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Finally, southern hemisphere clouds. - Robert Clark - 8/16/2005 12:25:04 AM

They are out there - gbaikie - 8/15/2005 9:10:35 PM
- Beat Ya by 2 1/2 hours; see 2 posts below - phil - 8/15/2005 9:37:13 PM

Moondust - Raoul - 8/15/2005 4:10:26 PM

Dust devils!! (1.5 MB) - Raoul - 8/12/2005 8:10:59 PM
- Re: Sweet! Thanks for the post. (n/t) - Vince - 8/13/2005 1:15:45 AM
- re: Dust devils!! (1.5 MB) - Delbert - 8/12/2005 9:19:57 PM
  - WOW... - R.L. - 8/13/2005 4:55:35 AM
- It's amazing that can happen in a 7 millibar atmosphere (n/t) - Gary - 8/12/2005 8:40:34 PM
  - Says something about how fine the dust is... - dtb - 8/13/2005 2:31:49 AM
    - I suspect it's no worse than Australian bull dust - Gary - 8/14/2005 1:33:13 AM
      - re: I suspect it's no worse than Australian bull dust - Nick Hoffman - 8/14/2005 10:30:03 AM
        
        Is it anything like an Alaskan Bull Worm? - ljk - 8/15/2005 2:23:44 PM
        
        Actually it's something between an Alaskan Bull Worm and a Sea Bear - Gary - 8/15/2005 3:29:46 PM
        
        For sure - Gary - 8/14/2005 7:24:00 PM
    - re: Dust... - Raoul - 8/13/2005 7:32:43 AM

$100 million tourist flight to the Moon - JimO - 8/10/2005 6:56:55 PM
- re: The Big 8 - Raoul - 8/11/2005 7:59:08 AM
- re: $100 million tourist flight to the Moon - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2005 12:06:23 AM
  - Many waste $100m+ on failed bids to win America's cup - Sam F. - 8/11/2005 2:17:20 PM
  - Will any science be conducted during the trip? - ljk - 8/11/2005 12:28:07 PM
    - Depends how good a scientist a billionaire makes. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2005 11:05:25 PM
    - re: Will any science be conducted during the trip? - Doug Ellison - 8/11/2005 2:09:58 PM
      - I suppose they could leave behind a small lunar satellite that could do useful science, or drop some pentrators. - pwokenyaw - 8/11/2005 5:15:28 PM
        
        re:No lunar orbit - Raoul - 8/11/2005 6:40:13 PM
        
        re: re:No lunar orbit - Marcus - 8/12/2005 1:18:35 PM
        
        re: re:No lunar orbit - Raoul - 8/13/2005 7:50:48 AM
        
        The main craft doesn't have to go into lunar orbit, just the satellite that they drop off - pwokenyaw - 8/11/2005 11:11:09 PM
        
        My prediction... - ljk - 8/12/2005 1:55:07 PM
        
        re: re:No lunar orbit - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2005 11:07:36 PM
      - re: Will any science be conducted during the trip? - ljk - 8/11/2005 2:20:22 PM
        
        re: Will any science be conducted during the trip? - Nemo - 8/13/2005 7:54:06 PM
        
        re: Will any science be conducted during the trip? - ljk - 8/15/2005 12:45:15 PM

SDLV/CEV exclusive images and info - Andy McSorley - 8/14/2005 8:09:01 AM
- re: SDLV/CEV exclusive images and info - Raoul - 8/14/2005 8:34:31 AM
  - re: SDLV/CEV exclusive images and info - Andy McSorley - 8/14/2005 9:35:05 AM
    - re: SDLV/CEV exclusive images and info - Raoul - 8/14/2005 9:50:44 AM
      - I believe the SSMEs are intended to be recovered - Tom Brosz - 8/14/2005 8:10:35 PM
      - re: SDLV/CEV exclusive images and info - Delbert - 8/14/2005 3:53:36 PM
        
