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A vision of Hell!! - Raoul - 3/23/2007 4:31:38 PM
- Sorry... *still* no fury like a woman scorned. (n/t) - Fox - 3/25/2007 4:47:05 PM
  - mpg file - Raoul - 3/25/2007 5:13:41 PM

A different Blue Moon - SteveS - 3/25/2007 1:30:03 AM

Funny headline - SDF - 3/23/2007 4:49:03 PM
- re:Spacesuits and skip pressure suits - Raoul - 3/23/2007 6:50:16 PM
  - re: It all have to do with bearings... - Chris Vancil - 3/24/2007 1:02:02 AM
    - Then a small IVA suit...or.. - Raoul - 3/24/2007 7:53:50 AM
      - re: Why? - Chris Vancil - 3/24/2007 8:19:05 PM
      - Why would a leak have to be lethal with suited astronauts? - TB - 3/24/2007 4:32:08 PM
        
        re: Leak and open valve - Raoul - 3/24/2007 10:24:34 PM

Armadillo Update - phil - 3/24/2007 12:16:10 AM

The newest Moon - Fox - 3/22/2007 1:56:19 AM
- re: The newest Moon = Full Earth - Raoul - 3/22/2007 7:28:44 PM
  - Nah! - Newest Moon = Eclipse... - nick hoffman - 3/23/2007 11:19:33 AM
- re: The newest Moon - Peter Bruener - 3/22/2007 6:56:25 PM
- re: The newest Moon - TB - 3/22/2007 4:51:52 AM

Planetary Defense Outlook & Costs - phil - 3/20/2007 12:43:57 PM
- re: Planetary Defense Outlook & Costs - Me - 3/20/2007 9:58:12 PM
- $1 billion over the next ten years? - TB - 3/20/2007 4:06:11 PM
  - Speaking of penny wise and pound foolish... - TB - 3/20/2007 7:03:15 PM
    - Yep. Lots of good ideas coming from NIAC, obvious ones too - SDF - 3/20/2007 9:13:46 PM
- Priorities - clear and present dangers v. if - come - maybes. - Bowser - 3/20/2007 3:41:01 PM
- re: Planetary Defense Outlook & Costs - ER - 3/20/2007 1:54:15 PM
  - How do we detect objects more than 50 AU distant from the Sun? - SDF - 3/20/2007 3:08:07 PM
    - I'd go with big radars in orbit. - ER - 3/20/2007 4:11:29 PM
    - We should all be blessed that a NEO was headed our way - Lindy - 3/20/2007 3:31:21 PM
      - re: We should all be blessed that a NEO was headed our way - p - 3/20/2007 3:39:09 PM
        
        Fits my theory of "apocalypse lust." (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 5:34:06 PM
        
        We all have it to some extent... - R.L. - 3/21/2007 2:51:00 PM
        
        I think it stems from - Lee - 3/22/2007 3:48:27 AM
        
        Geez, and I wrote that BEFORE reading Lindy's post. - Lee - 3/22/2007 4:34:13 AM
        
        If you only understood - Lindy - 3/22/2007 7:56:48 PM
        
        I do agree with you to a point. - Lee - 3/22/2007 10:37:11 PM
        
        Well....... - Lindy - 3/20/2007 5:15:16 PM
        
        The Age of the Gekko - ER - 3/20/2007 5:26:59 PM
        
        I don't quite understand.... - Lindy - 3/20/2007 6:00:07 PM

How Enceladus affects the way we try to determine how fast Saturn rotates - Raoul - 3/22/2007 9:34:58 PM

Interview with Jim Benson - Founder of SpaceDev, possible partner with Robert Bussard on Fusion Research - SDF - 3/22/2007 9:00:02 PM

Possible 200 yr Solar Cycle Claimed - phil - 3/21/2007 12:31:54 PM
- And the solar weather report... - TB - 3/22/2007 5:18:20 AM
- And a new phenomenon on its surface - Raoul - 3/21/2007 7:49:22 PM
  - Only a few days or weeks ago - SDF - 3/22/2007 2:30:08 AM
- re: Possible 200 yr Solar Cycle Claimed - ER - 3/21/2007 6:39:45 PM
- re: Possible 200 yr Solar Cycle Claimed - SDF - 3/21/2007 2:56:25 PM
  - No, for the same reason that the whole 'Jupiter effect ' for explaining Earthly quakes is nonsense. - R.L. - 3/21/2007 3:26:18 PM
    - Cycles - SDF - 3/21/2007 4:39:09 PM
      - re: Cycles - Marcia - 3/21/2007 7:17:07 PM
        
