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Mystery compact object producing high energy radiation - ljk - 7/11/2005 5:26:19 PM

China plans to push an asteroid - Buck Galaxy - 7/6/2005 4:52:14 PM
- re: China plans to push an asteroid - Mr Fibuli - 7/8/2005 3:12:17 AM
  - re: China plans to push an asteroid - p - 7/8/2005 3:19:10 PM
    - spinning like a bullet? - Buck Galaxy - 7/9/2005 1:17:10 AM
      - re: spinning like a bullet? - Mr Fibuli - 7/9/2005 2:40:05 AM
        
        Velocity & Rotation - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2005 1:01:00 AM
        
        re: Velocity & Rotation - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2005 4:10:04 PM
        
        SDAI would you PLEASE take some physics classes before spouting off like this? - R.L. - 7/10/2005 6:31:58 AM
        
        Not again...please. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2005 10:04:19 PM
        
        WHAT??!! - R.L. - 7/9/2005 10:18:30 PM
- But in what direction? - ljk - 7/6/2005 5:01:19 PM
  - Disproportionate Force - Mark Eby - 7/7/2005 12:33:06 AM
    - re: Disproportionate Force - ljk - 7/7/2005 1:57:08 PM
      - I wouldn't sweat it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2005 12:33:19 AM

Tempel 1 movie - Raoul - 7/7/2005 9:16:23 PM
- re: Tempel 1 movie - SteveS - 7/8/2005 1:53:35 AM
- Thanks Raoul - I go camping where he took the movie - pwokenyaw - 7/7/2005 10:32:45 PM
  - Montebello - SteveS - 7/8/2005 1:50:24 AM
- Egyptian scientist reveals real plan - JimO - 7/7/2005 10:13:57 PM
  - re: Egyptian scientist reveals real plan - dwc - 7/10/2005 3:36:39 PM
  - Interesting - Buck Galaxy - 7/8/2005 4:07:11 AM
    - Nonsense - R.L. - 7/8/2005 6:56:36 AM
      - Nonsense? - Buck Galaxy - 7/8/2005 5:03:48 PM
        
        Yes... - R.L. - 7/9/2005 5:13:02 AM
        
        true KC form there RL (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 7/9/2005 6:59:58 AM
        
        Buck, cut me some slack... - R.L. - 7/9/2005 7:51:19 AM
        
        I was just trying to point out that the argument really makes no sense... - Buck Galaxy - 7/9/2005 8:24:04 AM
        
        Buck has a good point... - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2005 6:36:36 PM
        
        Well, think about it - R.L. - 7/10/2005 6:04:01 AM
        
        re: I have. But you make a pretty good point too. - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2005 4:02:19 PM
        
        re: Well, think about it - gbaikie - 7/11/2005 3:55:50 AM
      - CAV - Larry J - 7/8/2005 1:36:58 PM
        
        Military weapons in space - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2005 5:44:15 PM
        
        Which has NOTHING to do with Deep Impact (n/t) - R.L. - 7/8/2005 4:39:19 PM
        
        I was replying to your statement... - Larry J - 7/10/2005 12:42:53 AM
        
        How Deep is the Deep Impact crater on Tempel 1? - ljk - 7/8/2005 9:35:28 PM
        
        NASA's Deep Impact Tells a Tale of the Comet - LJK - 7/9/2005 2:14:43 AM
  - re: Egyptian scientist reveals real plan - p - 7/7/2005 10:15:57 PM
- Laser beam shoots past probe strucked comet! - ljk - 7/7/2005 9:53:17 PM
  - re: Laser beam ? - Raoul - 7/8/2005 5:39:04 AM
    - re: Laser beam ? - LJK - 7/8/2005 11:21:01 AM
  - Wasn't me!!! 8^) (n/t) - R.L. - 7/7/2005 10:03:32 PM

