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WhiteNight 2 looks a lot like a Soviet design of the late 70's! - Raoul - 1/26/2008 8:08:49 PM
- Often wondered... - pb - 1/27/2008 12:19:07 AM
- Twin keels - RobVG - 1/26/2008 10:08:42 PM
  - Other Twin "FUSE" aircraft - pb - 1/27/2008 12:07:36 AM
    - What kid wasn't obsessed with the P38? (thanks for the links) (n/t) - RobVG - 1/27/2008 12:50:19 AM
      - Very "Rutanian" ;) (n/t) - pb - 1/27/2008 1:12:09 AM
- Great minds run in the same track. - Bowser - 1/26/2008 9:48:35 PM

The CHANG-E 1 Lunar orbiter maybe in trouble. - Izzy - 1/26/2008 7:48:54 PM

Mutant Cockroaches from Outer Space! - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 4:30:31 PM
- Please, don't let them escape! (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/26/2008 1:31:50 PM
- Maybe they could do an experiment with fish. - TAFKASE - 1/24/2008 3:35:23 AM
  - Wonder what it would do to humans... - Eri - 1/26/2008 5:05:17 PM

The puzzle of space probe flyby anomolies - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 1:37:51 PM
- re: The puzzle of space probe flyby anomolies - Robert Clark - 1/26/2008 2:03:19 PM

SpaceShip Two from Virgin Galactic - Raoul - 1/23/2008 7:35:07 PM
- re: SpaceShip Two - Raoul - 1/23/2008 10:05:55 PM
  - well - DJL - 1/23/2008 11:44:29 PM
    - Call me - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 2:42:03 AM
      - re: Call me - gbaikie - 1/24/2008 5:27:01 AM
        
        I actually believe that - DJL - 1/24/2008 4:12:58 PM
        
        re: Call me - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 2:23:12 PM
        
        Not NASA but Zero-G corporation - Raoul - 1/24/2008 6:39:08 PM
        
        Okay... - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 4:11:24 PM
        
        got it wrong - DJL - 1/24/2008 4:14:30 PM
        
        I never said orbit - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 5:53:34 PM
        
        again - DJL - 1/24/2008 8:41:08 PM
        
        WhiteKnight 2 - Raoul - 1/24/2008 9:46:32 PM
        
        re: WhiteKnight 2 - Socrates II - 1/25/2008 1:52:17 PM
        
        Only 14 tonnes to launch a human into orbit????? - Raoul - 1/25/2008 6:25:04 PM

Launching a paper spaceplane from the ISS - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 6:08:29 PM
- ok.. let's debate - DJL - 1/22/2008 7:36:18 PM
  - if the paper is metallised, then radar can track it - nick hoffman - 1/24/2008 1:58:54 AM
  - Message in a bottle? - REB - 1/22/2008 8:38:52 PM
    - Maybe the could drop a few turkeys (n/t) - Mr. Carleson - 1/22/2008 10:43:56 PM
      - "As God is my witness..." - TB - 1/23/2008 12:53:52 AM
        
        Thanksgiving Night, 2008 - nick hoffman - 1/24/2008 1:54:16 AM
        
        Japanese astronaut to throw boomerang in space - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 1:28:33 PM
        
        Gravity and boomerangs - TB - 1/24/2008 5:42:11 PM
        
        re: Gravity and boomerangs - nick hoffman - 1/24/2008 10:55:39 PM

Storms 100 kilometers tall on Jupiter - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 2:28:21 AM
- Review: Mission to Jupiter - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 3:48:22 PM

New Findings Confirm Darwin's Theory: Evolution Not Random - Socrates II - 1/21/2008 2:59:00 PM
- Evolution for rules for evolution vs evoluton for traits - Sawyer - 1/22/2008 4:56:41 PM
  - Evolving evolution - Robert - 1/22/2008 6:05:04 PM
    - Source of "God" - Sawyer - 1/22/2008 7:31:16 PM
      - The Atman - Robert - 1/23/2008 6:03:59 PM
      - How do we know we're not... - Adam - 1/23/2008 9:49:38 AM
        
        Gaia! - Raoul - 1/23/2008 10:13:05 PM
        
        Just so long... - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 1:34:36 PM
        
        We hang on so badly to a deity - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 1:27:53 PM
        
        Will the Bell Curve... - Adam - 1/23/2008 7:37:36 PM
        
        re: Will the Bell Curve... - Socrates II - 1/24/2008 2:13:28 PM
      - To finish the analogy - Sawyer - 1/22/2008 7:38:19 PM
        
        I highly recommend the works of David Sloane Wilson - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 7:50:39 PM
- New Findings Confirm Round Earth: The Sun Rises in the East - Robert - 1/21/2008 7:41:18 PM
  - Pulling a channel 2, with variation. (n/t) - podrock - 1/22/2008 5:56:05 AM
  - "Random" - TB - 1/22/2008 4:48:02 AM
    - re: "Random" - Robert - 1/22/2008 6:19:32 PM
      - Good points! - TB - 1/22/2008 6:38:27 PM
        
