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Thomas Reiter, the ESA astronaut for the ISS - Raoul - 6/29/2006 7:06:39 PM
- ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter on his way to his new home in space - LJK - 7/5/2006 2:33:52 PM

Gulf Stream significantly warming Europe, wrong. - gbaikie - 7/5/2006 10:22:00 AM
- Forgot the quotations marks - gbaikie - 7/5/2006 10:24:01 AM
  - but - gbaikie - 7/5/2006 10:42:47 AM

Hoping for a harmless piece of foam - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2006 6:43:40 AM
- re: Those are not words from a space afficionado - Raoul - 7/4/2006 7:47:40 PM
- What about all that past foam dropping off? - ljk - 7/4/2006 1:02:39 PM

Is space really expanding? A counterexample - ljk - 7/4/2006 7:06:42 PM

Here's a question - SDF - 7/4/2006 2:18:40 PM
- re: Balance - Raoul - 7/4/2006 5:16:25 PM

#@!%#@ weather scrubs launch (n/t) - Geez! - 7/1/2006 7:44:23 PM
- dem clouds .. dem damn clouds .. (n/t) - waiting for Tuesday - 7/2/2006 5:38:42 PM
- re: RTLS weather - Raoul - 7/1/2006 8:45:28 PM
  - re: RTLS weather - ljk - 7/1/2006 8:49:42 PM
    - re: Rough sea - Raoul - 7/1/2006 9:05:51 PM
      - Space Shuttle launch set for Independence Day - ljk - 7/3/2006 3:03:02 AM
        
        Crack Found in Discovery External Tank Foam Insulation - SDF - 7/3/2006 1:45:09 PM
        
        Well, good to go. Anyone wanna call it? Heads or tails? (n/t) - SDF - 7/4/2006 2:27:28 AM

Ares-I Ares-V - Raoul - 7/1/2006 7:52:48 AM
- re: Ares-I Ares-V - Danel - 7/1/2006 8:06:53 AM
  - The God of War? - ljk - 7/1/2006 8:46:51 PM
    - back to Kubrick again .. - Daniel - 7/2/2006 9:39:48 AM
      - the pic: - D. - 7/2/2006 9:40:54 AM
        
        re: the pic: - ljk - 7/3/2006 2:59:41 AM
        
        re: the pic, and pronunciation - Daniel - 7/3/2006 4:33:22 AM

Hydraulic-Hybrid Trucks - SDF - 7/2/2006 11:09:12 AM

Detecting a rotation in the epsilon Eridani debris disc - LJK - 6/26/2006 3:38:12 PM
- The compact circumstellar material around OH 231.8+4.2 - LJK - 6/26/2006 5:50:44 PM
  - The Integral Field Spectrograph of SPHERE: the Planet Finder for VLT - LJK - 6/26/2006 6:10:57 PM
    - Toward the Detection of Transiting Hot Earths and Hot Neptunes in Open Clusters v3 - LJK - 6/26/2006 6:21:48 PM
      - Uranium partitioning between liquid iron and silicate melt at high pressures: implications for uranium solubility in planetary cores - LJK - 6/27/2006 3:02:21 PM
        
        U solubility in the core of Earth - LJK - 6/27/2006 3:12:24 PM
        
        Impact of Stellar Dynamics on the Frequency of Giant Planets in Close Binaries - LJK - 6/28/2006 2:36:38 PM
        
        Spitzer Observations of two TW Hydrae Association Brown Dwarfs - LJK - 6/29/2006 4:17:36 PM
        
        Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Upper Limits to the Gas Mass in Disks Around Sun-like Stars - LJK - 6/29/2006 4:18:51 PM
        
        Planetesimal Capture in the Disk Instability Model - LJK - 6/30/2006 7:28:32 PM
        
        Global MHD simulations of stratified and turbulent protoplanetary discs. I. Model properties - ljk - 7/1/2006 11:00:20 PM
        
        Characteristics of proposed 3 and 4 telescope configurations for Darwin and TPF-I - ljk - 7/1/2006 11:10:18 PM
        
        Resolving the Surfaces of Extrasolar Planets With Secondary Eclipse Light Curves v2 - ljk - 7/1/2006 11:15:01 PM
        
        Why aliens love a good moon - ljk - 7/1/2006 11:26:48 PM
        
        Is this a record for most replies to one's own post? (n/t) - SDF - 7/2/2006 10:47:03 AM

