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Race to Mars - Raoul - 5/11/2006 9:31:08 PM
- re: Race to Mars - lance - 5/12/2006 2:03:04 PM
  - re: Race to Mars - Raoul - 5/12/2006 5:41:27 PM

Dark Energy: Recent Developments - ljk - 5/2/2006 2:29:18 PM
- Or it might be just gas pressure pushing everything apart - SDF - 5/2/2006 4:12:19 PM
  - Wasn't me! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2006 5:02:11 AM
  - PLEASE tell me that was tounge in cheek.... (n/t) - R.L. - 5/3/2006 3:16:50 AM
    - You spelled "tongue" incorrectly (n/t) - SDF - 5/3/2006 4:01:36 AM
      - Yup, so I did... - R.L. - 5/3/2006 8:00:47 PM
  - Yeah, and air pressure is holding the Empire State Buliding up.... - et - 5/2/2006 9:09:07 PM
    - I still think the universe has been let off it's leash. - RobVG - 5/6/2006 6:21:06 PM
    - Radiation pressure then - SDF - 5/3/2006 1:12:05 AM
      - Oh, trust me. They didn't forget that either. - et - 5/3/2006 8:32:39 PM
        
        Nested black holes - SDF - 5/4/2006 3:02:15 AM
        
        or maybe..... - SDF - 5/4/2006 4:48:56 AM
  - In General Relativity, (non local) speeds greater than the speed of light - David F Mayer - 5/2/2006 7:43:35 PM
  - re: Or it might be just gas pressure pushing everything apart - ljk - 5/2/2006 6:05:54 PM
    - Does the Horsehead Nebula qualify as dark matter? - SDF - 5/3/2006 1:59:10 AM
      - No... - SteveS - 5/3/2006 1:13:05 PM
        
        That doesn't really answer my question, I'll clarify - SDF - 5/3/2006 1:24:52 PM
        
        re: That doesn't really answer my question, I'll clarify - Marcia - 5/4/2006 1:12:51 AM
        
        It MIGHT 'baryonic dark matter' - R.L. - 5/3/2006 9:31:27 PM
        
        re: It MIGHT 'baryonic dark matter' - Marcia - 5/5/2006 4:42:34 PM
        
        That should read: " It MIGHT be called 'baryonic dark matter' " (n/t) - R.L. - 5/3/2006 9:32:39 PM
        
        The difference - SteveS - 5/3/2006 8:14:58 PM
        
        re: This one shows better... - SteveS - 5/3/2006 9:28:26 PM
        
        I see dark matter - SDF - 5/4/2006 2:58:59 AM
        
        re: I see dark matter - SteveS - 5/4/2006 1:28:02 PM
        
        The nebula is made of matter is it not? If it is a dark nebula, then it is dark matter! (n/t) - SDF - 5/4/2006 3:39:00 PM
        
        Ohhh...I get it... - SteveS - 5/4/2006 6:16:03 PM
        
        I'm not yanking your chain. Check out these images. - SDF - 5/5/2006 5:23:53 AM
        
        Detection of the ISW effect and corresponding dark energy constraints - LJK - 5/5/2006 8:30:12 PM
        
        Cosmological Acceleration: Dark Energy or Modified Gravity? - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:25:08 PM
      - astro satire - phil - 5/3/2006 12:37:38 PM
        
        If it pays more..... I'm in! (n/t) - SDF - 5/3/2006 2:58:31 PM
        
        Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model of galaxy formation and evolution - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:15:26 PM
        
        Inflation, dark matter and dark energy in the string landscape - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:17:51 PM
        
        Constraints on Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter - LJK - 5/12/2006 5:03:52 PM

