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Next on NOVA: "Ape Genius" - Socrates II - 2/15/2008 7:41:37 PM
- Tools. - RobVG - 2/16/2008 6:02:31 PM
  - I can imagine a chimp watching a human gymnast. - Bowser - 2/16/2008 9:14:16 PM

A great view: Hans at sunset from the ISS ! - Raoul - 2/16/2008 4:46:39 PM

Why bother with Europa? Try Enceladus instead. - Jacob - 2/9/2008 11:54:33 PM
- re: Plenty of reasons to bother with Europa. - Vince - 2/11/2008 4:03:44 PM
  - Agreed that Europa is interesting; an orbiter mission for it would be nice. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/13/2008 1:28:14 AM
- I want to see a Titan Rover and balloon. - REB - 2/11/2008 2:28:22 PM
- Did you pull those numbers out of your - Buck Galaxy - 2/10/2008 2:57:26 AM
  - Look at it this way. - Jacob - 2/10/2008 10:38:23 PM
    - Enceladus vs Europa - nick hoffman - 2/11/2008 12:19:58 AM
      - Seems like we've already spent a little time - Buck Galaxy - 2/11/2008 10:47:33 AM
        
        I've seen this remorseless RUSH in Mars exploration... - Nick Hoffman - 2/13/2008 2:00:11 PM
        
        There's also the issue of securing and and reusing archived data. - Jacob - 2/16/2008 1:14:28 AM
        
        Excellent points. - ER - 2/14/2008 9:54:43 PM
        
        re: I've seen this remorseless RUSH in Mars exploration... - Marcia - 2/14/2008 2:20:12 AM
        
        the unique problem and unique politics of Mars exploration - pwokenyaw - 2/14/2008 5:36:46 PM

Scientists studying the possible effects of global warming say it may actually save lives - TAFKASE - 2/13/2008 3:50:09 PM
- Not only that... - Jacob - 2/16/2008 1:02:50 AM
- Has air pressure increased over time? - REB - 2/15/2008 3:59:05 PM
- It's not the heat, it's the humidity. (n/t) - ER - 2/14/2008 8:33:53 PM
- Have you ever spent a winter in England? (n/t) - alcaray - 2/13/2008 8:22:13 PM
  - British weather doesn't have many great mortal hazards - Tony - 2/14/2008 7:47:36 PM
  - re: Heat related and cold related deaths in England and Wales. - Marcia - 2/13/2008 9:11:41 PM
  - Have you ever spent the summer in France, or winter in Siberia? - Sawyer - 2/13/2008 9:08:14 PM
    - two problems with the article - pwokenyaw - 2/14/2008 5:24:10 PM
    - My point was it only stands to reason... - alcaray - 2/14/2008 1:21:51 AM
      - Not necessarily. - ER - 2/14/2008 8:45:07 PM
        
        In general (n/t) - alcaray - 2/15/2008 4:35:26 AM

Discovery of a Jupiter/Saturn Analog with Gravitational Microlensing - Socrates II - 2/15/2008 4:07:35 PM
- And with a recycled spacecraft, DEEP IMPACT, on the look out for more 'microlensing events', more planetary analogs may come.l - Jacob - 2/16/2008 12:58:56 AM
- The Jupiter Twin HD 154345b - Socrates II - 2/15/2008 4:32:29 PM

Space Station Crew Can Access Gun - Eric - 2/14/2008 5:16:52 PM
- Didn't the Apolloâ€™s carry handguns? (n/t) - REB - 2/14/2008 6:59:33 PM
  - re: Never heard of it (n/t) - Raoul - 2/14/2008 7:33:36 PM
    - I think I read about it in a couple of books. - REB - 2/14/2008 7:43:55 PM
- Meant for the Soyuz return if they landed among wolves or bears - Raoul - 2/14/2008 5:30:43 PM
  - Or, if there is a - Buck Galaxy - 2/14/2008 9:01:35 PM
    - The Soviets know very well what a leak means: Soyuz 11; Mir in 1997 - Raoul - 2/14/2008 9:40:19 PM
- TOP GUN? - carl - 2/14/2008 5:25:13 PM
  - Conservation of momentum, p = mv - ER - 2/14/2008 6:28:44 PM
    - Russian ASTRO SPIES had BIG GUN - carl - 2/14/2008 7:41:38 PM

