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The Return of Nuclear Fusion? - Adam - 7/11/2006 10:54:01 AM
- re: The Return of Nuclear Fusion - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2006 5:12:45 PM
  - better yet: If it is proved it doesn't work then we can quit wasting money studying how to make it work. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 7/11/2006 6:10:12 PM
    - Sahara sunshine enough to power the world? - LJK - 7/12/2006 1:44:35 PM
      - Transmission - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2006 5:10:17 PM
        
        Would relay stations help? - LJK - 7/13/2006 12:52:51 PM
        
        re: Would relay stations help? - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2006 4:07:36 AM
        
        Curious - Lee - 7/14/2006 6:11:52 AM

Scientists Question Nature's Fundamental Laws - LJK - 7/11/2006 8:24:10 PM
- As measuring gets better, new laws are added. - Bowser - 7/12/2006 5:27:03 PM
  - Why anthropic reasoning cannot predict Lambda - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:02:40 AM
    - Limits on the Macho Content of the Galactic Halo from the EROS-2 Survey of the Magellanic Clouds - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:28:24 AM
      - Neighboring Valley in the String Landscape - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:31:10 AM
        
        After the SUSY Eschaton - Adam - 7/14/2006 1:24:31 AM
- I don't think so - phil - 7/11/2006 9:46:22 PM

Interview with Don Dixon on Space Art - LJK - 7/12/2006 4:20:59 PM
- Space art - Raoul - 7/12/2006 6:12:43 PM
  - re: Space art - Marcia - 7/13/2006 2:43:31 AM
    - re: Space art - Raoul - 7/13/2006 5:30:26 AM
      - Only because he didn't land on the nightside of the Moon. (n/t) - Lee - 7/14/2006 12:59:53 AM
      - One thing Hubble won't ever beat out space artists on... - LJK - 7/13/2006 1:11:29 PM

Hockey Stick - gbaikie - 7/13/2006 10:15:52 PM
- Don Rickles used to insult everybody by calling them "a hockey puck" ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 7/13/2006 10:44:31 PM

Two rings at Saturn - REB - 6/30/2006 2:09:42 PM
- Enceladus Exudes Air Of Mystery - ljk - 7/4/2006 6:18:01 PM
  - Cassini Uncovering More Secrets Of Saturn Rings - LJK - 7/6/2006 2:59:56 PM
    - A Spokesman for Saturn's Rings - LJK - 7/6/2006 9:37:59 PM
      - Crescent Rhea Occults Crescent Saturn - LJK - 7/13/2006 8:30:15 PM

A Really Big Leap - and Drop - for Mankind - LJK - 7/13/2006 7:37:04 PM

Einstein's Jury: The Race to Test Relativity and Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen - LJK - 7/7/2006 8:36:35 PM
- Einstein, Bohr and the Quantum Dilemma - LJK - 7/13/2006 3:59:23 PM

Finding a Rigel Kent planet - Adam - 7/5/2006 10:45:12 AM
- Frequency, splitting, linewidth and amplitude estimates of low-l p modes of alpha Cen A: analysis of WIRE photometry - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:19:22 PM
  - A 10-ounce star probe to Alpha Centauri in 10 years? - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:43:49 AM
    - re: A 10-ounce star probe to Alpha Centauri in 10 years? - REB - 7/13/2006 3:14:30 PM
      - Another purpose these tiny star probes could serve - LJK - 7/13/2006 3:53:31 PM

Bigelow module successfully launched - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2006 7:04:10 PM
- Updates - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2006 3:56:23 AM
  - Whoops. Just noticed LJK covering this in an earlier thread. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2006 4:03:25 AM
- Waytago, Mr. Bigelow. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/12/2006 11:21:21 PM
  - This is a 1/3 scale demonstrator I believe - Buck Galaxy - 7/13/2006 2:24:22 AM
    - Maybe Big could send up dwarfs on the nexy flight - phil - 7/13/2006 2:30:59 AM
      - Well... - LJK - 7/13/2006 1:54:36 PM

