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The word "Planet" - Raoul - 9/22/2008 7:52:43 PM

Multiverse Conference - Socrates II - 9/20/2008 3:55:31 PM
- We should keep in mind - ER - 9/21/2008 1:27:08 PM
  - re: We should keep in mind - phil - 9/21/2008 4:04:51 PM
    - But Will it be Held in Another Reality? - carl - 9/22/2008 4:38:23 PM
- an unbelievably larger and richer cosmic structure --- - JEKing - 9/21/2008 6:56:38 AM
- Is it our turn to host it? (n/t) - ER - 9/21/2008 3:19:52 AM
  - Two physicists are gambling in Las Vegas - Socrates II - 9/22/2008 3:19:08 PM
    - But WHAT Happens in VEGAS - carl - 9/22/2008 4:39:33 PM
    - Niels' reply to Albert... - ER - 9/22/2008 3:34:43 PM

Next on NOVA: "Monster of the Milky Way" - Socrates II - 9/20/2008 5:40:51 AM
- re: SGR A* - Raoul - 9/20/2008 8:16:46 AM
- Far Sagittarius - Hank - 9/20/2008 6:36:52 AM
  - VERY Well put - ARRELL - 9/20/2008 7:39:12 AM
- 8^) Ahhh that one is a favorite of mine..... - ARRELL - 9/20/2008 6:08:39 AM
  - Astrophysical implications of hypothetical stable TeV-scale black holes - Socrates II - 9/22/2008 2:36:30 PM

Hypothetical question - DWC - 9/18/2008 4:29:32 PM
- re: Hypothetical question - ER - 9/18/2008 5:12:40 PM
- re: Hypothetical question - TB - 9/18/2008 4:42:02 PM
  - Try millions of years - Socrates II - 9/18/2008 5:04:33 PM
    - One more - KEO - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 3:49:01 PM
      - Since before 1998 - Raoul - 9/20/2008 8:33:21 AM
        
        Supposedly it will launch in 2009 or 2010 - Socrates II - 9/22/2008 1:17:59 PM

Is magnetism powered by electricity? - Brant - 9/19/2008 11:26:57 PM
- re: Is magnetism powered by electricity? - ER - 9/20/2008 12:16:35 AM
  - This has apparently become a cottage industry on the web... - ARRELL - 9/22/2008 6:34:37 AM
  - [gratuitous personal comment by Gmirkin removed] (n/t) - Moderator Nick - 9/21/2008 11:43:08 PM
  - Great answer. Thanks a lot. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/20/2008 5:52:57 AM
    - See below - ARRELL - 9/20/2008 6:16:00 AM
      - odd - was supposed to be in response to your complaint (n/t) - ARRELL - 9/20/2008 6:17:34 AM

Solar ELECTRIC Sails - phil - 9/19/2008 3:29:50 PM
- Then you might be interested in Ikaros. - Jacob - 9/21/2008 9:09:46 PM

DARPA Seeks to Harness The Force - phil - 9/21/2008 4:09:27 PM

First Light for PRIMA at the VLT - Raoul - 9/21/2008 9:38:46 AM

NASA has made a big miastake in choosing the next Mars mission; it's not ambitious enough! - Jacob - 9/17/2008 7:49:02 PM
- You're preaching to the choir - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2008 9:19:25 PM
- It is a mars scout mission. - alcaray - 9/17/2008 8:53:39 PM
  - I think we should skip Mars - Socrates II - 9/18/2008 7:25:26 PM
    - re: I think we should skip Mars - marsbug - 9/19/2008 9:41:24 AM
    - So you think it's time to kill the Scout program... - alcaray - 9/18/2008 7:58:36 PM
      - Yes indeed, in fact... - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 11:48:31 AM
        
        Science as entertainment, eh? - alcaray - 9/19/2008 8:04:53 PM
        
        You are confusing excitement, adventure, and exploration with entertainment - Socrates II - 9/20/2008 5:33:28 AM
        
        This is an old old argument. - alcaray - 9/20/2008 6:16:13 AM
        
        I wasn't trying to argue - Socrates II - 9/20/2008 3:28:59 PM

NASA to announce new data on nearest star - phil - 9/19/2008 5:50:00 PM
- re: NASA to announce new data on nearest star - phil, the missing link - 9/19/2008 5:51:16 PM

Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?) - Vince - 9/19/2008 4:03:37 AM
- Great!...But...what happened to ESA's planned Quixote spacecraft? - Jacob - 9/19/2008 1:36:25 PM
  - re: Still on - "Don Quixote could launch sometime early in the next decade." - Vince - 9/19/2008 2:32:34 PM
    - ESA has an even worse record than NASA on mission delays - pwokenyaw - 9/19/2008 5:21:02 PM
    - Smashing stuff into space objects is always fun, but... - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 3:30:28 PM
      - re: Did you watch the video - not an impactor. - vince - 9/19/2008 5:01:26 PM
        
        Yes I did - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 5:28:38 PM
- re: Thank you, Vince! Great idea! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/19/2008 1:30:36 PM
- re: Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?) - Marsbug - 9/19/2008 10:04:24 AM
  - NASA has similar plans with OSIRIS - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 4:18:15 PM

Don't forget about Messengerâ€™s October 6th Mercury Flyby - REB - 9/19/2008 3:14:22 PM
- re: Don't forget about Messengerâ€™s October 6th Mercury Flyby - phil - 9/19/2008 4:50:48 PM

HARPS measures the motion of our Milky Way - Raoul - 9/19/2008 4:39:28 PM
- re: HARPS measures the motion of our Milky Way - phil - 9/19/2008 4:48:43 PM

Gemini spots a planet near a sun-like star - Raoul - 9/19/2008 1:43:48 PM
- re: The infant years of a distant solar system? (n/t) - SteveS - 9/19/2008 3:09:47 PM
- re: Gemini spots a planet near a sun-like star - REB - 9/19/2008 1:51:32 PM
  - Already a thread on this subject - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 4:19:48 PM
    - Sorry, I had no power or Internet on the 15th. - REB - 9/19/2008 4:22:42 PM

Special relativity may account for the spacecraft flyby anomalies - Socrates II - 9/19/2008 11:24:45 AM
- re: Special relativity may account for the spacecraft flyby anomalies - ER - 9/19/2008 1:14:51 PM

Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Officially Over; ice up over 9% from last year - gbaikie - 9/17/2008 11:03:06 AM
- Shaken, not stirred - ER - 9/18/2008 2:02:24 PM
  - re: Shaken, not stirred - gbaikie - 9/18/2008 5:15:51 PM
  - Car insurance and global warming - Bowser - 9/18/2008 2:34:16 PM
- Doesn't matter. - TB - 9/18/2008 7:34:23 AM
  - wrong - pwokenyaw - 9/18/2008 2:58:48 PM
    - re: wrong - TB - 9/18/2008 4:53:07 PM
  - Little harsh, dontcha think? - McFly - 9/18/2008 1:42:50 PM
  - re: Doesn't matter. - gbaikie - 9/18/2008 12:00:06 PM
- Don't stop sweating yet - Laurie Street - 9/17/2008 9:42:38 PM
  - re: Don't stop sweating yet - gbaikie - 9/18/2008 12:29:05 AM
- Pay attention and DO try to educate yourself - ARRELL - 9/17/2008 9:24:31 PM
  - Actually, there's a pretty good bi-annual cycle there - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2008 10:07:41 PM
- chilly in Alaska - JEKing - 9/17/2008 6:59:43 PM
  - re: chilly in Alaska - Lee - 9/19/2008 11:56:40 AM
- Somehow you failed to note this was the second worst year ever for Arctic ice - pwokenyaw - 9/17/2008 6:57:51 PM
  - re: Somehow you failed to note this was the second worst year ever for Arctic ice - gbaikie - 9/17/2008 9:50:33 PM
    - A bet offer for you, gbaike - pwokenyaw - 9/17/2008 10:21:02 PM
      - re: A bet offer for you, gbaike - gbaikie - 9/18/2008 12:11:19 AM
        
        accelerating warming - pwokenyaw - 9/19/2008 4:43:46 AM
    - "their predictions were wrong" - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2008 10:01:52 PM
  - Arctic ice flow has been retreating since at least the mid 1800s (n/t) - Lee - 9/17/2008 7:29:18 PM
    - Yep, since the start of the Industrial Revolution. - ER - 9/17/2008 8:27:17 PM
      - re: Yep, since the start of the Industrial Revolution. - gbaikie - 9/17/2008 10:30:07 PM
        
        See response under your opening post. (n/t) - ER - 9/18/2008 2:05:02 PM
- re: Arctic Sea Ice Melt Season Officially Over; ice up over 9% from last year - Post Sputnik - 9/17/2008 2:15:59 PM

