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What it's like to ride a rocket - phil - 7/9/2007 8:32:02 PM
- re: What it's like to ride a rocket - Marcia - 7/9/2007 9:07:25 PM
- My position on space flight is what it's always been... - TB - 7/9/2007 9:05:36 PM
  - That is basically my position also - FrankC - 7/10/2007 4:18:45 PM
    - For those who can't afford the suborbital price tag - TheSheepLookUp - 7/10/2007 6:09:35 PM

Genesis-II launch hours away - JimO - 6/28/2007 10:46:16 AM
- re: Genesis-II launch hours away - TheSheepLookUp - 6/28/2007 3:34:48 PM
  - Genesis-II n orbit - JimO - 6/28/2007 3:47:21 PM
    - Go Biggs! This guy is my hero! - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2007 4:41:57 AM
      - Speaking of Biggs, are any companies within range of winning the America's Space Prize? - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2007 7:15:58 AM
      - First images from Genesis II - TB - 6/29/2007 5:18:30 AM
        
        Hi-res images from Genesis II now @ Tom's link - nick hoffman - 6/30/2007 1:31:44 PM
        
        better html - nick hoffman - 6/30/2007 1:33:47 PM
        
        Genesis 1 took better photos - TheSheepLookUp - 6/29/2007 4:21:42 PM
        
        re: Genesis 1 took better photos - alcaray - 6/30/2007 9:29:46 PM
        
        Yes you are - TheSheepLookUp - 7/10/2007 3:10:38 PM
        
        I think these are just thumbnail test photos. (n/t) - TB - 6/29/2007 9:50:39 PM

Apollo 13 - Jody - 7/1/2007 4:05:38 PM
- Apollo 8 - Fox - 7/9/2007 2:10:03 AM
- re: Apollo 11 - Marcia - 7/3/2007 2:34:26 AM
  - I've always had a love for Astronomy - phil - 7/3/2007 1:03:53 PM
    - re: I've always had a love for Astronomy. - Marcia - 7/3/2007 4:32:40 PM
      - Where's your picture - Delbert - 7/9/2007 3:30:30 PM
        
        re: Where's your picture - Marcia - 7/9/2007 10:23:07 PM
        
        re: Where's your picture - Delbert - 7/9/2007 11:40:12 PM
        
        re: Where's your picture - Marcia - 7/10/2007 1:16:13 AM
        
        re: Where's your picture - Delbert - 7/9/2007 11:14:30 PM
- APOLLO 15 - carl - 7/2/2007 6:35:26 PM
  - And blame the public - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 7:02:32 PM
    - To ilistarate the point - Delbert - 7/9/2007 3:38:24 PM
      - They couldn't take a few minutes to look up Apollo 13 on the Internet? - TheSheepLookUp - 7/9/2007 7:02:54 PM
        
        ha kind of funny in a way - Delbert - 7/9/2007 7:44:45 PM
        
        Oh, you were talking about at the time... - TheSheepLookUp - 7/9/2007 7:54:52 PM
    - re: And blame the public, - Marcia - 7/3/2007 2:40:26 AM
      - oh Man, had to GET A BOOK - carl - 7/9/2007 9:39:01 PM
        
        re: oh Man, had to GET A BOOK - Oh, please... been there and done that! - Marcia - 7/9/2007 10:28:14 PM
        
        re: oh Man, had to GET A BOOK - ... not that there's anything wrong with a good book. - Marcia - 7/9/2007 10:36:30 PM
        
        re: ... not that there's anything wrong with a good book. - Ken Murphy - 7/9/2007 11:32:19 PM
        
        re: ... not that there's anything wrong with a good book. - Marcia - 7/10/2007 1:34:34 AM
- My role in Apollo - phil - 7/1/2007 10:21:50 PM
  - Me too - Delbert - 7/9/2007 3:50:59 PM
  - Dang, Phil - McFly - 7/2/2007 2:06:08 AM
    - re: Dang, Phil - Marcia - 7/3/2007 3:06:47 AM
      - That was Don Knotts, not Jerry Lewis - TheSheepLookUp - 7/3/2007 2:15:41 PM
        
        re: That was Don Knotts, not Jerry Lewis. - Yes, you're right! (n/t) - Marcia - 7/3/2007 4:17:56 PM
    - re: Dang, Phil - phil - 7/2/2007 11:45:01 PM
      - re: Dang, Phil - LOL (n/t) - Marcia - 7/3/2007 3:09:03 AM
- A perfect topic for Space Sciences, Jody. - moderite podrock - 7/1/2007 5:39:28 PM
  - Being realistic - Jody - 7/1/2007 9:01:54 PM

