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Back on Mars. Victoria on the horizon? - REB - 5/4/2006 12:47:10 PM
- re: Back on Mars. Victoria on the horizon? - REB - 5/4/2006 12:59:54 PM
  - re: Corner Crater? - Raoul - 5/5/2006 9:14:02 AM
    - re: Corner Crater? - Raoul - 5/5/2006 9:22:14 AM
  - re: Back on Mars. Victoria on the horizon? - REB - 5/4/2006 1:43:40 PM
  - yes - Doug Ellison - 5/4/2006 1:31:16 PM
    - re: yes - REB - 5/4/2006 1:47:54 PM
      - Meanwhile, at Spirit... - LJK - 5/8/2006 5:28:45 PM

US seeks laser weapon to shoot down enemy satellites: report - ljk - 5/3/2006 4:35:31 PM
- It is the logical next step in space warfare. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/8/2006 4:05:58 PM
- The Truth per Paul Hellyer - Eric - 5/6/2006 12:06:06 PM
- Misunderstanding? - Peter Bruener - 5/3/2006 8:30:14 PM
  - A satellite is a satellite... - alcaray - 5/3/2006 9:01:49 PM
    - %100 correct.... - R.L. - 5/5/2006 11:59:33 PM
    - Thanks for illustrating my point. :) (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 5/4/2006 4:52:33 AM
      - I don't think you understood my post (n/t) - alcaray - 5/4/2006 5:54:01 PM
        
        As you wish... (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 5/5/2006 4:46:16 AM
        
        Well, you are as cute as a bug... - alcaray - 5/5/2006 3:34:18 PM
        
        There's no need to get personal,…just relax (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 5/6/2006 7:25:01 AM
        
        just riffing on your Princess Bride reference (n/t) - alcaray - 5/7/2006 8:27:39 PM
        
        …the sincerest form of flattery - Princess Bruener - 5/7/2006 9:21:05 PM
        
        Don't need a pound of flesh. - alcaray - 5/8/2006 5:16:20 PM
- this is probably counter-productive - alcaray - 5/3/2006 5:53:33 PM
- re: US seeks laser weapon to shoot down enemy satellites: report - phil - 5/3/2006 5:14:20 PM
  - Who would that be? - R.L. - 5/3/2006 8:19:33 PM
    - A nicer use of lasers from atop Hawaii's ancient volcanoes - ljk - 5/4/2006 7:10:15 PM
      - The only way I am involved is... - R.L. - 5/5/2006 10:22:10 PM

Artemis - The Fifth World? - ljk - 5/8/2006 2:37:29 PM

A Planetary Nebula from HST on Apod - Raoul - 5/7/2006 4:36:24 PM

Martian razorbacks solved - Adam - 5/7/2006 12:02:56 AM
- or not - bruced - 5/7/2006 10:05:54 AM

Hercules and the comet Schwassmann-Wachmann - Raoul - 5/2/2006 9:14:00 PM
- Pi Herculis , the comet Schwassmann-Wachmann this may 3rd at 10:22 PM with Jupiter, ISS ! - Raoul - 5/3/2006 4:36:00 PM
  - Keep track of the comet - ljk - 5/4/2006 4:55:07 PM
    - comet statistics - phil - 5/5/2006 2:43:11 PM
      - re: comet statistics - SteveS - 5/7/2006 9:24:14 AM

Man Witnesses Meteor Shower - Eric - 5/6/2006 4:41:22 AM
- re: Man Ear-witnesses Meteor Shower - JimO - 5/6/2006 6:58:22 PM
- re: Man Witnesses Meteor Shower - ljk - 5/6/2006 5:27:19 PM

Eta Aquarid meteor shower... a report... - R.L. - 5/5/2006 11:00:51 PM
- Eta Aquarid Fireball - Peter Bruener - 5/6/2006 8:05:48 AM

Terrestrial Consequences of Spectral and Temporal Variability in Ionizing Photon Events - ljk - 4/28/2006 7:46:57 PM
- Gamma-ray bursts and terrestrial planetary atmospheres - ljk - 5/5/2006 8:38:25 PM

Strategy for the Moon - Raoul - 4/28/2006 7:15:47 PM
- Finding Basalt Chips from Distant Maria - ljk - 5/1/2006 4:53:59 PM
  - Breathing Moonrocks - ljk - 5/5/2006 7:41:53 PM