NASA Innovative Interstellar Explorer (IIE) - ljk - 7/6/2005 5:19:19 PM
- Why not do something useful? - phil - 7/7/2005 2:50:18 PM
- I'd like to see a series of interstellar precursor missions, - Lee - 7/7/2005 2:49:12 AM
- 200 AU = "Interstellar"? - dtb - 7/7/2005 2:35:20 AM
  - Small move, Ellie, small moves - ljk - 7/7/2005 1:09:29 PM
    - 136,000 AU is half-way to Alpha Centauri - SDF - 7/8/2005 11:45:03 AM
      - I've changed my mind - ljk - 7/8/2005 12:33:52 PM
        
        At 7.8 AU per year, it would take 32,000 years to get there - SDF - 7/8/2005 1:27:54 PM
        
        A very recent paper on IIE - and what would it take to make a probe survive to Alpha Centauri? - LJK - 7/10/2005 4:28:54 PM
        
        Slowing Down Time on Starships - SDF - 7/11/2005 12:56:01 PM
- Is that better than the browser I'm using now? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2005 12:00:44 AM

Is it time to scrap SETI? Of course not! - LJK - 12/16/2004 4:47:52 PM
- SETI has a foolish perspective - Eric - 12/17/2004 12:42:09 AM
  - Since we only have a dataset of one known civilization... - Larry J - 12/17/2004 4:19:04 AM
  - re: SETI has a foolish perspective - LJK - 12/17/2004 2:05:34 AM
    - Oh, I can't resist.... - Gary - 12/17/2004 4:48:05 PM
      - Kardashev Type Civilizations - LJK - 12/17/2004 5:13:02 PM
        
        Interesting that none of them use nuclear power. - Tom Brosz - 12/18/2004 5:16:23 PM
        
        re: Interesting that none of them use nuclear power. - LJK - 12/18/2004 5:25:30 PM
        
        Kaku is a charlatan - Gary - 12/18/2004 7:00:00 AM
        
        How could he... - Adam - 12/19/2004 11:00:19 PM
        
        Believe it or not: There are physicists who are scumbags - Gary - 12/20/2004 1:40:24 AM
        
        re: Kaku is a charlatan - LJK - 12/18/2004 4:36:16 PM
        
        My model on civilization types - Gary - 12/18/2004 8:15:48 PM
        
        re: My model on civilization types - Jesse - 7/11/2005 10:05:45 AM
    - re: SETI has a foolish perspective - DWC - 12/17/2004 6:52:22 AM
- re: Is it time to scrap SETI? Of course not! - Arthur Smith - 12/16/2004 5:39:32 PM
  - How big does a radio telescope have to be? - Gary - 12/16/2004 6:59:47 PM
    - As far as detecting accidental messages - alcaray - 12/16/2004 9:12:44 PM
      - Very true - we live in a noisy RF environment - Larry J - 12/16/2004 9:56:47 PM
    - re: How big does a radio telescope have to be? - Larry J - 12/16/2004 7:24:35 PM
      - If the ETI are advanced enough, they won't need RF - LJK - 12/16/2004 10:53:43 PM
      - not directly beamed - Arthur Smith - 12/16/2004 9:07:28 PM
        
        re: not directly beamed - Larry J - 12/16/2004 9:49:56 PM
        
        re: not directly beamed - Arthur Smith - 12/19/2004 3:53:47 AM
        
        Escaping the energy limit - Nick Hoffman - 12/20/2004 3:33:22 AM
        
        Who says that ETI will use radio signals? - LJK - 12/16/2004 10:57:51 PM
        
        re: Who says that ETI will use radio signals? - Larry J - 12/17/2004 4:12:30 AM
        
        re: Who says that ETI will use radio signals? - LJK - 12/17/2004 1:05:07 PM
        
        Directional beaming & beaconing to emerging civs - p - 12/17/2004 3:08:08 PM
        
        As you might have guessed, I have thought about this topic - R.L. - 12/18/2004 8:43:26 AM

Through the Looking Glass - Adam - 7/9/2005 12:03:51 PM

The vision... - Raoul - 7/9/2005 10:36:34 AM

A little late.... Deep impact story and pix - R.L. - 7/9/2005 8:53:28 AM

The Mars Hoax - 2 years too late - LJK - 7/8/2005 11:25:18 AM
- Cool! We'll finally be able to control rovers in real time. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2005 5:39:20 PM
  - re: Cool! We'll finally be able to control rovers in real time. - ljk - 7/8/2005 5:45:15 PM
    - Tidal effects? Not good. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2005 11:17:10 PM

