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Almost there - the climb of Husband Hill - Doug Ellison - 8/17/2005 5:54:11 PM
- Is that little "bump" the top? - Tom Brosz - 8/17/2005 9:47:45 PM
  - re: Is that little "bump" the top? - Doug Ellison - 8/17/2005 10:34:17 PM
- Those aren't uncredited images are they? ;) (n/t) - et - 8/17/2005 7:56:48 PM
  - re: Those aren't uncredited images are they? ;) - Doug Ellison - 8/17/2005 9:00:19 PM

New arctic oasis found. - Vince - 8/16/2005 1:55:12 AM
- re: New arctic oasis found. - Fox - 8/16/2005 4:02:11 PM
  - re: New arctic oasis found. - SteveS - 8/17/2005 1:22:20 AM
    - My guess - Fox - 8/17/2005 7:33:41 PM

Does Enceladus have life? - Jacob Samorodin - 8/16/2005 11:24:56 PM
- Saturn by 1970 - ljk - 8/17/2005 2:44:20 PM
  - re: Saturn by 1970 - phil - 8/17/2005 4:11:41 PM
  - bouncing ball - Daniel - 8/17/2005 4:08:43 PM
    - Actually I wasn't thinking all that far ahead - ljk - 8/17/2005 6:42:29 PM
      - too random for a highly structured system - Daniel - 8/17/2005 7:02:07 PM
- See above post for reply n/t (n/t) - Adam - 8/17/2005 12:07:46 AM

Enceladus hot spot and E Ring - Raoul - 8/15/2005 8:23:18 PM
- More Info - Mark Eby - 8/17/2005 3:21:47 AM
- Yes According To Cassini Scientist - Mark Eby - 8/15/2005 9:00:27 PM
  - Saturn's rings have their own atmosphere - ljk - 8/17/2005 4:00:30 PM
    - Related Comment Or Contradiction? - Mark Eby - 8/17/2005 4:20:14 PM
      - re: Related Comment Or Contradiction? - ljk - 8/17/2005 4:21:34 PM

Origin and Ubiquity of Short-Period Earth-like Planets - ljk - 8/16/2005 1:47:18 PM
- Catalog of 156 confirmed extrasolar planets and their 133 parent stars - ljk - 8/16/2005 1:56:35 PM
  - re: Catalog of 156 confirmed extrasolar planets and their 133 parent stars - phil - 8/17/2005 4:14:32 PM
  - The Polarization Signature of Extrasolar Planets Transiting Cool Dwarfs - LJK - 8/17/2005 5:33:27 AM
    - The Effects of Metallicity and Grain Size on Gravitational Instabilitiesin Protoplanetary Disks - LJK - 8/17/2005 5:35:54 AM

Perseids Watch - Peter Bruener - 8/13/2005 10:23:02 AM
- APOD has a "movie" of the Perseids zipping in front of the Milky Way - ljk - 8/17/2005 4:10:15 PM

SETI in the March, 1983 issue of Discover Magazine - ljk - 8/17/2005 3:41:57 PM

NASA Scientists Closer to Timely Space Weather Forecasts - Chris Vancil - 8/17/2005 10:49:46 AM

Exactly solvable model of wormhole supported by phantom energy - LJK - 8/17/2005 5:37:38 AM

Experiment on Mars - Raoul - 8/14/2005 9:19:27 AM
- If the Rovers were built by ACME - LJK - 8/17/2005 3:30:06 AM
- ROTFLMAO (n/t) - R.L. - 8/14/2005 2:02:41 PM

Virgin Galactic making progress - gbaikie - 8/17/2005 2:01:46 AM

What's wrong with this solution for the space shuttle's 'foam drop-off problem'? - Jacob Samorodin - 8/16/2005 11:09:53 PM
- Up and down not really an issue at those speeds - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2005 11:15:55 PM
  - re: Up and down not really an issue at those speeds - Jacob Samorodin - 8/16/2005 11:28:38 PM
    - re: Up and down not really an issue at those speeds - Doug Ellison - 8/16/2005 11:38:00 PM
    - Do a quick calculation - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2005 11:37:02 PM
      - Looks like you're right. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/17/2005 1:17:34 AM

An outfit suitable for Mars - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2005 6:07:46 PM
- re: An outfit suitable for Mars - dd - 8/16/2005 9:17:45 PM
  - re: An outfit suitable for Mars - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2005 11:10:54 PM
- re: And also suitable for space? - Raoul - 8/16/2005 8:47:27 PM
  - re: And also suitable for space? - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2005 11:19:08 PM
    - Wrong Address/Link - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2005 11:41:53 PM
  - re:Spacesuits - Raoul - 8/16/2005 9:51:13 PM

Today, summer begins on Mars southern hemisphere... (n/t) - Raoul - 8/16/2005 3:52:05 PM
- Good! Competition for Miami Beach. Heh heh heh!..... Ce'st plus drole. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/16/2005 11:12:09 PM

