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North polar geysers? - Robert Clark - 7/24/2007 8:30:47 PM
- re: North polar geysers? - Robert Clark - 7/31/2007 3:52:11 PM
  - re: North polar geysers? - Robert Clark - 7/31/2007 4:06:57 PM
- They do appear somewhat similar - nick hoffman - 7/26/2007 10:49:04 AM
- re: North polar geysers? - Greg - 7/25/2007 9:49:06 AM
  - re: North polar geysers? - Robert Clark - 7/25/2007 10:41:22 AM
    - re: North polar geysers? - Robert Clark - 7/25/2007 10:54:40 AM
      - A geyser by any other name - Greg - 7/27/2007 4:12:49 PM
        
        Geysers "caught in the act"? - Robert Clark - 7/31/2007 4:41:17 PM
        
        re: Geysers "caught in the act"? - Robert Clark - 8/1/2007 10:06:24 AM

Leak aboard Endeavour - Raoul - 7/30/2007 12:48:26 PM
- re: Leak found!! - Raoul - 7/30/2007 4:16:50 PM
  - you beat me to it. ;-) (n/t) - Delbert - 7/30/2007 4:17:46 PM
    - ;-)) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/31/2007 6:12:02 AM
    - Actually, you were first....by 2 seconds. - podrock - 7/30/2007 10:49:24 PM
      - re: Actually, you were first....by 2 seconds. - As usual. :) - Marcia - 7/31/2007 11:22:36 PM
- it's fixed - Delbert - 7/30/2007 4:16:48 PM

ESA Mars rover out to verify fossil life - Jeff F - 7/31/2007 6:39:38 PM
- re: Exomars: the link to the article - Raoul - 7/31/2007 7:05:53 PM
  - re: Exomars: the link to the article - Marcia - 7/31/2007 7:58:39 PM
    - re: Exomars: - Raoul - 7/31/2007 8:09:56 PM
      - re: Exomars: Yes, thanks, Raoul. - Marcia - 7/31/2007 8:20:08 PM
  - re: Exomars: the link to the article - Jeff F - 7/31/2007 7:09:35 PM

Richardson Crater on Mars (MRO) partially defrosted - Raoul - 7/31/2007 7:21:36 PM

Two, Cape Launches being delayed - Jeff F - 7/31/2007 6:35:22 PM

Great Space ictures - REB - 7/27/2007 6:02:06 PM
- Breathtakingly beautiful. Looks like spun cotton candy. (n/t) - Eri - 7/28/2007 4:07:14 AM
- re: Great Space ictures - Marcia - 7/28/2007 12:33:39 AM
  - Dr Chang Diaz's web page - phil - 7/29/2007 12:07:33 AM
    - re: Dr Chang Diaz's web page. - Thanks, Phil! - Marcia - 7/31/2007 5:13:40 PM
- Make that "Great Space Pictures" - REB - 7/27/2007 6:03:49 PM
  - re: Make that "Great Space Pictures" - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 7:27:09 PM

Meteor over Croatia - Jack Herer - 7/31/2007 12:32:34 PM
- Picture not genuine... - Raoul - 7/31/2007 2:46:43 PM

Yes2 a project for students - Raoul - 7/30/2007 6:51:05 PM

What if Life owed everything to...chance? - Raoul - 7/28/2007 8:21:15 PM
- re: What if Life owed everything to...chance? - James Brown - 7/30/2007 6:17:32 AM
  - re: Meanings - Raoul - 7/30/2007 7:53:15 AM
    - re: Meanings - James Brown - 7/30/2007 3:53:23 PM
- re: What if Life owed everything to...chance? - It does and to some extent, thank goodness for that. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/29/2007 7:51:11 PM
- Order from Chaos? - folcwine - 7/29/2007 1:52:27 AM
  - The Law of Increasing Disorder - Hank - 7/29/2007 2:47:48 AM
    - Accellerating Disorder - nick hoffman - 7/29/2007 4:14:21 AM
      - re: Accellerating Disorder - Marcia - 7/29/2007 7:47:26 PM
        
        re: Accellerating Disorder - Marcia - 7/29/2007 7:54:23 PM
      - Entropic Bottlenecks - Hank - 7/29/2007 11:55:55 AM
      - Faster evolution - Raoul - 7/29/2007 8:24:49 AM
        
        re: Faster evolution. - Marcia - 7/29/2007 7:57:21 PM
        
        Life and evolution - Raoul - 7/29/2007 8:18:23 PM
        
        re: Life and evolution - Marcia - 7/30/2007 1:17:04 AM
    - Excellent Observation! I think you are correct. (n/t) - folcwine - 7/29/2007 3:25:26 AM
- Sartre surely saw and said this, existentially. - Hank - 7/28/2007 9:24:49 PM
- Confusing Chance with Novelty - Adam - 7/28/2007 8:59:59 PM
  - Chance - Randomness - le Hasard - Raoul - 7/29/2007 8:04:10 AM
  - Selection Process - Eri - 7/28/2007 10:53:17 PM

