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Forest growth update - TB - 11/15/2006 6:58:35 AM
- Wonder how much of those new trees are white pine? - Lee - 11/15/2006 5:45:43 PM
  - Why there are still a lot of giant Sequoias - TB - 11/15/2006 9:29:01 PM
    - I ordered some interesting seeds a few months ago. - Lee - 11/16/2006 3:41:45 AM
      - let us know how that goes. - Scott Evil - 11/16/2006 5:07:28 PM
- Come on Canada...Get with the program. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 11/15/2006 2:38:39 PM
  - OK - we'll stop shipping forest products to the US - Laurie Street - 11/15/2006 4:39:56 PM
    - Laurie makes a good point - TB - 11/15/2006 9:25:05 PM
    - It would do wonders for our forestry industries. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/15/2006 6:21:02 PM
      - True, but then he US would have to start to deforestate (is that a word?) again (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/15/2006 8:10:51 PM
- I am doing my part :) - REB - 11/15/2006 1:27:50 PM
  - re: I am doing my part :) - lance - 11/15/2006 7:35:52 PM

Atlantis hole in the radiator - Raoul - 11/16/2006 2:04:28 PM

Infrared Transmission Spectra for Extrasolar Giant Planets - LJK - 11/8/2006 5:06:48 PM
- Direct detection of exoplanet host star companion gamma Cep B and revised masses for both stars and the sub-stellar object - LJK - 11/15/2006 7:04:05 PM
  - On the Nature of the Dust in the Debris Disk Around HD69830 - LJK - 11/16/2006 1:54:02 PM
    - Predicting Photometric and Spectroscopic Signatures of Rings around Transiting Extrasolar Planets - LJK - 11/16/2006 1:56:35 PM

Mega-tsunami Impactor - Adam - 11/15/2006 9:45:59 PM
- re: Mega-tsunami Impactor - phil - 11/16/2006 12:10:14 AM

Space patches... (1.25 MB) - Raoul - 11/15/2006 7:58:45 PM
- re: Space patches... (1.25 MB) - REB - 11/15/2006 8:18:00 PM
  - re: Space patches... (1.25 MB) - Delbert - 11/15/2006 11:04:22 PM
  - re: Space patches... - Raoul - 11/15/2006 9:50:54 PM

Planetary Defense - phil - 11/7/2006 11:40:40 PM
- Let me see if I can clarify it for you - E.P. - 11/8/2006 8:11:30 AM
  - Well Strokes Do Effect Memory - ID - 11/8/2006 4:47:23 PM
    - Pale Ink - E.P. - 11/8/2006 5:22:25 PM
    - What medical condition... - alcaray - 11/8/2006 5:14:54 PM
      - You Tell Me - ID - 11/8/2006 7:44:51 PM
        
        as et pointed out, it is communicable. - alcaray - 11/8/2006 10:22:07 PM
        
        Good Honest Answer! - ID - 11/9/2006 1:16:49 AM
        
        re: Good Honest Answer! - alcaray - 11/9/2006 5:01:00 PM
        
        You Mean Like The People That Wanted To Abolish Slavery, Or Apartheid, or Stop The War In Iraq? - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 6:27:25 PM
        
        Bizarre parallel! - alcaray - 11/9/2006 6:41:21 PM
        
        I invite y'all to take this to flame. - podrock (as moderator) - 11/9/2006 7:31:54 PM
        
        No Thanks, But We'll End It Here - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 8:59:57 PM
        
        rising temperature - podrock (as moderator) - 11/9/2006 9:28:50 PM
        
        Ok Clear Enough - Mark Eby - 11/9/2006 9:47:07 PM
        
        I completely agree that it does not belong here, and I apologize to all. - alcaray - 11/9/2006 7:39:53 PM
        
        Thanks, alcaray. (n/t) - mod-podrock - 11/10/2006 1:49:25 AM
        
        Once again, Mark - E.P. - 11/8/2006 7:56:17 PM
        
        re: Once again, Mark - David - 11/12/2006 12:49:44 AM
      - I dunno but it's transmissible by the web apparently. (n/t) - et - 11/8/2006 5:52:00 PM
      - Self preservation - E.P. - 11/8/2006 5:45:07 PM
        
