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Space to rest - Raoul - 6/8/2005 10:01:33 PM
- Dead bodies in space - Buck Galaxy - 6/9/2005 4:55:27 AM
  - re: Dead bodies in space - ljk - 6/9/2005 12:55:11 PM
- Whatever happened to Team Encounter? - LJK - 6/9/2005 1:13:17 AM
  - re: Yes - Raoul - 6/9/2005 5:33:32 AM
    - Got a response from the former president - ljk - 6/9/2005 5:51:21 PM
      - re: Reminds me of... - Raoul - 6/9/2005 7:12:31 PM

4,131 Candidate Stars within 33 Parsecs of Sol - LJK - 6/9/2005 10:24:12 AM
- Candidates for what? (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 12:45:03 PM
  - re: Candidates for what? - ljk - 6/9/2005 12:51:42 PM
    - So they are candidates for being nearby stars. They might be within 100 lightyears. OK. (n/t) - SDF - 6/9/2005 12:54:30 PM
      - But more than 50 lightyears, 'suspected of course' ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 6/9/2005 2:52:58 PM

A Candidate Neutron Star Associated with Galactic Center Supernova Remnant Sagittarius A East - LJK - 6/9/2005 10:53:13 AM

Direct detection of exo-planets: GQ Lupi - ljk - 6/2/2005 12:15:28 PM
- Young, Jupiter-Mass Objects in Ophiuchus - ljk - 6/6/2005 1:07:26 PM
  - Measurement of Spin-Orbit Alignment in an Extrasolar Planetary System - ljk - 6/7/2005 2:38:46 PM
    - Self-Sustained Ionization and Vanishing Dead Zones in Protoplanetary Disks - ljk - 6/8/2005 1:59:12 PM
      - Three papers on circumstellar protoplanetary disks - ljk - 6/8/2005 9:06:15 PM
        
        Near infrared and the inner regions of protoplanetary disks - LJK - 6/9/2005 10:28:36 AM

Steidle hits the road - Buck Galaxy - 6/9/2005 4:50:58 AM

Juno over Moonrise for the next NASA mission - SteveS - 6/6/2005 12:42:22 PM
- Juno is going to be SOLAR powered - ljk - 6/7/2005 5:40:25 PM
- Politics involved in Juno decision? - Buck Galaxy - 6/6/2005 4:28:33 PM
  - A few problems with Oceans... - Adam - 6/7/2005 11:07:09 AM
    - Adam has got it right - Gary - 6/7/2005 3:28:19 PM
  - re: I duno - SteveS - 6/6/2005 10:07:47 PM
    - Oceans on Jupiter - Buck Galaxy - 6/6/2005 10:53:05 PM
      - re: Oceans on Jupiter - SteveS - 6/6/2005 11:02:10 PM
        
        So how about life in the Jovian atmosphere? - ljk - 6/7/2005 1:27:37 PM
        
        Not possible - Gary - 6/7/2005 3:21:58 PM
        
        would depend on the convection rate, wouldn't it? - pwokenyaw - 6/8/2005 3:01:20 AM
        
        Yeah, if it takes a billion years to do one cycle - Gary - 6/8/2005 5:09:02 AM
        
        re: Yeah, if it takes a billion years to do one cycle - pwokenyaw - 6/9/2005 1:10:00 AM
        
        Buoyancy (n/t) - SDF - 6/8/2005 1:14:18 PM
        
        That's what's driving the convection cycle - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:30:17 PM
        
        Fish have buoyancy - SDF - 6/8/2005 4:40:13 PM
  - re: Politics involved in Juno decision? - ljk - 6/6/2005 5:58:17 PM
- Moon Pirates! - ljk - 6/6/2005 1:23:59 PM
  - re: You're having too much fun - SteveS - 6/6/2005 10:14:36 PM
    - Lunar regolith may be good for astronauts' bones! - ljk - 6/8/2005 5:22:00 PM

Why Don't They Fund More MER's? - Mark Eby - 6/7/2005 12:49:59 AM
- It would be easier to justify if the first two had landed in the middle of a rain forest (n/t) - SDF - 6/7/2005 3:56:32 PM
  - Let's try landing in less flat areas - ljk - 6/7/2005 4:03:08 PM
    - re: Let's try landing in less flat areas - Robert Clark - 6/8/2005 7:14:23 PM
    - re: Let's try landing in less flat areas - dtb - 6/8/2005 12:12:57 AM
      - Up, up, and away in my beautiful Mars exploring balloon! - ljk - 6/8/2005 1:03:52 PM
        
