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Meteorite impact causes sickness - Buck Galaxy - 9/19/2007 3:53:35 PM
- Un epis de mais message brought here - Raoul moderating - 9/20/2007 9:06:10 PM
- I'll go tomorrow, - Dr Clayton Forrester. - 9/20/2007 12:43:47 AM
  - The changing tactical situation - General Mann - 9/22/2007 1:39:18 PM
  - Fish'n - Sylvia - 9/21/2007 10:56:28 PM
    - All I really need is a sharp hook - Dr F - 9/22/2007 1:27:54 PM
  - everybody out! - Col. Ralph Heffner - 9/21/2007 9:14:50 PM
    - That movie cheated. - TB - 9/21/2007 10:22:04 PM
      - That just goes to show ya - Harlan Ogilvy - 9/22/2007 1:47:21 PM
      - And....... - pbruener - 9/21/2007 10:51:45 PM
  - Two pieces of advice... - TB - 9/20/2007 12:55:57 AM
    - Actually, that was three pieces of advice, wasn't it? (n/t) - TB - 9/20/2007 1:00:32 AM
- 600+ sick from meteorite - Jack Herer - 9/19/2007 8:10:43 PM
  - Since the moderator is apparently not going to move this thread, I will repeat my big questions on the subject... - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 8:39:26 PM
    - video of the crater - podrock - 9/20/2007 5:41:28 PM
    - Scientist Confirms Meteorite in Puno, Peru is a Chondrite - Eric - 9/19/2007 10:59:36 PM
      - Shades of "diseases from space" ... (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/22/2007 4:00:58 PM
    - Valid points; caution is necessary. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/19/2007 8:58:24 PM
      - And to add: I'm holding off moving to my survival bunker in the Rockies. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/19/2007 9:18:56 PM
- Already a thread - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 4:09:14 PM

Did the Big Bang spawn trillions of black holes? - New Age Vapors - 9/20/2007 1:50:58 PM
- According to Hawking's formula for black hole evaporation - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/20/2007 6:07:21 PM
  - Cool numbers - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/22/2007 2:54:26 AM

Arctic sea ice at minimum, Antarctic sea ice nearing maximum. - TB - 9/19/2007 7:52:01 PM
- Hey, it finally made the news! - TB - 9/21/2007 9:07:49 PM
  - Meteorological records. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/21/2007 9:50:35 PM
    - re: Meteorological records. - TB - 9/21/2007 10:19:49 PM
- re: Arctic sea ice at minimum, Antarctic sea ice nearing maximum. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/20/2007 7:08:38 AM
- First approximation W.A.G. - Hank - 9/19/2007 8:46:32 PM
  - I vote with the "complexity" theory. - TB - 9/19/2007 11:00:30 PM
    - They've nailed climate-predictions down well enough to make them bet-worthy - pwokenyaw - 9/20/2007 5:01:56 AM
    - Agreed. - Hank - 9/20/2007 12:38:53 AM
      - The climate is *always* changing. - TB - 9/20/2007 12:50:26 AM
        
        re: The climate is *always* changing. - pwokenyaw - 9/20/2007 5:12:06 AM
        
        re: The climate is *always* changing. - Hank - 9/20/2007 1:13:13 AM

Mini-Mag ORION Style Propulsion System - phil - 9/21/2007 3:46:47 PM

I have to say WOW!...That was an excellent PBS TV documentary on 'amateur' astronomy last night! - Jacob Samorodin - 9/20/2007 7:34:27 PM
- BTW, If you are interested in internet-operated telescopes... - Jacob Samorodin - 9/20/2007 7:45:19 PM
  - re internet-operated telescopes... - Raoul - 9/20/2007 8:56:06 PM

