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The Fermi Paradox in the light of the Inflationary and Brane World Cosmologies - ljk - 5/15/2006 8:05:34 PM
- Is SETI a Religion? - ljk - 5/16/2006 3:35:03 PM
  - SETI IS a faith based enterprise - phil - 5/16/2006 8:00:32 PM
    - And here is what I always ask... - LJK - 5/16/2006 8:25:35 PM

Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite - Jack Herer - 5/16/2006 5:02:50 PM
- re: Spacecraft Crashes Into Satellite (last year's news) - JimO - 5/16/2006 7:31:14 PM

Full Moons - Raoul - 5/12/2006 5:35:43 AM
- re: Full Moons - ljk - 5/12/2006 10:29:22 PM
  - re: Full Moons - Raoul - 5/12/2006 10:47:21 PM
    - Selenology Today - LJK - 5/16/2006 5:30:42 PM

Moons, moons.... - Raoul - 5/16/2006 5:39:33 AM
- And this amazing image - ljk - 5/16/2006 1:43:26 PM
  - re: And this amazing image - Raoul - 5/16/2006 5:14:27 PM

Why the Cosmological Constant Is Small ? - Andrew - 5/6/2006 7:24:44 PM
- re: astro-ph/0605213 - don't know - 5/11/2006 10:33:49 PM
- Kind of depressing - Adam - 5/6/2006 11:48:52 PM
  - re: Kind of depressing - Andrew - 5/8/2006 3:11:51 PM
    - We are physically small, but not insignificant - ljk - 5/8/2006 7:48:52 PM
      - Why the cosmological constant is small and positive - LJK - 5/9/2006 8:02:49 PM
        
        Coincidence of Universe age in $\Lambda$CDM and Milne cosmologies - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:07:24 PM
        
        The Faulty Assumptions of the Expanding-Universe Model vs. the Simple and Consistent Principles of a Flat-Universe Model - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:19:39 PM
        
        The Cranky Titles Chosen by Controversialists - Adam - 5/11/2006 11:42:58 AM
        
        The vacuum energy crisis - ljk - 5/11/2006 8:45:03 PM
        
        The acceleration of the universe and the physics behind it - ljk - 5/15/2006 7:54:46 PM
        
        Why there is something so close to nothing: towards a fundamental theory of the cosmological constant - ljk - 5/16/2006 4:12:46 PM

BBC on climate change hype - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2006 1:08:12 AM
- African glaciers receeding and predicted to vanish within two decades - Lance - 5/16/2006 3:07:47 PM
- re: BBC on climate change hype - azstrummer - 5/11/2006 4:24:27 PM
  - It's been generally agreed... - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2006 5:05:11 PM
    - Correct- it is Space/Science not just Space-science (n/t) - ModBob - 5/16/2006 3:50:58 AM
    - agreed - Robert - 5/11/2006 5:44:41 PM
      - re: agreed - azstrummer - 5/11/2006 8:21:21 PM
        
        and on the topic itself - Robert - 5/11/2006 9:06:06 PM
        
        Call it the "spotting one cockroach" theory. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 3:12:00 AM
        
        re: agreed - Robert - 5/11/2006 9:04:58 PM
        
        re: agreed - hank - 5/12/2006 1:22:29 PM
        
        Deja vu all over again - hank - 5/12/2006 8:21:08 PM
        
        Follow the money - Robert - 5/12/2006 5:10:05 PM
        
        Of course, the assumption in that argument... - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 9:19:23 PM
        
        I think you've gone off the deep end, Tom - Robert - 5/13/2006 1:07:36 AM
        
        Okay. I'm seeing the problem here. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 8:08:19 AM
        
