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Potential of Ozone Formation by the Smog Mechanism to shield the surface of the Early Earth from UV radiation? - LJK - 9/12/2006 2:07:58 PM

9-11; 8:30 am EDT: Expedition 13 Welcomes STS-115 Aboard Station - Marcia - 9/11/2006 2:40:29 PM
- re: Flip - Raoul - 9/11/2006 5:30:01 PM

Top Ten Reasons For IAU Planet Definition About Face - Mark Eby - 9/8/2006 2:18:19 AM
- You Guys Do Know This Was Supposed To Be Funny Not Serious? - Mark Eby - 9/11/2006 2:24:06 AM
  - re: Humour - nick hoffman - 9/11/2006 7:31:19 AM
    - PS The ICAMSR and Tyson Lines Weren't A Big Clue? - Mark Eby - 9/11/2006 10:21:07 AM
    - At End Not Beginning - Mark Eby - 9/11/2006 10:10:43 AM
- Number 3 does it for me... - Nick Hoffman - 9/8/2006 3:55:54 AM
  - A Minor Concession - Mark Eby - 9/8/2006 10:39:06 AM
  - Sorry Nick, Bowser It's The Most Unscientific Of All - Mark Eby - 9/8/2006 10:28:36 AM
- My Gawd. - Bowser - 9/8/2006 2:54:00 AM
- Got To Revise #8 - Mark Eby - 9/8/2006 2:23:48 AM

Mission specialists for STS 115 - Raoul - 9/10/2006 9:00:30 PM

The Moon tonight at 0:00 sept 10 - Raoul - 9/9/2006 10:29:15 PM
- The Moon on tuesday 12th, 22:10 CET, right after Moonrise with the Pleiades (Starry Night) - Raoul - 9/9/2006 10:32:42 PM

The moon last night (29 hours after partial eclipse) - Raoul - 9/9/2006 11:43:27 AM
- Was the MOON Flat on the bottom? - carl - 9/9/2006 2:55:59 PM
  - Of course. That's what keeps it from rolling away. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2006 4:35:20 PM
  - re: At what time of the day? (n/t) - Raoul - 9/9/2006 3:30:54 PM
    - TIME.................. - carl - 9/9/2006 3:40:38 PM
      - re: Eyes - Raoul - 9/9/2006 6:36:48 PM
        
        re: Eyes - ljk - 9/9/2006 8:23:29 PM
        
        LOL!! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/9/2006 9:25:36 PM

Prometheus and the F Ring (2 MB movie) - Raoul - 9/8/2006 10:16:47 PM
- re: Kewl! (n/t) (n/t) - BRFelix - 9/9/2006 6:20:57 PM

I'm just wondering... About electricity. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 10:03:21 PM
- I'm just wondering... About Flood Control - nick hoffman - 9/8/2006 3:22:47 AM
  - re: I'm just wondering... About Flood Control - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:38:09 AM
    - re: I'm just wondering... About Flood Control - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 5:01:43 AM
- "Lightning" on Mars - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2006 10:49:26 PM
  - Not just on Mars, there's always a possibility that comet nuclei and Lunar TLP's may have electrical discharges too. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2006 11:42:26 PM
  - re: "Lightning" on Mars - from Dust Devils? - REB - 9/8/2006 4:17:01 PM
  - re: "Lightning" on Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 11:39:00 PM
    - re: "Lightning" on Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 11:41:58 PM
      - re: "Lightning" on Mars - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2006 2:45:52 AM
        
        re: "Lightning" on Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 3:41:14 AM
  - re: "Lightning" on Mars - E.P. - 9/7/2006 11:37:23 PM
    - Panel cleaning - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2006 2:46:48 AM
      - re: Panel cleaning - E.P. - 9/8/2006 6:49:44 AM
        
        re: re:No Squyres and company believe Martian winds periodic clean the solar cells. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/8/2006 7:37:45 AM
      - re: Panel cleaning - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:55:40 AM
        
        re: Panel cleaning - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:59:44 AM
      - re: Panel cleaning - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:42:08 AM
    - re: "Lightning" on Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 11:43:34 PM
      - re: "Lightning" on Mars - E.P. - 9/7/2006 11:57:39 PM
        
        re: "Lightning" on Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 12:21:17 AM
        
        re: "Lightning" on Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 12:22:29 AM