Super Comet-After The Impact - FrankC - 7/2/2007 6:32:30 AM
- re: Super Comet-After The Impact - Hunter Reed - 7/15/2007 10:59:29 PM
- re: Super Comet-After The Impact - jacky - 7/9/2007 7:48:15 AM
  - for all asking about rebroadcast - FrankC - 7/9/2007 4:28:45 PM
    - re: for all asking about rebroadcast - Jacky - 7/10/2007 11:20:42 PM
    - re: for all asking about rebroadcast - Thanks, Frank. - Marcia - 7/10/2007 1:38:17 AM
- re: Super Comet-After The Impact - john - 7/8/2007 7:23:19 PM
- re: Super Comet-After The Impact - Bill - 7/8/2007 5:25:04 AM
  - re: Super Comet-After The Impact - shades - 9/20/2007 8:37:15 PM
  - Amazing what they show on tv - E.P. - 7/11/2007 8:01:20 PM
  - Not me Bill - FrankC - 7/8/2007 6:18:24 AM
    - re: Not me Bill - John W - 7/12/2007 1:35:06 AM
      - Good post (n/t) - FrankC - 7/12/2007 3:50:01 AM
- Are they repeating it? (n/t) - ARRELL - 7/2/2007 11:16:47 PM
  - Saturday 7/7 at 3PM and 8PM (n/t) - FrankC - 7/3/2007 12:28:37 AM
    - re: Saturday 7/7 at 3PM and 8PM - amanda - 7/8/2007 1:56:16 AM
    - re: Space Week. - Marcia - 7/3/2007 3:36:06 AM

Google Moon - Raoul - 9/20/2007 6:00:40 PM

Caltech scientists devise new method to chart ancient climate - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 1:55:03 PM
- re: Caltech scientists - TB - 9/19/2007 7:39:02 PM
  - re: Caltech scientists - pwokenyaw - 9/20/2007 5:18:18 AM
    - Volcanos aren't cyclic. - TB - 9/20/2007 5:35:23 AM
  - CO2 feedback mechanisms - Hank - 9/19/2007 8:55:56 PM
    - re: CO2 feedback mechanisms - TB - 9/19/2007 11:07:43 PM
      - re: CO2 feedback mechanisms - Hank - 9/20/2007 1:32:29 AM

New GM hybrid. REAL hybrid, that is. - TB - 9/18/2007 3:32:03 AM
- Nanotechnology Batteries - Eric - 9/19/2007 11:15:59 PM
- But you said if it appears in Popular Mechanics its already dead - New Age Vapors - 9/18/2007 6:25:57 PM
  - re: It's if "it" appears on the cover it's dead... - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2007 10:19:10 PM
- I like it. I like it a lot. - Buck Galaxy - 9/18/2007 6:08:28 AM
  - re: I like it. I like it a lot. - TB - 9/18/2007 3:55:03 PM
  - Doubt it would be robust enough. - Lee - 9/18/2007 11:04:00 AM
    - I don't. - TB - 9/18/2007 3:42:52 PM
      - Exactly - Lee - 9/18/2007 8:55:58 PM
        
        Gotta look at weight pulled to engine size ratio... - TAFKASE - 9/19/2007 4:02:33 PM
    - Forget cars... - New Age Vapors - 9/18/2007 12:28:38 PM
      - No... Vaccum tunnels. - TAFKASE - 9/19/2007 4:05:22 PM

NASA cutting MSL budget by $75M - alcaray - 9/19/2007 9:52:57 AM
- I wonder if the Planetary Society will have an opportunity to attach a microphone on the MSL. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/19/2007 9:05:34 PM

Living Off the Land in Space - New Age Vapors - 9/17/2007 4:00:10 PM
- Sounds like "The Starflight Handbook II" - Lee - 9/19/2007 12:16:33 AM
- Biosphere 2 has killed alot of enthusiam for space colonization. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/18/2007 4:14:01 PM
  - You sure? - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 2:03:50 AM
    - Good point, but... - Jacob Samorodin - 9/19/2007 8:43:56 PM
- re: Living Off the Land in Space..is it possible? - Raoul - 9/17/2007 5:49:46 PM

The people in this room.... - Jeff F - 9/19/2007 1:40:02 PM
- The time it'd take - Raoul - 9/19/2007 7:44:31 PM
  - re: The time it'd take. Wisdom is everything and time is a thief. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/19/2007 8:11:03 PM
    - re: The time it'd take. Wisdom is everything and time is a thief. - Marcia - 9/19/2007 8:12:16 PM
- Not me. - TB - 9/19/2007 6:15:14 PM
  - re: Not me. - Dear Tom. - Marcia - 9/19/2007 7:35:13 PM
    - re: Not me. - Dear Tom. - You know what's funny, - Marcia - 9/19/2007 7:48:47 PM
      - re: Not me. - Dear Tom. - You know what's funny, - Marcia - 9/19/2007 8:09:45 PM

