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Soyuz Launch -- Up Close and Personal - JimO - 3/28/2006 4:38:13 AM
- Preparation images of the Soyuz TMA-8 mission - ljk - 3/28/2006 4:54:33 PM

The eclipse in Turkey - Raoul - 3/25/2006 9:18:51 AM
- re: Safe Journey and Good Luck Raoul. (n/t) - Vince - 3/26/2006 5:31:55 AM
- re: The eclipse in Turkey - Raoul - 3/25/2006 10:39:31 AM
  - re: And ISS - Raoul - 3/25/2006 12:54:21 PM
    - News from Spaceweather.com - ljk - 3/28/2006 2:04:16 PM
      - Africa And Asia Prepare For Influx Of Eclipse Tourists - ljk - 3/28/2006 2:28:36 PM
        
        The Eye Of God Returns - ljk - 3/28/2006 4:37:24 PM

Falcon 1 launch 1pm PST today - SteveS - 3/24/2006 7:40:27 PM
- Fuel leak doomed Falcon I. - Lee - 3/26/2006 9:08:03 AM
  - The preliminaries - SteveS - 3/27/2006 2:01:42 AM
    - Musk holds the future of Humanity in his hands. - Lee - 3/27/2006 4:02:12 AM
      - the new Harriman - Adam - 3/27/2006 8:01:43 AM
  - Try again. - Lee - 3/26/2006 9:09:13 AM
- re:Late shroud release? - Raoul - 3/25/2006 11:22:55 AM
- Live link... - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 10:54:45 PM
  - You do and the stream-n-police will get you (n/t) - Al Gore's cousin - 3/24/2006 11:16:10 PM
  - Apparently somebody can... - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 10:57:52 PM
- Vehicle apparently lost (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 10:41:00 PM
  - It probably isn't a big problem - Lee - 3/24/2006 10:58:05 PM
    - Maybe the recover team can find the wreckage - SteveS - 3/24/2006 11:03:42 PM
      - That depends. - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 11:04:51 PM
  - Damn! Did I ever say getting to space was tough? - SteveS - 3/24/2006 10:48:27 PM
  - Crap. - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 10:47:58 PM
  - Confirmed. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/24/2006 10:47:08 PM
    - Don't count them out just yet. - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 10:50:08 PM
    - re: Confirmed. - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 10:48:47 PM
- UH OH!!! (n/t) - Lee - 3/24/2006 10:35:32 PM
- Launch now set for 2:30 PST (n/t) - SteveS - 3/24/2006 9:31:56 PM
- New launch time: 2:30 PM PST - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 9:31:18 PM
  - Think we are looking forward to this? ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 3/24/2006 9:35:26 PM
- Thanks for the link! - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 7:48:50 PM
  - Your welcome! Looks windy on the video - SteveS - 3/24/2006 8:12:02 PM
- Live webcast link - SteveS - 3/24/2006 7:48:00 PM
  - re: Live webcast link - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 10:37:43 PM
    - "A minute or so of powered flight" - SteveS - 3/24/2006 10:53:02 PM
      - A lot longer than the Wright's first flight. (n/t) - Lee - 3/24/2006 11:01:12 PM
        
        re: A lot longer than the Wright's first flight. - ljk - 3/27/2006 2:57:01 PM
        
        How often do rockets blow up on their first launches? - ljk - 3/27/2006 7:32:42 PM
        
        Musk Vows To Launch Falcon 1 Again Within Six Months - ljk - 3/28/2006 4:28:09 PM