Follow The Nitrogen To Extraterrestrial Life - ljk - 5/8/2006 3:51:28 PM
- Of interstellar carbon and extraterrestrial nitrogen. - Robert Clark - 5/11/2006 12:15:03 PM
- Nitrogen is so unreactive that something rather unusual - David F Mayer - 5/8/2006 4:03:25 PM
  - Are you claiming there's life on Titan? (n/t) - et - 5/8/2006 4:44:47 PM
    - Jupiter and Saturn, too. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/8/2006 6:32:00 PM
      - aren't there non-biological processes that form nitrogen? (n/t) - Lance - 5/8/2006 8:24:27 PM
        
        Only non-bio processes produce the N itself... - alcaray - 5/8/2006 8:42:45 PM
        
        re: Thanks for the clarification (n/t) - lance - 5/11/2006 2:00:29 PM
        
        Seeing how life can survive and thrive in extreme conditions - ljk - 5/12/2006 3:03:53 PM

Gaia - Raoul - 5/12/2006 5:50:35 AM

Just Sling It! - phil - 5/10/2006 7:21:04 PM
- And don't forget O'Neil's mass driver - ljk - 5/11/2006 7:52:30 PM

Explaining Triton - Raoul - 5/11/2006 6:53:53 PM

SETI: Reality Check - ljk - 5/8/2006 7:41:18 PM
- One nit-picky point - alcaray - 5/9/2006 10:05:35 PM
  - re: One nit-picky point - henry - 5/9/2006 10:09:30 PM
- re: SETI: Reality Check - Henry Cordova - 5/9/2006 6:31:37 PM
  - re: SETI: Reality Check - Robert - 5/9/2006 9:34:14 PM
    - re: SETI: Reality Check - Henry - 5/9/2006 10:40:02 PM
      - The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:48:02 PM
        
        re: The solution may be to search where there is "nothing" visible - henry - 5/10/2006 5:46:37 PM
        
        Don't give up on pulsars yet - ljk - 5/10/2006 6:54:16 PM
    - re: Communication - Raoul - 5/9/2006 9:55:52 PM
      - Squeezing through narrow pipes - Robert - 5/9/2006 10:23:42 PM
        
        re: Squeezing through narrow pipes - Raoul - 5/10/2006 5:45:39 AM
- tool-using sapients - Robert - 5/8/2006 8:24:53 PM
  - more - Robert - 5/8/2006 9:02:30 PM
    - Millions of species on Earth, we haven't made meaningful contact with any of them - SDF - 5/9/2006 4:46:41 PM
      - meaningful contact - Robert - 5/9/2006 5:06:23 PM
      - Perhaps because they aren't as smart as we are.... It should be easy then, shouldn't it. - SDF - 5/9/2006 4:51:32 PM
        
        Make an appointment with Polynesia the Parrot for lessons. - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 5:33:19 PM
        
        Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - ljk - 5/9/2006 6:39:51 PM
        
        re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 7:27:32 PM
        
        re: "exhibits nothing approaching imaginative action" - alcaray - 5/9/2006 9:16:09 PM
        
        And one more thing... - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:36:59 AM
        
        re: And one more thing... - ljk - 5/10/2006 3:34:42 PM
        
        "laying low" like whales? - alcaray - 5/10/2006 3:25:24 PM
        
        There are levels of imagination, of course. - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:12:22 AM
        
        Communication not the same as training - SDF - 5/10/2006 12:28:49 AM
        
        re: Communication - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:33:32 AM
        
        Reward/Punishment feedback not possible with SETI - SDF - 5/10/2006 1:33:37 AM
        
        Intelligence = killer instinct? - Robert - 5/9/2006 9:15:55 PM
        
        re: killer instinct - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:28:48 AM
        
        re: killer instinct - ljk - 5/10/2006 11:08:05 AM
        
        re: Whales being killed by humans = not too smart? - ljk - 5/9/2006 7:51:13 PM
        
        Still not following - Robert - 5/9/2006 5:07:53 PM
        
        Japan To Sell Whale Meat To Hospitals And Bars After Expanding Kill Quota - ljk - 5/11/2006 5:27:01 PM

