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Fireworks likely when NASA blows up comet on July 4th - Eric - 6/30/2005 12:39:48 AM
- That title is irresponsible - ljk - 6/30/2005 1:09:52 PM
  - Expectations for the Deep Impact collision from cometary nuclei modelling - ljk - 6/30/2005 1:33:46 PM
    - existin hard data ignored - E.P. Grondine - 6/30/2005 1:51:24 PM

More "Sol" Brothers - ljk - 6/30/2005 1:39:02 PM

Factoring The Universe - SDF - 6/30/2005 6:30:57 AM

Video of Cosmos 1 launch - ljk - 6/28/2005 3:40:01 PM
- Article on the mission - ljk - 6/29/2005 6:09:28 PM

Lake on Titan? - R.L. - 6/28/2005 9:42:04 PM
- Cassini is not the only satellite studying the Saturn system - ljk - 6/29/2005 2:08:48 PM

Some more links... - Adam - 6/29/2005 12:23:50 AM
- Oops... How did that get here? - Adam - 6/29/2005 12:46:16 AM
  - Deep Space Navigation Using Pulsars - LJK - 6/29/2005 2:33:39 AM

Very interesting space probe proposals from the ESA - ljk - 6/28/2005 4:19:28 PM
- Study Links - Adam - 6/29/2005 12:33:22 AM
- Venus Entry Probe... - Adam - 6/29/2005 12:32:27 AM

Re: the Aquila Gambit approaches... - Robert Clark - 6/28/2005 4:43:59 PM
- Another coincidence... - Adam - 6/28/2005 11:45:00 PM

Hi-Res of sunset picture -- where? - JimO - 6/23/2005 7:50:44 PM
- re: Hi-Res of sunset picture -- THANKS - JimO - 6/24/2005 11:57:02 AM
  - re: Hi-Res of sunset picture -- THANKS - jimmy - 6/28/2005 6:02:16 PM
- MER atmopsheric imaging page - slinted - 6/24/2005 1:46:28 AM
- re: Hi-Res of sunset picture -- where? - John Q. Public - 6/23/2005 9:39:27 PM
- re: Hi-Res of sunset picture -- where? - John - 6/23/2005 9:39:06 PM
  - Because Brittney Spears and Lindsay Lohan aren't involved with them - ljk - 6/24/2005 1:20:58 PM
  - Maybe JimO has a solution for that problem (n/t) - alcaray - 6/23/2005 11:07:55 PM
  - That's why you need to come HERE to the HZ! (n/t) - phil - 6/23/2005 10:02:06 PM
- Here is the thread where it began - ljk - 6/23/2005 8:21:54 PM
- re: Hi-Res of sunset picture almost 999 KB - Raoul - 6/23/2005 8:11:22 PM
  - The only time of day Mars can still look Earth-like - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2005 12:13:11 AM
    - I beg to differ - Nick Hoffman - 6/24/2005 11:11:48 AM
    - re: The only time of day Mars can still look Earth-like - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2005 9:27:45 AM

NASA Fails to Meet Safety Test - Could this be it for the shuttle? - Buck Galaxy - 6/28/2005 4:25:14 AM
- re: Colulbus and JEM - Raoul - 6/28/2005 8:04:39 AM
  - That seems completely reasonable, Raoul. - McFly - 6/28/2005 5:38:47 PM
- Ooops: Link - Buck Galaxy - 6/28/2005 4:26:07 AM

Now Time Travel IS Possible - ljk - 6/20/2005 1:32:42 PM
- re: Now Time Travel IS Possible - NietsniE - 6/28/2005 3:21:01 PM
- I've been saying this for years---control theory analogies - Sawyer - 6/22/2005 7:17:54 AM
- I don't understand the mechanics.... - FrankC - 6/22/2005 12:32:08 AM
  - re: I don't understand the mechanics.... - LJK - 6/22/2005 1:30:27 AM
    - The expanding/collapsing universe is due to a time traveler - Lee - 6/23/2005 5:26:50 AM
- re: Now Time Travel IS Possible - brian gyles - 6/20/2005 7:21:07 PM
- Great quote from "The Time Machine - 2002' - REB - 6/20/2005 5:29:54 PM
  - Insert Ahnuld impression here - ljk - 6/20/2005 6:15:24 PM
    - Time paradoxes - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2005 12:52:20 AM
    - I'll be back :) - REB - 6/20/2005 6:40:23 PM
      - Problems... - Adam - 6/20/2005 10:20:26 PM
        
