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Japan eyes spacesuit for '18 U.S. moon shot - Chris Vancil - 12/22/2005 12:28:58 AM
- I heard... - R.L. - 12/22/2005 10:52:45 PM
- Hope they don't end up with power ranger helmets (n/t) - alcaray - 12/22/2005 3:44:55 PM
- wicked pissah! - phil - 12/22/2005 2:41:09 AM
  - Very cool if they can pull it off (and I wouldn't bet against them) - Larry J - 12/22/2005 3:28:50 AM
    - re: I have my doubts...but yeah very cool. - Chris Vancil - 12/22/2005 9:58:07 AM
      - re: I have my doubts...but yeah very cool. - Larry J - 12/22/2005 2:13:08 PM
        
        ok- a question - R.L. - 12/22/2005 10:58:13 PM
        
        Dust is a pain - Larry J - 12/23/2005 12:41:25 AM
        
        In college I had a work-study job for some geology grad students - alcaray - 12/23/2005 6:21:36 PM
        
        re: In 1980... - Chris Vancil - 12/24/2005 10:39:49 PM
        
        re: ok- a question - Chris Vancil - 12/23/2005 12:39:18 AM
        
        re: I have my doubts...but yeah very cool. - Chris Vancil - 12/22/2005 4:50:21 PM
      - re: I have my doubts...but yeah very cool. - Chris Vancil - 12/22/2005 10:14:43 AM
        
        Will we need to design suits that can handle meteoroids? - LJK - 12/23/2005 8:05:11 PM
        
        re: Well we have always need to protect against the possible "bullet"... - Chris Vancil - 12/23/2005 9:41:39 PM
        
        A speck the size of a grain of sand moving fast enough... - Larry J - 12/23/2005 11:14:47 PM
        
        re: Well we have always need to protect against the possible "bullet"... - Raoul - 12/23/2005 9:46:08 PM
        
        re: Well we have always need to protect against the possible "bullet"... - LJK - 12/23/2005 9:49:36 PM
        
        re: Meteorite showers - Raoul - 12/25/2005 11:46:45 AM
        
        re: Well we have always need to protect against the possible "bullet"... - Chris Vancil - 12/23/2005 10:40:35 PM

2005 in Space - phil - 12/24/2005 9:34:39 PM

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays - Jeff F - 12/24/2005 6:00:34 PM

SpaceX is supposed to try again tomorrow - Larry J - 12/18/2005 7:27:20 PM
- With an 8 hour launch window - SteveS - 12/19/2005 2:09:01 PM
  - T minus 15 and holding, possible weather related - SteveS - 12/19/2005 7:04:11 PM
    - re: Looks like high wind is the cause of the hold-up (n/t) - SteveS - 12/19/2005 7:14:27 PM
      - Scrubbed. Next launch opportunity is in January. - Larry J - 12/19/2005 7:35:34 PM
        
        re: Scrubbed. Next launch opportunity is in January. - Nemo - 12/20/2005 1:35:26 AM
        
        Before Boeing and Lock Mart celebrate too much... - Larry J - 12/20/2005 1:47:02 PM
        
        Seems to be a structural problem of the fuel tank (n/t) - SteveS - 12/19/2005 8:11:02 PM
        
        More info - Larry J - 12/20/2005 11:13:31 PM
        
        A Question... - DALeffler - 12/23/2005 12:01:34 AM
        
        Probably not - Larry J - 12/23/2005 12:47:16 AM
        
        re: Probably not - DALeffler - 12/23/2005 5:40:43 AM
        
        It was probably a vent valve, although SpaceX calls it a pressurization valve - Larry J - 12/23/2005 11:22:45 PM
        
        So pressurize it and pop it back out again. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2005 4:23:17 AM
        
        Not as simple as that - Larry J - 12/21/2005 2:36:27 PM
        
        True enough. - Tom Brosz - 12/22/2005 1:11:37 AM
        
        re: So pressurize it and pop it back out again. - SteveS - 12/21/2005 2:33:01 PM

Send YOUR OWN Message to Deep Space - phil - 12/22/2005 7:03:34 PM
- Science Ignorance Raises Its Ugly Head Once Again - LJK - 12/22/2005 8:37:27 PM
  - It was an in joke - phil - 12/22/2005 10:38:34 PM
    - re: It was an in joke - LJK - 12/23/2005 12:26:19 AM
      - re: It was an in joke - Chris Vancil - 12/23/2005 9:45:41 AM
        
