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Poised on the brink - TB - 9/12/2007 4:04:37 AM
- Opportunity Takes a Dip Into Victoria crater - New Age Vapors - 9/12/2007 5:48:54 PM
  - Spirit Finally Arrives at Home Plate! - New Age Vapors - 9/12/2007 5:50:52 PM

Wind Ladder - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 3:08:42 AM
- What happens if the wind happens to change suddendly to dare I say it... - TAFKASE - 9/10/2007 10:41:44 PM
  - Hurricanes, Tornados, Waterspouts - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 11:24:47 PM
    - Land Area Advantage of Inflatable Wind Ladders - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/11/2007 11:34:27 AM
      - re: Land Area Advantage of Inflatable Wind Ladders - TB - 9/11/2007 3:45:24 PM
        
        Calculus of Wind Ladders - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/12/2007 12:06:36 AM
        
        My choice - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/12/2007 12:43:16 AM
        
        Would be worth building test units to try out the concept. (n/t) - TB - 9/12/2007 1:38:32 PM
        
        I wish I knew how companies get the cash to build prototypes. (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/12/2007 5:32:03 PM
        
        You'll be sorry when there is no more wind... - Ima Liberal - 9/11/2007 9:03:46 PM
- Alternate idea... - TB - 9/10/2007 3:20:28 AM
  - Self-lifting - nick hoffman - 9/10/2007 12:27:16 PM
    - Gas leakage is a maintenance issue - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 4:43:47 PM
      - re: Gas leakage is a maintenance issue - TB - 9/10/2007 5:52:35 PM
        
        Correction--it's more like one and a half 8 cylinder modules (n/t) - TB - 9/10/2007 5:53:33 PM
        
        How much does one of those modules weigh? - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 6:12:24 PM
        
        I'd run the helium up a small tube. - TB - 9/11/2007 1:44:25 AM
        
        re: I'd run the helium up a small tube. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/11/2007 2:20:43 AM
        
        Devil's Advocate? Nope, just thinking out loud. - TB - 9/11/2007 3:48:04 PM
        
        Machines have alot of pressurized air lines for pneumatic actuators and motors - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/11/2007 5:07:34 PM
        
        Tethered Aerostats already in use!!! - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 6:38:24 PM
        
        Forgot a link before - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 8:13:48 PM
  - Maybe... - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 3:28:30 AM

Do you have a nice dark spot to put this good telescope on? - Johannes - 9/12/2007 1:55:42 AM

"Inner Space Center "to be developed by Dr. Ballard - carl - 9/11/2007 7:58:30 PM
- re: "Inner Space Center "to be developed by Dr. Ballard - Raoul - 9/11/2007 9:42:02 PM

To save the Vision - Raoul - 9/10/2007 9:55:07 PM
- re: To save the Vision - Jeff F - 9/11/2007 7:59:59 PM

COTS NASA and Kistler - Raoul - 9/10/2007 8:19:07 PM
- re: COTS NASA and Kistler - TB - 9/11/2007 3:29:03 PM
- re: Actually Rocketplane Kistler not Kistler... - Chris Vancil - 9/11/2007 8:36:48 AM
- Kistler has always struck me as a snake oil operation. - Lee - 9/10/2007 11:51:45 PM
  - re: Kistler has always struck me as a snake oil operation. - Chris Vancil - 9/11/2007 9:18:08 AM
    - Just my impression. - Lee - 9/11/2007 11:06:47 AM

From GALEX: Speeding-Bullet Star Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky - Marcia - 8/15/2007 10:41:23 PM
- Speed due to planetary impacts? - Robert Clark - 8/17/2007 7:50:25 PM
  - no: conservation of momentum - relative masses. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/17/2007 11:12:01 PM
    - Yes, by conservation of momentum and relative speed. - Robert Clark - 8/21/2007 6:32:49 PM
      - No - nick hoffman - 9/9/2007 1:03:35 PM
        
        Yes. - Robert Clark - 9/9/2007 3:07:49 PM
        
        Hey, take two magnets... - nick hoffman - 9/10/2007 12:34:56 PM
        
        Bob, I've got a wonderful machine to sell you - nick hoffman - 9/10/2007 12:02:20 AM
        
        re: Bob, I've got a wonderful machine to sell you - Robert Clark - 9/10/2007 8:33:17 PM
        
