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Measurement of Antenna Surfaces from In- and Out-Of-Focus Beam Maps using Astronomical Sources - LJK - 12/12/2006 6:56:52 PM
- Out-Of-Focus Holography at the Green Bank Telescope - LJK - 12/12/2006 7:07:06 PM

Its playing out like I figured it would - E.P. - 12/11/2006 2:58:12 PM
- re: Its playing out like I figured it would - Jeff F - 12/11/2006 6:58:06 PM
  - re: Its playing out like I figured it would - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/12/2006 2:28:29 AM
    - re: Its playing out like I figured it would - Jeff F - 12/12/2006 10:56:19 AM
    - re: Its playing out like I figured it would - Jeff F - 12/12/2006 10:56:13 AM
      - lots of us, if you are paying attention - alcaray - 12/12/2006 4:33:57 PM
        
        Cool your Jets - Jeff F - 12/12/2006 5:51:04 PM
        
        I was only quoting the product of your jets. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/12/2006 6:01:04 PM

Does anyone remember the film koyaanisqatsi? Someone do it for mars! - Sawyer - 12/12/2006 2:20:42 PM
- VR on videogame systems - E.P. - 12/12/2006 4:46:09 PM

Now what? Another NASA "significant find" briefing coming up. - TB - 12/6/2006 4:51:03 AM
- So how long before MRO can get a good look at it? - Buck Galaxy - 12/9/2006 8:50:56 AM
  - It WOULD be a good target IF... - nick hoffman - 12/11/2006 1:15:41 AM
  - re: So how long before MRO can get a good look at it? - alcaray - 12/10/2006 5:39:07 AM
- Way off topic posts removed. - moderating podrock - 12/8/2006 12:15:41 AM
  - were those posts by any chance my posts? - E.P. - 12/8/2006 12:49:49 AM
    - Yup - moderating podrock - 12/8/2006 12:52:58 AM
      - If NASA schedules the announcement of bogus claims about water on Mars to coincide with the release of bad news from Iraq, then it belongs right here - E.P. - 12/8/2006 1:17:22 AM
        
        Moderators Notice to EP - Moderator Nick - 12/9/2006 6:38:41 PM
        
        EPs notice to Moderators - E.P. - 12/10/2006 12:27:45 PM
        
        re: Expertise - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/11/2006 4:05:32 AM
        
        I always clearly explained my actions... - R.L. - 12/11/2006 6:57:06 AM
        
        re: Moderators Notice to EP - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/10/2006 1:57:39 AM
        
        Thanks, Young fella, those are good points - E.P. - 12/10/2006 12:32:27 PM
        
        I would be curiouos as to your definition of young... - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/12/2006 5:02:08 AM
        
        Launch of LRO is scheduled during tail end of '08 campaign. - alcaray - 12/8/2006 4:28:52 PM
        
        a fortunate coindence... - E.P. - 12/8/2006 11:27:44 PM
        
        re: So every time they have major claims about Mars they coincide with every major Iraq announcements? - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/8/2006 2:21:43 AM
        
        No, news releases from Mars Express are not timed to bad news from Iraq - E.P. - 12/8/2006 3:00:51 AM
        
        Just wondering: what news releases do NOT coincide with the press reporting bad news from Iraq? (n/t) - TB - 12/8/2006 10:26:20 PM
        
        re: .....sigh..... - moderating podrock - 12/8/2006 1:58:16 AM
        
        I liked the title you gave them. ;-) (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/8/2006 4:36:18 PM
- I've seen these in the mountains... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/7/2006 8:27:53 AM
- re: So what? Another NASA "significant find" briefing coming up. - nick hoffman - 12/7/2006 5:57:55 AM
  - old ideas dying - E.P. - 12/8/2006 1:24:07 AM
  - why bright? - dtb - 12/7/2006 3:57:40 PM
    - re: why bright? - nick hoffman - 12/9/2006 6:45:31 PM
      - re: why bright? - alcaray - 12/9/2006 6:57:44 PM
- Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth - BRFelix, cur - 12/7/2006 12:36:12 AM
  - Earlier experiments had already proven liquid water could carve the type of gullies seen on Mars. - Robert Clark - 12/7/2006 6:36:52 AM
    - re: Well, sure, of course, naturally - BRFelix - 12/8/2006 3:06:13 PM
- Why water (vs dry/gas flow)? - dtb - 12/6/2006 11:19:05 PM
- A little more (big pic) - Laurie Street - 12/6/2006 9:20:32 PM
  - Any idea how deep the origin of this 'water fall' is? (n/t) - R.L. - 12/6/2006 9:43:55 PM
    - Sorry, that wasn't too clear - R.L. - 12/7/2006 5:24:14 AM
      - Still not completely clear but - Buck Galaxy - 12/7/2006 8:47:15 PM
        