The Magellanic Clouds are First-Time Visitors - New Age Vapors - 9/17/2007 3:54:59 PM
- re: The Magellanic Clouds are First-Time Visitors - Raoul - 9/19/2007 6:16:39 PM

A volcanic or periglacial cone at Mars south pole. - Robert Clark - 9/17/2007 6:02:04 PM
- re: A volcanic or periglacial cone at Mars south pole. - Robert Clark - 9/19/2007 5:50:33 PM

Google Earth puzzle - Antarctica - Hank - 9/17/2007 1:06:37 AM
- The Thing - Hank - 9/17/2007 3:29:05 AM
  - Maybe you're thinking of that X-Files movie? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/18/2007 4:16:29 PM
    - No, "The Thing From Another World" (1951) - Hank - 9/18/2007 5:22:59 PM
      - How could you forget... - New Age Vapors - 9/18/2007 6:24:56 PM
        
        When it's forgettable - Hank - 9/18/2007 8:58:13 PM
  - Second STARGATE - carl - 9/17/2007 6:24:51 PM
- This is just a guess: - podrock - 9/17/2007 3:04:41 AM
  - Pull apart basin model - podrock - 9/17/2007 9:17:14 PM
    - merged images - podrock - 9/17/2007 9:46:58 PM
      - re: merged images - Fox - 9/18/2007 2:02:55 AM
        
        the great thing about this model . . . - podrock - 9/18/2007 4:20:52 AM
        
        Thanks, guys. Great responses . (n/t) - Hank - 9/18/2007 11:12:08 AM
        
        Ditto!. (n/t) - TB - 9/19/2007 3:38:51 AM
- That is weird. - TB - 9/17/2007 2:09:11 AM
  - Speaking of Google Earth... - New Age Vapors - 9/17/2007 2:51:15 PM

New Horizons - TB - 9/19/2007 3:35:22 AM

Could Gliese 581 C and D be habitable? - New Age Vapors - 9/12/2007 1:07:02 PM
- Tidelocked twilight - Adam - 9/14/2007 7:01:17 AM
  - Have you see the National Geographic special Extraterrestrial? - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 1:53:09 PM
    - Not a hurricane, as we know it, Jim... - nick hoffman - 9/16/2007 5:14:01 AM
    - Atmosphere.....like Venus!!! - Raoul - 9/15/2007 1:03:09 PM
      - "a lot of wind and a hot farside" - nick hoffman - 9/16/2007 4:52:19 AM
        
        Design Considerations for a Ground-based Transit Search for Habitable Planets Orbiting M dwarfs - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 2:56:25 AM

Meteorite in Peru - GB - 9/18/2007 1:44:44 AM
- Scientist: Not likely of cosmic origin!? - Eric - 9/18/2007 11:28:06 PM
- Mystery Illness Strikes Town Where Meteorite Hit - Lindy - 9/18/2007 7:00:19 PM
  - Mass Hysteria... - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 10:08:14 PM
  - That's an easy one. - TB - 9/18/2007 9:28:11 PM
- Well...the crater is easy to confirm. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/18/2007 4:09:04 PM
  - The big questions - New Age Vapors - 9/19/2007 2:02:20 AM

Neanderthals were not bumped off by the climate - New Age Vapors - 9/17/2007 4:02:48 PM
- I could've told you that...some still post here on the Zone (n/t) - Jody - 9/17/2007 6:49:47 PM
  - ZING!! LOL... (n/t) - McFly - 9/18/2007 2:14:47 PM

Robots or humans: time to grow up? - McFly - 9/7/2007 3:17:12 AM
- This is so typical... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/10/2007 3:50:12 AM
  - Typical fallacious argument from the human explorer camp - Sawyer - 9/18/2007 1:25:56 PM
    - One other thing---how about Venus or Europa's oceans? - Sawyer - 9/18/2007 1:45:07 PM
  - re: This is so typical... - ER - 9/10/2007 1:01:21 PM
    - re: This is so typical... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/10/2007 9:52:45 PM
      - Science vs Engineering - ER - 9/11/2007 12:03:45 AM
        