        Did you ever see one of those wonderous machines with the big wheel... - alcaray - 9/9/2007 7:00:40 PM
      - to the extent that a body is accelerated by falling into a red dwarf... - alcaray - 8/22/2007 12:06:09 AM
        
        re: to the extent that a body is accelerated by falling into a red dwarf... - Robert Clark - 9/8/2007 2:53:07 PM
        
        escape velocity has nothing to do with it, and again you ignore momentum - alcaray - 9/8/2007 5:49:53 PM
        
        Escape velocity equals the velocity of impact, it's BECAUSE of momentum the star must be imparted with additional velocity. - Robert Clark - 9/8/2007 10:04:48 PM
        
        I'm afraid these guys are right, Robert. - Hank - 9/10/2007 7:31:35 PM
        
        re: I'm afraid these guys are right, Robert. - Robert Clark - 9/11/2007 12:28:44 AM
        
        There's still the question of the energy. - Robert Clark - 9/10/2007 8:27:59 PM
        
        re: There's still the question of the energy. - ER - 9/10/2007 9:49:29 PM
        
        This is basic physics. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/9/2007 6:54:59 PM
        
        re: This is basic physics. - Robert Clark - 9/10/2007 8:29:48 PM
        
        It is canceled by the energy of the red giant rushing towards the gas giant. - alcaray - 9/10/2007 9:00:07 PM
- My local affiliates... - alcaray - 8/16/2007 5:11:54 PM
  - lambda nu equals cee - Hank - 8/22/2007 2:05:55 PM
    - re: lambda nu equals cee. Hank, I don't know what that means, but I also gave your argument some thought. :)_ (n/t) - Marcia - 9/8/2007 8:27:29 PM
      - lambda nu = c - Hank - 9/9/2007 12:36:29 AM
  - re: My local affiliates... - Marcia - 8/17/2007 1:06:33 AM
- re: From GALEX: Speeding-Bullet Star Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky - Andrew - 8/16/2007 3:58:01 AM
- re: From GALEX: Speeding-Bullet Star Leaves Enormous Streak Across Sky. - Of course a 'bow shock' is seen. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/16/2007 2:05:00 AM
  - And way beyond our galaxy, two galaxy clusters collide... - New Age Vapors - 8/17/2007 2:36:12 AM

I can't confirm this, but did Opportunity undergo another 'cleaning event' in the past few days? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2007 11:01:38 PM
- apparently - podrock - 9/9/2007 2:13:24 AM
  - "straight down into the crater" - TB - 9/9/2007 8:38:52 PM
    - re: "straight down into the crater" - "fidgedy" - Marcia - 9/11/2007 12:12:39 AM
    - done that - podrock - 9/10/2007 12:34:31 AM
      - Scree Running - nick hoffman - 9/10/2007 12:30:58 PM
        
        I did most of my scree running in New Mexico. - alcaray - 9/10/2007 7:29:00 PM
  - re: apparently - Marcia - 9/9/2007 3:38:21 AM

Safety in spacecrafts - Raoul - 9/10/2007 9:25:50 PM
- No cosmonaut died since 1971. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/10/2007 11:43:02 PM

Zephyr solar powered plane breaks records - Andrew - 9/10/2007 4:51:42 PM

Polar pit gullies currently forming? - Robert Clark - 9/8/2007 2:38:13 AM
- re: Polar pit gullies currently forming? - nick hoffman - 9/9/2007 1:13:05 PM

Earth analogs of the Mars "spiders"? - Robert Clark - 9/8/2007 3:28:30 AM
- They're called Star Dunes - nick hoffman - 9/9/2007 12:53:49 PM
  - Drat html - nick hoffman - 9/9/2007 12:55:54 PM
- re: Earth analogs of the Mars "spiders"? - Hank - 9/8/2007 12:12:31 PM
  - re: Earth analogs of the Mars "spiders"? - Chesley Bonestell was a genius. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/9/2007 3:35:39 AM
  - re: Earth analogs of the Mars "spiders"? - Robert Clark - 9/8/2007 2:25:30 PM
    - re: Earth analogs of the Mars "spiders"? - Bob, please use html. - Marcia - 9/9/2007 3:31:29 AM

Light Pollution article in the New Yorker online - New Age Vapors - 9/8/2007 10:25:19 PM
- re: Light Pollution article in the New Yorker online - phil - 9/9/2007 12:27:32 AM

My Astronomy Club Makes News On Youth Program - Jeff F - 9/8/2007 8:13:50 PM

Google Earth looks up - podrock - 8/22/2007 1:46:37 PM
- The new version also has a flight simulator. - podrock - 9/8/2007 4:53:13 PM
- re: Google Earth looks up - Raoul - 8/22/2007 3:59:15 PM
  - The Bad Astronomer has some criticisms of Google Sky - New Age Vapors - 8/22/2007 5:46:25 PM
    - And, as usual, he's right - Fox - 9/8/2007 12:53:02 AM
    - Sky in Google Earth: The Next Frontier in Astronomical Data Discovery and Visualization - New Age Vapors - 9/7/2007 1:35:27 PM