        "The light of other Days" - R.L. - 6/21/2005 6:05:30 AM
        
        Wasn't Omega Point... - Adam - 6/21/2005 6:32:54 AM
        
        Lets agree to disagree - R.L. - 6/21/2005 7:47:56 AM
        
        anytime... - Adam - 6/21/2005 1:04:42 PM
        
        This isn't online, but it appear relevant to the topic - ljk - 6/21/2005 1:30:22 PM
        
        Ah gots t' know! - p - 6/21/2005 8:12:16 PM
        
        Might get a look in today - Adam - 6/21/2005 11:15:10 PM

Deep Impact- real time reporting.... - R.L. - 6/27/2005 6:39:08 AM
- Surprised you think you have to ask. - Tom Brosz - 6/27/2005 6:22:39 PM
  - I wont be able to post images... and I may not be able to do it at all - R.L. - 6/27/2005 6:59:42 PM
    - You're a frontline hero, RL - Adam - 6/28/2005 6:56:35 AM
- re: Deep Impact- real time reporting.... - LJ - 6/27/2005 3:36:43 PM
- Nah, we hate reading those space things... - ljk - 6/27/2005 12:55:22 PM
  - Just in case anyone was worried... - ljk - 6/28/2005 1:48:24 PM
    - HST images Comet Tempel 1 outburst - ljk - 6/28/2005 2:41:13 PM

Back contamination problem update - E.P. Grondine - 6/21/2005 11:31:57 PM
- Sounds like NASA wants money and time to study a non issue. - Scott Evil - 6/22/2005 2:20:36 PM
  - Hot Zone - p - 6/22/2005 3:46:31 PM
    - re: Hot Zone - ljk - 6/22/2005 6:24:48 PM
      - re: Hot Zone - p - 6/22/2005 7:05:58 PM
- re: Back contamination problem update - Chris Vancil - 6/22/2005 12:14:11 AM
- To Boldly Go... - Adam - 6/21/2005 11:49:31 PM
  - re: To Boldly Go... - Joe2700 - 6/22/2005 1:22:52 AM
    - The people most concerned about Back Contamination seem to be very ignorant on the subject... - R.L. - 6/23/2005 8:19:38 AM
      - re: The people most concerned about Back Contamination seem to be very ignorant on the subject... - Joe2700 - 6/24/2005 4:09:33 AM
        
        You Don't Understand The Fundamental Principle Of Microbial Competition - Mark Eby - 6/25/2005 1:19:26 AM
        
        As a side note - R.L. - 6/26/2005 12:24:02 AM
        
        No... - R.L. - 6/24/2005 8:13:20 AM
        
        Chris Chyba isn't ruling out disease transmission - pwokenyaw - 6/24/2005 6:55:24 PM
        
        More likely he knows how to milk a bureaucracy like R.L. knows lasers. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 6/28/2005 2:26:17 PM
        
        Chyba Is Neither A Microbiologist or an MD, He's A Physicist - Mark Eby - 6/25/2005 1:12:41 AM
        
        Geee... that was a low blow.... :) (n/t) - R.L. - 6/25/2005 11:35:41 PM
        
        He's an astrobiologist and bioterrorism expert - pwokenyaw - 6/25/2005 6:25:06 AM
        
        re: He's an astrobiologist and bioterrorism expert - Mark Eby - 6/25/2005 11:46:17 PM
        
