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Extreme temperatures are taking their tolls on the MERS. - REB - 6/19/2007 12:55:29 PM
- What big fight? - TheSheepLookUp - 6/19/2007 2:07:05 PM
  - re: What big fight? - REB - 6/19/2007 6:17:35 PM
    - I give you points for thinking ahead - TheSheepLookUp - 6/19/2007 6:33:09 PM
      - Remember the Museum in Niven's "Mote in God's Eye" - nick hoffman - 6/19/2007 10:49:31 PM
        
        I love that scene - Fox - 6/20/2007 1:23:27 AM
      - re: I give you points for thinking ahead - REB - 6/19/2007 6:45:47 PM
        
        Armstrong's first footstep is certainly no longer there... - Raoul - 6/19/2007 7:00:34 PM
        
        Perhaps. Some of it might have survived. - REB - 6/19/2007 7:37:47 PM
        
        Yes, the last one! - Raoul - 6/19/2007 8:03:01 PM
        
        re: Yes, the last one! - But, there are more. - Marcia - 6/20/2007 12:31:41 AM
        
        That mission was on "From the Earth to the Moon" last night. - REB - 6/20/2007 12:54:45 PM
        
        Online article from Archaeology magazine talks about preserving space objects and areas - TheSheepLookUp - 6/20/2007 1:48:07 PM
        
        "Archaeological" sites - Fox - 6/21/2007 12:12:51 AM
        
        I thought a country own the land surrounding a lander. - REB - 6/20/2007 3:24:33 PM

Floating debris shortly after undocking. - Marcia - 6/19/2007 10:50:08 PM
- re: Floating debris shortly after undocking. - Addend. - Marcia - 6/19/2007 10:54:47 PM
  - It also happened during the previous flight - Raoul - 6/20/2007 5:34:10 AM
    - re: It also happened during the previous flight - Marcia - 6/20/2007 7:47:36 PM
      - re: Debris. - Marcia - 6/20/2007 8:06:03 PM
        
        Water dump and cleaning - Raoul - 6/20/2007 8:14:41 PM
        
        re: Water dump and cleaning - Marcia - 6/20/2007 8:39:24 PM

Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) animation (very nice) - Sawyer - 6/20/2007 2:54:01 PM

Re: Orthostatic intolerance and walk-about of ISS crews after landing. - Marcia - 6/19/2007 5:18:29 PM
- As seen by my friend Etienne Simian (south of France) - Raoul - 6/19/2007 9:39:29 PM
- Atlantis and ISS separate! - Raoul - 6/19/2007 8:15:00 PM
  - re: Atlantis and ISS together from Earth (the shuttle is dwarfed by ISS) - Raoul - 6/19/2007 9:05:00 PM
- re: walk-about of ISS crews after landing. - Raoul - 6/19/2007 5:40:49 PM
  - re: walk-about of ISS crews after landing. - Thanks, Raoul! - Marcia - 6/19/2007 5:50:11 PM
    - Odds on Sunita will adjust soon enough - Daniel - 6/19/2007 6:24:07 PM
      - Adapted - Raoul - 6/19/2007 6:37:51 PM
        
        re: Adapted - Daniel - 6/19/2007 6:55:04 PM
      - Women are supposed to be better adapted to spaceflight than men - TheSheepLookUp - 6/19/2007 6:26:16 PM

Upping the fight against entropy - Daniel - 6/19/2007 6:38:04 PM

Atlantis undocks and ISS has attitude control. - Marcia - 6/19/2007 2:51:43 PM
- re: Atlantis undocks and ISS has attitude control. - Marcia - 6/19/2007 3:04:53 PM
  - Another note on audio quality - Daniel - 6/19/2007 5:48:33 PM
    - re: Another note on audio quality. - Thanks, Daniel. - Marcia - 6/19/2007 5:53:02 PM

