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Report From Spruce Knob WVA, Star Party - Jeff F - 8/14/2007 4:56:35 PM
- Nights of the Shooting Stars - Raoul - 8/15/2007 8:44:12 AM

It's Tracy's birthday, today !! - Raoul - 8/14/2007 2:41:40 PM
- OMG, a wake up call for her...from all the nephews and nieces!, - Raoul - 8/14/2007 2:58:44 PM
  - To a record duration flight? - Raoul - 8/14/2007 4:22:50 PM

EVA 2 going on - Raoul - 8/13/2007 9:03:45 PM
- re: Into the night - Raoul - 8/13/2007 9:34:12 PM

A clean suborbital spaceship - Raoul - 8/8/2007 2:16:31 PM
- re: A clean suborbital spaceship - phil - 8/8/2007 2:48:33 PM
  - Suborbital vs. "antipodal" - TB - 8/13/2007 3:02:17 AM
  - Suborbital craft had their problems in the early 1980s - New Age Vapors - 8/8/2007 6:39:06 PM
    - Moon module in the 70's from UFO ! - Raoul - 8/8/2007 6:58:05 PM

space hotel to open in 2012? - Sawyer - 8/12/2007 1:12:46 PM
- How do the tourists get there? - Raoul - 8/12/2007 4:18:41 PM
- re: space hotel to open in 2012? - phil - 8/12/2007 2:23:27 PM
  - Also skeptical - TB - 8/13/2007 1:09:49 AM
  - re: space hotel to open in 2012? - Jeff F - 8/12/2007 8:38:22 PM
    - Long on hype, short on details, do the math! (n/t) - phil - 8/12/2007 9:21:20 PM

NASA high definition videos - Raoul - 8/12/2007 8:07:49 PM

Perseids and ISS during a star party for the public!! - Raoul - 8/11/2007 11:51:43 PM
- ISS Endeavour as seen from Germany - Raoul - 8/12/2007 9:43:24 AM
  - At 10:19 PM last night I saw it clearly brighter than Jupiter. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/12/2007 7:45:56 PM
  - Correction:from Holland (n/t) - Raoul - 8/12/2007 9:51:01 AM

Ice hitting the black tiles (58 seconds after liftoff)... - Raoul - 8/10/2007 9:56:36 PM
- re: Ice hitting the black tiles (58 seconds after liftoff)... They'll figure it out, they always do. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/11/2007 4:00:58 AM
  - It seems pretty far behind on the belly - Raoul - 8/11/2007 8:22:09 AM
- Orbital Inspection Finds Damage To Shuttle Endeavour - Jeff F - 8/11/2007 1:48:43 AM
  - re: Orbital Inspection Finds Damage To Shuttle Endeavour. They'll take a closer look on Sunday... - Marcia - 8/11/2007 7:12:55 AM
    - The shuttle has repair materials and tools available. There will be a fourth spacewalk I'm sure. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2007 8:14:51 PM
      - Hmm, I couldn't find anything on the current repair kit? - RobVG - 8/12/2007 6:18:36 PM

Foam, not ice, hit the belly. - Raoul - 8/12/2007 8:29:30 AM
- re: Foam, not ice, hit the belly. - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 1:22:16 PM
  - Hi Arnaud; From home or Bertinchamps? (n/t) - Raoul - 8/12/2007 4:13:11 PM
    - re: Hi Arnaud; From home or Bertinchamps? - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 4:51:54 PM
      - re: Hi Arnaud; From home or Bertinchamps? - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 5:16:48 PM
        
        Your picture - Raoul - 8/12/2007 5:46:44 PM
        
        re: Your picture - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 6:02:35 PM

STS 118 - Raoul - 8/8/2007 6:51:25 PM
- - 8 minutes!! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/8/2007 10:30:00 PM
  - re: - 4 minutes!! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/8/2007 10:33:32 PM
    - Go!!!! (n/t) - R - 8/8/2007 10:37:01 PM
      - SRB sep!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/8/2007 10:39:42 PM
        
        In orbit!! great show! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/8/2007 10:48:49 PM
        
