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President Bush Announces New Vision for Space Exploration Program, - Jeff F - 12/17/2007 6:40:35 PM
- LRO launch might slip from Oct 28 2008 to - Buck Galaxy - 12/18/2007 4:30:42 AM
- LRO - Raoul - 12/17/2007 8:54:08 PM

Meaningless post removed. (n/t) - moderite podrock - 12/17/2007 3:02:20 AM
- ROBERT! - Bowser - 12/17/2007 5:12:24 PM
  - does the post by "sunblok" hold any meaning for you? - moderite podrock - 12/17/2007 10:44:31 PM
  - What? - Robert - 12/17/2007 9:27:00 PM

Many Sunlike stars may make Earthlike planets - Socrates II - 12/10/2007 5:14:08 AM
- re: Planets correlate with stellar Metalicity: - Marcia - 12/10/2007 4:29:13 PM
- Universe may have been hospitable 500 million years earlier than thought - Socrates II - 12/10/2007 3:22:08 PM
  - "Follow the Energy" Approach to Guide Exploration for Extraterrestrial Life Forms - Socrates II - 12/11/2007 4:35:10 PM
    - A test to see if bugs can survive in space on the next Space Shuttle mission - Socrates II - 12/11/2007 9:42:50 PM
      - Dynamical evolution of the Gliese 581 planetary system - Socrates II - 12/13/2007 2:33:45 PM
        
        A&A press release on Gliese 581 HZs - Socrates II - 12/13/2007 5:58:47 PM
        
        Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute - Socrates II - 12/17/2007 9:29:22 PM

Fermi and SETI - TB - 12/1/2007 5:24:53 AM
- Seventy sextillion - pb - 12/3/2007 11:57:01 PM
- Sending and Searching for Interstellar Messages - Socrates II - 12/3/2007 4:22:10 PM
  - The problem with 99.9 % of so-called 'solutions' to the Fermi Paradox - Socrates II - 12/10/2007 6:24:54 PM
    - re: The problem with 99.9 % of so-called 'solutions' to the Fermi Paradox - JEKing - 12/13/2007 4:44:51 AM
    - re: The problem with 99.9 % of so-called 'solutions' to the Fermi Paradox - Marcia - 12/10/2007 9:46:42 PM
      - On The Timescale Forcing in Astrobiology - Socrates II - 12/11/2007 5:36:32 PM
        
        Article on SETI and METI in Seed magazine - Socrates II - 12/12/2007 7:15:45 PM
        
        Michio Kaku on Extraterrestrial Civilizations: â€œHow Advanced Could They Possibly Be?â€ - Socrates II - 12/17/2007 6:00:53 PM

"Strange object found on Mars." - Robert Clark - 12/11/2007 9:39:47 PM
- Ho Hummm.... (Yawn) (n/t) - nick hoffman - 12/14/2007 10:52:12 AM
- re: "Strange object found on Mars." - Marcia - 12/13/2007 1:50:42 AM
- erosional remnant - podrock - 12/11/2007 11:54:11 PM
  - Source images of Candor Chasma? - Robert Clark - 12/13/2007 7:43:50 PM
    - Nope, it's in Arabia Terra. - Robert Clark - 12/13/2007 8:04:52 PM
      - Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 12/13/2007 10:57:13 PM
        
        The terraced hills are very cool - Fox - 12/14/2007 3:56:46 AM
        
        Obviously those are farms, right? (n/t) - TB - 12/14/2007 6:58:40 PM
        
        But of course! - Fox - 12/15/2007 1:06:41 AM
  - re: erosional remnant - Bowser - 12/12/2007 5:50:05 AM
    - "Thoughts run wild, free as a child....." (n/t) - podrock the obscure - 12/12/2007 6:25:23 AM
- re: Strange object - TB - 12/11/2007 11:33:16 PM
- Will this become the new Mars Face? - Socrates II - 12/11/2007 10:06:03 PM
  - And where on Mars is it? - Raoul - 12/11/2007 10:36:23 PM
    - Good question. - TB - 12/12/2007 5:26:56 AM
      - Sounds like many of us did - Robert - 12/12/2007 4:54:09 PM
        
        I tried those numbers too. It was worth a shot. (n/t) - TB - 12/12/2007 7:24:03 PM
        
        BTW - Robert - 12/14/2007 4:52:55 AM
        
        re: BTW - TB - 12/15/2007 5:11:32 AM
    - re: And where on Mars is it? - Robert Clark - 12/12/2007 1:06:53 AM
      - Note this image from today's APOD - Socrates II - 12/12/2007 2:30:50 PM
        
        Naysayers get to me - Jeff F - 12/12/2007 3:55:13 PM
        
        Pray tell. - Yeti Russel-er - 12/12/2007 9:21:17 PM
        
        the journey is the reward - Robert - 12/13/2007 5:44:36 PM
        
        You dare betray our presence? - Purple Teapot Pilots - 12/13/2007 7:15:34 AM
        
        re: You dare betray our presence? - Yeti - 12/13/2007 8:27:00 PM
        
        What he said. - TB - 12/12/2007 11:34:13 PM
        
        The truth, it is out there... - Socrates II - 12/17/2007 3:29:25 PM

moderite podrock Do you remember when...WayBackMachine - sunblok - 12/17/2007 9:27:47 AM