Astronomical Events for May, 2006 - ljk - 5/3/2006 1:44:04 AM
- This Saturday, May 6, is Astronomy Day - ljk - 5/3/2006 4:07:09 PM
  - For the Southern Hemisphere this week - ljk - 5/4/2006 3:11:34 PM
    - The Pull of Jupiter - it's only 662 million kilometers from Earth today - ljk - 5/4/2006 6:58:06 PM
      - Celebrate Astronomy Day: Tips for a Budding Skywatcher - ljk - 5/5/2006 7:22:17 PM

Wingo and the Vision for Space Exploration - Raoul - 4/30/2006 9:31:51 PM
- re: Wingo and the Vision for Space Exploration - gbaikie - 4/30/2006 10:09:30 PM
  - What do you think we don't understand? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/1/2006 5:30:23 PM
    - re: What do you think we don't understand? - gbaikie - 5/1/2006 8:35:15 PM
  - re: Wingo and the Vision for Space Exploration - Chris Vancil - 5/1/2006 3:10:37 AM
    - Space Advocate Reviews The Vision For Space - LJK - 5/1/2006 4:47:34 PM
      - NASA Lacks Resources Needed to Sustain Vigorous Science Program - ljk - 5/4/2006 3:47:20 PM
        
        Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report - ljk - 5/5/2006 3:28:27 PM
        
        Rutan Takes Aim at NASA's CEV Plans, Likens it to 'Archeology' - LJK - 5/5/2006 6:57:49 PM

Once Japan had big manned space dreams... - ljk - 5/4/2006 3:04:17 PM
- Japanese astronaut to hitch ride aboard the Space Shuttle - ljk - 5/5/2006 6:27:15 PM

An IR study of pure and ion irradiated frozen formamide - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:26:11 PM
- Warm Dust and Spatially Variable PAH Emission in the Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 1705 - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:32:34 PM
  - Organic Molecules in the Galactic Center. Hot Core Chemistry without Hot Cores - ljk - 5/2/2006 2:21:59 PM
    - Meteorites discovered to carry interstellar carbon - LJK - 5/5/2006 4:58:52 PM

A Crack in the Universe - ljk - 4/26/2006 1:54:58 PM
- If the Universe is going to bend over, it needs a belt. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2006 5:58:08 PM
  - And hope that pervading field remains faint... (n/t) - Laurie Street - 4/26/2006 8:59:45 PM
    - This could make the Big Rip... - ljk - 4/27/2006 2:51:36 PM
      - Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum - ljk - 5/4/2006 9:15:45 PM
        
        'Cyclic universe' can explain cosmological constant - ljk - 5/5/2006 4:47:13 PM

Titan has sand dunes - Raoul - 5/4/2006 9:40:13 PM
- re: Titan has sand dunes - ljk - 5/5/2006 12:17:30 PM
- re: Huygens: a movie - Raoul - 5/4/2006 9:55:03 PM
  - Interesting Web site - ljk - 5/5/2006 2:26:28 PM

There is a place in the solar system away from Earth (not artificial) where conditions are much more similar to our world than what we find on Mars....Where is it? (n/t) - Raoul - 4/28/2006 8:32:37 PM
- Don't forget under the ice in the Europan ocean.... - nick hoffman - 4/29/2006 6:37:32 AM
  - "And 20+km underground on Mars it's not frozen any more... " - R.L. - 4/29/2006 10:02:09 AM
    - Radioactivity - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:00:09 AM
      - What is your opinion on the 'signs of life' in the Mars meteorite? - R.L. - 4/30/2006 3:52:57 AM
        
        Highly highly unlikely - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 11:39:13 PM
  - re: Mars and Europa.... - Raoul - 4/29/2006 7:05:00 AM
    - Atmosphere and gravity don't matter... - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:02:09 AM
- A wild guess, Venus? - SteveS - 4/28/2006 11:14:32 PM
  - Well, I was in the neighborhood - SteveS - 4/29/2006 12:13:21 AM
    - re: Venus Express in the news - astroraoul - 4/29/2006 7:49:35 AM
  - re: It's surface is indeed hell, but... - Raoul - 4/28/2006 11:31:01 PM
    - Apparently a Russian idea - Adam - 4/29/2006 11:06:51 PM
    - More realistically in the short term... - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2006 2:30:25 AM
      - Obviously its an airship - Adam - 4/29/2006 10:52:21 PM
- 55km high in the Venusian atmosphere? (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 4/28/2006 11:10:15 PM
  - re: Exactly, Doug! - Raoul - 4/28/2006 11:24:28 PM
    - re: Exactly, Doug! - gbaikie - 4/29/2006 12:13:26 AM
      - re: To breathe - Raoul - 4/29/2006 6:57:42 AM
        
