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4 spacewalks the coming weeks - Raoul - 1/27/2007 9:13:11 PM

heatshields and ceramic tiles. - Scott Evil - 1/26/2007 3:49:00 PM
- Outer skin - azstrummer - 1/26/2007 7:53:11 PM
  - Cover the ET with the skin. - RobVG - 1/27/2007 6:54:53 PM
  - Not a bad idea. - TB - 1/26/2007 11:19:39 PM
  - why not imbed kevlar fibers into the tiles themselves? - Scott Evil - 1/26/2007 8:34:13 PM
- re: heatshields and ceramic tiles. - TB - 1/26/2007 7:03:52 PM
  - hopefully the creamic tile technology has jumped forward since the shuttle tiles were designed. - Scott Evil - 1/26/2007 7:56:46 PM

Saturn (Cassini Photo Release) - Beat ya Raoul. - Vince - 1/27/2007 5:21:47 PM
- re: Saturn (Cassini Photo Release) - :-) - Raoul - 1/27/2007 5:32:27 PM

40 years ago today - Raoul - 1/27/2007 11:16:36 AM
- re: 40 years ago today and expectations - Raoul - 1/27/2007 1:50:41 PM

A quote from Pre-Astronauts on spin control - Chris Vancil - 1/27/2007 8:02:42 AM

Mars Atmosphere My Not Be Gone, But Hidden - Jeff F - 1/25/2007 10:21:35 PM
- Better Link - nick hoffman - 1/25/2007 10:38:18 PM
  - Mars Water And Air - Jeff F - 1/26/2007 12:40:28 AM
    - Mars-Like Planet - Peter Bruener - 1/27/2007 1:53:05 AM
    - Holy Grail or Poisoned Chalice? - nick hoffman - 1/26/2007 7:28:10 AM
      - Hidden opportunity? - Adam - 1/27/2007 3:25:22 AM
      - There is water - Jeff F - 1/26/2007 4:01:20 PM

Ocean Cooling Suggests Global Warming 'Speed Bump' - gbaikie - 1/25/2007 9:13:09 AM
- re: 'Speed Bump' - Johannes - 1/26/2007 3:22:12 AM
  - re: 'Speed Bump' - Yeti - 1/26/2007 6:39:20 AM
    - re: Is there a reason why you do not like questions? - Johannes - 1/26/2007 11:26:16 PM
- It must be all that melting ice... (n/t) - ER - 1/25/2007 12:04:10 PM
  - And the colder water threaten the careers of surfers.... - gbaikie - 1/25/2007 7:19:25 PM
    - re: And the colder water threaten the careers of surfers.... - Hank - 1/25/2007 8:14:12 PM
- Oops - gbaikie - 1/25/2007 9:36:34 AM

Orion and Ares 1 weight and performances - Raoul - 1/26/2007 10:02:18 PM

China being stupid in space. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 3:04:49 PM
- Maybe not... - ER - 1/23/2007 6:12:42 PM
  - You have to assume that they could do this without "proving it" stupid test. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 6:19:18 PM
    - We tested one method of destroying satellites. Do you object to our test on the same grounds? - alcaray - 1/23/2007 9:58:23 PM
      - With Bush threatening space-based weapons, they had no choice. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/24/2007 2:16:26 AM
        
        myth of Bush threatening space-based weapons - JimO - 1/24/2007 6:09:52 AM
        
        With all due respect, - - - - Bowser - 1/24/2007 6:30:10 AM
        
        re: Without any respect for reality, - - - - Jim O - 1/24/2007 9:35:08 PM
        
        Sigh. - Bowser - 1/25/2007 5:06:13 AM
        
        Bowser defends his delusions - JimO - 1/25/2007 5:14:12 PM
        
        Cross-purposes. - Bowser - 1/25/2007 11:49:03 PM
        
        Dark purposes. - JimO - 1/26/2007 5:38:36 AM
        
        OK. Intellectual dishonesty. - Bowser - 1/26/2007 7:04:04 AM
        
        re: OK. Intellectual dishonesty. - JimO - 1/26/2007 1:58:22 PM
        
        Too many mistakes in that to go into. Been fun, tho. Thanks. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/26/2007 5:44:59 PM
        
        Chronology - TB - 1/26/2007 7:28:12 AM
        
        not sure that's true. - alcaray - 1/26/2007 7:58:24 PM
        
        do you have a link? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/24/2007 10:52:58 PM
        
