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Remember Comet Hale-Bopp? - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 2:26:41 PM
- BEE-Bopp HALE BOPP - carl - 3/12/2008 3:05:52 PM
  - Not Branch Davidians. - TAFKASE - 3/12/2008 6:38:15 PM
    - Leave it up to humans - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 6:45:25 PM
  - re: HALE BOPP - Raoul - 3/12/2008 4:21:09 PM

Endeavour lifts off!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/11/2008 5:34:49 AM
- in orbit!!! (n/t) - Delbert - 3/11/2008 5:40:10 AM
  - In a column of fire! - Raoul - 3/12/2008 6:42:35 PM

Three Mars Craft to Monitor PHOENIX Landing Sequence - carl - 3/8/2008 5:19:47 PM
- JPL is really controlling Mars Express? - alcaray - 3/8/2008 11:27:31 PM
  - maybe REQUESTING support? (n/t) - nick hoffman - 3/9/2008 4:56:19 AM
    - Sounds about right - carl - 3/10/2008 3:23:33 PM
      - And don't forget that ESA "owes" NASA for the Beagle II search - nick hoffman - 3/11/2008 12:17:01 AM
        
        Lander BLACK BOXES - carl - 3/11/2008 4:07:49 PM
        
        re: Lander BLACK BOXES - Doug Ellison - 3/12/2008 10:38:18 AM
        
        More like, when it goes quiet... - nick hoffman - 3/12/2008 6:15:47 AM
        
        Columbia had INDICATORS - carl - 3/12/2008 3:08:31 PM

Is DEXTRE our successor in space? Soon to be launched! - Raoul - 3/9/2008 9:45:00 AM
- NOPE, AMBI-DEXTRE-US... - carl - 3/11/2008 4:39:51 PM
  - And if DEXTRE turns out to be better able to handle space tasks with less fuss... - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 1:48:52 PM

Lunar South pole by Smart-1 - Raoul - 3/12/2008 5:38:59 AM
- China wants to send a rover to the Moon that will return surface samples by 2017 - Socrates II - 3/12/2008 1:24:49 PM

ATV news - Delbert - 3/12/2008 3:35:25 AM
- Shake down cruise - pb - 3/12/2008 4:45:12 AM

"Deathstar" takes aim at Earth? - nick hoffman - 3/3/2008 7:03:21 AM
- There may be a way to forecast these events. - Jacob - 3/3/2008 6:25:04 PM
  - Even more cool!!! - Adam Bomber - 3/3/2008 6:58:43 PM
- Cool! - Adam Bomber - 3/3/2008 3:40:42 PM
  - And yet another threat to the Pale Blue Dot - Socrates II - 3/11/2008 1:18:38 PM

The Ultimate Project: 10000 Year Journey - Socrates II - 2/26/2008 10:02:36 PM
- re: The Ultimate Project: 10000 Year Journey - eli novak - 3/9/2008 9:47:47 PM
- suspended animation, virtual reality, bootstrapping,... - sawyer - 2/28/2008 11:40:26 AM
  - Better than that... - Adam - 3/1/2008 3:05:01 AM
    - Wild!!! Scanned into Data Banks - carl - 3/1/2008 3:10:16 PM
      - i think it would be cool to have you1 and you2 engage in a gladiator battle! - Adam Bomber - 3/10/2008 7:45:36 PM
        
        Dave Brin already did it... - Adam - 3/11/2008 9:06:32 AM
- Rama redux - SDG - 2/28/2008 5:14:54 AM
- 1000 year plan - ER - 2/28/2008 4:34:41 AM
- The human attention span is inadequate - FrankC - 2/28/2008 12:09:53 AM
  - Not true. - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 3:02:22 PM
    - The Middle Ages ! Not a good example - Raoul - 2/28/2008 9:03:44 PM
    - re: Not true. - dd - 2/28/2008 4:49:42 PM
      - here's one - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 5:30:36 PM
        