        Of course there's always hydrogen - Adam - 4/29/2006 10:58:54 PM
        
        Helium in Venus' atmosphere - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:06:35 AM
        
        Not so easy to separate - Adam - 4/30/2006 10:01:25 PM
        
        just needs more chilling - nick hoffman - 5/1/2006 12:00:57 AM
        
        that's why I failed chemistry - Adam - 5/2/2006 1:29:14 AM
        
        Speaking of Venus... - ljk - 5/3/2006 4:27:50 PM
        
        Early start - Adam - 5/4/2006 10:35:39 AM
        
        re: Early start - ljk - 5/4/2006 3:54:13 PM
        
        My point is... - Adam - 5/5/2006 11:11:59 AM
        
        re: My point is... - ljk - 5/5/2006 1:56:42 PM
        
        Whole bunch of interesting Venus probe concepts - ljk - 5/4/2006 5:34:18 PM
        
        Earth's atmosphere is 5 ppm helium, btw - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:09:22 AM
- Basidium X? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2006 11:09:14 PM
  - Wow, man... 'shrooms! (n/t) - Fox - 5/1/2006 2:46:09 AM
  - SURVEY SAYS.... - R.L. - 4/29/2006 10:14:02 AM

Wildblue Helps Advance Mission To Planet Red - Chris Vancil - 5/5/2006 9:02:01 AM

M82 from the HST as a 16th anniversary gift (most detailed view of that galaxy) - Raoul - 4/25/2006 4:12:51 PM
- A rainbow of a galaxy! - ljk - 4/25/2006 5:42:00 PM
  - VLBI Images of 49 Radio Supernovae in Arp 220 - ljk - 4/28/2006 7:51:44 PM
    - HST/STIS Spectroscopy of Five Super Star Clusters in the Starburst Galaxy M82 - ljk - 5/4/2006 9:01:58 PM

A crater amateurs can't see - Raoul - 5/4/2006 8:23:43 PM

Did early "flybys" tilt the giant planets and not collisions? - ljk - 4/27/2006 2:31:54 PM
- A Survey for "Normal" Irregular Satellites Around Neptune: Limits toCompleteness - ljk - 4/28/2006 3:32:12 PM
  - Polarimetric survey of asteroids with the Asiago telescope - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:35:57 PM
    - The Positions, Colors, and Photometric Variability of Pluto's Small Satellites from HST Observations 2005-2006 - ljk - 5/2/2006 2:13:32 PM
      - Outer irregular satellites of the planets and their relationship with asteroids, comets and Kuiper Belt objects - ljk - 5/4/2006 7:48:13 PM

Prototype Mars space suit goes to Badlands - Chris Vancil - 5/3/2006 11:19:44 PM
- re: More on the ND Mars Suit - Chris Vancil - 5/4/2006 7:21:30 AM

M13, Schwassmann-Wachmann and ISS - Raoul - 4/29/2006 2:23:48 PM
- Thanks! - RobVG - 4/30/2006 3:49:30 AM
  - re: It's path - Raoul - 4/30/2006 8:29:30 AM
    - re: It's path - Marcia - 4/30/2006 9:51:00 PM
      - I second the recommendation for Sky Maps - ljk - 5/1/2006 3:13:26 PM
      - re: It's path - Raoul - 5/1/2006 8:01:51 AM
        
        Hubble Provides Spectacular View Of Ongoing Comet Breakup - ljk - 5/2/2006 1:14:19 PM
        
        Comet passing by M13 and M57 - plus the eta Aquarid meteor shower this weekend - ljk - 5/2/2006 6:46:01 PM
        
        re: Comet passing by M13 and M57 - plus the eta Aquarid meteor shower this weekend - Marcia - 5/4/2006 1:21:38 AM

Denarius IV launch - LMB - 5/3/2006 9:59:32 PM

Where's ISS? - Raoul - 5/3/2006 8:33:44 PM

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