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LTS - Raoul - 2/2/2005 8:57:31 PM
- Looks like LTS is pinning its future existence on NASA. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/3/2005 4:45:51 PM
  - re: Inspiration - Raoul - 2/3/2005 7:14:21 PM

Titan analogue on the top Shelf - Nick Hoffman - 1/31/2005 12:33:12 PM
- In the urgent interests of science - phil the altruist - 2/1/2005 7:40:58 PM
  - (SNIFF!) Oh, Phil... such devotion to real science is so heartwarming! - R.L. - 2/2/2005 7:37:39 AM
    - R.L. my very good freind...My wife and I will be visiting Hawaii again this spring! - Scott Evil - 2/2/2005 4:12:01 PM
      - Well... - R.L. - 2/2/2005 4:26:36 PM
        
        Nooooo, he's Evil! - et - 2/3/2005 6:10:17 PM
        
        thanks for the offer. - Scott Evil - 2/2/2005 6:29:05 PM
        
        You think that during the day... - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2005 12:32:44 AM
  - Double blind - Nick Hoffman - 2/1/2005 11:13:44 PM
    - Send him a case of carmel colored methanol. - et - 2/2/2005 1:04:02 AM
  - burnt peat - never could figure out how to enjoy scotch. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/1/2005 10:15:12 PM
- re: Another Titan analogue - Johannes - 1/31/2005 9:18:32 PM
- Yes, but... - LJK - 1/31/2005 2:48:45 PM
  - re: Yes, but... - Doug Ellison - 1/31/2005 2:54:32 PM
    - re: Yes, but... - LJK - 1/31/2005 4:50:06 PM
      - Could happen... - Tom Brosz - 1/31/2005 6:04:41 PM
        
        ROTFL. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 9:33:29 PM
    - My favorite dessert order at a restaurant - Tom Brosz - 1/31/2005 4:09:41 PM
      - The cyanide may ruin your appetite - R.L. - 1/31/2005 7:26:01 PM

Cyclic Ozone - Adam - 2/3/2005 1:21:43 PM

Opportuinty - Treck to Victoria Crater : Stats - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2005 3:16:22 PM
- Scaling - Nick Hoffman - 1/28/2005 7:54:56 AM
- re: Opportuinty - Trek to Victoria Crater : Stats - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2005 4:10:06 PM
  - re: Opportuinty - Trek to Victoria Crater : Stats - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2005 4:10:46 PM
    - re: Opportuinty - Trek to Victoria Crater : Stats - with working range table - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2005 4:11:46 PM
      - re: Opportuinty - Trek to Victoria Crater : Stats - with working range table - Doug 'the html god' Ellison - 1/27/2005 4:14:31 PM
        
        Stitch them alltogether, do a voice over, make a DVD - E.P. Grondine - 1/27/2005 5:24:52 PM
        
        Trek to Victoria Crater - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2005 4:34:02 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Marcia - 1/27/2005 4:58:14 PM
        
        "A little traveling music, please..." - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2005 9:37:41 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Delbert - 1/27/2005 9:23:33 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Marcia - 1/27/2005 9:36:52 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Delbert - 1/28/2005 6:08:42 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Doug Ellison - 1/28/2005 8:14:18 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Doug Ellison - 1/27/2005 11:00:40 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Nick Hoffman - 1/28/2005 8:01:49 AM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Marcia - 1/28/2005 1:18:07 AM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Marcia - 1/27/2005 10:10:32 PM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Imran - 1/30/2005 7:04:23 AM
        
        re: Trek to Victoria Crater - Delbert - 1/28/2005 1:36:38 AM
        
        Speaking of shutting off Mars landers... - LJK - 1/30/2005 4:28:34 PM
        
        re: Speaking of shutting off Mars landers...Viking's history - Edwin Strickland - 2/2/2005 8:03:20 AM
        
        Thanks - very informative! (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 2/3/2005 5:36:07 AM

