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Bush cancels NASA's climate change research - Eric - 6/15/2006 2:02:44 AM
- Unfortunate - McFly - 6/15/2006 5:53:29 PM
  - Agreed. - ER - 6/15/2006 6:00:50 PM
    - re: Others do understand the issues - Raoul - 6/15/2006 6:20:38 PM
      - 45 years later... - ljk - 6/15/2006 6:57:06 PM

Meteor strike in Iraq - phil - 6/15/2006 4:15:29 PM

Laboratory Tests Fuel Efficient Flying-Wing Aircraft - ljk - 6/15/2006 12:20:24 PM
- Looks like a winner, provided the obvious stabilty & control issues are met. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/15/2006 2:46:17 PM

Macroengineering in the Galactic Context: A New Agenda for Astrobiology - LJK - 6/7/2006 9:27:29 PM
- I wrote a short story along these lines - R.L. - 6/13/2006 5:29:46 AM
  - NGC 5907 - ljk - 6/13/2006 11:38:54 AM
- not all that original an idea - JimO - 6/12/2006 5:13:21 PM
  - But slow in being accepted - ljk - 6/12/2006 6:24:48 PM
- re: Macroengineering in the Galactic Context: A New Agenda for Astrobiology - phil - 6/8/2006 12:40:47 AM
  - Centauri Dreams' latest take on the subject - ljk - 6/12/2006 3:58:27 PM
    - Centauri Dreams Part 2 - Dyson Shells and the Astrobiological Imperative - ljk - 6/15/2006 2:29:12 PM

Gas planet satellite systems - SteveS - 6/15/2006 2:04:51 PM

Sky Events for June, 2006 - ljk - 6/2/2006 11:22:19 AM
- Celestial Triangles: Jupiter Mingles with the Stars - LJK - 6/2/2006 7:31:53 PM
  - Mars in the Beehive - LJK - 6/12/2006 2:02:33 PM
    - re: Hoping for clear skies - SteveS - 6/12/2006 10:40:09 PM
      - Converging Planets and a Beehive - ljk - 6/15/2006 12:30:15 PM

A meteorite hits the Moon! - Raoul - 6/14/2006 5:26:41 AM
- Are there any photographs of the new crater? (n/t) - Delbert - 6/14/2006 11:28:08 PM
  - re: Going to be tough to image a 3 meter crater (n/t) - SteveS - 6/15/2006 12:05:43 AM
- Always wondered what the 3rd stage of the SATURN V looked like? - carl - 6/14/2006 3:27:32 PM
- re:Interesting technique! - SteveS - 6/14/2006 2:58:52 PM
- re: Pretty Cool...but you know I think a bunch of meteorites have hit the Moon over the years...8-) - Chris Vancil - 6/14/2006 9:43:11 AM
  - re: This was the best shot so far, apparently (n/t) - Raoul - 6/14/2006 4:38:33 PM
    - Fossil Meteorite Unearthed From Crater - ljk - 6/15/2006 11:36:05 AM

Balloons on Mars - Laurie Street - 6/13/2006 4:00:24 PM
- re: Balloons on Mars - ER - 6/15/2006 1:22:56 AM
- Harder to store? - Adam - 6/14/2006 11:20:20 AM
  - A personal airship - Adam - 6/14/2006 11:32:32 AM
- I balloons for other planets/moons, but sturdy nuclear pwr rover for mars - Sawyer - 6/14/2006 12:16:04 AM
- I have been alternately excited and depressed about various plans... - alcaray - 6/13/2006 10:12:57 PM
- re: Balloons on Mars - Chris Vancil - 6/13/2006 9:06:47 PM
- Never could figure Y Spirits+OPPY's landers - carl - 6/13/2006 7:36:39 PM
  - re: Never could figure Y Spirits+OPPY's landers - Chris Vancil - 6/13/2006 8:57:12 PM
  - re: Never could figure Y Spirits+OPPY's landers - Doug Ellison - 6/13/2006 8:12:04 PM
  - Couldn't afford even an ounce more weight. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2006 8:11:28 PM