Lunar Lost & Found: The Search for Old Spacecraft - ljk - 3/28/2006 3:09:41 PM

"Magic carpet" redux. - Robert Clark - 3/24/2006 10:02:36 AM
- To look at a wider perspective - nick hoffman - 3/25/2006 2:15:43 AM
  - re: Just a couple of questions... - Johannes - 3/25/2006 5:59:28 AM
    - Just a couple of answers... - nick hoffman - 3/26/2006 3:55:42 AM
      - re: Can I believe my eyes - Johannes - 3/27/2006 8:49:14 PM
    - re: Just a couple of questions... - Robert Clark - 3/25/2006 4:14:12 PM
    - re: Just a couple of questions... - Chris Vancil - 3/25/2006 6:24:34 AM
- No - nick hoffman - 3/24/2006 12:27:42 PM
  - re: No - Marcia - 3/25/2006 5:04:24 AM
    - Actually, Marcia - nick hoffman - 3/26/2006 4:04:38 AM
      - re: Actually, Marcia - Marcia - 3/27/2006 3:39:08 AM
    - re: No - Marcia - 3/25/2006 5:09:41 AM
  - re: Besides... - Chris Vancil - 3/24/2006 10:53:31 PM
    - re: Besides... - Robert Clark - 3/25/2006 4:10:12 PM
  - Yes, if salts are present which they very obviously are in the image. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/24/2006 6:33:32 PM
    - re: Yes, if salts are present which they very obviously are in the image. - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 10:40:41 PM
      - Great resource book about Mars - lance - 3/26/2006 2:48:06 PM

Contrarotating Turbojet - David F Mayer - 3/27/2006 3:21:46 PM

Opportunity reaches an interesting milestone - Buck Galaxy - 3/27/2006 8:01:41 AM
- re: Opportunity reaches an interesting milestone - Doug Ellison - 3/27/2006 9:49:34 AM

'The Great Robot Race' on PBS This Week - phil - 3/26/2006 5:52:01 PM

** Space Colonization Poll ** - Douglas J - 3/23/2006 3:56:07 AM
- re: ** Space Colonization Poll ** - r - 3/23/2006 6:50:42 AM
  - the only way we will colonize is if it is technically and economically feasible - Sawyer - 3/23/2006 3:00:01 PM
    - Then why/how have we colonized Antarctica? (n/t) - alcaray - 3/24/2006 4:13:46 PM
      - re: And does the antarctic "colony" ensure mans survival? - Sawyer - 3/26/2006 3:48:21 PM
      - oil, natural gas and coal (n/t) - dd - 3/25/2006 9:56:29 PM
    - re: the most exciting time.. - Raoul - 3/23/2006 9:29:09 PM
  - re: ** Space Colonization Poll ** - SteveS - 3/23/2006 2:10:31 PM
  - re: ** Space Colonization Poll ** - Douglas J - 3/23/2006 1:45:42 PM
    - re: ** Space Colonization Poll ** - Delbert - 3/24/2006 5:03:20 PM
  - re: It was me, (n/t) - Raoul - 3/23/2006 6:51:25 AM

HiRISE first image tests - IT WORKS ( no images yet ) - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 8:56:44 AM
- photos ( including snippets of HiRISE iamgery ) now at same URL (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 11:55:10 AM
  - re: Coming! - Raoul - 3/24/2006 4:58:54 PM
    - If that picture does cover an area 1.6 miles wide... - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 11:40:05 PM
      - re: If that picture does cover an area 1.6 miles wide... - Doug Ellison - 3/25/2006 9:06:58 AM
    - Wow! Now we have to wait 6 months. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/24/2006 5:14:25 PM

Are the MERbots where NASA would send manned missions? - DALeffler - 3/25/2006 1:01:33 AM
- re: Depends on what you are looking for. - Chris Vancil - 3/25/2006 6:33:04 AM

Mars Meteorite Similar To Bacteria-Etched Earth Rocks - Lance - 3/24/2006 8:03:30 PM
- re: Mars Meteorite Similar To Bacteria-Etched Earth Rocks - Marcia - 3/25/2006 4:46:09 AM

Huge impact crater found in Egypt - Vince - 3/7/2006 5:02:48 AM
- Not far to the East is the Wabar Meteorite Impact Site in Saudi Arabia - REB - 3/7/2006 5:26:23 PM
  - re: Wabar Meteorite Impact Specimens (sweet images) - Vince - 3/8/2006 2:28:25 AM
- Did you know there is an impact structure here in Iowa? - Scott Evil - 3/7/2006 4:17:03 PM
  - More than one, probably... - et - 3/7/2006 5:59:26 PM
    - That didn't look like a map of Iowa... - Scott Evil - 3/8/2006 5:01:13 AM
  - re: Did you know there is an impact structure here in Iowa? - Scott Evil - 3/7/2006 4:27:15 PM
- Another angle - ljk - 3/7/2006 3:16:51 PM
  - this is a different one (n/t) - dd - 3/7/2006 3:44:07 PM
    - Something else they just found in Egypt... - ljk - 3/7/2006 9:49:03 PM
      - Kebira Crater from Landsat 7 - ljk - 3/8/2006 4:01:00 PM
        
        re: Kebira Crater from Landsat 7 - wt - 3/24/2006 1:54:17 PM
        
        Shall I call Schreiber Foods Inc. to complain about your spamming? - MODBOB - 3/25/2006 12:32:07 AM