A long wait for DAWN...now set for September - Chris Vancil - 7/8/2007 9:25:57 AM

Dawn launch turning into a white knuckler. - alcaray - 6/27/2007 10:43:54 PM
- Delayed to September - alcaray - 7/8/2007 7:48:11 AM

SpaceX press release - TB - 7/2/2007 5:28:12 PM
- Scary. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/2/2007 9:18:35 PM
  - Idiotic Heinlein parallels... - Adam - 7/3/2007 7:58:52 AM
    - The future doesn't end up as a science fiction clone. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/3/2007 6:41:08 PM
    - Well, there's always space tourism... - Hank - 7/3/2007 4:32:15 PM
      - Attracting colonist to a new and better life? - REB - 7/5/2007 3:40:43 PM
        
        If you can get people to move to Houston... - Hank - 7/5/2007 4:14:35 PM
      - Yabbut... - McFly - 7/5/2007 3:06:51 PM
        
        For space groupies... - Hank - 7/5/2007 3:53:36 PM
        
        Tourism - TB - 7/5/2007 5:15:40 PM
        
        re: Tourism - Hank - 7/5/2007 5:59:07 PM
        
        Private vs. public - TB - 7/5/2007 9:56:30 PM
        
        Atoms for Peace - Oak Ridge Hank - 7/5/2007 11:13:16 PM
    - The ones who colonize space will not be from NASA - TheSheepLookUp - 7/3/2007 2:25:34 PM
      - Well there's a myth - Adam - 7/4/2007 8:43:47 AM
      - Ring of Chiron? - REB - 7/3/2007 5:08:27 PM
        
        Ring of Charon - REB - 7/3/2007 6:20:29 PM
      - That's my take on it too. - Lee - 7/3/2007 4:50:21 PM
        
        Would your like minded people be trustworthy by those who were not like minded? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/4/2007 3:08:05 AM
        
        Think of it this way. - Lee - 7/4/2007 3:56:16 AM
        
        The Pilgrims had no ability to harm England. - alcaray - 7/4/2007 7:53:23 PM
        
        What's trust got to do with it? - Lee - 7/4/2007 11:24:01 PM
        
        You really don't want to answer the question! - alcaray - 7/4/2007 11:52:51 PM
        
        The ability to pitch a rock - FrankC - 7/7/2007 4:03:45 AM
        
        Agreed, that colonization is a long, hard, dangerous, and difficult task. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/7/2007 6:55:45 PM
        
        Not to worry, the "like minded" people I'm talking about aren't Muslims. - Lee - 7/5/2007 2:00:43 AM
        
        Then your peaceful like-minded people... - alcaray - 7/5/2007 6:04:23 AM
        
        I can't believe that I put so much effort into not putting quotes... - alcaray - 7/5/2007 6:06:18 AM
        
        So you have something against freedom of association and self determination? - Lee - 7/5/2007 4:15:04 PM
        
        Oh certainly. I'm a traitor to my country as well. A filthy commie. N-word-lover. What's wrong with you people? - alcaray - 7/5/2007 8:28:24 PM
        
        Um, ok. - Lee - 7/5/2007 9:28:20 PM
        
        You made the accusation that I opposed the first amendment. - alcaray - 7/5/2007 10:06:16 PM
        
        Just asking. - Lee - 7/5/2007 10:39:56 PM
        
        re: Just asking. - alcaray - 7/6/2007 12:39:55 AM
        
        I'm a "to each his own" kinda guy. - Lee - 7/6/2007 1:40:09 AM
        
        Temporal Nostalgia. - Hank - 7/4/2007 4:51:02 PM
        
        So long as you accept one fact - TheSheepLookUp - 7/3/2007 5:23:09 PM
        
        Of course - Lee - 7/3/2007 8:14:29 PM
        
        Well... - TheSheepLookUp - 7/3/2007 8:24:54 PM

About viewing those high def Hirise images. - Robert Clark - 6/23/2007 6:10:18 PM
- re: About viewing those high def Hirise images. - TB - 6/23/2007 8:09:38 PM
  - re: About viewing those high def Hirise images. - Robert Clark - 7/5/2007 4:39:44 PM
    - re: About viewing those high def Hirise images. - Robert Williams - 7/6/2007 3:46:10 AM
      - About the "Smoking Pyramid". - Robert Clark - 7/6/2007 1:15:25 PM
        