DIOS: the Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:08:17 PM
- Possibilities of analysis of brightness distributions for components of eclipsing variables from data of space photometry - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:48:03 AM
  - The impact of the errors in the inclinations on the recent LAGEOS-LAGEOS II Lense-Thirring test - ljk - 7/13/2006 3:36:22 AM

Identification of New M Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood - LJK - 6/27/2006 3:06:13 PM
- A Curious New Milky Way Satellite in Ursa Major - LJK - 6/27/2006 3:10:06 PM
  - A Catalog of Spectroscopically Confirmed White Dwarfs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4 - LJK - 6/30/2006 7:22:00 PM
    - AL 3 (BH 261): a new globular cluster in the Galaxy - ljk - 7/1/2006 10:55:19 PM
      - HD 65949: The Highest Known Mercury Excess Of Any CP Star? - ljk - 7/1/2006 10:58:26 PM
        
        CXOU J121538.2+361921 in the galaxy NGC 4214: a double neutron star in the making? - LJK - 7/6/2006 9:27:14 PM
        
        Supernova leaves behind mysterious object - LJK - 7/7/2006 6:19:32 PM
        
        A long-period, violently-variable X-ray source in a young SNR - LJK - 7/11/2006 6:22:11 PM
        
        Slow glitches in the pulsar B1822-09 - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:46:03 AM
        
        30 Glitches in slow pulsars - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:52:10 AM
        
        Electromagnetic Pulsar Spindown - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:54:57 AM
        
        XMM-Newton and ESO observations of the two unidentified gamma-ray sources 3EG J0616-3310 and 3EG J1249-8330 - ljk - 7/13/2006 2:50:05 AM

[Anomalism post moved to OffTopic] - Robert Shepherd - 7/12/2006 9:04:12 PM
- re: [Anomalism post moved to OffTopic] - MARS REVEALER:CYDO_NAUT_KNIGHT - 7/12/2006 9:10:47 PM
  - Hey, Gary - Robert - 7/12/2006 9:34:17 PM

Booster separation! camera on one of the SRBs - Raoul - 7/9/2006 8:00:26 AM
- re:Very cool Raoul, thanks for the links! - SteveS - 7/12/2006 8:51:21 PM
- Better than any CGI Movie!!!! - carl - 7/10/2006 4:12:11 PM
  - re: More! From the SRB's! - Raoul - 7/10/2006 9:56:17 PM
- Spectacular!!! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/9/2006 11:16:55 PM
- AMAZING!!!! X 10 - Peter Bruener - 7/9/2006 8:22:15 AM
  - re: And the SRB's! - Raoul - 7/9/2006 10:18:02 AM
    - Did you notice the launch steam plume? - REB - 7/12/2006 3:49:05 PM
      - re:Yes! (n/t) - Raoul - 7/12/2006 4:03:22 PM
    - Outstanding!! - Peter Bruener - 7/9/2006 11:03:04 PM
      - I bet a seat on that ride would cost alot less than going to the ISS!!! - Lance - 7/10/2006 9:06:15 PM
        
        re: And from the top of the right SRB, looking downwards....almost 13 minutes!! - Raoul - 7/10/2006 9:30:34 PM
        
        WOW, why didn't we send _that_ camera on Huygens... (n/t) - dtb - 7/11/2006 1:57:59 AM
        
        re: WOW, why didn't we send _that_ camera on Huygens... - Doug Ellison - 7/11/2006 9:40:53 AM
        
        re: why didn't we send _that_ camera on Huygens... - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2006 5:19:19 PM
        
        er, right - dtb - 7/11/2006 5:08:22 PM
        
        re: er, right - Doug Ellison - 7/11/2006 7:17:08 PM
        
        re: To view - Raoul - 7/11/2006 10:14:41 AM

MetOp - Raoul - 7/12/2006 6:32:25 PM

Against Consensus: Chandra Wickramasinghe, Fred Hoyle and the rise of NEO-Catastrophism - LJK - 7/12/2006 2:14:39 PM
- Way To Kiss Axx BP - ID - 7/12/2006 4:25:46 PM