        The national cathedral in DC has been under construction for about a century now. (n/t) - Lee - 2/28/2008 11:07:58 PM
- What humans want is freedom - Raoul - 2/27/2008 6:26:23 PM
  - I agree. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 8:07:32 PM
- What would actually happen - TB - 2/27/2008 4:42:49 PM
  - Speaking of Powerpoints... - TB - 2/27/2008 5:11:07 PM
- Ship of fools. - ER - 2/27/2008 3:46:14 PM
  - One would have to question the meaning of Life, lives. - Bowser - 2/27/2008 5:53:10 PM
  - re: Ship of fools. - REB - 2/27/2008 5:52:49 PM
    - Use of Terra-bots - REB - 2/28/2008 2:06:11 PM
  - Ship of Religous fanatics. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 5:09:29 PM
  - First generation would be the hardest. - TB - 2/27/2008 4:47:03 PM
    - the 2nd and 3rd generations would begin to lose their humanity. - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 5:16:40 PM
- It would be a prison of sorts... - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 3:08:01 PM
  - Tech changes + Faster Ships - carl - 2/27/2008 5:51:06 PM
    - Far Centaurus - ER - 2/28/2008 3:49:05 AM
    - Why send it at all: Because we can - TAFKASE - 2/27/2008 8:01:32 PM
- Orphans of the Sky - Joe-Jim - 2/27/2008 7:30:02 AM
- Why 1 Million? - TAFKASE - 2/26/2008 11:57:39 PM
  - A few hundred will do. - Lee - 2/28/2008 4:56:18 AM
    - genetic defects would eventually infect such a small population - TAFKASE - 2/28/2008 4:01:35 PM
      - We're not talking about a CEV type vehicle. - Lee - 2/28/2008 11:05:14 PM
- Once CATS becomes a reality, anything's possible. - Lee - 2/26/2008 11:48:30 PM
  - We should probably just give up on the whole human species - Socrates II - 2/28/2008 3:23:55 AM
    - It's all going to work out. - Lee - 2/28/2008 4:38:57 AM

Unbelievable: Yi So Yeon, the 28 year old South Korean is now slated to fly - Raoul - 3/10/2008 9:08:40 PM
- re: I believe it.. why not? Good for her! (n/t) - Marcia - 3/11/2008 1:29:06 AM
  - She is funny, so natural, and very different from any other astronaut!! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/11/2008 5:25:58 AM

Dams on Mt Everest - gbaikie - 3/8/2008 11:14:13 PM
- re: Dams on Mt Everest - gbaikie - 3/9/2008 10:55:36 PM
- You can't push a rope. - Hank - 3/9/2008 2:56:37 PM
  - re: You can't push a rope. - gbaikie - 3/10/2008 3:10:31 AM
    - Perhaps a program of energy conservation would be easier to implememt. (n/t) - Hank - 3/10/2008 4:15:12 PM
      - re: Perhaps a program of energy conservation would be easier to implememt. - gbaikie - 3/11/2008 2:53:01 AM
        
        I must admit, that response would never have occurred to me. (n/t) - Hank - 3/11/2008 3:17:14 AM
- Dams on an orbital Mt Everest. - Robert Clark - 3/9/2008 1:50:37 PM
  - re: Dams on an orbital Mt Everest. - gbaikie - 3/9/2008 10:46:24 PM

collimation - pex - 3/9/2008 3:34:48 AM
- One more question - pex - 3/10/2008 11:32:42 PM
- Did you build it? (n/t) - RobVg - 3/9/2008 5:02:58 AM
- Hi Pex - RobVG - 3/9/2008 4:57:33 AM
  - re: Hi Pex - pex - 3/10/2008 11:02:03 PM
  - Short of that... - RobVG - 3/9/2008 5:27:04 AM
    - Even better. - RobVG - 3/9/2008 3:55:41 PM
- Into refractors now. - ER - 3/9/2008 4:51:05 AM
  - re: Into refractors now. - pex - 3/10/2008 11:11:26 PM
    - re: Into refractors now. - ER - 3/11/2008 12:51:18 AM
  - Refractors ! - Raoul - 3/9/2008 8:03:55 AM

