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Heliospheric Response to Different Possible Interstellar Environments - LJK - 7/27/2006 9:21:12 PM
- re: Heliospheric Response to Different Possible Interstellar Environments - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 10:04:35 PM
  - A climate and interstellar dust record from polar ice - nick hoffman - 7/29/2006 5:12:20 AM
  - re: Heliospheric Response to Different Possible Interstellar Environments - ER - 7/28/2006 3:32:15 AM
  - C14 - nick hoffman - 7/28/2006 3:12:30 AM
  - Cosmics and climate - Adam - 7/27/2006 10:12:35 PM
    - re: Cosmics and climate - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 10:16:51 PM
      - Cycles and random variation - nick hoffman - 7/28/2006 3:14:38 AM
        
        I agree. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 4:33:45 AM
        
        re: I agree. - Dr. Rodney Kawecki phd - 7/28/2006 7:31:25 PM
  - Some answers in the paper linked... - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 10:09:00 PM
    - About those big iceballs past Pluto... - LJK - 7/28/2006 2:03:52 PM

Electromagnetic panspermia - Adam - 7/24/2006 10:08:42 AM
- Scientists Strengthen Case For Life More Ancient Than Previously Thought - LJK - 7/24/2006 2:46:35 PM
  - Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms â€” A Possibility for Extraterrestrial Life? - LJK - 7/25/2006 5:00:30 PM
    - Cosmic dust in terrestrial ice and pre-life molecules present in comets - LJK - 7/28/2006 8:49:01 PM

A fixed point in Coptic Chronology: the solar eclipse of 10 March, 601 - LJK - 7/26/2006 9:08:13 PM
- Online article on the Supernova of 1006 - LJK - 7/28/2006 7:51:39 PM

Apparently the car wasn't fast enough..... - SDF - 7/28/2006 3:07:45 PM
- HOVER BOARDS kept off market, tooo!!!!! - carl - 7/28/2006 4:07:20 PM
  - What? You donâ€™t have one? - REB - 7/28/2006 7:22:08 PM

It's too darned hot at Titan's equator - alcaray - 7/25/2006 3:33:39 PM
- Maybe they are giant amoeba-like slime creatures oozing around on the surface (n/t) - SDF - 7/28/2006 11:44:17 AM
  - The big question is... - LJK - 7/28/2006 2:44:57 PM
    - Anything like earth-life could not survive on Titan. - alcaray - 7/28/2006 3:30:07 PM
      - Just for the intellectual exercise - LJK - 7/28/2006 3:52:13 PM
        
        I'm not qualified to make any sense on the subject. - alcaray - 7/28/2006 6:36:44 PM
  - Hey! Let's keep politics out of this forum! (n/t) - ER - 7/28/2006 2:43:28 PM
- Titan's pebbles 'seen' by Huygens radio - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:33:25 PM
  - very neat - seems like they could test this with the Mars rovers - pwokenyaw - 7/26/2006 5:53:46 AM
    - How Earth watched Huygens - LJK - 7/27/2006 3:48:19 PM
      - The rain on Titain is mainly made of methane - and falls on the plains - LJK - 7/27/2006 8:17:48 PM
        
        Strange place indeed - Adam - 7/27/2006 10:08:07 PM

Meteoritical and dynamical constraints on the growth mechanisms and formation times of asteroids and Jupiter - LJK - 7/17/2006 3:31:31 PM
- Iron Meteorites as the Not-So-Distant Cousins of Earth - ljk - 7/23/2006 6:07:07 AM
  - George Wetherill - ljk - 7/23/2006 6:45:02 AM
    - Long-term evolution of orbits about a precessing oblate planet - 3 papers - LJK - 7/27/2006 8:51:19 PM
      - A geoneutrino experiment at Homestake - LJK - 7/28/2006 6:18:42 PM