In the Shadow of the Moon in LA now. - Delbert - 8/21/2007 4:13:50 AM
- re: In the Shadow of the Moon in LA now. theater link - Delbert - 8/21/2007 4:35:19 AM
- re: In the Shadow of the Moon in LA now. - Delbert - 8/21/2007 4:31:16 AM
  - one more thing - Delbert - 8/21/2007 5:46:19 PM
    - NYT review of 'In the Shadow of the Moon' - New Age Vapors - 9/7/2007 2:28:26 PM

Hubble In Trouble - Jeff F - 9/5/2007 7:39:45 PM
- NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4441 - New Age Vapors - 9/7/2007 1:46:36 PM

Awesome preview of the upcoming, screaming-close Iapetus flyby. - alcaray - 9/7/2007 12:14:55 AM
- Wow only 1644km away on this flyby! - Buck Galaxy - 9/7/2007 5:21:59 AM

So, we're going back to the moon for what-now? - McFly - 8/28/2007 8:30:15 PM
- Because Politicians Are Timid and Can't Do Calculas and Economic or Engineering Calculations - Marsby. - 8/29/2007 4:12:53 PM
  - and exactly how may hundreds of kilograms of uranium do you want to launch over Florida? - E.P. - 8/30/2007 9:09:02 PM
    - Did You Mean By Chance How Many I Wanted To Launch Over The Ocean? - Marsby - 8/31/2007 1:11:38 AM
      - and exactly how many hundreds of kilograms of uranium do you want to launch over Florida? (n/t) - E.P. - 9/5/2007 7:01:44 PM
        
        You used to support a manned moon program. Did you have an epiphany? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/6/2007 10:45:46 PM
      - I wonder how much boron is on Mars? - Lee - 8/31/2007 10:57:35 PM
  - re: Because Politicians Are Timid and Can't Do Calculas and Economic or Engineering Calculations - Marcia - 8/30/2007 4:08:41 AM
    - Translation? - Marsby - 8/31/2007 3:05:52 AM
  - Thanks Mark (n/t) - McFly - 8/29/2007 4:55:31 PM
- Regime change, WMDs, and to bring democracy to the oppressed Moonaqis - Fox - 8/29/2007 3:27:22 AM
  - I wonder what percentage of Americans can't find the moon in the sky (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 8/31/2007 1:47:34 AM
    - Depends on the time of the month. (n/t) - Fox - 9/6/2007 5:36:08 PM
- I never considered He3 as the main reason. - Lee - 8/28/2007 9:13:01 PM
  - I'd be willing to bet over that with real money - pwokenyaw - 8/28/2007 9:47:39 PM
    - I'm not talking over the next 40 years - Lee - 8/29/2007 1:45:57 PM
      - technology is key in that case, not alleged infrastructure - pwokenyaw - 8/29/2007 10:48:53 PM
        
        Infrastructure depends on technology. - Lee - 8/30/2007 1:18:06 AM
      - In Situ Is Easy On Mars - Marsby - 8/29/2007 4:18:28 PM
        
        Getting the H2 on Mars - nick hoffman - 8/30/2007 3:22:38 PM
        
        Sure Long Term - Marsby - 8/31/2007 1:18:55 AM
        
        True - Lee - 8/29/2007 5:00:06 PM
    - Yeah but it is fun to dream... - TAFKASE - 8/29/2007 1:41:10 PM
    - You're right - dtb - 8/29/2007 12:00:53 AM
      - re: You're right - gbaikie - 8/29/2007 9:09:21 PM
        
        Do you understand basic Physics???? - nick hoffman - 8/30/2007 4:01:21 PM
        
        re: Do you understand basic Physics???? - gbaikie - 8/30/2007 8:06:56 PM
        
        My apologies. - nick hoffman - 8/31/2007 6:10:56 AM
        
        re: Do you understand basic Physics???? - Marsby - 8/31/2007 3:01:50 AM

Tracking the dinosaur killer... - TB - 9/6/2007 5:36:54 AM
- Baptistina - Raoul - 9/6/2007 9:25:47 PM
  - that one needs a lander mission ASAP - TAFKASE - 9/6/2007 10:22:54 PM
- Some time traveler going back to witness the event... - TAFKASE - 9/6/2007 3:38:06 PM
  - Or the dinos were implementing one of their own NEO deflection projects - New Age Vapors - 9/6/2007 3:40:48 PM