        Maybe.. - Raoul - 1/25/2007 6:51:09 AM
        
        will bowser read it? - JimO - 1/24/2007 11:02:17 PM
        
        I will. - alcaray - 1/24/2007 11:30:53 PM
        
        re: Bush threatening - TB - 1/24/2007 3:51:36 AM
      - Yes. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 11:22:03 PM
    - Assumption in this case might be invalid - azstrummer - 1/23/2007 9:05:02 PM
      - ballistics isn't new. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 11:26:09 PM
- Already discussed below - this thread... - nick hoffman - 1/23/2007 4:11:58 PM
  - Didn't see it... Thanks. - Scott Evil - 1/23/2007 6:13:46 PM
- US and its allies have of losing dominance (n/t) - Jack Herer - 1/23/2007 3:43:11 PM
- Are they insured? - [blank] - 1/23/2007 3:12:05 PM

Hurricane Space Interceptor - nick hoffman - 1/25/2007 11:13:08 PM

More advances in battery technology - TB - 1/24/2007 6:19:00 AM
- Supercapacitor performance varies with temperature - SDF - 1/25/2007 3:42:52 AM
- "Seventy-eight percent of commuters drive 40 miles or less to and from work." - Bowser - 1/24/2007 6:53:00 AM
  - re: "Seventy-eight percent of commuters drive 40 miles or less to and from work." - Doug Ellison - 1/24/2007 10:38:20 AM
    - MASS TRANSIT the Answer - carl - 1/24/2007 4:43:05 PM
      - MARS Transit the answer - nick hoffman - 1/25/2007 10:28:19 PM
      - Nuts - Adam - 1/24/2007 11:13:32 PM

A star occultation for americans - Raoul - 1/25/2007 10:14:45 PM

Greenhouse Gas not behaving - nick hoffman - 1/20/2007 12:01:55 AM
- re: Greenhouse Gas not behaving - nick hoffman - 1/23/2007 2:43:50 PM
  - re: Greenhouse Gas not behaving - Marcia - 1/23/2007 9:19:03 PM
    - re: Greenhouse Gas not behaving - gbaikie - 1/23/2007 10:52:32 PM
      - Lemme get this right... - et - 1/24/2007 12:15:19 AM
        
        re: Lemme get this right... - gbaikie - 1/24/2007 5:32:50 AM
        
        Could someone explain the difference between forcing and feedback to gbaike? He's still having trouble understanding. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/25/2007 7:06:05 PM
        
        re: Could someone explain the difference between forcing and feedback to gbaike? He's still having trouble understanding. - gbaikie - 1/25/2007 8:20:09 PM
        
        Oh, were done alright. - end transmission - 1/24/2007 6:07:36 PM
        
        re: Oh, were done alright. - gbaikie - 1/24/2007 7:28:50 PM
    - "Everyone from the scientific community..." - et - 1/23/2007 9:30:32 PM
  - xkcd - et - 1/23/2007 8:41:59 PM
    - Here's a topical one... - et - 1/23/2007 8:44:06 PM
- re: 4) The climate models are unreliable - Johannes - 1/22/2007 4:55:53 PM
  - re: Have you ever been in a sauna bath? - Johannes - 1/23/2007 5:08:37 AM
  - It's not the heat, it's the humidity. (n/t) - ER - 1/23/2007 12:49:41 AM
- You enjoy sweltering in 50 celsius temperatures, Nick? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/21/2007 1:26:39 AM
- Getting a little excited about a Guardian science article, aren't you? - et - 1/20/2007 6:13:59 PM
  - The actual source was NOAA, but we don't want to get too complicated here. (n/t) - TB - 1/21/2007 1:47:35 AM
    - Another stellar contribution Tom, thanks. - et - 1/21/2007 3:02:35 AM
- re: Greenhouse Gas not behaving - carbondioxide - 1/20/2007 12:59:30 AM
  - No - Lee - 1/20/2007 2:31:01 AM
    - Maybe - ER - 1/20/2007 3:44:44 AM
      - If one doesn't understand something... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/20/2007 7:57:15 AM
        
        You left out the best one of all. - ER - 1/20/2007 6:39:32 PM
        
        re: If one doesn't understand something... - father earth - 1/20/2007 2:05:44 PM
        
        X-rays - nick hoffman - 1/21/2007 11:38:02 AM
        
        That's the problem making a post like that... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/20/2007 11:12:38 PM
        
        Radium dials - ER - 1/21/2007 12:35:31 AM
        
        HALF LIVES - R.L. - 1/21/2007 5:31:47 AM
        
        Parallel Half-Lives - ER - 1/21/2007 1:19:03 PM
        
        re: That's the problem making a post like that... - father earth - 1/20/2007 11:19:02 PM
      - re: Maybe - gbaikie - 1/20/2007 7:47:33 AM
        