Next on NOVA: "The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension" - ljk - 7/22/2006 11:20:38 PM
- Cosmic Acceleration and Modified Gravity - LJK - 7/25/2006 6:25:48 PM
  - Does Unruh radiation accelerate the universe? A novel approach to dark energy - LJK - 7/26/2006 10:32:02 PM
    - Status and Perspectives of Dark Matter Searches - LJK - 7/28/2006 6:13:02 PM

Ejection of Hyper-Velocity Stars from the Galactic Centre by Intermediate-Mass Black Holes - ljk - 7/23/2006 6:52:42 AM
- Have we detected the most luminous ULX so far? - LJK - 7/25/2006 6:28:42 PM
  - Old pulsars still have new tricks to teach us - LJK - 7/26/2006 9:04:40 PM
    - A Sensitive Search for Variability in Late L Dwarfs: The Quest for Weather - LJK - 7/26/2006 10:17:56 PM
      - Direct Detection of the Brown Dwarf GJ 802B with Adaptive Optics Masking Interferometry - LJK - 7/26/2006 10:21:58 PM
        
        HD 203030B: an Unusually Cool Young Sub-Stellar Companion near the L/T Transition - LJK - 7/26/2006 10:23:39 PM
        
        Search for radio pulsations in four Anomalous X-ray Pulsars and discovery of two new pulsars - LJK - 7/28/2006 6:07:09 PM
        
        VLT/UVES spectroscopy of Wray 977, the hypergiant companion to the X-ray pulsar GX301-2 - LJK - 7/28/2006 6:08:39 PM

Seeing the sky through Hubble's eye: The COSMOS SkyWalker - LJK - 7/25/2006 6:44:54 PM
- Window To The Stars - LJK - 7/28/2006 5:58:11 PM

Sensor scan: unknown '50s-60s SF pulp illustrator - ER - 7/27/2006 1:26:13 AM
- Interesting Site - Peter Bruener - 7/28/2006 6:28:09 AM
- Some cover art to "The Martian Way". - Robert Clark - 7/27/2006 6:39:37 PM
- Perhaps one of these books might help. - Robert Clark - 7/27/2006 6:15:56 PM
- without intent to hijack the thread - FrankC - 7/27/2006 3:41:20 AM
  - Russ Manning and Steve Rude - LJK - 7/28/2006 5:37:21 PM
- Arrrgh! - Fox - 7/27/2006 1:59:38 AM
  - But, while you're waiting... - Fox - 7/27/2006 2:28:19 AM
    - re: But, while you're waiting... - ER - 7/27/2006 2:46:59 AM
    - Sorry it took so long... - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 2:33:26 AM
      - You're bloody uncanny, Tom. - ER - 7/27/2006 2:59:46 AM
        
        Yo, Tom - ER - 7/27/2006 3:19:08 AM
        
        Possibly could be an imitator - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 3:54:35 AM
        
        Richard M. Powers Cyber Art Gallery - LJK - 7/27/2006 1:31:51 PM
        
        Kandinsky on acid - ER - 7/27/2006 2:26:42 PM
        
        Although these are SF magazine covers... - LJK - 7/27/2006 2:40:58 PM
        
        First place I went - Fox - 7/27/2006 3:29:33 PM

Dnepr Launch Failure - Peter Bruener - 7/27/2006 6:00:17 AM
- More - Peter Bruener - 7/27/2006 6:58:58 AM
- re: See - Peter Bruener - 7/27/2006 6:10:36 AM
  - Cornell mini-satellites lost in failed launch - LJK - 7/28/2006 5:25:28 PM

Opportunity at Beagle (Corner) Crater - REB - 7/28/2006 12:39:07 PM
- Mildly awesome. - Bowser - 7/28/2006 3:15:46 PM
- While Spirit cheats and outruns DEATH once again! - LJK - 7/28/2006 1:55:57 PM