        Simmering the fungus of evolution in the melting pot - Robert - 1/23/2008 6:54:48 PM
- Recovering from a Mass Extinction - Socrates II - 1/21/2008 3:07:30 PM
  - Explaining the mechanism behind carbon dating - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 4:51:27 PM

The Wonders of Evolution - Socrates II - 1/18/2008 3:57:42 PM
- More seriously... - Sawyer - 1/19/2008 4:13:31 PM
- Obviously an example of "intelligent design" lol (n/t) - Sawyer - 1/19/2008 4:04:22 PM
  - If there were "intelligent design", do you think we'd have this? (n/t) - Bowser - 1/19/2008 10:52:21 PM
    - More evolution from the insect world - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 10:10:10 PM

50th Anniversary of Explorer 1 - Socrates II - 1/15/2008 8:06:33 PM
- Public Invited to Celebrate Anniversary of Explorer 1 - Socrates II - 1/18/2008 1:50:23 PM
  - Documentary at Caltech on January 24 - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 1:40:45 PM

Photonic laser propulsion - William Masterson - 1/22/2008 7:24:10 AM
- 100 kW laser for 1 Newton push... - Adam - 1/23/2008 11:19:18 AM
- Any comments? - Lee - 1/23/2008 3:14:21 AM
  - Photon rockets - TB - 1/23/2008 3:22:01 AM

Why our time dimension is about to become space-like - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 4:45:56 PM
- SO what does Eternity feel like? - Adam - 1/23/2008 10:11:18 AM

Inundated with data !!! - Raoul - 1/21/2008 8:55:56 PM
- That's small potatoes!... Wait til MESSENGER goes into orbit! (n/t) - Izzy - 1/23/2008 12:48:15 AM

Hot houses - gbaikie - 1/22/2008 12:59:06 AM
- Column Density - Adam - 1/22/2008 1:48:18 AM
  - re: Column Density - gbaikie - 1/22/2008 4:53:54 AM
    - There are solids (like glass)... - alcaray - 1/22/2008 6:15:08 AM
      - re: There are solids (like glass)... - gbaikie - 1/22/2008 8:05:35 AM
        
        Your max temperature for a greenhouse... - alcaray - 1/22/2008 5:20:18 PM

Space leaders work to replace lunar base with manned asteroid missions - Jeff F - 1/21/2008 1:23:28 PM
- The Moon, yes, but perhaps no moonbase - Raoul - 1/21/2008 7:09:23 PM
  - Well I say moon 1st. But I'm nobody important. - TAFKASE - 1/21/2008 11:15:14 PM
- manned Mars flight enthusiats seek to regroup - E.P. - 1/21/2008 5:01:47 PM
- What's the difference? - TAFKASE - 1/21/2008 3:01:34 PM
- re: avoiding the moon again? (n/t) - Jack Herer - 1/21/2008 2:23:37 PM
  - I am wondering if we'll be sending humans anywhere past LEO in our life times with this news, plus the upcoming regime change - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 1:55:06 PM

Antarctic volcanoes - gbaikie - 1/22/2008 1:10:03 AM

China and USA in space! - Raoul - 1/21/2008 9:32:08 PM

Ares 1..Orion - Raoul - 1/18/2008 8:07:17 PM
- CZ5 (n/t) - E.P. - 1/21/2008 5:04:58 PM
- I think Bigelow will get there before NASA - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2008 3:11:32 AM
  - That may be why NASA is in no apparent hurry. - Bowser - 1/19/2008 10:51:32 PM
    - It would be better. - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2008 11:08:43 PM
      - Forget 100 people... How about just 3 or 5 people... - TAFKASE - 1/21/2008 3:06:04 PM
  - Space X's Dragon is also farther along than the CEV - Lee - 1/19/2008 5:05:25 PM
    - I like the outlook as well - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2008 11:03:16 PM
- From the Moon to the Planetoids? - Socrates II - 1/19/2008 3:10:06 AM
  - re: Lagrange points and asteroids - Raoul - 1/19/2008 7:27:39 PM
  - Once you leave the Earth-Moon system, a mission takes MONTHS!! - Raoul - 1/19/2008 6:34:21 AM
    - But since we are planning to go to Mars and beyond anyway... - Socrates II - 1/20/2008 3:47:56 PM
      - What's a few month? Everything, in terms of manned spaceflight! - Raoul - 1/20/2008 4:24:45 PM
        
        I think 1st you need to prove you can manufacture something useful on one or more NEOs - TAFKASE - 1/21/2008 3:12:00 PM
        
        We already know there are no ores and that they're often covered with meters of dust (n/t) - Raoul - 1/21/2008 7:13:20 PM
        
        re: What's a few months? - Raoul - 1/20/2008 9:20:19 PM
        
        Some day we are going to be doing more than the Moon and Mars - Socrates II - 1/21/2008 6:22:25 PM