        Maybe not. - ER - 1/20/2007 7:01:56 PM
        
        re: Maybe not. - gbaikie - 1/21/2007 1:00:54 AM
        
        re: Maybe not. - ER - 1/21/2007 1:14:10 AM
        
        re: Maybe not. - gbaikie - 1/21/2007 3:33:07 AM
        
        I must withdraw... - ER - 1/21/2007 2:40:37 PM
        
        A wise move - gbaikie - 1/21/2007 10:45:40 PM
        
        Not only logical and witty... - ER - 1/21/2007 11:58:38 PM
        
        Not wise - gbaikie - 1/22/2007 1:15:48 AM
        
        Why am I not surprised? - ER - 1/22/2007 12:31:35 AM
        
        re: Why am I not surprised? - gbaikie - 1/22/2007 7:56:25 AM
        
        Apologies, missing text quote is here. - ER - 1/22/2007 12:42:20 AM
        
        re: Apologies, missing text quote is here. - gbaikie - 1/22/2007 1:44:32 AM
        
        "We are still in the midst of the third major cooling period that began around 3 million years ago..." - ER - 1/22/2007 3:20:20 AM
        
        re: "We are still in the midst of the third major cooling period that began around 3 million years ago..." - gbaikie - 1/22/2007 4:57:24 AM
        
        try again - gb - 1/22/2007 5:02:24 AM
        
        I don't have to... - ER - 1/22/2007 11:52:51 AM
        
        ...but I will anyway - ER - 1/22/2007 12:08:10 PM
        
        re: ...but I will anyway - gbaikie - 1/22/2007 8:24:57 PM
        
        Alligators? - Hank - 1/22/2007 9:13:03 PM
        
        re: Alligators? - gbaikie - 1/23/2007 4:59:43 AM

Recovery of the Indian capsule! - Raoul - 1/25/2007 7:58:30 PM

COROT's first light! - Raoul - 1/25/2007 7:16:12 PM

Freehold Meteorite 2 B Dislpayed this weekend - carl - 1/25/2007 6:44:48 PM

Aldrin's comment: sad but true - or just plain wrong? - Daniel - 1/22/2007 4:00:41 PM
- Historical analogy - Hank - 1/24/2007 6:42:07 PM
  - might not be an appropiate analogy - Daniel - 1/25/2007 4:54:14 PM
- Scientists vs engineers - Hank - 1/23/2007 2:06:51 PM
  - we definitely need an engineering breakthrough - Daniel - 1/23/2007 4:38:59 PM
    - BTW - - Daniel - 1/23/2007 4:47:13 PM
      - Excellent points, all - McFly - 1/23/2007 6:54:52 PM
        
        re: Indeed! - Raoul - 1/24/2007 10:16:38 PM
- The hiatus is simply sanity. There's been nothing there for Man. - Bowser - 1/23/2007 1:28:02 AM
  - strongly agree with this point though: - Daniel - 1/23/2007 6:43:15 PM
  - only true up to a point - Daniel - 1/23/2007 6:10:53 AM
- Sort of true. - TB - 1/22/2007 5:27:51 PM
  - re: Sort of true. - Daniel - 1/23/2007 6:21:18 AM

Comet Mc Naught - Raoul - 1/9/2007 10:39:09 PM
- Comet in Australia - nick hoffman - 1/21/2007 10:50:20 AM
  - re: Comet in Australia. Thank you, Nick!!!! (n/t) - Marcia - 1/22/2007 4:52:39 PM
  - re: Comet in Australia - nick hoffman - 1/22/2007 12:25:02 PM
  - re: And ESO staff! - Raoul - 1/21/2007 7:26:54 PM
    - re: Beautiful - SteveS - 1/22/2007 3:04:52 PM
      - Yepun telescope, a laser beam, the comet, Venus, the Moon! - Raoul - 1/22/2007 6:15:00 PM
- re: SOHO movie - SteveS - 1/20/2007 2:13:17 PM
- re: Comet Mc Naught - Delbert - 1/19/2007 5:52:01 PM
- 2 of my nieces and their families are going t Australia today, and I have told them to look for the comet. (n/t) - Delbert - 1/19/2007 5:30:07 PM
  - Comet report from Australia - Delbert - 1/21/2007 7:31:59 PM
    - re: Mc Naught by Mc Naught! - Raoul - 1/21/2007 8:00:36 PM
  - re: Incrdible pictures from New-Zealand!! - Raoul - 1/19/2007 7:02:31 PM
- Too many hills to both west and east... - TB - 1/14/2007 10:17:33 PM
  - re: Too many hills to both west and east... - Fran - 1/19/2007 1:39:04 PM
- re: Comet Mc Naught visible in full daylight! - Raoul - 1/13/2007 3:28:57 PM
  - Lucky ones - Raoul - 1/14/2007 4:43:38 PM
  - re: From Guillaume Cannat - Raoul - 1/13/2007 3:59:53 PM
    - re: From Guillaume Cannat (even better) Full daylight! - Raoul - 1/13/2007 11:09:16 PM
      - re: From Guillaume Cannat (even better) Full daylight! - Marcia - 1/14/2007 7:21:39 PM
        