        Skylab - Raoul - 9/11/2007 8:09:35 AM
        
        And why just lunar golf? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/11/2007 12:53:29 AM
- We were wrong in the 40's and the 50's...Why would we be right today? - Raoul - 9/9/2007 9:45:34 AM
  - I'd still volunteer... - Adam - 9/12/2007 11:47:25 AM
- re: Robots or humans: time to grow up? - Marcia - 9/8/2007 10:12:55 PM
- Not an either-or, really, but I vote for people in the long run. - TB - 9/8/2007 5:43:38 PM
  - I vote for the robots - dtb - 9/9/2007 4:50:41 PM
    - re: I vote for the robots - Marcia - 9/12/2007 7:36:25 PM
  - re: Not an either-or, really, but I vote for people in the long run. - Marcia - 9/8/2007 10:14:53 PM
    - re: Not an either-or, really, but I vote for people in the long run. - Marcia - 9/8/2007 10:16:12 PM
      - re: Ah, Human experience. That should be the ultimate goal. Be it in knowledge or hands on. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/9/2007 1:29:35 AM
        
        re: I'm hoping for both at the same time. - Marcia - 9/9/2007 1:35:08 AM
- bandwidth and latency - Robert - 9/8/2007 5:40:50 PM
  - emotion and curiosity - Robert - 9/8/2007 7:28:37 PM
  - re: bandwidth and latency - TB - 9/8/2007 5:57:08 PM
    - re: bandwidth and latency - Robert - 9/8/2007 6:46:30 PM
      - re: bandwidth and latency - TB - 9/8/2007 6:57:42 PM
        
        1000 year plan - Hank - 9/8/2007 8:03:21 PM
        
        Catch 22 - TB - 9/9/2007 2:53:22 AM
        
        Solar Energy... - TAFKASE - 9/18/2007 2:03:12 PM
        
        The third diaspora - Hank - 9/9/2007 3:18:35 AM
- re: Robots or humans: get real - Ken Murphy - 9/8/2007 12:08:36 AM
  - There's always a human being behind every robot; it depends on the results - Raoul - 9/8/2007 8:52:11 AM
- Robots are people too - Adam - 9/7/2007 11:43:36 PM
- re: Robots or humans: time to grow up? - Delbert - 9/7/2007 6:58:42 PM
  - I'm for speeding up the development of a new manned launch system - TAFKASE - 9/7/2007 9:16:34 PM
- Science, or ego? Or both? Doing what each does best. - Bowser - 9/7/2007 4:27:27 PM
  - Like that quote... - Adam - 9/7/2007 11:57:19 PM
  - re: Science - Raoul - 9/7/2007 10:09:03 PM
    - Real-time teleoperation - Adam - 9/8/2007 12:03:47 AM
- re: Robots or humans: time to grow up? - Hank - 9/7/2007 12:10:55 PM
  - What kind of mission will require humans? - Raoul - 9/7/2007 4:21:04 PM
    - I can think of several. - Hank - 9/7/2007 5:42:40 PM
  - re: Robots or humans: time to grow up? - McFly - 9/7/2007 2:15:00 PM
- What people want is change, new things.... - Raoul - 9/7/2007 7:21:29 AM

Will Super Smart Artificial Intelligences Keep Humans Around As Pets? - New Age Vapors - 9/12/2007 2:33:39 PM
- Some interesting opinions: The Singularity Summit 2007 - Jody - 9/14/2007 4:57:26 PM
- re: Will Super Smart Artificial Intelligences Keep Humans Around As Pets? - Robert Clark - 9/13/2007 6:29:46 PM
- As long as they feed me and provide a flea collar I'll have no complaints. Woof!!! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/12/2007 9:05:06 PM
  - Just pet me...;) (n/t) - Jody - 9/13/2007 12:05:35 PM
    - If only anglo-saxons knew what the word "pet" meant...in french:-))))) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/14/2007 5:58:58 PM
      - Ha! - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 6:56:01 PM
        