Mars is Bone Dry - Algorithms - 9/5/2008 4:50:35 AM
- re: Mars is Bone Dry - Robert Clark - 9/5/2008 11:21:10 AM
  - re: Mars is Bone Dry - Robert Clark - 9/19/2008 11:39:40 AM
- re: Mars is Bone Dry - Marcia - 9/5/2008 5:02:59 AM
  - re: Mars is Bone Dry - bruced - 9/5/2008 12:28:09 PM
    - re: Mars is Bone Dry - Marsbug - 9/5/2008 12:38:27 PM
  - Deep ice below dry soil - Nick Hoffman - 9/5/2008 5:36:40 AM
    - re: Deep ice below dry soil - Marsbug - 9/5/2008 8:29:33 AM
      - The soil particles are warm... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 9/6/2008 3:24:05 AM
        
        Although... - marsbug - 9/6/2008 4:19:19 PM
        
        Makes sense. (n/t) - marsbug - 9/6/2008 10:34:15 AM
  - Sublimation... - Algorithms - 9/5/2008 5:15:54 AM

A Rainbow for when you're standing on your head. - Eri - 9/19/2008 1:00:36 AM

Jules Verne on a decaying orbit - SteveS - 9/18/2008 9:28:42 PM

How Did the Johnson Space Center Fare after IKE? - carl - 9/15/2008 5:01:36 PM
- re: How Did the Johnson Space Center Fare after IKE? - REB - 9/18/2008 3:23:14 PM
- Some info - TB - 9/15/2008 6:39:24 PM
  - JSC to reopen on Monday - Socrates II - 9/18/2008 5:07:58 PM

A side to side comparison of the candidates science policy statements. - alcaray - 9/15/2008 9:05:29 PM
- re: Sarah Palin's Pattern of Religious Fanatiscm Becoming Clear - Vince - 9/17/2008 2:16:02 AM
- That's quite interesting and reads well. I like both of them, don't think either will be implemented. - Bowser - 9/16/2008 1:22:12 AM
  - In the future, if you want to access space - Socrates II - 9/16/2008 1:10:13 PM
    - re: In the future, if you want to access space - JEKing - 9/17/2008 6:48:38 PM
    - More Tom Lehrer - Fox - 9/17/2008 12:07:59 AM
      - re: More Tom Lehrer - JEKing - 9/17/2008 8:34:19 PM

Is Griffin the worst NASA Administrator to ever hold the job? - E.P. - 9/8/2008 3:56:42 PM
- re: Is Griffin the worst NASA Administrator to ever hold the job? - NASA Pro - 9/17/2008 5:14:57 PM
- re: Is Griffin the worst NASA Administrator to ever hold the job? - Vince - 9/9/2008 6:05:35 PM
  - re: Is Griffin the worst NASA Administrator to ever hold the job? - E.P - 9/12/2008 9:00:06 PM
- The real influences in NASA's early years. - Jacob - 9/9/2008 2:05:08 PM
  - Nixon - E.P. - 9/9/2008 5:28:46 PM
  - LBJ IS GOD AT THE JSFC - carl - 9/9/2008 4:42:37 PM
    - He was at the right place at the right time in history, as far as NASA was concerned. (n/t) - Jacob - 9/9/2008 9:25:22 PM
      - More than that, HE WAS SLEDGEHAMMER - carl - 9/11/2008 4:26:36 PM
- re: In the past... - Raoul - 9/9/2008 10:31:48 AM
  - Reagan - E.P. - 9/9/2008 5:33:13 PM
    - What's the perormance differences between SRBs and liquid fueled replacements? - Lee - 9/9/2008 11:02:27 PM
      - re: What's the perormance differences between SRBs and liquid fueled replacements? - E.P. - 9/10/2008 8:53:40 PM
        
        Wait a minute. - Lee - 9/10/2008 10:43:00 PM
        
        So use more RD-180's - Nick Hoffman - 9/11/2008 12:16:06 AM
        
        You could only use so many. - Lee - 9/11/2008 1:40:18 AM
- All NASA administrators have simply followed orders...from the President from the Congress from the People... - Jacob - 9/8/2008 7:23:37 PM
  - Yes, but the rotten architecture and launchers are all Griffin's (n/t) - E.P. - 9/12/2008 6:59:00 PM
  - WE the PEOPLE at Fault - carl - 9/9/2008 4:47:17 PM
    - NOT REALLY - E.P. - 9/12/2008 7:01:25 PM
    - Congress gutted the NASA budgets between 1968-1972. - Jacob - 9/9/2008 9:23:20 PM
      - In Leaving Earth we discovered US - carl - 9/11/2008 4:29:19 PM
        
