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YUou'll be happy to know, Raoul, that your pessimism was premature. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/24/2005 11:38:56 PM
- Was he pessimistic? Was he really? Are you sure? (n/t) - SDF - 8/25/2005 10:35:14 PM
  - re: Indeed, I don't remember what's that about. (n/t) - Raoul - 8/26/2005 5:39:10 AM
- re: YUou'll be happy to know, Raoul, that your pessimism was premature. - Doug Ellison - 8/25/2005 9:27:37 AM
  - 2010 earliest (n/t) - Tony - 8/25/2005 8:25:20 PM

Would $1B IMAX mission to mars be commercially fundable? - Sawyer - 8/24/2005 6:22:45 PM
- Mars in Imax - it's a work in progress already - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2005 8:13:00 PM
  - re: Mars in Imax - it's a work in progress already - AHB - 8/24/2005 9:25:50 PM
    - Cool! Mass' MER animations knocked me right out of my socks! (n/t) - McFly - 8/25/2005 12:43:53 AM
      - Understand he's been working on something for the Phoenix lander. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/25/2005 4:38:26 PM
        
        re: Understand he's been working on something for the Phoenix lander. - Doug Ellison - 8/25/2005 10:48:57 PM
    - re: Mars in Imax - it's a work in progress already - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2005 10:22:10 PM
- Work smart: my vote is no. - et - 8/24/2005 7:20:30 PM
- No one with credibility can get you there and back for $1B (n/t) - alcaray - 8/24/2005 6:27:29 PM
  - robotic one way, just sends back telemetry....don't know why 1B wouldn't handle it? (n/t) - Sawyer - 8/24/2005 7:23:44 PM
    - that's another kettle of fish, then. - alcaray - 8/24/2005 8:55:01 PM
      - re: that's another kettle of fish, then. - Sawyer - 8/24/2005 11:37:17 PM
        
        If the US public can spend $3 billion annually for chewing gum... - ljk - 8/25/2005 2:35:40 PM
        
        But then most of the US public would have to give up chewing gum, an entire industry goes belly up for your Mars mission (n/t) - SDF - 8/25/2005 10:45:29 PM

Chemical Could Revolutionize Polymer Fuel Cells - Chris Vancil - 8/25/2005 8:51:07 PM

I spy with my little eye... Spirit's lander? - REB - 8/25/2005 5:47:02 PM
- re: I spy with my little eye... Spirit's lander? - Zardor - 8/25/2005 7:07:33 PM
  - re: I spy with my little eye... Spirit's lander? - REB - 8/25/2005 7:15:04 PM
- re: I spy with my little eye... Spirit's lander? - REB - 8/25/2005 5:48:39 PM

Aw, @#$%&* - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2005 8:48:15 AM
- re: Aw, @#$%&* - dtb - 8/25/2005 12:45:36 PM
  - Take out the trash, watch a rocket rise up into the sky, the usual - ljk - 8/25/2005 1:23:05 PM
    - Trajectories - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2005 5:12:39 PM
    - Yes, I am on Brian's list. - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2005 5:08:58 PM

Ma'adim Valles on horizon from Husband Hill - aldo12xu - 8/25/2005 7:19:15 AM

From the Summit of Husband Hill - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2005 11:33:58 AM
- I think the geologists are experiencing epiphany. - Jacob Samorodin. - 8/24/2005 11:18:31 PM
  - Homeplate - exhumed, now high standing crater? - dtb - 8/25/2005 1:07:34 AM
  - That should be 'homeplate' of course. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/24/2005 11:35:40 PM
- You do great work, Doug - R.L. - 8/24/2005 7:12:34 PM
- If That's The Top Why Does The Foreground Look Higher? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 8/24/2005 3:42:38 PM
  - re: If That's The Top Why Does The Foreground Look Higher? - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2005 4:18:11 PM
- And to think... - ljk - 8/24/2005 1:04:41 PM
  - re: And to think... - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2005 1:07:40 PM
    - From the Cornell Daily Sun - ljk - 8/24/2005 3:23:36 PM

