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Life in the Universe program on main CNN this Sunday night at 8 pm ET - LJK - 7/31/2005 12:02:44 AM

Giant KBO discovered... - Adam - 7/29/2005 9:29:42 AM
- NEMESIS --- They've *got* to name it NEMESIS !!! - SDF - 7/30/2005 12:55:38 PM
- re: Giant KBO discovered...2003UB313 - Raoul - 7/29/2005 11:50:01 PM
  - re: Giant KBO discovered...2003UB313 - ljk - 7/29/2005 11:57:09 PM
    - re: Giant KBO discovered...2003UB313 - ljk - 7/30/2005 12:13:08 AM
      - Another question - SteveS - 7/30/2005 2:53:32 AM
      - How About A Clear Title Guys - 10th Planet Discovered & a Giant KBO With Satellite - Mark Eby - 7/30/2005 1:40:40 AM
- re: Giant KBO discovered... - Raoul - 7/29/2005 6:46:13 PM
- How is "Kuiper" pronounced anyway?!?! (n/t) - SDF - 7/29/2005 2:25:04 PM
  - Kyper (n/t) - Lee - 7/29/2005 6:33:34 PM
  - re: How is "Kuiper" pronounced anyway?!?! - Raoul - 7/29/2005 4:16:08 PM
    - re: How is "Kuiper" pronounced anyway?!?! - ljk - 7/29/2005 5:18:47 PM
      - re: How is "Kuiper" pronounced anyway?!?! - Raoul - 7/29/2005 6:51:50 PM
- re: Giant KBO discovered... - slinted - 7/29/2005 9:46:54 AM
  - Wow! - Adam - 7/29/2005 11:25:02 AM
    - Could be that elusive alien artifact. - Lee - 7/29/2005 6:36:56 PM
      - Don't they always come in threes? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2005 11:04:36 PM
        
        Funny, I Started Reading Rama II Today (n/t) - Mark Eby - 7/30/2005 1:42:04 AM
- Hey RL... - Adam - 7/29/2005 9:36:52 AM
  - sorry, no... - R.L. - 7/30/2005 3:59:32 AM
    - Hey it's cool... - Adam - 7/30/2005 11:21:05 AM
      - Keck - R.L. - 7/30/2005 11:02:46 PM
        
        This object is 44 degrees from the ecliptic! - LJK - 7/30/2005 11:38:43 PM

Enceladus hot spot - Raoul - 7/29/2005 10:34:23 PM
- Why only in the south? - ljk - 7/29/2005 11:51:21 PM
  - re: Because of Saturn's tilted axis? - Raoul - 7/30/2005 7:49:36 AM
  - Why so far away? - SteveS - 7/30/2005 2:47:24 AM
    - The chances of finding liquid, acidic water beneath Enceladus have increased with this data.. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 7/30/2005 7:42:35 PM
    - re: Why so far away? - LJK - 7/30/2005 3:58:10 AM

My local NPR station just said NASA to ground all future Shuttle Flights? - Chris Vancil - 7/27/2005 11:00:17 PM
- [message deleted due to copyright violation] - Robert Shepherd - 7/28/2005 3:09:34 AM
  - Copyrights and copyrightability - Robert - 7/28/2005 4:00:13 PM
    - Just checking.... - KC's biggest fan - 7/28/2005 5:36:09 PM
      - protected speech - Robert Shepherd - 7/28/2005 7:47:44 PM
        
        Protected speech often needs 'protection'. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/29/2005 12:54:27 AM
        
        re: Protected speech often needs 'protection'. - Robert - 7/29/2005 1:51:11 AM
  - re: [message deleted due to copyright violation] - dtb - 7/28/2005 2:44:42 PM
    - Government documents - Mary Anne - 7/29/2005 10:14:15 PM
      - arrgh.... plagiarize plagiarize plagiarize plagiarize - Mary Anne - 7/29/2005 10:17:34 PM
        
        Don't feel bad. - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2005 6:06:22 AM
  - Hmm, where exactly is the infringement here? - dd - 7/28/2005 1:55:06 PM
  - re: [message deleted due to copyright violation] - Chris Vancil - 7/28/2005 10:15:46 AM
  - Sorry I missed that Robert... (n/t) - ModBob - 7/28/2005 4:01:17 AM
    - re: HTML - Raoul - 7/28/2005 5:53:32 AM
      - Yes of course - Robert - 7/29/2005 2:05:09 AM
        