        "Did you follow the goddam stem cell controversy at all? Cloning? Damn STRAIGHT scientists will lie to get themselves written up as leaders in their field." - R.L. - 5/16/2006 4:01:38 AM
        
        re: Okay. I'm the problem here. - Robert - 5/13/2006 3:57:02 PM
        
        Correction - Robert - 5/13/2006 1:12:36 AM
        
        re: Follow the money - azstrummer - 5/12/2006 7:38:06 PM
      - Not just science fiction, but also Science FRICTION! (n/t) - et - 5/11/2006 6:42:28 PM
    - Ferchrisesake, this is where it belongs.... (n/t) - et - 5/11/2006 5:19:49 PM
- RealClimate.org was all over that one early. - et - 5/11/2006 1:26:53 AM
  - re: RealClimate.org - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2006 2:57:48 AM
    - Things are worse not better if warming causes all of the CO2 increase we find in the fossile record - alcaray - 5/11/2006 10:13:19 PM
    - Did you read this? - et - 5/11/2006 6:41:32 PM
      - Common sense and reason. - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2006 7:28:35 PM
        
        Re: the linked jpeg. Current levels of atmospheric CO2 is 380ppm and climbing. Think about how that fits into your natural cycle.... (n/t) - et - 5/12/2006 3:04:00 AM
        
        Your's is suspended in this topic apparently. - end transmission - 5/12/2006 3:01:43 AM
        
        re: Yours is suspended in this topic apparently. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 3:34:36 AM
        
        re: Yours is suspended in this topic apparently. - Doug Ellison - 5/12/2006 9:25:47 AM
        
        Care? Yes. Do something stupid? No. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 9:28:19 PM
        
        re: Care? Yes. Do something stupid? No. - Doug Ellison - 5/12/2006 10:06:55 PM
        
        re: Yes. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 8:11:52 AM
        
        political hacks - et - 5/12/2006 5:32:37 AM
        
        Political weapon - azstrummer - 5/11/2006 8:52:11 PM
        
        re: Political weapon - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 3:30:17 AM
        
        re: Political weapon - azstrummer - 5/12/2006 7:58:24 PM
        
        re: Political weapon - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 8:19:39 AM
        
        re: Political weapon - Elisee Reclus - 5/13/2006 2:20:24 PM
    - Are you ignoring the CO2 released from human hydrocarbon combustion on purpose? (n/t) - et - 5/11/2006 5:18:31 PM
    - The better side of judgement... - Donald - 5/11/2006 12:53:55 PM
      - Now you sound like Bush and Iraq... - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2006 4:50:55 PM
      - re: The other side of judgement... - Jack Herer - 5/11/2006 2:48:42 PM
        
        re: The other side of judgement... - Doug Ellison - 5/11/2006 4:32:04 PM
        
        re: The other side of judgement... - azstrummer - 5/11/2006 4:42:53 PM
      - I need some air. (n/t) - SDF - 5/11/2006 1:22:20 PM
        
        The Yes Men "help" executives survive global warming - ljk - 5/12/2006 3:41:13 PM

The Eridanus Flasher - Henry Cordova - 5/15/2006 1:29:36 AM
- Eridanus Flasher -- part deux - JimO - 5/15/2006 11:13:39 AM
  - Paul Maley adds.... - JimO - 5/15/2006 9:44:57 PM
    - flasher - hank - 5/16/2006 12:01:22 AM
    - re: Paul Maley adds.... - hank - 5/15/2006 10:30:28 PM
      - Iridium Flares? - ljk - 5/16/2006 1:34:15 PM
        
        re: Iridium Flares? - Henry - 5/16/2006 2:29:21 PM
        
        more Iridium Flares? - Hank - 5/16/2006 2:32:26 PM

Words with Newt Regarding Space Exploration - phil - 5/16/2006 3:20:08 AM
- No bucks... - ljk - 5/16/2006 1:41:25 PM

SpaceDev Selected as a Finalist in NASAâ€™s COTS Solicitation - Chris Vancil - 5/15/2006 9:40:10 PM

Has anyone mentioned the 2036 threat? - FrankC - 5/15/2006 7:06:16 PM
- re: The 2029 flyby too - Raoul - 5/15/2006 8:16:05 PM
  - Time to really fund the B-612 Foundation - ljk - 5/15/2006 8:33:19 PM
    - re: April 13th 2029 should be a great show for amateur astronomers! (n/t) - Raoul - 5/15/2006 9:21:24 PM

