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What would a hot spring on Mars look like? - Nick Hoffman - 5/2/2005 2:58:21 PM
- When I click on this link.... - et - 5/3/2005 2:44:05 PM
  - I found it under jms' post... (n/t) - et - 5/3/2005 3:58:35 PM
- re: What would a hot spring on Mars look like? - Fox - 5/3/2005 2:10:36 AM
  - Good point. - jms - 5/3/2005 3:04:40 AM
    - re: Good point. - Nick Hoffman - 5/3/2005 8:36:34 AM
      - A couple of google finds: - jms - 5/3/2005 3:53:11 PM
        
        re: Nice examples - BRFelix - 5/3/2005 4:53:22 PM
- Check that link again, Nick. (n/t) - et - 5/2/2005 4:06:13 PM
- Agreed. - jms - 5/2/2005 3:38:37 PM
  - re: columbia hills - dwh - 5/3/2005 9:39:13 PM

Lithopanspermia in Star Forming Clusters - ljk - 5/2/2005 2:40:35 PM
- A slightly different scenario... - Adam - 5/3/2005 2:33:53 AM
  - re: A slightly different scenario... - ljk - 5/3/2005 12:10:47 PM

Is Oppy on its way again? - STR - 5/2/2005 6:21:46 PM
- update - JimO - 5/3/2005 11:18:23 AM
- update - JimO - 5/3/2005 11:18:17 AM
- re: Is Oppy on its way again? - Doug Ellison - 5/2/2005 6:45:45 PM
- STR is LJ - slip of the keys moving from one application to another (n/t) - LJ - 5/2/2005 6:23:08 PM

Another laser night (cool pic) - R.L. - 5/1/2005 6:17:42 AM
- Better hope some weird alien doesn't ride down that beam... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/1/2005 7:06:53 AM
  - re: Better hope some weird alien doesn't ride down that beam... - Eric - 5/1/2005 5:27:17 PM
    - It's a matter of interpretation. - et - 5/2/2005 5:10:52 PM
    - Are you a troll, or do you just play one on the web? - R.L. - 5/1/2005 11:28:11 PM
      - re: Are you a troll, or do you just play one on the web? - Eric - 5/2/2005 6:26:43 PM
        
        I notice that you did not address the fact that C2C is a lunatic program- - R.L. - 5/3/2005 5:51:36 AM
        
        ROTFLMAO - R.L. - 5/2/2005 7:13:59 PM
      - Totally harmless? Looks like it did some damage to me.... ;) (n/t) - et - 5/2/2005 5:11:55 PM
        
        Damage? THIS is damage.... - R.L. - 5/2/2005 6:16:10 PM
        
        Ok, ok.... Mostly Harmless. :) (n/t) - et - 5/2/2005 6:59:27 PM
    - re: Better hope some weird alien doesn't ride down that beam... - p - 5/1/2005 6:15:14 PM
      - When your only tool is a hammer, I guess every problem is a nail. - et - 5/2/2005 5:14:01 PM
      - STS-48 was in 1991. - Tom Brosz - 5/1/2005 8:00:35 PM
      - Actually, I was making a vague "Outer Limits" reference. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/1/2005 7:57:18 PM
        
        re: Actually, I was making a vague "Outer Limits" reference. - p - 5/1/2005 9:07:40 PM

ISOON (Sun) - Raoul - 5/2/2005 9:49:23 PM

Spirit and Opportunity panoramas - SteveS - 5/2/2005 2:11:39 PM

Huge sunspot right in the middle! - Raoul - 5/1/2005 7:20:26 PM
- 5 Earths huge, nice pic Raoul (n/t) - SteveS - 5/2/2005 2:01:19 PM

AutoStitch - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2005 12:36:43 AM
- re: AutoStitch - Doug Ellison - 5/2/2005 8:56:32 AM

The heavens last night (about 590 KB) - Raoul - 5/1/2005 8:06:39 PM
- It's full of stars! (n/t) - p - 5/1/2005 9:08:57 PM

Shuttle delayed -- NET late July - dtb - 4/29/2005 5:55:42 PM
- Good call, when you absolutely have to get it right - SteveS - 5/1/2005 1:02:33 PM