February 13, 1633: Galileo in Rome for Inquisition - Marcia - 2/13/2008 8:58:20 PM
- Galileo caved in, Bruno didn't - Socrates II - 2/14/2008 9:01:04 PM

Looks like they've got a 'sick puppy' onboard the ISS. - Jacob - 2/9/2008 10:38:54 PM
- Schlegel is no rookie; he flew during the Spacelab D2 flight in 1993 (n/t) - Raoul - 2/10/2008 12:47:20 AM
  - I'm not one to deny his ability and experience; I also think he will carry out EVA's later this mission. (n/t) - Jacob - 2/10/2008 10:43:20 PM
    - Hans is having the time of his life, right now!! Waited 15 years for today! - Raoul - 2/13/2008 5:44:45 PM
- NASA used to report when an astronaut got sick all the time - Socrates II - 2/9/2008 11:14:45 PM
  - re: NASA used to report when an astronaut got sick all the time - Jacob - 2/9/2008 11:40:53 PM

ISS Moon transit an amazing sight!! - Raoul - 2/11/2008 10:48:33 PM
- re: ISS Moon transit an amazing sight!! - Raoul - 2/12/2008 6:32:12 AM
  - A picture - Raoul - 2/12/2008 10:36:11 PM

Senior interest in Science Zero - James Brown - 2/12/2008 6:11:49 PM
- Worry not... - TB - 2/12/2008 9:23:22 PM
- Will a Science Debate Happen? - podrock - 2/12/2008 8:07:55 PM
- re: Senior interest in Science Zero - ER - 2/12/2008 6:43:18 PM
  - re: Senior interest in Science Zero - James Brown - 2/12/2008 7:05:13 PM

ET venting after separation - Raoul - 2/8/2008 5:07:50 PM
- Camera pictures - TB - 2/9/2008 4:12:30 AM
  - re: The TDRS system - Raoul - 2/9/2008 12:42:18 PM
    - I don't think it's TDRS - Doug Ellison - 2/12/2008 9:40:42 AM
- "phone.... home..." (n/t) - Fox - 2/9/2008 1:17:39 AM
- I wonder if that's what I saw yesterday. - Jacob - 2/8/2008 10:27:33 PM
- Previously, lighting conditions didn't allow for those kind of pictures (n/t) - Raoul - 2/8/2008 7:30:23 PM
  - Were those OMS thrusters Firings? - carl - 2/8/2008 7:55:31 PM
    - re: OMS are fired a while after ET separation - Raoul - 2/8/2008 11:12:50 PM
- is this normal? - DJL - 2/8/2008 5:42:58 PM
  - Yup, something to do with weight - carl - 2/8/2008 6:11:04 PM

Atlantis and the ISS camera: further away than before (added Harmony module) - Raoul - 2/10/2008 5:26:31 PM
- First docking at the new front porch (n/t) - TB - 2/10/2008 10:01:54 PM

Astro events last saturday! ISS+the press - Raoul - 2/10/2008 8:07:55 PM

greenhouse gases - Stephen - 2/10/2008 3:17:12 AM
- re: greenhouse gases - TB - 2/10/2008 5:32:20 AM

Team Uncovers New Evidence of Recent Human Evolution - Socrates II - 2/8/2008 3:25:38 PM
- Very interesting - ER - 2/9/2008 8:19:19 PM

Exoplanet transit from Europe on february 6th (Exoplanet live project) - Raoul - 2/3/2008 9:48:15 AM
- Migration and Final Location of Hot Super Earths in the Presence of Gas Giants - Socrates II - 2/4/2008 7:31:02 PM
  - Dusty Disk Around Nearby Star May Hide Earth-like Planet - Socrates II - 2/9/2008 4:48:55 AM

Next on NOVA: "Astrospies" - Socrates II - 2/9/2008 4:12:21 AM

Another bit of science fiction becoming reality.... Navy tests railgun. - ARRELL - 2/1/2008 7:59:09 AM
- What stops the armature? (n/t) - RobVG - 2/1/2008 9:02:05 PM
  - Good question, I have no idea- doubt the schematics are on the internet... :) (n/t) - ARRELL - 2/2/2008 3:15:16 PM
    - One of the better sites - RNE - 2/7/2008 8:45:11 PM
      - The Navy's version has a sliding armature. - RobVG - 2/8/2008 3:19:53 AM
        