        If he says viruses from space can infect humans... - R.L. - 6/25/2005 11:42:35 PM
    - re: To Boldly Go... - Mark Eby - 6/22/2005 2:50:12 AM
      - re: To Go like a real Fool... - Joe2700 - 6/22/2005 5:04:45 AM
        
        and YO JO - ID - 6/22/2005 7:27:12 PM
        
        re: and YO JO - Joe2700 - 6/24/2005 4:00:11 AM
        
        Not According To Microbiologists - Mark Eby - 6/25/2005 12:56:22 AM
        
        Some Relevant Articles - Mark Eby - 6/26/2005 5:22:52 PM
        
        re: Some Relevant Articles - Joe2700 - 6/27/2005 3:11:52 PM
        
        It's Pretty Clear You Aren't Getting It - Mark Eby - 6/28/2005 12:24:10 AM
        
        Did You Read The Articles? - ID - 6/27/2005 5:05:33 PM
        
        re: Did You Read The Articles? - Joe2700 - 6/27/2005 5:54:07 PM
        
        Exactly What Makes You Think - Mark Eby - 6/27/2005 11:55:48 PM
        
        Only a Moonbat would support a MSR - Joe2700 - 6/28/2005 1:11:11 AM
        
        8^) can we all agree to disagree? ****Warning**** - Moderator Bob - 6/28/2005 1:49:00 AM
        
        re: 8^) can we all agree to disagree? ****Warning**** - Joe2700 - 6/28/2005 1:56:43 AM
        
        re: 8^) can we all agree to disagree? ****Warning**** - R.L. - 6/28/2005 2:17:11 AM
        
        I Think a Moderator Should Be More Accurate - ID - 6/28/2005 2:28:46 PM
        
        GRRRRRRR.... THAT POST WAS FROM MODBOB (n/t) - ModBob- still getting the hang of it - 6/28/2005 2:18:43 AM
        
        PS - Mark Eby - 6/28/2005 1:21:07 AM
        
        Whatever - Mark Eby - 6/28/2005 1:18:56 AM
        
        Yeap Luddites Are Generally Considered Fools. - ID - 6/22/2005 7:22:18 PM
        
        That's Nuts! - Adam - 6/22/2005 7:56:07 AM
        
        re: That's Nuts! - Joe2700 - 6/24/2005 4:13:12 AM
        
        Actually... - Adam - 6/25/2005 12:15:22 PM
        
        re: Actually... - Joe2700 - 6/27/2005 3:23:17 PM
        
        Good point - Adam - 6/27/2005 9:22:25 PM
  - where no rover has gone before - E.P Grondine - 6/21/2005 11:56:55 PM
    - Telescopes... - Adam - 6/22/2005 3:38:13 AM
      - Solar Thermal - E.P. Grondine - 6/22/2005 4:24:46 PM
        
        re: Solar Thermal vs sails - p - 6/22/2005 5:02:31 PM
        
        re: Solar Thermal vs sails - ljk - 6/22/2005 6:39:33 PM

Climatic and Biogeochemical Effects of a Galactic Gamma-Ray Burst - ljk - 6/28/2005 2:02:47 PM

On the V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family - ljk - 6/28/2005 1:44:47 PM

Towards Planetesimals in the Disk around TW Hya: 3.5 centimeter Dust Emission - ljk - 6/28/2005 1:32:02 PM
- X-ray Emission from Orion Nebula Cluster Stars with Circumstellar Disks and Jets - ljk - 6/28/2005 1:36:25 PM

Using Fuzzy Logic for Automatic Analysis of Astronomical Pipelines - ljk - 6/28/2005 1:25:30 PM

Clarissa onboard ISS - carl - 6/27/2005 9:02:45 PM

Best of the best Images of Mars? - Chris Vancil - 6/25/2005 8:12:46 PM
- My favorite: - Fox - 6/27/2005 7:02:45 PM
- Perched above Gusev - McFly - 6/25/2005 9:40:27 PM
  - re: Perched above Gusev - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2005 8:41:11 AM
    - re: Perched above Gusev - Doug Ellison - 6/27/2005 10:51:20 AM
  - re: Perched above Gusev - Doug Ellison - 6/26/2005 7:38:27 AM
    - re: Perched above Gusev - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2005 8:38:21 AM
    - That big panorama is beyond cool (n/t) - Gary - 6/27/2005 5:02:46 AM
    - WOW... - R.L. - 6/27/2005 1:54:42 AM
      - re: WOW... - Doug Ellison - 6/27/2005 6:12:31 PM

