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Once more into the fray: Gilbert Levin on life on Mars. - Robert Clark - 4/6/2008 12:36:12 AM
- Good post... bad source - Adam - 4/6/2008 5:19:21 AM
  - re: Good post... bad source - Robert Clark - 4/6/2008 10:02:30 PM

BAD VIBES on Ares 1 Rocket - carl - 4/4/2008 3:02:06 PM
- A solution - Raoul - 4/6/2008 8:58:53 PM
- Very old news, been debated for months (n/t) - phil - 4/4/2008 4:28:12 PM
  - First I heard - carl - 4/4/2008 5:04:16 PM

ISS tonight! - Raoul - 4/6/2008 7:38:20 PM

Some Criticism of SuperWASP - phil - 4/6/2008 4:53:12 PM

New Laser Technique Could Find Earthlike Planets - phil - 4/5/2008 3:54:36 PM
- Noisy stars - Adam - 4/6/2008 5:25:08 AM
  - re: Noisy stars - phil - 4/6/2008 3:44:42 PM

Shuttle processing photos - TB - 4/4/2008 12:55:43 AM
- re: Shuttle processing photos - REB - 4/4/2008 6:02:04 PM
- Documenting an ERA - carl - 4/4/2008 2:53:07 PM
  - Michoud Operations Center - pb - 4/5/2008 9:42:38 PM
  - re: Documenting an ERA - TB - 4/4/2008 5:25:47 PM
    - NASA Tech SPIN-OFFS - carl - 4/5/2008 1:54:22 PM

Omega Centauri not a globular cluster... - Raoul - 4/4/2008 8:12:14 PM

It's my opinion, my conclusion, but now I have to say that there is no life within our Solar System and farther out too. - Jacob - 3/30/2008 7:57:34 PM
- And if you are correct - Buck Galaxy - 4/2/2008 8:03:19 PM
  - Megadittos - phil - 4/4/2008 4:30:28 PM
  - Yea, I thought of the terraforming implications. You have certainly focused in on the human potential there. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/4/2008 12:40:07 PM
  - re: And if you are correct. - There it is: IF - Marcia - 4/3/2008 2:42:31 AM
- re: It's my opinion, my conclusion, but now I have to say that there is no life within our Solar System and farther out too. - Marsbug - 4/1/2008 2:28:11 PM
- Other possibilities. - Robert Clark - 4/1/2008 11:02:33 AM
- Sorry. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2008 8:00:34 AM
  - There ain't gonna be a test on this, is there? - McFly - 4/1/2008 8:48:06 PM
    - Yes, but you'll get to grade your own paper. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/3/2008 2:17:14 AM
- Insufficient Data for Meaningful Response (n/t) - MULTIVAC - 4/1/2008 7:19:19 AM
- re:What is your definition of life? - Johannes - 3/31/2008 11:56:52 PM
  - Anything with functioning DNA is a good start. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/1/2008 12:41:49 PM
    - re: Are you saying that the deoxyribonucleic acid is alive or - Johannes - 4/2/2008 1:08:17 AM
      - The key word is "functioning DNA" for anything that's carbon-based and alive. Fossils are another matter. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/2/2008 5:44:31 PM
        
        re: Functioning DNA is a combination of atoms that form molecules, are these molecules alive? - Johannes - 4/3/2008 1:57:43 AM
        
        You'll be disappointed in my answer. - Jacob - 4/4/2008 12:38:25 PM
        
        re: Thank you for your interesting answer. - Johannes - 4/4/2008 7:08:34 PM
- wrong premise - dd - 3/31/2008 2:44:37 PM
  - Valid point, but bacteria require a complex, energy-rich cyclical system to survive. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/31/2008 11:03:17 PM
- Everyones entiled to their opinion! - Marsbug - 3/31/2008 10:33:10 AM
  - Hey! If a LGM were to show up on my lawn I would change my mind. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 3/31/2008 10:48:50 PM
- Sorry, delusion alarm. You don't know with any certainty. Nobody does... (n/t) - et - 3/30/2008 11:32:50 PM
  - Sorry, silliness alarm...I used science to make a biased opinion. So sue me. - Jacob - 3/31/2008 10:47:09 PM
    - I'm a fundamentalist agnostic on this issue. - et - 4/1/2008 9:14:08 PM
- We never said it would be easy - nick hoffman - 3/30/2008 11:21:58 PM
  - It may be impossible....It may be asymptotic. - Jacob - 3/31/2008 10:59:19 PM
    - That should be X can never equal zero...Sorry for the typo.. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/31/2008 11:05:03 PM
- Nowhere? Not even on Earth? - pwokenyaw - 3/30/2008 11:18:17 PM