SFF Disses NASA's CEV, etc. Plans - phil - 7/26/2006 12:01:23 PM
- re: SFF dreams - Raoul - 7/27/2006 3:59:48 PM
- Space Fantasy Fondation At It Again - Mark Eby - 7/27/2006 11:26:46 AM
  - Ares seems like a budget breaker - Adam - 7/28/2006 9:52:33 AM
- re: Does SFF understand how difficult it is to Man-rate a rocket? (n/t) - Raoul - 7/26/2006 4:19:55 PM

HST NICMOS Imaging of the Planetary-mass Companion to the Young Brown Dwarf 2MASS J1207334-393254 - LJK - 7/24/2006 4:07:54 PM
- Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets - LJK - 7/24/2006 4:12:23 PM
  - A compact dusty disk around the Herbig Ae star HR 5999 resolved with VLTI / MIDI - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:45:47 PM
    - An Infrared Imaging Study of the Bipolar Proto-Planetary Nebula IRAS 16594-4656 - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:51:30 PM
      - Planet-Forming Disks Might Put the Brakes on Stars - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:55:54 PM
        
        Model Finds Exoplanet Capable Of Supporting Life - LJK - 7/26/2006 9:40:46 PM
        
        High-Resolution Spectroscopy in Tr37: Gas Accretion Evolution in Evolved Dusty Disks - LJK - 7/26/2006 10:19:40 PM
        
        The Transit Light Curve (TLC) Project. I. Four Consecutive Transits of the Exoplanet XO-1b - LJK - 7/26/2006 10:28:54 PM
        
        SuperWASP Observations of the Transiting Extrasolar planet XO-1b - LJK - 7/27/2006 8:59:57 PM
        
        The Effects of Rotation Rate on Deep Convection in Giant Planets with Small Solid Cores - LJK - 7/27/2006 8:57:31 PM

Is man in space scientifically useless? - Raoul - 7/24/2006 6:41:43 PM
- "Yield to the logic of the situation"--LCDR Spock (UFP-SF) - ER - 7/26/2006 1:44:42 PM
  - re: "Yield to the logic of the situation"--LCDR Spock (UFP-SF) - Andrew - 7/26/2006 7:56:12 PM
    - I agree. - ER - 7/26/2006 9:35:41 PM
  - re: Humans in space - Raoul - 7/26/2006 5:20:00 PM
    - Compromise? - ER - 7/26/2006 5:35:55 PM
      - re: Compromise? - Raoul - 7/26/2006 7:21:58 PM
- There is more to life than Science. - Scott Evil - 7/25/2006 3:53:51 PM
- There's not much of a story if there's no one to peer and twiddle. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/25/2006 3:07:50 PM
- Currently 99% of effort with manned space is on survival not science - Sawyer - 7/25/2006 11:08:35 AM
  - re: That is simply rubbish! Apollo astronauts didn't spend 99% of their time just surviving. - Chris Vancil - 7/26/2006 7:40:03 AM
    - Total up development costs for all manned space programs and then get back to me on science return for same - Sawyer - 7/26/2006 9:59:59 AM
      - re:Do the same for all robots including the costs of WW II... that makes as much sense. - Chris Vancil - 7/26/2006 7:49:39 PM
        
        So, I guess there would be no robots if we didn't need them for space? - Sawyer - 7/26/2006 10:00:40 PM
        
        re: So, I guess there would be no robots if we didn't need them for space? - Chris Vancil - 7/27/2006 6:47:03 PM
- re: Is man in space scientifically useless? - ER - 7/25/2006 1:37:50 AM
  - Robotic repair of HST - LJK - 7/25/2006 2:26:12 PM
- re: Is man in space scientifically useless? - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2006 7:10:57 PM
  - Probably the wrong ways to look at the matter. - Bowser - 7/25/2006 1:15:37 AM
    - re: Probably the wrong ways to look at the matter. - Chris Vancil - 7/26/2006 12:55:11 AM
    - re: Probably the wrong ways to look at the matter. - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2006 2:33:34 AM
      - re: Impatience and maintenance - Raoul - 7/25/2006 5:43:21 AM
- Ask the people studying the hundreds of pounds of Moon rocks brought back by Apollo - Lee - 7/24/2006 6:53:09 PM
  - re: Luna 16 - Raoul - 7/24/2006 7:02:36 PM
    - re: Randomly selection rocks out of context by Luna or purposeful collected samples by Apollo Astronauts...hum which is more useful science? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/26/2006 7:52:40 AM
      - re: If it cost 20 times less but produced 19 times less science, then it's a winner - Raoul - 7/26/2006 4:15:20 PM
        
