re: pound-for-pound - bruced - 9/24/2008 3:44:31 AM
  - re: Japan to host space elevator conference - gbaikie - 9/22/2008 7:41:59 PM
    - re: Japan to host space elevator conference - phil - 9/22/2008 11:39:05 PM
      - re: Japan to host space elevator conference - gbaikie - 9/23/2008 1:54:39 AM
        
        [tedious long-hand calculations by gbaike deleted] - Moderator Nick - 9/25/2008 10:34:46 PM
        
        re: [tedious long-hand calculations by gbaike deleted] - gbaikie - 9/26/2008 1:14:31 AM
        
        "why can't you or anyone else do this? " - Nick Hoffman - 9/26/2008 4:01:26 AM
        
        "why can't you or anyone else do this? "- fine, my rate is $75/hour.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/26/2008 4:20:40 AM
        
        How many hours will it require? (n/t) - gbaikie - 9/26/2008 5:26:52 AM
        
        8^) send me a blank check and I'll let you know (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/27/2008 2:54:23 AM
        
        So, this will take years? (n/t) - gbaikie - 9/27/2008 9:43:28 AM
- A space elevator would be great. - Bowser - 9/22/2008 5:49:48 PM

Atlantis and Endeavour together at the KSC (STS 125 and 400) - Raoul - 9/22/2008 6:12:25 PM
- re: You left out the rainbows and the rest of the KSC pad... - Vince - 9/24/2008 3:05:29 AM
  - Dang "image viewers" - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 3:34:50 AM
    - re: I know, my bad. Thanks for fixing things! (n/t) - Vince - 9/25/2008 3:50:06 AM
      - I'm lucky enough to be able to delete my mistakes... - Moderator Nick - 9/25/2008 10:28:53 PM
    - re: Dang "image viewers" - Georgeous image, Nick. Thanks! Timeless. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/24/2008 6:21:41 AM
- Now THAT's what a space launch site should look like... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 9/23/2008 3:56:53 AM
  - A brief glimpse of a future that never was. - Lee - 9/24/2008 11:53:28 AM
    - re: A brief glimpse of a future that never was. - I know, but that one is real. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/27/2008 2:17:38 AM
  - re: Now THAT's what a space launch site should look like... - Yes, and interestingly... - Marcia - 9/24/2008 3:14:51 AM
    - re: Now THAT's what a space launch site should look like... - Yes, and interestingly... - Marcia - 9/24/2008 3:18:31 AM

After the dark matter and the dark energy, welcome to.. - Raoul - 9/23/2008 9:45:47 PM
- Question? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/26/2008 12:12:48 AM
- Interesting.... - ARRELL - 9/24/2008 3:08:42 AM
  - Quite! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/26/2008 12:19:04 AM
- Feel the Force... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 12:09:32 AM
- Actually one might as well call it a LIGHT flow. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/23/2008 11:01:45 PM
  - Non-sequiteur... - Michael Gmirkin - 9/26/2008 12:28:16 AM
    - Re: Non-sequitur - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/26/2008 1:46:01 AM
      - re: Re: Non-sequitur. - Good for Mr./Fr. Lemaitre. - Marcia - 9/27/2008 12:07:03 AM
      - RE: Non-sequitur - Michael Gmirkin - 9/26/2008 2:18:39 AM
  - re: Actually one might as well call it a LIGHT flow. - Nnnnope. - Marcia - 9/24/2008 3:30:04 AM
    - re: Actually what they're detecting is a 'force'. .. so far, no light. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/24/2008 3:31:11 AM
      - re: Actually what they're detecting is a 'force'. .. so far, no light. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 4:19:24 AM
        
        re: Actually what they're detecting is a 'force'. .. so far, no light. - Marcia - 9/24/2008 5:04:21 AM
  - AAAAAAAAAAAAArrrrgh! - ER - 9/23/2008 11:49:58 PM
    - Give it a rest. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 12:08:06 AM
      - I've actually corresponded with Fred Hoyle. - ER - 9/24/2008 12:50:11 AM
        
        re: I've actually corresponded with Fred Hoyle. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 1:24:49 AM
        
        re: I've actually corresponded with Fred Hoyle. - ER - 9/24/2008 1:40:23 AM
      - And furthermore... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 12:21:01 AM
        
        Which "labs"? - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 12:36:35 AM
        
        re: Which "labs"? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/24/2008 12:44:34 AM
- re: After the dark matter and the dark energy, welcome to.. - Delbert - 9/23/2008 10:07:09 PM
  - re: After the dark matter and the dark energy, welcome to.. - vince - 9/24/2008 12:39:53 AM