ISS tonight! - Raoul - 4/3/2008 7:26:31 PM

A radio net the size of Europe - Socrates II - 4/3/2008 7:21:25 PM

ATV approach tests - Raoul - 3/31/2008 4:50:34 PM
- ISS Astros GOT BIG RED BUTTON - carl - 3/31/2008 6:29:51 PM
  - Like a James Bond movie? - nick hoffman - 4/1/2008 12:14:38 AM
    - MOONRAKER? - carl - 4/1/2008 3:23:56 PM
      - nah, quote was from "You Only Live Twice" - n - 4/1/2008 10:08:36 PM
      - You watch James Bond flicks for their reality? - Socrates II - 4/1/2008 3:35:06 PM
        
        Nope, OLD CARS and PUSSY GALORE - carl - 4/1/2008 5:40:27 PM
        
        The Space Shuttle special effects in Moonraker were good - Socrates II - 4/1/2008 6:37:00 PM
        
        Speed at launch - Raoul - 4/1/2008 7:06:50 PM
        
        Multiple LAUNCHES on MOONRAKER - carl - 4/2/2008 2:06:07 PM
        
        Why didn't they ever do multiple launches? (n/t) - Lee - 4/2/2008 7:18:19 PM
        
        Lucky to get 1 OFF - carl - 4/3/2008 4:00:47 PM
        
        Well, clearly... - Socrates II - 4/3/2008 5:32:48 PM
  - ATV in front of ISS just seen at 22:13 CET (through clouds) - Raoul - 3/31/2008 7:26:37 PM

April 2 1968 - Raoul - 4/2/2008 7:48:42 PM
- Where is was shown in 1968! - Raoul - 4/3/2008 5:15:39 PM
- And in two days - Socrates II - 4/2/2008 8:52:25 PM
  - That was Apollo 6....Apollo 4 was on.. - Raoul - 4/3/2008 4:37:55 AM

Jules Verne gets OK for docking with ISS - SteveS - 4/3/2008 12:49:37 AM
- It is done!!! (n/t) - Delbert - 4/3/2008 2:00:57 PM
- re:NASA TV has live coverage - SteveS - 4/3/2008 1:32:29 PM
- Rendezvous?... Then Touche?...Then Prendrez? - Jacob - 4/3/2008 12:55:29 PM
  - Docking - Raoul - 4/3/2008 3:18:45 PM
    - Italian.... "NO HITTA de ISS a BANG-O!" - carl - 4/3/2008 3:58:08 PM
- re: Jules Verne gets OK for docking with ISS - pb - 4/3/2008 5:32:10 AM

Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere (magneto-acoustic wave). - Vince - 4/2/2008 1:56:19 PM
- re: Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar "tsunami" hurtling through the Sun's atmosphere (magneto-acoustic wave). - Marcia - 4/3/2008 2:38:24 AM

Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission[?] - McFly - 3/31/2008 1:36:29 PM
- What about commercial pilots flying passenger jets? - Jacob - 4/1/2008 12:45:29 PM
- When Life hands you lemons... - Adam - 4/1/2008 7:26:58 AM
- re: Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission[?] - gbaikie - 4/1/2008 5:51:52 AM
- I don't see the news here. - alcaray - 3/31/2008 11:44:52 PM
- So we'll have to build real spaceships to travel in space. Go figure. - Lee - 3/31/2008 5:38:40 PM
  - Mass - Raoul - 3/31/2008 6:24:44 PM
    - re: No, not Mass, how about innovative design??? - phil - 3/31/2008 11:53:53 PM
      - VASIMR for cargo to the Moon - Raoul - 4/1/2008 5:47:34 PM
      - Can I use that aphorism? - Adam - 4/1/2008 7:59:57 AM
      - Wouldn't mass be an innovative design? - Lee - 4/1/2008 2:21:10 AM
      - The obvious solution to cosmic radiation is Nuclear Power... - nick hoffman - 4/1/2008 12:16:24 AM
        
