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The problems with lunar ISRU - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2006 8:40:30 AM
- Was wondering how long it would take for them to notice. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 5:25:56 PM
  - re: Weak article - Ken Murphy - 9/16/2006 6:52:55 PM
    - Services, not goods - E.P. - 9/17/2006 4:43:33 PM
      - How are SRV's putting holes in the ozone layer? - REB - 9/18/2006 5:12:15 PM
        
        You're confusing the solids with the main engines. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2006 2:42:40 AM
        
        D'oh. SRB. Solid Rocket Booster says it all. - REB - 9/19/2006 1:23:11 PM
        
        Make that SRB's (n/t) - REB - 9/18/2006 8:38:19 PM
    - re: Right weak rejoined by you, btw it's Dr. Donald Rapp an expert on this subject. - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2006 7:20:36 AM
      - Still carrying Zubrin's ISRU luggage - LunarMiner - 9/20/2006 3:22:05 AM
        
        re: And what would ISRU luggage be? A Sabatier Reactor? - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2006 7:53:23 AM
        
        re: And what would ISRU luggage be? A Sabatier Reactor? - LunarMiner - 9/20/2006 1:33:17 PM
        
        re: re:Who's Baggage? - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2006 8:20:17 PM
        
        re: re:Who's Baggage? - LunarMiner - 9/21/2006 12:56:14 AM
        
        re: Who's Baggage? - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2006 7:00:47 AM
        
        re: Who's Baggage? - LunarMiner - 9/21/2006 10:09:28 PM
        
        re: Who's Baggage? - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2006 11:42:56 PM
      - re: Right, weak rejoined by me, and I stand by my opinion. - Ken Murphy - 9/17/2006 8:03:10 PM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2006 7:38:37 AM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - LunarMiner - 9/21/2006 1:22:35 AM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2006 6:47:41 AM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - LunarMiner - 9/21/2006 1:44:07 PM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2006 8:03:30 PM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - LunarMiner - 9/21/2006 9:53:47 PM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2006 11:44:37 PM
        
        re: Right, and I stand by my opinion. - LunarMiner - 9/21/2006 11:54:34 PM
        
        re: Second hand opinions. - Chris Vancil - 9/22/2006 9:05:14 AM
        
        re: Second hand opinions. - LunarMiner - 9/22/2006 1:29:58 PM
    - Mmmmm....guinea pig! - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 8:43:51 PM
      - re: Mmmmm....guinea pig ribs! - Ken Murphy - 9/17/2006 2:19:06 AM
        
        Mmmmm....radio astronomy on the back side of the Moon... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2006 3:57:24 AM
- The problem with Mars ISRU - E.P. - 9/16/2006 2:44:56 PM
  - Why send humans to Mars - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2006 5:52:00 PM
    - I'm not so sure for the Moon... - dtb - 9/18/2006 3:19:24 AM
      - re: I'm not so sure for the Moon... - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2006 6:22:59 PM
        
        re: lunar teleprescence - E.P. - 9/19/2006 8:51:56 PM
    - rYes tha's it: Why send humans to Mars? - E.P. - 9/18/2006 2:32:43 AM
  - re: Read the article instead of throwing a temper tantrum, Ed. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2006 7:27:23 AM

Popular Mechanics article on nuclear power - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2006 6:20:07 PM
- Build the 2nd Seabrook nuke now - phil - 9/21/2006 5:24:27 PM
- Interesting article. - Bowser - 9/21/2006 4:53:08 AM
  - re: Interesting article. - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2006 5:11:37 AM
    - I agree. - Bowser - 9/21/2006 5:31:30 AM
      - Paranoid - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2006 6:03:38 AM
        
        Well. - Bowser - 9/21/2006 7:56:55 AM
        
        re: Well. - Tom Brosz - 9/21/2006 3:56:38 PM
        
        Good point. - Bowser - 9/22/2006 4:29:58 AM
    - Lack of the nerve to do it...? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/21/2006 5:21:02 AM
- re: Popular Mechanics article on nuclear power - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 7:31:05 PM