The encounter, tonight - Raoul - 5/7/2006 7:03:01 PM
- re: The encounter, tonight - Raoul - 5/7/2006 7:33:38 PM
  - This should help - SteveS - 5/7/2006 10:46:18 PM
    - re: This should help - SteveS - 5/7/2006 10:55:07 PM
      - re: Spaceweather - Raoul - 5/8/2006 5:35:03 AM
        
        Results - SteveS - 5/8/2006 1:39:09 PM
        
        The comet passing near Messier 13 a few days earlier - ljk - 5/8/2006 2:19:22 PM
        
        Vega and 73P-B tonight! - SteveS - 5/9/2006 1:55:32 PM
        
        Found it with binoculars - SteveS - 5/10/2006 6:01:46 AM
        
        re: Ok, thanks Steve (n/t) - Raoul - 5/10/2006 4:17:26 PM
        
        re: Vega and 73P-B tonight! - Raoul - 5/9/2006 10:00:51 PM
        
        Lots of noise but it shows - SteveS - 5/10/2006 1:04:16 PM
        
        PS - SteveS - 5/9/2006 8:14:05 PM
        
        re: Vega and 73P-B tonight! - ljk - 5/9/2006 3:32:23 PM
        
        Best I've seen, thanks (n/t) - SteveS - 5/9/2006 8:11:16 PM
        
        Comet Fragments Approaching Earth - ljk - 5/10/2006 1:59:32 PM
        
        Spitzer's beautiful image of the comet pieces - ljk - 5/11/2006 12:25:30 PM
        
        Comet Breakup Points to Possible Meteor Shower in 2022 - ljk - 5/11/2006 5:20:48 PM

A successor for Concorde - Raoul - 5/8/2006 7:03:48 PM
- NASA Denies Talks With Japan On Supersonic Jet - ljk - 5/11/2006 5:16:57 PM

X Prize Innovator Proposes Mars Citizenship Program - phil - 5/7/2006 5:43:30 PM
- re: X Prize Innovator Proposes Mars Citizenship Program - Thomas Wylie - 5/11/2006 4:10:15 AM
- re: Ansari - Raoul - 5/7/2006 6:22:23 PM
  - re: Anousheh Ansari - Raoul - 5/8/2006 6:35:02 PM

Cassini aims at Enceladus behind Saturn! - Raoul - 5/10/2006 4:44:45 PM

Unravelling the mystery of the M31 bar - ljk - 5/4/2006 8:39:40 PM
- re: M31 is barred? - Raoul - 5/4/2006 8:51:06 PM
  - re: M31 is barred? - nick hoffman - 5/6/2006 11:28:26 PM
    - re: Not easy - Raoul - 5/7/2006 3:52:42 PM
      - re: Not easy - phil - 5/7/2006 5:37:28 PM
        
        re: Thanks, Phil! (n/t) - Raoul - 5/7/2006 6:47:27 PM
        
        3 papers on M31's halo stars - ljk - 5/9/2006 7:58:05 PM
        
        Unveiling the Boxy Bulge and Bar of the Andromeda Spiral Galaxy - ljk - 5/10/2006 2:55:20 PM

SpaceDev’s Starsys Division Delivers Capture and Separation Systems - gbaikie - 5/10/2006 4:49:17 AM

Warp Drive Details - phil - 5/2/2006 5:35:54 PM
- Infinite energy boom...more universes get destroyed that way (n/t) - Sawyer - 5/3/2006 4:07:32 PM
- Bubble brakes...now there's a concept - SteveS - 5/3/2006 12:52:26 PM
- Meanwhile, a probe that could reach Pluto in just one year... - ljk - 5/2/2006 6:24:00 PM
  - Solar sail material available now. - Robert Clark - 5/3/2006 11:18:05 PM
    - Solar cells will be the issue - Adam - 5/4/2006 10:12:56 AM
      - re: Solar cells will be the issue - Robert Clark - 5/6/2006 2:13:39 AM
        
