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A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 3:55:27 PM
- "Burn the ships!" - podrock - 3/7/2008 1:46:03 AM
- re: A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars - ER - 3/6/2008 9:14:11 PM
- re: A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars - Suzy - 3/6/2008 4:01:34 AM
- What?!? - Algorithms - 3/5/2008 4:17:24 AM
  - I'd go, in about 10 years time, when my kids are all safe... - nick hoffman - 3/5/2008 8:50:33 AM
    - Yeah, I'd go. - Bowser - 3/5/2008 7:43:38 PM
      - Terminal illness - RobVG - 3/6/2008 1:07:04 AM
        
        re: Terminal illness. - A good reason IF the one way plan would be it. - Marcia - 3/6/2008 1:55:54 PM
        
        Is it suicide if you had a whole world to yourself? - Socrates II - 3/6/2008 6:04:21 PM
        
        re: Is it suicide if you had a whole world to yourself? - No, it would not... - Marcia - 3/6/2008 6:32:37 PM
        
        Why does everyone keep assuming... - Socrates II - 3/6/2008 8:17:12 PM
        
        Here's why they make that assumption - pwokenyaw - 3/6/2008 10:43:08 PM
        
        re: No, it's not that cut and dry. - Marcia - 3/7/2008 2:05:39 AM
        
        "... if you're primarily going there to 'just go' on a one way trip and to reduce the cost. Why go?" A very good question. - pwokenyaw - 3/7/2008 8:09:21 PM
        
        If you want to do science on Mars or any other world... - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 4:37:11 PM
        
        re: No, it's not that cut and dry and I do like Tom's idea. - Marcia - 3/7/2008 2:20:05 AM
- Impossible for a Western society to do. - Bowser - 3/5/2008 3:25:04 AM
- re: A One-Way, One-Person Mission to Mars - Hans - 3/4/2008 10:20:10 PM
- That would be a total waste of money even if you assume (?) the human is expendable - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 9:09:06 PM
- It seems a bit silly. - TB - 3/4/2008 8:57:46 PM
  - I assume the authors did the math - pwokenyaw - 3/7/2008 6:22:00 PM
  - At the very least... - Socrates II - 3/5/2008 2:42:46 AM
    - Thats why I say we take the moon(s) first... - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 10:21:39 PM
- Even the Soviet-Union would never have done this! - Raoul - 3/4/2008 7:12:36 PM
  - Ever see the 1968 film Countdown? - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 8:02:53 PM
    - Ever see MAROONED? - carl - 3/4/2008 8:58:57 PM
      - Marooned was a good film that depicted space travel realistically - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 10:07:23 PM
        
        For 1970 - carl - 3/5/2008 5:57:15 PM
    - Countdown - Raoul - 3/4/2008 8:45:44 PM
      - Why you be hatin',. Raoul? - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 8:56:53 PM
        
        No bucks, no Buck Rogers - Raoul - 3/4/2008 10:31:38 PM
        
        So the heck with all future space plans after the Moon... - Socrates II - 3/5/2008 2:39:33 AM
        
        Columbus was Funded by WHO? - carl - 3/4/2008 9:01:07 PM
        
        Actually, Queen Isabella did not fund Columbus. - ER - 3/4/2008 10:15:17 PM
        
        re: Actually, Queen Isabella did not fund Columbus. - TB - 3/5/2008 3:45:17 PM
        
        It might help if there's a Queen around to lean on Daddy Warbucks, too. (n/t) - ER - 3/6/2008 3:43:29 AM
    - Suicide as a marketing technique? - ER - 3/4/2008 8:27:15 PM
      - re: Suicidal. Reminded of Magellan? - Andrew - 3/6/2008 5:01:16 PM

Orion mock-up at Langley - Raoul - 3/7/2008 6:32:34 AM
- Its a great looking capsule. - TAFKASE - 3/7/2008 9:29:12 PM
- That's ONE SMALL STEP for a MAN - carl - 3/7/2008 3:55:08 PM
- Whoa! Flashback to the 60s! Great Job with Half a Trillion Bucks NASA! (n/t) - phil - 3/7/2008 3:42:43 PM