Houston, Altair 3 has landed! - Raoul - 12/13/2007 9:44:50 PM
- Doesn't the logo remind you of something? - Raoul - 12/14/2007 6:40:59 AM
  - re: Doesn't the logo remind you of something? - Chris Vancil - 12/15/2007 7:57:02 PM
    - Almost the mirror image :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 12/15/2007 8:34:41 PM
  - "The Ego has landed." Is that it? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/14/2007 3:49:05 PM
    - re: At Twankwility ..(as Duke said) (n/t) - Raoul - 12/15/2007 1:25:00 AM
    - re: "The Ego has landed." Is that it? - It is wonderful. - Marcia - 12/14/2007 11:09:56 PM
      - How do americans pronounce "Altair"? - Raoul - 12/16/2007 9:10:14 PM
        
        re: How do americans pronounce "Altair"? - Marcia - 12/16/2007 11:15:50 PM

Stem cells at risk during long duration flights - Raoul - 12/16/2007 9:20:37 PM

Spacewalkers to inspect station for meteoroid strike - Eric - 12/16/2007 12:42:53 AM

The Geminids are coming! - Raoul - 12/12/2007 9:19:16 PM
- From China! - Raoul - 12/15/2007 8:37:59 PM

Spirit undigging - Raoul - 12/12/2007 6:45:01 PM
- Wow... - TB - 12/12/2007 7:15:25 PM
  - re: Wow... is right. A good spot the Phoenix. :} (n/t) - Marcia - 12/12/2007 10:03:48 PM
    - re: Wow... is right. A good spot the Phoenix. :} - Marcia - 12/12/2007 10:05:23 PM
      - Will Spirit ever be able to leave Home Plate? - Socrates II - 12/13/2007 4:20:37 AM
        
        re: Will Spirit ever be able to leave Home Plate? - Oh, please... the walls of Gusev crater AND Vaadim Vallis. (n/t) - Marcia - 12/14/2007 9:58:31 PM
        
        Who said anything about going that far? - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 10:09:06 PM
        
        re: Who said anything about going that far? - I know Socrates, II... - Marcia - 12/14/2007 10:49:51 PM
        
        re: Who said anything about going that far? - the middle of Gusev or even the Maadim Vallis areas would be good to explore. (n/t) - Marcia - 12/14/2007 10:51:28 PM
        
        re: Who said anything about going that far? - .. oops, make that Vaadim in this case. :} (n/t) - Marcia - 12/14/2007 10:52:44 PM
        
        re: Look at it this way... - Marcia - 12/14/2007 11:04:45 PM
        
        re: I was refering to M'a'adim Vallis at Gusev. - Marcia - 12/15/2007 4:24:07 AM
        
        Spirit future (realistic) - Doug Ellison - 12/15/2007 11:36:29 AM
        
        re: Spirit future (sporty) - TB - 12/15/2007 4:46:57 PM
        
        re: Spirit future (sporty) - Doug Ellison - 12/15/2007 7:38:04 PM

Sir Arthur C Clarke !!! - Raoul - 12/13/2007 8:01:06 PM
- His first book I ever read (Xmas 1968)..it was in french - Raoul - 12/13/2007 8:49:29 PM
  - Proposed Geosyc Satts in 40's - carl - 12/14/2007 8:08:40 PM
    - Paper online - Socrates II - 12/15/2007 6:15:55 AM
  - March, 1964 - Fox - 12/14/2007 3:42:58 AM
    - Circa 1979 - Adam - 12/14/2007 6:29:14 AM
      - The illustrated and online Wind from the Sun - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 3:01:38 PM

a view of 1999 from 1967 - Delbert - 12/14/2007 11:44:46 PM
- re: a view of 1999 from 1967 - Marcia - 12/15/2007 3:58:11 AM

Return To Europa: A Closer Look Is Possible - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 10:07:21 PM

Uranus and Neptune once had each other's orbits - Socrates II - 12/13/2007 2:11:55 PM
- More about the busy outer Sol system - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 4:42:22 PM

The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 4:16:54 PM

35 years ago! - Raoul - 12/14/2007 6:31:02 AM
- re: 35 years ago! - REB - 12/14/2007 2:27:12 PM
  - And we do have Moon explorers right now - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 3:19:34 PM
    - LPOD's tribute to Apollo 17 - Socrates II - 12/14/2007 3:37:37 PM

Tonight At The Astronomy Club - Jeff F - 12/13/2007 10:53:16 AM
- Congratulations! - RobVG - 12/14/2007 2:09:06 AM
  - Thanks - Jeff F - 12/14/2007 10:42:02 AM

Caroline Aigle - Raoul - 12/13/2007 7:37:44 PM
- What a shame... - Adam - 12/13/2007 8:21:17 PM
  - re: What a shame... - Raoul - 12/13/2007 8:52:27 PM

