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This one's for you, Robert Clark: possible 'mud volcanoes' on Mars? - Jacob - 7/8/2008 6:59:00 PM
- re: This one's for you, Robert Clark: possible 'mud volcanoes' on Mars? - lance - 7/8/2008 7:10:18 PM
  - Thanks. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/9/2008 1:30:18 PM

Remaining Shuttle Schedule Announced - phil - 7/8/2008 3:07:48 PM

Space week on The Science Channel - Delbert - 7/8/2008 12:54:51 AM

Mercury has water!... - alcaray - 7/4/2008 7:44:34 PM
- re: Mercury has water!... - Amazing find. Thanks, alcaray. - Marcia - 7/7/2008 8:59:01 PM
  - re: Mercury has water!... - Amazing find. Thanks, alcaray. - Marcia - 7/7/2008 9:01:02 PM
- Fantastic,...wow! (n/t) - pb - 7/5/2008 5:45:39 AM
- Ice Caps? - Adam Crowl - 7/4/2008 10:40:20 PM
  - One problem with ice cap sublimation as a source. - Jacob - 7/5/2008 6:01:33 PM
    - Cryogenic cold? - Adam Crowl - 7/7/2008 5:39:55 AM
      - re: Cryogenic cold? - Nick Hoffman - 7/7/2008 8:26:17 AM
        
        And now new images show a shield volcano on Mercury; no need for fissures to explain H20 eminations. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/7/2008 8:14:22 PM
  - Be nice to have a model that worked for Mercury AND Mars - nick hoffman - 7/4/2008 10:51:18 PM

A UFO sighting turns out to be the moon...How funny and yet how sad. - Jacob - 7/5/2008 6:03:16 PM
- Source? - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 2:57:36 PM
  - I presume this is what you are referring to - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 5:39:48 PM
    - Alas, you are correct. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/7/2008 7:59:03 PM
    - BBC - podrock - 7/7/2008 7:10:20 PM
      - A practical joke? - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 7:18:36 PM
        
        One word: - podrock - 7/7/2008 7:26:04 PM

Now that an extended mission for the Cassini mission is underway... - Jacob - 7/7/2008 1:24:16 AM
- According to Carolyn Porco - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 3:43:40 PM
  - Well, that's disappointing for sure. (n/t) - Jacob - 7/7/2008 7:57:59 PM
  - And... - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 5:23:08 PM

SETI Net hit in Iota Orionis - James Brown - 7/6/2008 6:30:29 PM
- How did it get there? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/7/2008 12:30:35 AM
- re: SETI Net hit in Iota Orionis - SpaceExpert - 7/6/2008 8:28:43 PM
  - Less to it than it appears. - James Brown - 7/6/2008 8:58:51 PM
    - Is anyone else examining this? - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 5:24:10 PM

Next on NOVA: "NOVA scienceNOW" broadcast July 9 - includes Saving Hubble - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 2:53:33 PM

China on the moon in 2017 - Harrison Omega Lunahod - 6/29/2008 6:05:49 AM
- 2022: China and CAPS - E.P. - 6/30/2008 11:52:41 PM
- It's a good thing. - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2008 10:12:54 PM
- Where to go in space ? - Raoul - 6/29/2008 9:18:01 AM
  - Is Helium 3 Exploitation China's Hidden Lunar Agenda? - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 3:57:22 PM
    - Confucius say he who controls the Heavens also controls the Earth. (n/t) - Lee - 7/4/2008 2:37:34 AM
    - There is plenty of He3 on earth to experiment with. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/4/2008 2:11:04 AM
    - re: Is Helium 3 Exploitation China's Hidden Lunar Agenda? - JEKing - 7/3/2008 9:52:58 PM
      - Do you have the actual paper of this available? - Socrates II - 7/7/2008 2:17:19 PM
    - Nothing "Hidden" about it, nor about China and CAPS - E.P. - 7/3/2008 9:11:54 PM
      - 10 Reasons Why China is Good for Space - Socrates II - 7/6/2008 1:20:07 PM

Noctilucent clouds - Raoul - 7/6/2008 12:51:09 PM

If you don't have enough to worry about, here's more. - Jacob - 7/6/2008 12:10:13 AM
- Dang, why bother even getting out of bed anymore? - McFly - 7/6/2008 3:12:48 AM
- a clear and present danger - phil - 7/6/2008 1:03:58 AM
  - Absolutely no danger of colliding with another planet - nick hoffman - 7/6/2008 10:22:48 AM

Do Galactic Cycles Influence Earthâ€™s Biological History? - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 4:15:12 PM
- 28 years after Clube and Napier showed this - E.P. - 7/3/2008 9:05:59 PM
  - Not another conspiracy theory... - Adam Crowl - 7/4/2008 10:47:13 PM
    - No, just a statement of fact - E.P. - 7/5/2008 3:15:56 PM
- We are moving at..... - Raoul - 7/3/2008 7:28:24 PM
  - Thanks for that! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2008 6:09:35 AM

An intergalactic spaceship contrail?.....Or - Raoul - 7/2/2008 5:39:31 AM
- The context (remember, it's a supernova!) - GB - 7/4/2008 5:01:01 PM
- That is SO COOL! As always, thank you... (n/t) - McFly - 7/3/2008 1:23:15 AM

Private sector funds raised - E.P. - 7/3/2008 10:22:19 PM

New spacesuits for Orion (scroll down too) - Raoul - 7/3/2008 8:54:28 PM

July 4 is Aphelion for Earth and Sunset at the Temple of Apollo - Socrates II - 7/3/2008 2:57:14 PM