        Message Preview, Please... (n/t) - DALeffler - 7/29/2005 5:05:00 AM

meteorites show Mars was always frozen - andrew - 7/21/2005 7:36:13 PM
- Nice PR but not much else. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/25/2005 10:48:55 PM
- The freezing point of water is dependent on solutes. - David F Mayer - 7/22/2005 6:54:53 PM
- re: meteorites show Mars was always frozen - Nick Hoffman - 7/22/2005 6:51:09 AM
  - re: While the "always frozen" Mars scenario - BRFelix - 7/22/2005 1:44:31 PM
    - re: While the "always frozen" Mars scenario - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2005 1:58:35 AM
    - re: Chill - Raoul - 7/22/2005 6:20:45 PM
      - The Earth has a green house effect while Mars does not - Gary - 7/23/2005 8:49:39 PM
    - The NASA Public Relations Machine and the Warm-and-Wet fairytale - Gary - 7/22/2005 4:47:03 PM
      - exobiology -- both infinite and limited - dtb - 7/24/2005 12:59:33 PM
        
        The policy executive and exobiologist have a marriage of convience - Gary - 7/24/2005 10:04:49 PM
      - Public support for sending men to Mar dropped to near zero at the time of Mariner IV - E.P. Grondine - 7/22/2005 4:58:55 PM
        
        "we" - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2005 2:04:03 AM
        
        re: "we" - E.P. Grondine - 7/23/2005 3:21:55 AM
        
        re: As always I don't suppose you have any evidence of your claims? Maybe a poll taken then? (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/22/2005 8:23:41 PM
        
        There was a poll taken of Representatives and Senators - E.P. Grondine - 7/23/2005 3:25:20 AM
        
        re: Nope, as I thought no evidence but in your mind...Mariner 6&7, 8&9 and the two Viking landers and orbiters all happen soon afterwards... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/23/2005 3:38:03 AM
        
        ignoring that work on manned Mars with the Saturn V was stopped (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 7/23/2005 2:56:51 PM
        
        re:Yes we stopped flying past LEO which includes the Moon, Mars and Beyond. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/23/2005 3:37:16 PM
- 4 billion versus 3.5 billion years - powkenyaw - 7/22/2005 1:46:12 AM
- Interesting. - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2005 11:36:11 PM
  - re: Interesting. - pwokenyaw - 7/22/2005 1:32:45 AM
    - Someday we can do a survey... - alcaray - 7/22/2005 3:45:12 PM
- re: Frozen Mars - Raoul - 7/21/2005 9:35:40 PM
  - re: Hmm, interesting, but then.......... - Johannes - 7/22/2005 1:53:33 AM
    - STOP, STOP, STOP - since when has temperature effected radioactivity decay rate - Marcus - 7/22/2005 12:59:10 PM
      - re: STOP, STOP, STOP - since when has temperature effected radioactivity decay rate - gbaikie - 7/22/2005 7:54:05 PM
    - More or less Argon - Nick Hoffman - 7/22/2005 6:46:00 AM
      - re: More or less Argon - gbaikie - 7/22/2005 10:11:42 AM
        
        re: More or less Argon - Nick Hoffman - 7/23/2005 2:06:44 AM
        
        PSRD's take on this subject - ljk - 7/29/2005 11:53:30 PM

a comment on the go for shuttle launch - dwc - 7/25/2005 3:28:49 PM
- re: a comment on the go for shuttle launch - Stealth - 7/25/2005 10:34:41 PM
- re: a comment on the go for shuttle launch - Stealth - 7/25/2005 10:26:38 PM
- my view as posted on msnbc.com - JimO - 7/25/2005 10:03:54 PM
  - You're such a tease - Robert - 7/26/2005 11:42:49 PM
- Could you imagine what the doctors would say if you had a backup heart? - SteveS - 7/25/2005 4:56:42 PM
- Intermittent problems are tough to fix - Larry J - 7/25/2005 4:34:47 PM
  - re: Intermittent problems are tough to fix - phil - 7/26/2005 1:13:19 AM
  - It's like the "array out of bounds" bug in C programming - Gary - 7/25/2005 5:11:08 PM
    - which is itself the best argument against C. - A Programmer - 7/26/2005 3:36:48 AM
      - "Write once, run anywhere" - Robert - 7/27/2005 12:21:13 AM
        
        Love, respect, fear... - McFly - 7/28/2005 2:22:52 PM
        
        re: Love, respect, fear... - Robert - 7/29/2005 4:50:56 AM
        
        re: "Write once, run anywhere" -- will never happen, not even with Java - - - 7/27/2005 2:38:00 PM
        
