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Paying for it... - gbaikie - 2/12/2007 3:11:11 AM
- All kinds of colonies - Sawyer - 2/12/2007 9:34:53 AM
  - re: All kinds of colonies - gbaikie - 2/13/2007 3:43:34 AM
    - re: All kinds of colonies - Sawyer - 2/15/2007 12:23:46 PM
      - re: All kinds of colonies - gbaikie - 2/15/2007 7:19:46 PM
        
        More - gbaikie - 2/16/2007 3:55:51 AM
        
        I really can't figure out why people could be opposed to Trade - Scott Evil - 2/16/2007 3:55:08 PM
        
        Did anyone actually read my posts? - Sawyer - 2/17/2007 7:27:18 AM
        
        re: Did anyone actually read my posts? - gbaikie - 2/17/2007 5:29:50 PM
        
        And why wasn't antarctica colonized before 1959 treaty? - Sawyer - 2/18/2007 12:31:52 PM
        
        re: And why wasn't antarctica colonized before 1959 treaty? - gbaikie - 2/19/2007 1:22:27 AM
      - re: If all trade were cut off would we die? - Scott Evil - 2/15/2007 6:55:51 PM
- Ain't gonna happen.. - Bowser - 2/12/2007 6:20:09 AM
  - re: Ain't gonna happen.. - TB - 2/12/2007 7:13:14 AM
    - Asimov is science-fiction, sorta right about people. - Bowser - 2/12/2007 8:06:39 AM
      - Colonists - TB - 2/12/2007 5:31:19 PM

Ski the Moon? Fine, but jeez the Lift Tickets? - Peter Bruener - 2/18/2007 6:19:27 AM
- re: Ski the Moon? Fine, but jeez the Lift Tickets? - gbaikie - 2/18/2007 7:57:22 AM
  - more - gbaikie - 2/18/2007 8:29:58 AM
    - What's needed... - nick hoffman - 2/18/2007 12:30:05 PM
      - re: What's needed... - gbaikie - 2/19/2007 12:35:22 AM
    - re: more - Peter Bruener - 2/18/2007 9:47:51 AM

Delta launch for the Sun (Themis) - Raoul - 2/18/2007 9:04:09 AM
- re: Delta launch for the Sun (Themis) - Marcia - 2/18/2007 9:16:20 PM

Just how full of opportunity is the Moon? - Chris Vancil - 2/13/2007 9:23:02 AM
- re: Pual Spudis bloggishly replies to Donald Beattie - Chris Vancil - 2/17/2007 7:04:26 AM
- re: Just how full of opportunity is the Moon? - gbaikie - 2/14/2007 3:33:56 AM
  - re: Just how full of opportunity is the Moon? - Chris Vancil - 2/14/2007 11:22:40 AM
    - Beg Pardon? - Ken Murphy - 2/15/2007 1:49:30 AM
      - re: Hum....That's Okay - Chris Vancil - 2/15/2007 7:01:12 AM
        
        If you cannot cite... - Ken Murphy - 2/16/2007 12:26:41 AM
        
        re: Right... - Chris Vancil - 2/16/2007 9:17:55 AM
    - re: Just how full of opportunity is the Moon? - gbaikie - 2/14/2007 1:18:55 PM
      - re: Mixing Black and White... - Chris Vancil - 2/14/2007 9:59:30 PM
        
        re: Mixing Black and White... - gbaikie - 2/15/2007 3:47:21 AM
        
        re: Mixing Black and White... - Chris Vancil - 2/15/2007 7:11:52 AM
        
        re: Mixing Black and White... - gbaikie - 2/15/2007 8:46:17 AM
        
        re: Mixing Black and White... - Chris Vancil - 2/15/2007 7:11:38 PM
- Some commentary thereon... - Ken Murphy - 2/14/2007 12:08:35 AM

