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Former Aussie Astronaut on the Solar Minimum & Climate - phil, the better looking one - 4/23/2008 8:08:38 PM
- re: Former Aussie Astronaut on the Solar Minimum & Climate - gbaikie - 4/24/2008 8:18:08 AM

The Pioneer Anomaly: A Deviation from Einstein Gravity? - Socrates II - 4/21/2008 3:33:32 PM
- Maybe I'm missing something. - ER - 4/21/2008 6:02:47 PM
  - So far everyone is. That's the point. :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 4/22/2008 3:18:01 AM
    - re: No point. Facts speak for themselves. (n/t) - Marcia - 4/22/2008 5:48:08 AM
  - re: Maybe I'm missing something. - alcaray - 4/21/2008 9:08:06 PM
    - re: Maybe I'm missing something. - Marcia - 4/21/2008 11:59:21 PM
      - re: ... and something to keep in mind. - Marcia - 4/24/2008 2:17:56 AM
        
        re: ... and something to keep in mind. - Marcia - 4/24/2008 2:57:14 AM
      - New Horizons will soon be out there too. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/22/2008 12:25:55 AM
        
        But is the Pluto probe designed for studying the anomaly? - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 1:49:06 PM
        
        Of course not. - alcaray - 4/22/2008 6:18:09 PM
        
        The proposed ASTROD missions - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 8:12:02 PM
        
        I guess I misunderstood you. - alcaray - 4/22/2008 10:10:55 PM
        
        Ayup - Socrates II - 4/23/2008 3:24:24 AM
        
        It's hard to see how revolutionizing our knowledge of how gravity works is going to lead to a return on investment. - ER - 4/22/2008 2:31:26 PM
        
        re: One of Newton's laws. There may be a simple answer to the anomaly. - Marcia - 4/24/2008 1:32:49 AM
        
        I am one of those crazy people... - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 2:53:57 PM
        
        So am I. - ER - 4/22/2008 6:21:44 PM
  - There's a more detailed paper - TB - 4/21/2008 8:42:31 PM
    - Presentation online here - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 4:39:36 PM
      - Speaking of Pioneer... - Socrates II - 4/23/2008 7:11:54 PM

SpaceX - Raoul - 4/23/2008 8:00:14 PM

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera - Raoul - 4/23/2008 6:14:54 PM

Why it took centuries to figure out that Earth went around the Sun - Socrates II - 4/21/2008 9:40:07 PM
- re: Why it took centuries to ACCEPT that Earth went around the Sun - Jack Herer - 4/22/2008 6:14:32 PM
  - There's an urban legend that Galileo used the Bible to defend his theory before the Vatican. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/23/2008 1:23:37 PM
    - re: There's an urban legend that Galileo used the Bible to defend his theory before the Vatican. - Socrates II - 4/23/2008 2:26:44 PM
  - It wasn't just the religious authorities - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 8:22:12 PM
    - 3rd century BCE - Bowser - 4/23/2008 1:15:09 AM

Detection Probability of Terrestrial Radio Signals by a Hostile Super-civilization - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 3:34:09 PM
- Yea yea yea...I heard it all before,...Since before1960.... We'll probably here about probabilities for another 48 years. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/22/2008 7:06:08 PM
  - Heard about what before 1960? - Socrates II - 4/23/2008 3:30:38 AM
    - This latest 'conjecture' is just a variation of what SETI beleivers have putting out for quite some time. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/23/2008 1:21:13 PM
      - Okay, so... - Socrates II - 4/23/2008 2:17:18 PM

Soyuz re-entry issues - Raoul - 4/22/2008 9:41:20 PM
- That is one robust machine. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/23/2008 1:27:57 AM

