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...are soon parted. - LJK - 7/18/2006 6:46:32 PM
- re: ...A strong telescope! - Raoul - 7/18/2006 9:27:14 PM
- "My dear Mrs. Lang," - Ubert Moderator - 7/18/2006 8:15:30 PM
  - I'd start her off with a certain bridge in NYC - Daniel - 7/19/2006 12:25:02 AM
    - May I be of service, sir? - Robert - 7/19/2006 1:21:09 AM
      - OK, I'll bite: - Daniel - 7/19/2006 1:34:04 PM
        
        Ah, due diligence - Ubert Moderator - 7/19/2006 3:34:01 PM
      - To put some positive spin on this... - LJK - 7/19/2006 1:12:21 PM
        
        re: To put some positive spin on this... - Robert - 7/19/2006 3:25:24 PM
        
        Fireside chat - ER - 7/19/2006 5:23:04 PM

The History of Space Nuclear Power - LJK - 7/19/2006 4:19:15 PM
- Thanks for the post! (n/t) - McFly - 7/19/2006 5:18:58 PM

Are Proxima and Alpha Centauri Gravitationally Bound? - LJK - 7/19/2006 4:00:20 PM
- Spitzer Observations of Nearby M Dwarfs - LJK - 7/19/2006 4:12:24 PM

Carbonates and clays in Tempel I: Science report - Robert Clark - 7/18/2006 3:03:07 PM
- A Spitzer Study of Comets 2P/Encke, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) - LJK - 7/19/2006 4:04:24 PM

What happened to the bird droppings after re-entry? (n/t) - Raoul - 7/17/2006 7:49:30 PM
- They're appearing on Leno this week - LJK - 7/18/2006 2:13:41 PM
  - heh heh heh - D. - 7/19/2006 12:28:22 AM

Central Florida gets sonic boom from the Space Shuttle - Lindy - 7/17/2006 1:27:57 PM
- ANYBODY GOT the Audio from last Shuttle landing? - carl - 7/18/2006 4:15:53 PM
- re: A very successful flight!! - Raoul - 7/17/2006 5:48:27 PM
- Yeah, TV had Shuttle Landing AUDIO Ramped up, too. - carl - 7/17/2006 4:03:32 PM
  - re: Yeah, TV had Shuttle Landing AUDIO Ramped up, too. - Delbert - 7/17/2006 4:40:08 PM
    - re: Yeah, TV had Shuttle Landing AUDIO Ramped up, too. - Doug Ellison - 7/17/2006 6:26:17 PM

Boeing says plastic planes not far off - SDF - 7/18/2006 1:36:21 AM
- Built PLASTIC PLANES as KIDS - carl - 7/18/2006 4:13:03 PM

Jupiter's Great Red Spot and Red Jr. heading for a collision - ljk - 7/4/2006 6:10:27 PM
- Just wait - R.L. - 7/5/2006 3:36:52 PM
  - And July 10-15 - LJK - 7/6/2006 4:04:12 PM
    - Causes of Observed Long-Periodic Variations of the Polarization at Polar Regions of Jupiter - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:33:05 PM
      - Red Jr. Update - July 17, 2006 - LJK - 7/18/2006 2:11:37 PM

Science debates anti-aging claims - phil - 7/12/2006 6:53:26 PM
- re: Science debates anti-aging claims - Robert Clark - 7/13/2006 3:20:47 PM
  - Uh Check Your Math (n/t) - Mark Eby - 7/14/2006 10:50:34 PM
    - Yah, 30% off 2000 calories is 1400 calories per day. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 7/18/2006 12:47:29 PM
  - re: Science debates anti-aging claims - Pugs - 7/14/2006 2:29:37 AM

Taking Soil Science to Outer Space - LJK - 7/17/2006 2:46:47 PM

The impossible phase - ER - 7/16/2006 7:24:44 PM
- Trompe L'oeil - nick hoffman - 7/17/2006 6:29:43 AM
  - re: Trompe L'oeil - ER - 7/17/2006 11:01:14 AM
- re: The Apollo 11 emblem - Raoul - 7/17/2006 5:44:40 AM
  - re: The Apollo 11 emblem - ER - 7/17/2006 11:04:19 AM
- What you were seeing was the Arctic Ocean after global warming. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2006 9:01:16 PM
  - In heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here. (n/t) - ER - 7/16/2006 9:24:25 PM
- re: Sad! - Raoul - 7/16/2006 8:48:19 PM
  - re: Sad! - Delbert - 7/16/2006 9:37:43 PM
  - re: Sad! - ER - 7/16/2006 9:37:01 PM
    - re: Sad! - Delbert - 7/16/2006 10:58:06 PM
      - Copernicus, Bruno, Galileo... - LJK - 7/17/2006 1:45:11 PM