Air Force plans retirement ceremony to commemorate F-117 - pb - 3/7/2008 8:17:31 AM
- What R we flying NOW? - carl - 3/7/2008 3:51:30 PM
  - The F-22 - pb - 3/7/2008 8:21:19 PM
  - What do you think was flying over Stephenville, Texas recently - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 4:13:03 PM
    - 70's era Stealth projects - carl - 3/7/2008 8:38:39 PM

Formation and Detectability of Terrestrial Planets Around Alpha Centauri B - Socrates II - 2/26/2008 5:44:07 AM
- Both Alpha Centauri A and B could have terrestrial planets orbiting them out to about 2 AU's - REB - 2/26/2008 7:38:41 PM
- Detecting Planets around Compact Binaries with Gravitational Wave Detectors in Space - Socrates II - 2/26/2008 3:40:51 PM
  - Planetary Systems in Binaries. I. Dynamical Classification - Socrates II - 2/29/2008 12:10:15 PM
    - Alpha Centauri should harbor detectable, Earth-like planets - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 8:38:11 PM

Stephen Hawking on Charlie Rose tonight - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 6:59:42 PM

The Saga of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and the ISS - Socrates II - 3/6/2008 4:54:58 PM
- NASA wary of relying on Russia - Socrates II - 3/7/2008 2:13:39 PM
  - re: NASA wary of relying on Russia - phil - 3/7/2008 3:54:42 PM

From CICLOPS: Cassini/Enceladus flyby on March 12, 2008. - Marcia - 3/6/2008 5:46:05 PM
- To put the flyby in context, the Concorde SST flew at 20 km altitude. - Jacob - 3/6/2008 10:07:05 PM
  - re: To put the flyby in context, the Concorde SST flew at 20 km altitude. - Marcia - 3/7/2008 2:16:44 AM

USA 193 : 116 debris!! Prepare your umbrella! - Raoul - 3/6/2008 10:35:41 PM

IBM's Blue Brain - Simulating a Human Brain on a Supercomputer - Socrates II - 3/6/2008 2:48:35 PM
- Moore's Law; MIPS; Deep Blue; and when will we have AI? - Jacob - 3/6/2008 10:19:09 PM

Zubrin responds on biofuel criticisms - TB - 3/3/2008 9:53:36 PM
- I agree with him. - TAFKASE - 3/6/2008 2:42:27 PM

Falcon 9 delayed - Raoul - 3/5/2008 10:26:00 PM
- Reasons - TB - 3/6/2008 2:59:14 AM

M33 in Ultra-Violet, by SWIFT - Raoul - 3/4/2008 10:47:51 PM
- Beautiful - Bowser - 3/5/2008 3:18:19 AM

The Sun will swallow the Earth in 7.6 Billion years - Raoul - 3/2/2008 9:31:43 AM
- We'll just move the Homeworld Galactic Preserve to another star. (n/t) - TB - 3/2/2008 4:03:43 PM
- An interesting limit? - nick hoffman - 3/2/2008 12:10:17 PM
  - Bury the oceans? - Adam - 3/3/2008 8:46:49 AM
    - Stellar Engineering - REB - 3/3/2008 2:15:11 PM
      - You've got a bit of basic physics working AGAINST you there - nick hoffman - 3/3/2008 11:33:37 PM
        
        Won't the big Rip pull those atoms apart? - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 7:41:27 PM
        
        If the Universe accelerates, perhaps in 20 Billion years... - Raoul - 3/4/2008 8:52:11 PM
        
        That thought had occured to me - REB - 3/4/2008 2:02:47 PM
        
        We've got 4000 billion star systems in the Milky Way galaxy alone - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 2:45:42 PM
        
        Just nit-piking...by an order of magnitude - ER - 3/4/2008 7:11:51 PM
        
        My finger slip - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 8:06:17 PM
        
        And to add - Socrates II - 3/4/2008 10:31:24 PM
  - re: The limit - Raoul - 3/2/2008 4:16:35 PM
  - re: An interesting limit? - Bowser - 3/2/2008 4:14:32 PM