Progress in water purification tech - Tom Brosz - 6/15/2006 12:06:31 AM

A History and Informal Assessment of the Slacker Astronomy Podcast - ljk - 6/14/2006 8:22:59 PM

Voyager: Still Going Strong After Nearly 30 Years - LJK - 5/23/2006 8:58:27 PM
- How long RTG LASTS? - carl - 5/25/2006 4:04:49 PM
  - According to the latest weekly report... - ljk - 5/30/2006 8:22:54 PM
- Voyager 2 Detects Odd Shape of Solar System's Edge - ljk - 5/24/2006 6:33:47 PM
  - Details from PNU 778 - LJK - 6/1/2006 3:29:14 PM
  - Voyager Data May Reveal Trajectory Of Solar System - ljk - 6/1/2006 2:50:44 PM
    - Global Asymmetry of the Heliosphere - ljk - 6/14/2006 8:18:36 PM

What is a planet? - Raoul - 6/10/2006 2:39:51 PM
- Group by size and composition - REB - 6/12/2006 3:15:24 PM
- re: What is a planet? - Hans - 6/10/2006 4:55:30 PM
  - re: What is a planet?...my take - Sawyer - 6/12/2006 1:33:50 AM
    - A popular idea - Adam - 6/12/2006 9:44:31 AM
      - Undifferentiated?? - nick hoffman - 6/13/2006 2:14:14 AM
        
        Convective Cores - Adam - 6/13/2006 10:28:07 PM
      - re: A popular idea - Sawyer - 6/12/2006 12:18:20 PM
  - re: The whole controversy comes from the unwillingness to demote Pluto (n/t) - Raoul - 6/10/2006 6:14:05 PM
    - Partly because we don't know what real constitutes a planet yet. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/11/2006 12:10:10 AM
      - We own the word. It can mean what we want it to. - alcaray - 6/14/2006 5:00:33 PM
  - Taxonomic Ambiguuity - ER - 6/10/2006 5:43:10 PM
    - re: Ambiguities - Raoul - 6/10/2006 6:23:54 PM
      - re: Ambiguities - gbaikie - 6/11/2006 10:01:22 AM

This should be against the law... - R.L. - 6/13/2006 7:39:27 PM
- re: This should be against the law... - SDF - 6/14/2006 1:04:42 AM
  - re: This should be against the law... - phil - 6/14/2006 2:42:39 PM

The Galaxy Song - LJK - 6/8/2006 4:47:46 PM
- Canopus - ljk - 6/14/2006 1:58:39 PM

Toyota pushing hybrid tech forward - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2006 8:28:18 PM
- Regenerative braking - Laurie Street - 6/12/2006 4:42:26 PM
  - True - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2006 6:25:24 PM
    - I wonder if rubber bands are cheaper than batteries. - SDF - 6/13/2006 12:44:28 PM
      - re: I wonder if rubber bands are cheaper than batteries. - ljk - 6/13/2006 6:28:21 PM
        
        The 'primitive' impression. - SDF - 6/14/2006 12:52:55 AM
        
        Type of energy storage device - SDF - 6/14/2006 1:14:19 AM
- I could mention how airlines reduce their fuel consumption. - SDF - 6/12/2006 1:01:48 PM
  - Relax... it is %100 on topic - R.L. - 6/13/2006 7:09:58 AM
  - Technology - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2006 3:04:07 PM
- are there hard numbers on the pollution benifits of electric cars? - R.L. - 6/11/2006 11:32:44 PM
  - Tough question. - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2006 4:28:25 AM
    - re: Tough question. - Sawyer - 6/12/2006 12:33:22 PM
    - You got it - dtb - 6/12/2006 6:13:06 AM
    - It is a hard question... - R.L. - 6/12/2006 5:02:25 AM
    - re: Tough question. - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 4:57:20 AM
      - re: Tough question. - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 5:14:37 AM
  - re: are there hard numbers on the pollution benifits of electric cars? - David F Mayer - 6/12/2006 1:25:57 AM
    - re: are there hard numbers on the pollution benifits of electric cars? - azstrummer - 6/12/2006 4:11:21 PM
      - re: are there hard numbers on the pollution benifits of electric cars? - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 10:07:31 PM