SMART-1 views Kepler - Raoul - 6/30/2006 8:29:53 PM
- It's SMART-1's shadow - ljk - 7/1/2006 7:32:15 PM
  - re:Bien sur que non!;) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2006 8:40:44 PM
- Technical Notes - ER - 7/1/2006 2:50:51 PM
  - re: another dark spot - Raoul - 7/1/2006 4:07:22 PM
    - So this is Mars! - ER - 7/1/2006 5:03:19 PM
      - re: Kepler is a Moon crater, not far from Copernicus - Raoul - 7/1/2006 6:00:44 PM
        
        To avoid confusion: Copernicus is middle of the picture (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2006 6:33:35 PM
- It has companions! - ER - 7/1/2006 2:03:20 PM
  - re: It has companions! - Raoul - 7/1/2006 6:06:16 PM
  - OOPs! - ER - 7/1/2006 5:13:44 PM
- What is that??? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/30/2006 8:33:50 PM
  - re: I wonder if it's dust and moving - Raoul - 6/30/2006 8:48:29 PM
    - It seems to make a turn in it's path. I am stumped. Must be aliens. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/30/2006 8:53:36 PM
      - Shadow... - R.L. - 7/1/2006 7:31:32 AM
      - Must be. Notice how quickly it is trying to get out of the picture. "Damn, they saw me!" - REB - 6/30/2006 9:01:32 PM
        
        Could be a shadow - Robert - 6/30/2006 10:06:49 PM
        
        Occurs to me we will probably spend some time fending off kooks... - alcaray - 6/30/2006 9:12:05 PM
        
        Don't blame me... - R.L. - 7/1/2006 9:05:01 PM
        
        re: Would it be kooky - Johannes - 7/1/2006 4:42:58 PM
        
        You made the same mistake I did. This is not Mars, it's the moon. (n/t) - ER - 7/1/2006 8:36:13 PM
        
        re: Ahh, in that case - Johannes - 7/1/2006 10:43:12 PM
        
        re: Ahh, in that case - gbaikie - 7/2/2006 12:26:46 AM
        
        re: Ahh, in that case - gbaikie - 7/2/2006 1:07:34 AM
        
        re: re:Thank you for the links - Johannes - 7/2/2006 1:30:14 AM
        
        re: re:Thank you for the links - gbaikie - 7/2/2006 2:54:37 AM
        
        re: Occurs to me we will probably spend some time fending off kooks... - REB - 6/30/2006 9:29:56 PM
        
        re: Occurs to me we will probably spend some time fending off kooks... - Doug Ellison - 6/30/2006 9:33:15 PM

The really big collapsar at the center of the Milky Way galaxy - LJK - 6/22/2006 1:32:02 PM
- By odd coincidence.... - R.L. - 6/23/2006 6:12:22 PM
- The Heart of the Dragon (n/t) - ER - 6/22/2006 2:42:50 PM
  - A big dragon, but... - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:27:08 PM
    - New "Bigs" in cosmology - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:37:22 PM
      - Scientists Plan To Recreate Big Bang To Uncover Universial Mysteries - LJK - 6/23/2006 1:25:09 PM
        
        Let's hope they don't achieve complete success. (n/t) - ER - 6/23/2006 5:15:35 PM
        
        re: Let's hope they don't achieve complete success. - LJK - 6/23/2006 5:49:15 PM
        
        Mini Black Holes Might Reveal 5th Dimension - LJK - 6/26/2006 6:27:24 PM
        
        Gravity's Relentless Pull: An interactive, multimedia website about black holes for Education and Public Outreach - LJK - 6/27/2006 2:52:37 PM
        
        Non-existence of self-similar solutions containing a black hole in a universe with a stiff fluid or scalar field or quintessence v2 - LJK - 6/27/2006 3:16:51 PM
        
        Black hole formation from collisions of cosmic fundamental strings - LJK - 6/28/2006 2:29:07 PM
        
        Did an asymmetrical supernova fling a collapsar out of our galaxy? - ljk - 7/2/2006 12:36:38 AM

Reasons to go to space - Raoul - 6/20/2006 9:04:37 PM
- What we have gained ALREADY from space research. - David F Mayer - 6/21/2006 5:44:32 PM
  - Nasa television is a joke. - Lee - 6/21/2006 6:45:42 PM
  - Spinoffs are the weakest argument - Robert - 6/21/2006 6:29:05 PM
    - Like I said... - Robert - 6/22/2006 4:32:08 PM
    - Spinoffs? Not spinoffs, direct results. - David F Mayer - 6/22/2006 12:58:30 PM
    - The ISS was going to look for things that only could be made in orbit. - alcaray - 6/21/2006 8:54:07 PM
      - circular argument - Robert - 6/21/2006 10:29:47 PM
        
        nobody knows what we will find. That's the point of research. - alcaray - 6/21/2006 10:53:10 PM
        
        re: nobody knows what we will find. That's the point of research. - Robert - 6/22/2006 4:14:09 AM
        
        if you google ISS+metallurgy you will find... - alcaray - 6/22/2006 3:04:47 PM
        
        OK - Robert - 6/22/2006 4:39:06 PM
        
        Well certainly ISS can't ever compete with putting a flag on the moon or on Mars - alcaray - 6/22/2006 5:04:33 PM
        
