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The Composition of Mercury - ljk - 12/5/2006 5:00:03 AM
- More Earth Expansion nonsense... - Adam - 12/5/2006 8:11:53 AM

The L2 Alternative - LJK - 12/4/2006 4:53:50 PM
- re: The L2 Alternative - gbaikie - 12/5/2006 1:43:01 AM
- re: The L2 Alternative - Raoul - 12/4/2006 5:23:31 PM
  - Is L2 really empty? - ljk - 12/5/2006 1:55:17 AM
    - re: Yes! - Raoul - 12/5/2006 6:44:42 AM
    - re: Is L2 really empty? - gbaikie - 12/5/2006 5:38:36 AM

Detailed Planetary System Map - phil - 12/5/2006 1:02:37 AM

The Antikythera Mechanism (pics) - Laurie Street - 11/29/2006 9:44:38 PM
- But, Laurie! They had no internet back then.... - Jacob Samorodin - 12/4/2006 12:11:03 AM
- re: The Antikythera Mechanism (pics) - Vince - 11/30/2006 1:18:23 AM
  - Another quote from the Nature article - ljk - 11/30/2006 12:45:41 PM
    - The Mechanism on exhibit in Athens - ljk - 12/5/2006 12:42:38 AM

Impacts May Make Moon Unsafe For Humans - ID - 12/4/2006 4:24:51 PM
- re: Impacts May Make Moon Unsafe For Humans - gbaikie - 12/4/2006 11:03:08 PM
- re: Mir and others - Raoul - 12/4/2006 5:28:27 PM
- As the modules have to be buried under regolith to survive radiation - E.P. - 12/4/2006 4:35:34 PM
  - re: Spacesuited folks will not be buried under durt and burial modules will take infrastructure. - Chris Vancil in AZ - 12/4/2006 6:43:08 PM
    - here ya go, young fella - E.P. - 12/5/2006 12:09:44 AM
    - I wonder why all the space colonization nay-saying lately? - LJK - 12/4/2006 7:36:30 PM
      - If you sail off to far, youâ€™ll fall off the End of the Earth - REB - 12/4/2006 9:14:45 PM
      - re: We know more and more - Raoul - 12/4/2006 8:47:36 PM
      - At least Shackleton got all his people home alive. (n/t) - ER - 12/4/2006 7:51:06 PM

New Griffith Observatory - Delbert - 12/4/2006 1:40:11 AM
- Nice pictures (n/t) - Eric - 12/4/2006 3:45:51 PM
- Helpfull hints - Delbert - 12/4/2006 3:42:18 PM
  - The positive things about long lines at Griffith... - LJK - 12/4/2006 3:56:43 PM
    - re: The positive things about long lines at Griffith... - Delbert - 12/4/2006 5:15:04 PM
- Yup - Donald - 12/4/2006 3:24:48 AM

Bad astronomy, bad history, bad religion - E.P. - 12/4/2006 5:05:18 PM

How Frequent are Fireballs? - LJK - 12/4/2006 3:49:14 PM

This one is not an impact mega-tsunami - E.P. - 12/3/2006 12:35:55 AM
- Still despite the dating could have led to stories of a "worldwide" flood. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/3/2006 3:29:13 PM
  - only in the mediterranean region - E.P. Grondine - 12/3/2006 5:34:51 PM
    - Good idea - Adam - 12/3/2006 9:14:01 PM
      - re: Good idea - E.P. - 12/4/2006 1:14:02 AM
        
        Ogyges Flood... - Adam - 12/4/2006 10:18:48 AM
        
        re: Ogyges Flood... - E.P. - 12/4/2006 3:16:50 PM

A revelation from Genesis - Raoul - 11/24/2006 6:48:20 AM
- So much for the planet scorching super-Flare (n/t) - Adam - 11/26/2006 9:38:50 PM
  - I'm startinmg to believe in Nick Hoffman's hypothesis of a White Mars. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/4/2006 12:18:41 AM

Possible Orbital ABM Platform - phil - 12/1/2006 10:03:18 PM
- Rouge elements GAIN CONTROL of Orbital Platforms? - carl - 12/2/2006 3:07:17 PM
- re: Possible Orbital ABM Platform - JimO - 12/2/2006 5:03:18 AM
  - It's dead Jim - phil - 12/2/2006 3:04:20 PM
    - Today, nukes can be smuggled into the the country in bales of marijuana. (n/t) - ER - 12/3/2006 1:44:34 AM
  - Couldn't energy weapons be put into geosynch orbit? - Lee - 12/2/2006 5:21:45 AM
    - Focus. (n/t) - et` - 12/2/2006 5:26:06 AM
      - The vacuum of space would make it a lot easier. - Lee - 12/2/2006 7:43:21 AM
        
