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The DIRECT approach - Raoul - 5/28/2008 7:15:14 PM
- And you can keep the shuttle. - Lee - 5/28/2008 11:49:59 PM

Phoenix on the ground with parachute and heatshield - Raoul - 5/27/2008 9:34:11 PM
- The SOUND of Phoenix !! - Raoul - 5/28/2008 10:09:20 PM
- And now we can see what happens next winter - TB - 5/28/2008 5:13:42 AM
- so how come we never spotted anything of MPL? - JimO - 5/28/2008 4:02:09 AM
  - A signal - Raoul - 5/28/2008 5:43:16 AM
    - That and... - alcaray - 5/28/2008 7:59:37 AM
- re: Questions about the (awesome) image answered... - Vince - 5/28/2008 3:15:17 AM
- One word... - Algorithms - 5/28/2008 1:08:34 AM
- But shortly before, while landing, the full context !! - Raoul - 5/27/2008 9:41:48 PM
  - WOW! One of the coolest space photos ever! Thanks Raoul! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/27/2008 10:01:27 PM
  - Wow! - TB - 5/27/2008 9:56:40 PM
    - re: I guess it REALLY IS Heimdall Crater in the background (I had to check!). - Marcia - 5/27/2008 10:21:14 PM
      - re: I guess it REALLY IS Heimdall Crater in the background (I had to check!). - Marcia - 5/27/2008 10:49:55 PM
    - Yes,; there were about 20 km (horizontally) to go before touching the ground (n/t) - Raoul - 5/27/2008 10:15:41 PM
      - Makes one wish that Phoenix was a rover too. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 5/28/2008 1:33:31 PM
  - And details on the ground - Raoul - 5/27/2008 9:54:24 PM
    - re: And details on the ground - TB - 5/28/2008 12:03:20 AM
      - re: And details on the ground - Marcia - 5/28/2008 12:47:36 AM
        
        re: And details on the ground - alcaray - 5/28/2008 1:11:10 AM
        
        re: And details on the ground. - :) - Marcia - 5/28/2008 1:30:34 AM

NBC Nightly to have a Phoenix story - JimO - 5/28/2008 8:58:20 PM
- re: NBC Nightly to have a Phoenix story - Marcia - 5/28/2008 9:15:18 PM

Quakes can be triggered from other side of globe - pb - 5/25/2008 6:36:11 PM
- Stress buildup precedes large Sumatra earthquakes - Socrates II - 5/28/2008 1:22:03 PM

How to Win the Google Lunar X Prize and Beat NASA to the Moon - gbaikie - 5/28/2008 1:29:20 AM

I forgot -- why decide no live descent video? - JimO - 5/27/2008 7:36:11 PM
- re: I forgot -- why decide no live descent video? - pwokenyaw - 5/27/2008 9:05:28 PM
  - There's also the issue of this microphone on Phoenix. - Jacob - 5/27/2008 9:16:55 PM

Possibly the greatest tribute to veterans... - ARRELL - 5/27/2008 3:19:37 PM
- It's made from pig bladder. - Lee - 5/27/2008 4:25:06 PM

Amazing view of phoenix decending on it's parchute - Delbert - 5/27/2008 1:53:56 AM
- The topic was covered in a thread below. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/27/2008 1:28:19 PM
- re: Parachute - Raoul - 5/27/2008 5:39:37 AM
  - In color ! - Raoul - 5/27/2008 12:09:26 PM
    - That has to be a contender for the space photo of the Century... - nick hoffman - 5/27/2008 12:46:39 PM
      - re: That has to be a contender for the space photo of the Century... - Jacob - 5/27/2008 1:30:44 PM
        
        Indeed - Raoul - 5/27/2008 1:42:25 PM

News Flash: Michel Fornier will attempt his 40 km 'jump' this Monday. - Jacob - 5/24/2008 5:41:56 PM
- The latest on Monsieur Fournier [correct spelling] and his jump attempt. - Jacob - 5/25/2008 6:48:40 PM
- re: Il est temps !!! - Raoul - 5/25/2008 12:02:57 AM
  - re: Il est temps !!! delayed - Andrew - 5/26/2008 8:15:38 PM
    - The attempt failed. Balloon broke free from capsule. :-( (n/t) - Jacob - 5/27/2008 1:34:09 PM
  - His jump is delayed; no new jump date is given. :-( (n/t) - Jacob - 5/26/2008 4:46:09 PM
- 40km!! I hope he's got a book to read on the way down ;-) (n/t) - McFly - 5/24/2008 6:06:00 PM