Chinaâ€™s Space Program - REB - 6/30/2006 3:39:43 PM
- Dragon in Space - LJK - 6/30/2006 3:54:43 PM
  - And they'd like to visit the ISS - LJK - 6/30/2006 4:13:24 PM
    - Earth and Space Science Payloads of the Shenzhou Orbital Modules - ljk - 7/1/2006 11:52:33 PM
      - Long March C rocket could send humans to the Moon - LJK - 7/12/2006 1:09:28 PM
        
        Lunar Touchdown For China - LJK - 7/12/2006 1:18:43 PM
        
        China To Transmit Pop Music From Lunar-Probing Satellite - LJK - 7/12/2006 3:59:51 PM

'Smart' spacecraft makes its own decisions - LJK - 7/7/2006 4:00:12 PM
- Very cool - McFly - 7/7/2006 9:21:41 PM
  - re: Very cool Mcfly. - RobVG - 7/8/2006 3:49:58 PM
    - re: Very cool Mcfly. - McFly - 7/9/2006 2:23:54 AM
      - re: Very cool Mcfly. - RobVG - 7/9/2006 3:04:06 AM
        
        Yeah, this was back when GUI... - McFly - 7/10/2006 4:46:14 AM
        
        Thanks (n/t) - RobVG - 7/11/2006 12:12:31 AM
        
        NASA to test artificial intelligence control of Mars drill in Arctic - LJK - 7/12/2006 1:36:49 PM
        
        Smart orb bots on ISS - LJK - 7/12/2006 2:31:01 PM

Mid Rovers are coming - Buck Galaxy - 7/7/2006 8:14:57 PM
- Someone must be listening - Adam - 7/9/2006 2:50:36 AM
  - re: Someone must be listening - Doug Ellison - 7/9/2006 4:48:38 PM
    - Re MSL skycrane - Daniel - 7/10/2006 5:56:43 PM
      - re: Re MSL skycrane - Doug Ellison - 7/10/2006 9:53:17 PM
        
        Well yes, but... - Adam - 7/11/2006 8:48:22 AM
        
        re: Well yes, but... - Doug Ellison - 7/11/2006 2:59:05 PM
        
        I can only see one reason - Daniel - 7/11/2006 3:57:10 PM
        
        re: I can only see one reason - Doug Ellison - 7/11/2006 7:44:25 PM
        
        that's clear enough - Daniel - 7/12/2006 5:34:04 AM
    - D'Oh!!! (n/t) - Adam - 7/10/2006 11:15:24 AM
  - re: Someone must be listening - DWC - 7/9/2006 3:56:56 AM
    - Except... - Adam - 7/10/2006 11:16:52 AM

AIRBUS delays revive Frenc/German antagonism - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/11/2006 8:20:33 PM

Astro to NASA:Can't fix it, duct it? - carl - 7/11/2006 5:24:09 PM

'Batman' goes mil spec - phil - 7/10/2006 9:55:30 PM
- Bat suits - Jack Herer - 7/11/2006 5:09:54 PM
- re: Not Batman...Bond. - Vince - 7/11/2006 3:12:48 AM
- On the bounce! - Fox - 7/10/2006 10:22:09 PM
  - re: On the bounce! - phil - 7/11/2006 12:05:37 AM

US Coal-to-Deisel Fuel Plant - phil - 7/10/2006 10:13:31 PM
- So what's the hold-up? - ER - 7/11/2006 12:45:42 PM
- Here in Oz... - Adam - 7/11/2006 11:02:28 AM
  - re: Here in Oz... - daniel - 7/11/2006 4:35:32 PM
    - link - Daniel - 7/11/2006 4:38:17 PM

crappy microphones .... again??? - Delbert - 7/11/2006 3:09:50 PM
- not really sure why - Daniel - 7/11/2006 4:05:54 PM
- speaker microphone boxes. - Doug Ellison - 7/11/2006 3:28:31 PM

