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Leaving the ISS - Raoul - 6/10/2005 8:18:18 PM
- re: Leaving the ISS - brian gyles - 6/10/2005 11:40:54 PM
  - Twenty-five gigabucks of steel: the objectives of the International Space Station - ljk - 6/13/2005 7:57:45 PM
    - re: Twenty-five gigabucks of steel: the objectives of the International Space Station - brian gyles - 6/14/2005 12:10:31 AM

Pluto Probe leaves Johns Hopkins for Goddard SFC - ljk - 6/13/2005 2:48:49 PM
- great news .. now for next January .. then a 9-year hop .. - Daniel - 6/13/2005 5:13:56 PM

Nova in Aquila - Raoul - 6/12/2005 9:28:28 AM
- the Aquila Gambit approaches... - Adam - 6/13/2005 6:26:22 AM
  - re: the Aquila Gambit approaches... - ljk - 6/13/2005 3:06:24 PM

'Space Review': Today's NASA needs a few more John Houbolts - JimO - 6/13/2005 2:22:19 PM

The "Solar Model Problem" Solved by the Abundance of Neon in Stars of the Local Cosmos - ljk - 6/10/2005 3:36:59 PM
- Neutronium Core? - Adam - 6/13/2005 5:09:59 AM
  - re: Neutronium Core? - ljk - 6/13/2005 1:41:00 PM

Report by the ESA-ESO Working Group on Extra-Solar Planets - LJK - 6/9/2005 10:36:21 AM
- This is really cool stuuf - Buck Galaxy - 6/9/2005 8:44:35 PM
  - re: This is really cool stuuf - LJK - 6/10/2005 12:56:18 AM
    - Systematic Analysis of 22 Microlensing Parallax Candidates - ljk - 6/10/2005 3:41:19 PM
      - NSF Media Advisory: Scientists Make New Discovery About Planets Outside Our Solar System - ljk - 6/10/2005 5:45:48 PM
        
        Possible Giant Planets at Hundreds of AU in the HD141569 Disk - ljk - 6/10/2005 9:29:55 PM
        
        Capture theory - Adam - 6/13/2005 6:43:03 AM

Sky with diamonds - gbaikie - 6/7/2005 12:48:49 PM
- re: Sky with diamonds - Sawyer - 6/12/2005 3:48:00 PM
  - re: Sky with diamonds - gbaikie - 6/12/2005 10:28:58 PM
- Nah... Even Anne Leftleaner-Evil is a material girl when it comes to diamonds. - Scott Evil - 6/7/2005 1:36:53 PM
  - re: Nah... Even Anne Leftleaner-Evil is a material girl when it comes to diamonds. - gbaikie - 6/7/2005 11:06:23 PM
  - A diamond core the size of Earth inside Jupiter? - ljk - 6/7/2005 2:16:52 PM
    - The core is metallic hydrogen. There's no diamond there. (n/t) - Gary - 6/8/2005 5:12:17 AM
      - But, but... - ljk - 6/8/2005 12:55:18 PM
        
        liquid diamonds... - Adam - 6/9/2005 11:39:37 AM
        
        Dead right again - Gary - 6/10/2005 4:10:10 AM
        
        Mantle Diamonds - Nick Hoffman - 6/11/2005 5:29:44 AM
        
        Kimberley - Gary - 6/11/2005 5:31:04 PM
        
        Hey... - Adam - 6/9/2005 11:37:15 AM
        
        re: Hey... - ljk - 6/9/2005 12:48:47 PM
        
        Forlorn future histories... - Adam - 6/10/2005 10:42:52 AM
        
        re: Forlorn future histories... - ljk - 6/10/2005 2:29:08 PM
        
        Bussard fusors... - Adam - 6/13/2005 5:31:15 AM
        
        Always underestimating the amount of time required to do things - SDF - 6/10/2005 11:16:13 AM
        
        Life has limits... - Adam - 6/13/2005 5:22:46 AM

A double flare ("Iridium" type) - Fox - 6/11/2005 3:37:14 PM
- something like this? - SDG - 6/12/2005 6:58:09 PM
  - re: something like this? - Fox - 6/12/2005 10:46:45 PM
  - Or this? - SteveS - 6/12/2005 10:27:40 PM
- re: I've seen it once before - Raoul - 6/12/2005 12:58:59 AM
  - Two separate, simultaneous, diverging tracks - Fox - 6/12/2005 1:59:18 PM
    - re: Two separate, simultaneous, diverging tracks - Raoul - 6/12/2005 4:45:02 PM
      - re: Different magnitudes - Fox - 6/12/2005 11:00:28 PM
- Heavens Above says... - Fox - 6/11/2005 4:34:36 PM
  - Possibly meteors? - SteveS - 6/11/2005 10:58:33 PM
    - Way too slow for meteors - Fox - 6/11/2005 11:44:46 PM
      - Them Iridium's are fast - SteveS - 6/12/2005 12:59:23 AM
        
