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Mars Express polar volcanoes video - aldo12xu - 5/26/2005 5:58:06 PM

Aren't they about ready to resume deployment of MARSIS? - alcaray - 5/26/2005 4:54:58 PM

Deep Impact Event - alcaray - 5/26/2005 4:03:13 PM

Solar sail update - alcaray - 5/24/2005 3:48:20 PM
- Slow and steady wins the race - ljk - 5/24/2005 4:30:48 PM
  - The Planetary Society's goodies with Cosmos 1 - ljk - 5/26/2005 2:19:11 PM

Levison on the Late Heavy Bombardment... - Adam - 5/26/2005 12:44:04 PM

'Odd spot' on Titan baffles scientists. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/25/2005 8:07:10 PM
- Transitory methane signature - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/26/2005 10:12:35 AM
- re: 'Odd spot' on Titan baffles scientists. - Raoul - 5/25/2005 9:39:13 PM
  - re: 'Odd spot' on Titan baffles scientists. - Raoul - 5/25/2005 9:47:10 PM
    - Leftover planetary fire... - Adam - 5/26/2005 12:21:14 PM
    - My fervent wish is that there would be a Titanian volcano underneath that cloud.. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/25/2005 11:19:13 PM

US Stands in Way of Space Treaty - Helen Caldicott - p - 5/24/2005 6:28:44 PM
- Pardon my ignorance... Who's Helen Caldicott? - Gary - 5/25/2005 3:19:22 PM
  - re: Pardon my ignorance... Who's Helen Caldicott? - p - 5/25/2005 3:26:20 PM
    - Oh... She's an educated barking moonbat. Those are the worst variety. (n/t) - Gary - 5/25/2005 3:41:21 PM
- Does ANYONE take that hack seriously anymore? - R.L. - 5/25/2005 4:41:19 AM
  - Just to clarify.... - R.L. - 5/25/2005 4:55:21 AM
    - re: Just to clarify.... - phil - 5/25/2005 12:14:14 PM
- re: US Stands in Way of Space Treaty - Helen Caldicott - JimO - 5/24/2005 8:09:06 PM
  - correction - alcaray - 5/25/2005 9:47:08 PM
  - Other alternative viewpoints - phil - 5/24/2005 8:46:41 PM

Kliper - Raoul - 5/22/2005 5:26:41 PM
- The Russians better be careful, or they'll end up spending all their money on mockups. (n/t) - Lee - 5/23/2005 3:31:55 AM
- Cool. ESA may invest in Kliper - Buck Galaxy - 5/23/2005 12:00:41 AM
  - Heh heh heh!.... - Jacob Samorodin - 5/23/2005 7:43:40 PM
  - Euro-Russian space alliance - Peter Bruener - 5/23/2005 6:34:51 AM
    - re: Euro-Russian space alliance - A wonderful idea - phil - 5/23/2005 1:01:36 PM
    - What's the Russian equivalent of an Ariane 5? - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 7:35:32 AM
      - re: Zenit, Proton, Onega... - Raoul - 5/23/2005 11:13:58 AM
        
        Probably just Proton - Peter Bruener - 5/25/2005 9:01:49 AM
- re: Kliper - Delbert - 5/22/2005 5:43:14 PM

Where to make mini black holes - ljk - 5/23/2005 2:28:18 PM
- Dunkin' Donuts? ;-) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/23/2005 7:45:07 PM
- amazing considering the scale difference between gravity and nuclear forces - Daniel - 5/23/2005 3:58:47 PM
- re: Where to make mini black holes - Delbert - 5/23/2005 3:12:18 PM
  - re: holes ?? - Johannes - 5/23/2005 11:40:42 PM
    - Oodles of new papers on black holes - ljk - 5/24/2005 3:19:54 PM
      - "conformal thin-sandwich decomposition ' .. - Daniel - 5/25/2005 7:57:10 AM
      - re: Thank you for the links (n/t) - Johannes - 5/25/2005 12:13:46 AM
        
        Most supermassive black hole growth is obscured by dust - LJK - 5/25/2005 5:22:51 AM

The Cyborg Astrobiologist - LJK - 5/25/2005 5:26:40 AM

The Long Emergency - Greg - 5/23/2005 8:33:01 AM
- Wait a minute? Why is this even on the space science board? - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 9:18:40 AM
- What about other major oil importers like Japan, China and Europe? - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 9:17:38 AM
  - I have seen how the rich treat the poor on a local scale - ljk - 5/23/2005 1:01:11 PM
    - Gee, you should live out here in California. - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 3:38:52 PM
      - re: Gee, you should live out here in California. - ljk - 5/23/2005 3:43:06 PM
        
        Which rich did you visit? - alcaray - 5/23/2005 8:22:02 PM
        
        re: Which rich did you visit? - ljk - 5/23/2005 8:52:54 PM
        
        All those estates, and probably not a Republican among them... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 4:02:30 PM
        
        re: All those estates, and probably not a Republican among them... ;) - ljk - 5/24/2005 4:05:39 PM
        