        Wasn't directed at you. I guess the shoe fits, though. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/8/2006 5:50:48 PM
- It's a puzzlement. - Bowser - 11/8/2006 5:51:48 AM
  - Cost-benefit - TB - 11/8/2006 5:53:42 PM
    - Something like the AAVSO or ALPO. - ER - 11/8/2006 6:29:20 PM
      - re: Something like the AAVSO or ALPO. - David - 11/12/2006 12:24:21 AM
      - Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - E.P. - 11/9/2006 1:16:24 AM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - David - 11/12/2006 12:10:30 AM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - E.P. - 11/12/2006 3:57:54 PM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - David - 11/12/2006 9:42:36 PM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - E.P. - 11/13/2006 9:27:26 AM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - David - 11/13/2006 9:48:32 PM
        
        re: In general you are wrong. Amateurs have and do detect possible impactors. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/11/2006 4:39:47 AM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - ER - 11/9/2006 3:17:50 AM
        
        re: Excuse me, but amateurs can not provide warning of an impactor - E.P. - 11/9/2006 5:50:24 AM
        
        Do your laundry elsewhere. - ER - 11/9/2006 12:38:52 PM
        
        re: "Do your laundry elsewhere" on Flame - Moderator Nick - 11/11/2006 8:36:01 AM
        
        Just washing the mud off - E.P. - 11/9/2006 1:30:02 PM
        
        Polite, please - Moderator Nick - 11/10/2006 12:35:10 AM
        
        As always, they go first - E.P. - 11/10/2006 11:00:51 AM
        
        Astronomy with Small Telescopes - LJK - 11/9/2006 3:47:28 PM
        
        and impactor detection from space - E.P. - 11/9/2006 4:56:27 PM
  - Let me see if I can clarify it for you as well - E.P. - 11/8/2006 8:20:54 AM
    - 2007 Planetary Defense Conference - LJK - 11/8/2006 2:26:40 PM
      - The private sector: I wonder if they'll rent floor space - E.P. - 11/8/2006 5:28:55 PM
        
        Observations of double asteroid stress Arecibo radar's vital role in identifying threats in Earth's vicinity - LJK - 11/15/2006 8:06:29 PM

A strategy for the Moon! - Raoul - 11/15/2006 7:19:34 PM

A cool head in hot times - nick hoffman - 11/12/2006 3:55:55 AM
- It's reasonable to discuss catastrophy when it's a possibility of the current trends, albeit perhaps unlikely. - et - 11/12/2006 7:12:47 PM
- re: A cool head in hot times - E.P. - 11/12/2006 6:50:17 AM
  - Space-Based Sun-Shade Concept a Bright Idea - LJK - 11/13/2006 6:38:20 PM
    - An opposite approach to a different problem: - podrock - 11/13/2006 7:51:31 PM
      - re: Daylight? - Raoul - 11/13/2006 8:03:43 PM
        
        Space mirrors could create Earth-like haven on Mars - LJK - 11/15/2006 7:18:19 PM

Protection on the Moon - Raoul - 11/14/2006 1:27:07 PM
- I remember bringing this up a few years ago - Buck Galaxy - 11/15/2006 5:10:44 AM
  - The secret word is "lava tubes." - TB - 11/15/2006 5:58:16 AM
- You find the coolest stuff - Peter Bruener - 11/14/2006 11:10:44 PM
  - NASA Weighs U.S. Strategy for Moon Exploration - LJK - 11/15/2006 6:56:03 PM

Unusual angle for the STS 115 launch - Raoul - 11/15/2006 12:12:26 PM
- It looks as if they've seriously modified the B-57 - Bowser - 11/15/2006 6:30:12 PM
  - Couldn't do it. For anyone interested, here's the raw links. - Bowser - 11/15/2006 6:31:53 PM
- Awesome - thanks, Raoul! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/15/2006 4:34:55 PM
- Code name...JIMMY DURANTE!!!!!! - carl - 11/15/2006 2:59:28 PM
- Wow! - REB - 11/15/2006 1:29:31 PM

Year End Computer Glitch Affects Shuttle Launch - phil - 11/9/2006 10:06:39 PM
- Take a few I PODS and Playstaitons with them - carl - 11/15/2006 3:19:55 PM
- Antiquated, or simple? Or both? - Bowser - 11/10/2006 5:54:14 AM
  - 386SX-20's and 5 1/4 Floppies? - carl - 11/15/2006 5:15:06 PM
- Y2K+7? (n/t) - Fox - 11/10/2006 3:42:32 AM