Einstein and Beyond in the May, 2005 National Geographic Magazine - LJK - 5/1/2005 3:59:15 AM
- the idea of 'beyond Einstein' could be overrated, at least for now - Daniel - 5/1/2005 5:27:06 AM
  - the link - - D. - 5/1/2005 5:29:47 AM
- another classic issue to keep .. - Daniel - 5/1/2005 5:21:20 AM
  - National Geo - August, 1970 - LJK - 5/1/2005 5:29:23 AM
    - Ludek Pesek - Daniel - 5/1/2005 6:04:52 AM
      - Carl Sagan's article on Mars in the December, 1967 NGM - LJK - 5/1/2005 6:34:04 AM
        
        re: Carl Sagan's article on Mars in the December, 1967 NGM - Raoul - 5/1/2005 12:19:22 PM

A profile of Joe Veverka - LJK - 5/1/2005 4:43:39 AM

VTOL aircraft brings autogyro concept up to date. - David F Mayer - 4/29/2005 3:49:27 PM
- They claim "VTOL", why don't they show it? (n/t) - RobVG - 4/30/2005 2:47:33 AM
  - Several autogyro designs can do VTOL - Larry J - 5/1/2005 12:21:08 AM
    - Jump takeoff- cool. - RobVG - 5/1/2005 1:56:09 AM
- And here's another interesting rotarywing development - Larry J - 4/29/2005 4:40:33 PM
- CarterCopter website - Larry J - 4/29/2005 4:28:11 PM

The first photographed exoplanet ? - Raoul - 4/30/2005 7:51:47 AM
- re: The first photographed exoplanet ? - Raoul - 4/30/2005 8:27:24 AM
  - re: The first photographed exoplanet ? - Jacob Samorodin - 4/30/2005 7:16:44 PM

Space Access Conference - phil - 4/30/2005 3:06:25 AM
- Couldn't make it to that one. Dang. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2005 5:06:03 PM

Dust - Raoul - 4/30/2005 3:54:01 PM

Some gossip about Prometheus / JIMO - Gary - 4/26/2005 4:15:56 AM
- I hate to be a wet blanket... - R.L. - 4/26/2005 5:24:19 AM
  - Wasn't much of a fight. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/26/2005 8:04:14 PM
    - NASA spent heaps of money to preempt the anti-Cassini bozos - Gary - 4/27/2005 5:58:39 AM
      - re: federal door stop factories - dtb - 4/27/2005 1:20:04 PM
      - re: federal door stop factories - dtb - 4/27/2005 1:20:01 PM
  - The best flagship mission for Prometheus... - Buck Galaxy - 4/26/2005 5:09:50 PM
    - Exactly. I posted a similar proposal, months ago. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/27/2005 6:00:29 PM
  - re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - Keith Cowing - 4/26/2005 5:47:23 AM
    - re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - dtb - 4/26/2005 1:19:22 PM
      - Trust me- I have seen it happen - R.L. - 4/27/2005 5:54:50 AM
        
        re: Trust me- I have seen it happen - Keith Cowing - 4/27/2005 1:46:33 PM
      - I don't know... - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2005 4:23:43 PM
      - Prometheus is political - Gary - 4/26/2005 3:42:58 PM
        
        PR and a little pork barrel for the nuclear power industry - pwokenyaw - 4/27/2005 3:28:21 AM
        
        re: both seem plausible - dtb - 4/27/2005 1:15:02 PM
        
        re: Prometheus is political - McFly - 4/27/2005 2:59:54 AM
      - re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - pwokenyaw - 4/26/2005 3:22:34 PM
        
        re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - Chris Vancil - 4/26/2005 11:44:22 PM
        
        ? MER's Are Solar Powered Not Nuclear Powered - Mark Eby - 4/28/2005 2:03:07 AM
        
        re: ? MER's Are Solar Powered Not Nuclear Powered - keith Cowing - 4/28/2005 2:22:23 AM
        
        re: ? MER's Are Solar Powered Not Nuclear Powered - Chris Vancil - 4/28/2005 10:04:21 PM
        