ATV launch tonight - Delbert - 3/8/2008 10:25:35 PM
- glitch - Delbert - 3/10/2008 3:20:08 AM
- Many firsts, here! - Raoul - 3/9/2008 10:27:11 AM
  - The shuttle could evolve. - Lee - 3/9/2008 2:32:51 PM
    - HLLV.. - Raoul - 3/9/2008 2:53:08 PM
      - It should've been developed into real hardware. - Lee - 3/9/2008 4:59:57 PM
- Ballistic coasting phase - pb - 3/9/2008 4:30:04 AM
  - re: Launch !! - Raoul - 3/9/2008 7:49:35 AM
- re: ATV launch tonight - Raoul - 3/8/2008 10:53:54 PM

Lunar Information Bank - Socrates II - 3/10/2008 3:15:42 AM

Please Call Earth. We Still Havenâ€™t Found You. - Socrates II - 3/3/2008 9:42:49 PM
- New book on extraterrestrial life - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 3:27:13 PM
  - The cheap man's satellite - Socrates II - 3/5/2008 3:26:21 AM
    - Seven ways to control the Galaxy with self-replicating probes - Socrates II - 3/6/2008 3:21:43 PM
      - Mars needs women. - ER - 3/9/2008 3:04:56 PM
      - re: Seven ways to control the Galaxy with self-replicating probes - Socrates II - 3/6/2008 8:12:45 PM
        
        re: Seven ways to control the Galaxy with self-replicating probes - lance - 3/7/2008 4:19:01 AM
        
        From Universe Today - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 5:06:35 PM
        
        To make money, UK astronomers sending adverts into the galaxy - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 7:32:32 PM
        
        Humans Predicted to Make Contact with an Extraterrestrial Civilization Within Two Decades - Socrates II - 3/8/2008 7:21:00 PM

Nova Cygni 2008 ! - Raoul - 3/9/2008 1:50:00 PM

Automated Rendez-Vous techniques - Raoul - 3/9/2008 1:06:12 PM

A trick for impatient amateur astronomers !:-) - Raoul - 3/8/2008 11:11:41 PM

WMAP results - Raoul - 3/8/2008 7:47:38 PM

The ATV ! - Raoul - 3/7/2008 11:07:11 PM
- re: The ATV ! - Robert Clark - 3/8/2008 2:41:18 PM
  - Mir - Raoul - 3/8/2008 7:22:19 PM

Closest flyby of Enceladus coming up. - Robert Clark - 3/8/2008 4:37:21 PM

Getting more from wind. - Lee - 3/7/2008 1:54:50 AM
- re: Getting more from wind. - Robert Clark - 3/8/2008 2:54:51 PM
- Ouch! (n/t) - The Birds - 3/7/2008 9:42:39 PM
- Political Opposition - phil - 3/7/2008 3:51:01 PM
- If it works on wind turbines, why not use it on airplanes? - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 3:25:34 PM
  - Somebody call Dick Rutan over at Scaled composites. - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 3:28:45 PM
    - Oh wait... I think its Burt Rutan? - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 3:30:31 PM

The Large Binocular Telescope achieves first 'binocular' light. - Jacob - 3/7/2008 11:09:12 PM
- re: The Large Binocular Telescope takes NGC 2770 - Raoul - 3/8/2008 11:10:51 AM

Space.com reports "a shortage of plutonium threatens future deepspace missions". - Jacob - 3/7/2008 11:04:03 PM
- No Problemo! More Efficient Stirling IS NASA's Solution (n/t) - phil - 3/8/2008 12:06:55 AM

A 5 year (or more) long US manned space hiatus. - Raoul - 3/7/2008 9:05:16 PM
- America will still have manned suborbital missions then. - Jacob - 3/7/2008 10:19:31 PM
  - re: Suborbital isn't orbital ! - Raoul - 3/7/2008 10:44:34 PM
    - re: Suborbital isn't orbital ! - Jacob - 3/7/2008 10:49:35 PM
  - I'm waiting for the orbital hotel. - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 10:23:02 PM
- I'd rather go further out and have 5 years off. - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 9:25:26 PM

Saturn's Moon Rhea Also May Have Rings - REB - 3/7/2008 2:04:29 PM
- What about Iapetus - REB - 3/7/2008 10:43:23 PM
  - Slowed down... - Raoul - 3/7/2008 10:48:17 PM
- Oh no! Our notions of the universe are being turned upside down. - Jacob - 3/7/2008 10:27:51 PM

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