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Movies of Enceladus' geyser and Japetus - Raoul - 12/10/2005 9:37:54 PM
- re: The source - Raoul - 12/10/2005 9:46:36 PM

Solar Prius - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 11:01:30 PM
- re: Solar Prius - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 7:59:32 PM
  - Turbines - Larry J - 12/9/2005 8:21:18 PM
    - re: Turbines - azstrummer - 12/9/2005 10:53:56 PM
- And it'll only take about 350,000 miles of driving to recoup the investment... - Larry J - 12/9/2005 2:25:09 PM
  - re: And it'll only take about 350,000 miles of driving to recoup the investment... - Doug Ellison - 12/9/2005 2:42:31 PM
    - re: And it'll only take about 350,000 miles of driving to recoup the investment... - Larry J - 12/9/2005 8:10:46 PM
      - Well How Long Do You Think One Will Last? - Mark Eby - 12/10/2005 7:54:54 PM
      - Remember the batteries... - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2005 3:25:00 AM
      - my insurance didn't go up when I got a Prius - pwokenyaw - 12/9/2005 9:40:08 PM
        
        Good to hear - Larry J - 12/9/2005 9:57:37 PM
- re: Solar Prius - Laurie Street - 12/8/2005 11:20:27 PM
  - re: Solar Prius - nick hoffman - 12/9/2005 2:11:11 AM
    - Complicated question - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2005 2:48:34 AM

Moondust and ultraviolet - Raoul - 12/10/2005 11:28:18 AM
- re: Moondust and ultraviolet - SteveS - 12/10/2005 1:40:49 PM

Moon Storms - SteveS - 12/8/2005 1:55:25 PM
- re: Moon Storms - Raoul - 12/8/2005 10:02:11 PM
  - rre: Sorry Steve, I duplicated your original post above...Raoul... - Chris Vancil - 12/8/2005 10:10:48 PM
    - re: rre: Not to worry, most of us have done it. - SteveS - 12/9/2005 12:17:40 AM
      - re: Not to worry, most of us have done it. - Chris Vancil - 12/10/2005 1:33:58 AM
        
        And one we could explore without human contact - SteveS - 12/10/2005 1:32:09 PM
- re: Moon Storms - Raoul - 12/8/2005 7:24:20 PM
  - re: Moon Storms - SteveS - 12/9/2005 12:29:36 AM
    - TLP? - LJK - 12/9/2005 2:50:42 PM
      - re: TLP? - SteveS - 12/10/2005 1:20:41 PM

Klipper and ESA - Raoul - 12/9/2005 9:56:46 PM
- I hope he is successful (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 12/10/2005 8:38:12 AM
- ESA also cancelled Hermes - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 11:06:37 PM

The Latest Results From Mars Express - Donald - 11/30/2005 3:30:04 PM
- Hints of subsurface water found - Buck Galaxy - 12/2/2005 3:35:32 AM
  - re: All well and good, but... - BRFelix - 12/3/2005 5:17:01 PM
    - re:I wonder if anyone has ever lookin our car batteries for life. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 12/3/2005 11:09:58 PM
      - re: Bacterial life in Battery Acid: Cueva de Villa Luz (â€œThe Cave of the Lighted Houseâ€). (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 12/4/2005 12:19:10 AM
        
        I see your lighthouse, and raise you a glass of wine - alcaray - 12/8/2005 6:23:27 PM
        
        re: I see your lighthouse, and raise you a glass of wine - Chris Vancil - 12/10/2005 3:59:01 AM
  - re: Hints of subsurface water found - Lance - 12/2/2005 10:06:22 PM
- Local geologists going to tell me what to think about the clays, etc? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/1/2005 12:10:16 AM
  - I'm not a geologist.... - dtb - 12/1/2005 12:40:41 AM
    - Seems plausible - Donald - 12/1/2005 2:36:17 AM
    - MIDDEN - nick hoffman - 12/1/2005 1:29:27 AM
      - Absolutely no data indicating water was the agent in major erosion? - E.P., the heretic - 12/2/2005 5:31:06 PM
        
        re: No. If I get what Nick is say it was very acidic water brine (battery acid) that eroded major features. - Chris Vancil - 12/3/2005 11:05:44 PM
      - How about MIMDDEN? - et - 12/1/2005 3:42:22 AM
      - re: MIDDEN (and Mars -- a unique object?) - dtb - 12/1/2005 2:15:41 AM
        
        maybe Ganymede, Tethys, and Iapetus also (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/1/2005 3:50:34 AM
        