Moon's partial eclipse being "hooped" - Raoul - 9/8/2006 4:22:35 PM
- re: Moon's partial eclipse being "hooped" - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 6:46:41 PM
- What a bunch of... - ljk - 9/8/2006 4:44:42 PM

Brown's opinion - Raoul - 9/7/2006 9:08:15 PM
- What You Didn't Read It When I Posted It? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 11:15:56 PM
  - re: I thought it had changed a little bit since last time (n/t) - Raoul - 9/8/2006 6:39:09 PM

Another scrub because of the H2 low level sensor problem - Delbert - 9/8/2006 3:00:40 PM
- re: Another scrub because of the H2 low level sensor problem - Delbert - 9/8/2006 5:30:54 PM
- re:For this mission alone? - Raoul - 9/8/2006 4:04:01 PM
- If they scrub that thing any more they'll wear a hole in the tiles (n/t) - SDF - 9/8/2006 4:03:00 PM

Edge Localized Modes vs. The Sun? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 10:41:07 PM
- Need to fix links. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/8/2006 12:16:37 PM
  - re: Need to fix links. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 2:06:01 PM
    - Zone's HTML - Lindy - 9/8/2006 3:25:55 PM
      - re: Zone's HTML - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:24:32 PM
- re: Edge Localized Modes vs. The Sun? - .E.P.. - 9/8/2006 12:21:32 AM
  - re: Edge Localized Modes vs. The Sun? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 12:29:45 AM
    - re: Edge Localized Modes vs. The Sun? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 12:34:15 AM
      - re: Edge Localized Modes vs. The Sun? - E.P. - 9/8/2006 1:13:55 AM
        
        re: Edge Localized Modes vs. The Sun? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 3:26:33 AM

Non-cryogenic MRI - Adam - 9/8/2006 9:00:45 AM
- Thanks for that. Sounds like a major advance. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/8/2006 3:09:43 PM

The Modest Planet Discoverer's Comments On What A Planet Is And My Own Modest Proposal - Mark Eby - 9/4/2006 2:56:31 AM
- New Horizan's Alan Stern On The Issue - ID - 9/7/2006 3:15:19 PM
- An Even More Genral Definition of A Planet From Marc Buie of Lowell Observatory - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 2:44:21 AM
- Assuring Proper Credit - Mark Eby - 9/5/2006 1:01:40 AM
  - ok- I bite- just ghosting - Ghosting - 9/5/2006 3:24:41 AM
    - ? - Mark Eby - 9/6/2006 12:31:45 AM
      - re: ? - Marcia - 9/6/2006 7:49:35 PM
        
        Thanks - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 1:30:17 AM
- re: Rocky - Icy - Raoul - 9/4/2006 5:30:31 PM
- A semi-definite boundary - Adam - 9/4/2006 9:39:38 AM
  - Really Weird Double Planets & Fragments - Mark Eby - 9/5/2006 1:33:45 AM
    - Vesta is covered in basalt - Adam - 9/6/2006 12:25:53 PM
      - Rocky Dwarf Definition For Asteroid Belt Type Zones - Mark Eby - 9/7/2006 2:09:33 AM
        
        Brown Dwarfs and others - Adam - 9/7/2006 11:19:14 AM
        
        Good Reason For Applying Buie's Planet Definition - ID - 9/7/2006 12:56:29 PM
        
        Unit Confusion? - IDiot of the day - 9/7/2006 12:48:44 PM
        
        Hey Adam the Name Applied To Me Not You - ID - 9/8/2006 12:56:13 PM
- Nicely argued... - nick hoffman - 9/4/2006 3:42:56 AM
- Missing Link - Mark Eby - 9/4/2006 3:01:22 AM

Comets versus asteroids? - Mihcael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 9:05:24 PM
- re: Comets ( I'll pass on the asteroids in this reply) - E.P. - 9/7/2006 11:52:42 PM
  - re: Comets ( I'll pass on the asteroids in this reply) - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 12:17:09 AM
    - re: Comets ( I'll pass on the asteroids in this reply) - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 5:12:29 AM
    - re: Comets ( I'll pass on the x-rays in this reply) - E.P. - 9/8/2006 1:06:45 AM
      - re: Comets ( I'll pass on the x-rays in this reply) - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 5:53:18 AM
        
        re: Comets ( I'll pass on the x-rays in this reply) - E.P. - 9/8/2006 6:16:33 AM
        
        re: Comets ( I'll pass on the x-rays in this reply) - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 8:14:09 AM

