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NASA Tests New Breed Of Propulsion Engine And System In Support Of VSE - Chris Vancil - 2/1/2006 11:16:11 AM

The Smell of Moondust - Chris Vancil - 1/31/2006 12:33:01 AM
- Any speculation on what Mars dust will smell like - REB - 1/31/2006 4:53:47 PM
  - re: Any speculation on what Mars dust will smell like - Chris Vancil - 1/31/2006 10:16:03 PM
  - Moondust supposedly smells like gunpowder - ljk - 1/31/2006 4:59:43 PM
    - Here is the chemistry explanation. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/1/2006 12:13:24 AM
      - What we know of Marsdust - nick hoffman - 2/1/2006 1:49:22 AM
    - re: Moondust supposedly smells like gunpowder - Chris Vancil - 1/31/2006 10:34:58 PM
      - Hmm... Silicosis anyone? - nick hoffman - 2/1/2006 1:51:07 AM
        
        But what is a realistic exposure for explorers? - R.L. - 2/1/2006 2:53:16 AM
        
        You got me there... - nick hoffman - 2/1/2006 4:35:34 AM
    - Maybe it will be like Spice, but turn Martian settlerâ€™s eyes red instead of blue. - REB - 1/31/2006 6:45:03 PM
      - re: Maybe it will be like Spice, but turn Martian settlerâ€™s eyes red instead of blue. - Chris Vancil - 1/31/2006 10:18:46 PM
        
        re: Maybe it will be like Spice, but turn Martian settlerâ€™s eyes red instead of blue. - REB - 1/31/2006 10:51:52 PM

I've heard of a German project for a Mars balloon mission; could you find an English website for it? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/29/2006 11:11:57 PM
- re: I've heard of a German project for a Mars balloon mission; could you find an English website for it? - Doug Ellison - 1/30/2006 3:30:44 PM
  - re: Stardust - alcaray - 1/30/2006 5:59:19 PM
    - re: Stardust - Doug Ellison - 1/30/2006 8:09:04 PM
- re: The Archimedes Project - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2006 1:29:19 AM
  - A belated thanks. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2006 11:55:35 PM

The New Planet Machine - ljk - 1/31/2006 8:40:55 PM

Ethanol/methanol to get us off oil... - Adam - 1/30/2006 9:24:09 PM
- re: Brazil in avant-garde - Raoul - 1/30/2006 9:49:41 PM
  - Amory Lovins article in February, 2006 issue of Discover magazine - ljk - 1/31/2006 8:29:06 PM

Saturn and M44 for january 31st - Raoul - 1/31/2006 8:22:37 PM

Earth attacks: Launching giant copper slugs into Mars' volatile deposits?!? - et - 1/27/2006 2:00:36 AM
- It would be moronic to do this without first placing seismometers on the surface - nick hoffman - 1/27/2006 7:08:57 AM
  - doubles the cost, more or less (n/t) - alcaray - 1/27/2006 3:52:41 PM
    - Seismometers or the NASA feudal system? (n/t) - et - 1/27/2006 5:48:24 PM
      - Adding a lander to the project. - alcaray - 1/27/2006 6:01:24 PM
        
        It clearly needs a network - nick hoffman - 1/28/2006 8:48:16 AM
        
        What about having a MER already on the ground and near the impact site. - REB - 1/27/2006 7:34:18 PM
        
        Nice idea, but... - ljk - 1/27/2006 9:21:57 PM
        
        re: Nice idea, but... - REB - 1/27/2006 10:32:28 PM
- re: Earth attacks: Launching giant copper slugs into Mars' volatile deposits?!? - Greg - 1/27/2006 5:32:31 AM
  - New strategies to detect life on Mars - ljk - 1/31/2006 8:19:41 PM

The CEV compared to a Saturn V and the Shuttle - REB - 1/30/2006 7:31:52 PM
- If recent discussion is any indication... - Larry J - 1/30/2006 7:40:25 PM
  - re: If recent discussion is any indication... - REB - 1/31/2006 6:49:13 PM
- NASA Eyeing Earlier Lunar Landing - 2017 - ljk - 1/30/2006 7:36:10 PM
  - Wouldnâ€™t it be a good idea to keep the Shuttles around until the CEV has performed for a year or two? - REB - 1/30/2006 7:44:17 PM

