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Red Spot Jr. - pb - 5/22/2008 9:57:45 PM

Excellent article and images on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) - Socrates II - 5/22/2008 2:37:50 PM

May 25th. Live on Discovery Channel. Phoenix landing. - REB - 5/19/2008 2:41:03 PM
- Anyone got a link to a picture of the landing sited? - REB - 5/19/2008 3:24:48 PM
  - re: Anyone got a link to a picture of the landing sited? - podrock - 5/19/2008 4:00:10 PM
    - Looks like Karst Topography - REB - 5/19/2008 5:46:54 PM
    - Thanks - REB - 5/19/2008 5:37:26 PM
- And The Science Channel - Socrates II - 5/19/2008 3:17:28 PM
  - The National Geographic Channel gets in on the Mars act, too - Socrates II - 5/20/2008 2:05:27 AM
    - Mars Express mission controllers ready for NASA Phoenix landing - Socrates II - 5/20/2008 3:36:00 PM
      - Mars Express Phoenix support timeline - Socrates II - 5/22/2008 2:27:17 PM

Could the Phoenix spacecraft carry out a 'bonus' experiment/activity? - Jacob - 5/18/2008 12:22:58 AM
- re: Could the Phoenix spacecraft carry out a 'bonus' experiment/activity? - pb - 5/19/2008 9:31:03 AM
- re: Could the Phoenix spacecraft carry out a 'bonus' experiment/activity? - nick hoffman - 5/19/2008 8:12:45 AM
- re: Could the Phoenix spacecraft carry out a 'bonus' experiment/activity? - Doug Ellison - 5/18/2008 9:18:53 AM
  - vented nitrogen and ullage - JimO - 5/20/2008 5:02:21 PM
    - re: vented nitrogen and ullage - Doug Ellison - 5/20/2008 11:19:44 PM
      - frozen hydrazine - JimO - 5/21/2008 3:26:14 AM
        
        re: frozen hydrazine - Doug Ellison - 5/21/2008 9:58:14 AM
        
        will steal your citation... - JimO - 5/22/2008 4:44:08 AM
        
        re: frozen hydrazine - JimO - 5/22/2008 4:41:18 AM
        
        re: frozen hydrazine - Marcia - 5/21/2008 8:05:36 PM
- With deployed solar panels? (n/t) - Raoul - 5/18/2008 8:40:02 AM
  - Is NASA playing the Memory Hole game with the lander's main goal? - Socrates II - 5/19/2008 1:32:36 PM
    - Phoenix has never been about finding life. - Doug Ellison - 5/20/2008 2:53:49 PM
      - But it is going to be looking for carbon/organics. - Jacob - 5/20/2008 7:18:04 PM
    - The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Life on Mars - Socrates II - 5/20/2008 1:46:44 PM
      - re: The Fall, Rise and Fall of Life on Mars - Raoul - 5/20/2008 7:21:55 PM
        
        Thank you. That's what I would argue too. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/20/2008 7:28:23 PM

Again a Supernova in the same galaxy NGC 2770 ! During its explosion - Raoul - 5/21/2008 5:39:36 PM
- Cought while exploding - Raoul - 5/21/2008 5:52:57 PM
  - Very assymetrical explosion ! - Raoul - 5/21/2008 7:19:33 PM
    - Perhaps not, - ER - 5/22/2008 3:11:44 AM
    - re: Very assymetrical explosion ! - Marcia - 5/21/2008 8:47:24 PM

Is space open for business or just for government employees? - Steventon - 5/13/2008 8:17:49 PM
- Open for Business since 1962 - SpaceExpert - 5/13/2008 9:09:14 PM
- re: Is space open for business or just for government employees? - Steventon - 5/13/2008 8:21:25 PM
  - Selling Space - Literally - Socrates II - 5/21/2008 8:39:04 PM

Micrometeorite hits on the Moon (visible side) - Raoul - 5/21/2008 5:11:49 PM

Just can't wait to get on the road again. - REB - 5/20/2008 2:43:31 PM
- The first rover... - nick hoffman - 5/21/2008 12:16:28 AM
  - The real first rovers on Mars - Socrates II - 5/21/2008 2:07:39 AM

