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A comet in our skies - Raoul - 7/26/2006 4:07:41 PM

Opportunity reached edge of "etched terrain." - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2006 6:29:24 AM
- re: Opportunity reached edge of "etched terrain." - Jacob Samorodin - 7/22/2006 9:00:40 PM
  - I agree - Buck Galaxy - 7/23/2006 6:51:31 AM
    - but which bit :) - Doug Ellison - 7/23/2006 9:03:59 AM
      - Both were traversable :-) (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/24/2006 8:09:24 AM
        
        Mars Rover Team Weary But Hanging In After 900 Sols - ljk - 7/26/2006 12:54:32 PM
- re: Opportunity reached edge of "etched terrain." - Doug Ellison - 7/22/2006 9:25:54 AM

Tom Brosz....Fallen Angels? - FrankC - 7/26/2006 3:52:27 AM
- re: Fallen Angels - Tom Brosz - 7/26/2006 5:22:56 AM
  - Yes I got it at Baen... - FrankC - 7/26/2006 5:38:10 AM
    - Phoenix - Tom Brosz - 7/26/2006 6:25:37 AM
- Not their best book - dtb - 7/26/2006 4:49:41 AM
  - re: Not their best book - FrankC - 7/26/2006 5:59:59 AM

Visited Johnson Space Center this week - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 12:33:01 AM
- You came here the hottest part of the year. - REB - 7/24/2006 12:35:05 PM
  - re: You came here the hottest part of the year. - azstrummer - 7/25/2006 1:41:21 AM
    - Kemah is not far from NASA - REB - 7/25/2006 12:10:18 PM
- re: Visited Johnson Space Center this week - Delbert - 7/23/2006 4:57:58 PM
  - re: Visited Johnson Space Center this week - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 10:06:55 PM
  - X38 - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2006 6:33:28 PM
    - Saturn V restoration - REB - 7/24/2006 12:39:57 PM
      - re: Saturn V restoration - Fox - 7/25/2006 8:34:37 PM
    - re: X38 - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 9:56:35 PM
    - re: X38 - Delbert - 7/23/2006 7:47:05 PM
- re: Johnson Space Center - Raoul - 7/23/2006 7:56:32 AM
  - It used to be free - Fox - 7/23/2006 2:59:04 PM
    - re: It used to be free - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 4:26:49 PM
      - re: Apollo 12's Saturn 5's third stage - Raoul - 7/23/2006 4:37:30 PM
        
        Bits and pieces - Fox - 7/23/2006 7:37:01 PM
        
        re: Skylab at the NASM - Raoul - 7/23/2006 7:46:54 PM
        
        Great article. Thanks Raoul (n/t) - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 4:45:55 PM
  - re: Johnson Space Center - azstrummer - 7/23/2006 2:47:48 PM
    - re: Johnson Space Center - Raoul - 7/23/2006 4:33:35 PM

SPACEWALKS 4 SALE................ - carl - 7/25/2006 4:47:18 PM
- See here - LJK - 7/25/2006 6:16:10 PM

Exploring worlds with many small probes instead of just a few big ones - ljk - 7/23/2006 5:14:00 AM
- Another way to explore strange new worlds - with an old-fashioned flying machine - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:21:36 PM

Delta Aquarid meteor shower - July 12 to August 19 - LJK - 7/7/2006 8:22:11 PM
- Delta Aquarid meteor shower peak this Friday, July 28 - LJK - 7/25/2006 4:08:41 PM

Is SETI Barking up the Wrong Tree? - LJK - 7/20/2006 5:02:40 PM
- It would be tricky for an ETI to beam a message in all directions, all of the time. - alcaray - 7/20/2006 5:47:42 PM
  - It would only make sense if he already knew we were here. (n/t) - ER - 7/20/2006 5:59:52 PM
- Yes - Jack Herer - 7/20/2006 5:12:36 PM
  - Interesting thought... - McFly - 7/20/2006 5:46:42 PM
- re: Is SETI Barking up the Wrong Tree? - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2006 5:04:48 PM
  - Superluminal communication? - SDF - 7/21/2006 3:45:18 AM
    - Lumination ruminations - ER - 7/21/2006 4:40:21 AM
      - re: Lumination ruminations - LJK - 7/21/2006 8:24:06 PM
        
        re: Lumination ruminations - SDF - 7/22/2006 11:45:59 AM
        
        An anthropic solution to Fermi! It makes sense. (n/t) - ER - 7/22/2006 1:46:05 PM
        
        re: An anthropic solution to everything - SDF - 7/22/2006 2:46:26 PM
        
        re: An anthropic solution to everything - ER - 7/22/2006 4:18:48 PM
        
        Artifacts on the moon - SDF - 7/22/2006 10:53:50 PM
        
        re: Artifacts on the moon - ljk - 7/23/2006 5:52:33 AM
  - re: Is SETI Barking up the Wrong Tree? - ER - 7/20/2006 5:42:21 PM
    - SETI often says more about humans than aliens... - LJK - 7/25/2006 3:53:39 PM