        Fantastic possibility... - Adam - 5/6/2006 7:01:10 AM
        
        re: Fantastic possibility... - Robert Clark - 5/10/2006 4:40:43 AM
        
        Might be able to win one of NASA's Centennial Challenges near term. - Robert Clark - 5/7/2006 10:04:21 PM
        
        excellent news - Adam - 5/8/2006 1:49:53 AM
        
        G. Landis had a similar idea to Meyer's in 1989 - ljk - 5/8/2006 2:51:04 PM
        
        re: G. Landis had a similar idea to Meyer's in 1989 - Robert Clark - 5/10/2006 3:35:52 AM
    - Aluminum is also stronger than steel on a per weight basis - SDF - 5/4/2006 5:45:31 AM
      - One big thing to consider when travelling between the stars - ljk - 5/4/2006 8:37:46 PM

Colliding branes and cyclic universes - Raoul - 5/8/2006 7:56:45 PM
- See also... - LJK - 5/9/2006 3:10:52 PM
  - re: See also... - henry - 5/10/2006 1:00:36 AM
  - re: Preconception - Raoul - 5/9/2006 4:12:52 PM

Lox-Methane engine Contract Awarded for CEV - phil - 5/9/2006 8:20:13 PM
- Go XCOR! - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 12:04:07 AM

Massless spinning particles as carriers of astrophysical information - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:35:33 PM

Outflows driven by Giant Protoplanets - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:19:30 PM
- Diffusive Migration of Low-Mass Proto-planets in Turbulent Disks - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:43:37 PM
  - Giant exoplanets migrating may NOT disrupt Earth-size worlds - ljk - 5/1/2006 6:13:55 PM
    - re: Giant exoplanets migrating may NOT disrupt Earth-size worlds - pwokenyaw - 5/5/2006 5:01:20 PM
    - Rapid Formation of Super-Earths around M Dwarf Stars - ljk - 5/4/2006 8:09:13 PM
      - Analytical protostellar disk models 1: the effect of internal dissipation and surface irradiation on the structure of disks and the location of the snow line around Sun-like stars - ljk - 5/5/2006 8:19:29 PM
        
        The Search for other Earths: limits on the giant planet orbits that allow habitable terrestrial planets to form - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:11:18 PM
        
        The effect of planetary migration on the corotation resonance - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:13:37 PM
        
        Silicate Emission Profiles from Low-Mass Protostellar Disks in the Orion Nebula: Evidence for Growth and Thermal Processing of Grains - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:05:55 PM
        
        A Spitzer/IRAC Search for Substellar Companions of the Debris Disk Star epsilon Eridani - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:11:57 PM
        
        Two evolutional paths of an axisymmetric gravitational instability in the dust layer of a protoplanetary disk - ljk - 5/9/2006 8:17:30 PM

DARPA Urban Challenge - phil - 5/9/2006 7:05:34 PM

Astronauts To Breath Moon Dust - gbaikie - 5/8/2006 11:09:04 PM

The Blended Wing Body (BWB) - LJK - 5/8/2006 7:06:25 PM

Have the physical constants of the Universe changed over time? - ljk - 5/2/2006 1:34:12 PM
- Revealing the Hidden Nature of Space and Time: Charting the Course for Elementary Particle Physics - ljk - 5/5/2006 3:25:11 PM
  - The ratio of the proton to electron masses may have changed with time - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:59:29 PM

Halton C. Arp et al are still at it - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:16:03 PM

NASA Announces Lunar Lander Prizes - phil - 5/7/2006 3:43:12 PM
- Go Armadillo! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2006 1:57:16 AM
- re: Training - Raoul - 5/7/2006 7:41:53 PM
  - re: Training - phil - 5/8/2006 5:51:51 PM
    - re: Training - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:06:43 PM

"The real significance of the ISS thruster test failure" - JimO - 5/8/2006 3:19:32 PM
- re: "It's operational" - Raoul - 5/8/2006 5:53:08 PM
  - re: "It's operational" - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:03:47 PM

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