        Celebrity would frighten me - alcaray - 5/23/2005 9:08:49 PM
        
        Ewwwww....L.A. doesn't count. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 7:41:23 PM

More "movie shots" of Opportunity's digout - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 7:49:02 AM
- Coool animation...But how can it be 'stuck' yet move 39 feet? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 2:04:00 PM
  - Oooops!...Brain freeze!....I think I answered my own question. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 2:11:07 PM
    - It's not stuck ;) - Doug Ellison - 5/24/2005 2:57:54 PM
      - Boy, if my car were doing that, I'd still be saying "stuck." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 4:01:11 PM
      - MER-B is "swimming" in Mars dust - Gary - 5/24/2005 3:26:11 PM
        
        re: MER-B is "swimming" in Mars dust - Doug Ellison - 5/24/2005 4:01:59 PM
        
        Will radar help?.... Hint hint hint. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 3:58:52 PM
      - They should have put retrorockets on the rovers to blast them out of there! - ljk - 5/24/2005 3:20:49 PM

Rollback Reset of Discovery 2 check for Cracks - carl - 5/23/2005 11:03:47 PM
- Same old, same old. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 1:26:05 PM

There IS a science instrument on the ISS! - ljk - 5/23/2005 1:58:09 PM
- Science on ISS -- why such a secret? - JimO - 5/23/2005 3:57:28 PM
- Sorry - just got so excited... - ljk - 5/23/2005 2:03:37 PM
  - Pure satellite wouldn't be cheaper - Arthur Smith - 5/24/2005 5:00:42 AM
  - Lots of stuff up there already. It all depends on crew. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2005 3:07:05 PM
    - re: Lots of stuff up there already. It all depends on crew. - ljk - 5/23/2005 3:23:48 PM
      - re: Lots of stuff up there already. It all depends on crew. - alcaray - 5/23/2005 5:59:57 PM
        
        How come we aren't using warp drive to boldly go yet? - ljk - 5/23/2005 6:54:13 PM
        
        We are all waiting for you to invent warp drive - alcaray - 5/23/2005 8:17:52 PM
        
        I'm building one in my basement; it's right next to my cold fusion reactor - ljk - 5/23/2005 8:44:38 PM
- re: There MAY BE a science instrument on the ISS IN THE FUTURE - Doug Ellison - 5/23/2005 2:03:24 PM
  - Maybe we'll get some art and culture up there too - ljk - 5/23/2005 3:21:45 PM

Now JWST, SIM, and TPF are Threatened? - LJK - 5/21/2005 1:23:44 PM
- re: Now JWST, SIM, and TPF are Threatened? - Delbert - 5/22/2005 4:04:47 PM
  - Just who are these anti-spacers, exactly? - ljk - 5/23/2005 1:11:42 PM
    - Historical examples - Gary - 5/23/2005 4:54:28 PM
      - re: Historical examples - p - 5/23/2005 8:03:52 PM
        
        re: Historical examples - ljk - 5/23/2005 8:21:48 PM
      - re: Historical examples - ljk - 5/23/2005 6:38:17 PM
  - You've nailed it - Gary - 5/22/2005 11:15:17 PM
- By far the worst problem for astronomers - Nick Hoffman - 5/22/2005 1:04:52 AM
  - Mike Griffin is aware of this - Gary - 5/22/2005 3:38:32 AM
    - the real political reason for not cancelling ISS/Shuttle now - pwokenyaw - 5/23/2005 1:54:14 PM
    - re: Mike Griffin is aware of this - ljk - 5/23/2005 12:56:34 PM
    - re: Mike Griffin - Buck Galaxy - 5/22/2005 4:35:39 AM
      - He's my hero too - Gary - 5/22/2005 5:49:49 AM
        
        To be fair... - dtb - 5/22/2005 2:29:56 PM
        
        So what do you guys think of the original 1984-85 station design? - Lee - 5/23/2005 7:16:04 AM
        
        The window-of-opportunity was with SEI and Bush-Senior - Gary - 5/22/2005 10:58:48 PM
        
        re: The window-of-opportunity was with SEI and Bush-Senior - dtb - 5/23/2005 2:29:51 AM
        
        A big driver is military applications of aerospace technology - Gary - 5/23/2005 4:39:30 PM
        
        re: The window-of-opportunity was with SEI and Bush-Senior - phil - 5/23/2005 1:06:27 AM
        
        re: The window-of-opportunity was with SEI and Bush-Senior - Raoul - 5/23/2005 5:27:48 AM
        
        The view of the Milky Way from the dark side would be its match (n/t) - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 8:57:10 AM
        
        What dark side? - ljk - 5/23/2005 7:03:52 PM
        
        I think it's the chocolate coating. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 8:24:32 PM
        
        More on when ISS could have been stopped - dtb - 5/22/2005 2:54:36 PM
        
        The universl assumption here - E.P. Grondine - 5/22/2005 3:18:43 PM
- The Mars program has issues as well - Gary - 5/21/2005 11:50:03 PM

Two Papers on the Hipparcos Data - ljk - 5/23/2005 2:12:54 PM
- Gaia - phil - 5/23/2005 8:13:38 PM