Mars Scout Program To Seek More Money For 2011 Mission - Chris Vancil - 8/24/2005 8:34:17 PM

Earth and Luna from MRO - ljk - 8/23/2005 1:42:58 PM
- re: Earth and Luna from MRO - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 2:15:23 PM
  - Whew... - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2005 4:05:47 PM
    - re: Whew... - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 6:51:17 PM
      - Quite a camera - dtb - 8/24/2005 5:01:25 PM
      - re: Whew... - dtb - 8/24/2005 5:08:32 AM
        
        re: Whew... - Doug Ellison - 8/24/2005 8:12:59 AM

Looking for Dyson Shells? - ljk - 8/24/2005 4:09:46 PM

Deriving the mass distribution of M87 from globular clusters - ljk - 8/24/2005 3:32:48 PM
- Do young galaxies exist in the Local Universe? - ljk - 8/24/2005 3:37:20 PM
  - The Spin Periods and Rotational Profiles of Neutron Stars at Birth - ljk - 8/24/2005 3:52:34 PM

Different idea to handle fine dust on moon and mars.... - Sawyer - 8/24/2005 4:34:50 AM
- re: Different idea to handle fine dust on moon and mars.... - Nick Hoffman - 8/24/2005 5:22:53 AM
  - How about an airlock with a shower and/or strong fan? - ljk - 8/24/2005 1:13:39 PM
    - nanofabrics - phil - 8/24/2005 2:28:23 PM

Spirit at the summit - Raoul - 8/22/2005 8:35:36 AM
- Spirit at the summit...again - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 9:43:29 AM
  - re: Thank you, Doug! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/23/2005 3:29:03 PM
- Dust devils - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2005 3:45:11 PM
  - Dust devils? Around here we call something like that a twister. (n/t) - Lee - 8/23/2005 6:47:20 AM
- Great! - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2005 3:34:15 PM
  - P.S. to the crew at unmannedspaceflight.com... - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2005 3:38:47 PM
    - re: P.S. to the crew at unmannedspaceflight.com... - Doug Ellison - 8/22/2005 4:08:55 PM
      - Thanks to you, Doug... - Nick Hoffman - 8/24/2005 5:36:38 AM
        
        Very good point about JPL - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2005 6:02:50 AM
      - Where is that dark outcropping that has been seen from orbit? - Jacob Samorodin - 8/22/2005 11:00:38 PM
        
        re: Where is that dark outcropping that has been seen from orbit? - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 8:53:44 AM
        
        re: Where is that dark outcropping that has been seen from orbit? - Buck Galaxy - 8/23/2005 6:33:13 AM
- Wow! - Donald - 8/22/2005 1:25:18 PM
- re: Wow! - Peter Bruener - 8/22/2005 9:16:17 AM
  - re: Wow!!!!!!!!!!! - Buck Galaxy - 8/22/2005 3:23:40 PM
    - Squyres writes the book on Mars and the little rovers that could - LJK - 8/24/2005 1:38:22 AM

Requiem for the future - phil - 8/23/2005 8:35:53 PM
- re: Requiem for the future - Chris Vancil - 8/23/2005 9:01:33 PM
  - The kid's crawling okay, but when is he going to walk?! - ljk - 8/23/2005 9:22:37 PM
    - re: The kid's crawling okay, but when is he going to walk?! - Jacob Samorodin - 8/23/2005 11:58:14 PM
      - re: The kid's crawling okay, but when is he going to walk?! - LJK - 8/24/2005 1:32:35 AM
        
        re: The kid's crawling okay, but when is he going to walk?! - Mr Fibuli - 8/24/2005 3:34:58 AM

Black Hole Surprise: Multiple Eruptions Seconds After Birth - ljk - 8/23/2005 7:31:25 PM

On History Channel this weekend: - Delbert - 8/23/2005 5:32:36 PM
- They are also showing Apollo 13 three times that same weekend - ljk - 8/23/2005 7:17:26 PM