Carbon nanofibres mimic asbestos - nick hoffman - 5/21/2008 12:46:25 AM

The Sky Is Falling - Socrates II - 5/20/2008 1:24:47 PM
- I know what you guys are thinking. - ER - 5/20/2008 2:06:09 PM

Nissan's plans for electric cars - TB - 5/20/2008 1:09:55 AM

Winged spacecrafts? Ever a good idea? - Raoul - 5/18/2008 9:09:25 AM
- Interesting... - ER - 5/19/2008 5:25:59 PM
  - The N1 rocket - Raoul - 5/19/2008 9:02:29 PM
- Von Braun's concept? No!... Current Shuttle design? No!...Future design?... - Jacob - 5/18/2008 8:31:54 PM

Visualising BIG numbers - nick hoffman - 5/19/2008 11:41:09 AM
- I use window screen. - ER - 5/19/2008 6:44:38 PM

"Astronomers baffled..." - Eri - 5/18/2008 3:20:25 AM
- Maybe belongs on the Space Board - Eri - 5/18/2008 3:29:00 AM
  - An Eccentric Binary Millisecond Pulsar in the Galactic Plane - Socrates II - 5/19/2008 4:25:52 PM

Arthur C Clarke, Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking - Raoul - 5/19/2008 12:48:43 PM
- Thanks! On DVD too. - TB - 5/19/2008 4:09:38 PM

Mars in the Beehive next week - Raoul - 5/16/2008 6:32:33 PM
- re: Mars in the Beehive next week - arnaud - 5/18/2008 1:10:53 PM
  - There's the whole night for it, Arnaud - Raoul - 5/18/2008 3:39:39 PM
- Mars - RobVG - 5/17/2008 1:09:59 AM
  - Several months ago - Raoul - 5/17/2008 8:55:35 AM
    - Saturn - RobVG - 5/17/2008 5:12:08 PM
      - For the moment... - Raoul - 5/17/2008 6:30:59 PM
- Phoenix Mars mission program on PBS May 22 - Socrates II - 5/16/2008 9:28:28 PM
  - Live coverage of the Mars landing on Sunday, May 25, 7 to 9 pm ET - Socrates II - 5/19/2008 1:59:53 PM

From may 2009, 6 astronauts almost permanently aboard the space station - Raoul - 5/16/2008 8:39:09 PM
- re: From may 2009, 6 astronauts almost permanently aboard the space station - Marcia - 5/16/2008 10:06:23 PM
  - Just when the ISS and Space Program NEEDS SHUTTLES - carl - 5/17/2008 3:52:20 PM
    - re: Just when the ISS and Space Program NEEDS SHUTTLES - Marcia - 5/19/2008 2:14:44 AM
      - re: Addend.: - Marcia - 5/19/2008 2:28:59 AM

A catalogue of solar system transists spanning 250,000 years - Raoul - 5/18/2008 2:00:35 PM

ISS pass filmed from Germany may 12th - Raoul - 5/18/2008 1:17:44 PM

Ares 1 expected performances - Raoul - 5/17/2008 6:27:12 PM

Different moonphases with the Canon EOS 450D and the 75-300mm zoom-lens - Raoul - 5/16/2008 9:42:54 PM
- re: Different moonphases - SteveS - 5/17/2008 12:23:22 AM

POPE and Vatican ENDORSE ET's exist - carl - 5/14/2008 4:46:42 PM
- Just because the pope says something, doesn't necessarily mean it reflects a reality or truth. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/15/2008 1:42:03 PM
  - Did either of you read the original news item? - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 2:36:51 PM
    - Regardless!...Any papal statement should be taken with a grain of salt. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/15/2008 5:35:46 PM
      - Regardless of what? - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 5:48:19 PM
        
        And I say, regardless!....Moot point!.... So what? (n/t) - Jacob - 5/15/2008 5:52:52 PM
        
        re: And I say, regardless!....Moot point!.... So what? - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 5:59:37 PM
        