        Interstellar dust as an insulator? - SDF - 3/22/2007 2:52:21 AM
        
        Cutting to the chase... - TB - 3/22/2007 3:50:48 AM
        
        re: Cutting to the chase... - SDF - 3/22/2007 4:49:04 PM
        
        re: Cutting to the chase... - Marcia - 3/22/2007 7:39:07 PM

UND Suit at MDRS - Chris Vancil - 3/22/2007 6:42:38 PM

So did they make it into orbit? - Lee - 3/21/2007 2:15:22 AM
- No it re-entered and burned up (n/t) - R.L. - 3/21/2007 1:29:35 PM
  - My mistake. - Lee - 3/21/2007 5:32:46 PM
    - I think we ALL wish it had gone better.... - R.L. - 3/21/2007 6:21:44 PM
      - Why wouldn't they have the cash? - Lee - 3/21/2007 7:32:23 PM
        
        Quick education - R.L. - 3/22/2007 12:09:06 PM
        
        The difference... - TB - 3/22/2007 3:59:59 PM

It maybe time to bury the myth of 1000 dollars/ pound of payload to orbit as a potential goal. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/21/2007 10:58:33 PM
- Inflation is irrelevant - Sawyer - 3/22/2007 12:56:36 PM
- Elon Musk's goal is as low as $800 a pound eventually. (n/t) - TB - 3/22/2007 2:31:14 AM

They're off! SpaceX launched! Now it works or dies. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 12:12:05 AM
- Fantastic!! Way to go SpaceX !!! - PB - 3/21/2007 12:21:49 AM
  - I've lost all webcast connection. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 12:23:29 AM
    - Ditto about 2 minutes after 2nd stage ignition (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 3/21/2007 1:04:14 AM
    - so did I about 4 minutes in..... (n/t) - R.L. - 3/21/2007 12:24:29 AM
      - I think they shut it off on their end. Not good. - TB - 3/21/2007 12:31:47 AM
      - Unless they expected that telemetry cutoff....uh oh. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 12:26:30 AM
        
        Hell of a ride, while it lasted - Doug Ellison - 3/21/2007 12:34:56 AM
        
        And now they know. - Lee - 3/21/2007 1:58:48 AM
        
        re: Hell of a ride, while it lasted - TB - 3/21/2007 12:44:02 AM
        
        re: Hell of a ride, while it lasted - Doug Ellison - 3/21/2007 9:51:33 AM
        
        Stage 2 engines - TB - 3/21/2007 1:52:24 PM
        
        re: Stage 2 engines - Doug Ellison - 3/21/2007 2:54:54 PM
        
        When it comes down to it, though... - TB - 3/21/2007 4:05:05 PM
        
        Which RL nozzle are you referring to? (n/t) - R.L. - 3/21/2007 3:00:47 PM
        
        re: Which RL nozzle are you referring to? - Doug Ellison - 3/21/2007 3:37:15 PM
        
        :) I was making a little joke.... - R.L. - 3/21/2007 3:40:48 PM
        
        So is your nozzle. :) (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 4:05:40 PM
        
        OH! ZING!!!! - R.L. - 3/21/2007 4:22:59 PM
        
        I've walked into a few punchlines lately myself. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 5:35:01 PM
        
        You very funny in that one, To be honest- I couldnt pass it up either - ARRELL - 3/21/2007 5:54:17 PM
        
        re: You "were" very funny in that one, To be honest- I couldnt pass it up either - R.L. - 3/21/2007 6:01:14 PM
        
        hook line and sinker....you got me :) (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 3/22/2007 9:04:01 AM

Delayed until may...The ESA won't be happy! - Raoul - 3/21/2007 6:39:48 PM
- Astronauts for Orion? - SDF - 3/22/2007 2:09:43 AM
  - re: Astronauts for Orion? - Raoul - 3/22/2007 5:34:57 AM

HST Movies of Saturn's Satellites - phil - 3/21/2007 7:01:31 PM
- re:Interesting to see the shadow of the moons on the rings! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/21/2007 7:29:22 PM
  - re: re:Interesting to see the shadow of the moons on the rings! - Marcia - 3/21/2007 7:38:08 PM

Galileo - the Airbus of Space? - phil - 3/20/2007 2:35:43 PM
- Justification based on profit was always absurd - Sawyer - 3/20/2007 3:51:13 PM
  - Still hope... - Raoul - 3/21/2007 7:35:46 PM

Laughing rats - gbaikie - 3/20/2007 9:54:51 PM
- Dancing Hamsters - SDF - 3/21/2007 2:44:37 PM