EU Mars plans -- UK's "martian pregnancy test" - dtb - 6/13/2006 2:42:37 AM
- Well, the piece was about the "Life Marker Chip"... - alcaray - 6/13/2006 9:29:05 PM
- re: EU Mars plans -- UK's "martian pregnancy test" - Doug Ellison - 6/13/2006 11:12:26 AM
  - re: EU Mars plans -- UK's "martian pregnancy test" - dtb - 6/13/2006 8:55:14 PM

Milky Way arms pinned down - SteveS - 6/5/2006 4:17:07 PM
- re: Milky Way arms pinned down - phil - 6/5/2006 7:53:49 PM
  - Dark Matter - SteveS - 6/6/2006 1:01:04 AM
    - re: Dark Matter - phil - 6/6/2006 1:25:12 AM
- See also - LJK - 6/5/2006 4:30:08 PM
  - re: See also - SteveS - 6/5/2006 4:46:06 PM
    - Density wave - ER - 6/6/2006 3:38:18 PM
      - On the formation of extended galactic disks by tidally disrupted dwarf galaxies - LJK - 6/8/2006 3:55:18 PM
        
        The Long Bar in the Milky Way. Corroboration of an old hypothesis - ljk - 6/12/2006 7:59:41 PM
        
        Is the SMC Bound to the LMC? The HST Proper Motion of the SMC - ljk - 6/12/2006 8:04:11 PM
        
        Highway in the Sky - ljk - 6/13/2006 9:11:29 PM

Spirit finds a meteorite - or two - Laurie Street - 6/12/2006 4:40:32 PM
- re: Spirit finds a meteorite and a very sharp rock - Raoul - 6/12/2006 9:24:47 PM
  - From the first Viking 2 surface image... - ljk - 6/13/2006 6:54:06 PM

Dark matter vs. modifications of the gravitational inverse-square law. Results from planetary motion in the solar system - LJK - 6/9/2006 8:02:50 PM
- Could be. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/12/2006 1:30:53 AM
  - Physical Laws Are Constantly Changing - ljk - 6/13/2006 5:07:55 PM

Interesting article - R.L. - 6/13/2006 6:24:23 AM
- That is big! But thin. - Laurie Street - 6/13/2006 4:14:23 PM
- Good thing it's not in our neighborhood! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/13/2006 6:56:45 AM
  - Already a thread on this - ljk - 6/13/2006 11:40:04 AM

The Park Hypothesis - LJK - 5/31/2006 6:15:59 PM
- re: Robots and the Prime Directive - Raoul - 5/31/2006 7:23:27 PM
  - To quote Spock in Star Trek 2... - ljk - 6/1/2006 3:15:16 PM
    - Why would they be more likely to found in the outer regions of the galaxy? (n/t) - ER - 6/12/2006 4:42:07 PM
      - Think ACs in a computer room on a really big scale - LJK - 6/12/2006 6:14:15 PM
        
        re: Think ACs in a computer room on a really big scale - ER - 6/12/2006 6:45:19 PM
        
        re: Think ACs in a computer room on a really big scale - LJK - 6/12/2006 7:14:54 PM
        
        Las cucarachas - ER - 6/12/2006 7:27:51 PM
        
        re: Las cucarachas - ljk - 6/12/2006 7:32:47 PM
    - How to find an interstellar species? Look for their clock. - REB - 6/1/2006 6:22:12 PM
      - Cosmic Microwave Background - Adam - 6/2/2006 11:24:06 AM
    - The Case for Transmitting to Space - ljk - 6/1/2006 3:17:47 PM
      - Some thoughts on alien thinking - ljk - 6/2/2006 12:08:15 PM
        