Bezos Blastoff: Look Out Above? - Chris Vancil - 11/12/2006 4:39:15 AM
- re: Bezos Blastoff: Look Out Above? - Chris Vancil - 11/15/2006 10:19:34 AM
- Powered landing, huh? - Jacob Samorodin - 11/13/2006 12:35:56 AM
  - DX-X crash - TB - 11/13/2006 8:29:39 PM
    - Wouldn't VTOHL be better? - Lee - 11/13/2006 11:49:04 PM
      - No, VTOHL isn't better. - NLK - 11/14/2006 7:12:27 PM
        
        Good, but Ground infrastructure is irrelevant - nick hoffman - 11/15/2006 9:04:35 AM
        
        What about glider/parasail/parafoil etc? - Curious Yeti - 11/14/2006 9:31:22 PM
        
        re: What about glider/parasail/parafoil etc? - TB - 11/15/2006 12:23:41 AM
        
        re: What about glider/parasail/parafoil etc? - REB - 11/15/2006 3:44:12 PM
        
        Link again. - REB - 11/15/2006 3:46:29 PM
        
        Gemini Parasail/glider Concept Online Documents - LJK - 11/15/2006 2:57:21 PM

Biological Effects of Gamma-Ray Bursts: distances for severe damage on the biota - LJK - 11/9/2006 4:31:06 PM
- re: Biological Effects of Gamma-Ray Bursts: distances for severe damage on the biota - phil - 11/9/2006 10:33:41 PM
  - The Milky Way Shaped Life On Earth - LJK - 11/15/2006 2:17:12 PM

Jupiter and Venus behind the Sun (from SOHO), Mars just past it - Raoul - 11/15/2006 12:25:14 PM

Energy industry update - TB - 11/15/2006 12:12:59 AM

MGS Serious Comm Problem - JimO - 11/10/2006 1:44:05 AM
- Lo Rez shot Wednesday HIRISE Friday - Peter Bruener - 11/14/2006 7:32:12 AM
  - More - Peter Bruener - 11/14/2006 11:37:39 PM
- re: MRO to spot it - Raoul - 11/13/2006 7:46:40 PM
- Interesting stuff from UMSF - Peter Bruener - 11/13/2006 6:25:44 AM
- I think it outlasted the Viking-orbiters. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/13/2006 12:40:32 AM
- It was hurt by all the attention MRO was getting. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 11/10/2006 9:19:17 PM
- It's dead JimO. (n/t) - Delbert - 11/10/2006 3:13:36 AM
  - I couldnâ€™t resist - Delbert - 11/10/2006 3:24:11 AM

A review of the recent global warming commentary from the Telegraph. - et - 11/12/2006 7:06:37 PM
- And another.... - et - 11/14/2006 9:56:41 PM

Evidence for a Holocene Meteor Caused Tsunami? - phil - 11/14/2006 7:35:07 PM
- Dr. Morrison finds himself in a contradiction - E.P. - 11/14/2006 8:00:22 PM

Evaporation induced traversability of the Einstein-Rosen wormhole - LJK - 11/14/2006 7:09:55 PM

Optical SETI article in IEEE Spectrum November issue - ljk - 11/4/2006 5:04:22 PM
- Astronomer tells Athens audience: E.T. liable to phone any day - LJK - 11/14/2006 5:19:51 PM

Problems with the stick - Buck Galaxy - 11/13/2006 7:42:12 AM
- What Problems? - ID - 11/14/2006 4:52:37 PM
- re: Problems with the stick - TB - 11/13/2006 5:29:56 PM

Solar sail update - alcaray - 11/14/2006 4:46:37 PM

Why are they just realizing this now? - LJK - 11/14/2006 4:04:55 PM

Application of Medical Imaging Software to 3D Visualization of Astronomical Data - LJK - 11/14/2006 3:49:27 PM

33 sites selected for MSL landing - Raoul - 11/13/2006 9:40:53 PM
- FIVE Meridiani sites! - Buck Galaxy - 11/14/2006 9:01:13 AM
  - re:MSL's range should be much bigger than the Mer's! (n/t) - Raoul - 11/14/2006 12:36:46 PM
- Some goot sites. - REB - 11/13/2006 10:15:23 PM
  - D'oh. Good sites. - REB - 11/13/2006 10:16:15 PM
    - re: D'oh. Good sites. - Lance - 11/14/2006 2:52:11 PM
      - MSL v MER - Raoul - 11/14/2006 3:49:24 PM

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