Cheap Climate Engineering Against Global Warming - phil - 2/16/2007 3:06:23 PM
- re: Cheap Climate Engineering Against Global Warming - gbaikie - 2/16/2007 10:06:58 PM
  - forgot link to reference - gb - 2/16/2007 10:08:57 PM
- Climate engineering - ER - 2/16/2007 6:30:05 PM
  - re: Climate engineering - phil - 2/17/2007 12:25:28 AM
    - I can't imagine how anyone could come to any other conclusion. (n/t) - ER - 2/17/2007 1:13:14 AM
  - As you say, unintended consequences can be quite grim. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/16/2007 7:00:22 PM
- Didn't 9/11 cause cooling in the USA? - Scott Evil - 2/16/2007 3:27:17 PM

Will this be Spirit's last Summer? - REB - 2/15/2007 2:10:41 PM
- re: Will this be Spirit's last Summer? - Doug Ellison - 2/16/2007 8:55:37 AM
  - re: Will this be Spirit's last Summer? - REB - 2/16/2007 3:24:10 PM

Last magnificient display for a star (NGC 2440 from the HST) - Raoul - 2/15/2007 7:39:20 PM
- Just looking at it I got the start of a sunburn. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/16/2007 7:10:47 AM
- re: NGC 2440 - Fox - 2/16/2007 2:33:16 AM

Fantastic New Color Images from HiRISE - Vince - 2/16/2007 2:02:40 AM
- Nice post. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/16/2007 4:37:31 AM

Could microbes survive in the cryogenic temperatures of Titan? - Robert Clark - 2/15/2007 7:35:44 PM
- Nanotubes make possible cryogenic liquid water. - Robert Clark - 2/15/2007 7:42:16 PM

Status of Gravity Probe B - SDF - 2/15/2007 4:36:28 PM
- Thanks! - TB - 2/15/2007 7:05:25 PM

Dark matter galaxies "nearby". - Bowser - 2/15/2007 2:54:41 AM

Spokes on the B ring...5,000 km long - Raoul - 2/14/2007 9:22:13 PM

UH STUDENT WORKING ON SPACE SUIT REDESIGN FOR NASA - Chris Vancil - 2/13/2007 9:55:58 AM
- When Charlie Duke got back up! - Raoul - 2/13/2007 8:38:00 PM
  - re: When Charlie Duke got back up! - Chris Vancil - 2/14/2007 11:55:20 AM
- Bungee cords - phil - 2/13/2007 3:52:37 PM
  - Bungee-d backpacks. - Bowser - 2/13/2007 8:41:12 PM
    - re: Bungee-d backpacks. - Chris Vancil - 2/14/2007 11:39:27 AM
- Isn't it wonderful... - nick hoffman - 2/13/2007 2:04:35 PM
  - SHAVING in SPACE - carl - 2/13/2007 6:19:15 PM

The Downside of Nuclear Fusion? - SDF - 2/12/2007 10:36:25 AM
- Printable document.... "Should Google Go Nuclear" - SDF - 2/14/2007 5:17:10 AM
- Fusion Fuel - SDF - 2/13/2007 6:45:19 PM
- Me, I'm so con FUSED (n/t) - p - 2/13/2007 2:56:11 PM
- Where do I begin? - nick hoffman - 2/13/2007 8:03:09 AM
  - Let me clarify - SDF - 2/13/2007 8:58:52 AM
    - re: Let me clarify - nick hoffman - 2/13/2007 2:15:23 PM
      - a neglected point - Adam - 2/14/2007 7:45:30 AM
- I might be wrong... - Scott Evil - 2/12/2007 6:08:08 PM
  - Neutrons don't stay dangerous - Adam - 2/13/2007 7:42:41 AM
    - So why not coat the interior of the metal walls with Carbon? - Scott Evil - 2/13/2007 7:46:41 PM
      - That's what the lithium blanket is for. - SDF - 2/14/2007 3:22:02 AM
        
        That and tritium breeding - Adam - 2/14/2007 7:36:02 AM
- re: The Downside of Nuclear Fusion? - Bowser - 2/12/2007 2:01:09 PM
- Possible regulatory measures - SDF - 2/12/2007 1:02:53 PM
  - Starting with the assumption that Bussard is not entirely delusional or at least largely wrong - Yeti - 2/12/2007 7:04:00 PM
    - Government funding - TB - 2/12/2007 7:52:16 PM
      - Well if Bussard is right... - Lee - 2/12/2007 8:15:19 PM
  - a few comments - TB - 2/12/2007 5:21:28 PM