        "Write once, cry everywhere" - Robert - 7/27/2005 6:46:49 PM
        
        don't you mean cry wolf everywhere, eh? ;-) - A. Prog. - 7/28/2005 11:39:56 PM
        
        re: don't you mean cry wolf everywhere, eh? ;-) - Robert - 7/29/2005 4:15:10 AM
        
        re: don't you mean cry wolf everywhere, eh? ;-) - A.P. - 7/29/2005 9:30:55 PM
        
        No, "cry havoc! and unlease the JARs of dogs!" - Robert - 7/29/2005 11:21:21 PM
        
        More like, "Write once, test everywhere" - Larry J - 7/27/2005 1:50:04 PM
        
        Evolution in action - Robert - 7/27/2005 5:23:14 PM
        
        re: Evolution in action - Larry J - 7/27/2005 7:27:59 PM
        
        re: Evolution in action - Robert - 7/27/2005 8:57:38 PM
        
        re: Evolution in action - Larry J - 7/27/2005 9:24:33 PM
        
        transformative technology - Robert - 7/28/2005 3:45:35 AM
        
        I use portability for debugging - Gary - 7/27/2005 3:40:22 PM
    - re: It's like the "array out of bounds" bug in C programming - Larry J - 7/25/2005 5:53:32 PM
      - No, that code snippet will actually run... - Gary - 7/26/2005 6:11:17 AM
        
        Run code run...C code run...PLEASE! - McFly - 7/27/2005 12:34:31 AM
        
        Programming languages that I've known and forgotten - Gary - 7/27/2005 5:18:07 AM
        
        Goodness sakes! - McFly - 7/28/2005 2:03:34 PM
        
        re: No, that code snippet will actually run... - Larry J - 7/26/2005 1:40:21 PM
        
        Darn it!! The Zone's HTML logic ruined that last post - Gary - 7/26/2005 6:19:12 AM
        
        Let's try this (reposting Gary's code) - Robert - 7/27/2005 5:39:40 AM
        
        It ran clean on the first pop (also I did not write this program) - Gary - 7/27/2005 5:48:07 AM
        
        I'm sorry - Robert - 7/26/2005 11:19:37 PM
        
        The fault is entirely mine - Gary - 7/27/2005 4:12:47 AM
        
        Let's split the difference - Robert - 7/27/2005 5:04:33 AM
        
        Hoist on me own filter - Robert - 7/27/2005 5:09:48 AM
        
        The symbols appeared clean for Mozilla 1.7.8 (n/t) - Gary - 7/27/2005 5:35:32 AM
      - seems right - Daniel - 7/25/2005 6:06:24 PM
        
        The philosophy of C - Larry J - 7/25/2005 6:15:16 PM
        
        I used it for a while in the late 90s - Daniel - 7/25/2005 6:27:19 PM
        
        another correction - D. - 7/25/2005 7:38:08 PM
        
        correction .. - D. - 7/25/2005 6:32:34 PM

It's amusing watching the news media's feeding frenzy - Gary - 7/29/2005 5:22:47 AM
- re: It's amusing watching the news media's feeding frenzy - ljk - 7/29/2005 12:17:20 PM
  - Great scene from an awesome movie! (n/t) - McFly - 7/29/2005 5:40:12 PM
- Please don't laugh at the TAX PAYER... (n/t) - DALeffler - 7/29/2005 6:22:17 AM

Fly me to the Moon.... - Raoul - 7/27/2005 7:49:27 PM
- There are only two adventurers who could afford it... - Jacob Samorodin - 7/28/2005 12:08:34 AM
  - re: There are only two adventurers who could afford it... - ljk - 7/28/2005 12:14:39 PM
    - He's not an aerospace adventurer... - Jacob Samorodin - 7/28/2005 10:44:35 PM
      - Last I heard, he still flies coach - Larry J - 7/29/2005 3:48:10 PM
      - Definitely, if the navigation systems ran on Windows - Sam F. - 7/29/2005 12:58:23 PM
        
        re: Definitely, if the navigation systems ran on Windows - ljk - 7/29/2005 1:01:40 PM
      - re: He's not an aerospace adventurer... - ljk - 7/29/2005 2:12:41 AM