        re: Still not completely clear but - Laurie Street - 12/8/2006 1:15:03 AM
- Also some brand new impact craters! (n/t) - TB - 12/6/2006 6:16:24 PM
  - re: Also some brand new impact craters! - gbaikie - 12/7/2006 11:17:08 PM
    - 20:1 - nick hoffman - 12/11/2006 1:12:04 AM
- Briefing on now (10 AM Pacific). Liquid water flow. (n/t) - TB - 12/6/2006 6:04:59 PM
  - re: Briefing on now (10 AM Pacific). Liquid water flow. - REB - 12/6/2006 8:01:34 PM
  - My guess... - TB - 12/6/2006 6:09:33 PM
  - Early press story - TB - 12/6/2006 6:08:01 PM
- MGS Relayed Picture Of Great Galactic Ghoul Before Being Gobbled Up? - ID - 12/6/2006 4:03:14 PM
  - Major impactor! YES!!! - Adam bomber - 12/6/2006 5:24:16 PM
- Scuttlebutt: Liquid water (n/t) - TB - 12/6/2006 6:09:44 AM
  - Oh well, - Adam bomber - 12/6/2006 5:25:21 PM
  - If they found liquid water currently on the surface, I will have to eat crow - R.L. - 12/6/2006 3:02:06 PM
    - You want ketchup with that crow? :) (n/t) - Laurie Street - 12/6/2006 9:24:07 PM
      - Nope not yet- I NEVER claimed there wasnt any subsurface water on mars - R.L. - 12/6/2006 10:04:33 PM
        
        Just for reference.... - R.L. - 12/7/2006 6:20:59 AM
        
        many replies deleted - moderating podrock - 12/7/2006 4:24:46 PM
        
        his coworkers get to have a chat with him - :) - 12/12/2006 7:31:04 AM
        
        Thanks (n/t) - R.L. - 12/7/2006 8:59:49 PM
        
        [messages deleted] (n/t) - Robert Shepherd - 12/7/2006 5:08:06 AM
        
        did anyone explain the rules to that guy? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2006 7:11:05 PM
    - re: If they found liquid water currently on the surface, I will have to eat crow - Jeff F - 12/6/2006 8:59:07 PM
      - Water or brine... - Adam - 12/6/2006 9:19:40 PM
        
        Probably very acidic briny sludge or ooze. - Jacob Samorodin - 12/8/2006 12:34:11 AM
        
        re: Water or brine... - Laurie Street - 12/6/2006 9:22:44 PM

Boehlert wants to slow CEV / Orion - Jeff F - 12/11/2006 10:09:31 PM
- re: Boehlert wants to slow CEV / Orion - SDF - 12/12/2006 4:35:29 AM
- I wonder what the minimum mass spec for the CEV might be - E.P. - 12/12/2006 4:35:10 AM

Discovery now docked! - Raoul - 12/11/2006 10:15:05 PM

STS 116 MECO seen off NJ SHORE - carl - 12/11/2006 5:40:00 PM
- possible -- likely! - JimO - 12/11/2006 6:02:38 PM
  - Here is a ground-based photo of MECO - LJK - 12/11/2006 9:28:15 PM

Black holes: from stars to galaxies - LJK - 12/11/2006 10:01:48 AM

SN 1987A at the end of its second decade - LJK - 12/11/2006 9:54:32 AM

Well since no one else has posted, they are in orbit with a spectacular nighttime launch. (n/t) - Delbert - 12/10/2006 2:11:35 AM
- re:Unusual pictures - Raoul - 12/10/2006 9:34:52 AM
  - "Ring of fire" -- angry oxygen atoms? - JimO - 12/10/2006 4:18:03 PM
    - 3D shape of glow region - JimO - 12/11/2006 5:51:44 AM
      - re: 3D shape of glow region - Doug Ellison - 12/11/2006 9:05:21 AM
    - Will you accept speculation? - R.L. - 12/10/2006 7:03:09 PM
      - Oh.. and also - R.L. - 12/10/2006 7:04:57 PM
        
        ionized O and N, like a planetary nebula? (n/t) - ER - 12/11/2006 12:15:41 AM
        
        yes, with some differences... - R.L. - 12/11/2006 12:22:20 AM
        
        I think you've got it. - TB - 12/10/2006 10:33:48 PM
        
        Friction effects could play a part too... but it seems (as JimO said) to be dependent on the engines... - R.L. - 12/11/2006 12:30:20 AM
- Best wishes for a safe & successful mission (n/t) - Daniel - 12/10/2006 6:15:01 AM