Miniature Helicopter Packs Bug-Like Brain - SDF - 2/12/2007 11:29:33 AM
- re: Miniature Helicopter Packs Bug-Like Brain - phil - 2/13/2007 4:00:51 PM
  - Maybe even Lunar or Planetary Landers - Peter Bruener - 2/14/2007 7:17:28 AM
  - Might also work for DARPA autonomous vehicle race - SDF - 2/13/2007 4:27:58 PM

Cultivating life on Earth and elsewhere. - SDF - 2/4/2007 7:10:38 AM
- SEND COMPOST n/t - father earth - 2/5/2007 12:02:57 AM
  - "Mars Needs Earthworms." (n/t) - TB - 2/9/2007 3:32:22 PM
    - I vaguely recall that in Farmer In the Sky Heinlein had them farming on asteroids. - alcaray - 2/9/2007 6:13:48 PM
      - re: I vaguely recall that in Farmer In the Sky Heinlein had them farming on asteroids. - R.L. - 2/9/2007 6:54:36 PM
        
        re: Farmer In the Sky - TB - 2/10/2007 5:52:11 AM
      - It was a jovian moon, I believe... - R.L. - 2/9/2007 6:51:52 PM
- Don't make it too complicated. - TB - 2/4/2007 10:25:41 PM
  - Most colonization has been done so that people can prosper - SDF - 2/4/2007 11:39:45 PM
    - And how do you pay for it? - Sawyer - 2/5/2007 10:09:01 AM
      - Paying for it... - R.L. - 2/11/2007 9:17:50 AM
        
        Funding exploration yes, colonization no. - Sawyer - 2/12/2007 9:03:38 AM
        
        re: Paying for it... - gbaikie - 2/11/2007 11:05:36 AM
    - Most life on Earth is window dressing. - Lee - 2/5/2007 5:03:49 AM
      - 100 species? - Doug Ellison - 2/8/2007 11:47:58 AM
        
        Look at experiments on this theme, like the Biosphere - nick hoffman - 2/11/2007 1:42:21 PM
        
        And there's 50+ thousand people at the Super Bowl. - Lee - 2/8/2007 8:21:29 PM
        
        re: And there's 50+ thousand people at the Super Bowl. - Doug Ellison - 2/9/2007 11:27:52 PM
      - You wouldn't by any chance have a list of those 100 essential species, would you? - SDF - 2/5/2007 7:15:52 AM
        
        It would take a while to make a specific list. - Lee - 2/5/2007 9:20:18 AM
        
        re: It would take a while to make a specific list. - Laurie Street - 2/5/2007 4:58:35 PM
        
        That's why it failed. - Lee - 2/5/2007 8:28:07 PM
        
        Actually, it was a CO2 problem - nick hoffman - 2/11/2007 1:51:32 PM
        
        Seems like some of the problems with Biosphere 2 would have been easy to fix. - SDF - 2/5/2007 6:13:56 PM
        
        Boom and bust - Laurie Street - 2/5/2007 7:12:02 PM
        
        Ecosystems - TB - 2/5/2007 9:47:06 PM
        
        re: Ecosystems - nick hoffman - 2/11/2007 1:56:44 PM
        
        Wasnt it Heinlien that made the point that no matter how good your recycling is in a small closed system... - R.L. - 2/9/2007 7:32:11 PM
        
        Lint = Cellulose - Scott Evil - 2/9/2007 11:06:04 PM
- re: The time factor - Raoul - 2/4/2007 8:27:29 PM
- I believe you're absolutely correct. - Bowser - 2/4/2007 8:08:03 PM
- re: Cultivating life on Earth and elsewhere. - gbaikie - 2/4/2007 1:04:06 PM
  - Terraforming socialistic? - ER - 2/4/2007 1:54:58 PM
    - Terraforming Sahara desert. - REB - 2/7/2007 6:35:12 PM
      - What about just making it a salt water marsh? - Scott Evil - 2/7/2007 8:34:10 PM
      - What about just making it a salt water marsh? - Scott Evil - 2/7/2007 8:34:07 PM
        
        re: What about just making it a salt water marsh? - REB - 2/7/2007 8:39:51 PM
        
        You wouldn't need nukes or asteriod strikes. - Scott Evil - 2/8/2007 5:20:50 PM
        
        Open Atlas before Opening Mouth... - nick hoffman - 2/11/2007 2:51:14 PM
        
        re: You wouldn't need nukes or asteriod strikes. - REB - 2/8/2007 5:37:58 PM
        
        re: You wouldn't need nukes or asteriod strikes. - Laurie Street - 2/8/2007 9:24:45 PM
        