        MERs and New Horizons - pwokenyaw - 4/29/2005 5:18:59 PM
        
        re: MERs and New Horizons - Chris Vancil - 4/29/2005 9:20:10 PM
        
        Sorry Chris, Thanks Keith - Mark Eby - 4/29/2005 1:58:38 AM
        
        Actually there are other radioactive... - Chris Vancil - 4/30/2005 1:22:15 AM
        
        Actually there are other radioactive... - Chris Vancil - 4/30/2005 1:22:11 AM
        
        re: I hate to be a wet blanket... - pwokenyaw - 4/27/2005 3:30:28 AM

Speculation on Virgin's Strategy - phil - 4/27/2005 4:23:24 PM
- re: Speculation on Virgin's Strategy - Larry J - 4/29/2005 7:55:13 PM
- Must... resist... straightline... (n/t) - alcaray - 4/27/2005 8:46:25 PM
  - Not to worry - I suspect at least some could resist you. :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 4/28/2005 5:43:49 AM
    - The lines they resisted were not necessarily straight. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/28/2005 9:23:05 PM

Tithonium Chasma by Mars Express - Raoul - 4/29/2005 6:26:26 PM

Microbial fuel cell: High yield hydrogen source and wastewater cleaner - Wet Chemistry - 4/27/2005 6:04:38 PM
- if you want CH4 there are easier microbial digestion routes - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2005 9:36:18 AM
  - Why don't you want all that carbon fouling up you fusion reactor? - Scott Evil - 4/28/2005 5:10:42 PM
    - Carbon, schmarbon. All the best quality fusion reactors work all the way up to iron. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2005 8:40:24 PM
      - Good one, Tom! - Fox - 4/28/2005 8:51:02 PM
    - Tragic conseguences of "brain carbonation" apparently... (n/t) - Scat Eediot - 4/28/2005 7:01:53 PM
  - Whats wrong with a CH4 economy? - et - 4/28/2005 4:58:13 PM
    - re: Whats wrong with a CH4 economy? - Nick Hoffman - 4/29/2005 9:29:54 AM
      - The banality of fossil fuels. - et - 4/29/2005 5:34:30 PM

I heard an incomplete radio report - David F Mayer - 4/29/2005 3:13:13 PM
- re: I heard an incomplete radio report - phil - 4/29/2005 3:37:39 PM

I'm back - Delbert - 4/29/2005 12:41:07 AM
- re: I'm back - alcaray - 4/29/2005 3:25:10 PM
- Welcome back, Del (n/t) - Fox - 4/29/2005 1:42:35 PM
- re: I'm back - Raoul - 4/29/2005 5:38:17 AM
- Glad you survived - Gary - 4/29/2005 4:08:11 AM
- Welcome back - donald - 4/29/2005 1:29:21 AM
- Good to hear you're doing better. - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2005 12:55:56 AM

MRO launch just over 3 mo away - Sawyer - 4/27/2005 11:50:35 AM
- re: MRO launch just over 3 mo away - Doug Ellison - 4/27/2005 2:38:01 PM
  - Could MRO resolve the Viking Landers? - Gary - 4/28/2005 7:19:21 AM
    - re: Could MRO resolve the Viking Landers? - Doug Ellison - 4/28/2005 7:52:44 AM
      - Worrying... - Gary - 4/28/2005 4:09:37 PM
        
        Gossip about Phoenix - Gary - 4/29/2005 4:58:47 AM
        
        re: Worrying... - Doug Ellison - 4/28/2005 4:26:19 PM
        
        Thank you - Gary - 4/29/2005 4:40:50 AM

Did NASA launch an experimental Solar Power Satellite ? - SDF - 4/29/2005 12:28:57 AM
- re: Toads ? - Johannes - 4/29/2005 3:09:26 AM

Meteor Shower Causes Panic In New England - Eric - 4/25/2005 3:57:18 AM
- The real secret reason for the meteor shower - Joe2700 - 4/29/2005 2:31:44 AM
- 2005 - 1833 ... what's the difference? - ljk - 4/25/2005 1:34:03 PM
  - re: 2005 - 1833 ... what's the difference? - p - 4/25/2005 7:58:25 PM

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