        The SETI Institute Open House on June 10 - ljk - 6/2/2006 5:43:57 PM
        
        The economic alien - LJK - 6/5/2006 2:18:04 PM
        
        Review: Civilized Life in the Universe - ljk - 6/12/2006 3:22:31 PM
        
        TPS Optical SETI Observatory in latest issue of TPR - LJK - 6/13/2006 3:27:21 PM

Lux Aeterna - Raoul - 6/12/2006 7:09:44 PM
- NPR's obit for Ligeti - Fox - 6/13/2006 2:38:38 AM
- re: Lux Aeterna - Daniel - 6/12/2006 7:26:12 PM
  - re: Lux Aeterna - ER - 6/12/2006 8:08:45 PM
    - re: Lux Aeterna - Daniel - 6/12/2006 8:48:09 PM
    - re: Lux Aeterna - Raoul - 6/12/2006 8:22:18 PM
      - re: Lux Aeterna - ER - 6/12/2006 8:50:32 PM
        
        re: Yes, it's how they met, indeed! - Raoul - 6/12/2006 9:13:13 PM
  - re: Lux Aeterna - Raoul - 6/12/2006 7:32:41 PM
    - re: Lux Aeterna ART - phil - 6/13/2006 2:21:06 AM
      - true .. - Daniel - 6/13/2006 6:20:28 AM
        
        A little of the Ludwig Van - ljk - 6/13/2006 2:38:29 PM
    - didn't know that, thjanks (n/t) - Daniel - 6/12/2006 8:49:47 PM

Researchers Find Hidden Greek Text On Oldest Astronomy Computer - LJK - 6/12/2006 2:50:57 PM
- re: Researchers Find Hidden Greek Text On Oldest Astronomy Computer - REB - 6/12/2006 3:29:20 PM
  - Without the Greeks, would the Romans have become a world power? - ljk - 6/12/2006 5:20:54 PM
    - The invention of reality - ER - 6/12/2006 8:16:17 PM
      - re: The invention of reality - Raoul - 6/12/2006 8:33:18 PM
        
        Dedicated Web site - ljk - 6/13/2006 12:08:59 PM

Orbiting gas stations key to interplanetary exploration - gbaikie - 6/10/2006 5:31:33 AM
- Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - Lee - 6/10/2006 7:26:30 AM
  - re: Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - ER - 6/10/2006 1:08:01 PM
    - re: Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 11:48:53 PM
      - Capsules are great - Lee - 6/13/2006 5:37:17 AM
    - re: Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - Chris Vancil - 6/11/2006 1:41:19 AM
      - re: Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 6:57:48 AM
        
        re: Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - Chris Vancil - 6/12/2006 9:54:50 AM
        
        re: Real spacecraft are key to interplanetary exploration. - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 10:42:57 AM
      - High performance, high maintenance - ER - 6/11/2006 3:16:19 PM
        
        re: High performance, high maintenance - Chris Vancil - 6/12/2006 9:24:52 AM
        
        re:Refurbishing fuel in space - Raoul - 6/11/2006 7:25:20 PM
        
        re: re:Refurbishing fuel in space - gbaikie - 6/12/2006 12:29:46 AM
      - Nuclear thermal rockets would solve that problem. - Lee - 6/11/2006 3:45:23 AM
        
        Not quite - Adam - 6/12/2006 9:33:37 AM

Superearths more likely around red dwarfs--speculations on exotic planets - Sawyer - 6/12/2006 1:05:53 PM
- It depends upon the composition. - David F Mayer - 6/12/2006 2:34:02 PM
  - SImple physics - nick hoffman - 6/13/2006 1:56:50 AM
    - not so SImple physics - Adam - 6/13/2006 2:19:54 AM
      - Useful link - Adam - 6/13/2006 2:46:02 AM
  - Exploring The Frequency Of Close-In Jovian Planets Around M Dwarfs - ljk - 6/12/2006 3:08:38 PM

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