Meteorite hits driveway, leaves 2-foot creator - Eric - 5/22/2005 7:34:26 PM
- Sadly amusing that in the early 21st Century... - ljk - 5/23/2005 2:41:36 PM
  - re: Sadly amusing that in the early 21st Century... - Jacob Samorodin - 5/23/2005 7:41:14 PM
    - re: Sadly amusing that in the early 21st Century... - ljk - 5/23/2005 8:08:55 PM
- Would a meteorite that small make a crater? I thought we covered this topic on the HZ board. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 5/23/2005 1:43:17 PM
  - re: Would a meteorite that small make a crater? I thought we covered this topic on the HZ board. - gbaikie - 5/23/2005 6:28:56 PM
  - re: Would a meteorite that small make a crater? I thought we covered this topic on the HZ board. - ljk - 5/23/2005 3:09:32 PM
- RE: 2-foot creator - dtb - 5/22/2005 9:11:40 PM
  - Don't be stupid - Sam F. - 5/23/2005 2:44:16 AM
    - A two-foot diety is better than a nine-inch pianist. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 4:15:17 AM
      - I will not make a joke about... - ljk - 5/23/2005 7:05:05 PM
      - I am trying SO HARD to not make a punny response..... - R.L. - 5/23/2005 7:17:27 AM
        
        I didn't make a pun, I was quoting an ancient punch line. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/23/2005 7:55:18 AM

Strange object found on Google Satellite Imaging - Jack Herer - 5/17/2005 3:21:39 PM
- Same object photographed in New Zealand from the ground - Lindy - 5/23/2005 4:06:16 PM
  - More crap that has no place here - R.L. - 5/23/2005 7:12:13 PM
- re: Strange object found on Google Satellite Imaging - ljk - 5/18/2005 12:40:18 PM
- re: Strange object - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2005 3:37:10 PM
  - Thanks Tom, I found the other two. n/t - Jack Herer - 5/17/2005 5:51:28 PM

Columbia Hills alteration & phosphorous - aldo12xu - 5/21/2005 7:38:02 AM
- re: Columbia Hills alteration & phosphorous - Nick Hoffman - 5/22/2005 1:07:24 AM
  - re: Columbia Hills alteration & phosphorous - aldo12xu - 5/22/2005 3:53:01 PM
    - Significant Runoff on Early Mars Identified in River Channels - ljk - 5/23/2005 3:15:46 PM

Antares occultation by Moon May 24th. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 5/21/2005 5:02:15 AM
- For those who would like some details on the event - ljk - 5/23/2005 3:11:41 PM

To Catch A Wave - gbaikie - 5/23/2005 12:05:05 AM

Images of Mars orbiters from an orbiter - WOW! - JimO - 5/19/2005 5:16:35 PM
- I must apologize - dtb - 5/20/2005 6:34:13 PM
  - re: Polar orbits - Raoul - 5/20/2005 8:25:25 PM
    - re: Polar orbits - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2005 5:40:19 PM
      - re: Polar orbits - Raoul - 5/21/2005 10:04:22 PM
        
        re: Polar orbits - Nick Hoffman - 5/22/2005 1:14:15 AM
        
        re: Polar orbits - Raoul - 5/22/2005 8:14:14 AM
        
        Excellent - Nick Hoffman - 5/22/2005 11:21:02 AM
        
        re: Excellent - Raoul - 5/22/2005 3:19:14 PM
- I must ask... - ljk - 5/20/2005 12:56:46 PM
  - re: I must ask... - Doug Ellison - 5/20/2005 2:49:03 PM
- re: Images of Mars orbiters from an orbiter - WOW! - Raoul - 5/19/2005 7:05:22 PM
- Rats! You scooped me!...Well done, Jim. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/19/2005 5:42:15 PM
  - Mars Rover article in July issue of National Geographic Magazine - ljk - 5/20/2005 7:34:49 PM

Anyone want to make predictions about the deep impact mission? - R.L. - 5/20/2005 12:59:17 AM
- My prediction: (more of a barely educated WAG) - R.L. - 5/20/2005 4:12:09 AM
  - Th comet will be knocked out of its orbit, where it will careen towards... - ljk - 5/20/2005 12:49:46 PM
    - Could the comet be torn apart? - Lee - 5/21/2005 12:17:44 AM
      - When a bug hits your winshield... - R.L. - 5/22/2005 6:57:37 AM
    - ROTFL! Thank God the nucleus is not as big as Texas. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/20/2005 3:13:36 PM
      - And let's not forget that 1979 Irwin Allen classic... - ljk - 5/20/2005 4:26:10 PM

Antarctic ice cap getting thicker... - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2005 10:20:26 PM
- Probably due to increased precipitation (snow). (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/22/2005 2:49:32 AM
  - That's what the article mentioned. - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2005 5:16:58 AM

Pipelauncher redux - gbaikie - 5/22/2005 2:53:11 AM
- re: Pipelauncher redux - gbaikie - 5/22/2005 4:38:15 AM

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