        Then what are we going to do with all that salt? - Scott Evil - 2/9/2007 4:01:48 PM
        
        re: Then what are we going to do with all that salt? - LS - 2/9/2007 5:02:30 PM
        
        re: Must have been. - Scott Evil - 2/9/2007 11:25:52 PM
        
        Tele-Transporatation - nick hoffman - 2/13/2007 2:12:52 PM
        
        re: What about just making it a salt water marsh? - Laurie Street - 2/7/2007 10:05:06 PM
        
        re: What about just making it a salt water marsh? - REB - 2/7/2007 10:28:17 PM
        
        Actually, the "natural" state of the earth is glacial - nick hoffman - 2/11/2007 3:00:49 PM
        
        The "natural" state of humans is glacial, too. - Fox - 2/14/2007 4:54:01 AM
        
        But the Sun is gradually warming - REB - 2/12/2007 5:00:30 PM
    - re: Terraforming socialistic? - gbaikie - 2/4/2007 3:05:59 PM
      - re: Terraforming socialistic? - ER - 2/4/2007 3:30:17 PM
        
        re: Terraforming socialistic? - TB - 2/4/2007 10:38:30 PM
        
        re: Terraforming socialistic? - ER - 2/4/2007 11:28:26 PM
        
        re: Terraforming socialistic? - gbaikie - 2/5/2007 10:56:09 AM
        
        re: Terraforming socialistic? - TB - 2/4/2007 11:50:45 PM
- Tired of people implying technology is bad or humans are bad for using it - Sawyer - 2/4/2007 11:40:45 AM
  - Who needs von Neumann machines? - ER - 2/4/2007 12:08:19 PM
    - Not required--Just a predictable accelerant to the process (n/t) - Sawyer - 2/4/2007 12:14:11 PM
      - Just a Berserker thought... - ER - 2/4/2007 1:49:41 PM
        
        Off the topic of the thread - alcaray - 2/5/2007 7:07:39 PM
        
        Not familiar with it. (n/t) - ER - 2/5/2007 9:01:48 PM
        
        re: Not familiar with it. - alcaray - 2/5/2007 9:24:00 PM
        
        Self replicating doesn't mean it has to evolve - Sawyer - 2/4/2007 4:40:53 PM
        
        how do you keep something from changing over thousands of generations? (n/t) - alcaray - 2/5/2007 7:06:48 PM
        
        Multi-cellular automata? - ER - 2/4/2007 5:50:06 PM
        
        Evolution - TB - 2/4/2007 10:45:34 PM
        
        Carnivorous cows - Laurie Street - 2/5/2007 5:05:11 PM
        
        Just as long as they're not socialist carnivorous cows... (n/t) - ER - 2/5/2007 11:19:27 PM
        
        How about Revolutionary Cows? - TB - 2/6/2007 6:45:11 PM
        
        That was a riot! - Laurie Street - 2/7/2007 4:50:55 AM
        
        Bastille Bovines? Guerilla Guernseys? Liberal Longhorns? - ER - 2/7/2007 1:06:17 AM
        
        Or... - LS - 2/5/2007 5:12:29 PM

Why Astros Go Postal - and a way to help fix it - phil - 2/13/2007 3:47:57 PM
- re: I don't agree with everything - Raoul - 2/13/2007 8:17:25 PM
  - re: I don't agree with everything - phil - 2/13/2007 10:26:22 PM
    - Competition - Raoul - 2/13/2007 10:51:32 PM
- Makes perfect sense, doesn't it. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/13/2007 6:44:13 PM
- Sure SHE"S Glad Anna Nicole Smith Checked OUT! - carl - 2/13/2007 6:16:37 PM