Has COROT found another Earth? - Socrates II - 5/21/2008 5:55:01 PM
- re: Has COROT found another Earth? - anon - 5/27/2008 8:51:03 AM
- re: COROT discoveries (thanks!) - Raoul - 5/21/2008 7:23:36 PM

Nasa TV coverage of Phoenix landing starting now - ARRELL - 5/25/2008 10:40:24 PM
- I'M STUNNED!!...THE LATEST IMAGE IS OF THE PHOENIX ITSELF WITH ITS PARACHUTE!!!...AWESOME!!! - Jacob - 5/26/2008 6:55:22 PM
  - re: Looks like they snapped that one shortly after chute deployment, but they said that they'll check on that. - Marcia - 5/26/2008 7:09:12 PM
    - Image and link - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 7:19:32 PM
      - That is a seriously impressive piece of targeting work. (n/t) - TB - 5/26/2008 9:59:38 PM
      - re: Fabulous ! - Raoul - 5/26/2008 9:02:28 PM
        
        The link - Raoul - 5/26/2008 9:12:31 PM
        
        re: Another take on that one: - Marcia - 5/26/2008 10:03:54 PM
- Lots of cheers and applause and they ain't showing me SQUAT! (n/t) - TB - 5/26/2008 1:56:19 AM
  - Scratch that! PICTURES! (n/t) - TB - 5/26/2008 1:57:09 AM
    - Pix on the web already!!! - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 2:02:26 AM
      - Thanks! JPL doesn't have these yet. - TB - 5/26/2008 2:04:46 AM
        
        Pulling up Photoshop. I'm gonna MESS with these! - TB - 5/26/2008 2:07:58 AM
        
        The basic pictures are pretty as they are...no need to mess with them. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/26/2008 4:53:22 PM
        
        The shape of the surface seems oddly patterned. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/26/2008 2:17:55 AM
        
        Polygonal ground - nick hoffman - 5/26/2008 2:55:03 AM
        
        You used the word thaw, not sublimation. - Jacob - 5/26/2008 4:52:28 PM
        
        I was very specific in what I said. - nick hoffman - 5/27/2008 6:19:49 AM
        
        Thought experiment.... - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 6:06:35 AM
        
        Polygonal patterns... - ER - 5/26/2008 3:19:26 PM
        
        The polygonal patterns are not surprising... - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 3:31:44 PM
        
        Rocks - TB - 5/26/2008 3:47:08 PM
        
        not same process - JimO - 5/26/2008 5:16:37 PM
        
        re: Polygonal patterns... - ER - 5/26/2008 3:22:42 PM
        
        I think we might be looking at dirty ice. (n/t) - TB - 5/26/2008 2:34:02 AM
        
        I've been on ice covered with rocks and sand. Not 'in' the ice. - Bowser - 5/26/2008 4:16:45 AM
        
        re: I think we might be looking at dirty ice. - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 2:37:56 AM
        
        Looks a lot like Minnesota "snirt." - TB - 5/26/2008 4:21:42 AM
        
        re: Looks a lot like Minnesota "snirt." - Marcia - 5/26/2008 7:00:52 PM
- Data is being relayed by odyssey... data and (hopefully) images soon! (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 1:49:05 AM
- Phoo! Missed the whole thing. - TB - 5/26/2008 1:46:00 AM
- Pretty nifty! - Algorithms - 5/26/2008 1:23:13 AM
- Descended the last few kilometers FAST! (n/t) - et - 5/26/2008 12:49:56 AM
- Yesss!!! flawless and text book landing - Jeff F - 5/26/2008 12:22:58 AM
  - Down and Safe - nick hoffman - 5/26/2008 12:39:16 AM
    - NASA TV 'word of the day' seems to be 'nominal'....:) - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 12:54:35 AM
- Cable Network TV coverage. - ER - 5/26/2008 12:21:38 AM
- Phoenix has landed and is alive!!! (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/25/2008 11:59:35 PM
  - Is it on solarpanels now or still working on batteries? (n/t) - Jacob - 5/26/2008 12:10:33 AM
    - I think they are awaiting confirmation of solar panel deployment (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/26/2008 12:19:12 AM
- PHOENIX HAS LANDED!!! But no confirmation of solarpanel deployment...yet. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/25/2008 11:58:55 PM
  - I was lucky I got the link to NASA TV working. - Jacob - 5/26/2008 12:03:10 AM