Peggy, Youri and Yi on their way back ro Earth - Raoul - 4/19/2008 6:44:22 AM
- 475 km west of landing site - ballistic entry (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 4/19/2008 9:07:25 AM
- 16 minutes past expected landing and no com. with soyuz - Delbert - 4/19/2008 8:47:43 AM
  - Recovered - Raoul - 4/19/2008 9:47:05 AM
    - re: Recovered - Someone - 4/20/2008 4:34:57 AM
      - re: Recovered - Marcia - 4/20/2008 8:14:35 PM
        
        re: Recovered - Marcia - 4/20/2008 8:39:07 PM
        
        re: Recovered - Someone - 4/21/2008 12:38:08 AM
        
        re: Recovered - Marcia - 4/21/2008 1:00:36 AM
        
        There's always fire with a Soyuz because... - Raoul - 4/21/2008 5:40:54 AM
        
        re: Thanks, Raoul! (n/t) - Marcia - 4/22/2008 12:52:23 AM
      - Must buy new underwear - pb - 4/20/2008 6:42:55 AM
        
        re: Must buy new underwear - Someone - 4/20/2008 7:06:11 AM
        
        Throwing Malenchenko under the bus - pb - 4/20/2008 7:41:24 AM
        
        re: Throwing Peggy under the bus - SteveS - 4/21/2008 2:02:44 AM
        
        What a load of B.S.! - pb - 4/21/2008 4:49:07 AM
        
        re: Throwing Peggy under the bus - Marcia - 4/21/2008 2:41:39 AM
        
        Some Clues (Thanks to JimO) - pb - 4/22/2008 4:54:33 AM
        
        My thoughts on the issue - nick hoffman - 4/21/2008 1:15:39 PM
        
        re: My thoughts on the issue. - Marcia - 4/21/2008 8:08:08 PM
        
        re: My thoughts on the issue. - dd - 4/22/2008 2:40:43 PM
        
        Ignor millenia of knowlege that women bring bad luck to ships at your peril - phil - 4/22/2008 1:24:28 AM
        
        re: No Phil, I did not ignore it, but dismissed it... - Marcia - 4/22/2008 2:18:31 AM
        
        :) (n/t) - phil - 4/22/2008 2:26:27 AM
        
        We live on a planet often called Spaceship Earth, right? - Socrates II - 4/21/2008 3:41:20 PM
        
        re: Throwing Malenchenko under the bus - Someone - 4/21/2008 12:40:43 AM
  - 20 minutes and still nothing (n/t) - Delbert - 4/19/2008 8:51:23 AM
    - Peggy back on Earth! - Raoul - 4/19/2008 5:00:12 PM
      - re: Tough gal - SteveS - 4/19/2008 10:42:53 PM
        
        re: Tough gal - Marcia - 4/20/2008 8:02:06 PM
- re: Peggy, Youri and Yi slowing down! (n/t) - Raoul - 4/19/2008 7:44:51 AM
  - From Spaceflightnow - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 8:59:25 PM

To commemorate Earth Day: Apollo 8, 1968. - Marcia - 4/22/2008 4:54:13 AM
- Time Magazine.. Apollo 8 Bailed out 1968 - carl - 4/22/2008 4:15:29 PM
  - re: Time Magazine.. Apollo 8 Bailed out 1968 - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 4:57:04 PM
- re: To commemorate Earth Day: Apollo 8, 1968. - Marcia - 4/22/2008 6:15:00 AM
  - And a much more recent image of Earth from Luna - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 1:59:30 PM

6 months stay on the Moon - Raoul - 4/20/2008 1:10:23 PM
- Great links, too. I'd bet it will never happen, though. - Bowser - 4/20/2008 3:40:52 PM
  - I'd bet it will never happen, at least this way - phil - 4/20/2008 10:35:56 PM
    - "- - - surprising on a technical forum - - -" - Bowser - 4/21/2008 12:35:50 AM
      - Bush is funding the manned program - pwokenyaw - 4/21/2008 10:38:58 PM
        
        I think you're kidding. - Bowser - 4/21/2008 10:44:08 PM
      - re: "- - - surprising on a technical forum - - -" - phil - 4/21/2008 12:42:54 AM
  - After 2010 - Raoul - 4/20/2008 5:39:55 PM
    - Stephen Hawking calls for Moon and Mars colonies - Socrates II - 4/22/2008 4:11:02 PM