Titan south pole (animation) - Raoul - 8/16/2005 8:39:38 PM

MRO launched, successful separation, solar panels successfully deployed - Daniel - 8/12/2005 1:03:39 PM
- A prime example of why HLLVs are needed. - Lee - 8/12/2005 8:09:08 PM
- Just once.... - Larry J - 8/12/2005 6:53:17 PM
  - Ben Stein would be an improvement. (n/t) - Lee - 8/16/2005 6:47:27 PM
  - What is its resolving power, anyways? - Jacob Samorodin - 8/13/2005 1:43:09 AM
    - re: What is its resolving power, anyways? - Doug Ellison - 8/13/2005 3:30:17 PM
      - What's the likely science payoff from higher resolution? - Gary - 8/15/2005 4:44:30 PM
        
        Two words: Geological details - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2005 5:15:28 AM
  - re: Just once.... - Delbert - 8/12/2005 9:11:34 PM
  - re: Just once.... - ljk - 8/12/2005 7:21:57 PM
    - PR flaks are hardly test pilots - Larry J - 8/12/2005 10:36:14 PM
      - One small step, etc. - ljk - 8/15/2005 2:10:41 PM
        
        re: One small step, etc. From the IMDb - Delbert - 8/15/2005 4:20:12 PM
- Hurray! This is excellent news! (n/t) - Gary - 8/12/2005 4:30:29 PM
- re: MRO launched, successful separation, solar panels successfully deployed - Doug Ellison - 8/12/2005 2:26:46 PM
  - thanks for the reminder (n/t) - Daniel - 8/12/2005 2:34:14 PM

Key claim against global warming evaporates - R.L. - 8/12/2005 5:06:22 AM
- Nightmare vision of underwater Britain - gbaikie - 8/16/2005 10:08:02 AM
  - We need to lower sea levels by removing and burning methane clathrates and hydrates ASAP! - Scott Evil - 8/16/2005 5:50:59 PM
- Not a good week for global warming denialists - R.L. - 8/12/2005 5:09:06 AM
  - Not a good week for most terrestrials.... - et - 8/12/2005 7:40:26 PM
    - ...a great sign for mankind. - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/15/2005 7:09:23 AM
    - re: Not a good week for most terrestrials.... - R.L. - 8/13/2005 9:19:16 PM
  - re: Not a good week for global warming denialists - gbaikie - 8/12/2005 7:01:26 AM
    - Have you ever read Nature? - R.L. - 8/12/2005 7:20:28 AM
      - True, it has a good reputation - Tom Brosz - 8/12/2005 6:15:46 PM
        
        Can you back up that BS? - R.L. - 8/13/2005 9:51:15 PM
        
        re: Can you back up that BS? - gbaikie - 8/13/2005 11:05:15 PM
        
        Gee, I feel so much better!!! Thanks Dr. Baikie!!! - R.L. - 8/14/2005 12:00:02 AM
        
        re: Gee, I feel so much better!!! Thanks Dr. Baikie!!! - gbaikie - 8/14/2005 1:13:24 AM
        
        AGAIN- have you ever read it? - R.L. - 8/13/2005 5:52:48 AM
        
        Nature and Science - Tom Brosz - 8/15/2005 5:07:56 PM
        
        re: AGAIN- have you ever read it? - gbaikie - 8/13/2005 10:35:41 PM

Strange orbits - phil - 8/15/2005 3:26:00 PM
- Check out the orbit of Toro - Gary - 8/15/2005 3:39:15 PM
  - Is that really a closed orbit? (n/t) - R.L. - 8/16/2005 7:04:21 AM
    - Toro's orbit is resonant to the Earth's - Gary - 8/16/2005 5:11:29 PM
  - Whoa! I'd forgotten about Toro (n/t) - phil - 8/15/2005 6:49:52 PM

Cosmic Computing: Simulating the Universe - ljk - 8/15/2005 2:54:54 PM
- The answer is 42, of course... n/t - Nick Hoffman - 8/16/2005 11:56:13 AM
  - re: The answer is 42, of course... n/t - ljk - 8/16/2005 1:04:06 PM
    - re: The answer is 42, of course... n/t - Nick Hoffman - 8/16/2005 3:52:48 PM
      - Nobody makes jokes in Base 13 - ljk - 8/16/2005 4:03:32 PM

Black Hole Finder Probe - ljk - 8/16/2005 1:55:00 PM

Garcia-Sanchez et al on Stellar Near-Misses - Adam - 8/16/2005 11:54:37 AM

Ray Kurzweil's Singularity Outlook - phil - 8/15/2005 3:00:56 PM
- I thought computers were dumb? - RobVG - 8/16/2005 3:55:32 AM
- Been there, done that - Gary - 8/15/2005 3:50:55 PM
  - re: Been there, done that - phil - 8/15/2005 5:18:31 PM
    - re: Downloading their personalities... - Nick Hoffman - 8/16/2005 8:29:24 AM
      - Written on the white board on Mauna Kea: - R.L. - 8/16/2005 8:40:53 AM

Neat development in IR cameras - R.L. - 8/16/2005 7:53:49 AM

748 days in space for Krikalev - Raoul - 8/16/2005 7:42:38 AM

Carbon nanotubes made to stick like a gecko's foot - R.L. - 8/16/2005 7:38:08 AM

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