Potential damage on Discovery's fuel tank - Buck Galaxy - 7/29/2005 3:54:04 AM
- re: Potential damage on Discovery's fuel tank - DALeffler - 7/29/2005 4:52:00 AM

perfect docking over Chile (n/t) - daniel - 7/28/2005 11:20:32 AM
- re: Walz - Raoul - 7/28/2005 10:13:47 PM
  - The "Backflip" - et, not the orange one... - 7/29/2005 1:28:35 AM
- nice vantage point - Jack Herer - 7/28/2005 6:53:47 PM
  - nice pic, too - Daniel - 7/28/2005 7:04:31 PM

Planetoid Apophis "visits" Earth in 2029 and 2036 - ljk - 7/27/2005 1:40:11 PM
- Our Old Friend MN04 Grows Up - Mark Eby - 7/27/2005 6:31:25 PM
  - re: Naming MN4 - Fox - 7/27/2005 10:51:44 PM
  - Apophis, the Destroyer - ljk - 7/27/2005 7:27:38 PM
  - I though Apophis was killed off two or three seasons ago... - Fox - 7/27/2005 7:18:02 PM
    - Apophis a Wimp Compared To Anubis - ID - 7/28/2005 6:40:38 AM
      - Wouldn't be the first time - Fox - 7/28/2005 7:01:59 PM
        
        Good Choice Then - Mark Eby - 7/28/2005 11:40:11 PM
      - re: Apophis a Wimp Compared To Anubis - ljk - 7/28/2005 12:16:22 PM
        
        re: Apophis a Wimp Compared To Anubis - Mark Eby - 7/28/2005 5:53:13 PM
- re: Planetoid Apophis "visits" Earth in 2029 and 2036 - E.P. Grondine - 7/27/2005 2:48:59 PM

A Supernova in M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy! - ljk - 6/30/2005 2:53:59 PM
- Pictures, we've got pictures! - ljk - 6/30/2005 5:16:16 PM
  - a picture - et - 6/30/2005 5:27:25 PM
    - More images - the M51 SN noticably brightened in just 1.5 hours - ljk - 6/30/2005 10:07:50 PM
      - From Italy - LJK - 7/1/2005 12:45:41 AM
        
        re: Supernova - Raoul - 7/1/2005 12:44:24 PM
        
        re: Supernova - ljk - 7/1/2005 2:14:12 PM
        
        re: Supernova - Raoul - 7/3/2005 8:16:39 AM
        
        Identification of the Red Supergiant Progenitor of Supernova 2005cs - ljk - 7/19/2005 2:38:23 PM
        
        The Progenitor of SN 2005cs in the Whirlpool Galaxy - ljk - 7/22/2005 2:35:37 PM
        
        HST image of M51 Supernova - ljk - 7/28/2005 9:39:58 PM

Rutan and Branson form 'The Spaceship Company' - Larry J - 7/27/2005 1:26:11 PM
- Sir Richard has a reputation for backing winning ideas. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/28/2005 12:14:44 AM
  - More info available.... - Larry J - 7/28/2005 7:43:17 PM

Mars Express detection of clays on Mars. - Robert Clark - 7/28/2005 12:54:55 PM

Detecting Transiting Hot Earths and Hot Neptunes in Galactic Open Clusters - ljk - 7/26/2005 3:50:23 PM
- High-precision K-band photometry of the secondary eclipse of HD209458 - ljk - 7/27/2005 1:02:33 PM
  - Mid-Infrared Observations of the White Dwarf Brown Dwarf Binary GD 1400 - ljk - 7/28/2005 12:47:58 PM

"The Eerie Sounds of Saturn's Radio Emissions" - Daniel - 7/26/2005 4:33:34 PM
- re: On a similar note - ken murphy - 7/27/2005 3:28:01 AM
  - the current website for this stuff - Daniel - 7/27/2005 5:20:35 AM
- Sounds like the background music in a 1950s sci-fi movie - Larry J - 7/27/2005 1:55:48 AM
  - Forbidden Planet - Robert - 7/27/2005 7:04:10 PM
- re: "Wow!! Better not play this just before going to sleep!!;) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/26/2005 4:40:10 PM
  - just imagine .. - Daniel - 7/26/2005 4:45:07 PM
    - re: just imagine .. - ljk - 7/26/2005 6:14:30 PM
      - What fun would it be if we lost our sense of wonder? - Eri - 7/26/2005 9:38:53 PM
        
        re: What fun would it be if we lost our sense of wonder? - ljk - 7/27/2005 12:53:20 PM
        
        our exploring descendants - Daniel - 7/27/2005 1:21:01 PM
        
        re: our exploring descendants - ljk - 7/27/2005 1:36:01 PM
        
        the reference answers your own question, in a way - Daniel - 7/27/2005 1:46:02 PM
        