For the Moon - Raoul - 8/23/2005 7:47:31 AM
- re: For the Moon - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 9:04:25 AM
  - re: For the Moon - Chris Vancil - 8/23/2005 5:54:07 PM
  - re: For the Moon - Raoul - 8/23/2005 3:58:58 PM
    - Interesting - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2005 4:01:20 PM

Working on the Moon - Chris Vancil - 8/22/2005 8:07:17 AM
- re: Working on the Moon - Raoul - 8/22/2005 4:25:57 PM
  - re: Working on the Moon - Chris Vancil - 8/22/2005 7:27:59 PM
- Hubble scans for Moon base locations - ljk - 8/22/2005 2:52:32 PM
  - re: Hubble scans for Moon base locations - Chris Vancil - 8/23/2005 6:29:40 AM
    - re: LRO - Raoul - 8/23/2005 8:00:17 AM
      - re: LRO - Chris Vancil - 8/23/2005 8:16:27 AM
    - re: Hubble scans for Moon base locations - gbaikie - 8/23/2005 7:21:16 AM
      - re: Hubble scans for Moon base locations - Chris Vancil - 8/23/2005 8:10:00 AM
        
        China remains in the act of sending a probe to Luna - ljk - 8/23/2005 4:07:20 PM

Feeling sentimental, my suggestions for first passengers on Virgin Galactic. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/22/2005 1:19:03 AM
- re: first passengers on Virgin Galactic. - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2005 3:55:05 PM
  - Isn't William Shatner set for one of the first flights? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 8/23/2005 2:18:45 AM
    - re: Isn't William Shatner set for one of the first flights? - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 11:06:01 AM
- re: Feeling sentimental, my suggestions for first passengers on Virgin Galactic. - Doug Ellison - 8/22/2005 11:21:44 AM
  - Chuck Yeager, Cronkiter and Clarke did more to advance and popularize spacetravel than anyone else. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/22/2005 10:30:16 PM
    - re: Chuck Yeager, Cronkiter and Clarke did more to advance and popularize spacetravel than anyone else. - Doug Ellison - 8/23/2005 8:54:37 AM
      - I don't know about Walter Cronkite... - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2005 4:03:43 PM
- re: Feeling sentimental, my suggestions for first passengers on Virgin Galactic. - Raoul - 8/22/2005 8:09:41 AM
- re: Feeling sentimental, my suggestions for first passengers on Virgin Galactic. - p - 8/22/2005 1:41:50 AM
  - ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/22/2005 10:31:30 PM

First tests of wavefront sensing with a constellation of laser guide beacons - ljk - 8/22/2005 4:10:20 PM
- Now, who would be possibly interested in such a boring topic... Oh, wait... - R.L. - 8/23/2005 8:23:39 AM

SpaceShip Two....SpaceShip Three? - Raoul - 8/23/2005 7:51:50 AM

For space nuts - Raoul - 8/22/2005 3:53:13 PM
- re: For space nuts - Nemo - 8/22/2005 4:53:16 PM
  - re: For space nuts - Raoul - 8/22/2005 9:38:17 PM
  - Thanks, that did answer some of my questions. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2005 9:21:13 PM
  - re: For space nuts - Chris Vancil - 8/22/2005 7:37:10 PM
    - **Chris, Please don't do that** - ModBob - 8/23/2005 4:19:11 AM
    - Hijacking Thread? - Nemo - 8/22/2005 8:02:32 PM
      - re: Hijacking Thread? - Chris Vancil - 8/22/2005 8:37:40 PM
- Crossing the ocean didn't used to be that easy, either. - Tom Brosz - 8/22/2005 4:16:54 PM
  - re: Spaceflights - Raoul - 8/22/2005 4:48:01 PM
    - I disagree - Buck Galaxy - 8/23/2005 2:16:19 AM