Avalanche on Mars - McFly - 3/3/2008 8:18:00 PM
- OK - nick hoffman - 3/3/2008 11:27:45 PM
  - re: OK - marsbug - 3/4/2008 5:03:30 PM
  - What's the basis for the conclusion most of the volatile is CO2, not H2O? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/4/2008 4:53:53 PM
  - re: OK - marsbug - 3/4/2008 11:39:22 AM
  - White Mars Resurrected - Algorithms - 3/4/2008 2:26:57 AM
- Amazing! (n/t) - podrock - 3/3/2008 9:50:21 PM
- New desktop background for me - thanks! (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 3/3/2008 8:30:19 PM
- re: Avalanche on Mars:1.6 MB ! - Raoul - 3/3/2008 8:26:10 PM

Good news on solar power - TB - 3/3/2008 10:52:46 PM
- How many sqft of solar panels are needed to run a window-sized air conditioner? - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 2:45:57 PM
  - I think it's about 10 - 12 watts per square foot of panel - TB - 3/4/2008 3:48:51 PM

Saw a Bolide Tonight - Lindy - 1/5/2006 5:09:29 AM
- re: Saw a Bolide Tonight - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2006 5:43:15 PM
  - re: Saw a Bolide Tonight - SDG - 3/4/2008 5:48:05 AM
- re: Saw a Bolide Tonight - SteveS - 1/5/2006 1:24:31 PM
  - I asked that question to the American Meteor Society - Lindy - 1/6/2006 9:00:10 PM
  - Quantradid? - Lindy - 1/5/2006 6:18:25 PM
    - re: Quantradid? - Chris Peterson - 1/7/2006 3:42:23 PM
      - Thank you Chris and Bob for stopping by here - Lindy - 1/7/2006 5:42:03 PM
    - re: Quantradid? - Bob Lunsford - 1/6/2006 10:29:53 PM
      - Thank you for that... - R.L. - 1/6/2006 10:49:11 PM
        
        re: Thank you for that... - Bob Lunsford - 1/7/2006 4:21:47 AM
        
        Bolide is an old, outmoded term? - LJK - 1/9/2006 1:54:52 PM
        
        re: Bolide is an old, outmoded term? - Bob Lunsford - 1/10/2006 10:50:39 PM
        
        Other types of meteor names? - LJK - 1/11/2006 12:26:49 PM
        
        re: Other types of meteor names? - stephanie - 3/3/2008 4:12:58 PM
        
        re: Other types of meteor names? - fag - 2/14/2008 12:32:53 AM
        
        re: Bolide is an old, outmoded term? - Chris Peterson - 1/11/2006 5:00:46 AM
  - PS - SteveS - 1/5/2006 1:56:19 PM
    - 2 others places you can make a report - LJK - 1/5/2006 4:00:18 PM
      - re: 2 others places you can make a report - Lindy - 1/5/2006 6:11:22 PM
        
        It's... green! - LJK - 1/5/2006 6:21:57 PM
        
        re: It's... green! - Lindy - 1/5/2006 7:31:57 PM
        
        re: It was probably the same one that I saw - Johannes - 1/6/2006 3:33:34 AM
        
        re: I'm was writing about the one back in 1966 or thereabout. (n/t) - Johannes - 1/6/2006 3:39:27 AM
        
        Yeah, it was freaky allright (n/t) - Lindy - 1/6/2006 5:35:13 AM
        
        My bet is on... - LJK - 1/5/2006 8:32:11 PM
        
        "It Was Green!" - podrock - 1/5/2006 7:29:38 PM
        
        re: "It Was Green!" - LJK - 1/5/2006 7:41:00 PM
        
        Why is it green? - nick hoffman - 1/5/2006 10:08:43 PM
        
        Nick is correct - R.L. - 1/6/2006 7:10:47 AM
        
        re: Why is it green? - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2006 1:07:21 AM
        
        re: "It Was Green!" - Lindy - 1/5/2006 9:42:08 PM
        
        The other bolide sighting - LJK - 1/5/2006 10:05:16 PM
        
        It was just... - podrock - 1/6/2006 11:05:54 AM
        
        re: It was just... - LJK - 1/6/2006 2:32:14 PM
        
        re: "It Was Green!" - Lindy - 1/5/2006 7:37:14 PM
        
        Looking out from the Pale Blue Dot - LJK - 1/5/2006 7:47:34 PM

New Space Capsules on the Horizon...ATV, Cygnus and Dragon - phil - 3/3/2008 5:43:57 PM
- ATV launch delayed 1 day (9th) (n/t) - Raoul - 3/3/2008 6:20:23 PM

