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Next on NOVA: "Supersonic Dream" - ljk - 6/24/2006 4:25:59 AM

Sizes of planets and stars....scales - Raoul - 6/19/2006 9:34:29 PM
- For The Unobservant - ID - 6/23/2006 8:41:07 PM
  - re: For The Unobservant - Raoul - 6/23/2006 11:41:16 PM
- re: Sizes of planets and stars....scales - Raymond - 6/20/2006 6:05:09 PM
  - re: To learn - Raoul - 6/20/2006 7:25:44 PM
- original source? - nick hoffman - 6/20/2006 1:04:23 PM
  - re: Don't know - Raoul - 6/20/2006 4:43:37 PM
- Excellent! Thanks (n/t) - Hans - 6/20/2006 5:54:14 AM
- Nice visual representations - thanks Raoul. (n/t) - Vince - 6/20/2006 2:18:04 AM
- Itâ€™s all relevant - SteveS - 6/20/2006 1:04:16 AM
  - Thanks!! Clear perspective about how small and insignificant in the scheme of things we really are!!! (n/t) - Lance - 6/20/2006 7:56:44 PM
    - Two more terrestrial perspectives - LJK - 6/20/2006 9:24:06 PM
      - bogus analogy - phil - 6/20/2006 10:43:14 PM
        
        That's It's bogus, dude - ljk - 6/20/2006 10:46:26 PM
        
        re: That's It's bogus, dude - phil - 6/23/2006 11:09:05 AM

WOULD MARS maintain an Atmosphere without a Magnetic Field? - carl - 6/23/2006 3:03:20 PM
- Common Misconceptions - ID - 6/23/2006 8:25:34 PM
  - re: Common Misconceptions - gbaikie - 6/23/2006 9:51:49 PM

Go for STS 121 - Delbert - 6/18/2006 12:03:12 AM
- re: Go for STS 121 - Raoul - 6/18/2006 8:48:26 AM
- That's on July 1st (n/t) - Delbert - 6/18/2006 12:04:09 AM
  - STS-121 Status Report for June 19, 2006 - LJK - 6/19/2006 9:07:37 PM
    - STS-121 launch countdown begins June 28, 2006 - LJK - 6/23/2006 8:21:05 PM

The LGS system - R.L. - 6/23/2006 7:07:53 PM

I'd like to take this opportunity to stake my claim on Venus' atmosphere... - et - 6/17/2006 6:00:32 PM
- Jesus already promised - Adam - 6/18/2006 4:37:42 AM
  - Quenched carbonia - Adam - 6/19/2006 11:48:47 AM
- Sounds almost like oxygen-contaminated diamonds to me. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 6:54:56 PM
  - Sure, if those turn to CO2 gas at STP. (n/t) - et - 6/18/2006 4:18:37 PM
    - Speaking of Venus... - LJK - 6/19/2006 7:26:19 PM
      - Terrestrial planetary dynamics: a view from U, Th geochemistry - ljk - 6/21/2006 8:00:08 PM
        
        Two early JPL papers on Venus by Carl Sagan now online - LJK - 6/22/2006 1:54:54 PM
        
        Stephen Hawking: Earth Could Become Like Venus - LJK - 6/22/2006 8:07:46 PM
        
        High Accuracy Matching of Planetary Images - ljk - 6/23/2006 2:42:42 PM

High accuracy transit photometry of the planet OGLE-TR-113b with a new deconvolution-based method - ljk - 6/19/2006 8:02:47 PM
- Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS): a high throughput 1.2-m visible telescope with a small inner working angle - LJK - 6/19/2006 8:04:59 PM
  - Evolution of Circumstellar Disks Around Normal Stars: Placing Our Solar System in Context - LJK - 6/19/2006 8:07:30 PM
    - The Variability and Rotation of Pre-main Sequence Stars in IC 348: Does Intracluster Environment Influence Stellar Rotation? - LJK - 6/20/2006 9:33:54 PM
      - The Recurrent Eclipse of an Unusual Pre--Main-Sequence Star in IC 348 - LJK - 6/22/2006 2:48:55 PM
      - High Contrast L' Band Adaptive Optics Imaging to Detect Extrasolar Planets - LJK - 6/20/2006 9:41:03 PM
        