        re: the reference answers your own question, in a way - ljk - 7/27/2005 2:12:11 PM
        
        furthermore .. - Daniel - 7/27/2005 2:40:42 PM
        
        re: furthermore .. - ljk - 7/27/2005 4:46:00 PM
        
        same problem for both scenarios - Daniel - 7/27/2005 5:22:42 PM
        
        re: same problem for both scenarios - ljk - 7/27/2005 5:54:29 PM
        
        fine - build a travelling brain if you wish - Daniel - 7/27/2005 2:32:42 PM
        
        re: fine - build a travelling brain if you wish - ljk - 7/27/2005 4:27:42 PM
        
        May I just throw in a thought... - Eri - 7/28/2005 12:07:32 AM
        
        re: May I just throw in a thought... - LJK - 7/28/2005 1:24:54 AM
        
        He can't. That was the whole point of the statement. - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2005 5:10:10 AM
        
        re: He can't. That was the whole point of the statement. - ljk - 7/28/2005 12:06:50 PM

Casting mirrors for the Giant Magellan - Fox - 7/27/2005 10:36:54 PM

Thomas scans for damage - Daniel - 7/27/2005 3:42:57 PM
- ongoing coverage on NASA TV - Daniel - 7/27/2005 4:01:30 PM
  - some dialogue - D. - 7/27/2005 5:47:04 PM
    - re: some dialogue - ljk - 7/27/2005 5:55:03 PM
      - yes - Delbert - 7/27/2005 6:23:39 PM
        
        re: Julie Payette? :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 7/27/2005 8:44:03 PM

Nanotechnology for Space Exploration - ljk - 7/27/2005 8:23:16 PM

Bird struck by Shuttle at liftoff. - Delbert - 7/26/2005 9:52:14 PM
- Enough with the bird snuff pics already! (n/t) - Tony - 7/27/2005 3:42:53 PM
- re: Bird struck by Shuttle at liftoff. - Jack Herer - 7/27/2005 1:01:27 PM
  - Debris - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2005 8:07:03 PM
- I wonder... - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2005 1:18:32 AM
  - Launch Debris Images and timing - SteveS - 7/27/2005 1:49:08 AM
- I would guess it was incinerated and vaporized as it fell into the flames of the SRBs and main engines. (n/t) - Delbert - 7/26/2005 10:58:52 PM
  - re: The heat could have pushed it away from the flames!? (n/t) - Raoul - 7/27/2005 6:27:12 PM
- Was it fowl play? (n/t) - R.L. - 7/26/2005 10:51:59 PM
  - Damn tourists (n/t) - Robin - 7/27/2005 2:57:00 AM
- Is it okay? (n/t) - PETB - 7/26/2005 10:46:13 PM
  - Hey!...The SPCA or PETA will probably complain. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/26/2005 11:59:05 PM
    - re: Hey!...The SPCA or PETA will probably complain. - Laura - 7/27/2005 2:46:58 AM

June 21 Squyres report - jimo - 7/22/2005 11:17:48 AM
- Squyres has a book out on MER - ljk - 7/27/2005 4:17:19 PM

Coprates Canyon Mars Express video - aldo12xu - 7/27/2005 4:07:51 PM

Where we're at - E.P. Grondine - 7/27/2005 2:44:47 AM
- Some good points - Sam F. - 7/27/2005 9:09:00 AM
  - re: Some good points - E.P. Grondine - 7/27/2005 2:44:48 PM

Roam Earth at Will! - ljk - 7/14/2005 12:26:33 PM
- Mac version would be nice (n/t) - Daniel - 7/15/2005 3:36:19 PM
- re: Roam Earth at Will! - Fox - 7/15/2005 2:15:20 PM
- re: Roam Earth at Will! - Alberto - 7/14/2005 7:33:16 PM
- re: Roam Earth at Will! - Lance - 7/14/2005 3:56:07 PM
  - Microsoft gets into the act with Virtual Earth - ljk - 7/27/2005 1:16:15 PM

Planetary Migration - ljk - 7/22/2005 1:49:02 PM
- In addition to gravitational effects, magnetic effects may be involved. - David F Mayer - 7/22/2005 6:39:24 PM
- re: Planetary Migration - phil - 7/22/2005 3:46:55 PM
  - On the migration-induced resonances in a system of two planets with masses in the Earth mass range - ljk - 7/27/2005 12:51:16 PM

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