        Not far off on the ISR comparison at all - LJK - 12/23/2005 3:17:06 PM
        
        re: Not far off on the ISR comparison at all - Chris Vancil - 12/23/2005 9:34:11 PM
        
        re: Not far off on the ISR comparison at all - LJK - 12/23/2005 9:44:56 PM
        
        re: Not far off on the ISR comparison at all - Chris Vancil - 12/23/2005 10:31:51 PM

Partial Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around Star - LJK - 12/21/2005 5:05:48 AM
- Photodissociation of organic molecules in star-forming regions II: Acetic acid - LJK - 12/23/2005 3:52:06 PM

Laser night - R.L. - 12/23/2005 5:22:28 AM
- And while you were hard at work - SteveS - 12/23/2005 1:46:07 PM

An Overview of Extremely Large Telescopes Projects - LJK - 12/21/2005 6:37:30 PM
- Filtration of atmospheric noise in narrow-field astrometry with very large telescopes - LJK - 12/22/2005 5:00:09 PM
  - Adaptive Optics Concept For Multi-Objects 3D Spectroscopy on ELTs - LJK - 12/22/2005 5:03:54 PM
- VAst Space Telescope (VAST) - SDF - 12/21/2005 8:32:54 PM
  - While you are at it, you might as well build two... - Scott Evil - 12/21/2005 10:41:49 PM
    - sure, why not - SDF - 12/22/2005 6:33:14 AM
  - re: VAst Space Telescope (VAST) - LJK - 12/21/2005 8:51:06 PM
    - Who cares? I'm not being paid to figure out stuff like that. I'm just goofing around. (n/t) - SDF - 12/21/2005 8:55:31 PM
      - re: Who cares? I'm not being paid to figure out stuff like that. I'm just goofing around. - LJK - 12/22/2005 2:24:28 PM
        
        I've tried to get funding for this idea and that idea - SDF - 12/22/2005 9:11:01 PM
        
        re: I've tried to get funding for this idea and that idea - LJK - 12/23/2005 12:57:35 AM
        
        consider this - SDF - 12/23/2005 1:51:18 AM

NASA's first Pluto probe heads to launch pad - Jeff F - 12/19/2005 7:33:12 PM
- The new launch date Jan. 17th... - SteveS - 12/19/2005 8:27:20 PM
  - re: The new launch date Jan. 17th... - Marcia - 12/21/2005 9:08:24 PM
    - re: The new launch date Jan. 17th... - SteveS - 12/22/2005 1:19:09 PM
      - And don't forget... - LJK - 12/22/2005 2:22:50 PM
        
        Are you OK? ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 12/22/2005 9:35:20 PM
    - Long time no see - phil - 12/21/2005 10:54:04 PM
    - re: ...link: - Marcia - 12/21/2005 9:12:47 PM
      - A piece of SpaceShipOne on New Horizons - LJK - 12/22/2005 3:05:05 AM
        
        Oh, and a Florida quarter - LJK - 12/22/2005 3:29:54 AM
        
        I'll go you one further - alcaray - 12/23/2005 12:12:58 AM
        
        re: I'll go you one further - LJK - 12/23/2005 12:54:18 AM

Space Reality Show Update - phil - 12/22/2005 3:03:04 PM
- Laugh it up... - R.L. - 12/22/2005 11:56:17 PM
  - re: Laugh it up... - LJK - 12/23/2005 12:34:32 AM
- **Deleted post by Smyth** (n/t) - ModBob - 12/22/2005 11:55:18 PM
- Had this been done to Americans - LJK - 12/22/2005 3:08:07 PM
  - It has been Americans. Did you ever see the Joe Schmoe Show? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/22/2005 3:42:44 PM
    - re: It has been Americans. Did you ever see the Joe Schmoe Show? - LJK - 12/22/2005 8:16:48 PM
      - They remain on for one simple reason... - Larry J - 12/23/2005 12:27:34 AM
      - re: It has been Americans. Did you ever see the Joe Schmoe Show? - alcaray - 12/22/2005 9:44:53 PM