        The Planets-Capture Model of V838 Monocerotis - LJK - 6/22/2006 2:43:51 PM
        
        Confirmation of the Planet Hypothesis for the Long-period Radial Velocity Variations of Beta Geminorum - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:06:05 PM
        
        Monte Carlo radiative transfer in protoplanetary disks - LJK - 6/23/2006 2:34:10 PM

Chinese MOONWALK 2024 - carl - 6/19/2006 9:08:56 PM
- Michael Jackson BEAT them by 40 years. - Lee - 6/20/2006 6:22:18 PM
- Did they announce an actual date? - ljk - 6/19/2006 9:25:17 PM
  - CNN Reports - carl - 6/19/2006 10:15:32 PM
    - The URL - ljk - 6/20/2006 5:40:32 PM
      - China Tests Radio Tracking For Moon Probe - LJK - 6/22/2006 8:18:00 PM

The summer of 1816 - Raoul - 6/22/2006 6:27:43 PM

2nd Anniversary of SpaceShipOne: Lunar Lander Challenge Update - phil - 6/22/2006 5:55:00 PM

No sex please, we're robots - phil - 6/20/2006 2:10:28 PM
- See ROBBIE on AT+T COMMERCIAL? - carl - 6/20/2006 6:31:26 PM
  - ROBBIE - phil - 6/20/2006 10:35:04 PM
  - It's good to see Robbie working again. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 6:46:12 PM
    - HAD TOY as Kid - carl - 6/20/2006 7:05:35 PM
- Tell that to Data and Tasha Yar... - Fox - 6/20/2006 2:59:27 PM
  - re: Tell that to Data and Tasha Yar... - ljk - 6/20/2006 3:04:10 PM
    - Battling bots - McFly - 6/20/2006 5:23:48 PM
      - re: Battling bots - ljk - 6/20/2006 5:48:02 PM
    - re: Tasha Yar... - Fox - 6/20/2006 3:12:00 PM
  - I was hoping for a more...er...revealing clip than that. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 3:02:10 PM
    - C'mon, 1987 Trek? - carl - 6/20/2006 6:34:06 PM
      - Then try the new Battlestar Galactica - LJK - 6/20/2006 7:03:19 PM
        
        New season coming up! - McFly - 6/22/2006 5:32:08 PM
        
        SEX IN SPACE?????? - carl - 6/20/2006 7:07:04 PM
        
        In free fall. The mind boggles. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 7:14:39 PM
        
        re: to all action, corresponds a reaction of equal force! (n/t) - Raoul - 6/20/2006 7:27:18 PM
        
        Yes, but how is angular momentum conserved? (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 7:38:38 PM
        
        It's not - Daniel - 6/22/2006 4:34:41 PM
        
        [message deleted] - Robert Shepherd - 6/21/2006 6:36:19 PM

Death of the Sun on National Geographic Channel - Wednesday, June 21 - ljk - 6/19/2006 4:24:19 PM
- re: Perhaps Earth can survive it... - Raoul - 6/19/2006 4:32:07 PM
  - Maybe not - Adam - 6/20/2006 4:40:05 AM
    - re: Maybe not - REB - 6/20/2006 12:09:37 PM
      - Gather ye red dwarfs while ye may - ljk - 6/20/2006 2:22:57 PM
        
        Red Dwarfs - REB - 6/20/2006 2:35:16 PM
        
        re: Red Dwarfs - ljk - 6/20/2006 5:29:20 PM
        
        A bunch would be tricky - Adam - 6/20/2006 10:32:29 PM
        
        Hiding in plain sight. - ER - 6/21/2006 1:58:56 PM
        
        Here's one way to get us to the stars while still alive - LJK - 6/21/2006 7:41:42 PM
        