        Thanks again - Fox - 6/12/2005 2:07:47 PM

Squyres June 9 report - JimO - 6/9/2005 8:55:15 PM
- A different question..... - Tony - 6/10/2005 8:51:16 PM
- How Long Can This Go On?! - Who? - 6/10/2005 4:39:12 AM
  - MERtians - JimO - 6/10/2005 3:39:10 PM
    - MERtians: Sold! No Returns... :) (eof) (n/t) - Who? - 6/11/2005 2:39:24 AM
    - You know.... - et - 6/10/2005 6:37:10 PM
      - re: You know.... - Doug Ellison - 6/11/2005 9:22:06 AM
      - also - Buck Galaxy - 6/11/2005 8:17:51 AM
  - re: How Long Can This Go On?! - Doug Ellison - 6/10/2005 12:45:30 PM
    - Would love to see MRO imaging of both landing sites (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/10/2005 4:32:51 PM
      - re: Would love to see MRO imaging of both landing sites - ljk - 6/10/2005 5:29:38 PM
    - re: How Long Can This Go On?! - ljk - 6/10/2005 4:03:33 PM

Space resorts now available here on Earth - Chris Vancil - 6/11/2005 4:39:05 AM

Deep Impact HRI focus flaw -- manufacturing error - JimO - 6/10/2005 3:41:04 PM
- "What OTHER space instruments were built equally flawed?" ...Hubble? - RobVG - 6/11/2005 3:26:45 AM
- re: Deep Impact HRI focus flaw -- manufacturing error - Doug Ellison - 6/10/2005 4:28:45 PM
  - re: Deep Impact HRI focus flaw -- manufacturing error - JimO - 6/10/2005 9:19:59 PM
  - What was the difference between the test mirror and the one that went to space? - alcaray - 6/10/2005 5:02:27 PM
    - the test mirror and the one that went to space - JimO - 6/10/2005 9:23:43 PM
    - I know humans make mistakes, etc., but... - ljk - 6/10/2005 5:12:47 PM

The "Star Wars" Worlds: More Science Than Fiction? - ljk - 6/9/2005 7:20:32 PM
- re: Human characters - Raoul - 6/9/2005 8:30:28 PM
  - re: Human characters - LJK - 6/11/2005 1:55:32 AM

Pictures, pictures..... - Raoul - 6/7/2005 7:51:19 PM
- Oh my! Quelle treat, n'est pas? - BRF - 6/10/2005 10:23:30 PM
- From the fellow who brought you all those cool space documents... - ljk - 6/10/2005 1:42:08 PM

Circumstellar Dust Disks in Taurus-Auriga: The Submillimeter Perspective - ljk - 6/10/2005 3:30:57 PM
- The need for small-scale turbulence in atmospheres of substellar objects - ljk - 6/10/2005 9:21:46 PM

Getting Real on atmospheric CO 2 increase. - et - 6/8/2005 6:29:10 PM
- White House Environmental Chief Cooney Watered Down Climate Reports - LJK - 6/9/2005 11:05:49 PM
- Okay - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2005 4:36:14 AM
  - Chaos Ed. BTW: Apples and Duck a la orange. - et - 6/9/2005 4:42:32 AM
    - Well why don't they use Chebyshev polynomials to predict temperatures then? (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 4:44:32 AM
      - SDF huh? What's that stand for again? - et - 6/9/2005 4:51:55 AM
        
        Super Dimensional Fortress... - Adam - 6/9/2005 11:32:13 AM
        
        Nah, I don't feel like it (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 5:35:33 AM
- re: Getting real - gbaikie - 6/9/2005 2:51:05 AM
- re: Getting - gbaikie - 6/8/2005 11:59:21 PM
- re: Getting Real on atmospheric CO2 increase. - Scott Evil - 6/8/2005 9:48:55 PM
  - re: Getting Real on atmospheric CO2 increase. - pwokenyaw - 6/9/2005 12:55:40 AM
    - Why do the global warming CO2 topics get the most responses? - LJK - 6/9/2005 10:14:17 AM
      - If you look at the actual people participating in the discussion.... - et - 6/10/2005 1:33:45 AM
        