        Round the world by Zeppelin - dtb - 6/8/2005 5:19:27 PM
        
        re: Round the world by Zeppelin - ljk - 6/8/2005 5:28:46 PM
        
        re: Round the world by Zeppelin - dtb - 6/8/2005 11:18:30 PM
    - re: Let's try landing in less flat areas - Chris Vancil - 6/7/2005 8:40:42 PM

Is this real? - joe2700 - 6/8/2005 4:48:31 AM
- No free lunch - Donald - 6/8/2005 1:27:37 PM
- The article does not say how they verified they had fusion, but let's assume it is true... - R.L. - 6/8/2005 6:43:59 AM
- It's real but not horribly interesting - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:53:33 AM
  - might have medical applications (n/t) - SDF - 6/8/2005 5:06:53 AM
    - Doubt it- there are easier ways to get the same things that this produces (n/t) - R.L. - 6/8/2005 7:02:17 AM
    - You're right. It's a cheap fast neutron source. (n/t) - Gary - 6/8/2005 5:10:23 AM
      - re: You're right. It's a cheap fast neutron source. - Joe2700 - 6/8/2005 10:18:29 PM

Titan's Icy Volcanoes Erupting Methane? - ljk - 6/8/2005 6:04:34 PM
- re: Titan's Icy Volcanoes Erupting Methane? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/8/2005 6:22:31 PM
  - Geological Map of what they are calling the Titan Volcano - ljk - 6/8/2005 7:44:22 PM

Biogenic Mars methane claim Dealt a serious blow - R.L. - 6/7/2005 8:49:24 PM
- Still requires current liquid water near surface for the methane to be continuously forming. - Robert Clark - 6/8/2005 7:04:13 PM
- The "methane" detected on Mars has very low concentrations - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:15:20 AM
  - From what I have seen... - R.L. - 6/8/2005 7:00:03 AM
    - The conclusions are based upon spectra with lots of background noise - Gary - 6/8/2005 4:26:41 PM

MOL Spacesuits found at KSC - carl - 6/8/2005 2:33:52 PM
- Details, please - ljk - 6/8/2005 5:56:44 PM
  - Yahoo news reports - carl - 6/8/2005 6:26:11 PM
    - Space.com news item, with images - ljk - 6/8/2005 6:57:38 PM

Galactic Gradients, Postbiological Evolution and the Apparent Failure of SETI - ljk - 6/7/2005 2:56:43 PM
- .... the Apparent Failure of ETI, all of them, maybe? (n/t) - SDF - 6/8/2005 5:03:54 AM
  - Try this on for size - SDF - 6/8/2005 12:35:34 PM
    - re: Try this on for size - ljk - 6/8/2005 1:56:01 PM

Millennium Run - Raoul - 6/2/2005 7:27:11 PM
- re: Millennium Run (n/t) - ismail - 6/8/2005 11:54:54 AM

MARSIS boom #2 soon to deploy.... also below by Doug. - et - 6/7/2005 9:36:12 PM

Spitzer observations of quasars - R.L. - 6/7/2005 8:40:44 PM

Z fires objects faster than Earth moves through space - R.L. - 6/7/2005 8:18:13 PM

Watch ESA Site Tuesday AM - JimO - 6/7/2005 7:48:42 AM
- Aw Jim... you're a big tease - Adam - 6/7/2005 11:30:22 AM
  - ESA-PAO is the big tease - JimO - 6/7/2005 1:27:00 PM
    - Second MARSIS antenna deployment given green light - Doug Ellison - 6/7/2005 3:50:45 PM

Using Supernova Neutrinos to Predict the Formation of a Black Hole - ljk - 6/7/2005 2:04:55 PM
- Testing general relativity and probing the merger history of massive black holes with LISA - ljk - 6/7/2005 2:33:51 PM

Ongoing discussion of Space Science board moderation - Robert - 5/30/2005 10:42:49 PM
- Putting topics in their easy to find places - ljk - 6/7/2005 1:33:47 PM
- knocking this back up in case someone missed it (n/t) - R.L. - 6/6/2005 8:50:04 PM

Possible Meteor event from new comet - SteveS - 6/7/2005 12:56:56 PM

Diesel from carbs... - Adam - 6/6/2005 3:25:53 AM
- Actually you'd use hydrogen peroxide - Gary - 6/6/2005 3:34:47 AM
  - Of course... forgot about H2O2 - Adam - 6/6/2005 4:05:47 AM
    - re: Of course... forgot about H2O2 - Larry J - 6/6/2005 1:25:46 PM
    - No clue - Gary - 6/6/2005 4:48:39 AM
      - Hydrogen Peroxide - SDF - 6/6/2005 1:38:57 PM
      - That's interesting... - Adam - 6/6/2005 1:11:18 PM
        