        Wernher von Braun had the right idea. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2008 7:52:48 AM
        
        That's my suggestion. - Lee - 4/1/2008 4:50:44 PM
        
        von Braun had no idea... - Adam - 4/1/2008 8:27:01 AM
        
        "Would you?" - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2008 9:00:43 PM
    - Shuttlecraft. - Lee - 3/31/2008 6:40:31 PM
      - re: Very ling time in space - Raoul - 3/31/2008 6:48:31 PM
        
        What would you need to land on another body? - Lee - 3/31/2008 7:16:50 PM
        
        All worlds have their specificities! 'except for small bodies - Raoul - 3/31/2008 7:36:52 PM
        
        Mars doesn't need parachutes. - Lee - 3/31/2008 8:34:28 PM
- re: Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission[?] - E.P. - 3/31/2008 3:27:14 PM

I saw this text on a T-shirt today - Jack Herer - 4/1/2008 6:57:20 PM
- 50 Yrs..Feb 20th, 2012 - carl - 4/2/2008 3:08:45 PM
  - Glenn - Raoul - 4/2/2008 5:22:12 PM
    - Somebody wants to recreate Glenn's Mercury flight in 2012 - Socrates II - 4/2/2008 7:40:20 PM

Youngest Planet discovered orbiting withing 600 LY of Earth - TAFKASE - 4/2/2008 2:36:52 PM

Is Our Universe Ruled by Artificial Intelligence? - Socrates II - 3/28/2008 2:51:20 AM
- re: Is Our Universe Ruled by Artificial Intelligence? - Robert Clark - 3/28/2008 10:27:31 AM
  - Merging Man and Machine to Reach the Stars - Socrates II - 3/31/2008 2:47:06 PM
    - The search for astroengineers - Socrates II - 4/2/2008 10:28:24 AM

The Two Gigayear Delay - phil - 3/27/2008 4:10:03 PM
- Question: What makes things want to reproduce? - DALeffler - 3/30/2008 3:59:06 AM
  - Immortality vs Survival - nick hoffman - 3/31/2008 8:46:06 AM
    - re: Immortality vs Survival - DALeffler - 4/1/2008 3:03:13 AM
      - Growth, survival - nick hoffman - 4/1/2008 10:15:00 PM
      - I've always thought of it the other way around. - alcaray - 4/1/2008 5:29:23 PM
  - re: Question: What makes things want to reproduce? - gbaikie - 3/30/2008 9:52:05 PM
- re: The Two Gigayear Delay - Johannes - 3/27/2008 10:36:56 PM
  - re: The Two Gigayear Delay - gbaikie - 3/28/2008 3:17:25 AM
    - The Global Brain - Adam - 3/30/2008 2:45:56 AM
- re: The Two Gigayear Delay - Vince - 3/27/2008 6:01:54 PM
  - Please support SETI efforts - Socrates II - 3/28/2008 5:26:37 PM
    - re: Please support SETI efforts - Marcia - 3/29/2008 12:33:33 AM

Virgle Google's April fool... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2008 7:39:47 AM
- re: Virgle Google's April fool... - Hans - 4/1/2008 9:16:02 PM
- I don't understand your agitation. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/1/2008 9:05:53 PM

The value of darkness - Raoul - 4/1/2008 8:20:28 PM

SuperWASP discovers 10 new exoplanets within 6 months! - Raoul - 4/1/2008 5:25:38 PM
- With SOPHIE's help - Raoul - 4/1/2008 5:38:49 PM

I saw it! - Jacob - 4/1/2008 12:48:51 PM
- To HZ readers, please take note of today's date. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 4/1/2008 2:48:47 PM
  - ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 4/1/2008 5:33:10 PM

Happy Birthday, Sergei!! Soyuz TMA-12 crew - Raoul - 4/1/2008 5:01:29 PM

Training for the space station - Raoul - 4/1/2008 4:37:07 PM

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