        Can't disagree with that. (n/t) - Robert - 6/22/2006 6:57:19 PM
      - re: Thar was also possible with the Shuttle - Raoul - 6/21/2006 9:11:08 PM
        
        The difference - alcaray - 6/21/2006 9:45:19 PM
    - re: Spinoffs are the weakest argument - LJK - 6/21/2006 7:33:23 PM
  - re: All those things can be or are done by unmanned spacecrafts (n/t) - Raoul - 6/21/2006 5:53:05 PM
- re: Reasons to go to space - Robert - 6/21/2006 5:44:09 PM
- Perhaps because the public pays the cost. (n/t) - ER - 6/21/2006 2:12:03 PM
  - Interstellar Migration and the Human Experience - ljk - 7/2/2006 12:20:38 AM

ISS like never before from Earth - Raoul - 6/30/2006 10:37:54 PM
- That's really nice... - Pugs - 7/1/2006 3:53:52 AM
  - Who says they won't do science on the ISS? - ljk - 7/2/2006 12:10:35 AM

On the Nature of Part Time Radio Pulsars - LJK - 6/22/2006 2:52:50 PM
- The conversion of Neutron star to Strange star : A two step process - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:10:33 PM
  - Quark matter and the masses and radii of compact stars - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:12:14 PM
    - Physics of Strongly Magnetized Neutron Stars - LJK - 6/29/2006 4:31:32 PM
      - Chandra X-Ray Observatory Observations of Neutron Stars: An Overview - ljk - 7/1/2006 11:02:32 PM

Conversations with Carl Sagan - ljk - 2/22/2006 9:48:20 PM
- re: Conversations with Carl Sagan - Rod Kawecki - 7/1/2006 2:26:44 AM
  - As I said, the loons come marching in... (n/t) - R.L. - 7/1/2006 9:08:29 PM
  - I appreciate the mistaken identity, but... - ljk - 7/1/2006 8:55:39 PM
- The Editor's Blog on the Book - ljk - 2/22/2006 9:55:57 PM

The ACS works again! - Raoul - 7/1/2006 7:30:19 PM

ISS 10 minutes ago - Raoul - 6/27/2006 9:47:51 PM
- A Heavenly Sky Show on the 4th of July - LJK - 6/29/2006 8:16:50 PM
  - re: A Heavenly Sky Show on the 5th of July for me: Jupiter above the Moon - Raoul - 6/29/2006 9:26:57 PM
    - re: A Heavenly Sky Show - SteveS - 6/30/2006 1:11:04 AM
      - 7/4 Link - SteveS - 6/30/2006 1:13:39 AM
        
        An impressive interactive astronomy site - LJK - 6/30/2006 7:07:29 PM

Opportunity is getting close to Corner (Beagle) crater. - REB - 6/30/2006 6:28:13 PM

Planetoid 2004 XP14 to flyby Earth on July 3, 2006 - LJK - 6/26/2006 3:15:05 PM
- Planetoid Spotting: Skywatchers to Glimpse Close Flyby - LJK - 6/30/2006 4:19:50 PM

Apollo 13 Soundtrack - REB - 6/29/2006 8:34:49 PM
- MOST important Item on 13 was.................... - carl - 6/30/2006 3:09:52 PM
  - re: MOST important Item on 13 was.................... - REB - 6/30/2006 3:23:56 PM
    - Stone knives and bear skins - LJK - 6/30/2006 4:03:37 PM
- re: Apollo 13 Soundtrack - Raoul - 6/29/2006 9:44:54 PM
  - re: Apollo 13 Soundtrack - REB - 6/29/2006 9:52:44 PM
    - 2001 et al - ljk - 6/30/2006 4:00:20 AM
      - re: 2001 et al - REB - 6/30/2006 1:02:30 PM
        
        Really far out space music - LJK - 6/30/2006 4:10:05 PM

House to vote on Mars mission funds - phil - 6/28/2006 10:18:13 PM
- re: House OKs NASA Budget, With Mars Funding - Chris Vancil - 6/29/2006 8:32:50 PM
- We knew it would be tested... - McFly - 6/29/2006 12:44:12 AM
  - but how? - phil - 6/29/2006 12:52:37 AM