Proton launches! - Raoul - 9/26/2008 6:44:46 PM

White Planets and Hoffmen - nick hoffman - 9/24/2008 11:49:28 AM
- Well, if he's a Scion, it's distant... - nick hoffman - 9/25/2008 1:33:21 PM
  - Oh, and sea level... - Nick Hoffman - 9/25/2008 10:17:38 PM
  - Just what the latest Proterozoic needs... - Adam - 9/25/2008 10:08:22 PM
    - Dumb Journos - Nick Hoffman - 9/25/2008 10:22:02 PM
      - Dumbing down... or just dumb? - Adam - 9/26/2008 7:52:18 AM
- That sounds so cool... - Adam - 9/25/2008 10:40:22 AM
  - Sponges - nick hoffman - 9/25/2008 1:16:56 PM
- Have fun. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/25/2008 6:28:48 AM

The most coveted site outside of Earth - Raoul - 9/26/2008 5:45:12 AM

First CETI, then SETI, then METI, and now... - Socrates II - 9/26/2008 4:35:47 AM

"Hibernating Stellar Magnet." Distant or Local? Magnetar or something else? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/25/2008 11:49:39 PM

[Gmirkin} Dark flow post deleted - nick hoffman - 9/25/2008 1:08:53 PM
- re: [Gmirkin} Dark flow post deleted - Michael Gmirkin - 9/25/2008 11:36:25 PM

Sun's Plasma Output at 50-Year Low - Michael Gmirkin - 9/24/2008 12:09:16 AM
- re: Sun's Plasma Output at 50-Year Low - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/25/2008 10:02:13 PM
- Are we going to freeze or roast? (n/t) - Jacob - 9/25/2008 1:37:06 PM
- it means the Solar "constant" is not constant - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 12:39:57 AM
  - I hate to throw Al Gore into the mix, but... - Jacob - 9/24/2008 5:19:58 PM
    - re: I hate to throw Al Gore into the mix, but... - pwokenyaw - 9/25/2008 8:35:17 PM
  - Interesting. :) Thx. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/24/2008 4:53:48 PM
    - God forgot to pay the electric bill - SirIsaacNeutron - 9/24/2008 5:03:09 PM

What happens sometimes.... - Raoul - 9/24/2008 7:32:49 PM
- Camera Accidents can be so wonderful - nick hoffman - 9/25/2008 1:03:14 PM
  - Did you sneeze while you where taking it? LOL - REB - 9/25/2008 5:10:56 PM
    - Maybe, I don't remember :-o (n/t) - Raoul - 9/25/2008 6:29:31 PM
  - :-))) That's Art ! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/25/2008 3:29:54 PM
- Those are both wonderful - McFly - 9/24/2008 8:45:45 PM

Project Orion - 150 people into orbit in one launch - round trip to Mars in 125 days with 8 astronauts - Laurie Street - 9/24/2008 5:57:47 PM
- What about the longitudinal oscillation?...I suspect humans won't tolerate it for too long. (n/t) - Jacob - 9/25/2008 5:03:43 PM
- The Papers are online... - Adam - 9/25/2008 10:54:48 AM
  - Those Papers are... - Adam - 9/25/2008 11:15:07 AM

"Supercollider shut down until spring" - Bowser - 9/24/2008 5:21:05 AM
- Unreal, schedule dependent on external electric grid. - Sawyer - 9/24/2008 1:29:10 PM
  - LHC is the very essence of bleeding edge. - alcaray - 9/24/2008 9:13:12 PM
  - There may be a mitigating factor. - Bowser - 9/24/2008 2:53:03 PM
    - Since when is physics seasonal? - Socrates II - 9/24/2008 4:53:25 PM
      - I think it has to do with the availability of electrical power from the grid. - Bowser - 9/24/2008 5:37:01 PM
        
        A glimpse of the future with "renewables". - Lee - 9/25/2008 3:39:37 PM
      - Maybe it's just their best estimate as to how long it's going to take to fix it. (n/t) - ER - 9/24/2008 5:11:37 PM

The Emdrive appears to be gaining momentum. - Lee - 9/24/2008 5:15:44 PM
- Still seems dubious - Adam - 9/25/2008 10:56:27 AM

MSL landing site selection is going on. - alcaray - 9/17/2008 6:37:41 PM
- Votes are cast - nick hoffman - 9/24/2008 11:54:39 AM
- My favourites:- - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2008 9:39:51 PM
  - re: My favourites:- - REB - 9/18/2008 3:04:55 PM
  - re: My favourites:- - Marsbug - 9/18/2008 10:08:25 AM
    - They should land where one of the old Soviet probes came down - Socrates II - 9/18/2008 7:27:03 PM