        A picture of ET sep! - Raoul - 8/8/2007 11:10:51 PM
        
        wonderful picture of Tracy Raoul, (n/t) - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 5:06:10 PM
    - Got home just in time - Fox - 8/8/2007 10:35:44 PM
      - re: Got home just in time. - So did my aero/turbine, etc.-engineer husband. :) (n/t) - Marcia - 8/9/2007 3:47:48 AM
      - You guys are just awesome! - Jody - 8/9/2007 3:20:30 AM
      - It's up... it's good! (n/t) - Fox - 8/8/2007 10:48:28 PM
- re: STS 118 - Marcia - 8/8/2007 7:08:14 PM
  - re: STS 118 - Raoul - 8/8/2007 7:53:56 PM
    - re: STS 118 - Marcia - 8/8/2007 7:57:00 PM
      - re: STS 118 - Raoul - 8/8/2007 8:00:56 PM
        
        re: STS 118. Ta si. Or, I concur. - Marcia - 8/8/2007 8:09:12 PM
  - I'll second that - Jeff F - 8/8/2007 7:19:13 PM
    - The first official teacher in space since Christa McAuliffe - New Age Vapors - 8/8/2007 7:21:36 PM

Endeavout and ISS! - Raoul - 8/10/2007 5:14:19 PM
- re: Endeavout and ISS! - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 1:09:46 PM
- re: Endeavout and ISS! - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 1:08:43 PM
  - The shuttle's belly is in much better shape than during previous successful missions! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/12/2007 4:21:22 PM
    - I only hope that they repare it before to return on earth - astroarnaud - 8/12/2007 5:00:40 PM
- I have clear skies for 10:19 PM viewing tonight. [MST] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2007 7:33:28 PM
- re: Endeavour and ISS! - Raoul - 8/10/2007 5:31:03 PM
  - Docking!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/10/2007 6:04:28 PM
    - re: Docking!!! Saw part of it. Good for them! - Marcia - 8/10/2007 10:19:31 PM

Homos Lived Together - phil - 8/8/2007 7:58:42 PM
- How could you credit this EMPIRICAL balderdash, Phil? - alcaray - 8/12/2007 7:55:12 AM
- Of Orangutans and Men. - Lee - 8/10/2007 8:23:00 PM
  - And the macaques of Japan are another monkey wrench. (n/t) - Lee - 8/11/2007 2:28:46 AM
  - My theory - Orangutans became redheads (n/t) - phil - 8/11/2007 12:58:05 AM
- So, that's twice - Fox - 8/10/2007 1:54:27 AM
  - re: So, that's twice - geo - 8/11/2007 7:58:01 PM
- Domestic partnership, or civil union? - ER - 8/8/2007 8:38:42 PM
  - re: Domestic partnership, or civil union? - Probably, I wouldn't underestimate them. - Marcia - 8/8/2007 9:30:05 PM
    - OK the title was ambiguous (n/t) - phil - 8/9/2007 12:16:22 AM
      - re: OK the title was ambiguous - Thanks, :) - Marcia - 8/9/2007 3:44:49 AM
        
        As interesting as this find is... - New Age Vapors - 8/9/2007 4:49:47 AM
        
        tradition - phil - 8/9/2007 3:51:04 PM
        
        Another aspect - Fox - 8/10/2007 1:57:57 AM
        
        Across the sea of stars - Hank - 8/10/2007 3:28:16 AM
        
        Thanks -- I'll look for that. (n/t) - Fox - 8/10/2007 6:54:47 PM
        
        Across the sea of stars by ACC - Raoul - 8/10/2007 4:01:17 PM
        
        No... but - Adam - 8/12/2007 5:07:29 AM
        
        It's a good thing titles can't be copyrighted! (n/t) - Hank - 8/10/2007 5:42:04 PM
        
        re: As interesting as this find is... - gbaikie - 8/9/2007 5:23:13 AM
        
        Okay - New Age Vapors - 8/9/2007 5:37:53 AM
        
        re: Okay - gbaikie - 8/9/2007 6:25:15 AM
        
        Or what if we are not recognized as intelligent beings? - New Age Vapors - 8/10/2007 3:44:17 AM
        