Is space colonization a viable concept? - ER - 6/17/2006 1:34:33 AM
- Has anyone charted the amount of energy the average citizen expends... - alcaray - 6/19/2006 5:26:04 PM
  - We all agree it's do-able, but is it want-able? (n/t) - ER - 6/19/2006 6:12:12 PM
    - Most of the folks around here want it. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2006 11:05:19 PM
      - Yeah, I want it too. Real Bad. But wanting alone won't make it so. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 12:05:06 AM
        
        hence my point about energy usage - alcaray - 6/20/2006 4:15:24 PM
        
        Or - Lee - 6/21/2006 1:09:47 AM
- The only way it will ever happen - FrankC - 6/19/2006 7:27:48 AM
- Other world colonization shouldn't be too hard. - Lee - 6/18/2006 5:16:56 AM
  - Maybe harder than we think... - ER - 6/18/2006 4:05:20 PM
    - My concept. - Lee - 6/18/2006 6:45:11 PM
      - re: My concept. - ER - 6/18/2006 7:05:48 PM
        
        Guess I'm a bit on the cautious side. - Lee - 6/19/2006 1:40:53 AM
        
        re: Guess I'm a bit on the cautious side. - ER - 6/19/2006 2:57:20 AM
        
        One more thing... - ER - 6/18/2006 7:34:51 PM
- re: Is space colonization a viable concept? - Raoul - 6/17/2006 9:02:44 PM
- re: Is space colonization a viable concept? - Pugs - 6/17/2006 3:30:12 AM
  - re: Is space colonization a viable concept? - ER - 6/17/2006 12:52:12 PM
- re: Is space colonization a viable concept? - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 3:24:30 AM
  - re: Is space colonization a viable concept? - ER - 6/17/2006 3:46:50 AM
    - re: space colonization - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 6:22:46 AM
      - Roger your 6/16 - ER - 6/17/2006 12:49:23 PM
        
        The good news...and the bad news. - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 5:45:20 PM
        
        Spaceship dealerships - ER - 6/17/2006 6:04:47 PM
        
        Very cool thread Tom and ER - Peter Bruener - 6/18/2006 4:12:51 AM
        
        According to Newton... - ljk - 6/17/2006 3:34:05 PM
        
        re: According to Newton... - ER - 6/17/2006 4:13:24 PM
        
        re: According to Newton... - ljk - 6/17/2006 10:02:28 PM
        
        Why We Must Flee the Planet - LJK - 6/29/2006 8:25:43 PM

Future state of the Universe - LJK - 6/26/2006 5:41:03 PM
- re: The Big-Rip. - Vince - 6/27/2006 4:18:58 AM
  - re: My personal opinion is that: - Johannes - 6/27/2006 9:28:49 PM
    - That statement makes absolutely no sense (n/t) - R.L. - 6/28/2006 4:30:12 PM
      - re: That statement makes absolutely no sense - Johannes - 6/28/2006 8:59:54 PM
        
        And the loons come marching in... - R.L. - 6/28/2006 10:28:49 PM
        
        Gentlemen - Robert - 6/29/2006 5:25:15 AM
        
        re: And the loons come marching in... - Johannes - 6/29/2006 1:07:11 AM
        
        re: And the loons come marching in... - gbaikie - 6/29/2006 12:14:49 PM
        
        re: Thank you for the link, it is very interesting. - Johannes - 6/29/2006 7:50:09 PM
  - Cosmic Vacuum Cleaners - SDF - 6/27/2006 1:10:10 PM
    - Thanks for the reply and link to your paper - quite interesting. (n/t) - Vince - 6/27/2006 11:16:18 PM
      - Not everyone agrees with my ideas - SDF - 6/28/2006 4:59:35 AM

Delta IV Vandenberg launch a success (n/t) - Delbert - 6/28/2006 4:32:41 AM
- re: Delta IV Vandenberg launch a success - Delbert - 6/28/2006 4:39:05 AM
  - re: Delta IV Vandenberg launch a success - Peter Bruener - 6/28/2006 7:31:33 AM
  - re: Delta IV Vandenberg launch - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2006 6:37:51 AM
    - @#$#@%@!! - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2006 3:34:25 PM
      - Video clip of launch - LJK - 6/29/2006 4:07:01 PM
        
        Launch photo, info - LJK - 6/29/2006 7:46:43 PM

Saturn's moons - Raoul - 6/23/2006 5:32:39 AM
- Cassini halfway through main mission - LJK - 6/29/2006 7:45:06 PM

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