Is there something you forgot to mention Doug Ellison??? - Jody - 5/26/2008 3:28:06 AM
- re: Is there something you forgot to mention Doug Ellison??? - Doug Ellison - 5/26/2008 3:39:39 PM
  - re: Good job (but looked like fun)! Congratulations!!! (n/t) - Marcia - 5/26/2008 7:17:15 PM

Another news flash: The rollout of the "Virgin Galactic" White Knight Two will occur... - Jacob - 5/24/2008 6:26:52 PM
- I'll try to get the date for the Space Ship Two rollout from Hobbyspace.com; so far, no luck. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/25/2008 6:50:43 PM

The Phoenix mission had a press release this morning. - alcaray - 5/23/2008 12:52:28 AM
- Viewing options for Phoenix landing. - alcaray - 5/23/2008 11:21:04 PM
- The Phoenix mission time-line - REB - 5/23/2008 4:13:38 PM
  - Thanks! Link to online schedule - TB - 5/25/2008 2:48:50 PM
- Thanks - pb - 5/23/2008 7:03:56 AM
- errr... press *conference* I mean. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2008 4:08:03 AM

A very nice animation of Phoenix landing, unpacking, going to work. - Bowser - 5/25/2008 2:42:41 AM

Nasa sponsors course on how to talk to aliens - Jack Herer - 5/22/2008 1:19:24 PM
- Gawd....if I'd posted that, it would have been on Off Topic in a New York minute (n/t) - Lindy - 5/23/2008 10:28:08 PM
  - No it wouldn't... - Moderator Nick - 5/24/2008 6:45:21 AM
    - re: No it wouldn't... - Lindy - 5/24/2008 7:17:31 PM
- I Speak to ALIENS everyday - carl - 5/22/2008 5:41:11 PM
  - Muchos Gracious, Hombre. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 5/24/2008 5:45:11 PM
- "Speak slowly and clearly..." (n/t) - ER - 5/22/2008 3:08:42 PM
  - I guess politicians speak an Alien language too. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 5/22/2008 4:42:43 PM
  - "...and loudly" - Robert - 5/22/2008 4:36:55 PM
    - If we were tasty, we'd already be in cans of intergalactic soup - Lindy - 5/23/2008 10:31:24 PM
      - Pictures. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2008 5:11:04 AM
        
        Ten Years After - Lindy - 5/24/2008 6:45:34 PM
    - re: "...and loudly" - ER - 5/22/2008 5:12:00 PM
      - The really advanced ones may be indifferent, not directly hostile - Socrates II - 5/22/2008 6:51:50 PM
- To be intelligent and technological... - Socrates II - 5/22/2008 2:58:08 PM
  - Telepathy in USE? - carl - 5/22/2008 5:42:56 PM
    - Because thoughts can't be projected. - ER - 5/22/2008 5:49:25 PM
      - Does LANGUAGE have to be VERBAL or ACOUSTIC? - carl - 5/22/2008 7:09:49 PM
        
        No, - ER - 5/22/2008 8:26:19 PM
        
        It's just an extra sense - Lindy - 5/23/2008 10:49:29 PM
        
        Before we discuss the properties of telepathy... - ER - 5/23/2008 11:42:25 PM
        
        re: Before we discuss the properties of telepathy... - Lindy - 5/24/2008 12:44:09 AM
        
        Empathy is not Telepathy - nick hoffman - 5/24/2008 6:41:39 AM
        
        re: Empathy is not Telepathy - Lindy - 5/24/2008 7:19:41 PM
        
        Radios, Television, Telepathy, Ants & Humanity - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/22/2008 9:46:10 PM
        
        Seriously, does this drivel belong here? (n/t) - ARRELL - 5/23/2008 12:10:44 AM

A 10 petaflop supercomputer breakthrough bt the Tokyo Institute of Technology. - Jacob - 5/23/2008 6:40:51 PM
- I have always been fascinated by T.I.T.'s... - Anonymous :) - 5/23/2008 11:42:39 PM
  - Petaflops can be dealt with by underwires... (n/t) - TB - 5/24/2008 12:01:40 AM
    - Just dont try to peta floppy in public (n/t) - Anonymous - 5/24/2008 12:45:09 AM
      - Wait till they get to one yottaflop! - Jacob - 5/24/2008 5:50:40 PM

ISS pass at 23:25 CET - Raoul - 5/23/2008 9:42:00 PM
- re: ISS pass at 00:58 CET - Raoul - 5/24/2008 5:29:59 PM