        re: About the "Smoking Pyramid". - nick hoffman - 7/6/2007 3:43:22 PM
        
        re: About the "Smoking Pyramid". - Robert Clark - 7/7/2007 12:17:28 PM
        
        re: About the "Smoking Pyramid". - Robert Williams - 7/6/2007 3:35:14 PM
      - re: About viewing those high def Hirise images. - Robert Williams - 7/6/2007 3:47:46 AM

Bigelow's BIG plans. - Lee - 7/2/2007 8:48:26 PM
- Where's the Super-Duper Deluxe? - Adam - 7/6/2007 11:10:16 PM

Martian Dust Storm Affects Both Rovers; Delays Oppy's Crater entry. - Marcia - 7/4/2007 12:59:59 AM
- Getting a little worried about this. - REB - 7/6/2007 5:04:46 PM
  - A good Engineering TEST - carl - 7/6/2007 6:56:11 PM
- Getting Worse - Jeff F - 7/4/2007 11:11:57 PM
  - How Long can they SLEEP? - carl - 7/5/2007 6:00:15 PM
    - re: How Long can they SLEEP? - Marcia - 7/6/2007 1:15:53 AM
      - re: How Long can they SLEEP? -or/rather, they will try again after July 13th. - Marcia - 7/6/2007 1:17:15 AM

Possible dark streak in Columbia Hills, Gusev? - Robert Clark - 7/5/2007 12:13:50 AM
- Not a hillside streak, but a wind "tail" - nick hoffman - 7/5/2007 2:19:46 PM

Washington after Mars funding again? - Jeff F - 7/4/2007 11:44:07 PM
- I wouldn't worry too much about it - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2007 11:59:13 PM

Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the Pathfinder/Sojourner landing - TB - 7/4/2007 4:08:56 AM
- re: Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the Pathfinder/Sojourner landing - pex - 7/4/2007 8:57:57 AM
- re: Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of the Pathfinder/Sojourner landing - Chris Vancil - 7/4/2007 8:19:46 AM

New Assignments for Stardust and Deep Impact. - Marcia - 7/4/2007 1:26:17 AM

Atlantis returns to Florida and Endeavour readies for August Launch - Marcia - 7/4/2007 12:51:12 AM

Freedom in a virtual world? - TB - 6/29/2007 5:04:08 AM
- possibilities boggle - FrankC - 6/29/2007 7:24:46 PM
  - Take it a step further - TheSheepLookUp - 6/29/2007 8:25:52 PM
    - re: A step further still - Fox - 6/30/2007 5:43:39 PM
      - re: A step further still - TB - 6/30/2007 7:16:11 PM
        
        re: A step further still - Marcia - 7/3/2007 3:44:56 AM
        
        The Soviets did it with the Lunakhods in the early 1970s - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 6:28:04 PM

Arecibo RADAR in danger - alcaray - 6/30/2007 9:26:57 PM
- re: Arecibo RADAR in danger - phil - 7/1/2007 1:20:27 AM
  - You would have to clear it with... - alcaray - 7/1/2007 6:19:24 AM
    - What fraction of a day that we spend in Iraq... - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 7:05:18 PM
      - Bear in mind that the $1M that is at risk here, is only... - alcaray - 7/2/2007 11:48:23 PM
        
        re: They can get what they need in one days worth... - Marcia - 7/3/2007 3:24:37 AM

The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) is Closing - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 7:23:15 PM
- I guess their piggy bank is empty. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 7/2/2007 9:20:30 PM

I thought no one would ever buy property on the Moon. Now I'm not so sure. - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/2/2007 12:41:24 AM
- We need a better link than that - Lindy - 7/2/2007 1:29:11 PM
  - This thread is spam (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/2/2007 3:41:15 PM
- I found a reason for this thread to be on-topic for this board - alcaray - 7/2/2007 1:21:25 AM
- I mean seriously. Subscribers have spent $1.75 million in the last 24 hours. Holy #$%# (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Maise - 7/2/2007 12:43:26 AM
  - Even if people do sell and buy celestial property... - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 4:03:25 PM
    - Git offin ma proptee. - Hank - 7/2/2007 8:16:08 PM

