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Apollo Era Astronaut Slams NASA Scientist - phil - 8/1/2008 11:18:57 PM
- And What Is His Area Of Expertise? - Marsby - 8/10/2008 12:04:26 AM
- re: Apollo Era Astronaut Slams NASA Scientist - phil - 8/1/2008 11:20:14 PM

Gravitational Waves Falsifyed? - phil - 8/2/2008 3:19:44 PM
- re: Gravitational Waves Falsifyed? - Marcia - 8/4/2008 2:50:21 AM
- Why do you think hubris has something to do with it? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/2/2008 7:47:37 PM
  - re: Why do you think hubris has something to do with it? - phil - 8/3/2008 12:51:08 PM
    - Sorry, I just don't see it. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/3/2008 6:12:36 PM
      - First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO600 data - Socrates II - 8/4/2008 3:31:24 AM
        
        O yea, that was dripping in hubris. - alcaray - 8/4/2008 5:10:04 AM
        
        Phil was refering to some people's complete faith in our computer models. - Lee - 8/4/2008 11:55:10 AM
        
        I can't imagine why model-derived hypotheses should be held to higher standards... - alcaray - 8/4/2008 6:12:58 PM
        
        and in fact - Yeti - 8/4/2008 10:50:13 PM
        
        No kidding. - alcaray - 8/5/2008 12:22:23 AM
        
        Gravitational Radiation from Neutron Stars and Black Holes - Socrates II - 8/7/2008 4:41:18 AM
        
        I am too stupid to understand if your post supports or disputes the thesis of this thread. - alcaray - 8/8/2008 12:44:37 AM
        
        I don't want to make waves - Socrates II - 8/9/2008 2:01:58 AM

Rumors of something new from Phoenix - alcaray - 8/4/2008 5:08:48 AM
- Perchlorate... or maybe not? - nick hoffman - 8/5/2008 1:09:08 PM
- Biology? - Jeff F - 8/4/2008 4:37:10 PM
  - No. But something interesting, I think. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/4/2008 6:09:07 PM
  - Full rebuttal at the Phoenix twitter page (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 8/4/2008 6:03:51 PM
    - re: Full rebuttal - Raoul - 8/4/2008 7:13:12 PM
      - Update------ - Jeff F - 8/6/2008 1:19:50 AM
        
        re: Update------ - Robert Clark - 8/6/2008 6:06:15 AM
        
        Criminy - BRFelix - 8/6/2008 1:54:13 AM
        
        A life explanation for Oyama's Viking results. - Robert Clark - 8/6/2008 7:04:26 AM
        
        Perchlorate IS a superoxide - Nick Hoffman - 8/6/2008 4:03:52 AM
        
        re: Not exactly - BRFelix - 8/6/2008 1:55:12 PM
        
        Variant... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 8/6/2008 2:00:52 PM
        
        Perchlorates being a rich source of oxygen might explain Mars 'ruddy' color. - Jacob - 8/6/2008 1:38:35 PM
        
        Another Update - Jeff F - 8/6/2008 4:50:43 PM
        
        IF Mars has no life today, an abundance of perchlorates may serve terraformers needs in the future. (n/t) - Jacob - 8/6/2008 4:54:41 PM
        
        Seeking answers to life development - Jeff F - 8/6/2008 11:01:07 PM
        
        re: Seeking answers to life development - marsbug - 8/7/2008 9:59:06 AM
        
        re: Seeking answers to life development - Jeff F - 8/7/2008 5:56:07 PM
        
        Life Signatures? - Jeff F - 8/8/2008 11:54:38 AM

Amateur astronomer (Dutch) spots gassy 'cosmic ghost' - Bowser - 8/6/2008 5:05:03 AM
- Here she is - Raoul - 8/8/2008 9:36:57 AM
- re: 'cosmic ghost' - Raoul - 8/6/2008 3:52:01 PM

ISS pass by Del 10 second exposure - Raoul - 8/8/2008 8:43:35 AM

July 2009 simultaneous astro events !! - Raoul - 8/8/2008 7:15:34 AM

Falcon 1 third launch.....third failure - Raoul - 8/3/2008 7:45:23 AM
- re: Why - Raoul - 8/7/2008 9:08:41 AM
- Now what will Elon Musk do? (n/t) - Jacob - 8/3/2008 4:01:09 PM
  - Musk will hang in - phil - 8/3/2008 5:58:47 PM
    - I don't think it only depends on him (n/t) - Raoul - 8/3/2008 8:30:02 PM
      - re: I don't think it only depends on him: VC Cash Rolls In - phil - 8/7/2008 2:09:55 PM