Orbital vacationers will want to go outside - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2006 5:45:20 AM
- re: Spacewalk - Raoul - 5/12/2006 5:53:59 AM
  - re: Spacewalk - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2006 8:41:49 PM
    - re: Spacewalk: a symbolic task - Raoul - 5/12/2006 9:07:48 PM
      - That darn reality keeps getting in the way... - ljk - 5/12/2006 9:20:04 PM
        
        re: Hum...wrong! Try as much as a Scuba dive needs. - Chris Vancil - 5/13/2006 3:05:34 AM
        
        re: spacewalks are safe - Raoul - 5/12/2006 10:14:06 PM
        
        re: spacewalks are safe - ljk - 5/13/2006 1:38:33 AM
        
        re: spacewalks are always made with more than one astronaut - Raoul - 5/13/2006 7:50:46 AM
        
        re: spacewalks are safe - Chris Vancil - 5/13/2006 5:41:42 AM
        
        Apparently none of you ever saw... - ljk - 5/15/2006 2:11:50 PM
        
        re: Apparently none of you ever saw... - Chris Vancil - 5/15/2006 8:58:29 PM
        
        re: Fiction v reality - Raoul - 5/15/2006 6:39:31 PM

Talking with Moonmen - Raoul - 5/12/2006 6:18:57 PM
- re: I meant "lucky" of course (n/t) - Raoul - 5/12/2006 7:13:15 PM
  - Interview with Harrison Schmidt - ljk - 5/15/2006 4:30:40 PM
    - re: Thanks, Larry! (n/t) - Raoul - 5/15/2006 6:55:09 PM

ESA Studies of Solar Power Satellites (SPS) - ljk - 5/15/2006 4:15:47 PM

TWO years ago next month space travel underwent its Wright-brothers moment - gbaikie - 5/15/2006 9:04:12 AM

Declining magnetic field - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 8:22:04 AM
- re: Declining magnetic field - Pyotr Kropotkin - 5/13/2006 8:37:49 PM

Glenn space center Ohio - Raoul - 5/13/2006 8:14:34 PM

Jupiter and the full Moon - Raoul - 5/12/2006 10:57:59 PM
- If the Moon was on the ecliptic... - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 4:29:43 PM
  - re: It is neither on the Ecliptic nor above Earth's equator - Raoul - 5/13/2006 7:39:38 PM
- re: Jupiter and the full Moon - Henry - 5/13/2006 3:10:31 AM
  - re: Yes, thank you Henry (n/t) - Raoul - 5/13/2006 7:26:43 AM

News from Mars: MRO - Raoul - 5/13/2006 3:41:04 PM

Large Chunk of Ice Falls From Sky in California - Jack Herer - 5/11/2006 4:40:22 PM
- God's attempt to slow global warming? (n/t) - azstrummer - 5/11/2006 4:44:52 PM
  - Meanwhile, in South Africa... - ljk - 5/11/2006 5:22:59 PM
    - ewwwww!!!! (n/t) - Lance - 5/12/2006 3:12:55 PM
      - re: ewwwww!!!! - ljk - 5/12/2006 3:18:13 PM
        
        re: ewwwww!!!! - Lance - 5/12/2006 3:45:52 PM
        
        Far better than Joe Dirt's meteorite. (n/t) - Lee - 5/13/2006 2:34:53 AM
        
        re: ewwwww!!!! - hc - 5/12/2006 4:57:17 PM
        
        Wait a minute - Wouldn't it be "tidy bowl" blue??? - Lance - 5/12/2006 3:51:37 PM

Detecting Extrasolar Planets with Integral Field Spectroscopy - ljk - 5/10/2006 2:50:47 PM
- A comparative study of disc-planet interaction - ljk - 5/10/2006 2:53:40 PM
  - The First Extrasolar Planet Discovered with a New Generation High Throughput Doppler Instrument - ljk - 5/11/2006 8:48:58 PM
    - A multiwavelength radial velocity search for planets around the brown dwarf LP 944-20 - ljk - 5/11/2006 8:53:14 PM
      - Spitzer IRS Spectroscopy of IRAS-Discovered Debris Disks - ljk - 5/12/2006 7:49:06 PM
        
        The Cornell High-order Adaptive Optics Survey for Brown Dwarfs in Stellar Systems-II: Results from Monte Carlo Population Analyses - ljk - 5/12/2006 8:24:19 PM
        