Mini-Comets Approaching Earth - Jack Herer - 3/24/2006 7:46:47 PM
- Meteor showers...there should be some awesome meteor showers in the near future. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/24/2006 8:50:33 PM
  - re: May 31 2022... - Raoul - 3/24/2006 9:10:19 PM
    - Thanks, Raoul....Merci. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/24/2006 10:48:16 PM

Political Feasibility Human Mission To Mars SURVEY - Fabio Sau - 3/24/2006 6:36:57 PM

Opportunity is heading for Victoria. Spirit is driving on 5 wheels. - REB - 3/23/2006 3:36:52 PM
- Spirit is driving on 5 wheels. - JimO - 3/23/2006 7:28:15 PM
  - re: Spirit is driving on 5 wheels. - REB - 3/23/2006 8:47:28 PM
    - could be a plus - Delbert - 3/24/2006 4:49:26 PM
    - re: Spirit is driving on 5 wheels. - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 2:49:48 PM
    - It'll certainly slow it down, but it could probably keep going on only two wheels. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/23/2006 11:53:26 PM

NASAWATCH (Cowing): "Mars Odyssey in Safe Mode?" - JimO - 3/24/2006 4:32:13 AM
- re: NASAWATCH (Cowing): "Mars Odyssey in Safe Mode?" - Doug Ellison - 3/24/2006 8:42:59 AM

Light shone upon "dark matter"? - et - 10/10/2005 5:47:11 PM
- Ockam's Razor wins again! - Daniel - 10/13/2005 5:20:10 PM
  - Still on the knife edge.... - et - 10/13/2005 6:04:53 PM
- re: Light shone upon "dark matter"? - Raoul - 10/11/2005 4:00:29 PM
  - But of course.... - et - 10/11/2005 5:05:06 PM
    - Remains to be seen if this explanation will hold up under scrutiny. - alcaray - 10/12/2005 6:17:32 PM
      - Attn R.L.! - et - 10/12/2005 6:34:39 PM
        
        Oye! From the subject I thought you were going to get me deleted or banished to flame. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/12/2005 9:31:49 PM
        
        I will try- - R.L. - 10/12/2005 8:51:38 PM
        
        According to this... - et - 10/12/2005 6:44:47 PM
        
        Cosmic Acceleration without the need for Dark Energy? - LJK - 10/13/2005 3:46:06 PM
        
        re: Cosmic Acceleration without the need for Dark Energy? - Carr, B.N - 3/24/2006 12:56:53 AM
- Still dark energy, though. - DL - 10/10/2005 10:38:25 PM
  - Yep. I'd say that's the more fundamental of the two. - et - 10/10/2005 11:36:14 PM
    - I've always thought of the big bang as another ghost - DL - 10/11/2005 1:25:16 AM
      - Is it just me... - LJK - 10/11/2005 4:50:09 PM
        
        yes, it is just you ;-) - DL - 10/11/2005 8:35:48 PM
        
        re: yes, it is just you ;-) - LJK - 10/11/2005 9:13:25 PM
        
        re: So which Universe Creation model do you like? - DL - 10/11/2005 10:08:46 PM
        
        No, it's not just you. - et - 10/11/2005 5:38:04 PM
        
        Investigating dark energy experiments with principal components - LJK - 10/12/2005 2:04:39 PM
        
        Space.com take on DM - LJK - 10/13/2005 1:39:34 PM
        
        The Dark Energy Survey - LJK - 10/13/2005 3:38:31 PM
        
        Darker Side of the Universe - LJK - 10/18/2005 3:53:09 PM
        
        Dark Matter and Dark Energy: a Scenario of Accelerating Universe - LJK - 10/20/2005 1:39:50 PM
        
        The Search for Dark Matter, Einstein's Cosmology and MOND - LJK - 10/20/2005 1:47:16 PM
        