Martian Razorbacks - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 5:38:09 PM
- re: Martian Razorbacks - et - 9/21/2006 9:54:43 PM
  - Could be. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/22/2006 12:11:32 AM
- An interesting theory... - podrock - 9/20/2006 6:55:23 PM
  - Never seen "cross-eyed" stereo before. Works well. - Bowser - 9/20/2006 10:55:45 PM
    - re: Never seen "cross-eyed" stereo before. Works well. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/22/2006 12:26:39 AM
  - re: An interesting theory... - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 7:53:15 PM
    - Wish I'd the time... - podrock - 9/21/2006 1:18:55 AM
      - Don't let me keep you from your work... - Michael Gmirkin - 9/21/2006 5:12:42 AM
    - re: An interesting theory... - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 9:27:16 PM
      - Another interesting tidbit. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 10:42:37 PM
- "Pigs in Space?" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2006 6:17:13 PM
  - Just a nickname... I don't name 'em. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 8:11:15 PM
- Powerpoint presentation. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 6:07:01 PM

A photoelectric polarimeter for XEUS: a new window in x-ray sky - LJK - 9/21/2006 8:20:23 PM

Characterization of Dusty Debris Disks: the IRAS and Hipparcos Catalogs - LJK - 9/21/2006 8:14:06 PM
- Search for Cold Debris Disks around M-dwarfs - LJK - 9/21/2006 8:17:03 PM

Scientists Snap Images of First Brown Dwarf in Planetary System - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:47:53 PM
- The Spectrum of HD 3651B: An Extrasolar Nemesis? - LJK - 9/21/2006 8:03:27 PM

Bonjour Anousheh!! - Raoul - 9/21/2006 7:43:19 PM

It doesn't look like a tile, but like something soft...that debris - Raoul - 9/20/2006 7:55:03 AM
- Fox News is reporting three more objects being investigated (n/t) - Eric - 9/20/2006 3:42:59 PM
- Some kind of bag or cover. - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2006 3:09:20 PM
  - re: yes, it's a huge spacecraft after all! - Raoul - 9/20/2006 3:17:44 PM
- re: Aboard ISS - Raoul - 9/20/2006 8:52:37 AM
- Complex shape; Ice? - Peter Bruener - 9/20/2006 8:52:19 AM
  - NASA needs to address this - LJK - 9/20/2006 2:25:52 PM
    - ET Hitchhiker - carl - 9/20/2006 3:08:30 PM
  - re: Like a Medusa!!! hmm....a jellyfish!! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/20/2006 8:55:43 AM
    - I hope NASA will have the astronauts retrieve it - ljk - 9/20/2006 12:30:11 PM
      - re:LOL LOL! - Raoul - 9/20/2006 1:02:18 PM
        
        this could be photographic proof of a baby flying spaghetti monster.... (n/t) - Tony - 9/21/2006 3:40:46 PM

The Pale Blue Orb - LJK - 9/20/2006 4:00:39 PM
- re: september 15 - Raoul - 9/20/2006 7:35:21 PM
  - Near and Far - ljk - 9/21/2006 12:27:20 PM

Genesis Landing Site Monument Installation - complete with time capsule - LJK - 9/20/2006 9:15:48 PM

Anousheh's blog is alive and well! - Raoul - 9/20/2006 7:13:13 PM

Starting to see more of Victoria - REB - 9/19/2006 8:29:56 PM
- Some close-ups shots just in - REB - 9/20/2006 6:51:18 PM
- sand traps? - E.P. - 9/19/2006 9:53:03 PM
  - re: sand traps? - azstrummer - 9/19/2006 11:57:17 PM
    - re: sand traps? - E.P. - 9/20/2006 9:41:58 AM
      - re: sand traps? - azstrummer - 9/20/2006 3:46:10 PM
        