Arrow on Mars - Buck Galaxy - 7/8/2005 6:53:09 AM
- re: Arrow on Mars - Doug Ellison - 7/8/2005 8:27:26 AM
  - Antarctica: The Mars Base Parallel - ljk - 7/8/2005 9:20:05 PM

Repeat of NOVA's "MARS Dead or Alive" on PBS - ljk - 7/8/2005 8:59:25 PM
- And on a related note... - ljk - 7/8/2005 9:04:07 PM

Adventurer Plans To Circle Globe In Solar Powered Plane - SDF - 7/8/2005 5:29:36 PM
- re: Ce sacre Bertand! - Raoul - 7/8/2005 5:50:08 PM

"Deep Impact" and the Militarization of Space - Jack Herer - 7/6/2005 12:36:35 PM
- This story is interesting - Buck Galaxy - 7/8/2005 6:15:35 AM
  - Remember Clementine? - ljk - 7/8/2005 12:50:09 PM
    - re: Remember Clementine? - p - 7/8/2005 2:50:40 PM
- more stories along that line - JimO - 7/6/2005 11:00:39 PM
  - re: more stories along that line - ljk - 7/7/2005 1:47:37 PM
  - re: more stories along that line - Chris Vancil - 7/6/2005 11:59:43 PM
- ***Ooooh my first moral quandry as moderator!!!!*** - R.L. - 7/6/2005 10:40:27 PM
- What a load of utter, utter... - Adam - 7/6/2005 1:45:36 PM
  - If you think that is bad, check out this nut-case. - REB - 7/6/2005 4:21:30 PM
    - Russian Court Postpones Hearing in Astrologer's Deep Impact Lawsuit - ljk - 7/6/2005 4:53:24 PM
  - re: What a load of utter, utter... - Jack Herer - 7/6/2005 2:43:16 PM
    - That is Inouye based in reality. (n/t) - Lee - 7/7/2005 12:58:30 AM
    - "We now know why. " (guffaw!!!!) - JimO - 7/6/2005 11:03:38 PM
    - Secret military space programs - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2005 6:23:02 PM
      - But whatever you do... - McFly - 7/7/2005 6:01:29 PM
      - Those Naughty ETs - Adam - 7/7/2005 11:24:40 AM
- Keeping those Commie Comets at Bay! - ljk - 7/6/2005 12:58:32 PM

Whole-Earth Decompression Dynamics - LJK - 7/4/2005 4:16:14 PM
- Expanding Earthers never die - Nick Hoffman - 7/5/2005 9:37:55 AM
  - Maybe, but... - Adam - 7/5/2005 11:15:04 AM
    - Real Constraints - Nick Hoffman - 7/6/2005 1:28:34 PM
      - Indeed... - Adam - 7/7/2005 11:33:50 AM
        
        So you discard one crackpot for another? - Nick Hoffman - 7/8/2005 9:02:41 AM
        
        Not trolling at all - Adam - 7/8/2005 10:44:17 AM
        
        Speaking of Mercury... - ljk - 7/7/2005 2:56:16 PM
- Geophysical radicalism - Adam - 7/4/2005 11:21:43 PM
  - The beauty and the curse of the Internet - ljk - 7/5/2005 11:30:35 AM
    - PNAS too - Adam - 7/5/2005 9:13:14 PM
      - PSRD article on Earth's core - LJK - 7/8/2005 12:44:39 AM

Venus as we would see it - E.P. Grondine - 7/7/2005 2:59:10 AM
- re: Venus as we would see it - Doug Ellison - 7/7/2005 9:40:02 AM
  - re: Venus as we would see it - E.P. Grondine - 7/7/2005 2:14:01 PM
    - Want to see Mariner 4 images of Mars - in COLOR? - LJK - 7/8/2005 12:42:11 AM
      - re: Want to see Mariner 4 images of Mars - in COLOR? - Doug Ellison - 7/8/2005 8:26:10 AM