        From Philippe Morel - Raoul - 1/16/2007 9:40:46 PM
        
        re: From Philippe Morel - Gorgeous! :) - Marcia - 1/22/2007 4:51:31 PM
        
        Another more local observation - Raoul - 1/14/2007 9:47:03 PM
        
        Daylight astronomy - Raoul - 1/14/2007 7:51:57 PM
        
        Reports indicate that it is brighter than Venus. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2007 11:04:24 PM
- re: Comet Mc Naught - SteveS - 1/12/2007 4:25:33 AM
  - re: Comet Mc Naught - Tony Sutton - 1/25/2007 8:28:33 AM
  - Saw it last night. - RobVG - 1/13/2007 1:27:46 AM
    - re: Saw it last night. - SteveS - 1/13/2007 4:49:41 PM
      - Dang imaging - SteveS - 1/13/2007 4:58:45 PM
        
        Nice! (n/t) - RobVG - 1/13/2007 6:40:00 PM
        
        re: Super, Steve!! (n/t) - Raoul - 1/13/2007 5:09:46 PM
        
        re: re:Thanks everybody (n/t) - SteveS - 1/15/2007 2:15:05 PM
  - re: Comet Mc Naught rework - SteveS - 1/12/2007 3:23:09 PM
- Comet McNaught 2006 P/1 Finder Charts from Skymaps.com - LJK - 1/10/2007 2:06:59 AM
  - re: Comet McNaught 2006 P/1 from Stereo - Raoul - 1/11/2007 10:36:51 PM
    - East coast here, Maryland - Jeff F - 1/15/2007 12:49:03 AM

Why the Moon from Paul Spudis - Raoul - 1/22/2007 9:53:57 PM
- re: "cislunar space will revolutionize the paradigm of spaceflight" could agree more but.. - Chris Vancil - 1/23/2007 8:06:45 AM
  - re: "cislunar space will revolutionize the paradigm of spaceflight" could agree more but.. - Ken Murphy - 1/24/2007 2:13:07 AM
    - re: "cislunar space will revolutionize the paradigm of spaceflight" could agree more but.. - Chris Vancil - 1/24/2007 10:12:40 AM
      - re:space-faring vs. space-visiting - Ken Murphy - 1/25/2007 12:00:26 AM
        
        re: re:space-faring vs. space-visiting - Chris Vancil - 1/25/2007 8:06:45 AM
- re: Why the Moon from Paul Spudis - gbaikie - 1/23/2007 4:18:46 AM

Has red spot junior vanished? - Raoul - 1/24/2007 5:23:31 PM
- Love those shadows from the moons - SteveS - 1/25/2007 2:41:54 AM

Lunar Transient Phenomena - Johannes - 1/24/2007 9:48:26 PM
- re: Lunar Transient Phenomena - Raoul - 1/24/2007 9:53:30 PM

James Webb Space Telescope - Raoul - 1/24/2007 8:47:35 PM
- re: James Webb Space Telescope launcher - Raoul - 1/24/2007 9:10:16 PM

From unmannedspaceflight...Where's this one taken from? - Raoul - 1/22/2007 7:06:13 PM
- re: From unmannedspaceflight...Where's this one taken from? - Laurie Street - 1/22/2007 7:18:28 PM
  - Yes, Oppy! - Raoul - 1/22/2007 7:29:20 PM
    - re: Possible Photoshop job - TB - 1/22/2007 7:31:53 PM
      - Found it. - TB - 1/22/2007 7:46:36 PM
        
        re: Thank you, Tom ....and I'm sorry....:( (n/t) - Raoul - 1/22/2007 9:33:43 PM
        
        Being Raoul on the Space board means never having to say you're sorry :-) - McFly - 1/23/2007 6:59:38 PM
        
        Huh? Sorry for what? (n/t) - TB - 1/22/2007 10:52:35 PM
        
        Yeah, no need to apologize, Raoul - the image is still beautiful (n/t) - Laurie Street - 1/22/2007 11:32:23 PM
      - re: Possible Photoshop job - Marcia - 1/22/2007 7:44:19 PM
      - re: Well.. - Raoul - 1/22/2007 7:38:50 PM
        
        re: Well.. - Doug Ellison - 1/22/2007 11:06:16 PM

new enviro argument - father earth - 1/21/2007 11:39:03 PM
- Taking the maximum long view, there's no such thing as "damage" at all... - alcaray - 1/22/2007 10:12:39 PM
  - re: Taking the maximum long view, there's no such thing as "damage" at all... - father earth - 1/23/2007 12:06:03 AM
- "Some Circumstantial Evidence Is Very Strong, As When You Find A Trout In The Milk." - H.D. Thoreau (n/t) - Hank - 1/22/2007 2:15:31 PM

India successfully recovers its first spacecraft from orbit - TB - 1/22/2007 5:22:35 PM

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