CCD problem for Sony digital camera users. - Raoul - 1/30/2006 10:13:58 PM

Since some space anniversary's are in vogue right now, think ahead a few years to July/14/2015. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/26/2006 11:53:38 PM
- re: Since some space anniversary's are in vogue right now, think ahead a few years to July/14/2015. - Delbert - 1/27/2006 6:12:58 PM
  - re: ...July/14/2015 - Marcia - 1/30/2006 9:36:17 PM
  - oops I am alreay 6 years older than you will be. (n/t) - Delbert - 1/27/2006 6:18:39 PM
- You don't think you'll live to be 60? - Larry J - 1/27/2006 2:25:25 PM
  - re: You don't think you'll live to be 60? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/28/2006 12:37:02 AM
    - Alan Stern sure did - ljk - 1/28/2006 3:26:15 AM

Saturn and the Beehive! (la Ruche) - Raoul - 1/29/2006 12:49:51 AM
- re: That is so cool! Nice! - BRFelix - 1/29/2006 3:35:51 AM
  - The rings are there - look closer - nick hoffman - 1/29/2006 11:07:44 PM
  - re: The rings - Raoul - 1/29/2006 9:33:39 AM
  - The rings - ljk - 1/29/2006 4:19:00 AM
    - Using a trick I learned from the ufo and mars anomalist folks... - R.L. - 1/29/2006 5:31:08 AM
      - re: Using a trick I learned from the ufo and Mars anomalists folks... that explains everything. :) - Marcia - 1/30/2006 9:25:44 PM
        
        re: ...thanks to Raoul too! (n/t) - Marcia - 1/30/2006 9:27:25 PM
      - MAXIMUM entropy deconvolution. :) (n/t) - et - 1/30/2006 12:10:07 AM
        
        You pay extra for that package (n/t) - R.L. - 1/30/2006 2:19:38 AM

Ride on the Shuttle - Raoul - 1/30/2006 7:48:29 PM

Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), an Introductory Review - LJK - 1/23/2006 10:32:50 PM
- Brane-world cosmology - LJK - 1/23/2006 10:34:45 PM
  - Can Gravitons Be Detected? - LJK - 1/23/2006 10:42:07 PM
    - Theres always the roof test. - et - 1/24/2006 4:26:37 AM
      - You know if we lived in Cartoon World... - LJK - 1/24/2006 2:41:35 PM
        
        Dark matter: A phenomenological existence proof - ljk - 1/24/2006 7:09:07 PM
        
        An extensive study of dynamical friction in dwarf galaxies: the role of stars, dark matter, halo profiles and MOND - ljk - 1/24/2006 7:10:30 PM
        
        Loop Quantum Cosmology - ljk - 1/24/2006 7:19:42 PM
        
        Scientists May Soon Have Evidence for Exotic Predictions of String Theory - ljk - 1/27/2006 2:26:35 AM
        
        Globular Clusters as a Test for Gravity in the Weak Acceleration Regime - ljk - 1/27/2006 6:30:45 PM
        
        Dark matter: A phenomenological existence proof - ljk - 1/30/2006 7:32:19 PM

Extra-dimentional Hyperdrive - Marcus Massey - 1/24/2006 1:47:11 PM
- In the meantime, we're still trying to get people INTO low Earth orbit - Larry J - 1/24/2006 2:02:50 PM
  - Why can't there be both? - LJK - 1/24/2006 2:36:16 PM
    - Let's say Heim Theory is real. - Lee - 1/25/2006 6:23:04 AM
      - re: Let's say Heim Theory is real. - LJK - 1/25/2006 2:42:09 PM
      - re: Let's say Heim Theory is real. - REB - 1/25/2006 1:21:20 PM
      - Kind of cool... - Adam - 1/25/2006 10:19:57 AM
        
        Chaplygin gas may prevent big trip - ljk - 1/30/2006 7:24:54 PM

Most Stars are Single - ljk - 1/28/2006 7:12:21 PM
- "SS, G0, ISO SO" - Fox - 1/29/2006 3:00:47 PM
  - LOL I was wondering how long it would take.... - R.L. - 1/30/2006 2:21:05 AM
- re: Most Stars are Single - Delbert - 1/28/2006 11:44:04 PM
- Hmmm... that is contrary to what I was taught as a kid..... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 8:53:12 PM
  - Depends on the star - ljk - 1/29/2006 3:08:10 AM
    - The paper - Stellar Multiplicity and the IMF: Most Stars Are Single Born - ljk - 1/30/2006 7:03:34 PM

Saw this item on EBay and I tought of several people here that might like to own it. - REB - 1/30/2006 5:21:39 PM