        All right now...you HAVE to tell me!!! - Jody - 9/14/2007 8:29:07 PM
        
        No, more like the Spanish "pedo". - ER - 9/15/2007 12:59:38 AM
- If so, it can only be attributed to human logic (n/t) - Raoul - 9/12/2007 3:21:06 PM
  - There's no logic to keeping pets -- it's 100% emotion. (n/t) - Fox - 9/12/2007 5:38:08 PM
    - Not really. - ER - 9/12/2007 6:58:22 PM
      - That's domestication - Fox - 9/13/2007 3:47:48 AM
        
        What's the difference? - ER - 9/13/2007 1:21:25 PM
        
        A Boy and His Dog - Fox - 9/13/2007 3:12:14 PM
        
        Excellent analysis - ER - 9/13/2007 3:37:36 PM
        
        Research notes - Fox - 9/13/2007 6:26:43 PM
        
        re: Research notes - ER - 9/14/2007 11:20:06 AM
    - Hmm, yes....emotions are part of human logic, aren't they? (n/t) - Raoul - 9/12/2007 5:54:42 PM
      - Logic, no. Human? Absolutely! - Fox - 9/13/2007 3:56:46 AM
        
        I agree (n/t) - Jody - 9/13/2007 12:07:21 PM
      - Enhancing Evolution - New Age Vapors - 9/12/2007 7:19:11 PM
        
        re: Enhancing Evolution - Jody - 9/13/2007 4:31:39 AM
        
        Amazing - New Age Vapors - 9/13/2007 6:34:20 PM
        
        Not really - Fox - 9/13/2007 7:40:23 PM
        
        Okay - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 1:49:43 PM
        
        I don't think there are any artilects. - ER - 9/14/2007 3:45:56 PM
        
        If you don't want me responding to you just say so. (n/t) - Jody - 9/13/2007 7:15:39 PM
        
        No... - New Age Vapors - 9/13/2007 7:38:21 PM
        
        AIs May Call Virtual Worlds Home - New Age Vapors - 9/18/2007 1:49:05 PM

For those of you who collect stamps... - New Age Vapors - 9/18/2007 1:14:17 PM

150!!! Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky (September 17, 1857), - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2007 9:15:07 PM
- Julian or Gregorian? - Fox - 9/18/2007 1:56:50 AM
  - re: Sure know how to throw a wet blanket... - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2007 9:43:12 AM
    - No, just curious - Fox - 9/18/2007 12:40:19 PM
    - It used to be October 4 according to the Soviets - New Age Vapors - 9/18/2007 12:27:45 PM
- I'll drink to that. - ER - 9/18/2007 1:12:46 AM
  - re: I'll drink to that. - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2007 9:48:45 AM

The amazing world around Saturn - Raoul - 9/13/2007 8:17:27 AM
- rA video of Sir Arthur!! - Raoul - 9/17/2007 8:23:44 PM
- Beautiful hi-rez mosaic. - alcaray - 9/14/2007 12:01:49 AM
  - The mysterious dark "splatter" - nick hoffman - 9/14/2007 1:03:39 AM
    - re: The mysterious dark "splatter" - Vince - 9/14/2007 2:22:30 AM
      - The oil companies are keeping it a closely guarded secret. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/14/2007 8:05:17 PM
        
        To say nothing of the... - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 8:09:09 PM
      - A big dirty comet hit Iapetus - New Age Vapors - 9/14/2007 3:09:06 AM
        
        A polluting civilization is dumping their sequestered carbon there. (n/t) - Hank - 9/14/2007 3:25:57 AM

Evolutionary Catastrophes and the Goldilocks Problem - New Age Vapors - 9/17/2007 3:32:57 AM
- Link to the paper - TB - 9/17/2007 5:55:54 AM
  - Cosmic Year - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/17/2007 2:14:30 PM
    - The Fear Factor - New Age Vapors - 9/17/2007 8:01:35 PM
    - re: Cosmic Year - Hank - 9/17/2007 5:40:21 PM
    - whoops! - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/17/2007 2:49:46 PM

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