Major Energy Discovery - Jack Herer - 8/6/2008 11:45:09 AM
- Thanks - McFly - 8/6/2008 4:59:11 PM
  - now we need improved collectors and we will be good to go (n/t) - FrankC - 8/6/2008 10:17:30 PM
- re: Major Energy Discovery - SDG - 8/6/2008 4:01:21 PM

Obama caves in, supports NASA's stupid manned space program - pwokenyaw - 8/4/2008 3:16:42 PM
- My guess - E.P. - 8/6/2008 10:14:44 PM
- Contrast that with McCain. - Bowser - 8/4/2008 5:53:11 PM
  - McCain supports Moon/Mars - Jeff F - 8/4/2008 11:30:41 PM
    - Post some data, please, and avoid the politics. - Bowser - 8/5/2008 2:00:58 AM
      - Problem is..both parties are flip flopping on Nasa - Jeff F - 8/5/2008 9:46:35 AM
        
        How lucky americans are! - Raoul - 8/5/2008 6:49:24 PM
        
        I suppose - McFy - 8/6/2008 5:11:30 PM
    - re: Going to moon and Mars without NASA??? (n/t) - Johannes - 8/5/2008 1:05:52 AM
      - Why not? - Socrates II - 8/6/2008 2:12:46 AM
        
        re: You may be right. (n/t) - Johannes - 8/6/2008 7:58:02 PM

Another physics question - McFly - 8/5/2008 5:47:20 PM
- it's about the accelleration. - Nick Hoffman - 8/6/2008 4:01:46 AM
- This is the twin 'paradox' - ARRELL - 8/5/2008 5:57:42 PM

August 1st 2008 Total Solar Eclipse - Raoul - 7/31/2008 6:39:03 PM
- Partial eclipse for us ! - Raoul - 8/1/2008 3:06:05 PM
  - The lunar shadow on Earth as seen from space - Socrates II - 8/6/2008 2:09:43 AM
    - From SpaceWeather.com - Socrates II - 8/6/2008 2:25:38 AM

Moon machines - Raoul - 8/3/2008 5:36:32 PM
- Well, that shot an hour! - Bowser - 8/3/2008 11:25:52 PM
  - There's more but in a hard to decipher order ! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/4/2008 10:00:43 PM

Brian May's Astronomy Thesis...Finally! - phil - 8/3/2008 11:50:40 PM

Rocket Racer Video - phil - 8/2/2008 6:25:45 PM
- what fuel do they use? (n/t) - Yeti - 8/3/2008 3:11:27 AM
  - ...and I want to see a rocket-backpack racing league! ;-) (n/t) - Yeti - 8/3/2008 3:14:55 AM
    - What race? - BLuh - 8/3/2008 5:50:39 PM
      - Here's a link - Bluh - 8/3/2008 5:55:15 PM
        
        That is flying! Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 8/3/2008 7:34:42 PM
        
        Red Bull Air Race World Series - Wikipedia - Bluh - 8/3/2008 9:49:16 PM

"White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life" - something beyond the water results. - Robert Clark - 8/2/2008 10:57:06 AM
- Welll....I'm not worried! As long as the Pentagon and CDC haven't been notified....Have they? - Jacob - 8/3/2008 4:29:29 PM
- re: "White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life" - something beyond the water results. - BRFelix - 8/2/2008 7:44:26 PM
- re: "White House Briefed On Potential For Mars Life" - something beyond the water results. - phil - 8/2/2008 3:26:33 PM
- The link - Raoul - 8/2/2008 2:41:51 PM

NASA: Definitely water on Mars - Eric - 7/31/2008 10:22:29 PM
- re: NASA: Definitely water on Mars - Robert Clark - 8/3/2008 12:12:12 AM
  - If you're right, you'll get a small medal for persistence - nick hoffman - 8/3/2008 4:55:02 AM
    - What do the new MECA results show? - Robert Clark - 8/3/2008 11:57:41 AM
      - White House notified?...I hope this is not another ALH8001 dead end. (n/t) - Jacob - 8/3/2008 4:03:13 PM
        