The New Lunar lander And New Moon/Mars Crew Vehicles - Jeff F - 10/13/2005 2:47:06 AM
- Manned Flybys/Orbital missions - Adam - 7/10/2006 11:14:32 AM
- Complete final report for Exploration Space Architecture Study - Tom Brosz - 7/3/2006 3:34:21 PM
- re: Northrop Grumman Press Release - Chris Vancil - 10/13/2005 7:10:48 PM
  - Looks like we are finally going to get it right. Thanks Chris. - REB - 10/13/2005 7:21:41 PM
    - More like "getting from here to here." - Tom Brosz - 7/3/2006 3:30:48 PM
      - I still see it as a move forward. - REB - 7/5/2006 2:16:15 PM
    - I can't imagine how a capsule design can even begin to live up to those words. - Lee - 10/14/2005 5:19:09 AM
      - re: I can't imagine how a capsule design can even begin to live up to those words. - Doug Ellison - 7/11/2006 8:49:27 AM
      - As for Mars - REB - 10/14/2005 1:22:19 PM
      - Have you ever seen the inside of a Navy submarine? - Larry J - 10/14/2005 1:12:58 PM
        
        a daughter's opinion - phil - 7/11/2006 12:10:13 AM
        
        re: a daughter's opinion tour of the Albacore - phil - 7/11/2006 12:14:27 AM
        
        re: a daughter's opinion tour of the Albacore - phil - 7/11/2006 12:14:24 AM
        
        Now if we could only launch a submarine into space! - Murph the Smurf - 10/15/2005 1:18:46 PM
      - And... - REB - 10/14/2005 12:58:45 PM
      - It is a start. - REB - 10/14/2005 12:28:02 PM
      - re: I can't imagine how a capsule design can even begin to live up to those words. - Jeff F - 10/14/2005 8:57:20 AM
      - re: Moon orbit too - Raoul - 10/14/2005 5:35:24 AM
        
        re: Moon orbit too - Jeff F - 10/14/2005 8:58:43 AM
        
        I still thing the CEVs should be a more permanent design - Lee - 10/14/2005 6:15:12 AM
        
        Other than nostalgia and publicity for space exploration... - LJK - 10/14/2005 2:14:34 PM
        
        Space is about far more than just exploring. - Lee - 10/15/2005 12:27:17 AM
        
        re: Space is about far more than just exploring. - lance - 10/16/2005 1:04:41 PM
        
        As Raoul said, it's from a sci-fi show. - Lee - 10/16/2005 7:17:39 PM
        
        re: The Eagle - Raoul - 10/16/2005 5:28:45 PM
        
        Calling all Engineers. Is the Space 1999 Eagle a workable design? - REB - 10/15/2005 4:15:03 PM
        
        Some real world modifications would be needed, but it is a very workable design. - Lee - 10/15/2005 6:41:55 PM
        
        re: Some real world modifications would be needed, but it is a very workable design. - LJK - 10/17/2005 12:20:04 AM
        
        re: Some real world modifications would be needed, but it is a very workable design. - Patrick - 7/3/2006 3:50:05 AM
        
        Can I introduce you to the concept of the Paragraph? - nick hoffman - 7/4/2006 2:07:54 PM
        
        re: Can I introduce you to the concept of the Paragraph? - patrick - 7/9/2006 5:44:53 PM
        
        The first rule of discussion, regardless of topic, is Clarity. - Fox - 7/10/2006 10:27:18 PM
        
        AMEN..... (n/t) - R.L. - 7/5/2006 11:21:30 AM
        
        re: I agree - Johannes - 7/3/2006 6:33:18 PM
        
        Establishing colonies, for one. - REB - 10/14/2005 2:59:40 PM
    - Skight correction - REB - 10/13/2005 7:31:10 PM
- A Closer Look... - McFly - 10/13/2005 5:39:43 PM
  - agreed - excellent article (n/t) - Daniel - 10/14/2005 12:24:12 PM
- At least the CEV is okay - E.P. - 10/13/2005 2:17:11 PM

Another meteorite hits Norway - Eric - 7/10/2006 4:29:03 PM
- re: Is he sure it's a meteorite ? - Raoul - 7/10/2006 7:00:20 PM

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