        Actually, we already are in space - E.P. - 9/12/2008 7:03:47 PM

Interstellar Panspermia? - Socrates II - 9/5/2008 1:28:50 AM
- re: Interstellar Panspermia? - Marcia - 9/5/2008 3:16:43 AM
  - re: Interstellar Panspermia? - Marcia - 9/5/2008 3:21:04 AM
    - re: Interstellar Panspermia? - Bluh - 9/6/2008 10:06:59 PM
      - ...to add a point or two - Bluh - 9/6/2008 10:16:55 PM
        
        But what about Directed Panspermia - Socrates II - 9/6/2008 11:31:48 PM
        
        The point I was making is that there is no such thing - Bluh - 9/7/2008 12:58:42 AM
        
        I'll formalize my logic - Bluh - 9/7/2008 1:02:50 AM
        
        Andromeda Strain, or War of the Worlds? - Fox - 9/7/2008 5:22:17 PM
        
        What if they arrived a really long time ago? - Socrates II - 9/7/2008 11:41:07 AM
        
        Floating an analogy - Fox - 9/7/2008 3:31:39 PM
        
        Well, to reach an agreement here we'd have to define "sufficiently primitive life" more exactly - Bluh - 9/7/2008 6:53:24 PM
        
        re: we'd have to define... - Fox - 9/7/2008 10:18:49 PM
        
        Are you suggesting that suns migrate? - Socrates II - 9/17/2008 12:08:45 PM
        
        Contrary to what the "long-standing belief" suggests, - ER - 9/17/2008 1:46:33 PM

Mysterious object discovered by the HST - Raoul - 9/11/2008 7:30:49 PM
- re: Mysterious object discovered by the HST - Marcia - 9/14/2008 3:26:48 AM
- We have a possible size constraint - ER - 9/14/2008 2:41:40 AM
  - re: We have a possible size constraint. - Marcia - 9/14/2008 3:59:11 AM
- Link to paper- Interesting that there is strong absorption on the Sodium lines.... - ARRELL - 9/12/2008 3:23:26 AM
  - re: Link to paper- Interesting that there is strong absorption on the Sodium lines.... - Robert Clark - 9/14/2008 12:16:18 PM
  - Technical problems with the above message - Robert - 9/14/2008 1:35:26 AM
    - hmmmmmm- must be browser specific.... it worked for me - ARRELL - 9/14/2008 2:55:08 PM
      - Server-side problem - Robert - 9/14/2008 6:20:19 PM
    - re: Technical problems with the above message. FWIW, Thanks, Robett! (n/t) - Marcia - 9/14/2008 3:28:22 AM
      - de nada (n/t) - Robert - 9/14/2008 3:39:00 AM
    - Link to removed text - Robert - 9/14/2008 1:37:08 AM
- First and LAST light... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 9/11/2008 9:50:37 PM
- Maybe someone else just tested their LHC... - ER - 9/11/2008 7:49:42 PM
  - Something along those lines might explain Fermi's paradox.... - ARRELL - 9/11/2008 11:00:17 PM
    - our example v. probability and the Fermi Paradox - pwokenyaw - 9/14/2008 5:20:56 PM
      - Depends how BIG of a bang it makes - nick hoffman - 9/15/2008 3:34:40 AM
        
        more time scales and probability - pwokenyaw - 9/16/2008 6:44:34 PM
      - Energy required to move off-planet - Bluh - 9/14/2008 9:38:31 PM
        
        There is a much more powerful particle accelerator sitting in the center of the Milky Way galaxy - Socrates II - 9/15/2008 5:16:55 PM
        
        re: There is a much more powerful particle accelerator sitting in the center of the Milky Way galaxy - Nick Hoffman - 9/16/2008 12:39:21 AM
        
        Build it on the moon. - ER - 9/16/2008 2:47:15 AM
        
        You can't start linear - nick hoffman - 9/16/2008 9:33:03 AM
        
        Depends on the mass of what you are accellerating. - alcaray - 9/17/2008 12:47:59 AM
        
        at CERN... - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2008 3:46:02 AM
        
        Still too puny. - Socrates II - 9/16/2008 3:59:10 AM

Likely first image of an exoplanet around a normal star similar to the Sun - Socrates II - 9/15/2008 11:10:19 AM
- at 330 AU from its primary and 1800K, it's more like a brown Dwarf - Nick Hoffman - 9/16/2008 12:03:09 AM
  - That's hair-splitting... - Adam - 9/16/2008 8:27:16 AM
    - Could it be... - Socrates II - 9/16/2008 1:17:23 PM
      - re: Could it be... - DWC - 9/16/2008 10:35:22 PM

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