37 years ago.... - Raoul - 7/19/2006 6:13:08 PM
- Flight-team's 11 minute audio of descent and landing - Daniel - 7/20/2006 3:03:08 PM
  - re: I've got all the DVD's! - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:51:50 PM
    - you must be the Belgium Central of international spaceniks - Daniel - 7/20/2006 6:31:40 PM
      - re: Apollo flights - Raoul - 7/20/2006 7:00:12 PM
- Armstrong did get his pilot's license before his driver's license at 16 - LJK - 7/19/2006 7:22:01 PM
  - re: Armstrong would not have made the difference - Raoul - 7/19/2006 7:40:48 PM
    - What Ayn Rand had to say about Apollo 11 - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:27:32 PM
      - Yes... the Collective efforts of over 100,000 people - Adam - 7/23/2006 11:29:19 PM
      - re: What Ayn Rand had to say about Apollo 11 - Robert - 7/20/2006 4:30:50 PM
        
        Not an accurate representation of the idea - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2006 5:33:26 PM
        
        re: Not an accurate representation of the idea - Robert - 7/20/2006 5:50:11 PM
- The World STOPPED - carl - 7/19/2006 6:30:52 PM
  - I know I'll never forget that day. (n/t) - ER - 7/19/2006 8:10:09 PM
    - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity - ljk - 7/20/2006 4:20:34 AM
      - re: Same for Apollo 12 and 14 - Raoul - 7/20/2006 5:54:28 AM
        
        The BBC take on Apollo - LJK - 7/20/2006 1:19:25 PM
        
        Another relevant anniversary - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:01:27 PM
        
        The first photo taken on the surface by Apollo 11 - LJK - 7/20/2006 7:22:27 PM
        
        Sorry, you're wrong. - Daniel - 7/20/2006 8:02:30 PM
        
        Sorry, YOU'RE wrong - LJK - 7/20/2006 8:13:43 PM
        
        OK, even if I misread you: - Daniel - 7/20/2006 8:42:52 PM
        
        re: OK, even if I misread you: - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:00:20 PM
        
        OK - Daniel - 7/20/2006 9:18:33 PM
        
        re: Sorry, you're both right:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/20/2006 8:23:47 PM
        
        The Earth-bound icon of Apollo 11 and much of the early US Space Program - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:40:52 PM
        
        re: The Earth-bound icon of Apollo 11 and much of the early US Space Program - Raoul - 7/20/2006 10:39:12 PM
        
        SMART-1 birthday postcard of Apollo 11 landing site - LJK - 7/21/2006 7:25:00 PM
        
        Apollo 11 program for those in the UK on July 24, 2006 - ljk - 7/23/2006 5:58:02 AM
        
        re: Apollo 11 program for those in the UK on July 24, 2006 - Delbert - 7/24/2006 3:11:24 PM
        
        re: Channel 5? - Raoul - 7/23/2006 7:47:05 AM
        
        Judging from this story - LJK - 7/25/2006 2:32:17 PM

A guide to the Galaxy - Raoul - 7/23/2006 6:19:00 PM
- Not bad... for a first pass - Fox - 7/23/2006 7:28:54 PM
  - Ditto - Robert - 7/23/2006 7:40:19 PM
    - Better navigation needed - nick hoffman - 7/24/2006 1:21:19 AM
- Just remember your towel. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2006 6:34:03 PM
  - And the peanuts (n/t) - Arthur Dent - 7/23/2006 11:54:24 PM
  - re: I'm not Hercules:-O - Raoul - 7/23/2006 7:01:40 PM
    - I thought it was great! - Lance - 7/24/2006 6:54:47 PM

What manned space is about! - Raoul - 7/14/2006 10:51:09 PM
- Martian Way - Adam - 7/15/2006 6:56:21 AM
  - Are humans the best way to explore space? - LJK - 7/17/2006 4:02:13 PM
    - re: NO and we don't even need AI - Raoul - 7/17/2006 6:52:53 PM
      - re: NO and we don't even need AI - LJK - 7/17/2006 7:07:53 PM
        
        re: We don't even need AI - Raoul - 7/17/2006 7:48:19 PM
        
        Shape recognition is AI - Adam - 7/18/2006 12:53:46 AM
        
        re: Shape recognition is AI - LJK - 7/18/2006 1:40:16 PM
        
        Beyond Earth - LJK - 7/24/2006 3:47:47 PM

Europe plans giant eye on the sky - LJK - 7/24/2006 3:12:12 PM

Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton - SDF - 7/22/2006 11:35:06 PM
- Wormholes are not FTL - Adam - 7/23/2006 11:17:39 PM

Next on NOVA: "The Elegant Universe: String's the Thing" - LJK - 7/14/2006 9:08:15 PM
- String Theory Fad or New Paradigm? - phil - 7/14/2006 10:25:02 PM
  - String Theory and Experiment - LJK - 7/19/2006 3:28:57 PM
    - Cosmological Constant and Axions in String Theory - ljk - 7/23/2006 6:57:36 AM