        Quite the mystery - SDF - 10/20/2005 10:53:22 PM

Janus, the rings and Titan - Raoul - 3/23/2006 6:36:28 AM
- Wow! - REB - 3/23/2006 3:37:50 PM
- Looking forward to the processed photo (n/t) - SteveS - 3/23/2006 1:54:16 PM
  - re: Looking forward to the processed photo - Doug Ellison - 3/23/2006 3:56:14 PM
    - Thanks, I'll have to get Quicktime, been wanting it (n/t) - SteveS - 3/24/2006 12:26:46 AM

So - as you know - I can be a whiney jerk sometimes. - alcaray - 3/23/2006 4:02:03 PM
- Congrats on finally getting a response - pwokenyaw - 3/23/2006 10:34:46 PM
- Hey, I did that once.... - et - 3/23/2006 8:06:01 PM

Terrafroming Venus - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:30:47 PM
- Assuming we are able to engineer glow-in-the dark butterflys (or NANO Robots) that poop buckyballs - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 9:04:12 PM
  - Diamondoid - Adam - 3/23/2006 11:15:30 AM
- re: Terrafroming Venus - REB - 3/21/2006 7:20:24 PM
- I'm for moving the planet - azstrummer - 3/17/2006 11:50:18 PM
  - NIMBY! - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2006 5:34:35 PM
    - Swap 'em - Adam - 3/20/2006 9:43:35 AM
- What if we move a small comet into orbit of Venus and then spin it... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:00:18 PM
- Maybe nano-tech will... - alcaray - 3/17/2006 8:17:49 PM
  - re: Maybe nano-tech will... - ljk - 3/18/2006 4:42:34 PM
  - Let it fall to the ground. - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 8:43:14 PM
- Move it into orbit around Earth - SDF - 3/17/2006 3:55:29 PM
  - re: Maybe what is needed is tidal effects. - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 4:17:52 PM
  - re: Move it into orbit around Mars. (n/t) - SDF - 3/17/2006 3:56:44 PM
    - How about half way between Mars and Earth? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 4:16:16 PM
      - or in opposition to earth? (n/t) - podrock - 3/17/2006 6:44:17 PM
        
        But then it would collide with Gor (n/t) - Laurie Street - 3/17/2006 6:46:46 PM
        
        I miss Gor - alcaray - 3/17/2006 7:49:50 PM
        
        If you can wait a bit... - ljk - 3/19/2006 4:04:51 PM
        
        What about the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange Point? - SDF - 3/21/2006 2:25:17 PM
        
        Correction!!! I meant the L4 or L5 Lagrange Points - SDF - 3/21/2006 2:27:25 PM
- Or Asterform it. - Tom Brosz - 3/17/2006 3:31:46 PM
  - Almost like a proto-Earth - Thea collision. - et - 3/17/2006 7:59:52 PM
    - But how? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 8:41:53 PM
      - re: What if you put a cloud of mirco debris in orbit around Venus... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 8:50:11 PM
        
        I've put some thought into this. I think I posted on it.... - et - 3/17/2006 9:38:50 PM
        
        re: What if you could come up with a molecular structure that would cause a greenhouse in reverse? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:56:18 PM
        
        Not that far out of the box - Robert - 3/18/2006 9:25:34 PM
        
        re: Not that far out of the box - R.L. - 3/22/2006 9:58:24 AM
        
        far out of the box - Robert - 3/22/2006 3:11:46 PM
        
        reread my above post... - R.L. - 3/23/2006 10:02:08 AM
        
        What if you seeded the atmosphere with Iridescent material that gives off light when heated? - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 4:07:51 PM
        
        re: What if you seeded the atmosphere with Iridescent material that gives off light when heated? - Robert - 3/22/2006 5:11:04 PM
        
        I was hoping that you would tell me that a buckyball heated above 150 Degrees F would begin to glow white hot light... - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 5:41:04 PM
        
        Oops - Robert - 3/22/2006 6:08:25 PM
        
        WILL ONE? I JUST MADE THAT UP! - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 7:27:09 PM
        
        Whoa there! - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:12:10 PM
        
        If R.L. patents this idea, I humbly request that he call them "Evil Lasers" (n/t) - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 9:13:18 PM
        
        What about "BuckeyBlasters"? (n/t) - Robert - 3/23/2006 9:33:54 PM
        
        Maybe we just came up with a way to deliver molecules (drugs) to a body using a buckeyball delivery means. - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 8:46:31 PM
        