        My point exactly Raoul. The people who would claim man hasn't produce space science are making a value judgement on Science and science. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/27/2006 6:25:27 AM
    - kilograms vs grams... - Adam - 7/25/2006 8:08:48 AM
      - re: kilograms vs grams... - LJK - 7/25/2006 3:27:20 PM

On July 20... - KK - 7/17/2006 6:09:23 PM
- re: Voyager became Viking - Raoul - 7/18/2006 9:35:39 PM
  - On Mars On Line - LJK - 7/19/2006 1:26:30 PM
    - Viking Mars '79: "Viking Rover Studies" - Robert - 7/19/2006 4:21:06 PM
      - re: Ares Vallis - Raoul - 7/19/2006 6:29:44 PM
        
        re: Ares Vallis - Robert - 7/19/2006 8:01:34 PM
- The End of the Beginning - nick hoffman - 7/18/2006 3:30:57 AM
- It's just a patch of dirt and rocks... - Robert - 7/17/2006 8:20:28 PM
  - Nicely put... - Adam - 7/19/2006 9:58:05 AM
    - Can't argue with that - Robert - 7/19/2006 3:37:58 PM
      - But remember Kim Stanley Robinson... - nick hoffman - 7/20/2006 10:16:19 AM
        
        Who can forget? - Robert - 7/20/2006 3:43:33 PM
        
        Not all baggage travels - Adam - 7/20/2006 11:18:24 AM
        
        right on the mark - Daniel - 7/20/2006 6:49:03 PM
        
        re: right on the mark - LJK - 7/20/2006 7:42:54 PM
        
        Agreed - Adam - 7/21/2006 10:50:40 AM
        
        Not everybody wants to leave Earth - LJK - 7/20/2006 2:47:10 PM
- re: ...1976 - Raoul - 7/17/2006 6:49:28 PM
  - 1976..DC was open 24/7.... - carl - 7/18/2006 4:19:10 PM
  - re: ...1976 - Tom Brosz - 7/17/2006 9:56:03 PM
    - re: ...1976 - Delbert - 7/18/2006 3:52:42 PM
      - When all we had was PBS - LJK - 7/18/2006 6:17:30 PM
        
        NOVA and Sagan - carl - 7/18/2006 8:17:46 PM
        
        Viking Landingâ€”30th Anniversary: New JPL Podcast - ljk - 7/20/2006 3:57:27 AM
        
        Viking 1's 1976 Mars landing laid groundwork for fantastic voyages - LJK - 7/21/2006 6:54:12 PM
        
        MIT Team Envisions Exploring Mars With Mini Probes - ljk - 7/22/2006 11:24:22 PM
        
        Viking 1 landing site from Mars orbit - ljk - 7/26/2006 5:06:16 PM
        
        Betcha they stripped it clean!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - carl - 7/27/2006 6:00:05 PM

China To Develop Deep Space Exploration In 5 Years - LJK - 7/20/2006 2:08:17 PM
- First Chinese Taikonaut Talks About Eight Years In Training - LJK - 7/24/2006 1:59:36 PM
  - Giant alien mutant plants from outer space being grown by China! - LJK - 7/27/2006 3:27:52 PM