Congratulations To Everyone At SpaceX!!! - Chris Vancil - 3/21/2007 8:37:41 AM

Haven't seen anything from Vandenberg. - TB - 3/21/2007 3:14:51 AM
- Wonder if Del has seen anything? - Peter Bruener - 3/21/2007 3:39:32 AM
- Good thing it isn't for real. - Lee - 3/21/2007 3:24:33 AM
  - I think this one's a target, not an ABM. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 3:30:24 AM
    - Is this for an ABM test? - Lee - 3/21/2007 3:33:49 AM
      - re: Is this for an ABM test? - TB - 3/21/2007 3:46:10 AM

SpaceX update: Another attempt today at 4:00 PM Pacific. - TB - 3/20/2007 5:05:05 PM
- They haven't made the first launch yet, and they're already acting like Nasa. - Lee - 3/20/2007 11:15:15 PM
  - This is their first launch of a full-up private orbital vehicle. - TB - 3/20/2007 11:20:17 PM
    - You're right, but it gets so frustrating. - Lee - 3/20/2007 11:55:23 PM
      - Hey, they recycled in an hour from a full ignition. That's impressive. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 12:09:49 AM
- Launch aborted after ignition. Safing now. (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 11:09:08 PM
- T Minus 5 Minutes (n/t) - PB - 3/20/2007 11:01:06 PM
- Current launch time now 5:05 Pacific. - TB - 3/20/2007 9:57:30 PM
- Thanks - Robert - 3/20/2007 7:45:33 PM

if you want to watch the SpaceX launch go here - DWC - 3/20/2007 10:21:34 PM
- Countdown has started again at T - 15 (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 11:57:54 PM
- re: if you want to watch the SpaceX launch go here - Aborted just before +10. - Marcia - 3/20/2007 11:11:29 PM
  - They know the webcam's running... - TB - 3/20/2007 11:18:01 PM
  - Recycling countdown! Hang on... (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 11:16:58 PM
    - new T-0 of 01:10 (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 3/20/2007 11:38:51 PM
      - Video more stable this time (n/t) - PB - 3/21/2007 12:05:09 AM
      - Glad I checked back, T minus 12 (n/t) - PB - 3/20/2007 11:59:27 PM
      - That's Marshall Island time, or 6:10 Pacific. (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 11:43:59 PM

The Shuttle and Orion - Raoul - 3/20/2007 7:25:22 PM

Ground-Penetrating Radar Finds Water on Mars - SDF - 3/17/2007 12:06:42 AM
- Ground-Penetrating Radar "Finds" ICE on Mars - nick hoffman - 3/18/2007 11:43:09 PM
- How much of Mars have they scanned in this way so far? (n/t) - TB - 3/17/2007 7:45:07 PM
  - re: MARSIS - Raoul - 3/18/2007 4:01:00 PM
    - Wrong - Buck Galaxy - 3/19/2007 4:53:07 AM
      - Here is a very recent article - Buck Galaxy - 3/19/2007 5:06:38 AM
        
        Yo Nick... Still sure there's no groundwater? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/20/2007 2:59:30 AM
        
        Am I sure, no, but... - nick hoffman - 3/20/2007 5:16:24 AM
        
        Thanks for that Nick - Buck Galaxy - 3/20/2007 6:31:38 AM
        
        It's all about the science - nick hoffman - 3/20/2007 10:43:16 AM
  - Better question: How much of Afghanistan have they scanned in this way so far? (n/t) - SDF - 3/18/2007 3:54:46 PM
- re: Ground-Penetrating Radar Finds Water on Mars - bruced - 3/17/2007 5:57:06 AM
  - dielectric - nick hoffman - 3/18/2007 11:44:30 PM

Another launch - TB - 3/20/2007 1:08:16 AM

SpaceX Falcon 1? - Chris Vancil - 3/19/2007 8:55:06 PM
- Launch scrubbed for the day. - TB - 3/19/2007 11:37:25 PM
- Terminal count abort. No further information. Launch stand going up again. (n/t) - TB - 3/19/2007 10:45:15 PM
- Count continuing for 4:45. Ground winds are "green." (n/t) - TB - 3/19/2007 10:26:37 PM
- Whoa, thanks for the reminder. Latest update says 4 PM Pacific Time. - TB - 3/19/2007 9:32:25 PM
  - Odd... - TB - 3/19/2007 9:35:35 PM
    - You could see the winds toying with the booster...I would scrub for today If IWUTM. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/19/2007 9:50:42 PM
      - New time? 4:45 Pacific. - TB - 3/19/2007 10:00:13 PM

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