White sulfates from Peace grind - aldo12xu - 2/1/2005 11:54:53 PM
- Nice image. - jms - 2/2/2005 1:14:58 AM
- Don't forget Calcium Sulfate. - et - 2/2/2005 12:59:45 AM
  - probably both sulfates - jms - 2/2/2005 1:16:51 AM
    - re: probably both sulfates - aldo12xu - 2/2/2005 1:45:17 AM
      - The liquid water could be atmospheric. - Robert Clark - 2/2/2005 1:22:17 PM
        
        re: The liquid water could be atmospheric. - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2005 12:21:46 AM
        
        re: Hmmm ... clouds over Meridiani - BRFelix - 2/2/2005 6:00:10 PM
        
        re: The liquid water could be atmospheric. - Marcia - 2/2/2005 2:43:46 PM
      - re: probably both sulfates - jms - 2/2/2005 2:02:59 AM
        
        re: probably both sulfates - aldo12xu - 2/2/2005 3:09:36 AM
        
        I don't recall... - jms - 2/2/2005 4:13:19 AM
        
        re: I don't recall... - aldo12xu - 2/2/2005 4:57:36 PM

Spacesuits 21st Century Style - phil - 1/28/2005 11:58:18 PM
- Urgent spacesuit problem - Tom Brosz - 1/31/2005 4:13:31 PM
  - pre-breathing? could you elaborate? - R.L. - 2/1/2005 5:23:27 PM
    - re: pre-breathing? could you elaborate? - Chris Vancil - 2/1/2005 7:18:32 PM
      - re: pre-breathing? could you elaborate? - Chris Vancil - 2/2/2005 12:09:18 AM
      - pre-breathing and the history - Nick Hoffman - 2/1/2005 11:24:36 PM
        
        "just suit up and go?" - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2005 12:18:40 AM
        
        re: "just suit up and go?" - Chris Vancil - 2/2/2005 12:23:16 AM
- re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2005 10:08:53 PM
- re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Raoul - 1/29/2005 8:48:34 AM
  - re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - phil - 1/29/2005 4:22:16 PM
    - re: Sizes - Raoul - 1/29/2005 5:10:53 PM
      - re: Sizes - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2005 1:55:44 AM
- Would'nt they still need a fur coat or something? - Lee - 1/29/2005 4:19:32 AM
  - Counter intuitive - Gary - 1/29/2005 4:53:23 AM
    - re: Counter intuitive - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2005 3:36:43 AM
      - The way I'd do it on Mars - Gary - 1/31/2005 2:19:44 AM
    - 500 Watts? - Adam - 1/29/2005 10:19:28 PM
      - I stand corrected - Gary - 1/30/2005 3:32:18 AM
    - True, but what about on Mars? (n/t) - Lee - 1/29/2005 5:07:10 AM
      - Same holds true - Gary - 1/29/2005 5:19:03 AM
        
        Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - phil - 1/29/2005 4:25:08 PM
        
        Heinlein was a repellent genius - Gary - 1/29/2005 7:33:21 PM
        
        re: Heinlein was a repellent genius - jms - 1/29/2005 11:34:42 PM
        
        Ok gotcha, thanks for the feedback. (n/t) - Lee - 1/29/2005 5:25:50 AM
- re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Chris Vancil - 1/29/2005 3:12:35 AM
  - Whoops! My bad, sorry gbaikie (n/t) - phil - 1/29/2005 4:19:29 PM
    - re: I thank you for the second posting. - Chris Vancil - 1/31/2005 11:36:42 PM
  - re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Keith Cowing - 1/29/2005 4:21:46 AM
    - I'd call that a missed opportunity. - et - 1/29/2005 6:30:08 PM
      - re: I'd call that a missed opportunity. - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2005 9:30:53 AM
        
        re: I'd call that a missed opportunity. - Keith Cowing - 1/30/2005 12:55:22 PM
        
        re: I'd call that a missed opportunity. - Chris Vancil - 1/31/2005 6:51:10 AM
        
        re: I'd call that a missed opportunity. - Keith Cowing - 2/2/2005 6:25:28 AM
        
        I'd call this a missed opportunity. - Chris Vancil - 2/2/2005 11:15:49 PM
        
        "Experts agree: You are an idiot, Chris." Oh yes, that certianly was so adult of you Cowing. And it sure proves your "point" and reason for posting here. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 2/2/2005 5:16:47 PM
    - re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Chris Vancil - 1/29/2005 6:27:55 AM
      - re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Keith Cowing - 1/29/2005 7:16:34 AM
        