Bound water on Mars. - Robert Clark - 6/19/2007 4:51:38 PM

A Habitable Planet around Proxima... - Adam - 6/17/2007 5:43:55 AM
- re: A Habitable Planet around Proxima... - REB - 6/18/2007 8:31:23 PM
- Never has astronomy known such a philosophical resonance - Raoul - 6/17/2007 8:48:52 AM
  - re: philosophical resonance - TB - 6/17/2007 7:28:08 PM
    - chlorophyll edge in astrobiology - pwokenyaw - 6/18/2007 3:10:53 PM
    - O2 and O3 from Galileo - Raoul - 6/17/2007 7:40:45 PM
  - re: Never has astronomy known such a philosophical resonance - Hank - 6/17/2007 1:11:36 PM
    - Humans propose, nature disposes - Raoul - 6/17/2007 6:48:39 PM
      - We are incapable of having other than a human understanding of anything - alcaray - 6/18/2007 6:28:27 AM
        
        Indeed! - Raoul - 6/18/2007 9:08:35 PM
        
        That statement is open to interpretation. - Hank - 6/18/2007 3:01:39 PM
        
        Nothing is unthinkable. - alcaray - 6/18/2007 8:22:35 PM
        
        Maybe almost everything is unthinkable. - Hank - 6/18/2007 11:43:44 PM
        
        Everything is explainable , but very little is explained:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 6/19/2007 3:52:04 PM
        
        There may be life on other planets, but probably not on media fave Gliese 581c - TheSheepLookUp - 6/18/2007 4:00:16 PM
        
        Gliese 581d - Raoul - 6/18/2007 6:49:49 PM

Space rock enters Earth's gravitational field - Eric - 6/16/2007 3:03:53 PM
- Grand Teton meteor or 1972? - REB - 6/18/2007 1:10:25 PM
  - Supposedly it was to return in 1997 - TheSheepLookUp - 6/18/2007 1:57:10 PM
    - Is it in a 25 year orbit around the Earth? - REB - 6/18/2007 2:00:26 PM
      - I don't know, because I cannot find the online references - TheSheepLookUp - 6/18/2007 4:01:20 PM
        
        Information - TB - 6/18/2007 6:20:52 PM
        
        Orbits - TB - 6/18/2007 6:25:26 PM
        
        re: Orbits - REB - 6/18/2007 6:51:01 PM
        
        re: Orbits - E.P. - 6/18/2007 11:02:18 PM
        
        correct video URL - E.P. - 6/19/2007 12:43:11 PM
        
        That works. - REB - 6/19/2007 12:58:20 PM
        
        Web page not working. - REB - 6/19/2007 12:30:14 PM
- Non -Science - nick hoffman - 6/16/2007 6:31:44 PM
  - Sphere of Influence - Adam - 6/17/2007 5:14:07 AM
    - "Capturing" a deep-space object in a planet's gravity field. - TB - 6/17/2007 7:40:57 PM
      - In the event of capture... - Hank - 6/17/2007 11:13:01 PM
      - Lagrange points - Raoul - 6/17/2007 7:49:37 PM
        
        Apollo - TB - 6/17/2007 7:59:01 PM
        
        re: Apollo - Raoul - 6/17/2007 8:39:22 PM
    - Uh... No! (n/t) - nick hoffman - 6/17/2007 4:55:25 PM
  - re: Non -Science - SDF - 6/16/2007 8:01:21 PM
    - re: Non -Science - e - 6/17/2007 12:50:54 AM

Venus behind the Moon, right now!!!! - Raoul - 6/18/2007 2:22:18 PM
- re: Venus occultation - Raoul - 6/18/2007 2:59:04 PM
  - re: Venus occultation - Raoul - 6/18/2007 3:35:56 PM
    - That is a neat view. - REB - 6/18/2007 6:32:38 PM
      - From Stephane Palfray (Normandy France) - Raoul - 6/18/2007 7:09:52 PM
        
        The Moon's path the next hours and days....Starry Night - Raoul - 6/18/2007 8:00:17 PM
        
        re: The Moon's path the next hours and days....Starry Night - Lindy - 6/19/2007 5:42:58 AM

Getting ready for Shuttle/ISS pass at 9:57 local - Peter Bruener - 6/18/2007 4:40:55 AM
- Very brief, very orange. - Peter Bruener - 6/18/2007 5:16:05 AM