When Worlds Collide... - Nick Hoffman - 9/24/2008 5:04:48 AM
- re: When Worlds Collide... - http://www.gemini.edu/node/13 - 9/24/2008 5:31:45 AM
  - re: When Worlds Collide... - ... sorry, that was me: Marcia - 9/24/2008 5:39:39 AM

Possible intrinsic blueshift of Cepheid variable stars in the Milky Way? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/21/2008 3:11:58 PM
- In an unreated article: possible intrinsic redshift of other stars. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/21/2008 4:02:53 PM
  - "don't know the reliability of the source" - Moderator Nick - 9/21/2008 11:40:34 PM
    - Ran across it. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/24/2008 12:26:06 AM
    - re: "don't know the reliability of the source" - ER - 9/22/2008 2:36:12 AM
      - RE: Arp. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/24/2008 12:33:41 AM
        
        I've looked at the article a bit more closely - ER - 9/24/2008 1:13:41 AM

Here it comes...... Augmented Reality - Bluh - 9/19/2008 6:19:43 PM
- I want my holodeck!!! ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 9/23/2008 4:45:48 PM
- Dangerous while Driving - Lindy - 9/19/2008 10:55:56 PM
  - BTTF Part 2 - carl - 9/22/2008 4:42:24 PM
- Hmm... - alcaray - 9/19/2008 7:47:22 PM
  - You pick up real quick... - ER - 9/19/2008 8:12:27 PM
- It all sounds positively dreadful to me. - ER - 9/19/2008 7:04:18 PM
  - re: It all sounds positively dreadful to me. - TB - 9/20/2008 5:50:38 PM
    - re: It all sounds positively dreadful to me. - alcaray - 9/21/2008 9:01:31 AM
    - I don't own a Porsche, - ER - 9/20/2008 10:37:38 PM
      - re: I don't own a Porsche, - TB - 9/21/2008 6:25:58 PM
        
        We'd better record those reefs while we've still got them, - ER - 9/21/2008 7:58:02 PM
        
        re: while we've still got them, - TB - 9/22/2008 2:44:06 AM
        
        re: while we've still got them, - ER - 9/22/2008 10:48:02 AM
        
        re: while we've still got them, - TB - 9/22/2008 4:25:55 PM
        
        Natural environmental changes do not threaten coral reefs as a class. - ER - 9/22/2008 8:29:04 PM
        
        Postscript - ER - 9/22/2008 8:38:14 PM
        
        Alcyonaria Shrugged... - ARRELL - 9/22/2008 12:10:47 PM
        
        Didn't realize how extensive your files were. - Lee - 9/23/2008 12:09:36 AM
        
        I just love playing with your tiny paranoid mind... - ARRELL - 9/23/2008 12:49:07 AM
        
        Well keeping posts bookmarked would be the best alternative. - Lee - 9/23/2008 11:57:31 AM
        
        He's worked up a search engine of some kind for the Zone - TB - 9/23/2008 5:10:11 PM
        
        "He's worked up a search engine of some kind for the Zone" - Naaaah - ARRELL - 9/23/2008 9:27:13 PM
        
        re: He's worked up a search engine of some kind for the Zone - ARRELL - 9/23/2008 7:52:49 PM
        
        Still sad. - Lee - 9/23/2008 5:57:27 PM
        
        It's essential not to confuse intelligence with scholarship. - TB - 9/23/2008 11:31:21 PM
        
        Buzzz - ARRELL - 9/23/2008 4:05:36 PM
        
        re: while we've still got them, - alcaray - 9/22/2008 6:44:29 AM
  - "It all sounds positively dreadful to me."- well, with the examples given, I agree... - ARRELL - 9/20/2008 5:42:47 AM
    - No doubt there will be x-rated versions. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/20/2008 10:17:57 PM
  - re: It all sounds positively dreadful to me. - REB - 9/19/2008 7:34:10 PM
    - re: It all sounds positively dreadful to me. - JEKing - 9/19/2008 9:04:03 PM
    - Face it, Reb. We're just getting old. - ER - 9/19/2008 8:14:55 PM

Endeavor or Bust... - Nick Hoffman - 9/23/2008 3:16:18 AM
- Now that's a traverse! (n/t) - podrock - 9/23/2008 6:36:52 PM
- More good news for hardware on the surface of Mars. - Jacob - 9/23/2008 1:44:15 PM
- I just heard the news. - REB - 9/23/2008 1:27:56 PM
- Awesome! - dtb - 9/23/2008 1:20:12 PM

Saturn's rings could be far older than thought - Raoul - 9/23/2008 5:40:57 AM

Are the Carolina Bays impact structures? - E.P. - 9/9/2008 5:43:30 PM
- World in Denial... - Adam - 9/12/2008 9:47:05 PM
  - [Irrelevant reply by Gmirkin deleted] - Moderator Nick - 9/23/2008 4:55:48 AM

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