What if Evolution is wrong? - ER - 3/1/2008 1:08:21 AM
- Life's like that. - podrock - 3/2/2008 9:34:47 PM
- habitats move during ice ages, they don't disappear and reappear - pwokenyaw - 3/2/2008 12:13:24 AM
  - yup - podrock - 3/2/2008 10:04:39 PM
- Nothing in your statement suggests evolution is wrong - sawyer - 3/1/2008 4:28:50 PM
- So many traits, so much time, so many circumstances ! - Raoul - 3/1/2008 11:01:33 AM
  - I'm a supporter of the ID hypothesis...But Humanists for illogical reasons are repulsed by the idea. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/1/2008 6:59:18 PM
    - About Humanism: The Amsterdam Declaration - Raoul - 3/2/2008 10:19:14 AM
    - Just who are these humanists, anyway? I don't know any. - ER - 3/1/2008 8:57:16 PM
- re: What if Evolution is wrong? - TB - 3/1/2008 3:49:06 AM
  - Switching on hidden genes? Chromosomal editing. - ER - 3/1/2008 4:06:20 PM
    - re: Switching on hidden genes? Chromosomal editing. - TB - 3/1/2008 11:34:28 PM
- re: What if Evolution is wrong? - alcaray - 3/1/2008 3:42:46 AM
  - Cradles of Civilzation and mankind - carl - 3/1/2008 3:12:55 PM
- It would be hard to call it "wrong". The driver is a puzzlement. - Bowser - 3/1/2008 2:23:28 AM
  - DNA is not just storage and transcription media. - ER - 3/1/2008 4:09:32 AM
    - Precisely! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/1/2008 6:45:16 AM
  - Traits and genes are hard to correlate - Adam - 3/1/2008 3:28:59 AM
    - One gene at a time - ER - 3/1/2008 4:38:02 AM
      - Something you overlooked. - Lee - 3/1/2008 6:28:59 AM
      - re: One gene at a time - Marcia - 3/1/2008 5:10:18 AM
        
        Problem is... - Adam - 3/3/2008 8:40:32 AM
- Evolution isn't random mutations. - Lee - 3/1/2008 1:48:27 AM
- re: What if Evolution is wrong? - phil - 3/1/2008 1:23:31 AM
  - re: What if Evolution is wrong? - Marcia - 3/1/2008 3:07:31 AM
    - re: What if Evolution is wrong? - Phil - 3/1/2008 2:35:47 PM
      - Science and religion - ER - 3/1/2008 4:18:13 PM
        
        re: Science and religion - gbaikie - 3/2/2008 2:35:21 AM
        
        re: Just out of curiosity. - Johannes - 3/1/2008 6:43:08 PM
        
        We've already had this discussion, Johannes. - ER - 3/1/2008 9:11:00 PM
        
        re: Now that you reminded me - Johannes - 3/2/2008 3:04:11 AM

Vale to a Helicopter pioneer - nick hoffman - 3/3/2008 2:28:00 AM
- Not quite Methusalah - only 88! (n/t) - nick hoffman - 3/3/2008 2:28:46 AM

Altair the next Moon lander - Raoul - 3/2/2008 7:41:54 PM

NEAR Exhibits Unexplained Velocity Anomalies - Phil, back on the net - 2/29/2008 9:04:08 PM
- Frame drag. - TB - 3/1/2008 3:52:05 PM
  - Hey! That's a darn good explanation. The 'Pioneer Anomaly' explained by Einstein. - Jacob - 3/1/2008 5:57:04 PM
    - I don't know why it hasn't occurred to them. - TB - 3/2/2008 1:41:06 AM
      - How do you know it hasn't? - et - 3/2/2008 5:22:19 AM
        
        Hey, I didn't write the "baffled by unexplained force" article. - TB - 3/2/2008 4:15:47 PM
        