Our ambassador at Saturn spotted this... - Raoul - 7/26/2006 8:35:54 PM
- re: Our ambassador at Saturn spotted this... - ER - 7/27/2006 2:29:36 AM
  - re: Mimas is much closer and Dione faces Saturn's far side (n/t) - Raoul - 7/27/2006 5:48:18 AM
    - And it looks like the ring spokes are making a comeback - LJK - 7/27/2006 1:25:22 PM

SF Hits & Misses - phil - 7/16/2006 4:02:49 PM
- Leinster got it right... - Adam - 7/27/2006 12:17:39 PM
- If I ever get published, I hope people like you stay away from my stuff. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/18/2006 4:04:21 PM
- re: SF Hits & Misses - SDF - 7/18/2006 10:48:50 AM
  - re: SF Hits & Misses - LJK - 7/18/2006 1:42:45 PM
    - I meant a Bluetooth! - LJK - 7/18/2006 1:45:09 PM
      - "And we liked it!" (n/t) - alcaray - 7/18/2006 4:10:56 PM
- re: SF Hits & Misses - Fox - 7/17/2006 11:05:16 PM
  - Nanotech - nick hoffman - 7/18/2006 3:40:25 AM
    - Fantastic Voyage - LJK - 7/18/2006 1:50:33 PM
      - All men fear shrinkage (n/t) - alcaray - 7/18/2006 4:09:09 PM
        
        Not to mention penetration. (n/t) - ER - 7/18/2006 7:49:17 PM
- re: SF Hits & Misses - Pigs - 7/17/2006 4:44:27 PM
- re: SF Hits & Misses - FrankC - 7/17/2006 4:43:13 PM
- Not only that,... - ER - 7/16/2006 6:45:29 PM
  - re: Not only that,... - Fox - 7/17/2006 11:26:39 PM
- re: Impact on most of us - Raoul - 7/16/2006 4:49:23 PM
  - re: Impact on most of us - phil - 7/16/2006 6:50:39 PM
    - re: Impact on most of us - gbaikie - 7/16/2006 10:38:41 PM
      - re: Impact on most of us - phil - 7/17/2006 12:05:11 AM
        
        Another reason for science's decline among the amateur set - ljk - 7/17/2006 12:21:28 AM
        
        sad, very sad. (n/t) - podrock - 7/17/2006 2:40:03 AM
        
        How SF Doesn't Work - LJK - 7/26/2006 9:11:45 PM
        
        re: How SF Doesn't Work - FrankC - 7/27/2006 2:22:42 AM

Well? Tomorrow's the big day for Mr. Bigelow's big space plans. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/11/2006 11:35:23 PM
- Link ? - Peter Bruener - 7/12/2006 6:43:39 AM
  - Ooops! Spoke too soon. - Peter Bruener - 7/27/2006 5:53:19 AM
  - From NewScientistSpace - LJK - 7/12/2006 2:21:18 PM
    - Thanks (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 7/12/2006 7:57:59 PM
    - Genesis 1 launched into space - LJK - 7/12/2006 6:16:28 PM
      - Genesis 1 has inflated and all solar panels deployed - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:35:29 AM

Reversing And Accelerating The Speed Of Light - LJK - 7/26/2006 9:34:08 PM
- re: Reversing And Accelerating The Speed Of Light - SDF - 7/27/2006 5:04:06 AM

The physics and math of a space rock collision - LJK - 7/26/2006 8:50:48 PM

35 years ago, today..Liftoff of the Ultimate Manned Space Exploration Mission: - Raoul - 7/26/2006 7:11:50 PM

Ancient global warming drove early primates' dispersal - gbaikie - 7/26/2006 5:20:55 PM

Scotty may finally get his trip into space - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:43:05 PM
- I'm givin' her all I got, Capt'n!!!!!!! - carl - 7/25/2006 4:49:51 PM
  - Ashes in Orbit: U.S. Firm to Offer Memorial Launches in China - ljk - 7/26/2006 4:48:14 PM

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