        A unique object - nick hoffman - 12/1/2005 3:05:42 AM
        
        re: A unique object - Lance - 12/2/2005 9:05:56 PM
        
        On this, though everyone gets an opinion, - alcaray - 12/8/2005 6:26:03 PM
        
        re: A unique object - dtb - 12/2/2005 10:43:20 PM
        
        re: A unique object - Lance - 12/8/2005 7:56:44 AM
        
        re: A unique object - LJK - 12/9/2005 6:24:05 PM

An Important Japanese Space Success - LJK - 12/9/2005 5:46:25 PM
- re: An Important Japanese Space Success - Lance - 12/9/2005 8:50:15 PM
  - It was supposed to be an experimental component of the now-cancelled 2009 Telecom Orbiter (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/9/2005 9:31:50 PM
    - ESA News item on event - LJK - 12/9/2005 11:49:01 PM

When Galaxies Collide - LJK - 11/30/2005 10:17:54 PM
- Did the Andromeda Galaxy have an encounter with another spiral galaxy? - LJK - 12/2/2005 3:13:30 PM
  - re: With M 32 ? - Raoul - 12/2/2005 7:28:26 PM
    - Kinematics and Metallicity of M31 Red Giants: The Giant Southern Stream and Discovery of a Second Cold Component at R = 20 kpc - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:27:33 PM
      - 037-B327 in M31: Luminous Globular Cluster or Core of a Former Dwarf Spheroidal Companion to M31? - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:30:56 PM
        
        M31 will collide with our galaxy in 6 billion years! - LJK - 12/9/2005 8:26:43 PM

Solar sail update - alcaray - 12/8/2005 6:01:00 PM
- Calling Cosmic Sugar Daddy! - LJK - 12/9/2005 2:22:54 PM
  - 4 mill is doable for the Planetary Society - alcaray - 12/9/2005 6:18:14 PM
    - re: 4 mill is doable for the Planetary Society - LJK - 12/9/2005 6:19:48 PM
      - re: 4 mill is doable for the Planetary Society - Doug Ellison - 12/9/2005 6:58:38 PM

"Seriously damaged Hayabusa making best efforts to come back to Earth" - JimO - 12/8/2005 9:47:32 PM
- Did it land too hard? - LJK - 12/9/2005 2:20:48 PM
  - JAXA Status Report - December 7, 2005 - LJK - 12/9/2005 5:11:00 PM

US Satellites Outnumber Rest of World - SteveS - 12/9/2005 2:40:41 PM
- We Own the Night? - LJK - 12/9/2005 3:03:37 PM

Rhea - Raoul - 12/8/2005 6:29:45 AM
- The geologically active Enceladus - SteveS - 12/8/2005 2:39:48 PM
  - Could this be one source of Saturn's rings? - REB - 12/8/2005 3:29:38 PM
    - re: Possibly - SteveS - 12/8/2005 4:27:09 PM
      - What if Enceldus is a giant comet? - LJK - 12/8/2005 4:44:53 PM
        
        re:Then I'm glad Saturn has a hold on it ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 12/9/2005 1:27:12 PM
        
        re: re:Then I'm glad Saturn has a hold on it ;-) - LJK - 12/9/2005 2:15:36 PM

Has anybody forwarded the documents from the Anderson tax case to the Russian special prosecutors? - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 11:38:58 PM
- Well,...good luck with that ! (n/t) - Sponge Bob Square Pants - 12/9/2005 7:18:35 AM
  - Thanks - E.P., the heretic - 12/9/2005 1:55:42 PM
  - a.k.a. (n/t) - Peter - 12/9/2005 7:57:25 AM