Russians blame solar panel for computer woes - Daniel - 6/14/2007 10:25:21 PM
- Sounds like a crock - azstrummer - 6/15/2007 2:25:14 PM
  - re: Sounds like a crock - Suzy - 6/18/2007 5:07:01 AM
  - Exactly - Daniel - 6/17/2007 2:10:17 PM
  - Problem-solving 101 - alcaray - 6/15/2007 8:30:14 PM
  - re: Sounds like a crock - TB - 6/15/2007 4:34:22 PM
    - Images - TB - 6/15/2007 4:37:42 PM
  - re: Sounds like a crock - REB - 6/15/2007 2:26:52 PM
    - re: Sounds like a crock - azstrummer - 6/15/2007 3:57:29 PM
      - CROCK of SHEET! - carl - 6/15/2007 4:54:59 PM
- Sneak Circuts? - carl - 6/14/2007 10:32:54 PM
  - re: Sneak Circuts? - phil from Cape Cod library - 6/15/2007 4:11:32 PM
    - Heard it on the NASA LOOP - carl - 6/15/2007 4:39:27 PM
      - re: Heard it on the NASA LOOP - phil - 6/16/2007 5:01:00 PM

Space Exploration Alliance Completes Successful 2007 Moon-Mars Blitz on Capitol Hill - Jeff F - 6/17/2007 11:42:51 PM

Backcontamination a show stoper for manned Mars flight? - E.P. - 6/16/2007 2:20:07 PM
- The correct URL - E.P. - 6/17/2007 5:37:19 PM
- It's the other way around. - TB - 6/16/2007 5:18:47 PM
  - Where is the Forward-Contamination test? - nick hoffman - 6/16/2007 6:37:07 PM
    - re: Forward-Contamination test - TB - 6/16/2007 6:41:56 PM
      - Natural contamination - Adam - 6/17/2007 5:21:13 AM
        
        Again, maybe the other way around? - TB - 6/17/2007 7:56:13 PM
        
        re: Again, maybe the other way around? - gbaikie - 6/17/2007 8:49:04 PM
- re: Backcontamination a show stoper for manned Mars flight? - phil - 6/16/2007 4:57:27 PM

Fourth spacewalk under way - Raoul - 6/17/2007 7:33:57 PM

Some questions - gbaikie - 6/14/2007 3:57:55 AM
- Slow, slow, slow... - Adam - 6/14/2007 9:38:54 AM
  - re: Slow, slow, slow... - gbaikie - 6/14/2007 11:37:29 PM
    - re: Slow, slow, slow... - gbaikie - 6/15/2007 1:47:23 AM
      - re: Slow, slow, slow... - Adam - 6/15/2007 10:22:46 PM
        
        re: Slow, slow, slow... - gbaikie - 6/16/2007 10:33:13 AM
        
        Possible... - Adam - 6/17/2007 3:57:02 AM
        
        re: Possible... - gbaikie - 6/17/2007 10:43:55 AM
        
        Kewl... - Adam - 6/17/2007 12:34:25 PM

Iranian Mystery Cloud - Eric - 6/16/2007 1:42:17 PM
- Well if i can't be immediately explained... - Buck Galaxy - 6/17/2007 6:02:59 AM
- re: Iranian Mystery Cloud (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/16/2007 6:14:43 PM
  - As long as it's not radioactive I'm not worried. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/16/2007 6:15:47 PM

Array successfully retracted. - TB - 6/16/2007 12:35:05 AM
- re: Array successfully retracted. - Copy all, TB. :) - Marcia - 6/16/2007 12:42:57 AM
  - Trying to figure out why there were no helmet cam shots during the last part. - TB - 6/16/2007 12:48:01 AM
    - re: Ratty Comm. (?!) (n/t) - Marcia - 6/16/2007 9:51:11 PM

Good Article By Gene Kranz - Jeff F - 6/15/2007 6:16:19 PM
- re: Good Article By Gene Kranz - TB - 6/16/2007 12:46:14 AM
  - Aren't investors waiting for the private sector to proove it can do as advertized? (n/t) - Raoul - 6/16/2007 8:10:25 AM
    - Investors are putting money in right now. - TB - 6/16/2007 5:19:58 PM

Atalntis cleared for Thursday Touchdown - carl - 6/16/2007 4:06:29 PM

Update on ISS computers - TB - 6/16/2007 4:41:24 AM
- Spare C's on ISS? - carl - 6/16/2007 4:05:30 PM

Great astronaut gathering in Paris last night, for 50 years of space conquest - Raoul - 6/16/2007 2:29:29 PM