Voyager 2 30 years ago today - Raoul - 8/20/2007 6:27:15 PM
- re: Voyager 2 30 years ago today - It saw a great many things. - Marcia - 8/20/2007 6:48:39 PM
  - I will never forget - Buck Galaxy - 8/20/2007 11:35:50 PM
    - re: I will never forget. OK, but our moon IS interesting... - Marcia - 8/21/2007 12:14:58 AM
      - Interesting yes... - Buck Galaxy - 8/21/2007 4:56:42 AM
        
        re: Interesting yes...I knew you know better, Buck. :) - Marcia - 8/22/2007 7:38:33 PM
  - Drop TESTS for ENTERPRISE SHUTTLE..30th tooo... - carl - 8/20/2007 7:02:15 PM
    - Haise and Fullerton had ejection seats - Raoul - 8/20/2007 8:52:19 PM
      - Leap of FAITH in a FLYING BRICK - carl - 8/20/2007 10:29:09 PM
        
        Buran - nick hoffman - 8/22/2007 12:14:50 PM
        
        IMO, the Buran system was superior. - Lee - 8/30/2007 2:33:15 PM
        
        I was there. - Delbert - 8/21/2007 4:20:44 AM
- 14 hr one way Transmit time - carl - 8/20/2007 6:31:59 PM
  - In a sense their mission will never be over - New Age Vapors - 8/21/2007 1:32:12 AM
    - Voyager reports for weeks 08-03-2007 and 08-10-2007 Available - New Age Vapors - 8/29/2007 6:30:44 PM
      - The Mix Tape of the Gods - New Age Vapors - 9/6/2007 2:37:30 PM

Star party last month at Valdrome, south of France - Raoul - 9/5/2007 9:10:20 PM

Class is IN..........Only Reporter to COVER all NASA Manned Spaceflights - carl - 9/4/2007 7:17:45 PM
- but my favorite was - Delbert - 9/4/2007 7:31:51 PM
  - Walter CRONKITE - carl - 9/4/2007 7:45:57 PM
    - re: John Holliman - Marcia - 9/5/2007 1:54:37 AM
      - re: John Holliman - Raoul - 9/5/2007 5:31:11 AM
- Jay Barbree - Delbert - 9/4/2007 7:26:34 PM
  - Yesssssss - carl - 9/4/2007 7:44:04 PM
    - re: Yesssssss and he's still there. - Delbert - 9/5/2007 12:56:24 AM
    - First satellite I remember seeing was the Echo balloon. (n/t) - TB - 9/4/2007 11:21:31 PM
      - re: First satellite I remember seeing was the Echo balloon. - Delbert - 9/5/2007 3:50:18 AM
        
        Echo Picture Balloon in WEEKLY READER - carl - 9/5/2007 6:36:08 PM
        
        re: Echo Picture Balloon in WEEKLY READER - Raoul - 9/5/2007 7:36:57 PM
        
        THAT"S IT!!!! - carl - 9/5/2007 8:21:24 PM
      - Same here - Fox - 9/5/2007 2:50:48 AM
    - I remember discussing Sputnik... - alcaray - 9/4/2007 11:16:57 PM
      - Telestar (neat song, too!) - carl - 9/5/2007 6:38:40 PM
        
        Pleumeur Bodou, France (I saw it in 1972) - Raoul - 9/5/2007 7:40:16 PM
    - 150 missions - Raoul - 9/4/2007 8:14:52 PM
      - Review: "Live from Cape Canaveral" - New Age Vapors - 9/5/2007 4:23:53 PM

A Submarine for Europa - New Age Vapors - 9/5/2007 4:27:02 PM
- re: A Submarine for Europa - TB - 9/5/2007 5:07:57 PM

extremophiles designed to live in clean rooms - alcaray - 9/2/2007 1:22:13 AM
- I love that stuff. We've come a long way. - Bowser - 9/2/2007 3:57:12 AM
  - re: I love that stuff. We've come a long way. - maybe the extremophiles have. :} - Marcia - 9/3/2007 3:20:29 AM
    - Ironic, isn't it? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/3/2007 7:44:53 PM
      - re: Ironic, isn't it? - It's not ironic, - Marcia - 9/5/2007 3:29:20 AM
  - When we apply the theory evolution and chance's role... - Raoul - 9/2/2007 8:52:55 AM

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