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Europe and Russia agree on a spacecraft - Raoul - 5/14/2008 4:13:29 PM
- Boosters!...boosters!...Where are the required the rocket boosters? - Jacob - 5/15/2008 1:50:35 PM
- Very interesting - pb - 5/15/2008 7:42:36 AM
  - I wonder if this will inspire the next Administration - Socrates II - 5/15/2008 2:43:55 PM

Intelligence very rare in the Universe? - SpaceExpert - 5/6/2008 6:49:43 AM
- Don't rely on the habitable zone as a sample (n/t) - E.P. - 5/14/2008 10:54:35 PM
- Ain't that common down here, either. (n/t) - Ba-dump bump - 5/6/2008 5:30:48 PM
- re: Intelligence very rare in the Universe? - Grok - 5/6/2008 1:54:56 PM
- re: Intelligence very rare in the Universe? - ER - 5/6/2008 1:31:57 PM
  - Ever see the film Idiocracy? - Socrates II - 5/6/2008 3:19:14 PM
    - Why is SETI so American these days? - Socrates II - 5/8/2008 8:03:59 PM
      - Action, an American cultural value - phil - 5/8/2008 11:59:40 PM
        
        re: Action, an American cultural value - pwokenyaw - 5/9/2008 2:23:17 PM
        
        Or the American cultural value may be... - alcaray - 5/9/2008 1:38:28 AM
        
        re: Action, an American cultural value - phil - 5/9/2008 12:00:44 AM
        
        First Exoplanets - James Brown - 5/9/2008 3:48:29 PM
        
        re: First Exoplanets - Socrates II - 5/9/2008 6:18:40 PM
        
        I did go back to the Video - James Brown - 5/10/2008 12:07:20 AM
        
        re: First Exoplanets - James Brown - 5/9/2008 6:56:11 PM
        
        Depends which exoplanets you are talking about - Socrates II - 5/9/2008 12:56:46 PM
        
        True, but... - TB - 5/9/2008 1:37:06 AM
        
        Vatican astronomer/priest says it's okay to "believe" in aliens - Socrates II - 5/14/2008 4:13:53 PM

Phobos to hit Mars in just 11 megayears - Socrates II - 5/13/2008 4:35:15 AM
- numbers don't add up - nick hoffman - 5/13/2008 6:15:07 AM
- A ring around Mars (Roche limit) - Raoul - 5/13/2008 5:38:11 AM
  - Phobos may be something completely different long before it would hit Mars - Socrates II - 5/13/2008 1:54:40 PM
    - One more - Socrates II - 5/14/2008 4:17:28 PM
  - re: A ring around Mars (Roche limit) - ER - 5/13/2008 1:45:18 PM

Update on Semi Buoyant Heavy Lift Airships - pb - 5/12/2008 7:14:39 AM
- 12 MBTs at 100 mph? I will believe it when I see it. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2008 12:40:35 AM
  - Even though... - pb - 5/14/2008 7:54:35 AM
  - Might work... - TB - 5/13/2008 4:44:06 AM
    - Zeppelins are impressive - dtb - 5/13/2008 3:20:03 PM
      - re: Zeppelins are impressive - TB - 5/13/2008 5:21:39 PM

Microsoft does the Cosmos - nick hoffman - 5/14/2008 1:40:51 AM

NASA Opening Arms to Private Industry - gbaikie - 5/13/2008 6:44:38 PM

Science continues to be a non-priority with presidential candidates - Socrates II - 5/12/2008 2:41:27 PM
- Don't you think they reflect the public's interests? - Bowser - 5/13/2008 12:15:31 PM
- re: Science continues to be a non-priority with presidential candidates - Andrew - 5/12/2008 4:55:37 PM
  - re: Science continues to be a non-priority with presidential candidates - Vince - 5/13/2008 2:46:46 AM