        re: Spacesuits 21st Century Style - Chris Vancil - 1/29/2005 7:57:47 AM
        
        His Point - Mark Eby - 1/29/2005 3:19:28 PM
        
        re: His Point - Keith Cowing - 1/29/2005 4:27:39 PM
        
        Maybeso - Mark Eby - 1/29/2005 7:38:39 PM
        
        re: Maybeso - Keith Cowing - 1/29/2005 8:05:38 PM
        
        For Instance - Mark Eby - 1/29/2005 11:45:45 PM
        
        re: For Instance - Keith Cowing - 1/30/2005 1:02:42 PM
        
        NEOs Understandable - Mark Eby - 1/30/2005 4:20:38 PM
        
        re: His Point - Chris Vancil - 1/29/2005 5:09:27 PM
        
        re: His Point - Keith Cowing - 1/29/2005 6:24:47 PM
        
        My Point Exactly! Thank you for showing such depth and insight (/sarcasm) (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/30/2005 2:01:38 AM

Columbia - R.L. - 2/1/2005 9:02:11 PM
- One case where I wish Frank was right- (And he SHOULD have been right, dammit!) - R.L. - 2/2/2005 1:18:54 AM
- Thanks. - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2005 12:15:31 AM
  - re: Thanks. - REB - 2/2/2005 2:27:41 PM
    - re: Thanks. - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2005 5:10:41 PM
      - Why is NASA so Timid? - REB - 2/2/2005 6:24:15 PM
        
        re: Why is NASA so Timid? - Larry J - 2/2/2005 8:38:24 PM
        
        I think it comes down to politics - Scott Evil - 2/2/2005 6:41:10 PM
  - One thing that is not up for debate about the HZ.... - R.L. - 2/2/2005 5:40:36 AM

National Space Society Partners with SPACE.com on Web Site, Magazine - Chris Vancil - 2/2/2005 5:33:08 PM
- re: National Space Society SPACE.com - Raoul - 2/2/2005 7:55:55 PM

Opportunity clearing out the old data files? - Tom Brosz - 2/1/2005 7:34:16 AM
- Apparently Sol 24 got stuck in the bottom of the data bag - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2005 5:45:13 AM
  - re: Apparently Sol 24 got stuck in the bottom of the data bag - Doug Ellison - 2/2/2005 11:00:51 AM
    - Thanks! Figured it was something like that. - Tom Brosz - 2/2/2005 5:13:31 PM

now there's an interesting rock - jms - 1/27/2005 5:23:53 AM
- Also, look at Peace Rock images - dtb - 1/27/2005 2:52:45 PM
  - jms - how are you with Hexagonal minerals? - Nick Hoffman - 1/28/2005 12:35:13 AM
    - There's a psuedohexagonal mineral that came to mind, - jms - 1/28/2005 1:03:58 AM
      - re: There's a psuedohexagonal mineral that came to mind, - dtb - 1/28/2005 3:56:38 AM
        
        Lemme guess - jms - 1/28/2005 4:39:50 AM
      - Aragonite? - et - 1/28/2005 1:55:51 AM
        
        What I was thinking... - jms - 1/28/2005 4:33:17 AM
        
        re: What I was thinking... - Nick Hoffman - 1/28/2005 7:30:57 AM
        
        Not the top o' the list... - jms - 1/28/2005 3:24:46 PM
        
        re: Not the top o' the list... - Nick Hoffman - 1/29/2005 3:15:27 AM
        
        You know the origin of the mineral name apatite is... - jms - 1/29/2005 6:26:18 AM
        
        How about considering subaqueous eruption? - Philip Simon - 1/30/2005 2:05:05 AM
        
        Okay - jms - 1/30/2005 10:54:24 PM
        
        The (pure?) sulfate they just drilled is much more than just a crust... - Philip Simon - 2/1/2005 1:03:52 AM
        