        Hilarious! Is it on youtube? (n/t) - phil - 8/10/2007 7:15:54 PM

Perseids coming your way - SteveS - 8/11/2007 1:11:33 PM
- re: Perseids coming your way - dtb - 8/11/2007 9:25:46 PM
  - East coast beach access (lack of) - dtb - 8/11/2007 10:02:01 PM
- re: Perseids coming your way - TB (Reno) - 8/11/2007 4:55:18 PM
  - What Happens in Reno, Stays in Reno (n/t) - phil - 8/11/2007 6:19:10 PM
    - I wouldn't know - TB - 8/12/2007 6:53:41 AM

Just use your own senses - James Brown - 8/10/2007 3:42:21 PM
- Except he didn't say that; he said take field measurement data - phil - 8/10/2007 7:11:57 PM
  - Some field measurements - alcaray - 8/11/2007 11:25:35 PM
  - That's the way I read it... - James Brown - 8/11/2007 5:49:27 AM
    - re: That's the way I read it... - phil - 8/11/2007 3:50:45 PM
      - Winter Clothes and Swamps - James Brown - 8/11/2007 6:06:55 PM
        
        Enjoy 'The Black Swan' (n/t) - phil - 8/11/2007 6:18:17 PM
  - re: Except he didn't say that; he said take field measurement data - ER - 8/10/2007 8:42:14 PM
    - Direct physics calculations vs empirical models - phil - 8/11/2007 3:35:23 PM
      - re: Direct physics calculations vs empirical models - ER - 8/11/2007 6:34:45 PM
        
        Well said... (n/t) - James Brown - 8/12/2007 1:43:18 AM
  - Do you have a list of all the models that proved accurate, too? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/10/2007 8:17:01 PM
    - Non-empirical models driven directly by physics equations that are reviewed (n/t) - phil - 8/11/2007 4:17:24 PM
- re: Just use your own senses - ER - 8/10/2007 5:36:03 PM
  - One addition - azstrummer - 8/10/2007 6:06:28 PM
  - Well said... (n/t) - James Brown - 8/10/2007 5:55:46 PM

So you think Barbara Morgan is the only educator-astronaut left at NASA?...Not so. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2007 8:12:49 PM
- 2004 selectees - Raoul - 8/11/2007 11:18:13 PM

SOMETHING New..ISS Supplies Power o Shuttles? - carl - 8/10/2007 7:12:45 PM
- Energy - Raoul - 8/10/2007 7:39:49 PM
  - re: Energy. - Marcia - 8/10/2007 10:24:51 PM
  - Can't power down cells, no? - carl - 8/10/2007 8:30:59 PM
    - Why not? Anyway; they just passed over here! - Raoul - 8/10/2007 8:36:18 PM

Why America Needs to Explore Space By Neil deGrasse Tyson - Chris Vancil - 8/8/2007 8:03:39 PM
- In my opinion, - Hank - 8/10/2007 3:50:55 AM
- There is no future in stagnation. Man must explore and expand into space if we are to survive. - REB - 8/9/2007 9:01:19 PM
  - Speaking of "From the Earth to the Moon".... - REB - 8/9/2007 9:29:52 PM
- Space will be there for a long time. - Bowser - 8/8/2007 10:14:36 PM
  - Thanks for SPACE vs the other forums - phil - 8/9/2007 4:05:46 PM
  - Here's NASA's budget in perspective - Raoul - 8/8/2007 11:08:13 PM
    - Yeah, but NASA's NEO detection budget is inadequate - E.P. - 8/8/2007 11:25:17 PM
      - re: Yeah, but NASA's NEO detection budget is inadequate - Marcia - 8/8/2007 11:35:06 PM
  - re: Space will be there for a long time. - Why was it discarded and deemed worthless? - Marcia - 8/8/2007 10:24:55 PM
    - Because it was realized that Mars was not like the Earth. - E.P. - 8/8/2007 11:08:57 PM
      - re: You have a very very simple model of the universe. - Chris Vancil - 8/9/2007 7:47:47 AM
- re: Why America Needs to Explore Space (the link) - Raoul - 8/8/2007 8:39:03 PM
  - re:Thank...mine must have been malformed (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/8/2007 9:30:37 PM
- re: Why America Needs to Explore Space By Neil deGrasse Tyson - Marcia - 8/8/2007 8:28:35 PM
  - re: Why America Needs to Explore Space By Neil deGrasse Tyson - Marcia - 8/8/2007 8:35:11 PM
    - re: Why America Needs to Explore Space By Neil deGrasse Tyson - Marcia - 8/8/2007 8:52:23 PM
- Thanks...voted...more leads now (n/t) - phil - 8/8/2007 8:23:22 PM
  - What's that grand old phrase - New Age Vapors - 8/9/2007 4:54:19 AM
    - To be fair - Raoul - 8/9/2007 8:09:53 AM
      - excellent recommendation (n/t) - p - 8/9/2007 3:47:21 PM
        
