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The Moon to Occult the Pleiades on February 5-6, 2006 - ljk - 1/25/2006 5:40:09 PM
- Anything Happening on the 1st? - REB - 1/25/2006 10:26:31 PM
  - re: Anything Happening on the 1st? - SteveS - 1/26/2006 2:25:00 PM
    - re: Anything Happening on the 1st? - REB - 1/26/2006 4:04:12 PM
  - re: Anything Happening on the 1st? - ljk - 1/26/2006 2:39:52 AM
    - re: Anything Happening on the 1st? - REB - 1/26/2006 1:39:07 PM
      - The sky for this week and next - ljk - 1/28/2006 2:08:25 AM
    - Where else.... - R.L. - 1/26/2006 8:47:14 AM
      - Reminder - The Moon and Pleiades meet - ljk - 2/4/2006 5:02:57 PM

Rocket? That's not a rocket.... - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2006 11:49:54 PM
- 8 million tons - Adam - 1/23/2006 1:31:53 PM
- That's a neat cartoon, but.... - et - 1/20/2006 10:28:16 PM
  - Most issues are solvable. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 2:32:13 AM
    - EMP, radioactive effects on the space environment, and various treaties - Larry J - 1/21/2006 4:49:49 PM
      - I'd like to see some numbers on that. - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 5:54:44 AM
        
        re: I'd like to see some numbers on that. - et - 1/23/2006 6:42:55 PM
        
        Whatever the final numbers turn out to be - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:17:42 PM
    - re: Most issues are solvable. - et - 1/21/2006 2:53:52 AM
      - Cyclers - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 4:13:35 AM
        
        Ok, so you know jack about cyclers.... - et - 1/21/2006 5:27:29 AM
        
        re: Ok, so you know jack about cyclers.... (n/t) - kkkk - 2/4/2006 1:18:18 PM
        
        What gave you that impression? - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2006 8:53:53 PM
        
        You know, I read that wrong. - et - 1/22/2006 9:20:18 PM
        
        No problem. Looking at my post again, it wasn't very clear. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 5:42:57 AM
        
        Back on track... - et - 1/23/2006 6:33:26 PM
        
        Cargo - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:21:42 PM
- Orion Project - RNE - 1/20/2006 6:32:16 PM
  - Yea, they said something like it feeling like God knocking on the door and wanting to get in very badly. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 8:18:52 PM
    - re: Yea, they said something like it feeling like God knocking on the door and wanting to get in very badly. - RNE - 1/21/2006 4:06:55 AM
      - Move away from the light! (n/t) - et - 1/21/2006 5:38:26 AM
- But how is it supposed to get of Mars? - AndyMc - 1/20/2006 1:02:26 AM
  - "Get off?" That's a colony ship. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 1:30:39 AM
    - Pusher plate does double-duty? - ljk - 1/20/2006 1:52:03 PM

Zubrin- An Energy Revolution - gbaikie - 2/3/2006 2:15:25 AM
- re: I think ethanol has huge advantages over methanol. - Scott Evil - 2/3/2006 3:28:40 PM
  - Butanol has different isomers - SDF - 2/3/2006 3:53:21 PM
- Coal-based methanol - dtb - 2/3/2006 4:36:56 AM
  - re: Methane created Methanol - Chris Vancil - 2/3/2006 10:46:22 AM
    - re: Methane created Methanol - R.L. - 2/3/2006 6:37:31 PM
      - re: Methane created Methanol - Chris Vancil - 2/3/2006 9:45:26 PM
        
        re: Methane created Methanol - gbaikie - 2/3/2006 11:08:36 PM
    - I used to use Methanol all the time to clean optics... - R.L. - 2/3/2006 6:10:42 PM
      - has your ethanol been denatured? - Scott Evil - 2/3/2006 9:30:45 PM
        
        Nope- just ethanol and water... (n/t) - R.L. - 2/3/2006 11:25:33 PM
        
        re: Nope- just ethanol and water... and cool-aid on fridays. :) (n/t) - et - 2/3/2006 11:48:49 PM
        
        With the dye mixed in it looks like Kool-aid (n/t) - R.L. - 2/4/2006 8:25:44 AM
      - It's not as universal a solvent as acetone, but I also prefered it. - et - 2/3/2006 6:29:33 PM
        
        We are probably the only large scope that needs to have a liquor license - R.L. - 2/3/2006 7:03:49 PM
- Mandating FFV on cars might be worth looking at. - Tom Brosz - 2/3/2006 2:29:48 AM
  - re: Mandating FFV on cars might be worth looking at. - gbaikie - 2/3/2006 3:11:47 AM
    - PS - gbaikie - 2/3/2006 3:44:34 AM