        THIS guy - et - 3/2/2008 5:23:20 AM
- re: NEAR Exhibits Unexplained Velocity Anomalies - Marcia - 3/1/2008 3:45:18 AM
  - re: NEAR Exhibits Unexplained Velocity Anomalies - Marcia - 3/1/2008 3:47:24 AM
- Going against the grain? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/1/2008 3:26:22 AM
  - re: Going against the grain? - Yes, true in nature and otherwise, alcaray. - Marcia - 3/1/2008 3:50:09 AM

Around a Black Hole...an animation - Raoul - 3/2/2008 2:17:03 PM

Moon south pole - Raoul - 3/1/2008 10:06:56 AM
- The Goldstone radiotelescope used as a radar - Raoul - 3/1/2008 6:16:02 PM
  - Page with LOTS of images - nick hoffman - 3/2/2008 11:59:33 AM
    - re: Radar images and QT - Raoul - 3/2/2008 12:34:13 PM
- Which spacecraft gets the credit for the image? (n/t) - Jacob - 3/1/2008 6:07:39 PM
  - A radar image, eh? (n/t) - Jacob - 3/1/2008 7:00:39 PM

When people claim to hear voices in their heads - Socrates II - 1/30/2008 7:07:25 PM
- The voices in my head - Robert - 2/3/2008 6:08:27 PM
  - The nice thing about arguing with VirtualTom... - ER - 2/3/2008 9:43:01 PM
    - Nick's right--It's a high-fidelity model (n/t) - Robert - 2/4/2008 5:51:54 PM
    - No, that's Virtually impossible... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 2/4/2008 7:55:35 AM
- "It can happen to sailors who spend time alone at sea..." - ER - 1/31/2008 9:26:27 PM
  - Jimmy - Can you help me - James Brown - 1/31/2008 11:47:52 PM
    - Belief system still intact - James Brown - 2/2/2008 2:09:19 AM
      - I'm glad to hear she was OK. (n/t) - ER - 2/2/2008 2:20:27 AM
    - re: Jimmy - Can you help me - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/2/2008 1:23:08 AM
      - Does the name Ruby Begonia strike a familiar note? (n/t) - ER - 2/2/2008 2:22:36 AM
        
        re: Does the name Ruby Begonia strike a familiar note? - James Brown - 2/2/2008 7:05:28 PM
        
        re: Does the name Ruby Begonia strike a familiar note? - Wizard - 3/1/2008 9:52:53 PM
        
        Rocky and Bullwinkle - ER - 2/2/2008 7:13:43 PM
        
        Nope - Fox - 2/3/2008 2:28:24 PM
        
        re: Rocky and Bullwinkle - James Brown - 2/2/2008 9:02:37 PM
        
        WATTSA MATTER U? - carl - 2/5/2008 5:06:22 PM
        
        Moose and squirrel - ER - 2/2/2008 10:24:32 PM
        
        TV and radio - TB - 2/3/2008 3:56:54 AM
        
        Yup - Fox - 2/3/2008 2:30:23 PM
        
        You guys must all be older than I am. (n/t) - ER - 2/3/2008 3:57:50 PM
        
        Maybe SDAI can tell us for sure. - ER - 2/3/2008 4:00:07 PM
    - Don't keep us in suspense... - ER - 2/1/2008 12:52:31 AM
  - I loke to yell "STOPs name very loudly when she is asleep. - TAFKASE - 1/31/2008 10:37:12 PM
    - Opps Battered post syndrome. - TAFKASE - 1/31/2008 10:38:25 PM
- Many people do. - Bowser - 1/31/2008 6:06:37 PM
  - GUT Instinct or Voices? - carl - 2/2/2008 4:33:50 PM
- re: When people claim to hear voices in their heads - Delbert - 1/31/2008 5:39:36 PM
  - inner ear damage - Greg - 2/5/2008 12:57:01 AM
- Tinnitus - Raoul - 1/30/2008 7:19:17 PM
  - Marshall Amps... - pb - 1/31/2008 6:55:52 AM

Mission to "tag" Apophis - TAFKASE - 2/26/2008 9:56:14 PM
- Good idea. (n/t) - Jacob - 3/1/2008 6:01:03 PM

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