20 Years - Pex - 1/28/2006 10:49:51 AM
- re: 20 Years - Raoul - 1/29/2006 7:19:04 PM
- re: 20 Years - Delbert - 1/29/2006 3:07:12 AM
- I was at home, watching it live on the NASA feed... - R.L. - 1/28/2006 11:44:49 PM
  - re: I was at home, watching it live on the NASA feed... - dtb - 1/29/2006 2:39:52 AM
    - Yeah, I found out about 9-11 the same way... - R.L. - 1/29/2006 2:58:53 AM
      - re: Yeah, I found out about 9-11 the same way... - ljk - 1/29/2006 3:23:50 AM
- It's easy to play the game of "what if?" - Jacob Samorodin - 1/28/2006 6:36:56 PM
- Risk Factors and ASTROS.... - carl - 1/28/2006 3:16:40 PM
  - re: Risk Factors and ASTROS.... - ljk - 1/28/2006 7:10:13 PM
    - Gemini 8 early return and BATMAN - carl - 1/29/2006 3:08:48 PM
      - re: Gemini 8 early return and BATMAN - ljk - 1/30/2006 3:11:19 PM
- re: 2 very different reactions - Raoul - 1/28/2006 11:15:16 AM
  - Too much news, all the time - ljk - 1/28/2006 6:51:50 PM
  - re: 2 very different reactions - Pex - 1/28/2006 1:50:33 PM
    - Footage of memorial service - ljk - 1/29/2006 7:02:47 PM

Possible bird flu vaccine breakthrough - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 1:08:13 AM
- This approach raises some interesting possibilities - Larry J - 1/29/2006 9:25:57 PM
  - Vaccines don't work on bacteria. That's what antibiotics are for. (n/t) - Lee - 1/29/2006 11:23:28 PM
    - And you said you worked in a medical field?! - R.L. - 1/29/2006 11:42:57 PM
      - I stand corrected - Lee - 1/30/2006 3:29:06 AM
- Thanks to Intelligent Design (n/t) - Sam F. - 1/29/2006 8:56:20 AM
- I will believe it AFTER it has been independently confirmed - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 3:56:10 AM
- That is an AMAZING development if it pans out... - R.L. - 1/29/2006 1:30:52 AM
  - Andromeda Strain Redux - ljk - 1/29/2006 3:10:31 AM
    - If this technique eventually pans out... - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2006 5:51:39 AM
    - It sounds like they are targeting something fairly fundamental - R.L. - 1/29/2006 3:13:32 AM

Neil and Chuck at Edwards in april 62 - Raoul - 1/29/2006 10:16:12 PM

VASIMR magnetoplasma rocket - ljk - 1/29/2006 7:24:00 PM

Mars and Botein - Raoul - 1/29/2006 6:59:30 PM

Longest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Recorded - Thomas - 1/29/2006 4:23:20 PM

More Doom-and-Gloom from the British - ljk - 1/27/2006 2:37:25 PM
- 2.3 billion people are plenty. - David F Mayer - 1/29/2006 4:08:14 AM
  - re: 2.3 billion people are plenty. - ljk - 1/29/2006 4:13:46 AM
- one Britain does not equal 'the British' (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2006 6:38:26 PM
  - It was actually two Brits, but... - ljk - 1/27/2006 7:24:28 PM

MSG-2 first picture (6.5 MB) - Raoul - 1/26/2006 5:10:02 PM
- Nkosi Sikelel' iAf-ri-kaaaa! (n/t) - et - 1/26/2006 8:13:35 PM
  - re: Nkosi Sikelel' iAf-ri-kaaaa! - Fox - 1/28/2006 3:44:48 AM
    - I dun sunged it. - et - 1/28/2006 6:59:57 PM
- "wow" is right! (n/t) - Robert - 1/26/2006 7:44:48 PM
- Wow.... - R.L. - 1/26/2006 7:20:39 PM
  - re: Nice weather over here last tuesday - Raoul - 1/26/2006 7:55:46 PM
    - First colo(u)r image of Earth from MSG-2 - ljk - 1/27/2006 2:15:46 PM
      - re: First colo(u)r image of Earth from MSG-2 - Raoul - 1/27/2006 5:32:00 PM

/. assimilates JimO's article at MSNBC - et - 1/27/2006 5:55:14 PM
- re: /. assimilates JimO's article at MSNBC - dtb - 1/28/2006 4:42:49 AM
- for sale... - JimO - 1/28/2006 12:56:20 AM

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