        I believe that this has been suggested before... - R.L. - 3/23/2006 10:19:01 AM
        
        What about carbon airgels? - Scott Evil - 3/22/2006 7:55:22 PM
        
        BTW, speaking of big ideas - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:18:57 PM
        
        Wow - Robert - 3/22/2006 8:15:49 PM
        
        engineering planetary systems. - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 11:13:35 PM
        
        re: engineering planetary systems. - Robert - 3/20/2006 2:49:48 PM
        
        re: What if you could come up with a molecular structure that would cause a greenhouse in reverse? - Johannes - 3/18/2006 1:29:55 AM
  - Smash the planet Mercury into Venus? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 4:14:37 PM
    - Holy smokes... - McFly - 3/17/2006 6:11:10 PM
      - Yeah, let's do these 4 of July celebrations in someone else's star system (n/t) - alcaray - 3/17/2006 8:14:25 PM
- Nope - Adam - 3/17/2006 11:01:03 AM
  - I just hate to waste a terrestrial planet that is so close by... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 3:16:24 PM
    - Who says it's a waste? - Adam - 3/19/2006 5:16:34 AM
- Hit it with a BIG icy comet - Buck Galaxy - 3/17/2006 8:12:15 AM
  - How about a big molten ball of rock guys? - et - 3/17/2006 9:07:53 AM
    - Using machine self-replicating systems (SRS) - ljk - 3/17/2006 4:22:56 PM
- It does not seem like a good idea. - David F Mayer - 3/16/2006 10:36:06 PM
- Oh crap...I did it again... - Scott Evil - 3/16/2006 10:31:24 PM
  - I'll take care of it, hang on for a few minutes. (n/t) - Robert - 3/16/2006 10:37:27 PM
    - Moved - Robert - 3/16/2006 10:38:48 PM
      - Thanks by the way... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:07:17 PM
        
        No problem - Robert - 3/17/2006 9:22:32 PM
        
        Hummm...Buckeyball Bugs... - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 9:45:45 PM
        
        re: Hummm...Buckeyball Bugs... - Robert - 3/18/2006 1:05:32 AM
        
        Maybe the bugs could poop buckeyballs? - Scott Evil - 3/17/2006 10:27:37 PM
        
        Carbon - nick hoffman - 3/18/2006 5:41:21 AM
        
        re: Carbon - Robert - 3/18/2006 8:58:44 PM
        
        Maybe we are making a mistake in thinking that the best use for the planet would be as a "sister Earth" - Scott Evil - 3/19/2006 9:59:44 PM
        
        has the carbon in abundance - Adam - 3/20/2006 9:39:16 AM
        
        One problem at a time! - Scott Evil - 3/18/2006 4:37:01 PM
        
        See Venus now - before we change it! - ljk - 3/23/2006 3:37:23 PM

ISS and the Total Solar Eclipse from Side, Turkey - Raoul - 3/20/2006 10:18:53 PM
- re: ISS path at Side, Turkey 12:55 local time - Raoul - 3/21/2006 6:47:01 AM
  - Chasing the Sun in Turkey - ljk - 3/23/2006 4:08:19 PM
    - re: Chasing the Sun in Turkey - Raoul - 3/23/2006 6:47:08 PM

Was Einstein Wrong About Space Travel? - ljk - 3/23/2006 4:49:34 PM

Vega: what it looks like! - Raoul - 3/6/2006 6:09:08 PM
- First Results from the CHARA Array VII: Long-Baseline Interferometric Measurements of Vega Consistent with a Pole-On, Rapidly Rotating Star - ljk - 3/15/2006 9:58:11 PM
  - Vega is a rapidly rotating star - ljk - 3/21/2006 8:42:30 PM
    - Lots of information on Vega at Sol Station - ljk - 3/23/2006 4:36:11 PM

It's not an April Fool's joke. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/23/2006 12:02:16 AM
- Obviously someone was bored. Not surprising in Canada. - SDF - 3/23/2006 12:30:33 AM
  - re: Obviously someone was bored. Not surprising in Canada. (n/t) - sikandar - 3/23/2006 3:02:04 AM
    - re: Obviously someone was not surprising. bored in Canada. (n/t) - SDF - 3/23/2006 4:01:51 PM

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