        Near dead, not alive - Adam - 6/21/2006 10:11:00 PM
        
        re: Near dead, not alive - LJK - 6/22/2006 1:02:03 PM
        
        Humans are tough and versatile - REB - 6/22/2006 2:56:39 PM
        
        re: Humans are tough and versatile - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:29:08 PM
        
        re: Humans are tough and versatile - REB - 6/22/2006 3:37:58 PM
        
        re: Humans are tough and versatile - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:46:41 PM
  - Pretty sunsets, I bet. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2006 5:18:22 PM
    - re: One could wonder.... - Raoul - 6/19/2006 7:22:06 PM
    - But rather on the warm side - ljk - 6/19/2006 7:06:28 PM
      - yuh think? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2006 9:54:04 PM
        
        Another neat depiction - LJK - 6/20/2006 7:40:23 PM
  - re: Perhaps Earth can survive it... - ljk - 6/19/2006 4:36:12 PM
    - re: re:Gone... - Raoul - 6/19/2006 4:39:02 PM
      - re: re:Gone... - ljk - 6/19/2006 4:41:35 PM
        
        No need to update your will. - ER - 6/19/2006 4:59:52 PM
        
        re: No need to update your will. - REB - 6/19/2006 6:23:48 PM
        
        re: Space and Time: even without leaving LEO we've learned so much - Raoul - 6/19/2006 8:01:24 PM
        
        Sorry Raoul, I don't believe in "Can't". - REB - 6/19/2006 8:37:16 PM
        
        Time is on our side? - ER - 6/19/2006 7:50:43 PM
        
        re: Time is on our side? - REB - 6/19/2006 8:41:25 PM
        
        Fermi Redux. - ER - 6/19/2006 9:04:17 PM
        
        There's a fourth factor - Fox - 6/20/2006 12:37:34 AM
        
        That's just (2) + (3) - nick hoffman - 6/20/2006 1:11:32 PM
        
        d = vt - Fox - 6/20/2006 2:42:13 PM
        
        Reality Check - ER - 6/20/2006 5:57:44 PM
        
        Keepin' it real - Fox - 6/20/2006 11:14:14 PM
        
        re: Keepin' it real - ER - 6/21/2006 1:58:22 AM
        
        Did you see this news item? - LJK - 6/21/2006 3:53:46 PM
        
        Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... - ER - 6/21/2006 5:06:04 PM
        
        Supernovae and GRBs also make great natural beacons for SETI - LJK - 6/21/2006 5:27:17 PM
        
        re: Supernovae and GRBs also make great natural beacons for SETI - ER - 6/21/2006 5:47:21 PM
        
        re: Supernovae and GRBs also make great natural beacons for SETI - LJK - 6/21/2006 5:56:44 PM
        
        I get it! - ER - 6/21/2006 6:26:14 PM
        
        re: I get it! - ljk - 6/21/2006 7:35:40 PM
        
        Who needs planets? - LJK - 6/20/2006 3:17:13 PM
        
        re: Who needs planets? Builders of orbital colonies. - Fox - 6/20/2006 9:14:35 PM
        
        re: Who needs planets? - Raoul - 6/20/2006 7:34:07 PM
        
        re: Who needs planets? - LJK - 6/20/2006 7:42:22 PM
        
        Ever hear of blue stragglers? - ljk - 6/19/2006 9:16:11 PM
        
        Not a rock band - ER - 6/19/2006 11:59:46 PM
        
        re: Not a rock band - ljk - 6/20/2006 11:15:57 AM
        
        Cher. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 12:47:20 PM
        
        And Liz T. - LJK - 6/20/2006 2:01:24 PM

APSIS - an Artificial Planetary System in Space to probe extra-dimensional gravity and MOND - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:40:13 PM