EP's posts on L. Ron Hubbard moved to Off-topic - moderite podrock - 4/17/2008 1:51:12 PM
- Never heard of Jack Parsons, eh podrock? - E.P. - 4/18/2008 7:52:54 PM
  - Would you be AGAPE to know that I had? - mod-podrock - 4/18/2008 8:54:24 PM
    - Then your actions are even less defensible - E.P. - 4/21/2008 3:24:07 PM
      - podrock's action was entirely justified - Robert - 4/22/2008 3:43:40 PM
      - I did not suppress your post, just moved it. - mod-pod - 4/21/2008 5:40:22 PM

F-117 - Mike - 4/22/2008 2:30:04 PM

V-PRIZE - gbaikie - 4/20/2008 3:10:38 AM
- re: V-PRIZE - gbaikie - 4/20/2008 10:45:32 AM
  - re: V-PRIZE - phil - 4/20/2008 12:48:44 PM
    - re: V-PRIZE - gbaikie - 4/21/2008 12:07:57 AM
      - re: V-PRIZE - phil - 4/21/2008 12:37:15 AM
        
        re: V-PRIZE - gbaikie - 4/21/2008 5:17:47 AM
        
        re: V-PRIZE - phil - 4/22/2008 1:18:50 AM
        
        re: V-PRIZE - gbaikie - 4/22/2008 5:56:52 AM

Peggy Youri and Yi tell their story! - Raoul - 4/21/2008 9:29:19 PM
- re: Peggy Youri and Yi tell their story! - Marcia - 4/22/2008 12:55:15 AM

Profit motive - Zephrin Cochrane - 4/21/2008 3:58:34 AM
- re: Profit motive - TB - 4/21/2008 2:47:39 PM
- At least spell the name correctly - pb - 4/21/2008 8:48:23 AM
- Nobody's buying. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/21/2008 7:08:22 AM

"Green flash" photo collection - TB - 4/19/2008 10:11:13 PM
- My "Green flash" and boat on YouTube - James Brown - 4/21/2008 5:58:48 AM
- re: "Green flash" photo collection - ER - 4/19/2008 11:22:07 PM
  - Casio new camera for capturing that split-second shot. - Robert Clark - 4/20/2008 2:02:37 PM
    - re: capturing that split-second shot - TB - 4/20/2008 7:19:48 PM
    - re: Casio new camera for capturing that split-second shot. - ER - 4/20/2008 2:28:16 PM
      - re: Old cameras - SteveS - 4/21/2008 2:19:26 AM
        
        Old Lenses, New Camera - ER - 4/21/2008 12:45:14 PM
        
        re: Old Lenses, New Camera - SteveS - 4/21/2008 1:41:58 PM
      - There was an alternative for light meters. - Bowser - 4/20/2008 7:16:42 PM
        
        If you don't mind my asking.... - ER - 4/20/2008 8:17:11 PM
        
        Nothing spectacular. - Bowser - 4/21/2008 5:22:15 AM
        
        Nick Danger, Third Eye... - ER - 4/21/2008 12:37:59 PM

More (much more) on "White Rock" on Mars. - Robert Clark - 4/20/2008 2:02:44 AM
- Where is the MARCI data? (n/t) - Jim - 4/20/2008 11:51:41 PM
  - The question is rhetorical. - Jim - 4/21/2008 11:55:55 AM

Mars Express video - TB - 4/21/2008 1:23:47 AM
- Is Elysium region a frozen sea? - pb - 4/21/2008 5:14:47 AM

Dan's smoker - Greg - 4/14/2008 12:37:02 AM
- Google brought this up - SDG - 4/15/2008 4:11:30 AM
  - Thanks for the info. - Jacob - 4/15/2008 6:46:41 PM
    - Jason (n/t) - nick hoffman - 4/15/2008 10:07:17 PM
      - My mistake. .. Blush! (n/t) - Jacob - 4/16/2008 1:43:59 PM
      - re: I called him that too once, but it's 'Justin'. - Marcia - 4/16/2008 1:20:14 AM
        