Venus - Mercury - Raoul - 6/26/2005 10:04:38 PM
- Don't forget Saturn - ljk - 6/27/2005 12:52:21 PM
  - re: Don't forget Saturn - Raoul - 6/27/2005 5:24:56 PM

Ice Crater flyover video - aldo12xu - 6/24/2005 9:23:43 PM
- WOW!!! - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 6/26/2005 4:08:18 AM
- re: Fascinating - BRFelix - 6/25/2005 3:18:34 AM
- re: Ice Crater flyover video - et - 6/25/2005 2:02:26 AM
  - re: Ice Crater flyover video - aldo12xu - 6/27/2005 4:48:19 PM

Seconds from Disaster: "Columbia's Last Flight" on National Geographic Channel - ljk - 6/27/2005 4:40:11 PM

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Plate Tectonics, but... - ljk - 6/23/2005 5:14:08 PM
- Something that I'd like to see from plate tectonic theory - Gary - 6/24/2005 6:22:30 AM
  - PALEOMAP project - jms - 6/25/2005 2:20:21 PM
    - Nice link - thanks - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2005 5:40:58 PM
  - Parts of the Grand Canyon were once mountains higher than Everest - ljk - 6/24/2005 1:05:56 PM
    - North America looked a lot different a billion years ago. - REB - 6/24/2005 4:25:36 PM
      - One of the delights of my job... - Nick Hoffman - 6/24/2005 11:35:58 PM
        
        re: What do you think happened here ... and when? - BRFelix - 6/25/2005 4:57:13 AM
        
        re: What do you think happened here ... and when? - Nick Hoffman - 6/25/2005 3:46:25 PM
        
        Independent work without hidden agendas... - Gary - 6/25/2005 7:20:47 PM
        
        re: Well... - BRFelix - 6/25/2005 7:20:41 PM
        
        Okay: Impact Plume - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2005 3:02:27 PM
        
        re: Heh. Hmmm.... - BRFelix - 6/27/2005 1:09:21 AM
        
        Crack or crock? - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2005 10:59:34 AM
        
        re: Crack or crock? - BRF - 6/27/2005 4:06:58 PM

Fomalhaut's dust ring getting messed up by a planet - ljk - 6/23/2005 4:03:14 PM
- Fish Mouth - phil - 6/23/2005 6:53:27 PM
  - There's a thought - how to make a star last longer? - ljk - 6/23/2005 7:51:45 PM
    - Easy, 'just' change the physics constants - see posts below on multiverse - phil - 6/24/2005 2:28:18 AM
    - Tricky... - Adam - 6/24/2005 1:29:20 AM
      - re: Tricky... - REB - 6/24/2005 5:10:56 PM
- re: Fomalhaut's dust ring getting messed up by a planet - Raoul - 6/23/2005 4:33:58 PM
  - My GOD!!! It's...it's the Eye of Sauron!!! - phil - 6/23/2005 7:56:46 PM
    - re: My GOD!!! It's...it's the Eye of Sauron!!! - froggy - 6/23/2005 8:24:00 PM
      - There was this old science fiction film from1963... - ljk - 6/23/2005 9:30:45 PM
        
        re: There was this old science fiction film from1963... - Fox - 6/24/2005 1:59:09 AM
        
        Official science paper on the Fomalhaut system - ljk - 6/27/2005 1:27:12 PM

The Story of Cosmos 1 is Not Over: A Personal Report by Louis Friedman - LJK - 6/26/2005 5:33:17 PM
- Glad to see they're getting back on their feet. - Lee - 6/27/2005 1:26:45 AM
- Clickable link. - et - 6/26/2005 8:07:12 PM
  - Cosmos 1 Weblog Update for June 25, 2005 - ljk - 6/27/2005 12:59:35 PM
    - Mission details from Jonathan's Space Report - ljk - 6/27/2005 1:10:22 PM

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