Glimpse of Time Before Big Bang Possible - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 8:07:41 PM

The Saturn and Venus show - Jeff F - 7/1/2007 12:45:37 PM
- It's been like 2001, recently - nick hoffman - 7/1/2007 3:32:22 PM
  - The TMA was not made of carbonite - TheSheepLookUp - 7/2/2007 6:24:48 PM
    - Corbomite? (n/t) - Hank - 7/2/2007 7:09:49 PM

Opportunity will make descent into Victoria - Peter Bruener - 6/29/2007 12:41:56 AM
- re: Opportunity will make descent into Victoria - Robert Clark - 6/29/2007 1:58:27 PM
  - re: Opportunity will make descent into Victoria - Robert Williams - 6/30/2007 5:43:09 AM
    - Welcome back - Lindy - 7/1/2007 3:52:06 AM
      - re: Welcome back - Robert Williams - 7/1/2007 11:53:10 PM
    - "We should look at EVERYTHING 'interesting' to folks out here BEFORE going down there." - azstrummer - 6/30/2007 9:55:34 PM
- It's a whole new mission now - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2007 4:29:43 AM

Expedition to Arctic hydrothermal vents - alcaray - 7/1/2007 6:52:56 AM

Space Diving in Popular Science - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2007 4:27:47 PM
- Research before writing the article - phil - 6/27/2007 8:58:22 PM
  - re: Research before writing the article - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2007 8:17:37 AM
    - it's just a picture, Jim - phil - 6/28/2007 12:18:16 PM
  - re: Research before writing the article - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2007 8:17:18 AM
  - Missing a heatshield - Daniel - 6/27/2007 9:30:17 PM
    - re: Missing a heatshield - Robert Clark - 6/28/2007 2:17:55 PM
      - Thanks for the links - Daniel - 6/28/2007 6:31:37 PM
    - Phil is right. - TB - 6/27/2007 10:29:21 PM
      - I don't get it - Daniel - 6/28/2007 6:27:49 PM
        
        re: I don't get it - gbaikie - 6/30/2007 1:32:07 AM
        
        re: I don't get it - Daniel - 6/30/2007 10:05:50 AM
        
        re: I don't get it - gbaikie - 6/30/2007 9:16:58 PM
        
        A theoretical fixed platform, that is. - TB - 6/28/2007 9:28:16 PM
        
        Space BASE jumping, eh? - nick hoffman - 6/29/2007 2:10:42 PM
        
        Another problem with a space base 1,000 miles up - TheSheepLookUp - 6/29/2007 2:19:23 PM
        
        Should have been more careful with my example. - TB - 6/29/2007 11:35:24 PM
        
        Let's get "back down to earth" here - Daniel - 6/30/2007 9:51:17 AM
        
        Where this originally started... - TB - 6/30/2007 5:17:35 PM
        
        Yep, you're right - Daniel - 6/30/2007 5:41:18 PM
        
        No problem. - TB - 6/30/2007 7:18:06 PM
      - re: Actually Phil is probably wrong. - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2007 8:22:57 AM
        
        Not how heat shields have to work. - TB - 6/28/2007 5:16:58 PM
        
        re: Not how heat shields have to work. - Chris Vancil - 6/28/2007 7:14:39 PM
    - No heatshield needed for the 60 mile drop - phil - 6/27/2007 9:41:22 PM
- How many things declared in Popular Science have ever come true - TheSheepLookUp - 6/27/2007 6:53:41 PM
  - That's kind of a running gag in the high tech business... - TB - 6/27/2007 9:08:51 PM
  - re: How many things declared in Popular Science have ever come true - Marcia - 6/27/2007 8:10:03 PM

Close Encounters - phil - 6/30/2007 1:40:27 AM
- Interesting stuff! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/30/2007 5:43:33 AM

The First Private Expedition to the Moon - TheSheepLookUp - 6/29/2007 12:43:13 AM
- I posted a thread on lunar space tourism months ago. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/30/2007 12:11:44 AM

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