Chernobyl's 'nuclear nightmares' - gbaikie - 7/15/2006 5:11:23 AM
- re: Elena's Motorcyle Ride through Chernobyl - Vince - 7/15/2006 9:35:57 PM
  - wasn't that website fake? n/t (n/t) - Greg - 7/16/2006 1:21:01 AM
    - Do you have info that it is? - Peter Bruener - 7/16/2006 10:11:58 AM
      - re: Do you have info that it is? - Doug Ellison - 7/16/2006 2:04:44 PM
        
        Good enough, thanks (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 7/16/2006 11:19:58 PM
        
        re: Thank you for the information. n/t. (n/t) - Vince - 7/16/2006 10:42:04 PM
        
        nevertheless - Fox - 7/16/2006 3:09:18 PM
        
        re: nevertheless - Doug Ellison - 7/16/2006 3:34:01 PM
- fixing format - gbaikie - 7/15/2006 5:16:52 AM
  - Sorry this already posted below (n/t) - gb - 7/15/2006 5:18:19 AM

Aviation: video of 22 foot model B-52 - phil - 7/16/2006 2:51:42 PM

hottest year of the millennium cannot be supported by his analysis - gbaikie - 7/16/2006 4:11:56 AM
- Green: A force of stupidity - gbaikie - 7/16/2006 6:05:09 AM

Viking 30th anniversary webcast..June 22 - carl - 6/19/2006 5:26:04 PM
- Other NASA Martian Landers Turning 30 - LJK - 6/23/2006 1:38:09 PM
  - Evidence of the gravitomagnetic field of Mars - LJK - 6/23/2006 2:56:18 PM
    - 30 years ago today... - ljk - 7/4/2006 6:29:13 PM
      - NASA Marks 30th Anniversary of Mars Viking Mission - ljk - 7/15/2006 3:04:47 AM
        
        And of course today is... - ljk - 7/16/2006 12:47:41 AM

Evolution of the Early Atmospheres of Venus, Earth and Mars - LJK - 7/12/2006 1:53:19 PM
- Outgassing vs mass-loss - Adam - 7/16/2006 12:24:30 AM
- The Chlorophyll Paradox - nick hoffman - 7/13/2006 2:51:14 PM
  - It's original... - Adam - 7/14/2006 1:26:23 AM
    - Does it? - nick hoffman - 7/14/2006 6:06:46 AM
      - Chlorophyll Absorption spectrum... - Adam - 7/14/2006 8:34:53 AM
        
        does absorption translate directly into chemical energy captured or is it more complicated? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/14/2006 4:13:36 PM
        
        more complicated (n/t) - Adam - 7/15/2006 6:53:40 AM
- The latest news from Venus - LJK - 7/13/2006 1:21:31 PM
  - Cool approach animation - Adam - 7/14/2006 1:30:01 AM

Bigelow Keynote Speaker @ SFC in Vegas Next Week - phil - 7/14/2006 7:22:21 PM
- SFC in Vegas Next Week - JimO - 7/15/2006 5:14:55 PM
- Damn I wish I had the time. What a great 4 day speaker lineup! - Buck Galaxy - 7/15/2006 6:06:05 AM

2006: A Spatula Odyssey - Daniel - 7/14/2006 4:11:09 PM
- Open the OVEN DOORS, HAL - Hal - 7/15/2006 3:02:13 PM
- It was a SPACE spatula, dammit! - LJK - 7/14/2006 4:48:46 PM

Space Shield Could Help Image Earth-like Planets, Says Study - Robert Clark - 7/14/2006 10:16:54 PM
- Larry already informed us... - Adam - 7/15/2006 5:14:45 AM

What a view Mike and Piers must have! - Raoul - 7/12/2006 7:03:30 PM
- ISS/Discovery a tiny feature on solar disk during EVA 3 - LJK - 7/13/2006 7:44:00 PM
  - ISS as seen in space and from the ground - LJK - 7/14/2006 7:11:33 PM
  - re:It's a lot easier to check our e-mails - Raoul - 7/13/2006 9:12:09 PM
    - The page is blank - LJK - 7/14/2006 1:57:31 PM
      - re: It meant I did it too well and it became a link - Raoul - 7/14/2006 4:13:56 PM
        