        Because they're monsters? - DALeffler - 8/14/2005 5:01:34 PM
        
        and why still throw away the ETs? (n/t) - phil - 8/14/2005 4:07:01 PM
        
        re: and why still throw away the ETs? (repost) - DALeffler - 8/14/2005 5:05:42 PM
        
        re: and why still throw away the ETs? (repost) - p - 8/14/2005 6:20:49 PM
        
        re: ETs, lasers & Bigelow balloons - ken murphy - 8/15/2005 12:49:34 AM
        
        re: ETs, lasers & Bigelow balloons - Raoul - 8/15/2005 7:37:12 AM

From space (0.8 + 1.5 MB) - Raoul - 8/14/2005 10:54:44 AM
- The Belly of the Dragon... (n/t) - DALeffler - 8/14/2005 4:13:14 PM
  - re: And somehow, a very fragile one! (n/t) - Raoul - 8/14/2005 8:14:07 PM

Re: Martian high north latitude hot spots? - Robert Clark - 8/13/2005 11:27:10 PM

**thread removed** - Robert - 8/13/2005 8:04:09 PM

Shenzhou 6 and 7 - Raoul - 8/12/2005 6:52:16 PM
- After Shenzhou 9, could a Salyut-class space station be next for the Chinese? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/13/2005 1:46:31 AM
  - re: Their orbital module might be used as a space station (n/t) - Raoul - 8/13/2005 7:34:14 AM
    - Agreed. The technology is mostly all there. - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2005 7:41:04 AM
      - re: More at Go Taikonauts Website - Andy McSorley - 8/13/2005 3:45:51 PM

Perseids tonite - R.L. - 8/12/2005 3:41:03 AM
- Probably won't be so hot under the clouds of Maui... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/12/2005 6:16:42 PM
  - Saw a wonderful lightning storm off the coast of Maui from the summit on Monday... - R.L. - 8/13/2005 4:40:20 AM
- re: Perseids tonite - dtb - 8/12/2005 9:16:48 AM
  - Perseid data - R.L. - 8/12/2005 9:21:23 AM
    - Perseids help astronomy.... - R.L. - 8/12/2005 9:33:44 AM
- WOW!!!! - R.L. - 8/12/2005 7:18:40 AM
  - re: WOW!!!! (Again) - R.L. - 8/12/2005 9:03:29 AM
    - re: WOW!!!! (Again) - SteveS - 8/12/2005 12:58:22 PM

**advertisement banished** - ModBob - 8/13/2005 4:00:33 AM

Atop Husband Hill With Zero Fanfare - John Q. Public - 8/11/2005 11:03:39 PM
- What's your problem? - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2005 11:11:07 PM
  - re: What's your problem? - John Q. Public - 8/12/2005 2:52:09 AM
    - I apologize..I got irritated over a common human failing of us all: impatience. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/13/2005 1:35:39 AM
- not actually atop Husband hill at all. - Doug Ellison - 8/11/2005 11:10:48 PM
  - re: not actually atop Husband hill at all. - John Q. Public - 8/12/2005 2:49:07 AM
    - re: not actually atop Husband hill at all. - Doug Ellison - 8/12/2005 7:15:20 AM
      - re: not actually atop Husband hill at all. - John Q. Public - 8/12/2005 3:14:42 PM

Foam and the September Shuttle Launch - latest update. - Vince - 8/12/2005 2:18:34 AM
- Space Shuttle design errors - Gary - 8/12/2005 5:05:04 PM
  - Buran is the way to do a shuttle. - Lee - 8/13/2005 12:39:37 AM
  - Would Dyna-Soar have made a better Space Shuttle? - ljk - 8/12/2005 7:24:52 PM
    - Dyna-Soar (X-20) had some issues - Gary - 8/12/2005 8:09:39 PM
      - And then there's the payload capacity - Fox - 8/12/2005 9:27:40 PM
- Link - - Vince - 8/12/2005 2:20:10 AM