        re: excellent recommendation. - ALL noted, thanks. (n/t) - Marcia - 8/10/2007 8:30:11 PM

This just In: China to survey every inch of the Moon! - SEN News - 8/10/2007 3:32:28 PM
- re: This just In: China to survey every inch of the Moon! - SEN News - 8/10/2007 3:34:03 PM

The STS Luanch was as good as it gets - Jeff F - 8/9/2007 4:46:48 PM
- Grrr, LAUNCH...wish we could edit typo's (n/t) - Jeff F - 8/9/2007 4:47:34 PM
  - Aboard Endeavour.... - Raoul - 8/9/2007 11:51:49 PM

For Continential US 1998 no longer hottest year - gbaikie - 8/9/2007 8:53:43 AM
- re: For Continential US 1998 no longer hottest year - gbaikie - 8/9/2007 8:54:33 PM

I wonder if this is a "cold fusion" phenomenum. - Bowser - 8/9/2007 5:17:56 PM

Endeavour is GO! External tank separation! (n/t) - Marcia - 8/8/2007 10:46:53 PM
- Shuttle above the ET , relative to the ground - Raoul - 8/9/2007 8:48:48 AM
- Finally got to see this one!!! - Jody - 8/9/2007 3:16:29 AM
  - re: Finally got to see this one!!! - It was a beaut! - Marcia - 8/9/2007 3:41:55 AM
    - re: Finally got to see this one!!! - It was a beaut! - Jeff F - 8/9/2007 11:51:59 AM

How are SPIRIT and OPPY? - carl - 8/7/2007 6:13:52 PM
- Latest from JPL - some good news - azstrummer - 8/8/2007 4:15:56 AM
- re: How are SPIRIT and OPPY? - Jeff F - 8/7/2007 6:43:14 PM
- re: How are SPIRIT and OPPY? - Raoul - 8/7/2007 6:29:23 PM
  - Thanks, JPL from the 30th - carl - 8/7/2007 7:48:25 PM
    - One positive side to the dust storm on Mars - nedBeattydontbendover - 8/8/2007 6:29:15 PM
      - I'd FAR rather use electrons for computation than resistance heating - nick hoffman - 8/9/2007 2:37:14 AM
        
        Why doesn't your son just shut off his computer at night? - New Age Vapors - 8/9/2007 4:56:27 AM

Pump Up The Volume: Big Fat Transiting Planet Discovered - phil - 8/8/2007 5:35:49 PM
- re: Pump Up The Volume: Big Fat Transiting Planet Discovered - Marcia - 8/8/2007 6:32:16 PM
- Big Fat Planets selection effect - Hank - 8/8/2007 6:11:42 PM
  - TrES-4: A Transiting Hot Jupiter of Very Low Density - New Age Vapors - 8/8/2007 6:44:36 PM
    - Very Low Density - nick hoffman - 8/9/2007 2:27:59 AM
    - re: TrES-4: A Transiting Hot Jupiter of Very Low Density. Thanks! - Marcia - 8/8/2007 7:05:31 PM

A fresh look at the Fermi Paradox - New Age Vapors - 8/6/2007 4:39:22 PM
- re: A fresh look at the Fermi Paradox - Hank - 8/6/2007 6:20:35 PM
- Does Alien Life Exist? - New Age Vapors - 8/6/2007 6:01:57 PM
- FP - phil - 8/6/2007 5:23:10 PM
  - re: FP - Marcia - 8/6/2007 6:53:28 PM
    - The latest installment - The Fermi Paradox: Possible solutions and next steps - New Age Vapors - 8/8/2007 7:48:35 PM
      - The soft artilect position - Hank - 8/8/2007 9:13:53 PM

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