I had assumed some people on this board were against Kyoto Protocols, but they are convinced Global Warming is real - SDF - 11/30/2005 12:54:06 PM
- Here's some really goo news on glabal warming for you, SDF: Iran is developing nuclear power gnerators to reduce its CO2 emissions (n/t) - E.P., the heretic - 12/2/2005 5:22:29 PM
- politics - alcaray - 11/30/2005 6:18:46 PM
  - sad politics - JimO - 12/2/2005 2:38:10 PM
    - Look below in this thread, for an example of what I referred to (n/t) - alcaray - 12/2/2005 5:05:25 PM
- I'm completely opposed to Kyoto - Scott Evil - 11/30/2005 5:31:43 PM
- Easy - Larry J - 11/30/2005 2:45:00 PM
  - some corrections - pwokenyaw - 11/30/2005 9:47:51 PM
    - One problem - Sam F. - 12/1/2005 5:40:58 PM
      - dunno where the 1/10th comes from, maybe Poke can tell us... - alcaray - 12/1/2005 6:11:25 PM
        
        1/10th refers to per-capita emissions - pwokenyaw - 12/2/2005 10:57:07 PM
        
        re: 1/10th refers to per-capita emissions - Larry J - 12/5/2005 10:02:26 PM
        
        I said, "one-tenth or smaller than that of the US" - pwokenyaw - 12/6/2005 12:35:55 AM
        
        data point: "China in 2000 accounted for almost 15 percent of emissions, but its per capita emissions were less than one-sixth that of the United States." - pwokenyaw - 12/9/2005 12:42:43 AM
        
        If you're talking about climate influence... - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 8:39:37 PM
        
        Sorry, yes, you stated 1/10th per capita CO2 emissions quite clearly (n/t) - Sam F. - 12/5/2005 9:50:58 AM
- re: I had assumed some people on this board were against Kyoto Protocols, but they are convinced Global Warming is real - phil - 11/30/2005 1:03:24 PM
  - re: I had assumed some people on this board were against Kyoto Protocols, but they are convinced Global Warming is real - Doug Ellison - 12/5/2005 11:18:29 PM
  - Should greenhouse gas emissions be controlled by a different method? Or not at all? (n/t) - SDF - 11/30/2005 1:37:03 PM
    - re: Should greenhouse gas emissions be controlled by a different method? Or not at all? - phil - 11/30/2005 5:22:46 PM
      - Kennedy doesn't even like windmills. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2005 4:23:05 AM
        
        I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - Scott Evil - 12/2/2005 1:47:11 AM
        
        re: I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2005 2:00:56 AM
        
        re: I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - pwokenyaw - 12/2/2005 11:07:25 PM
        
        re: I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - Doug Ellison - 12/5/2005 6:27:57 PM
        
        Driving out past Palm Springs... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/5/2005 7:41:22 PM
        
        Part of the way it works. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 8:44:01 PM
        
        just not off Cape Cod, but I agree that position is problematic (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/1/2005 6:09:40 AM
        
        NIMBY - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2005 5:07:36 PM

Moon Storms! - Chris Vancil - 12/8/2005 9:51:57 PM
- re: Moon Storms! - Laurie Street - 12/8/2005 11:22:08 PM

Space programs in sight - Chris Vancil - 12/8/2005 10:40:30 PM

An interview with NASA Administrator Mike Griffin - Chris Vancil - 12/6/2005 11:20:42 PM
- re: An interview with NASA Administrator Mike Griffin - Robert - 12/7/2005 4:23:42 AM
  - re: An interview with NASA Administrator Mike Griffin - Ken Murphy - 12/8/2005 1:28:47 AM
    - Thanks for the correction - Robert - 12/8/2005 7:36:50 PM
  - re: An interview with NASA Administrator Mike Griffin - Chris Vancil - 12/7/2005 12:56:00 PM
    - re: Russian experience - Raoul - 12/7/2005 8:50:05 PM
    - Darn - Robert - 12/7/2005 6:18:06 PM
      - re: Lemonade - Chris Vancil - 12/8/2005 10:22:41 PM
- re: An interview with NASA Administrator Mike Griffin - Jeff F - 12/7/2005 3:18:47 AM

The near future in space - Raoul - 12/8/2005 8:47:13 PM

Is this a sign from the Flying Spaghetti Monster?! - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:54:31 PM
- Good question. Have to sit down and noodle it out. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2005 5:48:10 PM

100th Anniversary of the Birth of Gerard P. Kuiper - LJK - 12/8/2005 4:41:55 PM

The Thiokol wire - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 3:21:25 PM
- re: The Thiokol wire - dtb - 12/8/2005 4:21:30 PM
  - re: The Thiokol wire - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 4:31:48 PM