Limbaugh promoted false theory that EPA regulations banning Freon caused space shuttle Columbia disaster - et - 8/10/2005 2:58:33 AM
- Limbaugh just makes up his "News" as he goes along. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2005 6:44:31 PM
  - re: I wouldn't underestimate Limbaugh or his intellegence. - Scott Evil - 8/10/2005 10:04:15 PM
    - I doubt his understanding of anything. If he understood stuff, - David F Mayer - 8/11/2005 3:25:16 PM
    - re: I wouldn't underestimate Limbaugh or his intellegence. - ljk - 8/11/2005 12:56:45 PM
    - Why is he trying to blame the EPA? - DALeffler - 8/10/2005 11:44:52 PM
      - NASA is exempt from EPA regulations. - David F Mayer - 8/11/2005 3:26:48 PM
  - more intellectual temper tantrums - JimO - 8/10/2005 6:58:37 PM
- Limbaugh is hilarious. That soap on a rope comment was classic! - Scott Evil - 8/10/2005 5:51:28 PM
- I happened to have heard what he said - Larry J - 8/10/2005 1:01:13 PM
  - Some people say you're full of it.... - et - 8/11/2005 12:58:38 AM
  - The CAIB Report says he's wrong... - DALeffler - 8/10/2005 3:49:52 PM
    - Don't quite see the hard conclusions in the report. - Tom Brosz - 8/10/2005 7:12:50 PM
      - How can the "new" foam be considered root cause when ET-93 was built using the "old" foam? (n/t) - DALeffler - 8/10/2005 7:32:17 PM
- But I hear he is a "medical" expert in certain areas... - ljk - 8/10/2005 12:25:42 PM
  - His scientific expertise is about the same as my dog's. - David F Mayer - 8/12/2005 9:12:08 PM
- I've been hearing the same thing on this site for a long time. (n/t) - Lee - 8/10/2005 5:29:55 AM

Philip Klass, 85, Dies; Aviation Journalist, UFO Debunker - LJK - 8/12/2005 12:59:37 PM
- Not this Philip Klass, however - Fox - 8/12/2005 2:37:50 PM

Was there a launch on the 11th (U.T.)? - R.L. - 8/12/2005 3:16:19 AM
- re: Ariane 5 rocket? (n/t) - Raoul - 8/12/2005 5:35:18 AM
  - re: That was the 10th (n/t) - Raoul - 8/12/2005 5:35:53 AM

Belief in God by Scientists...Most say they believe... - Scott Evil - 8/11/2005 7:20:35 PM
- Which god is that? - et - 8/11/2005 9:38:04 PM
- Diversity of belief - Robert - 8/11/2005 8:15:35 PM
  - How about Cosmism? - ljk - 8/11/2005 9:25:11 PM

"Lying Rush Limbaugh " by DF Mayer moved to Current Events - Robert Shepherd - 8/11/2005 7:59:43 PM
- Considering the subject matter, I thought it was a legitimate "Space" item. - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2005 8:20:27 PM
  - Whoops. My apologies. - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2005 8:25:25 PM

Something's out there - Jack Herer - 8/11/2005 12:37:21 PM
- Not sure why they think this is news - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2005 8:23:08 PM

Hickam and the Shuttle - Raoul - 8/11/2005 7:05:14 PM

Long Live AI - ljk - 8/10/2005 12:23:42 PM
- re: Long Live AI - p - 8/10/2005 2:29:53 PM
  - We're seeing some forms of AI in use today - Larry J - 8/10/2005 9:03:49 PM
    - Still waiting for HAL-9000 (n/t) - Gary - 8/11/2005 7:09:39 AM
      - I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave - ljk - 8/11/2005 12:34:26 PM
    - That's one small retrofire for Mars Probe Z12, one giant survey for AI - ljk - 8/10/2005 9:11:35 PM
  - They said the same thing about bipedal robots 25 years ago. - Lee - 8/10/2005 6:53:03 PM
    - Touche - Adam - 8/11/2005 11:14:10 AM
      - re: Touche - phil - 8/11/2005 3:44:44 PM
  - You beat me to it: AI is like nuclear fusion and a cancer cure (always 20 years in the future) (n/t) - Gary - 8/10/2005 4:23:15 PM

Sylvia has Twins - ljk - 8/11/2005 1:59:25 PM

Cryptobiotic Cyanobacteria. - Robert Clark - 8/11/2005 1:30:33 PM

New Papers on White Dwarf Stars - ljk - 8/11/2005 1:08:13 PM

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