Junk DNA isn't just "Junk" - nick hoffman - 7/29/2007 2:45:30 AM
- A few slight problems - Adam - 7/30/2007 10:30:28 AM
- The plasticity of the DNA double helix - Raoul - 7/29/2007 8:51:37 AM
- re: Junk DNA isn't just "Junk" - Hank - 7/29/2007 2:54:53 AM

Sabotage thread moved to CE (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 7/30/2007 7:47:35 AM

Scratch Two P-51's - nick hoffman - 7/29/2007 2:40:20 AM
- Even 'conventional' aircraft crash - phil - 7/29/2007 3:05:19 PM
- And how many fatal auto accidents happened this weekend? - Chris Vancil - 7/29/2007 8:49:59 AM
  - re: And how many fatal auto accidents happened this weekend? - James Brown - 7/29/2007 3:12:02 PM
  - re: And how many fatal auto accidents happened this weekend? - nick hoffman - 7/29/2007 2:49:13 PM
    - Okay, sorry about the confusion. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/30/2007 6:13:04 AM
- re: Scratch Two P-51's - RobVG - 7/29/2007 3:33:04 AM
- And a biplane in Dayton, Ohio. - nick hoffman - 7/29/2007 3:10:49 AM

Governator to fund Bussard fusion project - phil - 7/25/2007 1:03:09 AM
- As I suspected, false alarm. - TB - 7/27/2007 7:07:33 AM
- re: Governator to fund Bussard fusion project - James Brown - 7/25/2007 5:32:30 PM
  - Can't invest, but you can donate - Bamf - 7/30/2007 3:58:53 AM
  - investing - phil - 7/25/2007 9:01:02 PM
    - I think you cut buzzard out of the loop. - TAFKASE - 7/27/2007 5:08:42 PM
  - re: Governator to fund Bussard fusion project - TAFKASE - 7/25/2007 7:56:26 PM
- Please, please, please... - ER - 7/25/2007 2:25:49 PM
  - Bussard Ramjet is the stuff of dreams - FrankC - 7/25/2007 5:46:22 PM
    - re: Bussard Ramjet is the stuff of dreams - ER - 7/25/2007 11:15:37 PM
      - I sometimes have a hard time separating the real science .... - FrankC - 7/25/2007 11:56:32 PM
        
        No need to apologize. - ER - 7/26/2007 12:38:53 AM
        
        some natural limits - FrankC - 7/26/2007 5:38:36 PM
        
        unnatural limits - ER - 7/26/2007 6:35:42 PM
    - I don't think the bussard ramjet is practical. - Lee - 7/25/2007 8:46:06 PM
- re: Governator to fund Bussard fusion project - TB - 7/25/2007 5:07:27 AM
  - Hang on a moment... - TB - 7/25/2007 5:21:26 AM
    - re: Hang on a moment... - p - 7/25/2007 2:57:41 PM
- This story excites me. - Lee - 7/25/2007 1:45:12 AM
- Wow! Fingers crossed (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 7/25/2007 1:14:58 AM
  - That's the problem with the Internet - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 5:33:20 AM

Scaled Composites Family Support Fund (with NSS Statement on the Accident) - Chris Vancil - 7/29/2007 8:38:42 PM

Mojave accident thread moved to flame - Raoul moderating - 7/27/2007 9:57:39 PM
- re: Mojave accident thread moved to flame - Chris Vancil - 7/28/2007 8:31:35 AM
  - It wasn't your fault, Chris. (n/t) - ER - 7/29/2007 2:50:52 AM
  - Well said...N/T (n/t) - James Brown - 7/28/2007 2:43:12 PM

ER, you got your boat ready. I know a great place to sail. All we need is a space ship and a couple of space suites :) - REB - 7/27/2007 1:32:51 PM
- Tell me again about the Sirens of Titan. (n/t) - ER - 7/27/2007 2:29:20 PM
  - Rather go Trout fishing (n/t) - alcaray - 7/27/2007 7:34:46 PM
    - No Rosewater anywhere on that moon. (n/t) - ER - 7/27/2007 7:49:54 PM
      - No Ice9 either, one would hope! (n/t) - alcaray - 7/28/2007 5:56:14 AM
        
        No, just Saturn hanging there in the Mother Night. (n/t) - ER - 7/28/2007 12:38:38 PM
        
        You win! - alcaray - 7/29/2007 1:09:40 AM
      - True, but is anything swimming in the methane? - REB - 7/27/2007 7:56:18 PM
        