        Do you know they are sulfates? - jms - 2/2/2005 1:11:00 AM
        
        I guessed on sulfates - Philip Simon - 2/2/2005 4:05:18 AM
        
        Fossilized Fumerole Vents? - crank - 2/2/2005 4:44:45 AM
        
        re: I guessed on sulfates - jms - 2/2/2005 4:43:42 AM
        
        Not in a million years! - Nick Hoffman - 1/30/2005 6:53:21 AM
        
        Sulfate rich magmas have no Earth analog, I believe - Philip Simon - 1/30/2005 7:56:25 PM
        
        An example of basalt invasion into wet sediments: - Simon - 1/30/2005 8:17:33 PM
        
        Excellent Result! - crank - 1/31/2005 3:24:14 AM
        
        Spirit Pillow examples? - Philip Simon - 2/1/2005 2:56:03 AM
        
        No, that's just weathering - Nick Hoffman - 2/1/2005 9:44:39 AM
        
        Non weathered example of possible flat pillows - Philip Simon - 2/1/2005 4:09:02 PM
        
        NO! - Nick Hoffman - 2/1/2005 11:30:34 PM
        
        Ok, you convinced me. - crank - 2/2/2005 2:00:26 AM
        
        re:Flow top alteration model - Nick Hoffman - 1/29/2005 5:40:18 PM
        
        minor correction - jms - 1/28/2005 5:46:01 AM
- re: now there's an interesting rock - Marcia - 1/27/2005 1:54:27 PM
  - re: now there's an interesting rock - Peersa - 1/28/2005 3:43:48 AM
  - re: I meant 'Spirit'. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/27/2005 1:55:34 PM
- Is it credible that.... - Gary - 1/27/2005 6:57:53 AM
  - yes, yes, yes - jms - 1/28/2005 4:56:11 AM
  - Absolutely... - Nick Hoffman - 1/27/2005 8:30:31 AM
    - This is good news [I'll also repeat my boring MER matra] - Gary - 1/27/2005 4:24:42 PM
    - They didn't MEAN to - JimO - 1/27/2005 4:24:25 PM
      - What do you think of SkyCrane JimO? - Adam - 1/29/2005 9:15:20 PM
      - I thought one termination was accidental and the others on purpose. (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/27/2005 5:43:12 PM
- What about this one.....? - et - 1/27/2005 6:10:29 AM

The best part of the day... - Marcia - 1/27/2005 5:51:33 PM
- re: Ah yes... - BRFelix - 1/28/2005 9:16:58 PM
- Sun rise on Mauna Kea - R.L. - 1/27/2005 8:45:09 PM
  - re: Wow! That's what makes a Sunrise-Moonset interesting! (n/t) - Raoul - 1/27/2005 9:18:34 PM
  - re: Sun rise on Mauna Kea - Ahh-mazing. - Marcia - 1/27/2005 9:15:41 PM
    - Whoa! Wait! Hold on... I was NOT implying that I took that picture!!!! - R.L. - 1/27/2005 9:32:19 PM
      - Hey, an honest error... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2005 9:43:14 PM
      - re: Well, golly, - Marcia - 1/27/2005 9:40:50 PM
        
        I am seriously bummed.... and a question - R.L. - 1/27/2005 10:58:24 PM
        
        re: I am seriously bummed.... and a question - Marcia - 1/28/2005 2:55:36 AM
        
        I think I got a potential APOD last night!! - R.L. - 1/28/2005 7:26:51 PM
        
        re: I think I got a potential APOD last night!! - Marcia - 2/1/2005 11:04:36 PM
  - That is freakin awesome. - et - 1/27/2005 8:50:34 PM

Shadows and reflected light - Raoul - 2/1/2005 9:02:28 PM
- re: Shadows and reflected light - Marcia - 2/1/2005 10:11:24 PM

I just whipped out an old "Time-Life" geology book, and read something applicable to Mars. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 4:11:40 PM
- Acid = felsic - jms - 1/31/2005 6:42:32 PM
  - Thanks. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 9:31:17 PM
  - How about them GEODES? - carl - 1/31/2005 9:24:17 PM
    - re: How about them GEODES? - Marcia - 2/1/2005 10:02:41 PM

2 years ago - Raoul - 2/1/2005 8:42:06 PM
- re: Transition - Raoul - 2/1/2005 8:55:32 PM

