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OK! Tomorrow SMART-1 goes smash. How about SMART 2? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/1/2006 10:35:54 PM
- Maybe "SMARTer-1" instead of SMART-2. Wouldn't crash. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/1/2006 11:23:07 PM
  - re: Fot 05:41 UT - Raoul - 9/2/2006 10:12:20 PM

CEV contract winner announced - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 8:14:21 PM
- why am I not surprised? (n/t) - Delbert - 8/31/2006 10:37:09 PM
  - If anyone is confused... - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 3:56:16 PM
    - re: If anyone is confused... - Doug Ellison - 9/1/2006 4:48:30 PM
      - And remember who had the contract for the X-33. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2006 3:40:30 PM
        
        re: I'm hoping for different results this time...does this make me crazy? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/2/2006 9:42:22 PM
      - re: If anyone is confused... - Chris Vancil - 9/2/2006 8:29:43 AM

Test of the Pioneer anomaly with the Voyager 2 radio-ranging distance measurements to Uranus and Neptune - ljk - 9/2/2006 8:04:48 PM

Send your photo or item into space! $300! - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 4:46:03 AM
- I'm still waiting for "Team Encounter" [aka: Encounter2001] to carry out a promise to do something similar. It's been 10 years, - Jacob Samorodin - 9/1/2006 10:19:29 PM
  - re: LOL LOL! - Raoul - 9/2/2006 7:16:24 AM
  - Bigelow already has the first Genesis in orbit. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2006 3:05:17 AM
    - I agree. Mr. Bigelow has delivered on his promise, unlike others. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/2/2006 7:28:36 PM

Planet Definition Mess Possibly Corrected In 3 Years - Mark Eby - 9/1/2006 1:33:15 AM
- You might have missed it. Pluto is still a "planet". - Bowser - 9/1/2006 4:28:04 AM
  - Dwarf Planet innaccurate but acceptable - ID - 9/1/2006 12:39:06 PM
    - Interesting. - Bowser - 9/2/2006 1:57:10 AM
      - re: Yes, inevitably! - Raoul - 9/2/2006 7:19:35 AM
        
        Yes It's Not An Easy Call - Mark Eby - 9/2/2006 1:57:14 PM
- re: Planet Definition Mess Possibly Corrected In 3 Years - Marcia - 9/1/2006 3:25:12 AM
  - Sedna Was On Original Watch List - ID - 9/1/2006 12:49:13 PM
  - re: Planet Definition Mess Possibly Corrected In 3 Years - Marcia - 9/1/2006 3:32:09 AM

Orion 7, Houston, you are go for TLI....Roger, Houston, go for TLI !! - Raoul - 9/1/2006 7:43:41 PM
- re:Orion.. - Raoul - 9/1/2006 8:41:54 PM
  - re: re:Orion.. - phil - 9/1/2006 10:54:31 PM
    - re: Which means.... - Raoul - 9/2/2006 7:13:52 AM

supernova in realtime - andrew - 8/30/2006 8:59:33 PM
- re: supernova in realtime - Vince - 9/2/2006 4:48:07 AM

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (remember that one?) - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 4:31:12 AM
- Remember?? I can't wait for the images!! - Buck Galaxy - 9/1/2006 7:28:41 AM
  - re: I can't wait for the images!! - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 3:27:59 PM
    - CD Roms?? - Doug Ellison - 9/1/2006 3:43:56 PM
      - The Helicopter analogy - Carolinian - 9/1/2006 8:10:54 PM
      - re: CD Roms?? - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 3:54:54 PM
        
        re: CD Roms?? - Doug Ellison - 9/1/2006 4:22:27 PM
        
        Looking forward - alcaray - 9/1/2006 6:15:53 PM
        
        Don't forget the Soviet Mars landers - LJK - 9/1/2006 5:22:58 PM

Mike Mullane (orbit inclination) - Raoul - 9/1/2006 5:28:46 PM

Radioactive Probes of the Supernova-Contaminated Solar Nebula: Evidence that the Sun was Born in a Cluster - LJK - 8/22/2006 9:13:02 PM
- re: Radioactive Probes of the Supernova-Contaminated Solar Nebula: Evidence that the Sun was Born in a Cluster - kimberly coleman - 9/1/2006 4:33:01 PM
- re: Radioactive Probes of the Supernova-Contaminated Solar Nebula: Evidence that the Sun was Born in a Cluster - kimberly coleman - 9/1/2006 4:32:51 PM
- I don't understand. - ER - 8/23/2006 8:41:38 PM
- re: Evidence that the Sun was Born in a Cluster - Fox - 8/23/2006 3:02:05 AM
  - re: Evidence that the Sun was Born in a Cluster - phil - 8/23/2006 6:14:20 PM
- re: Radioactive Probes of the Supernova-Contaminated Solar Nebula: Evidence that the Sun was Born in a Cluster - phil - 8/22/2006 10:41:57 PM