Well, Nick?..You're Mars theory has received it's most vital support evidence to date. - Jacob - 5/16/2008 1:48:51 PM
- Your inference that Mars harbors no pathogens is not supported - E.P. - 5/19/2008 6:05:23 PM
  - OK! - Jacob - 5/20/2008 7:24:56 PM
    - Maybe not zero odds, but very close to zero. - ER - 5/21/2008 2:26:18 PM
      - re: Maybe not zero odds, but very close to zero. - marsbug - 5/22/2008 12:32:55 PM
        
        Exactly. - ER - 5/22/2008 2:06:29 PM
        
        even if a similar useful protein exists, chirality may make it useless. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2008 8:56:03 PM
        
        I had to look it up.... - ER - 5/23/2008 10:14:45 PM
        
        Guess I read your post too quickly. Sorry. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2008 10:21:17 PM
      - Your inferences about possible pathogens from Mars are completely unsupported - E.P. - 5/21/2008 8:27:53 PM
        
        Your constant use of "unsupported" assertion as a debating tactic is useless. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/21/2008 9:51:09 PM
- Tharsis Bulge. - nick hoffman - 5/19/2008 6:34:30 AM
- Yet we still know very little - BRFelix - 5/17/2008 7:17:51 PM
  - "Mars has always been cold" - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/18/2008 6:38:04 PM
    - Gobbledegook and balderdash - nick hoffman - 5/19/2008 6:16:47 AM
      - ...and friction caused by tidal forces. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/19/2008 5:23:54 PM
        
        Mostly in the oceans... - Adam - 5/20/2008 11:01:39 AM
- re: Well, Nick?..You're Mars theory has received it's most vital support evidence to date. - bone yard - 5/16/2008 3:27:19 PM
  - Subsurface radar evidence is absent. - Jacob - 5/16/2008 9:22:13 PM
    - re: Subsurface radar evidence is absent. - bone yard - 5/16/2008 10:11:51 PM
      - That was then... - nick hoffman - 5/16/2008 11:30:33 PM
        
        Care to rephrase? - et - 5/17/2008 6:17:29 AM
        
        re: That was then... - bone yard - 5/16/2008 11:40:46 PM
        
        re: That was then... - Marcia - 5/17/2008 3:21:33 AM
        
        re: That was then... - bone yard - 5/17/2008 3:38:15 AM
  - Mars crust - Raoul - 5/16/2008 4:24:10 PM
    - re: Mars crust - Marcia - 5/16/2008 8:17:02 PM
    - re: Mars crust - bone yard - 5/16/2008 4:57:41 PM
      - Not "just" underneath the surface - nick hoffman - 5/16/2008 11:35:09 PM
        
        re: Not "just" underneath the surface - bone yard - 5/16/2008 11:42:47 PM
        
        re: Not "just" underneath the surface - Marcia (they named me well, thank you). - 5/17/2008 3:17:13 AM
        
        re: Not "just" underneath the surface - bone yard - 5/17/2008 3:45:26 AM
        
        Funding? - nick hoffman - 5/17/2008 8:50:40 AM
        
        re: Funding? - bone yard - 5/17/2008 2:31:47 PM
      - Another source - Raoul - 5/16/2008 6:01:31 PM
        
        re: Another source - bone yard - 5/16/2008 6:30:53 PM
        
        another angle - lance - 5/17/2008 3:25:20 PM
        
        re: another angle - bone yard - 5/17/2008 4:46:33 PM
        
        Actually education has very little to do with it - pb - 5/19/2008 8:24:06 AM
        
        I thought it was Bone HEAD, actually... 8-) - nick hoffman - 5/19/2008 11:56:33 AM
        
        re: another angle - bone yard - 5/17/2008 4:48:32 PM
        
        Troll, troll, troll... - Adam - 5/18/2008 8:22:40 PM

Mars in the Beehive tonight! - Raoul - 5/23/2008 9:07:05 PM

Space station crew may face another ballistic re-entry - pb - 5/23/2008 9:04:48 PM

Next on NOVA: "Lord of the Ants" - Socrates II - 5/16/2008 8:20:46 PM
- Next on NOVA: "Master of the Killer Ants" - Socrates II - 5/23/2008 6:35:32 PM

Galactic Neutrino Communication - Socrates II - 5/20/2008 2:19:39 PM
- Hailing frequencies - ER - 5/20/2008 3:25:57 PM
  - I agree - Socrates II - 5/20/2008 3:39:36 PM
    - Good article online from Physics World - Socrates II - 5/23/2008 4:43:52 PM

Tectonics on Titan - REB - 5/23/2008 2:02:02 PM

The man behind the Moon mission patches - Socrates II - 5/23/2008 1:08:20 PM

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