        Interesting - RNE - 2/8/2008 7:15:26 PM
        
        It is interesting. - RobVG - 2/8/2008 10:00:51 PM
    - IEEE paper on railguns for space launch - Socrates II - 2/7/2008 2:18:55 PM

Life began in Ice... - Adam - 2/4/2008 9:14:13 AM
- ...which would suffice. (n/t) - TB - 2/4/2008 6:22:06 PM
- re: Life began in Ice... - gbaikie - 2/4/2008 5:50:44 PM
- re: Life began in Ice... - ER - 2/4/2008 12:36:25 PM
  - Maybe organic life is actually predisposed for the universe. - nick hoffman - 2/5/2008 10:57:45 AM
    - Potential of carbon chemistry is yet to be exhausted - Adam - 2/8/2008 6:57:03 AM
    - Sorry, I can't help but be a carbon chauvinist. - ER - 2/5/2008 1:58:56 PM
      - re: Sorry, I can't help but be a carbon chauvinist. - gbaikie - 2/5/2008 6:12:40 PM
        
        SDAIbernetic organisms - ER - 2/5/2008 8:49:02 PM
        
        Artilects will rule the Universe - Socrates II - 2/5/2008 8:52:43 PM
        
        Artilects might say... - Adam - 2/8/2008 6:59:58 AM
        
        re: Artilects might say... - Socrates II - 2/8/2008 12:25:59 PM
        
        Maybe - Adam - 2/8/2008 9:39:08 PM
      - re: You bigot. (n/t) - TAFKASE - 2/5/2008 5:32:43 PM
- oops... hit submit twice... pls delete 1 copy of the post (n/t) - Adam - 2/4/2008 12:14:31 PM

Space magnetism may solve secrets of fusion energy - Socrates II - 2/6/2008 9:35:53 PM
- Online talk on nuclear fusion and plasma physics - Socrates II - 2/8/2008 2:38:44 PM
  - Venture capitalist says nuclear fusion is coming - Socrates II - 2/8/2008 4:54:28 PM

A history of the Lunakhod rovers on the Science Channel startign February 12 - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 2:04:56 PM
- More on the Lunakhods and other rovers - REB - 1/23/2008 7:12:21 PM
  - And check out these pages - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 7:23:35 PM
- CLUNKY Lunakhod - carl - 1/23/2008 5:15:55 PM
  - re: Lunakhod 2 made 34 km at Le Monnier! - Raoul - 1/23/2008 7:39:38 PM
  - It's ugly, but it gets you there - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 6:51:43 PM
    - First1 BLEW UP!!!! - carl - 1/23/2008 7:56:58 PM
      - Clips from the program premiering February 12 - Socrates II - 2/8/2008 1:58:54 PM
        
        DYNA-SOAR covert mill Project - carl - 2/8/2008 2:55:10 PM
        
        re: DYNA-SOAR covert mill Project - Socrates II - 2/8/2008 4:38:03 PM

Historical Connections with the Red Rain of Kerala - Socrates II - 2/7/2008 8:31:54 PM
- inÂcomÂpreÂhenÂsibÂle pÂoÂst - nick hoffman - 2/8/2008 12:40:30 AM
  - Yeah, wierd.. Not Browser but O/S - nick hoffman - 2/8/2008 11:15:44 AM
    - 64 bit Vista? You're braver than I thought. (n/t) - TB - 2/8/2008 3:42:21 PM
  - It showed up okay on my machine. Browser issue? (n/t) - TB - 2/8/2008 3:24:19 AM
- Each generation knows it all, I think. - Bowser - 2/7/2008 9:10:47 PM
  - re: Each generation knows it all, I think. - Johannes - 2/8/2008 4:16:40 AM