Man-Made "Star" Illuminates Milky Way's Mysterious Center - R.L. - 12/23/2005 12:18:40 AM
- What a difference a laser makes! - R.L. - 12/23/2005 12:25:06 AM

interesting news on Virgin Galactic - steve smyth - 12/23/2005 12:16:57 AM

HST eyes Uranus - Raoul - 12/22/2005 9:10:50 PM
- Is there a way to estimate the age of the rings of saturn and uranus - R.L. - 12/22/2005 11:13:57 PM

Senate OKs legislation on space policy - Chris Vancil - 12/22/2005 10:06:26 PM

New Telescope to Revolutionize Planetoid Warning System - LJK - 12/22/2005 7:56:25 PM

Successful Ariane 5 launch - Raoul - 12/22/2005 6:38:26 PM

How unlikely is a doomsday catastrophe? - LJK - 12/9/2005 6:15:22 PM
- re: How unlikely is a doomsday catastrophe? - Andrew - 12/11/2005 11:56:36 PM
  - re: apology . - Andrew - 12/12/2005 12:06:14 AM
    - no problem - - relax - 12/12/2005 5:47:47 PM
      - Revision 2 - LJK - 12/22/2005 5:11:05 PM

Pulsars and quark stars - LJK - 12/22/2005 4:51:02 PM

Black Hole Swallows Neutron Star, Observations Suggest - LJK - 12/14/2005 8:47:08 PM
- GRB 050911: a black hole - neutron star merger or a naked GRB - LJK - 12/15/2005 4:12:39 PM
- Hypervelocity intracluster stars ejected by supermassive black hole binaries - LJK - 12/15/2005 4:05:45 PM
  - Supermassive Black Holes at the Center of Galaxies - LJK - 12/15/2005 4:07:51 PM
    - Feedback Limits Rapid Growth of Seed Black Holes at High Redshift - LJK - 12/20/2005 3:46:13 PM
      - A size of ~1 AU for the radio source Sgr A* at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy - LJK - 12/22/2005 4:31:50 PM
- re: Black Hole Swallows Neutron Star, that's a fact (n/t) - SDF - 12/14/2005 9:04:43 PM

Rhea's crescent and the F Ring - Raoul - 12/21/2005 6:46:08 AM
- Another ring image (APOD) - SteveS - 12/21/2005 3:17:43 PM
  - Is 1/4th of Rhea frozen ammonia? - LJK - 12/22/2005 3:22:25 PM

Latest on the ESA Space Science Missions - LJK - 12/22/2005 3:00:05 PM

Stardust : one month before it's back - Raoul - 12/15/2005 9:59:20 PM
- The "Comet Wild strain"? - Robert Clark - 12/20/2005 5:22:30 PM
  - re: The "Comet Wild strain"? - Robert Clark - 12/20/2005 7:04:13 PM
    - re: The "Comet Wild strain"? - Robert Clark - 12/20/2005 7:07:38 PM
  - re: The "Comet Wild strain"? - Robert Clark - 12/20/2005 5:30:05 PM
    - There's a Fire - LJK - 12/21/2005 4:39:51 PM
      - Always bothered me that they changed the tranquilizer darts - alcaray - 12/21/2005 6:00:18 PM
- Headline: NASA to Drill Hole in Utah Next Month! - phil - 12/16/2005 7:24:07 PM
- re: Stardust : one month before it's back - Raoul - 12/15/2005 10:33:12 PM
  - Hope NASA gets the parachute to open on this one. (n/t) - Sawyer - 12/16/2005 12:22:33 AM
    - For more reasons than one! (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/21/2005 10:55:52 PM
  - re: Correction - Raoul - 12/15/2005 10:34:40 PM
    - Latest Stardust Press Kit Online - LJK - 12/22/2005 2:56:11 PM

A rare event on january 25th 2006 - Raoul - 12/20/2005 5:15:48 PM
- One thing I've never figured out... - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2005 4:20:53 AM
  - re: One thing I've never figured out... - nick hoffman - 12/21/2005 5:06:25 AM
    - I'm sure it's something like that... - Tom Brosz - 12/21/2005 8:30:01 AM
      - Saturn always follows the same path around the celestial sphere. - SDF - 12/21/2005 9:16:01 AM
        
        Initially, I thought this was a factor - nick hoffman - 12/22/2005 1:13:10 AM
        
        In fact most of the planets follow the same path as Saturn. And the celestial sphere is effectively unchanging for the next several centuries. (n/t) - SDF - 12/21/2005 9:21:29 AM
      - Well.... here is a little input - R.L. - 12/21/2005 8:52:40 AM
        
        Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 12/22/2005 1:09:16 AM
        
        Plus... - SteveS - 12/21/2005 2:12:59 PM
        
        What about Cassini? - LJK - 12/21/2005 6:30:57 PM
        
        Cassini is planned for 74 orbits around Saturn - SteveS - 12/21/2005 6:51:00 PM
        
        re: Cassini is planned for 74 orbits around Saturn - LJK - 12/21/2005 6:57:33 PM
- re: A rare event on january 25th 2006 - Raoul - 12/20/2005 8:31:34 PM
  - Nice animation. - et - 12/22/2005 3:45:17 AM
    - re: Hard! - Raoul - 12/22/2005 6:35:02 AM
  - The 1989 Saturn occultation of 28 Sagittarii - LJK - 12/20/2005 10:20:42 PM
    - And Spica gets occulted by the Moon on Christmas Day - LJK - 12/21/2005 3:06:31 AM

Bacteria under Greenland ice preview of Mars' subsurface life? - Chris Vancil - 12/16/2005 7:41:46 AM
- Crater Critters: Where Mars Microbes Might Lurk - LJK - 12/20/2005 5:36:19 PM
  - re: Crater Critters: Where Mars Microbes Might Lurk - Chris Vancil - 12/21/2005 1:01:13 AM
- Unfortunately... - Nick Hoffman - 12/16/2005 8:04:56 AM
  - re: Nope it a fortunately... - Chris Vancil - 12/16/2005 9:21:42 PM
    - I agree with almost everything you said - Nick Hoffman - 12/17/2005 10:15:16 AM
      - re: I agree with almost everything you said - Chris Vancil - 12/17/2005 10:23:03 PM
        
        Drilling on Earth - Nick Hoffman - 12/18/2005 2:51:26 AM
        
        seismic studies? - podrock - 12/21/2005 5:26:15 AM
        
        Reflectors - nick hoffman - 12/22/2005 2:43:28 AM
        
        There was this *wonderful* mission - alcaray - 12/21/2005 5:30:50 PM
        
        re: Netlander died a sad death but is now devolved... - Chris Vancil - 12/21/2005 8:44:54 PM
        
        That'd be a great mission, - podrock - 12/21/2005 8:00:12 PM
        
        re: seismic studies? - Chris Vancil - 12/21/2005 11:32:15 AM
        
        thanks Chris. (n/t) - podrock - 12/21/2005 2:34:38 PM
      - re: Tell us what those reason are, Nick - BRFelix - 12/17/2005 4:36:00 PM
        
        Good questions - Nick Hoffman - 12/18/2005 3:29:55 AM
        
        Great answer - E.P., the nice guy - 12/18/2005 3:35:34 PM
  - ALH84001questions - E.P., the heretic - 12/16/2005 3:47:30 PM
    - cost-effectiveness - pwokenyaw - 12/16/2005 11:33:58 PM
      - $2,000,000,000 versus $2,000,000 - E.P., the heretic - 12/17/2005 2:53:01 PM

Congress Increases NASA's Prize Authority - phil - 12/21/2005 3:15:06 PM
- **Deleted post by smyth** - ModBob - 12/21/2005 7:41:48 PM
- re: Congress Increases NASA's Prize Authority - Doug Ellison - 12/21/2005 4:00:08 PM
  - Planetary Society issues - phil - 12/21/2005 4:05:11 PM
    - You should call them. Phone always works better than email. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/21/2005 9:31:58 PM
      - Thanks, will do (n/t) - phil - 12/21/2005 10:51:59 PM
    - TPS and SETI - or lack thereof - LJK - 12/21/2005 4:30:47 PM
      - re: TPS and SETI - or lack thereof - phil - 12/21/2005 7:46:25 PM
        
        While we are on the subject - alcaray - 12/21/2005 11:18:53 PM
      - Speaking of TPS and SETI... - LJK - 12/21/2005 5:28:01 PM
    - re: Planetary Society issues - steve smyth - 12/21/2005 4:24:56 PM
      - Absolutely untrue. - alcaray - 12/21/2005 5:24:32 PM
        
        re: Absolutely untrue. - steve smyth - 12/21/2005 5:44:22 PM
        
        re: Absolutely untrue. - steve smyth - 12/21/2005 5:44:19 PM

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