How to sell manned space - Raoul - 2/13/2007 9:55:02 PM

Anousheh's story - Raoul - 2/13/2007 9:10:45 PM

First unambiguous Dust Devil of the new season seen by Spirit - Doug Ellison - 2/9/2007 3:06:09 PM
- Dust Devil Auto-Detection - JimO - 2/9/2007 10:00:18 PM
  - re: Dust Devil Auto-Detection - Doug Ellison - 2/9/2007 11:24:23 PM
    - Changing the subject some.... - R.L. - 2/10/2007 12:04:19 AM
      - MER Healthcheck - Doug Ellison - 2/12/2007 9:27:15 AM
        
        Very informative. Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 2/13/2007 3:18:39 PM
        
        Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/12/2007 1:39:09 PM
        
        a bit more info - Doug Ellison - 2/12/2007 4:22:11 PM
        
        Thanks again! - Bowser - 2/13/2007 12:12:49 AM
        
        re: Thanks again! - Doug Ellison - 2/13/2007 10:59:36 AM
- re: First unambiguous Dust Devil of the new season seen by Spirit - REB - 2/9/2007 7:09:22 PM

Serious doubts the COTS winners will make it - Raoul - 2/10/2007 6:47:37 PM
- I disagree with Bell. - TB - 2/10/2007 11:41:30 PM
  - I also disagree with Bell. - Chris Vancil - 2/11/2007 3:28:10 AM
    - re: And yet... - Raoul - 2/11/2007 9:37:42 AM
      - Not the point... - Chris Vancil - 2/13/2007 7:45:27 AM

New Infrared Image (Spitzer) - Helix Nebula - Vince - 2/13/2007 4:53:49 AM

Some detector problems with Mars Reconnaissance camera - Andrew - 2/11/2007 9:08:02 PM
- re: Some detector problems with Mars Reconnaissance camera - nick hoffman - 2/12/2007 12:41:16 AM
  - re: Some detector problems with Mars Reconnaissance camera - Andrew - 2/12/2007 4:29:53 PM
  - re: Some detector problems with Mars Reconnaissance camera - Marcia - 2/12/2007 4:52:24 AM

Looking for Nearby Earths - phil - 2/9/2007 8:22:54 PM
- Prof. Cash Presentation (pdf) - GB - 2/12/2007 2:52:57 PM
- Very tricky to pan! (n/t) - alcaray - 2/9/2007 8:43:17 PM
  - re: Very tricky to pan! - AHB - 2/9/2007 11:34:29 PM
    - re: Very tricky to pan! - Marcia - 2/12/2007 3:48:35 AM
    - re: Very tricky to pan! - Marcia - 2/12/2007 1:57:40 AM
      - re: Very tricky to pan! - Marcia - 2/12/2007 2:00:30 AM

What Robert Bussard is doing lately... - TB - 2/8/2007 12:11:18 AM
- Hey JimO - Lee - 2/10/2007 8:21:11 AM
  - It could be a big story.... - R.L. - 2/11/2007 9:43:34 PM
    - always interested... - JimO - 2/11/2007 11:59:09 PM
      - re: always interested... - R.L. - 2/12/2007 5:01:08 AM
    - I agree - Lee - 2/11/2007 10:07:43 PM
      - Falling in love with a concept... - R.L. - 2/11/2007 10:24:49 PM
- I watched the video of his presentation at google - Yeti - 2/9/2007 7:44:59 AM
  - The last 30 minutes of the video made me nervous... - R.L. - 2/9/2007 5:36:34 PM
    - Optimistic - SDF - 2/10/2007 4:16:52 AM
      - I guess the issue is... - R.L. - 2/10/2007 6:05:50 PM
        