Olivas performing blanket repair - Raoul - 6/15/2007 7:15:08 PM
- Wow...just saw the sunrise hit the scene. (n/t) - TB - 6/16/2007 12:22:13 AM
- Great NASA TV coverage. (n/t) - TB - 6/15/2007 9:57:31 PM
  - HATS off to YAHOO SPACE - carl - 6/16/2007 2:00:19 PM
  - re: Great NASA TV coverage. - Marcia - 6/15/2007 11:35:37 PM
    - Panels. - TB - 6/15/2007 11:55:45 PM
      - re: Panels. - Marcia - 6/16/2007 12:01:10 AM
- Disconnect P-12 Connector - carl - 6/15/2007 7:16:47 PM
  - Just saw it fly over home! at 40 min past the hour - Raoul - 6/15/2007 8:58:04 PM
    - Any of the astronauts wave to you? (n/t) - TB - 6/15/2007 9:51:04 PM
      - Perhaps!! One said: "what a beautiful view" just when I was back at the PC:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 6/15/2007 10:44:10 PM

Could ISS be used as a "space hotel"? - Sawyer - 6/11/2007 11:58:40 AM
- NEED a Hilton Trans-HAB Module - carl - 6/11/2007 7:28:10 PM
  - AMATUERS - carl - 6/12/2007 4:46:35 PM
    - Sorry, you didnt get the full joke either - Arrell - 6/12/2007 6:48:14 PM
  - Ok, there is a good joke here- I will let you all have first shot... (n/t) - ARRELL - 6/12/2007 3:23:41 AM
    - Is there a video? Sex in space-Hilton? (n/t) - nick hoffman - 6/13/2007 12:06:44 PM
      - I am sorry, I admit that you tried - ARRELL - 6/14/2007 5:34:51 AM
        
        Bangkok Hilton now in orbit? - nick hoffman - 6/14/2007 6:21:33 AM
        
        Sorry, all the joke needs is a little playing with the original post - R.L. - 6/15/2007 1:29:51 AM
        
        "Paris: Living The High Life" (n/t) - Hilton Ho Tells - 6/14/2007 6:39:25 AM
        
        Heiress Lost in Space? - nick hoffman - 6/14/2007 5:54:43 AM
    - Space Ho Does Time in Hilton Re-Hab Module (n/t) - pb - 6/12/2007 8:20:07 AM
      - You are about a fifth of the way there, but nice try (n/t) - ARRELL - 6/12/2007 6:46:31 PM
        
        Sheesh, I KNOW we have good punners here- DO YOUR JOB!!! - A very restrained ARRELL - 6/13/2007 5:16:11 AM
        
        Bar is pretty high, now. - TB - 6/16/2007 3:28:40 AM
        
        Zero G, Zero G-String? (n/t) - Hilton's New Weight Loss Space Program? - 6/14/2007 6:32:22 AM
- re: Could ISS be used as a "space hotel"? - Raoul - 6/11/2007 3:57:06 PM
- The big question is, what do you need the ISS for? - TB - 6/11/2007 3:27:21 PM
  - Don't need it, but is it good economic tradeoff - Sawyer - 6/11/2007 7:00:24 PM

How much terraforming would it take to get plants to grow in Hellas? - REB - 6/12/2007 9:03:35 PM
- Don't work so hard. - TB - 6/12/2007 9:51:20 PM
  - Hellas is almost there. - REB - 6/12/2007 9:56:34 PM
    - re: Hellas is almost there. - gbaikie - 6/13/2007 12:09:16 AM
      - Didnâ€™t Larry Niven write a book about a planet that was uninhabitable except for a plateau? - REB - 6/13/2007 1:50:12 PM
        
        re:Yes: A Gift From Earth. - Mr Fibuli - 6/15/2007 5:51:24 AM
        
        A World Out Of Time is a great book. - REB - 6/15/2007 8:53:10 PM
      - Be careful about the analogy - nick hoffman - 6/13/2007 12:44:10 AM
        
        Tap the liquid cee-oh-two - Adam - 6/13/2007 9:17:01 AM
        
        Wouldn't work - nick hoffman - 6/13/2007 11:29:54 AM
        
        Have to make some fluorocarbons... *sigh* (n/t) - Adam - 6/14/2007 7:45:46 AM

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