Moonbats Oppose Pluto Mission - phil - 12/6/2005 7:54:17 PM
- Wow, all of us agree? (n/t) - Moonbet - 12/7/2005 5:27:53 PM
  - No. I think sending fissionables to space is something that people will reasonably question. - alcaray - 12/7/2005 6:23:42 PM
    - Key word, as always, is "reasonable." - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 10:03:14 PM
      - You are lucky to be more technically knowledgeable than the average citizen - alcaray - 12/7/2005 10:07:04 PM
        
        Doesn't take a lot of knowledge. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 10:16:13 PM
        
        Don't forget the other reason RTGs are so tough - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:34:23 PM
- what if he has some points - dd - 12/7/2005 5:04:29 PM
  - Worst case thinking - Adam - 12/7/2005 8:56:43 PM
- Not enough plutonium - E.P., the heretic - 12/7/2005 4:37:09 AM
  - NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission - SteveS - 12/7/2005 1:47:52 PM
    - From what I've read... - Lee - 12/8/2005 6:32:49 AM
      - re:I heard of 9 hours... - SteveS - 12/8/2005 4:10:25 PM
    - Thanks - E.P., the heretic - 12/7/2005 8:09:00 PM
      - EP the humbled, maybe? (n/t) - Adam - 12/7/2005 10:36:28 PM
        
        re: Civil discussion has its merits ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 12/7/2005 11:33:59 PM
  - Duh - Duh - 12/7/2005 4:46:32 AM
    - we'll see - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 2:22:30 AM
    - **I suggest you pick a handle and stick with it** (n/t) - ModBob - 12/7/2005 7:31:37 AM
- re: Karl Grossman is a long term anti-nuke... - Chris Vancil - 12/6/2005 11:08:09 PM
- re: Moonbats Oppose Pluto Mission - R.L. - 12/6/2005 8:40:46 PM
  - should be moved to flame (n/t) - anonymous - 12/6/2005 8:58:43 PM
    - Anonymous posts are a problem too... - Robert - 12/6/2005 9:26:58 PM
      - A few of the RTGs that were in accidents... - Lee - 12/7/2005 6:51:09 AM
        
        Apollo 13's RTG - LJK - 12/7/2005 3:43:04 PM
        
        We all know what happens then... - Adam - 12/7/2005 10:33:50 PM
      - At some point... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 9:56:42 PM
        
        Assumptions - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 12:02:21 AM
        
        wonderful counter-example... - R.L. - 12/7/2005 1:08:25 AM
      - Agreed... - ModBob - 12/6/2005 9:37:49 PM
    - Feel free to take a complaint to community... - ModBob - 12/6/2005 9:07:26 PM
      - Not much point in it - Robert - 12/6/2005 9:33:06 PM
        
        Lets make the hypothetical personal... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 10:14:51 PM
        
        No, let's not - Robert - 12/7/2005 3:49:37 AM
        
        Perhaps you want to repost this on community? (n/t) - ModBob - 12/7/2005 5:07:31 AM

The UNSW Extrasolar Planet Search: Methods and First Results from a Field Centred on NGC 6633 - LJK - 12/5/2005 4:34:12 PM
- Birth and fate of hot-Neptune planets - LJK - 12/6/2005 6:37:27 PM
  - Analysis of ground-based differential imager performance - LJK - 12/6/2005 6:41:10 PM
    - Multiplicity-Study of Exoplanet Host Stars - LJK - 12/6/2005 6:43:00 PM
      - The Space Interferometry Mission Astrometric Grid Giant-Star Survey. I. Stellar Parameters and Radial Velocity Variability - LJK - 12/6/2005 6:44:48 PM
        
        Dynamic tides in rotating objects: orbital circularisation of extra solar planets for realistic planet models - LJK - 12/7/2005 3:34:58 PM
        
        Planets in Stellar Clusters Extensive Search. IV. A detection of a possible transiting planet candidate in the open cluster NGC 2158 - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:43:20 PM
        
        Planets in Stellar Clusters Extensive Search. III. A search for transiting planets in the metal-rich open cluster NGC 6791 - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:57:13 PM

The MAGIC Telescope - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:36:42 PM

Angara capabilities - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 3:03:46 PM

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