WMAP Casts Shadows on Big Bang Theory - phil - 9/1/2006 4:31:58 PM

Ariel's shadow on Uranus - Raoul - 8/31/2006 7:34:50 PM
- Huh! (n/t) - alcaray - 8/31/2006 8:48:02 PM
  - re: Ahah! - Marcia - 9/1/2006 1:42:50 AM
  - re: Huh! - Marcia - 9/1/2006 1:34:15 AM
    - That was a "huh" of amazement, not skepticism. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/1/2006 2:54:00 PM
    - re: 6 hours ahead - Raoul - 9/1/2006 5:50:09 AM

Space Trash - Mr Fibuli - 9/1/2006 9:17:11 AM
- re: Space Trash - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 2:39:04 PM

Ok, so the CEV is now named Orion. - et - 8/30/2006 6:58:06 PM
- re:Orion. - Raoul - 8/30/2006 7:27:46 PM
  - Is each CEV named differently? - SDF - 8/31/2006 6:52:33 AM
    - re: Orion 8, Houston, come in Orion 8 - Raoul - 8/31/2006 4:07:57 PM
      - I'm just glad they didn't name it Capricorn.... :) (n/t) - et - 8/31/2006 4:16:44 PM
    - No, it's a class name - nick hoffman - 8/31/2006 8:23:18 AM
      - They shouldn't use numbers to name them (n/t) - SDF - 8/31/2006 11:49:57 AM
        
        ...they're not naming trans-neptunian objects, and IMO using the same name twice is unforgiveable (n/t) - SDF - 8/31/2006 12:26:01 PM
        
        re: Numbers vs. names -- You may remember... - Fox - 8/31/2006 7:29:59 PM
        
        They probably have part nos., batch nos., and lot nos. too - SDF - 9/1/2006 1:05:49 PM

New NASA engineers Scavenge for ROCKET PARTS - carl - 8/15/2006 5:39:01 PM
- re: New NASA engineers Scavenge for ROCKET PARTS - ??????? - 9/1/2006 8:54:16 AM

Next SpaceX launch in December - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2006 4:43:31 AM

Lee Smolin vs. String Theory - LJK - 8/31/2006 3:03:35 PM
- Pot calling the kettle black. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/1/2006 2:02:07 AM
- The Emperor Has No Clothes - phil - 8/31/2006 3:12:05 PM
  - "... a sensible sort of physics." (book recommendation) - Fox - 8/31/2006 9:13:20 PM
    - Thanks. I LOVED "Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos" - phil - 8/31/2006 11:25:36 PM
  - re: The Emperor Has No Clothes - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 4:06:48 PM
    - re: The Emperor Has No Clothes - ER - 8/31/2006 6:39:25 PM
      - tenure track fashion - phil - 8/31/2006 7:54:23 PM
        
        re: tenure track fashion - ER - 8/31/2006 8:25:57 PM
        
        I'm into over the top hyperbole (n/t) - phil - 8/31/2006 11:26:17 PM

Shuttle astronauts - Raoul - 8/29/2006 10:07:36 AM
- re: Shuttle astronauts - Delbert - 8/30/2006 3:38:12 AM
- Mullane's book - JimO - 8/29/2006 2:52:47 PM
  - Have the Millitary Shuttle's ever been discussed? - carl - 8/29/2006 7:22:03 PM
    - Brief discussion in "Riding Rockets" - phil - 8/31/2006 11:28:12 PM
    - re: Have the Millitary Shuttle's ever been discussed? - Raoul - 8/29/2006 7:57:26 PM
      - Count is 14 Mil/semi Mil Flights - carl - 8/29/2006 8:02:33 PM
        
        re: Kind of orbit and length of mission - Raoul - 8/29/2006 8:07:32 PM
  - re: Mullane's book - Raoul - 8/29/2006 7:04:34 PM
  - ditto - Robert - 8/29/2006 6:26:56 PM
    - I too, LOVED Mullane's "Riding Rockets" - phil - 8/31/2006 1:02:38 AM

Hurricane Ernesto - Raoul - 8/27/2006 7:26:39 AM
- Hurricane DONNA (1960) - carl - 8/29/2006 5:10:27 PM
- re: Hurricane Ernesto - Delbert - 8/27/2006 5:12:49 PM
  - re: Delays and more delays - Raoul - 8/28/2006 8:35:46 PM
  - re: Ernesto, from the Nat. Hurricane Center - Fox - 8/27/2006 7:46:07 PM
    - re: Ernesto, from the Nat. Hurricane Center - Marcia - 8/31/2006 1:12:08 AM
    - BTW, the graphic I posted *does* update, after all (n/t) - Fox - 8/30/2006 2:54:01 AM
      - re: BTW, the graphic I posted *does* update, after all. -It DOES! Thanks, Fox! (n/t) - Marcia - 8/31/2006 1:52:08 AM
        
        de nada, Marcia :) (n/t) - Fox - 8/31/2006 8:31:47 PM
    - Rolling back - Raoul - 8/28/2006 3:14:31 PM
  - re: Hurricane Ernesto - Raoul - 8/27/2006 6:14:22 PM
    - re: Hurricane Ernesto - Marcia - 8/28/2006 6:06:32 PM
      - re: Hurricane Ernesto - Lindy - 8/28/2006 9:11:02 PM
        
        re: Hurricane Ernesto - Marcia - 8/28/2006 9:17:32 PM
        
        The view from space - LJK - 8/29/2006 6:50:35 PM

SMART-1 to Crash the Moon - Jack Herer - 8/31/2006 8:22:19 PM

A very detailed Dione - Raoul - 8/31/2006 4:36:57 PM
- Check out the lower right... - Tom Brosz - 8/31/2006 8:16:41 PM