        See why I don't do these - LJK - 7/14/2006 4:37:04 PM
        
        re: See why it's important - Raoul - 7/14/2006 10:06:54 PM

The Chernobyl Legacy: Not what you might think - Scott Evil - 7/13/2006 1:25:02 PM
- The effects of Chernobyl - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2006 11:33:40 PM
  - Interesting. - Scott Evil - 7/14/2006 1:48:42 PM
    - And under (n/t) - alcaray - 7/14/2006 4:10:24 PM
- The Nazis did a lot of test-to-destruction research on humans that has proved useful (n/t) - alcaray - 7/13/2006 3:34:20 PM
  - One therapeutic dose of radiation causes 30 percent spongy bone loss in mice - LJK - 7/13/2006 7:31:24 PM
    - Predicting Solar Eruptions - LJK - 7/14/2006 9:22:00 PM

Many binaries among NEAs - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:06:42 PM
- Catalogue of Planetary Objects. Version 2006.0 - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:27:59 PM
  - Carbon Monoxide in Comet 9P/Tempel 1 before and after the Deep Impact Encounter - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:29:16 PM
    - Scientists Gaining Clearer Picture of Comet Makeup and Origin - LJK - 7/14/2006 8:50:58 PM
    - Imaging the Dust Trail and Neckline of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko v2 - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:37:52 PM
    - Optical parameters of the nonisothermal Uranus's and Neptune's atmospheres - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:30:47 PM

Lost Apollo landing movie resurfaces - Raoul - 7/6/2006 4:31:38 PM
- re: Lost Apollo landing movie resurfaces (second try) - Raoul - 7/6/2006 4:33:15 PM
  - definitely edited - dd - 7/8/2006 12:25:39 AM
  - re: Sorry...Jim Oberg, I meant (n/t) - Raoul - 7/6/2006 4:34:25 PM
    - Isn't it amazing... - LJK - 7/6/2006 7:14:19 PM
      - re: Well... - Raoul - 7/6/2006 7:26:43 PM
        
        No helmets? - LJK - 7/6/2006 7:40:35 PM
        
        re: No ! - Raoul - 7/6/2006 8:07:00 PM
        
        The example of Soyuz 11 - ljk - 7/7/2006 3:52:11 AM
        
        re: Yes, and yet the Apollo astronauts still didn't wear spacesuits (n/t) - Raoul - 7/7/2006 5:38:59 AM
        
        Apollo 11 Saturn 5 Audio Archive on CD - LJK - 7/14/2006 3:57:10 PM
        
        Finding the lost Apollo 11 tapes - LJK - 7/14/2006 7:05:07 PM

Precise Radial Velocities of Giant Stars II. Pollux and its Planetary Companion - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:02:12 PM
- The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. Variable Baseline Microlensing Events in the Galactic Bulge - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:04:03 PM
  - The Thermal Regulation of Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Disks III. Simulations with Radiative Cooling and Realistic Opacities - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:10:18 PM
    - Spectroscopy of Young Planetary Mass Candidates with Disks - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:12:30 PM
      - On the migration of protogiant solid cores - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:14:35 PM
        
        Formation and structure of the three Neptune-mass planets system around HD69830 - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:24:01 PM
        
        Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets II. Physical Properties of ~1000 Cool Stars from the SPOCS Catalog - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:39:47 AM
        
        Collisional Particle Disks - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:42:06 AM
        
        Resolving and probing the circumstellar disk of the Herbig Ae star MWC 480 at 1.4 mm: Evolved dust? - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:00:57 AM
        
        Terrestrial Planet Formation Surrounding Close Binary Stars - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:04:32 AM
        
        On the Origin of HD149026b - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:06:35 AM
        
        Atomic and Molecular Opacities for Brown Dwarf and Giant Planet Atmospheres - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:25:36 AM
        
        Stability Limits in Extra-solar Planetary Systems - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:26:48 AM
        
        Planetesimal formation via fragmentation in self-gravitating protoplanetary discs - LJK - 7/14/2006 5:43:06 PM
        
        A Comparative Study on Lithium Abundances in Solar--Type Stars With and Without Planets - LJK - 7/14/2006 6:36:38 PM

Strange sand bank in front of Opportunity. - REB - 7/7/2006 9:18:09 PM
- Shore DUNES? - carl - 7/14/2006 3:06:00 PM
  - Maybe they did have life on them, once - LJK - 7/14/2006 3:18:05 PM
- re: Strange sand bank in front of Opportunity. - nick hoffman - 7/8/2006 3:43:22 AM
  - re: Strange sand bank in front of Opportunity. - REB - 7/12/2006 12:36:36 PM
    - Mars Opportunity Rover Getting Closer to Victoria Crater - LJK - 7/13/2006 1:01:17 PM
      - Opportunity is almost out of the Dune Field. - REB - 7/13/2006 2:46:23 PM
        
        Note the same pattern of hexagons - nick hoffman - 7/14/2006 6:08:54 AM

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