        Black Horse... - Adam - 6/7/2005 11:28:50 AM

Air Force: Must secure space to protect the nation from attack - Jack Herer - 5/19/2005 3:50:40 PM
- Lunatic conspiracy crap that has no place on this board.... - R.L. - 5/19/2005 8:18:06 PM
  - agreed. (n/t) - SDG - 5/19/2005 11:19:26 PM
- re: Air Force: Must secure space to protect the nation from attack - SDG - 5/19/2005 7:30:26 PM
  - Mexican military video - Jack Herer - 5/19/2005 7:39:45 PM
    - UFOs or Cantarell oil field flares? - Alan G. Archer - 5/22/2005 11:25:47 AM
    - How 'bout the US Air Force - SDG - 5/19/2005 8:14:25 PM
- Must secure space to protect the nation from attack - JimO - 5/19/2005 4:11:41 PM
  - Reagan, SDI, and alien invaders - ljk - 5/19/2005 4:43:06 PM
    - re: Reagan, SDI, and alien invaders - duh - 6/7/2005 7:09:44 AM
    - re: Reagan's quotes on the "alien threat" - Jack Herer - 5/19/2005 7:18:35 PM
      - Sources, please - ljk - 5/19/2005 8:52:41 PM
      - the common thread - SDG - 5/19/2005 7:38:01 PM
    - re: Reagan, SDI, and alien invaders - JimO - 5/19/2005 5:06:50 PM
  - Dr. von Braun - Jack Herer - 5/19/2005 4:34:14 PM
    - ESP, eh? - JimO - 5/19/2005 5:10:41 PM
      - re: ESP, eh? - Jacob Samorodin - 5/19/2005 5:47:16 PM
        
        survival gun - JimO - 5/19/2005 6:17:49 PM

Let's kick up the debate here on more ambitious projects. How about a Venus Sample Return Mission? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/4/2005 5:36:19 PM
- A goof ball idea that I had - Gary - 6/5/2005 5:18:20 AM
  - re: A goof ball idea that I had - gbaikie - 6/7/2005 4:40:41 AM
- re: Let's kick up the debate here on more ambitious projects. How about a Venus Sample Return Mission? - joe2701 - 6/5/2005 1:23:15 AM
- re: Let's kick up the debate here on more ambitious projects. How about a Venus Sample Return Mission? - Mr Fibuli - 6/4/2005 6:15:35 PM
  - re: Let's kick up the debate here on more ambitious projects. How about a Venus Sample Return Mission? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/4/2005 6:44:37 PM
    - Some sample ideas - ljk - 6/4/2005 11:45:04 PM
      - Thanks. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/5/2005 2:24:26 PM
        
        How about a Deep Impact version of a VSRM? - LJK - 6/6/2005 2:45:27 AM
        
        And even if all we can do is slam the space rock into Venus... - ljk - 6/6/2005 1:14:15 PM

Opportunity's Great Escape! - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2005 12:58:04 AM

Preparing for impact- Deep impact - R.L. - 6/5/2005 3:56:53 AM
- Two articles from Space.com on how to watch the DI impact - ljk - 6/6/2005 5:37:15 PM
- Preparing for Deep Impact presser - JimO - 6/5/2005 11:43:12 AM
  - I am curious if... - R.L. - 6/6/2005 6:29:42 PM
    - re: I am curious if... - SteveS - 6/6/2005 9:55:23 PM
      - I believe that I heard that the comet has already passed... - alcaray - 6/6/2005 10:05:51 PM
        
        re: I believe that I heard that the comet has already passed... - SteveS - 6/6/2005 10:38:24 PM
        
        Orbit simulation - SteveS - 6/6/2005 11:52:00 PM
  - re: Preparing for Deep Impact presser - Doug Ellison - 6/5/2005 2:45:40 PM
    - re: Preparing for Deep Impact presser - Jacob Samorodin - 6/5/2005 3:10:42 PM
      - re: Preparing for Deep Impact presser - Doug Ellison - 6/5/2005 3:39:03 PM
- Knowing Raoul... - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2005 4:38:21 AM
  - re: Comet - Raoul - 6/5/2005 8:05:27 AM
    - re: Comet - SteveS - 6/5/2005 1:08:21 PM
    - re: Comet - slinted - 6/5/2005 9:13:38 AM
      - The Large-Scale Electrochemistry and Possible Consequences of Deep Impact Mission to Tempel 1 - ljk - 6/6/2005 1:12:15 PM

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