GM Volt website - TB - 12/12/2007 1:54:58 AM
- re: GM Volt website - TAFKASE - 12/12/2007 2:33:29 PM
  - Now check this out... - TB - 12/12/2007 7:22:57 PM
    - Hey, you can do this now! - TB - 12/13/2007 12:51:52 AM
      - I love it... - TAFKASE - 12/13/2007 8:35:10 PM
    - I just made a speculative buy on some Lithium-ion development companies. - TAFKASE - 12/12/2007 7:34:31 PM
  - How about an all electric..With an optional gasiline powered charger that you hook on the back? - TAFKASE - 12/12/2007 2:36:05 PM
    - re: Forget the Gasoline...Make it an E-80 charger... (n/t) - TAFKASE - 12/12/2007 2:37:57 PM

Starburst channels by MRO (3.3 MB) - Raoul - 12/12/2007 8:12:57 PM
- re: Starburst channels by MRO (3.3 MB) - Robert Clark - 12/13/2007 6:20:02 PM
- I am still unclear how this process works (n/t) - dd - 12/13/2007 2:44:04 PM

mammoths hit by metorite fragments. - Andrew - 12/12/2007 8:46:54 PM
- Was just about to post that - azstrummer - 12/13/2007 2:05:53 PM
- Actually, it's real buckshot. (n/t) - Time Safaris, Inc. - 12/12/2007 11:28:50 PM
- and mammoths extincted by comet impact - E.P. - 12/12/2007 10:06:44 PM

MRO allows for a perspective view of Candor Chasma - Raoul - 12/12/2007 6:18:09 PM
- And if you think that's good ... - Robert Clark - 12/13/2007 6:08:18 AM

Controversy over Chinese Moon photo - TB - 12/4/2007 6:52:00 AM
- As with the Soviet Luna 3 mission in 1959 - Socrates II - 12/4/2007 3:14:34 PM
  - re: As with the Soviet Luna 3 mission in 1959 - Marcia - 12/13/2007 3:30:02 AM
  - What did I just say about China sending probes to Mars... - Socrates II - 12/5/2007 2:08:32 PM
- I don't think it is a fake. - REB - 12/4/2007 2:05:45 PM
  - signals - DJL - 12/5/2007 4:08:11 PM
    - re: signals - REB - 12/6/2007 3:51:08 PM
- re: Controversy over Chinese Moon photo - gbaikie - 12/4/2007 9:56:49 AM
  - Solved : http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001248/ (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 12/4/2007 10:11:45 AM
    - That's the info I was looking for. Thanks! - TB - 12/4/2007 4:52:26 PM
      - fascinating story, thanks! (n/t) - Raoul - 12/4/2007 7:20:12 PM
        
        re: fascinating story, thanks! - Yes, a great find! (n/t) - Marcia - 12/4/2007 10:12:55 PM
        
        China Will Soon Have Its Own Moon Globe - Socrates II - 12/5/2007 2:51:46 PM
        
        Man in the Moon is four billion years old - Socrates II - 12/7/2007 1:52:29 AM
        
        More images of Luna from Chang'e - Socrates II - 12/12/2007 3:02:15 PM

The dangers of first impressions. - LS - 12/9/2007 2:45:59 AM
- re: The dangers of first impressions. - Jack Herer - 12/11/2007 2:13:02 PM
- Huh - Robert - 12/9/2007 6:13:38 AM
  - Huh? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/9/2007 3:12:15 PM
    - Let me rephrase that - Robert - 12/9/2007 4:56:59 PM
      - re: Let me rephrase that - Robert Clark - 12/10/2007 2:50:24 PM
        
        it's genuine - Robert - 12/10/2007 4:33:11 PM
        
        re: it's genuine - Robert Clark - 12/10/2007 7:38:16 PM
        
        The lesson for image analysis - Robert - 12/11/2007 12:25:54 AM
        
        re: it's genuine - alcaray - 12/10/2007 9:16:37 PM
        
        re: it's genuine. - Maybe so, but why... - Marcia - 12/11/2007 12:27:14 AM
        
        re: it's genuine. - Maybe so, but why... - alcaray - 12/11/2007 6:32:05 AM
        
        re: it's genuine. - Maybe so, but why... - Robert Clark - 12/12/2007 1:17:27 AM
        
        Oh, my. - alcaray - 12/12/2007 7:54:20 PM
        
        Grrr. Goofed up my HTML. - alcaray - 12/13/2007 12:15:46 AM
        
        re: it's genuine. - Maybe so, but why... - Laurie Street - 12/12/2007 6:06:18 AM
        
        re: it's genuine. - Maybe so, but why... - Marcia - 12/12/2007 9:35:16 PM
        
        Is this the camel you mean, Marcia? - Laurie Street - 12/13/2007 12:15:34 AM
        
        re: Is this the camel you mean, Marcia? - Yes, that's the one. - Marcia - 12/13/2007 1:55:10 AM
    - uh? (n/t) - Robert - 12/9/2007 4:55:07 PM

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