        On the ionisation fraction in protoplanetary disks III. The effect of X-ray flares on gas-phase chemistry - ljk - 5/12/2006 8:43:25 PM

A periodically active pulsar giving insight into magnetospheric physics - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:22:32 PM
- Now THAT would be a good SETI signal! - nick hoffman - 5/1/2006 10:53:40 PM
- Neutron Star's Thick Skin Revealed - ljk - 5/1/2006 9:11:04 PM
  - Predicting the Starquakes in PSR J0537-6910 - ljk - 5/2/2006 2:09:56 PM
    - Searching for sub-millisecond pulsars: A theoretical view - ljk - 5/2/2006 2:18:29 PM
      - Giant Pulses in Pulsar PSR J1752+2359 and Probing the Pulsar Wind Nebula of PSR B0355+54 - ljk - 5/4/2006 8:32:21 PM
        
        EXO 0748-676 Rules out Soft Equations of State for Neutron Star Matter - ljk - 5/5/2006 8:14:15 PM
        
        A Neutron Star in F-sharp - ljk - 5/5/2006 8:22:55 PM
        
        Neutron stars in globular clusters: formation and observational manifestations - ljk - 5/5/2006 8:25:35 PM
        
        Rocking the Lighthouse: Circumpulsar Asteroids and Radio Intermittency - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:20:28 PM
        
        Nature of giant pulses in radio pulsars - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:22:23 PM
        
        Statistics of the drifting subpulse phenomenon - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:31:35 PM
        
        Gamma-ray binaries: pulsars in disguise? - ljk - 5/12/2006 8:41:27 PM

Cue 2001 monolith music - SteveS - 5/9/2006 1:34:28 PM
- Beautiful. - podrock - 5/10/2006 4:46:57 AM
  - re: Beautiful. - SteveS - 5/10/2006 1:14:29 PM
- And the Star Trek theme (original series only, please) - ljk - 5/9/2006 4:06:20 PM
  - I've been climbing around on those things since I was 8. - alcaray - 5/9/2006 11:44:53 PM
    - Luv those GORN!!!! - carl - 5/11/2006 6:43:38 PM
    - Yeah, but... - ljk - 5/10/2006 12:49:39 PM
      - re: Yeah, but... - henry - 5/10/2006 5:50:22 PM
      - "There is hope for your pathetic, sniveling little race..." - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 4:43:53 PM
        
        re: "There is hope for your pathetic, sniveling little race..." - ljk - 5/10/2006 5:40:22 PM
        
        where the Greek Gods were aliens - FrankC - 5/12/2006 5:55:15 PM
        
        "Welcome to Olympus, Captain Kirk!" - ljk - 5/12/2006 6:41:29 PM
        
        cool! - FrankC - 5/12/2006 8:33:13 PM
        
        One Giant Step On Mankind - SDF - 5/10/2006 6:32:07 PM
        
        re: One Giant Step On Mankind - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 11:30:03 PM
        
        Like trying to squish a mouse with a cannon - ljk - 5/11/2006 12:21:18 PM

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:00:45 PM
- Early multi-wavelength emission from Gamma-ray Bursts: from Gamma-ray to X-ray - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:23:52 PM
  - HST declares Earth safe from one type of GRB - wheh! - ljk - 5/10/2006 5:43:31 PM
    - The gamma-ray burst monitor for Lobster-ISS - LJK - 5/12/2006 8:22:27 PM

Loki, Io: New groundbased observations and a model describing the change from periodic overturn - ljk - 5/11/2006 8:33:04 PM
- X-Ray Emission from Jupiter, Saturn, and Earth: A Short Review - ljk - 5/12/2006 7:54:33 PM

Light So Fast It Actually Goes Backwards - ljk - 5/12/2006 4:35:59 PM
- None of this involves anything (energy or information) going faster than - David F Mayer - 5/12/2006 5:48:04 PM
  - re: None of this involves anything (energy or information) going faster than - Robert Clark - 5/12/2006 7:21:44 PM
  - Yep, that's what it said. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/12/2006 6:06:38 PM

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