The Center Of The Universe: - Marcia - 5/9/2008 8:12:23 PM
- The Edge of Eternity (Great title for an SF book, eh?) - ER - 5/11/2008 5:25:51 PM
  - The Hubble Constant - ER - 5/11/2008 6:00:00 PM
    - re: WMAP versus HST - Raoul - 5/11/2008 6:26:58 PM
      - re: WMAP versus HST. - Marcia - 5/13/2008 1:19:21 AM
      - re: WMAP versus HST - ER - 5/11/2008 7:36:17 PM
        
        re: WMAP versus HST - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:00:37 PM
        
        No te preocupes por eso, chica. (n/t) - ER - 5/12/2008 10:29:25 PM
        
        re: No te preocupes por eso, chica. - Gracias. (n/t) - Marcia - 5/13/2008 1:27:53 AM
- Antrhropocerntric empiricism - ER - 5/10/2008 1:21:56 AM
  - re: Antrhropocerntric empiricism. - Observable region, possibly, yes. - Marcia - 5/10/2008 1:44:34 AM
- The center of the universe is where I live. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/9/2008 10:51:18 PM
- re: The Center Of The Universe: - phil - 5/9/2008 9:43:37 PM
  - re: The Center Of The Universe: - Marcia - 5/9/2008 11:30:05 PM
  - That was 13.73 Billion years ago! - Raoul - 5/9/2008 11:08:59 PM
    - 13.7 billion years in 6 days? - Jacob - 5/10/2008 5:01:13 PM
      - Gerald Schroeder's idea - Adam - 5/11/2008 6:48:40 AM
        
        re: Gerald Schroeder's idea - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:42:54 PM
    - re: That was 13.73 Billion years ago! - Marcia - 5/9/2008 11:28:16 PM
      - You're falling into the trap... - nick hoffman - 5/10/2008 2:51:03 AM
        
        Thank you (n/t) - pb - 5/10/2008 10:48:38 AM
        
        re: You're falling into the trap... - Marcia - 5/10/2008 3:49:11 AM
        
        still wrong - nick hoffman - 5/10/2008 7:25:18 AM
        
        re: still wrong. - How do you know that? - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:02:46 PM
        
        well said mr hoffman! (n/t) - lance - 5/12/2008 6:59:52 PM
        
        re: well said mr hoffman! - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:13:02 PM
        
        re: The vacuum of space and matter. - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:28:11 PM
        
        One word..... No. - nick hoffman - 5/12/2008 11:09:49 PM
        
        re: The vacuum of space and matter. - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:30:48 PM
        
        The problem with explaining this is "3-D empiricism" - TB - 5/10/2008 2:52:47 PM
        
        re: The problem with explaining this is "3-D empiricism" - Marcia - 5/12/2008 9:09:33 PM

Mercury - Raoul - 5/12/2008 10:32:25 AM

More good news on solar energy front - TB - 5/11/2008 2:44:36 AM
- Now if we could just store it! - Adam - 5/11/2008 6:55:24 AM
  - No need for storage in urban environments on grid - Sawyer - 5/11/2008 11:40:44 AM
    - Sawyer's right - TB - 5/11/2008 2:55:48 PM

So-Yeon to leave the hospital - Raoul - 5/10/2008 11:55:00 PM

What Mars Fossils Might Look Like - Socrates II - 5/5/2008 2:17:11 PM
- ALH84001 - E.P. - 5/6/2008 12:43:10 AM
  - In the year 84001??? ;-) ;-) ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 5/6/2008 1:50:01 PM
    - Is There Life On Mars - Ask A Magnet - Socrates II - 5/7/2008 3:56:32 AM
      - Magnetotaxsis on Mars? - Adam - 5/9/2008 9:20:28 AM
        
        4.5 BILLION years - nick hoffman - 5/10/2008 2:58:20 AM
      - If there is, will it present a threat to the Earth's biosphere? - E.P. - 5/7/2008 10:01:24 PM
        
        Is Mars Between Ice Ages? - Socrates II - 5/9/2008 8:30:27 PM
        
        Yes - after the next major impact, Mars will warm, and have an Ice Age - E.P. - 5/10/2008 4:48:18 PM
        