        Since this is going to be a big story, big buzz on the net this month, let us seek perspective. - Jacob - 8/3/2008 4:24:48 PM
- Really not the first time. - Robert Clark - 8/2/2008 10:04:57 AM
- Make that Ice... - nick hoffman - 8/1/2008 3:22:20 AM
  - If ice, then... - Eri - 8/1/2008 1:14:51 PM
    - Well, "never, ever" is a long time... - nick hoffman - 8/1/2008 3:58:32 PM
      - 8 years is a long time too... - et - 8/2/2008 12:14:27 AM
        
        South and North appear similar - nick hoffman - 8/2/2008 3:59:39 AM
      - re: Well, "never, ever" is a long time... - With all the volcanism Mars has experienced, I'm sure that water must have 'ran' on it's soil. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/1/2008 6:08:53 PM
        
        Was any of that volcanism 'low temp?' - BRFelix - 8/2/2008 1:14:08 PM
        
        TEGA melting - nick hoffman - 8/2/2008 4:28:20 PM
        
        re: Heh -- "32º" - BRFelix - 8/2/2008 7:53:28 PM
        
        The best model for the giant floods on Mars - nick hoffman - 8/2/2008 3:57:16 AM
        
        re: The best model for the giant floods on Mars. - Thank you. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/2/2008 4:43:32 AM
        
        "Ran" from magma in the form of steam... - et - 8/2/2008 12:06:57 AM
        
        re: "Ran" from magma in the form of steam... that too, even if it had an atmosphere then. :) - Marcia - 8/2/2008 3:42:31 AM
      - A little like Vermont - FrankC - 8/1/2008 5:23:03 PM
      - Interesting. - Eri - 8/1/2008 4:21:28 PM
- Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink! (So far, anyway.) (n/t) - Bowser - 7/31/2008 11:11:59 PM

Falcon 1 alert!...Falcon 1 alert!... - Jacob - 8/1/2008 6:50:34 PM
- re: Falcon 1 launch? - Raoul - 8/2/2008 6:48:32 PM
  - re: Falcon 1 launch? - Raoul - 8/2/2008 10:08:57 PM
    - Webcast suspended... - Adam - 8/3/2008 4:35:00 AM

The Sun's corona - Raoul - 8/2/2008 8:12:27 PM

Ares V RS-68 configuration - Raoul - 8/1/2008 9:08:41 PM
- The Energia only needed 4 core engines. (n/t) - Lee - 8/2/2008 2:55:49 PM
  - And the Saturn 1B....8! - Raoul - 8/2/2008 5:46:41 PM
- re: Ares V RS-68 configuration - Post Sputnik - 8/2/2008 2:42:33 AM

Job cuts begin for shuttle workers as new vehicle develops - Jeff F - 8/1/2008 10:32:00 PM
- re: Job cuts begin for shuttle workers as new vehicle develops - Marcia - 8/1/2008 11:50:02 PM
  - re: Job cuts begin for shuttle workers as new vehicle develops - Marcia - 8/1/2008 11:56:48 PM
    - What NASA has done in 50 years - Raoul - 8/2/2008 9:42:28 AM
      - Not just thankful in the US, also in the rest of the world - nick hoffman - 8/2/2008 4:21:42 PM
        
        You're right (n/t) - Raoul - 8/2/2008 4:59:39 PM

VentureStar/X-33 - Yeti - 7/28/2008 10:07:32 PM
- For that matter why not the Delta Clipper - FrankC - 7/29/2008 3:26:26 AM
  - What bugs me about the Delta Clipper - Yeti - 7/31/2008 3:39:16 AM
    - I guess so - FrankC - 7/31/2008 10:06:16 PM
      - Horizontal landing is "free" - nick hoffman - 8/1/2008 4:11:39 PM
  - I think lac k of funds more than engineering issues killed both projects. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/29/2008 1:19:31 PM
    - Funds & goals - phil - 7/29/2008 5:50:46 PM
      - re: Funds & goals - Marcia - 7/30/2008 10:03:54 PM
        
        re: Funds & goals - Moderator Nick - 8/1/2008 4:03:04 PM
        
        re: Funds & goals - Marcia - 8/1/2008 8:48:14 PM
        
        No need to apologise - nick hoffman - 8/2/2008 4:12:31 AM
      - How was the Clipper org not PC? - Yeti - 7/29/2008 8:21:27 PM
        