Laser In the News - R.L. - 7/7/2005 9:28:16 PM
- Pretty good picture of the laser - R.L. - 7/7/2005 9:34:17 PM
  - How far does the laser stay as a beam? - ljk - 7/7/2005 9:54:34 PM
    - It will, of course, diverge... - R.L. - 7/8/2005 7:04:28 AM
    - welll..... - R.L. - 7/7/2005 10:02:15 PM

Granite on Mars - bruced - 7/8/2005 6:23:12 AM

How to confirm the Hyugens landing site - E.P. Grondine - 7/8/2005 4:38:56 AM

Do Telescopes Need Astronomers Present? - ljk - 7/7/2005 3:29:24 PM
- re: I'm afraid... - Raoul - 7/7/2005 6:46:29 PM

Some really nice photographs of Mauna Kea - ljk - 7/6/2005 2:23:41 PM
- WOW - R.L. - 7/6/2005 9:45:15 PM
  - Here are some more nice ones of the area - ljk - 7/7/2005 4:47:28 PM

Shaping the future - Raoul - 7/5/2005 9:10:09 PM
- I like the way they are thinking. - Scott Evil - 7/6/2005 2:06:12 PM
- Circular logic - Sawyer - 7/6/2005 9:25:28 AM
  - Not really - E.P. Grondine - 7/6/2005 12:18:05 PM
- re: Shaping the future - E.P. Grondine - 7/6/2005 1:33:21 AM
- re: Shaping the future - phil - 7/5/2005 10:14:26 PM
  - re: Shaping the future - Scott Evil - 7/6/2005 2:14:09 PM
    - I predict that in 20 years... - alcaray - 7/6/2005 6:05:29 PM
      - re: I predict that in 20 years... - Scott Evil - 7/7/2005 12:24:33 AM
- re: Shaping the future - Buck Galaxy - 7/5/2005 10:12:44 PM

NASA's - ljk - 7/6/2005 3:52:08 PM
- MODERATORS - can you PLEASE fix this topic title then delete this post? - ljk - 7/6/2005 3:56:00 PM
  - Reposted instead - Robert - 7/6/2005 5:22:34 PM
    - A suggestion... - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2005 5:52:52 PM
    - re: Reposted instead - ljk - 7/6/2005 5:33:47 PM
      - re: Reposted instead - Chris Vancil - 7/6/2005 8:58:48 PM

Physics News Update 736 - ljk - 7/6/2005 8:22:34 PM

WOW!!!...WHAT AN IMPACT!!! - Jacob Samorodin - 7/5/2005 11:24:49 PM
- Deep Impact wows overflow audience at Cornell's Space Sciences Building - ljk - 7/6/2005 1:00:16 PM
  - picky picky picky - Delbert - 7/6/2005 3:20:00 PM
    - There's regular picky, and then there's techno-picky - ljk - 7/6/2005 3:32:11 PM
      - re: There's regular picky, and then there's techno-picky - Delbert - 7/6/2005 3:45:05 PM
        
        re: There's regular picky, and then there's techno-picky - ljk - 7/6/2005 3:50:07 PM
  - Forget the comet impact - it was all about the ice cream! - ljk - 7/6/2005 3:14:24 PM

Deep Impact: More energy released than expected? - Peter Bruener - 7/4/2005 10:19:18 PM
- Depends on who does the expecting... - alcaray - 7/5/2005 4:55:44 PM
- Perhaps it just looked bigger? - JJB - 7/5/2005 12:47:26 PM
- Ejecta material travel - SteveS - 7/5/2005 2:30:40 AM
- Not as big as it could've been - Adam - 7/4/2005 11:24:32 PM
  - So the comet has a personal groomer? - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/6/2005 6:25:02 AM
  - I love scientific bullshit like this... - Nick Hoffman - 7/5/2005 9:21:42 AM
    - hehe... admittedly - Adam - 7/5/2005 10:58:23 AM
      - Look at Callisto. - et - 7/5/2005 10:58:30 PM
        
        Proximity fuse... - Adam - 7/6/2005 1:25:42 PM

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