        How about the atmosphere? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 8:20:17 PM
        
        re: How about the atmosphere? - REB - 7/27/2007 9:38:20 PM

NASA REPORT: Bottle to THROTTLE - carl - 7/26/2007 7:07:43 PM
- The RIGHT STUFF - carl - 7/27/2007 6:51:07 PM
- Excerpt fromt the report - Robert - 7/27/2007 5:48:46 PM
  - Per MSNBC 7/27 - Eri - 7/28/2007 2:45:27 PM
    - Given the shuttle's safety record... - Robert - 7/28/2007 5:22:01 PM
      - re: Given the shuttle's safety record... - Eri - 7/28/2007 10:58:01 PM
  - re: Excerpt fromt the report - REB - 7/27/2007 6:19:51 PM
    - T 38 and Soyuz flight - Raoul - 7/27/2007 7:22:35 PM
- This is the beginning of Henry Waxman's assult on the space program. - A guy who knows how Washington works - 7/27/2007 4:10:39 PM
  - I also wonder... - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 5:29:10 PM
    - re: I also wonder... - Robert Williams - 7/28/2007 12:02:02 AM
- re: NASA REPORT: Bottle to THROTTLE - Jack Herer - 7/26/2007 7:53:09 PM
  - Isn't it abouty flying the T 38? - Raoul - 7/26/2007 8:39:01 PM
    - re: Isn't it abouty flying the T 38? - Robert Williams - 7/27/2007 4:56:04 AM
      - So astronauts are human after all - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 6:26:26 PM
        
        re: So astronauts are human after all - Marcia - 7/28/2007 12:40:03 AM

Brian May an astrophysicist? Galileo! Galileo! - peabody - 7/28/2007 3:30:18 PM
- re: Brian May and sir Patrick Moore - Raoul - 7/28/2007 3:51:59 PM

Phoenix in its shroud - Raoul - 7/28/2007 11:15:07 AM
- re: Phoenix in its shroud - Jeff F - 7/28/2007 1:50:51 PM

The Great Mars Hoax is Back - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 7:44:06 PM
- Should someone you know ask if Mars will get bigger than the Moon... - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 8:17:05 PM
  - Dayum, Mars is made of Swiss cheese! (n/t) - Eri - 7/28/2007 4:01:04 AM
  - ROTHLMAO!! Love It :) (n/t) - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 10:20:45 PM

The Orion Nebula (M42) much closer than previously thought - Raoul - 7/27/2007 1:56:45 PM
- A 20% revision of the distance estimate? - Hank - 7/27/2007 5:39:32 PM
  - Yes, I read the same! quite a lot! - Raoul - 7/27/2007 6:44:21 PM
    - re: Yes, I read the same! quite a lot! - Interesting. - Marcia - 7/28/2007 2:24:40 AM
    - So what does this mean for the rest of our celestial neighbors? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 6:56:28 PM
      - Hipparchos and M42 - Raoul - 7/27/2007 7:39:28 PM
      - re: So what does this mean for the rest of our celestial neighbors? - Hank - 7/27/2007 7:34:29 PM
        
        re: So what does this mean for the rest of our celestial neighbors? - phil - 7/27/2007 8:58:16 PM
        
        I guess I should have paid better attention to that significant digits lecture in Astronomy 101. (n/t) - Hank - 7/28/2007 12:07:37 AM

Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - Jeff F - 7/26/2007 2:25:44 PM
- Oh no! - alcaray - 7/26/2007 10:00:44 PM
- I for one hope not - phil - 7/26/2007 7:25:00 PM
  - re: I for one hope not - Jeff F - 7/26/2007 7:36:20 PM
    - re: I for one hope not - Marcia - 7/28/2007 1:20:01 AM
    - MSR hurt the Soviets - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 9:02:01 PM
- re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - James Brown - 7/26/2007 4:06:18 PM
  - Our poles - Raoul - 7/26/2007 8:44:51 PM
  - re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - Jeff F - 7/26/2007 4:18:47 PM
    - re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - James Brown - 7/26/2007 4:46:54 PM
      - re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - Chris Vancil - 7/26/2007 9:01:05 PM
        
        re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - James Brown - 7/26/2007 10:17:23 PM
      - re: Mars Sample Return Back On The Front Burner - Jeff F - 7/26/2007 6:16:20 PM
        
        On the contrary - nick hoffman - 7/27/2007 4:09:33 AM
        
        re: On the contrary - Marcia - 7/28/2007 1:31:33 AM
        
        Good to know, thanks.... (n/t) - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 9:19:30 AM

How are the ROVERS? - carl - 7/27/2007 7:31:20 PM
- Spirit gets worse, Oppy is improving - Raoul - 7/27/2007 7:45:45 PM
- July 27th Report - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 7:41:50 PM
  - re: July 27th Report. - Thank you Carl, Raoul and Jeff. - Marcia - 7/27/2007 10:33:20 PM