        BMDO - FrankC - 7/29/2008 9:01:48 PM
        
        Ah - Yeti - 7/30/2008 4:30:43 AM
- re: VentureStar/X-33 - Lee - 7/28/2008 10:38:52 PM
  - re: VentureStar/X-33 - Robert Clark - 7/29/2008 4:27:42 PM
    - Interesting post - Yeti - 7/29/2008 8:20:49 PM

Zero-G Pill? - SpacExpert - 8/2/2008 3:40:05 AM

Rocks on mars that disappear? - alcaray - 6/20/2008 2:17:17 AM
- "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice." - Robert Clark - 6/20/2008 5:08:10 AM
  - re: "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice." - Marcia - 6/24/2008 9:33:36 PM
    - re: "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice." - Robert Clark - 6/26/2008 1:10:05 PM
  - Could rust or corrosion be the cause of the TEGA stuck doors? - Robert Clark - 6/24/2008 8:30:29 PM
    - I rather doubt that the TEGA doors are made of cheap iron - Nick Hoffman - 6/25/2008 12:07:46 AM
      - Most likely aluminum. Metal of choice for structural elements of spacecraft. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/26/2008 8:10:27 PM
      - re: I rather doubt that the TEGA doors are made of cheap iron - Robert Clark - 6/26/2008 1:14:40 PM
      - If you read this article... - Socrates II - 6/25/2008 6:20:01 PM
        
        Needs subscription - Nick Hoffman - 6/26/2008 1:10:21 AM
        
        It is a Mars Scout mission - alcaray - 6/26/2008 3:39:36 AM
        
        I didn't mean to imply that I could have done better - nick hoffman - 6/26/2008 6:57:34 AM
  - TEGA results? - Robert Clark - 6/24/2008 4:42:05 PM
    - re: TEGA results? - Jim - 7/27/2008 3:31:10 PM
      - re: TEGA results? - TZajonc - 8/2/2008 12:56:59 AM
  - Soil Scoop Zooms. - Robert Clark - 6/23/2008 2:41:48 PM
  - re: "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice." - marsbug - 6/20/2008 1:30:39 PM
- Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2? - Bowser - 6/20/2008 2:36:55 AM
  - re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2? - nick hoffman - 6/20/2008 12:29:02 PM
    - re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2? - BRFelix - 6/21/2008 3:06:40 AM
      - No, your cross-analogue would mostly work the OTHER way - nick hoffman - 6/21/2008 1:35:29 PM
    - re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2? - Marcia - 6/20/2008 11:00:15 PM
  - re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2? - marsbug - 6/20/2008 9:47:28 AM
  - re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2? - marsbug - 6/20/2008 9:45:21 AM
  - I'm not sure it couldn't. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/20/2008 4:30:11 AM
  - We need a probe with a "nose." - TB - 6/20/2008 2:55:01 AM
    - The TECP instrument might be able to detect water. - Robert Clark - 6/20/2008 4:41:10 AM
      - Phoenix Mission Media Telecon Scheduled for June 20 at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) - Socrates II - 6/20/2008 2:57:37 PM
        
        If Earth had liquid water and continents 4.3 billion years ago... - Socrates II - 6/24/2008 7:56:22 PM
        
        Mars is not Earth - Nick Hoffman - 6/25/2008 12:11:20 AM
        
        re: Mars is not Earth. - Plate tectonics on Mars: - Marcia - 6/25/2008 4:07:20 AM
        
        2 relevant facts about the stripes - Nick Hoffman - 6/25/2008 6:44:20 AM
        
        re: Mars is not Earth. - Plate tectonics on Mars: - Marcia - 6/25/2008 4:10:57 AM
        
        re: Mars is not Earth. - Plate tectonics on Mars: - and we all know that Mars had volcanics.... (n/t) - Marcia - 6/25/2008 4:14:36 AM

Burt Rutan Talks About The Future of Crewed Spaceflight - phil - 8/1/2008 9:57:30 PM
- re: Burt Rutan Talks About The Future of Crewed Spaceflight - Marcia - 8/1/2008 11:27:42 PM
  - re: Burt Rutan Talks About The Future of Crewed Spaceflight - phil - 8/2/2008 12:41:52 AM

What makes a successful space program? - Lee - 8/1/2008 1:52:11 AM
- Nothing - Blapp - 8/2/2008 12:31:17 AM
- An example - Raoul - 8/1/2008 8:40:04 PM
- two possibilities - FrankC - 8/1/2008 5:31:21 AM
  - More Possibilities - carl - 8/1/2008 3:20:34 PM

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