Clyde Tombaugh on New Horizons - ljk - 2/4/2006 12:45:37 AM
- re: Clyde Tombaugh on New Horizons - dtb - 2/4/2006 6:54:35 AM

Recent Laser Guide Star news... - R.L. - 2/2/2006 8:12:43 PM
- Cool story on the laser in Science Magazine (n/t) - R.L. - 2/4/2006 5:56:24 AM

Which one is RL? - Adam - 2/2/2006 1:59:29 PM
- Try here: - R.L. - 2/2/2006 4:40:25 PM
- None of them - R.L. - 2/2/2006 3:33:30 PM
  - Hah! You always lose the toss. - Tom Brosz - 2/3/2006 1:27:56 AM
    - Fair game exception... - Tom Brosz - 2/3/2006 1:28:56 AM
  - re: None of them - Laurie Street - 2/2/2006 11:12:38 PM
    - Good point... - Adam - 2/3/2006 9:19:51 AM
      - My picture is in the album (n/t) - R.l. - 2/4/2006 5:49:51 AM
      - Its ok (n/t) - R.L. - 2/3/2006 9:31:33 AM

Alcor, Mizar and... - Raoul - 2/3/2006 7:00:36 PM

NASA's Inspector General Probed - alcaray - 2/3/2006 6:41:15 PM

Commercial Space Calander Prognostications - phil - 2/3/2006 5:47:32 PM

Stardust re-entry movie from a DC-8 - Raoul - 1/28/2006 12:26:22 PM
- And a fantastic ground-based shot - nick hoffman - 2/3/2006 12:53:58 AM
  - re: Indeed, superb! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/3/2006 5:10:49 PM
- Well, yeah... - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 5:54:35 AM
- No "ordinary" meteor - ljk - 1/28/2006 7:14:19 PM

The rotating and accelerating Universe - ljk - 1/31/2006 9:33:48 PM
- fascinating (n/t) - Daniel - 2/3/2006 4:12:55 PM
- From the Big Bang Theory to the Theory of a Stationary Universe - ljk - 2/2/2006 10:35:04 PM
  - Phase transitions in the early and the present Universe - ljk - 2/3/2006 4:20:34 PM

This day, 40 years ago - Daniel - 2/3/2006 7:06:23 AM
- re: This day, 40 years ago - ljk - 2/3/2006 3:29:48 PM
  - the first Surveyor landing was just 4 months later - Daniel - 2/3/2006 4:09:53 PM

Inside Rocks, Implications For Finding Life On Mars - Jeff F - 2/2/2006 11:10:43 PM
- Better still - Buck Galaxy - 2/3/2006 5:13:16 AM
  - Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land - ljk - 2/3/2006 3:55:46 PM

Save Our Meteorites! - ljk - 2/3/2006 3:53:06 PM

The 10th planet, larger than Pluto? - Jeff F - 2/2/2006 11:05:39 PM
- Jeff, full marks for enthusiasm, but... - nick hoffman - 2/3/2006 12:47:38 AM
  - To be fair to Jeff... - Tom Brosz - 2/3/2006 1:30:39 AM
    - re: To be fair to Jeff... - Jeff F - 2/3/2006 5:17:25 AM

"THOR" Mars Mission To Seek Underground Water - Jeff F - 2/2/2006 11:09:22 PM

ESA's new multimedia gallery - Raoul - 2/2/2006 7:02:11 PM

Another story- 'Homecoming' - Sci-Fi - 2/1/2006 11:14:21 PM
- re: Another story- 'Homecoming' - lance - 2/2/2006 5:45:59 AM
- Another short story- Methuselah - Sci-Fi - 2/2/2006 5:42:16 AM
  - Prelude to a story- Untitled - Sci-Fi - 2/2/2006 6:18:56 AM
    - Start of a story- 'The Gift'- Just to piss off Frank C - Sci-Fi - 2/2/2006 7:46:10 AM

Jim Bell Pancam Q'n'A - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2006 6:44:57 PM
- re: Jim Bell Pancam Q'n'A - Doug Ellison - 1/31/2006 3:28:52 PM
  - re: Jim Bell Pancam Q'n'A - Robert Clark - 2/1/2006 12:23:29 AM
    - Apparent dense clouds over Meridiani. - Robert Clark - 2/1/2006 12:34:36 AM
      - Why do you say clouds? - Doug Ellison - 2/1/2006 9:58:58 AM
        
        re: Why do you say clouds? - Robert Clark - 2/2/2006 3:04:39 AM
- re: Very interesting; thank you! (n/t) - Raoul - 1/27/2006 9:09:28 PM

Mars Flyby and back in 142 days - Raoul - 2/1/2006 9:38:17 PM

Stardust Spacecraft Mission not over yet? - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2006 10:18:23 PM
- They keep hinting, but never mentioning a target (n/t) - alcaray - 1/30/2006 10:27:07 PM
- They keep hinting, but never mentioning a target (n/t) - alcaray - 1/30/2006 10:27:05 PM
  - Ground-based image of Stardust's return to Earth - ljk - 2/1/2006 9:36:29 PM