Man in space (8 parts) - Raoul - 7/2/2008 7:48:39 PM
- That was fun! (n/t) - Bowser - 7/3/2008 2:38:30 AM
- In ORBIT - carl - 7/2/2008 7:54:51 PM

There *ARE* aliens!! - Jody - 7/3/2008 2:14:53 AM

Voyager 2 and STEREO detect interstellar particles - Socrates II - 7/2/2008 8:16:34 PM
- re: Voyager 2 and STEREO detect interstellar particles - Raoul - 7/2/2008 9:10:50 PM

OGLE-2006-BLG-109L: A Sol System Analogue? - Socrates II - 7/1/2008 4:35:49 PM
- Solar twins in M67 - Socrates II - 7/2/2008 5:17:11 PM

Oppy and below a Victoria slope - Raoul - 7/1/2008 5:43:10 PM
- I hope there's blueberries there. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 7/2/2008 4:44:39 PM
- This is going to be a beautiful panorama. - podrock - 7/2/2008 2:32:55 AM
  - This will tell a story - nick hoffman - 7/2/2008 8:21:59 AM
- A good reminder - nick hoffman - 7/1/2008 9:14:15 PM

Possible 6th spacewalk for STS 125 - Raoul - 6/28/2008 8:41:23 AM
- Two spacewalks planned for July 10 and 15 - Socrates II - 7/2/2008 3:15:55 PM

Odysseus' homecoming. - Lee - 6/24/2008 2:03:59 AM
- Homer did not write the Odyssey. It was another guy with the same name. - ER - 6/24/2008 2:30:26 PM
  - Unproven assumptions - Adam Crowl - 6/28/2008 9:59:05 AM
    - re: Unproven assumptions - ER - 6/28/2008 4:41:00 PM
      - Agreed... - Adam Crowl - 6/29/2008 5:19:38 AM
        
        But he named his kid Astyanax - Socrates II - 6/30/2008 6:20:48 PM
        
        Actually, Hector named him Scamandrius... - ER - 7/1/2008 2:37:01 AM
        
        The Paper in question... - Adam Crowl - 6/29/2008 8:30:44 PM
        
        I'm curious, - ER - 7/1/2008 2:51:36 PM
        
        Homer was a poet first... - Adam Crowl - 7/1/2008 7:54:11 PM
        
        re: Homer was a poet first... - ER - 7/1/2008 8:42:52 PM
  - Doh! (n/t) - Homer J. Simpson - 6/28/2008 12:41:52 AM
- low on facts, high on speculation (n/t) - dd - 6/24/2008 1:37:52 PM
  - New Date for Caesar's British Invasion - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:23:41 PM

A visit inside Orion - Raoul - 7/1/2008 5:26:11 PM

Martian soil is dry, mildly salty, and... - alcaray - 6/26/2008 11:13:06 PM
- The pH level is between 8 and 9; very alkaline martian soil. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:25:56 PM
  - Instead of the adjective, "very", the adjective, "evidently", wiould do better. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:50:31 PM
- Mmmm... Aparagus... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2008 3:09:59 AM
  - re: Mmmm... Aparagus... - pb - 6/27/2008 5:55:28 AM
    - "Damn frustrating that we could not send six Phoenix landers in stead of one." - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2008 10:10:36 PM
      - Solar panels work fine, in the summer - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2008 12:47:18 AM
- Oxidizers - dtb - 6/27/2008 1:40:11 AM
  - Don't know but there may be big differences between polar locations and equatorial ones (where the Vikings went). (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2008 3:20:33 AM
- Martian Asparagus - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2008 12:29:12 AM
  - Asparagus?...I think green beans would do better...It would also explain the martian methane detection. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:48:02 PM
    - Martha Stewart s..."LIVING" on MARS - carl - 6/27/2008 3:35:18 PM
      - Are you starting a collection to get her there? (n/t) - nick hoffman - 6/28/2008 9:55:34 AM
      - It's a GOOD thing! (n/t) - ER - 6/27/2008 4:55:58 PM
      - LOL!!! (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:14:40 PM
  - Now we know what the Spiders eat (n/t) - pb - 6/27/2008 3:22:15 AM
  - Think of how tall it could grow. And magic beans, maybe. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/27/2008 2:29:09 AM
  - Asparagus from MARS!!!! - pb - 6/27/2008 1:45:59 AM
    - [snort!] (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 4:39:54 AM
      - Is that a 'White Mars' joke? - pb - 6/27/2008 5:28:57 AM
        
        [groan] (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 2:36:59 PM
        
        Why so grumpy lately? (n/t) - pb - 6/27/2008 6:25:49 PM
        
        No no no, I'm Sneezy (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 7:19:11 PM
        
        Dwarfed by comparison - pb - 6/28/2008 2:16:36 AM
        
        'sept you left out a few.... (n/t) - Bashful - 6/28/2008 6:16:47 PM
    - lol (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2008 4:25:12 AM
- A question. - Bowser - 6/26/2008 11:36:31 PM
  - Mars DOES have geological processes... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2008 2:08:15 AM
    - The first high-temp TEGA results indicate trace hydrated minerals present. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:51:26 PM
    - So why did they say the Viking results were like hydrogen peroxide? - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:16:56 AM
      - Alkaline reaction could be trace of superoxide in this lithosol - bruced - 6/29/2008 7:41:08 AM
        
        regolith is the generally accepted term for 'soils"on a planet/moon - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2008 12:48:48 AM
      - Super Oxidisers or otherwise... - Adam Crowl - 6/27/2008 10:36:21 PM

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