The Geysers Of Mars - Mark Eby - 8/17/2006 12:46:14 AM
- re: The Geysers Of Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 5:00:02 AM
  - re: The Geysers Of Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 5:04:18 AM
    - re: The Geysers Of Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 5:08:05 AM
- re: The Geysers Of Mars - Marcia - 8/17/2006 9:47:41 PM
- This version of the story... - alcaray - 8/17/2006 6:02:23 PM
  - Another version of the story... - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 10:55:09 PM
- re: Image from Orbit - BRFelix - 8/17/2006 5:24:07 PM
  - Maybe they're dust devils - SDF - 9/4/2006 4:37:34 PM
  - Hugh Kieffer deserves the credit - nick hoffman - 8/20/2006 1:03:12 AM
  - the "geyser" image - Robert - 8/17/2006 5:35:34 PM
    - re: the "geyser" image - Michael Gmirkin - 9/6/2006 11:26:57 PM
      - re: the "geyser" image - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 1:05:08 AM
        
        re: the "geyser" image - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 1:38:53 AM
    - CO2-water clathrates to explain the Martian spiders. - Robert Clark - 8/18/2006 1:30:48 AM
      - re: CO2-water clathrates to explain the Martian spiders. - Robert Clark - 8/19/2006 1:21:11 PM
    - re: They're everywhere! - BRFelix - 8/17/2006 8:38:48 PM
      - I had a nightmare like that once - SDF - 9/4/2006 8:24:35 PM
      - To each his own - Robert - 8/17/2006 10:08:40 PM
        
        re: To each his own - Greg Orme - 8/20/2006 2:49:14 PM
        
        active geyser vs passive spot - nick hoffman - 8/21/2006 8:06:08 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 8/21/2006 9:51:39 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 4:24:51 AM
        
        Mars does not have a bipolar magnetosphere - nick hoffman - 9/3/2006 8:20:53 AM
        
        re: Mars does not have a bipolar magnetosphere - Michael Gmirkin - 9/3/2006 6:53:54 PM
        
        Nice try, but no cigar - nick hoffman - 9/4/2006 7:34:47 AM
        
        re: Nice try, but no cigar - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 6:55:47 PM
        
        re: Nice try, but no cigar - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 7:06:22 PM
        
        re: Nice try, yourself. And I don't smoke... Prefer a clear mind, thanks. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 8:37:24 AM
        
        Please, get an education in Mars - nick hoffman - 9/4/2006 11:07:59 PM
        
        re: Please, get an education in Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 2:25:05 AM
        
        re: Please, get an education in Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 6:46:05 PM
        
        re: Please, get an education in Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 2:41:48 AM
        
        re: Biting the newcomers, eh? A pity. Had hoped for good conversation. =o\ - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 12:35:43 AM
        
        Read the books - nick hoffman - 9/5/2006 8:39:18 AM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 4:20:07 PM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 8:55:12 PM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 9:13:34 PM
        
        re: Read the books - Michael Gmirkin - 9/5/2006 5:44:19 PM
        
        re: Nice try, yourself. And I don't smoke... Prefer a clear mind, thanks. - Greg Orme - 9/4/2006 2:36:29 PM
        
        re: Nice try, yourself. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 4:41:09 PM
        
        ...where angels fear to tread - Robert - 9/7/2006 5:20:03 PM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 6:18:32 PM
        
        Modes of discussion - nick hoffman - 9/8/2006 12:40:46 AM
        
        re: Modes of discussion - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 6:50:55 AM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Robert - 9/7/2006 7:11:20 PM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 7:37:10 PM
        
        re: I'd fear to tread the surface of Mars too! - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 7:36:50 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/2/2006 12:29:09 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:21:26 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:09:25 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:52:36 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:32:54 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 6:29:40 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/3/2006 12:47:14 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/3/2006 7:53:57 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/4/2006 4:25:38 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 8:14:00 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 9/4/2006 2:56:24 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 7:41:12 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 5:49:33 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 5:05:38 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/4/2006 5:27:12 PM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 4:29:43 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - Michael Gmirkin - 9/2/2006 4:27:31 AM
        