Low-mass companions to Hyades stars - ljk - 8/22/2005 4:08:22 PM

A novel solution to Fermi's Paradox - ljk - 8/12/2005 1:58:17 PM
- Simpler solution - David F Mayer - 8/21/2005 5:05:22 AM
  - Simplest solution - phil - 8/21/2005 4:16:29 PM
    - Expanding on that - SDF - 8/22/2005 1:34:08 PM
      - re: Expanding on that - ljk - 8/22/2005 2:59:12 PM
    - re: Simplest solution - ljk - 8/22/2005 12:52:38 PM
- *Calm down folks, Daniel is correct* - ModBob - 8/12/2005 2:50:08 PM
- *complaint* - Daniel - 8/12/2005 2:23:02 PM
  - re: *complaint* - ljk - 8/12/2005 2:25:23 PM
    - re: *complaint* - Daniel - 8/12/2005 2:31:18 PM
      - re: *complaint* - ljk - 8/12/2005 2:36:29 PM
        
        re "far bigger problems" - Daniel - 8/12/2005 3:00:17 PM
        
        unacceptable thoughts? - phil - 8/12/2005 7:39:03 PM
        
        note to Phil: - Daniel - 8/13/2005 12:14:51 PM
        
        Shouldn't be - Robert - 8/12/2005 11:39:24 PM
        
        re: Shouldn't be - p - 8/13/2005 2:32:25 AM
        
        might not have to be - Robert - 8/13/2005 7:55:38 PM
        
        What if there is a Creator, but he/she/it is not God or a god? - ljk - 8/15/2005 12:57:12 PM
        
        Universes & creators - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/15/2005 7:31:03 PM
        
        How do you know that I'm not a product of your imagination? - Gary - 8/15/2005 8:21:49 PM
        
        Ah Gary... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/17/2005 2:56:54 AM
        
        Actually, I'm no where clever enough to be your imagination - Gary - 8/18/2005 5:08:32 AM
        
        What's this doing on the Space Board? - Daniel - 8/18/2005 12:21:11 PM
        
        It's about harshness/survival regarding space exploration. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/18/2005 9:49:53 PM
        
        very nice (n/t) - Daniel - 8/19/2005 3:19:12 AM
        
        As Shalmanezer said: - Fox - 8/15/2005 9:17:27 PM
        
        Not as good an imagination as someone who named a computer "Shalmanezer." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2005 5:14:18 AM
        
        Philosophy 101 - Gary - 8/15/2005 6:20:29 PM
        
        What would a simulated universe look/be like? - ljk - 8/16/2005 1:36:24 PM
        
        Doing a double take - ljk - 8/12/2005 7:09:00 PM
        
        if I misread you, it's hardly suprising - Daniel - 8/13/2005 12:39:21 PM
        
        re: if I misread you, it's hardly suprising - ljk - 8/15/2005 2:17:19 PM
        
        I'll grant you this - - Daniel - 8/17/2005 3:59:39 PM
        
        Now, hold on thar... - Tom Brosz - 8/12/2005 6:05:24 PM
        
        So, your dog is conscious. Maybe, but so what? - Daniel - 8/13/2005 12:19:52 PM
        
        So long and... - ljk - 8/15/2005 2:22:26 PM

Shuttle Grounded Until March 2006 At Earliest - phil - 8/19/2005 3:37:22 PM
- We should have routine space travel in TWENY years - ljk - 8/19/2005 4:03:53 PM
  - re: We should have routine space travel in TWENY years - phil - 8/20/2005 1:55:59 AM
    - ISS wouldn't be such a bad idea if it were in a more useful orbit. - Lee - 8/20/2005 3:22:36 AM
      - ISS as a space dry dock? - LJK - 8/21/2005 4:18:56 PM
        
        re: ISS as a space dry dock? - Doug Ellison - 8/22/2005 2:47:47 PM
        
        The current station isn't good for doing such things. - Lee - 8/21/2005 7:40:25 PM
        
        re: ISS as a space dry dock? - phil - 8/21/2005 4:28:16 PM
        
        Mir to Mars! - LJK - 8/21/2005 4:32:40 PM
  - re: CXV - Peter Bruener - 8/19/2005 7:58:41 PM

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