The two largest storms in the solar system are about to merge - Raoul - 7/22/2006 8:59:41 AM
- They're not going to merge. - Doug Ellison - 7/22/2006 9:22:54 AM
  - re: Too far? - Raoul - 7/22/2006 10:19:50 PM

A 90 minute long spacewalk for 35 Million $ - Raoul - 7/22/2006 8:15:08 AM
- The average person, of average income, is not exempt. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/22/2006 9:04:09 PM
  - re: No, it would be all right (n/t) - Raoul - 7/22/2006 10:13:31 PM

Observatory Publishes Memoir of Pioneer Radio Astronomer - LJK - 7/21/2006 6:46:50 PM

New Horizon on Dwarf Planets - nick hoffman - 7/16/2006 6:27:22 AM
- How about Semi-Dinky Space Rocks - LJK - 7/17/2006 2:15:26 PM
  - Michael Brown and "Planet" 10 in the New Yorker for July 24 - LJK - 7/21/2006 2:50:23 PM

Spacesuits - Your inflexible friend - Chris Vancil - 7/21/2006 8:16:09 AM

Project Orion - Raoul - 7/21/2006 6:59:16 AM

Venus: Complex Vortex and Nighttime clouds - nick hoffman - 7/16/2006 6:30:17 AM
- Rethinking Venus' Volcanoes - LJK - 7/20/2006 1:27:55 PM
  - Just a variant on the theme - nick hoffman - 7/21/2006 4:55:36 AM

Detection of Giant Radio Pulses from the Pulsar PSR B0656+14 - LJK - 7/17/2006 3:46:59 PM
- Neutron Rich Nuclei in Heaven and Earth: Proceedings of the International Conference on Current Problems in Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy - LJK - 7/20/2006 3:21:42 PM
- Collapse of rotating stars in the Universe and the cosmic gamma ray bursts - LJK - 7/17/2006 3:54:25 PM
  - Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum - LJK - 7/17/2006 9:14:56 PM
    - First broad band study of the mysterious source 1E 1743.1-2843 - LJK - 7/18/2006 8:42:22 PM
      - The nature of the close magnetic white dwarf + probable brown dwarf binary SDSS J121209.31+013627.7 - LJK - 7/18/2006 8:45:11 PM
        
        Galactic Halos are Einstein Clusters of WIMPs - LJK - 7/19/2006 3:00:59 PM
        
        Dark Energy: Mystery of the Millennium - LJK - 7/19/2006 3:45:41 PM
        
        Modifying gravity with the Aether: an alternative to Dark Matter - LJK - 7/19/2006 4:09:27 PM
        
        Scientists See Storm Before the Storm in Future Supernova - LJK - 7/20/2006 9:51:20 PM

King Tut and the Meteorite - ljk - 7/20/2006 4:31:31 AM
- Tektites are common. What is the big deal? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/20/2006 6:44:51 PM
  - Born in Arizona... - LJK - 7/20/2006 7:23:16 PM
- anomalous evidence - Jack Herer - 7/20/2006 12:20:20 PM
  - re: anomalous evidence - ER - 7/20/2006 1:52:06 PM
  - Time travelers... - LJK - 7/20/2006 12:55:55 PM
    - Flat tires on the time machines. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2006 3:10:54 PM
      - Flux-Capacitor not FLUXING - carl - 7/20/2006 4:42:13 PM
        
        re: Flux-Capacitor not FLUXING - LJK - 7/20/2006 5:05:25 PM
        
        re: Flux-Capacitor not FLUXING - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2006 5:03:05 PM

An Activity Catalogue of Southern Stars for the Anglo-Australian Planet Search - LJK - 7/17/2006 9:08:09 PM
- Atmospheric Circulation of Close-In Extrasolar Giant Planets: I. Global, Barotropic, Adiabatic Simulations - LJK - 7/17/2006 9:10:48 PM
  - Disks around young stars with VLTI/MIDI - LJK - 7/18/2006 8:40:56 PM
    - Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets - LJK - 7/19/2006 8:29:47 PM
      - Two Suns in The Sky: Stellar Multiplicity in Exoplanet Systems - LJK - 7/19/2006 8:43:03 PM
        
        Point Process Algorithm: A New Bayesian Approach for Planet Signal Extraction with the Terrestrial Planet Finder - LJK - 7/20/2006 2:53:36 PM

Luna to Hide the Pleiades Star Cluster Early July 20 - LJK - 7/14/2006 5:04:04 PM
- AstroAlert: Spectacular Pleiades passage, probably grazes near you, July 20 am - LJK - 7/17/2006 3:12:12 PM
  - AstroAlert: Update for spectacular Pleiades events tomorrow night - LJK - 7/19/2006 12:53:32 PM
    - AstroAlert: Pleiades graze zone info., & Alcyone s.e. of St. Louis? - LJK - 7/19/2006 2:37:32 PM
      - Some images of the occultation - LJK - 7/20/2006 2:25:58 PM

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