Atlantis STS 122 : go for launch ....!! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/7/2008 7:35:02 PM
- et venting video - Delbert - 2/8/2008 4:24:20 AM
- re: Atlantis STS 122 : go for launch ....!! - RNE - 2/7/2008 8:12:50 PM
- IN ORBIT (n/t) - Delbert - 2/7/2008 7:54:06 PM
  - 7 years to the day after Destiny!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/7/2008 7:59:57 PM
  - All right! My day is good again. - TB - 2/7/2008 7:57:47 PM
    - re: All right! My day is good again. - Marcia - 2/8/2008 4:39:30 AM
- Yahoooooo!!!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/7/2008 7:48:17 PM
  - No, YAHOO SPACE! - carl - 2/7/2008 7:59:04 PM

t-9 and counting - Delbert - 2/7/2008 7:37:39 PM
- BBC World showed live ; CNN just a bit later; press to ATO (n/t) - Raoul - 2/7/2008 7:51:53 PM
  - SPECTACULAR!!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/7/2008 7:56:19 PM
    - Yeah, COOOLL!!!!! - carl - 2/7/2008 7:58:12 PM

What if the Jupiter moons had been visible with the naked eye? - Raoul - 2/4/2008 10:37:20 PM
- If: maybe another reason for the Fermi Paradox - ER - 2/6/2008 4:30:10 PM
  - re: The eye - Raoul - 2/6/2008 8:52:56 PM
    - re: The eye - ER - 2/6/2008 9:27:56 PM
      - Electromagnetic spectrum - Raoul - 2/6/2008 9:44:08 PM
        
        re: Electromagnetic spectrum - ER - 2/6/2008 10:06:36 PM
        
        re: Electromagnetic spectrum - TB - 2/7/2008 2:48:03 AM
        
        That's right. - ER - 2/7/2008 3:37:55 AM
        
        Maybe some truth in that. - REB - 2/7/2008 6:28:59 PM
        
        re: That's right. - TB - 2/7/2008 3:46:51 PM
- How close would that have to be? - TB - 2/4/2008 11:31:04 PM
  - re: How close would that have to be? - Too true. - Marcia - 2/6/2008 2:59:52 AM
    - Kind of like... - RobVG - 2/6/2008 3:11:32 AM
    - re: How close would that have to be? - Thank you, Mr. Kepler. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/6/2008 3:11:02 AM
  - Mar's orbit? - REB - 2/5/2008 6:38:51 PM
    - re: Mar's orbit? - REB - 2/5/2008 6:43:53 PM
    - Here is a smaller picture, so its easier to visualize it in our night sky. - REB - 2/5/2008 6:41:57 PM
      - Another way to look at it. - REB - 2/5/2008 8:23:59 PM
      - Had Jupiter been where Mars is now, however... - Socrates II - 2/5/2008 6:48:39 PM
      - One more try- Here is a smaller picture, so its easier to visualize it in our night sky. - REB - 2/5/2008 6:46:33 PM
        
        THis is probably closer to what you would see in the night sky... - REB - 2/5/2008 6:55:13 PM
        
        I think that's an exaggerated color for Jupiter, but otherwise looks good. Thanks! (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/6/2008 12:39:15 AM
  - Tom, Venus' phase IS visible to the naked eye - nick hoffman - 2/5/2008 10:47:40 AM
    - re: Tom, Venus' phase IS visible to the naked eye - Marcia - 2/6/2008 3:15:54 AM
      - If I had any reflexes, I coulda been a fighter pilot... - nick hoffman - 2/6/2008 6:29:52 AM
        
        In some ancient cultures, Venus is represented with horns - Socrates II - 2/6/2008 12:12:53 PM
        
        The goddess was not very faithful to her lovers. (n/t) - ER - 2/6/2008 12:15:49 PM
  - Just out of reach - ER - 2/5/2008 1:00:45 AM
    - In theory - RobVG - 2/5/2008 2:10:30 AM
      - re: In theory - and even for observation's sake, but not reported. - Marcia - 2/6/2008 3:29:40 AM
      - Fascinating. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/5/2008 5:05:50 AM
      - Funny, - ER - 2/5/2008 2:41:38 AM
        
        Too little and too unknown to make a real difference - Socrates II - 2/5/2008 2:36:34 PM
        
        If they had been very obvious - Raoul - 2/5/2008 5:37:56 PM
        
        re: If they had been very obvious. - I've no doubt that they were obvious. - Marcia - 2/6/2008 3:55:35 AM
        
        Nobody I know can see Jupiter's moons with the naked eye - Raoul - 2/6/2008 7:30:22 AM

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