Robots Covered by the 2nd Ammendment? - phil a.k.a. Robbie - 6/21/2006 9:38:36 PM
- Cartoon - phil a.k.a. Robbie - 6/22/2006 3:39:42 PM
- Fair Dinkum? (n/t) - Manuel Garcia O'Kelly Davis - 6/22/2006 8:48:33 AM

Steve Hawkings said POPE JOHN PAUL - carl - 6/16/2006 5:24:25 PM
- Uh-oh... - ER - 6/16/2006 5:29:17 PM
  - re: Uh-oh... - Pugs - 6/17/2006 12:24:03 AM
    - Question Authority - ljk - 6/17/2006 10:23:38 PM
      - Mystery Of Faith - carl - 6/19/2006 10:18:13 PM
        
        re: Mystery Of Faith - ljk - 6/20/2006 12:18:01 PM
        
        NUTTY NUNS - carl - 6/20/2006 6:37:50 PM
        
        Ruling with an iron-edged ruler - LJK - 6/20/2006 7:00:50 PM
    - Why not? Does god have something to hide? (n/t) - ER - 6/17/2006 4:36:19 PM
  - Religion as an institution would be plenty miffed if science could find God... - McFly - 6/16/2006 5:43:00 PM
    - If we can name it, that's not IT. - podrock - 6/17/2006 12:05:00 PM
    - No Phone number for GOD - carl - 6/16/2006 7:05:30 PM
    - If science ever did, I'm sure it would have a long list of good news/bad news items - alcaray - 6/16/2006 5:48:50 PM
      - Is there a source for this? - LJK - 6/16/2006 6:16:10 PM
        
        Saw in local paper........... - carl - 6/16/2006 6:51:38 PM
        
        dunno. I was just riffing on the subject. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/16/2006 6:29:33 PM
        
        Stephen Hawking - Lance - 6/16/2006 7:37:58 PM
        
        If their is order in the Universe..... - Lindy - 6/18/2006 5:02:07 PM
        
        What is the answer? What is the question? - ER - 6/16/2006 7:50:18 PM
        
        re: What is the answer? What is the question? - Lance - 6/16/2006 8:10:31 PM
        
        Answer..."The LATHE of HEAVEN" - carl - 6/20/2006 6:41:44 PM
        
        Its a novel by Ursula K. Leguin. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 11:53:30 PM
        
        Moving right along... - ER - 6/16/2006 8:40:57 PM
        
        And who says... - ljk - 6/16/2006 9:12:30 PM
        
        Simulacron N - ER - 6/16/2006 10:17:11 PM
        
        re: Simulacron N - ljk - 6/16/2006 11:42:10 PM
        
        The Matrix was stolen - ER - 6/17/2006 12:16:00 AM
        
        I always thought that Plato's alegory of the cave, did it first. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/17/2006 9:09:19 PM
        
        To think it was all made just for us is hubris. - lance - 6/17/2006 4:08:36 AM
        
        I'm sure you've heard of the 'Pioneer Anomaly' - Daniel - 6/19/2006 3:15:20 PM
        
        The Pigeon Principle - ER - 6/17/2006 1:15:24 PM
        
        Maybe I'm just dense, but I didn't get it... - Lance - 6/19/2006 7:44:59 PM
        
        Pigeons from Hell. - ER - 6/22/2006 3:21:54 PM
        
        AP = ID Lite - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:35:12 PM

Cassini image - SteveS - 6/16/2006 2:01:55 PM
- Enceladus and Titan together - LJK - 6/22/2006 2:13:59 PM
  - Letting the moons speak for themselves - LJK - 6/22/2006 2:22:59 PM
    - Linear Stability of Ring Systems - LJK - 6/22/2006 3:04:06 PM

Suspended animation just got easier - Adam - 6/21/2006 10:07:32 PM
- A chilling thought. (n/t) - ER - 6/22/2006 12:43:14 PM
- Very cool. - Peter Bruener:) - 6/22/2006 8:17:17 AM
- re: Suspended animation just got easier - phil - 6/22/2006 12:53:56 AM
  - Hmmm... G W B for one (n/t) - Adam - 6/22/2006 10:07:34 AM