        The optics issues would be BIG - Adam - 12/3/2006 9:30:37 PM
  - Maybe it's more about the threat potential - ljk - 12/2/2006 5:11:40 AM
    - re: Hmm - Raoul - 12/2/2006 9:37:06 AM
      - I'm not talking about the space engineers - ljk - 12/2/2006 8:20:08 PM

Yosemite waterfall by night with Moonbow by Andy Skinner - Raoul - 12/3/2006 10:07:19 AM
- Beauteous. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/3/2006 3:25:39 PM

NASA's DSN is old and rusting, while the ESA's antennnas are underused - Raoul - 12/3/2006 10:31:57 AM
- ESA network congestion....and ITAR. - Doug Ellison - 12/3/2006 11:02:48 AM
  - Ciel et Espace - Raoul - 12/3/2006 11:36:40 AM

NASA has clue to life's question - Johannes - 12/3/2006 4:55:08 AM

A leonid hits the Moon! - Raoul - 12/2/2006 6:23:36 PM

Single, not multiple impact killed dinos - phil - 12/1/2006 10:53:05 PM
- Hey, who says science isn't a democracy! (n/t) - SDF - 12/2/2006 1:29:57 PM

Exoplanets and a puzzle - Raoul - 11/27/2006 5:27:50 PM
- Maybe they have a ring system or a mini-magnetosphere cloud (n/t) - SDF - 11/28/2006 11:41:28 AM
- PSR B1828-11: a precession pulsar torqued by a quark planet? - LJK - 11/27/2006 5:33:16 PM
  - Four New Exoplanets and Hints of Additional Substellar Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars - LJK - 11/27/2006 9:50:11 PM
    - N-body Simulation of Planetesimal Formation Through Gravitational Instability of a Dust Layer - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:12:30 PM
      - Dust dynamics during protoplanetary disc clearing - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:15:22 PM
        
        Relativistic Effects in Extrasolar Planetary Systems - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:18:24 PM
        
        K-band transit and secondary eclipse photometry of exoplanet OGLE-TR-113b - LJK - 11/30/2006 3:47:24 PM
        
        What's a Planet? New riddles beyond the solar system - ljk - 12/2/2006 6:01:24 AM

More HiRISE images - Doug Ellison - 11/29/2006 9:37:04 PM
- Victoria Crater HiRISE anaglyph (800kb) - Doug Ellison - 11/30/2006 10:52:33 AM
  - Waaaay Cool! - nick hoffman - 12/2/2006 5:34:45 AM
- re: Amazing! thanks, Doug! (n/t) - Raoul - 11/29/2006 9:58:42 PM

Blue Origin update - TB - 12/1/2006 9:50:19 PM

Titan: A Tale of Two Planets - LJK - 12/1/2006 6:59:57 PM

Black Hole Inflation Paper ----Updated 28-Nov-2006 - SDF - 11/28/2006 7:59:26 PM
- UMBC Astronomer Helps Discover Possible New Black Hole at Milky Way Galaxy's Center - LJK - 11/28/2006 8:01:38 PM
  - re: Integral - Raoul - 11/29/2006 7:49:59 AM
    - I guess I've posted this too often 'cause nobody read my new paper - SDF - 11/30/2006 2:48:37 PM
      - And I guess I've stumbled upon the ultimate conundrum of modern physics - SDF - 12/1/2006 6:55:46 PM

Christmas gift - gbaikie - 12/1/2006 1:00:53 AM
- Waiting for the INTRA-Dimensional Travel - carl - 12/1/2006 5:54:01 PM
- a less expensive Christmas gift - E.P. - 12/1/2006 5:12:49 AM

Astronomers discover the first negatively charged molecule in space - LJK - 12/1/2006 4:43:38 PM
- What about the hydroxl radical? It's negatively charged. - ER - 12/1/2006 5:34:06 PM

A Hypothetical Gas Giant moon. - REB - 12/1/2006 4:14:50 PM

Send a Message to the Moon via Jaoan - LJK - 11/30/2006 2:28:19 PM
- China's First Circumlunar Exploration Satellite To Be Ready Next Feb - LJK - 12/1/2006 2:22:29 PM

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