        If Opportunity did tumble into Victoria... - LJK - 9/20/2006 7:11:13 PM

Victoria - Raoul - 9/20/2006 7:08:26 PM

The Manned space experience, - Raoul - 9/20/2006 2:17:48 PM

New device from Cornell physicist tests uncertainty principle to unprecedented level - ljk - 9/20/2006 1:17:48 PM

12 people in orbit in 3 spacecraft right now. (n/t) - Delbert - 9/20/2006 4:08:33 AM
- re: 13 was the record! In march 1995 - Raoul - 9/20/2006 6:13:19 AM
  - Iran Daily Attacks Coverage Of 'Rich Iranian' In Space - ljk - 9/20/2006 12:43:28 PM
    - re: She's having fun!! - Raoul - 9/20/2006 1:06:55 PM

On the Question of Validity of the Anthropic Principles - LJK - 9/19/2006 3:03:11 PM
- Utter bilge! - Adam - 9/20/2006 9:57:14 AM

Relativity drive: The end of wings and wheels? - LJK - 9/19/2006 4:41:48 PM
- re: Relativity drive: The end of wings and wheels? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 12:12:28 AM
  - Did I say plane? I meant person. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 12:14:02 AM
    - Looks to me like the waves are confined - Fox - 9/20/2006 1:08:38 AM
      - re: Looks to me like the waves are confined - Michael Gmirkin - 9/20/2006 2:08:34 AM
- Star Trek type shuttle next? - REB - 9/19/2006 7:06:19 PM
- a new worry - phil - 9/19/2006 4:58:51 PM

NASA mission controllers are tracking a mystery object near shuttle - Eric - 9/19/2006 3:31:36 PM
- Astros REPORT 2nd Piece of JUNK near them - carl - 9/19/2006 7:50:37 PM
  - Maybe a trip back to the ISS is in order? - LJK - 9/19/2006 9:16:43 PM
- Shuttle Crew: "I'm not joking but we just saw something floating out the window and took some pictures". - Eric - 9/19/2006 4:50:04 PM
- re: mystery object - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2006 3:58:36 PM
- re: Happened before, but - Raoul - 9/19/2006 3:49:39 PM
  - I presume... - LJK - 9/19/2006 4:18:50 PM

The way the station looks now! - Raoul - 9/19/2006 3:50:51 PM

The Universal Dark Matter - LJK - 9/19/2006 3:09:04 PM

Detecting New Planets in Transiting Systems - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:31:58 PM
- High-precision radial-velocity measurement with a small telescope: Detection of the tau Bootis exoplanet - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:39:33 PM
  - The Transit Light Curve (TLC) Project. II. Two Transits of the Exoplanet OGLE-TR-111b - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:41:03 PM
    - A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:53:52 PM

Via Aristotle, Leibnitz and Mach to a Fractal D=2 Universe - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:50:45 PM

Lecture of the Week: Part II: What Makes Us Human? - LJK - 9/18/2006 8:36:35 PM
- Being able to ask that question. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2006 3:53:55 AM
  - Actually, that climate theory makes a lot of sense. - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2006 3:56:29 AM
- Animals can't write symphonies and books, do Physics, and get to LEO in 9 minutes (n/t) - Daniel - 9/19/2006 2:45:43 AM
  - The Altruism Equation: Seven Scientists Search for the Origins of Goodness - LJK - 9/19/2006 2:18:17 PM

Soyouz launch - Raoul - 9/18/2006 4:17:51 AM
- Anousheh, you go girlfriend! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 9/18/2006 7:40:02 AM
  - Just found out... - Fox - 9/19/2006 2:51:00 AM
  - How Space Tourism Works - LJK - 9/18/2006 9:15:13 PM
    - re: Passenger, participant... but tourist? - Raoul - 9/18/2006 9:21:02 PM
      - Tourist - sure, why not? - LJK - 9/19/2006 1:27:14 PM

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