VIRGOHI 21 - Dark Matter Galaxy - Vince - 1/31/2006 3:32:49 AM
- Dark Matter Whimsy - Sci-Fi - 1/31/2006 6:23:19 AM
  - re: Dark Matter Whimsy - ljk - 1/31/2006 6:51:28 PM
    - I just want to be clear... - Sci--Fi - 1/31/2006 8:23:38 PM
      - re: I just want to be clear... - ljk - 1/31/2006 9:01:34 PM
        
        Zinger! (n/t) - et - 1/31/2006 9:31:37 PM
        
        Hardy Har Har.... - R.L. - 1/31/2006 9:42:27 PM
        
        hmmmmmmm.... - lance - 2/1/2006 7:51:16 PM

Orion (300 MB) - Raoul - 1/31/2006 10:02:07 PM
- re: Movement - SteveS - 2/1/2006 3:27:53 PM
- Wow, that loaded quick for 300 MB! - et - 2/1/2006 2:19:53 AM
  - re: I don't have a sodium filter - Raoul - 2/1/2006 6:41:28 AM
    - re: I don't have a sodium filter - SDG - 2/1/2006 8:03:14 AM
      - or this - SDG - 2/1/2006 8:08:42 AM
    - What is wrong with sodium?! - R.L. - 2/1/2006 7:26:26 AM
      - re: Highway lights!! Our enemy! (n/t) - Raoul - 2/1/2006 5:30:12 PM

Methane Rocket Fuel: A Lot of Hot Gas and Nowhere to Blow - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2006 10:15:29 PM
- I recommend just letting it fly !!! (n/t) - SDF - 1/31/2006 4:07:50 PM
  - Not inside the Dyson Sphere! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/1/2006 4:14:45 PM
  - re: You recommend who letting what just fly? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 2/1/2006 10:27:02 AM

Looking for advances in ethanol production - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 8:37:22 AM
- "The breakthrough would be low-cost cellulose-using technology." - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 4:00:25 AM
- Fuel economy improvements - SDF - 1/27/2006 2:50:08 PM
  - Corben Motors filed for Chapter 7. - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2006 7:18:48 PM
    - What do most people use cars for? - SDF - 1/28/2006 2:34:27 PM
      - My arguement was out of context - SDF - 1/28/2006 3:06:40 PM
        
        re: My arguement was out of context - Larry J - 1/29/2006 1:46:05 AM
        
        Again, I flubbed my arguement (happens often early in the a.m.) - SDF - 1/29/2006 2:23:10 PM
        
        Weight usually doesn't scale linearily - Larry J - 1/29/2006 8:40:41 PM
        
        You're right of course. - SDF - 1/30/2006 2:24:15 PM
        
        Whatever they build, it has to offer sufficient utility to be considered worthwhile - Larry J - 1/30/2006 7:34:51 PM
        
        The Honda Insight (Hybrid) and the Kia Rio (Subcompact) are an interesting comparison - SDF - 1/31/2006 2:55:06 PM
        
        You anywhere near Denver? (n/t) - R.L. - 1/29/2006 5:33:21 AM
        
        About 50 miles to the south - Larry J - 1/29/2006 8:14:32 PM
        
        I am going to Denver for a few days.... (n/t) - R.L. - 1/29/2006 8:48:16 PM
        
        Pack for wierd weather - Larry J - 1/29/2006 9:15:46 PM
        
        You would not believe how hard it is to find a sweater in Hawaii - R.L. - 1/30/2006 3:02:49 PM
        
        A suburb called louisville - R.L. - 1/29/2006 10:09:50 PM
        
        just down the road - podrock - 1/30/2006 4:27:45 PM
        
        Cool! - R.L. - 1/31/2006 5:15:39 AM
        
        will do - podrock - 1/31/2006 10:58:20 PM
  - We already have cars like that! They are called motorcycles. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 3:16:20 PM
    - Not all-season though. And only they didn't have to share the road with trucks and buses, they'd be safer. (n/t) - SDF - 1/27/2006 3:36:39 PM
      - All True - Scott Evil - 1/27/2006 4:01:12 PM
        
        Airbags - SDF - 1/27/2006 4:41:44 PM
        
        MER Lander airbags were 18 feet high - SDF - 1/27/2006 5:01:12 PM
        
        How were they inflated? (n/t) - R.L. - 2/1/2006 4:28:00 AM
        
        That's a good question! You know, I have no idea. LOL. - SDF - 2/1/2006 11:28:36 AM
- Lowering ethanol production costs - Larry J - 1/27/2006 2:21:57 PM

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