Rocco Petrone - Raoul - 8/31/2006 4:29:40 PM
- Can Do guy - carl - 8/31/2006 4:49:54 PM

Anousheh's website - Raoul - 8/30/2006 4:02:24 PM
- If they ever send up a female Belgian tennis player - Tony - 8/30/2006 5:34:30 PM
  - re: Well...for the moment - Raoul - 8/31/2006 4:44:27 PM
  - re: LOL LOL! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/30/2006 5:58:19 PM

Once the STS system is cancelled, how will large segments be transported to ISS? - carl - 8/28/2006 10:17:22 PM
- Hopefully all the heavy lift for ISS will be done first. - Doug Ellison - 8/28/2006 10:36:31 PM
  - re: There will always be heavy equipment to return to Earth so that doesn't work. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/29/2006 7:24:35 AM
    - Why? I don't buy the assumption. - Sawyer - 8/29/2006 12:38:37 PM
      - re: Why? I don't buy the assumption. - Chris Vancil - 8/29/2006 8:38:46 PM
        
        I also get tired of lamely designing things so only the shuttle can do it... - Sawyer - 8/30/2006 1:46:08 AM
        
        The shuttle concept is vital to a robust space infrastructure. - Lee - 8/30/2006 5:43:55 AM
        
        bringing back what? - Doug Ellison - 8/30/2006 7:34:16 AM
        
        Well... - Lee - 8/30/2006 10:12:08 AM
        
        Disagree completely - Sawyer - 8/31/2006 7:22:16 AM
        
        Bringing stuff back would be free. - Lee - 8/31/2006 8:10:01 AM
        
        Hardly free - Doug Ellison - 8/31/2006 10:32:35 AM
        
        A shuttle type vehicle is what we were discussing. - Lee - 8/31/2006 2:51:22 PM
        
        LOL, they have minimal crew, have cut science, and it is yet to be seen whether they even get ISS built... - Sawyer - 8/30/2006 1:38:11 AM
        
        re: ATV - Raoul - 8/29/2006 9:07:10 PM
    - I didn't say it was great. - Doug Ellison - 8/29/2006 7:46:41 AM
      - Do it the MIR / Skylab way - nick hoffman - 8/29/2006 1:01:39 PM
      - re: I also didn't say you did. The real problem is the downhill leg of the journey. Non of the solutions right now take that in to consideration. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/29/2006 8:24:08 AM
        
        the downhill leg of the journey - Doug Ellison - 8/29/2006 8:46:25 AM
        
        re: the downhill leg of the journey - Chris Vancil - 8/29/2006 8:25:39 PM
        
        re: the downhill leg of the journey - Doug Ellison - 8/29/2006 9:02:20 PM
        
        That's where vision is required. - Lee - 8/30/2006 7:09:08 PM
        
        re: the downhill leg of the journey - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2006 10:04:04 AM
        
        Rack return not required... - Doug Ellison - 8/30/2006 10:36:58 AM
        
        re: Rack return not required... - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2006 7:48:59 PM
        
        re: Rack return not required... - Doug Ellison - 8/30/2006 9:39:33 PM
        
        There is interesting work being done on ballutes and inflatable heat shields. - alcaray - 8/31/2006 4:12:26 PM
        
        re: the downhill leg of the journey - Doug Ellison - 8/30/2006 10:32:53 AM
        
        re: the downhill leg of the journey - Chris Vancil - 8/30/2006 7:53:29 PM
        
        Solor Arrays for 1 - carl - 8/29/2006 4:09:09 PM
        
        re:They would deorbit them and let Solar Panels burn up. - Chris Vancil - 8/29/2006 8:28:09 PM
        
        no plans for replacement. - Doug Ellison - 8/29/2006 4:19:52 PM
        
        Even if Mechanical Damage or Debris hits? - carl - 8/29/2006 5:07:06 PM
        
        There are no replacement parts - Doug Ellison - 8/29/2006 8:14:52 PM
        
        ISS under Warranty? - carl - 8/29/2006 8:31:15 PM
  - Not at the rate they're going - Tom Brosz - 8/29/2006 5:26:23 AM
    - re: Not at the rate they're going - Doug Ellison - 8/29/2006 8:53:03 AM

FAA Green Light's Spaceport - phil - 8/31/2006 3:07:19 PM

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