        Hey, I didn't have a post in this thread!....oh, bugger. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2005 6:31:24 AM
      - We still have to live here - Fox - 6/10/2005 12:59:02 AM
        
        re: We still have to live here - ljk - 6/10/2005 3:14:39 PM
        
        Feeling especially intimate with possible ramifications of climate change tonight? ;) - et - 6/10/2005 1:33:34 AM
        
        re: Feeling intimate - Fox - 6/10/2005 2:03:42 PM
      - Yeah but its kindof out of reach (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 10:19:59 AM
        
        NOVA: "World in the Balance: The People Paradox" - ljk - 6/10/2005 8:59:02 PM
- Bookmarked -- thanks! (n/t) - Fox - 6/8/2005 9:10:09 PM

Hayabusa to 'arrive' at asteroid Itokawa in early September - JimO - 6/7/2005 9:07:27 PM
- The mission almost had the first rover on a planetoid - ljk - 6/10/2005 5:33:02 PM
- Good write-up. - alcaray - 6/7/2005 10:31:50 PM
- re: Hayabusa to 'arrive' at asteroid Itokawa in early September - Doug Ellison - 6/7/2005 10:22:26 PM
- One of the first spaceships to be propelled by a narcotic - R.L. - 6/7/2005 9:23:20 PM
  - re: One of the first spaceships to be propelled by a narcotic - pitrio - 6/8/2005 1:16:57 PM
    - :) What I meant was... - R.L. - 6/8/2005 9:14:13 PM
      - re: :) What I meant was... - pitrio - 6/9/2005 1:24:12 AM

Understanding our Origins: Star Formation in H II Region Environments - ljk - 6/10/2005 3:53:08 PM

Supernova remnant N 63 A from the HST - Raoul - 6/7/2005 4:36:20 PM
- Infrared Echoes near the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A - ljk - 6/10/2005 3:24:30 PM

SpaceX update - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2005 4:39:17 AM
- Falcon V is where it gets exciting - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:56:43 AM
  - Manned options - Adam - 6/8/2005 1:13:58 PM
    - re: Manned options - Joe2700 - 6/8/2005 5:44:43 PM
    - They might try to reinvent the Gemini or Mercury capsule - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:35:13 PM
      - They could just buy a Soyuz - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2005 4:38:45 AM
      - How about Dyna-Soar? - ljk - 6/8/2005 5:50:06 PM
        
        Expensive - Gary - 6/10/2005 4:13:52 AM
        
        re: Expensive - ljk - 6/10/2005 1:18:37 PM
        
        re: Expensive - ljk - 6/10/2005 1:15:21 PM

Worlds, worlds aplenty! - Raoul - 6/9/2005 8:15:11 PM
- Saturn Rules... - Adam - 6/10/2005 10:44:55 AM

Space !!! ..... Up there somewhere (waves hand vaguely overhead) (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 12:57:12 PM
- Ah, you've had to brief generals, too! - Larry J - 6/9/2005 1:28:19 PM
  - And also deal with the results..... - dtb - 6/10/2005 2:39:15 AM
  - I could give you an extremely detailed explanation for my vague hand-waving, or not, what's your rank again? (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 10:29:46 PM

Back To Boulder Again - Who Else? - Mark Eby - 6/7/2005 12:59:53 AM
- didn't you use to have an old friend who lived in Boulder? - Tony - 6/8/2005 7:51:37 PM
  - Sorry Don't Get The Joke - Mark Eby - 6/10/2005 2:18:09 AM
- re: details? - jms - 6/8/2005 6:49:27 PM
  - re: details? - Chris Vancil - 6/8/2005 9:09:37 PM
- re: TMSC 8 - Chris Vancil - 6/7/2005 8:57:23 AM

Keck is doing something very cool for the Deep Impact mission!!! - R.L. - 6/9/2005 8:22:40 PM
- Other Deep Impact News - Mark Eby - 6/10/2005 2:15:54 AM
- Perhaps similar to this... - alcaray - 6/9/2005 9:19:56 PM
- re: the Deep Impact mission - Raoul - 6/9/2005 8:40:15 PM

Active sun - Raoul - 6/9/2005 9:10:43 PM

One Year Ago Today - The 2004 Transit of Venus - ljk - 6/8/2005 6:47:33 PM
- re: One Year Ago Today - The 2004 Transit of Venus - Raoul - 6/8/2005 6:52:58 PM
  - re: One Year Ago Today - The 2004 Transit of Venus - SteveS - 6/9/2005 6:49:30 PM
    - re: Laurent Laveder - Raoul - 6/9/2005 7:15:43 PM

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