Was Omega Centauri once a dwarf galaxy? - Socrates II - 1/21/2008 3:55:23 PM

Boeing's Space Gas Station - Socrates II - 1/17/2008 5:24:09 PM
- re: A depot - Raoul - 1/17/2008 5:38:24 PM
  - Everything costs more when you are just starting out - Socrates II - 1/20/2008 3:52:17 PM
    - re: Every flight so far, has always been meticulously planned, well in advance... - Raoul - 1/20/2008 9:08:30 PM
      - re: Every flight so far, has always been meticulously planned, well in advance... - SpaceExpert - 1/21/2008 1:35:44 AM

How to become a "space faring society" - Sawyer - 1/20/2008 5:25:46 PM
- HLLV - Lee - 1/20/2008 11:58:57 PM
- The threshold - Raoul - 1/20/2008 9:16:23 PM

Keep an eye out for Comet Holmes, it might brighten again...even this month. - Izzy - 1/20/2008 9:34:31 PM

Mercury flyby pic - Buck Galaxy - 1/16/2008 3:55:59 AM
- MORE!!! - Raoul - 1/16/2008 8:13:20 PM
  - And another! - Raoul - 1/17/2008 8:11:51 PM
    - It must be very dusty, like the moon. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/17/2008 8:56:10 PM
  - I see a face! I see a face! - DJL - 1/16/2008 10:07:21 PM
    - re: I see more pictures!! - Raoul - 1/17/2008 6:31:56 AM
      - The ray crater in the top picture. - REB - 1/17/2008 3:10:52 PM
    - According to "Invader Zim," Mercury has a Butt, not a Face. (n/t) - TB - 1/16/2008 11:09:42 PM
- try that again - Buck Galaxy - 1/16/2008 3:57:24 AM
  - As you look at that picture... - REB - 1/16/2008 2:49:00 PM
    - Let me try again - REB - 1/16/2008 2:53:33 PM
      - is there any direct link between - DJL - 1/16/2008 4:12:39 PM
        
        Some. Solar energy also plays a big part. - REB - 1/16/2008 4:44:10 PM
        
        Recycling crust is a third factor. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/16/2008 7:49:16 PM
        
        magnetic field, fourth factor. (n/t) - podrock - 1/16/2008 8:53:59 PM
        
        True on both of those. - REB - 1/17/2008 3:22:48 PM
        
        interesting - DJL - 1/16/2008 5:15:00 PM
        
        Pluto has a small atmosphere... - TAFKASE - 1/17/2008 2:43:43 PM
        
        re: Methane - Raoul - 1/16/2008 5:31:44 PM
  - Great shot. - REB - 1/16/2008 2:39:01 PM
    - Mercury might be a great place to mine... - Socrates II - 1/16/2008 3:15:00 PM
      - I'm still hoping to see rivers of molten lead on Mercury. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/16/2008 7:40:09 PM
        
        There are long rivers of molten lava on Venus - Socrates II - 1/17/2008 5:46:08 AM
        
        Good thing none of the Venera landed in them. Splat!!...Sizzle!! ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2008 8:02:40 PM
        
        And lakes of it on Io. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/17/2008 9:13:00 AM
  - Now my desktop, thanks! (n/t) - pb - 1/16/2008 5:47:37 AM
  - Wow. Fun, and one beat-up ball! (n/t) - Bowser - 1/16/2008 4:52:20 AM
  - Cool! Thanks! - TB - 1/16/2008 4:29:41 AM
    - If you want to see Mercury with your own eyes... - Socrates II - 1/16/2008 2:42:15 PM
      - LPOD's take on the image - Socrates II - 1/16/2008 2:53:50 PM
        
        Mercury, twice in a lifetime - Socrates II - 1/18/2008 7:18:26 PM

BepiColombo ESA checklist mission - Sawyer - 1/18/2008 6:23:38 PM
- After MGS, there was MRO around Mars, wasn't there? - Raoul - 1/18/2008 6:56:41 PM
  - Followup is fine, but... - Sawyer - 1/19/2008 2:09:01 AM
  - I figured it was Europe trying to one up the USA - Socrates II - 1/18/2008 7:31:47 PM
    - As I recall, Bepi was on the books before Messenger was proposed. - alcaray - 1/19/2008 12:18:26 AM

Altair the next Moon lander - Raoul - 1/16/2008 7:24:40 PM
- How are 4 men going to fit into that? (n/t) - Lee - 1/17/2008 12:38:28 AM
  - Standing up (n/t) - Raoul - 1/17/2008 6:28:46 AM
    - Will they have some kind of base to live in at this point? - REB - 1/17/2008 3:15:07 PM
      - Perhaps, but watch out for all the dust kicked by Altair's landing! (n/t) - Raoul - 1/17/2008 8:07:15 PM
        
        How far and fast will lunar dust fly from a retrorocket blast? - Socrates II - 1/18/2008 2:03:48 PM
        
        When the LM ascent stages left the Moon, the TV cameras still showed good enough images minutes later - Raoul - 1/18/2008 8:12:45 PM
        
        Maybe eventually there could be a permenant base buried in a trench nearby? - TAFKASE - 1/18/2008 2:14:23 PM

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