        OK! ..I understand your perspective. - Jacob - 5/15/2008 7:45:31 PM
- re: POPE and Vatican ENDORSE ET's exist - Lindy - 5/14/2008 8:49:35 PM
  - SORRY ABOUT THAT, Chief!!!! - carl - 5/15/2008 7:09:11 PM
  - Disaster Control - Lindy - 5/14/2008 9:48:52 PM
    - re: Disaster Control - aptly put - Andrew - 5/15/2008 5:46:48 PM
- Not all that new. - TB - 5/14/2008 7:34:39 PM
  - Religious fundamentalists are no fans of alien life - Socrates II - 5/14/2008 8:01:07 PM
    - Few and far between. - TB - 5/14/2008 8:45:32 PM
      - re: Few and far between. - Marcia - 5/15/2008 7:40:31 PM
        
        re: Few and far between. - FWIW. (n/t) - Marcia - 5/16/2008 10:52:31 PM
      - re: Few and far between. - REB - 5/14/2008 9:57:48 PM
        
        re: Few and far between. - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 3:02:20 AM
        
        Well...The SETI crowd have created a religion, even relying on faith to an extent. (n/t) - Jacob - 5/15/2008 1:38:35 PM
        
        re: Well...The SETI crowd have created a religion, even relying on faith to an extent. - James Brown - 5/15/2008 4:12:47 PM
        
        Check this word out!... Epistomology....Both science and religion share that word. - Jacob - 5/15/2008 5:51:15 PM
        
        Well, then... - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 6:03:50 PM
        
        A statment made without merit or knowledge - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 2:56:05 PM
        
        Then where's the scientific evidence, or proof for SETI's claims? - Jacob - 5/15/2008 5:33:50 PM
        
        If they had proof of ETI, they wouldn't need to search for them, now would they? - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 5:58:20 PM
        
        You're right!! - Jacob - 5/15/2008 8:15:53 PM
        
        I'm glad you are a rebel - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 8:27:58 PM
        
        SETI followers and faith.... Let me give you a definition of faith. - Jacob - 5/15/2008 7:56:12 PM
        
        re: SETI followers and faith.... Let me give you a definition of faith. - James Brown - 5/15/2008 11:49:03 PM
        
        Thank you - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 8:17:17 PM
- Against the Empire - Socrates II - 5/14/2008 6:22:29 PM
  - Will OUR GOD endorse ET's? - carl - 5/14/2008 7:03:03 PM
    - The Extraterrestrial Sermons - Socrates II - 5/14/2008 8:29:05 PM
  - The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, Antiquity to 1915 - Socrates II - 5/14/2008 6:53:13 PM
    - Creative Writing for Extraterrestrials - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 7:02:16 PM

Stonehenge in the June issue of NGM - Socrates II - 5/16/2008 8:57:43 PM

The most recent Supernova in our own galaxy - Raoul - 5/14/2008 7:45:15 PM
- I don't think it's so scandalous... - ER - 5/15/2008 6:25:23 PM
  - re: I don't think it's so scandalous... excellent points. - Marcia - 5/15/2008 9:56:41 PM
- Am I the only one... - James Brown - 5/15/2008 4:09:02 PM
  - Culture - Raoul - 5/15/2008 6:29:49 PM
  - Even worse - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 4:28:12 PM
    - Have you ever tried watching Nasa TV? - Lee - 5/15/2008 6:50:08 PM
      - re: Have you ever tried watching Nasa TV? - Marcia - 5/15/2008 9:51:20 PM
      - Why should rocket launches and probes landing somewhere be the only things worth showing on TV? - Raoul - 5/15/2008 8:14:05 PM
        
        Emotional...how about halfway interesting? - Lee - 5/15/2008 10:38:32 PM
        
        re: Emotional...how about halfway interesting? - Doug Ellison - 5/16/2008 7:25:45 AM
        
        That's my idea too. - Lee - 5/16/2008 2:16:43 PM
        
        Where are the new Carl Sagans? - Socrates II - 5/16/2008 4:25:05 PM
    - re: Even worse - James Brown - 5/15/2008 4:56:02 PM
      - re: Even worse - Hans - 5/15/2008 5:17:26 PM
        
        re: Even worse - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 6:35:43 PM
- re: The most recent Supernova in our own galaxy - James Brown - 5/15/2008 12:30:48 AM
  - Good point. - TB - 5/15/2008 5:33:05 PM

Millisecond pulsar orbiting a normal star - nick hoffman - 5/16/2008 3:06:31 AM

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