Music Detected by SETI from Planet Gliese - Lindy - 7/21/2007 9:04:34 PM
- Unneccessary Message by phil deleted - Moderator Nick - 7/23/2007 11:17:11 AM
  - Why. On. Earth. Is. This. On. Space. !!?? - Yeti - 7/25/2007 4:20:33 PM
    - Why I let it stay: - moderite podrock - 7/25/2007 6:55:45 PM
      - re: Why I let it stay: - Yeti - 7/26/2007 5:42:14 PM
    - re: Why. On. Earth. Is. This. On. Space. !!?? - James Brown - 7/25/2007 5:11:57 PM
    - Thread seems valid for space (n/t) - Raoul - 7/25/2007 5:11:27 PM
- My simple question was answered. - podrock - 7/22/2007 4:56:44 AM
- re: Music Detected by SETI from Planet Gliese - James Brown - 7/22/2007 4:32:05 AM
  - A question: - podrock - 7/22/2007 6:54:06 PM
    - re: A question: - James Brown - 7/22/2007 6:58:53 PM
      - To rephrase the question: - podrock - 7/22/2007 7:28:39 PM
      - No offense to you, Mr. Brown... - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/22/2007 7:12:44 PM
        
        None Taken - James Brown - 7/22/2007 8:31:59 PM
        
        Why Alnitak? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/23/2007 12:37:32 AM
        
        re: Why Alnitak? - James Brown - 7/23/2007 5:45:53 AM
        
        ThankYou, Mr. Brown - Jody - 7/23/2007 5:58:03 PM
        
        re: Why Alnitak? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/23/2007 2:32:24 PM
        
        re: Why Alnitak? - James Brown - 7/24/2007 1:45:09 AM
        
        How about old OCs? - Hank - 7/24/2007 2:43:00 PM
        
        re: How about old OCs? - James Brown - 7/24/2007 3:01:01 PM
        
        The Older OCs should contain many Habstars. - Hank - 7/24/2007 3:48:42 PM
        
        "If you listen right at the natural emission frequencies...." - Lindy - 7/24/2007 3:52:56 PM
        
        A reasonable guess - Hank - 7/24/2007 5:36:29 PM
        
        An online paper on why star clusters would be attractive to advanced interstellar civilizations - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/24/2007 6:59:55 PM
        
        Aiming at infrared glows - James Brown - 7/24/2007 10:26:16 PM
        
        Old OC target coordinate list - Hank - 7/25/2007 2:50:24 PM
        
        re: Old OC target coordinate list - James Brown - 7/25/2007 5:03:44 PM
        
        These OCs are all in our Milky Way - Hank - 7/25/2007 5:24:24 PM
        
        re: Old OC target coordinate list - Hank - 7/25/2007 3:06:17 PM
        
        Sorry, - Hank - 7/25/2007 3:07:52 PM
        
        re: Aiming at infrared glows - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/25/2007 3:28:37 AM
        
        re: Aiming at infrared glows - James Brown - 7/25/2007 4:26:02 AM
        
        Why are there so few others working with you? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/25/2007 1:57:36 PM
        
        I think this is why - JamesBrown - 7/25/2007 3:59:49 PM
        
        Very interesting story - Lindy - 7/26/2007 4:02:04 PM
        
        re: Very interesting story - James Brown - 7/26/2007 4:25:04 PM
        
        You Rule, Mr. Brown!! - Jody - 7/26/2007 8:26:19 PM
        
        Have you considered the implications of your actions? - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/26/2007 6:16:50 PM
        
        re: Have you considered the implications of your actions? - James Brown - 7/27/2007 4:06:49 AM
        
        You have some really good stories - Lindy - 7/27/2007 3:25:22 PM
        
        And if Mr. Brown did sit in some desert and thought to the aliens - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 5:34:15 PM
        
        Getting snarky? - Lindy - 7/27/2007 5:45:32 PM
        
        Okay, who here thinks... - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 6:23:15 PM
        
        I think you want.... - Lindy - 7/27/2007 8:06:57 PM
        
        re: Have you considered the implications of your actions? - Lindy - 7/26/2007 10:06:51 PM
        
        I admire you for that - Lindy - 7/26/2007 5:12:52 PM
        
        re: I admire you for that - James Brown - 7/27/2007 4:11:29 AM
        
        You might get some data help here - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/25/2007 3:32:28 AM
        
        Now THIS is what I am talking about!!! - Jody - 7/24/2007 9:52:26 PM
        
        I've corresponded with Dr Bradbury - Hank - 7/24/2007 7:44:33 PM
        
        Ya know.... - Jody - 7/23/2007 6:01:46 PM
        
        Agree - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 9:21:37 AM
        
        Nice sentiment, but... - The Acrimonious Academic - 7/27/2007 1:43:34 PM

Increasing Chance of Meteors - Jeff F - 7/27/2007 8:03:09 PM

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