â€œWhen Iâ€™m 64â€ (recorded 40 years ago) - SteveS - 6/20/2006 3:00:07 AM
- re: â€œWhen Iâ€™m 64â€ (recorded 40 years ago) - Vince - 6/21/2006 12:43:45 AM
  - re: â€œWhen Iâ€™m 64â€ (recorded 40 years ago) - SteveS - 6/21/2006 1:19:10 PM
    - re: â€œWhen Iâ€™m 64â€ (recorded 40 years ago) - Vince - 6/22/2006 12:04:36 AM
- Dare I tread on sacred ground? - LJK - 6/20/2006 2:03:44 PM
  - GooGoo Goo Joob - ER - 6/21/2006 3:04:07 PM
  - re:Sacred ground - SteveS - 6/21/2006 1:17:23 PM
    - re: re:Sacred ground - ljk - 6/21/2006 1:28:06 PM

Red streaks in sky probably a meteor - Eric - 6/20/2006 11:54:57 PM

Long-term Variability in the Length of the Solar Cycle - LJK - 6/20/2006 9:27:19 PM

M33 by the MMT - Raoul - 6/14/2006 5:53:44 PM
- Beautiful. Thanks Raoul. (n/t) - Vince - 6/17/2006 3:35:37 AM
- Speaking of M33... - LJK - 6/14/2006 8:01:32 PM
  - A Genuine Intermediate-Age Globular Cluster in M33 - LJK - 6/20/2006 9:25:44 PM

Very LEO sighting? - ER - 6/20/2006 2:51:55 AM
- re: Very LEO sighting? - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 4:27:37 AM
  - Shadow fadeout - ER - 6/20/2006 3:05:17 PM
  - re: Very LEO sighting? - ER - 6/20/2006 11:01:53 AM
    - re: Very LEO sighting? - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 5:34:17 PM
    - re: Very LEO sighting? - ER - 6/20/2006 11:08:44 AM
      - re: Very LEO sighting? - ER - 6/20/2006 11:20:39 AM
- re: I don't see it - SteveS - 6/20/2006 3:33:53 AM
  - Yes. - ER - 6/20/2006 3:41:23 AM
    - re: Yes. - SteveS - 6/20/2006 4:01:24 AM
      - Search time - ER - 6/20/2006 11:27:41 AM
    - re: Yes. - ER - 6/20/2006 4:00:23 AM
      - Oh just say it - LJK - 6/20/2006 7:07:05 PM
        
        Nope. The alien scouts are cloaked. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2006 7:18:16 PM

ISS and Jupiter - Raoul - 6/18/2006 9:16:38 AM
- Just saw exceptional ISS pass - Peter Bruener - 6/19/2006 4:01:39 AM
  - re: Just saw exceptional ISS pass (me too) - SteveS - 6/19/2006 1:17:19 PM
    - Way cool! (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 6/19/2006 10:17:59 PM
    - re: In front of the Moon!!!! - Raoul - 6/19/2006 4:29:56 PM
      - re: In front of the Moon!!!! - SteveS - 6/20/2006 1:13:02 AM
- re: Great shot! (n/t) - SteveS - 6/18/2006 1:53:54 PM
  - re: Enlarged! - Raoul - 6/18/2006 7:52:06 PM
    - Earth and Jupiter rising over Mars - LJK - 6/19/2006 7:52:10 PM

A High-Altitude, Station-Keeping Astronomical Platform - ljk - 6/16/2006 4:54:08 AM
- re: The most serious competitor to satellites - Raoul - 6/16/2006 5:42:38 AM
  - The Stellar Imager (SI) Vision Mission - LJK - 6/19/2006 9:31:48 PM

Adaptive Optics Correction of the Wavefront Distortions Induced by Segments Misalignment in Extremely Large Telescope - LJK - 6/19/2006 9:24:17 PM

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