        Bad analogue - nick hoffman - 5/10/2008 3:01:44 AM

Jim Oberg's Article on Soyuz Shortfall Landing - phil - 5/9/2008 7:36:12 PM
- Usual prayers from Mars Nuts hoping for an end to ISS - E.P. - 5/10/2008 4:44:35 PM
- WOW!! Do we monitor the Soyuz's re-entry with ..... - carl - 5/10/2008 2:30:15 PM
- Great article - pb - 5/10/2008 12:30:37 AM
  - re: Great article. - Marcia - 5/10/2008 1:46:51 AM
    - Happened before..but - Raoul - 5/10/2008 8:24:11 AM
    - Soyuz/Progress - pb - 5/10/2008 2:04:38 AM
      - re: Soyuz/Progress. - Marcia - 5/10/2008 2:17:28 AM
- re: Jim Oberg's Article on Soyuz Shortfall Landing. - Thank you, Phil and Mr. Oberg. (n/t) - Marcia - 5/9/2008 8:22:04 PM

Columbia hard drive data recovery - TB - 5/10/2008 3:43:33 PM

From SELENE - Raoul - 5/10/2008 10:52:23 AM

Weather report for Mercury's interior: - alcaray - 5/10/2008 5:47:56 AM

Airshow last week-end - Raoul - 5/8/2008 7:12:03 PM
- Great stuff - pb - 5/10/2008 12:43:32 AM
- THANK YOU!! - McFly - 5/9/2008 1:04:02 AM

The next ones expanding in spaaaace! - Raoul - 5/9/2008 11:28:03 PM

A dark day for future space activity; the first space lawyer graduates. - Jacob - 5/9/2008 5:01:10 PM
- re: A BRIGHT day for future space activity; the first space lawyer graduates. - SpaceExpert - 5/9/2008 10:18:43 PM

Earth, Many Moons Ago - phil - 5/7/2008 8:50:39 PM
- I wonder,... - pb - 5/7/2008 11:28:48 PM
  - re: I wonder,... - good ones, thanks! - Marcia - 5/9/2008 8:17:26 PM

reimaged dunes and a fault - Greg - 5/9/2008 3:54:59 AM
- Alternatively... - nick hoffman - 5/9/2008 4:19:47 AM

by the TIME I get to Mars with Phoenix........ - carl - 5/7/2008 7:27:59 PM
- re: by the TIME I get to Mars with Phoenix........ - Doug Ellison - 5/8/2008 10:15:08 AM

How much energy is wasted nowadays? - Jacob - 5/7/2008 7:48:25 PM
- Installation art and the induction field - podrock - 5/7/2008 8:33:43 PM
  - Shocking! - ER - 5/7/2008 11:38:39 PM

Chinese spacesuit - Raoul - 5/5/2008 5:36:56 AM
- Big overlap of Russian and Chinese technology - nick hoffman - 5/6/2008 2:35:03 AM
  - China duplicating Russian, and not US technology - E.P. - 5/7/2008 10:12:33 PM
- What else they STEAL? - carl - 5/5/2008 10:32:30 PM

Cheap and Reliable Access To Space - Raoul - 5/6/2008 6:14:22 PM
- re: Cheap and Reliable Access To Space - phil - 5/7/2008 4:09:45 PM
- re: Cheap and Reliable Access To Space - TB - 5/6/2008 7:07:53 PM
  - After all these years, and what has happened? - Raoul - 5/6/2008 9:20:33 PM
    - We've managed to reinvent Apollo. - TB - 5/7/2008 1:54:04 AM
      - Ares 1 is actually worse than Apollo, and we can't build it anyway - E.P. - 5/7/2008 10:06:21 PM
      - Early NASA could take risks no private corporation would dare take. - Jacob - 5/7/2008 5:01:22 PM
      - At least not reinvent the shuttle - Raoul - 5/7/2008 5:44:58 AM

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