        Some interest by the Focus Fusion society - SDF - 2/10/2007 8:44:52 PM
        
        re: Some interest by the Focus Fusion society - SDF - 2/10/2007 8:45:43 PM
        
        Dept of Energy budget requests for 2008 - SDF - 2/11/2007 1:29:43 AM
        
        re: Dept of Defence budget - SDF - 2/11/2007 4:47:12 AM
  - Great video. Glad I took the time. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/9/2007 3:45:07 PM
- It's a cubo-octrahedral arrangement. - podrock - 2/8/2007 4:56:47 AM
- I don't have the knowledge to evaluate his work - Yeti - 2/8/2007 1:51:41 AM
  - The physics is sound. - TB - 2/8/2007 3:29:28 AM
    - re: The physics - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/9/2007 10:32:16 PM
      - Huh? - Peter Bruener - 2/10/2007 10:40:02 PM
      - Could smeone move this drivel to Off-Topic? This is an embarassment - Yeti - 2/10/2007 5:20:41 AM
        
        Tiresome. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 6:01:07 AM
        
        re: Tiresome. - Yeti - 2/10/2007 6:43:17 AM
        
        But you didnt once defend your lies - R.L. - 2/10/2007 6:21:23 AM
        
        You know, R.L.... - TB - 2/10/2007 11:52:38 PM
        
        Tom... - R.L. - 2/11/2007 10:09:44 PM
      - re: The physics - R.L. - 2/9/2007 11:42:07 PM
        
        re: The physics - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/10/2007 12:36:03 AM
        
        Take it to flame - R.L. - 2/10/2007 4:31:58 PM
        
        Pretty much all your statements were wrong- - R.L. - 2/10/2007 4:34:27 AM
      - I will respond to that.... - R.L. - 2/9/2007 10:39:29 PM
        
        I think your head is spinning. - Scott Evil - 2/9/2007 11:00:08 PM
        
        I dont think you understand... - R.L. - 2/9/2007 11:54:43 PM
    - There seem to be serious issues in scalability - R.L. - 2/9/2007 3:43:39 PM
      - Take my post with a grain of salt... - R.L. - 2/9/2007 3:55:36 PM
        
        I read his paper fairly thoroughly - SDF - 2/11/2007 2:34:41 PM
        
        But imagine... - Lee - 2/11/2007 10:16:15 PM
        
        Absolutely right. - SDF - 2/12/2007 3:52:40 AM
        
        Electricity too cheap to meter. - Lee - 2/12/2007 4:22:51 AM
    - So Tom, do you really think this is for real? - Lee - 2/9/2007 7:13:16 AM
      - I'll put this in the same category as I put most of this stuff... - TB - 2/9/2007 3:29:08 PM
        
        I agree... - Lee - 2/9/2007 8:45:15 PM
        
        If this thing worked, then the military would be the 1st ones frothing at the mouth waiting to develop it. - Scott Evil - 2/9/2007 3:52:36 PM
        
        Well the article did say that the Navy was funding it. - Lee - 2/9/2007 7:39:40 PM
        
        Had to stay small - Adam - 2/10/2007 8:55:50 PM
    - "No man is an island... - et - 2/8/2007 4:43:55 AM
      - Grace Slick, lead singer, Jefferson Airplane. c 1970 - ER - 2/10/2007 3:27:38 PM
    - re: The physics is sound. - Yeti - 2/8/2007 3:44:42 AM
      - Another paper on the subject... - TB - 2/8/2007 4:05:57 AM
        
        Don't know how useful this stuff is - SDF - 2/8/2007 7:31:57 AM
        
        Use of Bussard aneutronic boron IEC Fusor in spacecraft - SDF - 2/8/2007 7:42:31 AM
        
        More on use of aneutronic p-B11 fusor in spacecraft. - SDF - 2/8/2007 10:47:21 AM
        
        talking about your points 1, 2, 3 and 4 - [blank] - 2/8/2007 1:28:07 PM
        
        I have no idea where Scaled Composites and the like get their money. - SDF - 2/8/2007 11:58:48 PM
        
        They earn it. - TB - 2/9/2007 3:03:46 AM
        
        So, what do you think SpaceDev is doing with Bussard's fusor equipment? - SDF - 2/9/2007 12:24:31 PM
        
        From here it looks like they have dream jobs. - SDF - 2/9/2007 12:26:18 AM
        
        Caltech Physicists Successfully Split the Bill - SDF - 2/8/2007 1:22:14 PM

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