        re: active geyser vs passive spot - BRFelix - 8/21/2006 1:10:17 PM
        
        active geyser vs passive spot - Greg Orme - 8/21/2006 3:39:05 PM
        
        What are we seeing? - nick hoffman - 9/3/2006 8:32:13 AM
        
        I admire your patience n/t (n/t) - lance - 9/6/2006 1:20:26 PM
        
        re: What are we seeing? - Greg Orme - 9/3/2006 12:19:08 PM
        
        re: Um. An optical illusion of what? - BRFelix - 8/22/2006 1:24:35 AM
        
        re: Um. An optical illusion of what? - Greg Orme - 8/22/2006 2:11:56 PM
        
        Right on with the streaks, but be aware of summer images, too - nick hoffman - 9/3/2006 8:42:20 AM
        
        re: Right on with the streaks, but be aware of summer images, too - Michael Gmirkin - 9/3/2006 8:29:33 PM
        
        re: Right on with the streaks, but be aware of summer images, too - Greg Orme - 9/3/2006 12:54:25 PM
        
        Improved html with image (hopefully) - nick hoffman - 8/21/2006 8:07:35 AM
        
        D'oh - nick hoffman - 8/21/2006 8:08:43 AM
- re: Unpredictable - Raoul - 8/17/2006 5:37:40 AM
  - The Earth Is Unpredictable - Mark Eby - 8/17/2006 10:50:24 AM
    - All humans should stay on the unpredictable earth (n/t) - alcaray - 8/17/2006 8:19:07 PM
      - re: All humans should stay on the unpredictable earth - Marcia - 8/17/2006 9:25:04 PM
        
        Yeh - my silly answer to a silly question. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/17/2006 10:21:37 PM
    - re: Yes, true. - Raoul - 8/17/2006 7:15:45 PM
      - re: Yes, true. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/17/2006 11:15:45 PM
- Meanwhile, high above the Red Planet... - ljk - 8/17/2006 3:13:10 AM
  - Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars, September 13 to 15, 2006 - ljk - 8/21/2006 2:05:02 AM

Comets versus asteroids? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 9:05:30 PM
- 1AU=93 Million Miles - Mark Eby - 9/8/2006 2:46:46 AM
  - re: 1AU=93 Million Miles - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:31:14 AM
    - re: 4 X 1AU= snow limit - Raoul - 9/8/2006 5:47:02 AM
      - re: 4 X 1AU= snow limit - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 5:57:50 AM
  - re: 1AU=93 Million Miles - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 3:58:10 AM
- re: Oops. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 9:07:41 PM

NASA -- GO for Friday launch attempt - JimO - 9/7/2006 10:14:33 PM
- re: NASA -- GO for Friday launch attempt - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2006 5:48:59 AM

Just saw the Moon with horns!! - Raoul - 9/7/2006 7:48:40 PM
- re: Just saw the Moon with horns!! - Raoul - 9/8/2006 5:22:54 AM

Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of Galaxies - SDF - 9/8/2006 4:50:16 AM

Another hot little electric car - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2006 7:14:14 PM
- It doesn't lean into corners (n/t) - SDF - 9/8/2006 1:14:53 AM
- re: Another hot little electric car - Eric - 9/7/2006 11:19:59 PM

Astronomy with Small Telescopes - LJK - 9/7/2006 8:36:24 PM

Carbon Deficiency in Externally-Polluted White Dwarfs: Evidence for Accretion of Asteroids - LJK - 9/5/2006 2:22:11 PM
- Long-Period Objects in the Extrasolar Planetary Systems 47 UMa and 14 Her - LJK - 9/6/2006 2:51:51 PM
  - Spectroscopy of planetary mass brown dwarfs in Orion - LJK - 9/6/2006 2:57:42 PM
    - Kinematics of planet-host stars and their relation with dynamical streams in the solar neighbourhood - LJK - 9/6/2006 3:27:35 PM
      - Planet formation around low mass stars: the moving snow line and super-Earths - LJK - 9/7/2006 8:19:14 PM

"bluleberries" on the planet Earth - E.P. Grondine - 9/6/2006 8:27:14 PM
- re: "bluleberries" on the planet Earth - Chris Vancil - 9/7/2006 8:12:14 AM
  - "bluleberries" on planets Earth & Mars - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 8:06:13 PM
- "blueberries" on the planet Earth (n/t) - E.P. - 9/7/2006 3:22:30 AM

A planet around a dwarf star from the HST - Raoul - 9/7/2006 5:54:49 PM

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