        'Justin'. - nick hoffman - 4/16/2008 2:45:27 AM
  - What goes around comes around... - Robert - 4/15/2008 4:28:09 PM
    - re: What goes around comes around... - Greg - 4/17/2008 10:15:15 AM
      - re: What goes around comes around... - Robert - 4/18/2008 1:57:17 AM
        
        re: What goes around comes around... - Greg - 4/19/2008 12:51:59 PM
        
        re: What goes around comes around... - Robert - 4/19/2008 5:37:38 PM
        
        a second smoker? - Greg - 4/20/2008 12:00:04 PM
    - Guess my google skills weren't very helpful after all. Oh well. (n/t) - SDG - 4/17/2008 12:33:21 AM
      - Happens all the time - Robert - 4/18/2008 2:00:43 AM
        
        Clarification: "Happens all the time"...searches that don't turn up anything or go circular, not your skills at it (n/t) - Robert - 4/18/2008 2:11:34 AM
        
        re: Clarification: "Happens all the time"...searches that don't turn up anything or go circular, not your skills at it - SDG - 4/18/2008 2:48:43 PM
- re: MRO, my bad (n/t) - SteveS - 4/15/2008 3:11:30 AM
- re: MOC images? - SteveS - 4/15/2008 2:21:49 AM
- re: Dan's smoker - Marcia - 4/14/2008 10:43:10 PM
  - re: Dan's smoker... Marcia - phil - 4/15/2008 12:34:26 AM
    - re: Dan's smoker - TB - 4/15/2008 3:28:19 PM
    - re: Dan's smoker... Marcia - SteveS - 4/15/2008 2:35:28 AM
    - re: Dan's smoker... Marcia - Marcia - 4/15/2008 1:18:38 AM
- re: Dan's smoker - phil - 4/14/2008 2:52:05 PM

ESA to recruit new European astronauts - brian Gyles - 4/20/2008 11:16:18 AM

Right on Flagstaff! - SteveS - 4/16/2008 11:25:14 PM
- It really looks like that - pb - 4/18/2008 8:25:41 AM
  - Yes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 6:06:59 AM
  - Lowell Took Apart telescope - carl - 4/18/2008 5:05:23 PM
    - :) :) :) - pb - 4/18/2008 6:12:42 PM
- That's awesomely beautiful. - Jacob - 4/17/2008 6:55:00 PM
  - Don't be so anthropocentric - nick hoffman - 4/18/2008 3:20:35 AM
    - disputable whether apes can't appreciate beauty - pwokenyaw - 4/18/2008 6:10:13 PM
    - Casn't you appreciate beauty for beauty's sake, Nick? (n/t) - Jacob - 4/18/2008 5:33:39 PM
  - re: Amazing - SteveS - 4/17/2008 10:03:30 PM
    - re: Amazing - Marcia - 4/18/2008 1:42:18 AM
      - re: Amazing - SteveS - 4/18/2008 2:55:37 AM

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) - Star Forming in the Galactic Wilderness - Vince - 4/18/2008 9:00:19 PM
- re: Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) - Star Forming in the Galactic Wilderness - SteveS - 4/19/2008 12:52:21 AM
  - re: Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (M83) - Star Forming in the Galactic Wilderness - Marcia - 4/19/2008 3:00:16 AM

Doubletake: Yes, it's on Earth. - Marcia - 4/18/2008 4:07:38 PM
- re: Doubletake: Yes, it's on Earth. - SteveS - 4/19/2008 12:46:05 AM
- Is that a face I see in the top left? ;) - Tony - 4/18/2008 8:34:08 PM

Plasma sheet on the Moon coming from Earth! - Raoul - 4/18/2008 6:28:25 PM

Sky watcher update - SteveS - 4/18/2008 3:06:17 PM

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