Liftoff - ER - 12/10/2006 2:13:43 AM
- enzyme breakdown - ER - 12/10/2006 1:02:30 PM
- re:First sweedish astronaut! - Raoul - 12/10/2006 10:32:18 AM
  - Wasn't there a Cuban cosmonaut on Mir? (n/t) - ER - 12/10/2006 10:36:43 PM
    - re: Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez (1980) for Salyut 6 - Raoul - 12/11/2006 6:49:02 AM

Why the Heck does NASA FUEL up Shuttle with 30% Launch Probability? - carl - 12/9/2006 4:32:03 PM
- because they launched and the vehicle is now on orbit. (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 12/10/2006 9:44:42 AM
- Launch chances looking pretty good right now. (n/t) - TB - 12/10/2006 1:35:50 AM
- re: Practice makes perfect. (n/t) - Vince - 12/9/2006 9:54:15 PM
- It's good training for the ground crews and a great checkout for all the systems. (n/t) - ER - 12/9/2006 8:50:22 PM
- Fuelling costs approx 0.5 - 0.6% of processing, 0.01% of total mission cost. (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 12/9/2006 6:33:53 PM
- They would look pretty dumb if the cloud cleared and there was no fuel in the tanks... (n/t) - nick hoffman - 12/9/2006 6:26:48 PM

Discovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Raoul - 12/10/2006 2:09:54 AM
- NASA TV Launch Replays - Peter Bruener - 12/10/2006 2:36:14 AM
  - So did I - Delbert - 12/10/2006 6:50:04 AM
    - re: So did I - Peter Bruener - 12/10/2006 7:37:32 AM

Aviation Week - TB - 12/10/2006 1:41:26 AM

For Cernan, mobility is most important! - Raoul - 12/10/2006 12:16:08 AM

Echoes of Giant Pulses from the Crab Pulsar - LJK - 12/6/2006 6:18:39 PM
- More electrical nonsense from Michael Dmirkin deleted - Moderator Nick - 12/9/2006 6:36:34 PM

MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) - Raoul - 12/2/2006 9:52:38 PM
- re: MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) - JMA - 12/3/2006 6:23:24 AM
  - re: MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) - Raoul - 12/3/2006 10:10:57 AM
    - Dark Matter - SDF - 12/3/2006 2:38:46 PM
      - re: What we observe - Raoul - 12/3/2006 5:11:50 PM
        
        That's what I thought - SDF - 12/4/2006 5:39:22 PM
        
        re: That's what I thought - Michael Gmirkin - 12/9/2006 10:54:47 AM
        
        More clarification - SDF - 12/5/2006 4:39:03 AM
        
        re: Would that account for the dark matter? - Raoul - 12/5/2006 5:31:14 PM

Tomorrow morning very low above the horizon - Raoul - 12/9/2006 8:39:37 AM

Mega Solar tsunami on december 6th Spot 930 - Raoul - 12/8/2006 9:56:07 PM
- re: Wow! (n/t) - Vince - 12/9/2006 2:46:54 AM

Ariane 5 successfully launches 2 american satellites! - Raoul - 12/8/2006 10:53:57 PM

Spokes! - Raoul - 11/23/2006 5:31:06 PM
- Lightning! So say the Chinese... - Michael Gmirkin - 12/8/2006 10:52:44 PM

The instability of planetary systems in binaries - ljk - 12/5/2006 5:03:46 AM
- Tidal dissipation within hot Jupiters: a new appraisal - ljk - 12/5/2006 5:05:59 AM
  - Debris disks in main sequence binary systems - LJK - 12/5/2006 3:01:01 PM
    - Microlensing search for extrasolar planets - LJK - 12/5/2006 3:02:45 PM
      - On Secular Resonances of Small Bodies in the Planetary Systems - LJK - 12/5/2006 3:08:02 PM
        
        Northrop Grumman Concept Uses Shade to Find New Planets - LJK - 12/5/2006 7:18:11 PM
        
        Statistics and Simulations of Transit Surveys for Extrasolar Planets - LJK - 12/7/2006 3:44:50 PM
        
        The Metallicity of Stars with Close Companions - LJK - 12/8/2006 4:19:48 PM

40% efficient Solar Cells - Adam - 12/7/2006 12:54:36 PM
- Would concentrator's work to the same efficiencies in space? - Scott Evil - 12/7/2006 3:28:25 PM
  - re: Would concentrator's work to the same efficiencies in space? - Adam - 12/8/2006 12:25:52 PM

Russia's Luna-Glob Mission for 2012 - LJK - 12/8/2006 4:56:13 AM

Launch scrubbed. (n/t) - TB - 12/8/2006 2:43:42 AM
- Well, they want a clean launch.... - podrock - 12/8/2006 3:56:20 AM

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