O'Keefe finishing up a nice speach on NASA TV right now... - Vince - 2/1/2005 3:25:40 AM
- re: Some thoughts on the Future... - Vince - 2/1/2005 5:06:36 AM

This might interest you, Daniel, Nick, and others from down-under...."and from across the pond". - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 10:24:31 PM
- To give you a few more tantalizing details... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 10:51:41 PM
  - Look up Stephen Baxter's efforts... - Adam Crowl - 2/1/2005 5:04:42 AM
  - definitely an alternate history - Daniel - 2/1/2005 12:25:44 AM

The Sorrows of Pluto (comic strip) - pwokenyaw - 2/1/2005 2:33:43 AM

NASA and NRO to Team-Up on Lunar Spacecraft - Eric - 1/31/2005 8:03:48 PM
- re: Clementine - Raoul - 1/31/2005 9:04:55 PM
  - Remember the Apollo 17 LM liftoff? - et - 2/1/2005 12:36:52 AM
  - Clementine was mostly a technology demonstrator - Larry J - 1/31/2005 11:11:17 PM
  - That brings up an important question. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 9:47:09 PM
    - re: The poles - Raoul - 1/31/2005 10:05:33 PM
      - I still think there are parts of the lunar polar region that have not been imaged...yet. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 10:14:19 PM
  - A moon shuttle and lab would be wonderful and long overdue. (n/t) - Eric - 1/31/2005 9:15:05 PM

Could the ISS become the RSS ? - Raoul - 1/31/2005 5:12:29 PM
- Nope, how 'bout the aSS? - carl - 1/31/2005 9:10:01 PM
  - re: Russia! - Raoul - 1/31/2005 9:28:13 PM
    - Yup, but look at what happend to SKYLAB! - carl - 1/31/2005 9:41:19 PM
      - re: Mir example - Raoul - 1/31/2005 10:25:44 PM
    - Salvage rights. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/31/2005 9:39:38 PM

Spot 4 and the Tsunami - Raoul - 1/31/2005 7:05:41 PM
- re: good shots - jms - 1/31/2005 8:48:48 PM

Alien Contact on National Geographic Channel February 2 - LJK - 1/31/2005 4:52:42 PM

Interesting engineering feasibility demo for moon colonies - phil - 1/29/2005 11:19:10 PM
- Anyone have questions? - et - 1/31/2005 2:52:07 AM
  - The obvious one... - Nick Hoffman - 1/31/2005 12:34:47 PM
  - re: Heck yeah! - Nathan Koren - 1/31/2005 12:20:35 PM
- Been posted - Adam - 1/30/2005 3:11:20 AM
  - re: Been posted - p - 1/30/2005 1:07:48 PM
    - re: Been posted - Nathan Koren - 1/30/2005 6:40:11 PM

Keith Cowing: What's the hot gossip about NASA Ames? - Gary - 1/29/2005 8:34:11 PM
- re: Keith Cowing: What's the hot gossip about NASA Ames? - Keith Cowing - 1/30/2005 1:00:25 PM
  - Huh? - Gary - 1/30/2005 11:51:08 PM

Opportunity heading for crater named "Argo." - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2005 10:30:00 PM
- Craters and pictures - Nick Hoffman - 1/30/2005 6:03:05 AM
  - re: Craters and pictures - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2005 7:40:40 PM
- re: Opportunity heading for crater named "Argo." - Doug Ellison - 1/29/2005 10:42:41 PM
  - Really? - Tom Brosz - 1/29/2005 11:40:03 PM
    - re: Really? - Doug Ellison - 1/30/2005 2:26:00 AM
      - re: Aaaaarrrgh! (oh) - Nathan Koren - 1/30/2005 8:20:39 AM
      - Great! Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 1/30/2005 3:39:02 AM

Questions on NEO Programs for Larry J, JimO, or Anyone From NASA - Mark Eby - 1/29/2005 3:44:32 PM
- How About RL? - Mark Eby - 1/30/2005 7:07:23 PM
  - I dont think I have met anyone in that area, but - R.L. - 1/30/2005 7:18:42 PM
- Corrected Link - Mark Eby - 1/29/2005 3:55:14 PM

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