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Meteorite hits Cambodia, sparks fires - Eric - 1/27/2005 12:25:31 AM

Scott and Leonov - Raoul - 1/26/2005 8:29:05 PM

US crews aboard the ISS - Raoul - 1/26/2005 5:10:23 PM

Spacewalk under way - Raoul - 1/26/2005 10:36:42 AM
- Find GOO on space station vents! - carl - 1/26/2005 3:28:39 PM
  - re: space station vents - Raoul - 1/26/2005 4:45:05 PM
    - Typical sci-fi story fodder...... - carl - 1/26/2005 4:58:49 PM

Oppy's track (1,7 MB) - Raoul - 1/25/2005 2:12:50 PM
- Great! Thanks! Another interesting photo... - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2005 4:23:05 PM
- What's next? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/25/2005 4:18:35 PM
  - re: What's next? - pwokenyaw - 1/26/2005 4:41:49 PM

Earth-like Mars: Swindle or Delusion? - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 4:59:27 PM
- re: Earth-like Mars: Swindle or Delusion? - Doug Ellison - 1/23/2005 10:34:34 PM
  - Who are you trying to fool, sunshine? - E.P. Grondine - 1/24/2005 12:55:19 AM
    - re: Who are you trying to fool, sunshine? - Doug Ellison - 1/24/2005 9:28:26 AM
    - re: Who are you trying to fool, sunshine? - Doug Ellison - 1/24/2005 9:17:32 AM
      - Just ignore him Doug. - et - 1/24/2005 7:40:38 PM
        
        re: Just ignore him Doug. - Doug Ellison - 1/24/2005 8:51:09 PM
        
        I already apologized, sunshine - E.P. Grondine - 1/25/2005 1:28:03 AM
        
        re: I already apologized, sunshine - Doug Ellison - 1/25/2005 9:08:33 AM
        
        Tag team or not?, Doug - E.P. Grondine - 1/26/2005 3:13:45 AM
        
        Answer the question Grondine. - Doug Ellison - 1/26/2005 9:05:30 AM
        
        I think that you already have - E.P. Grondine - 1/26/2005 3:22:10 PM
        
        re: I think that you already have - Doug Ellison - 1/26/2005 3:51:26 PM
        
        This is the HZ. - et - 1/24/2005 9:38:31 PM
        
        Yeah, Hazardous Zone - E.P. Grondine - 1/25/2005 1:10:18 AM
- re: Earth-like Mars: Swindle or Delusion? - Keith Cowing - 1/23/2005 5:11:13 PM
  - How's the National Space Society doing, Keith? - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 5:31:57 PM
    - re: How's the National Space Society doing, Keith? - Keith Cowing - 1/23/2005 5:39:00 PM
      - "going around in circles" - E.P. Grondien - 1/23/2005 6:00:37 PM
        
        re: "going around in circles" - Keith Cowing - 1/23/2005 6:03:14 PM

Asteroid named after â€˜Hitchhikerâ€™ humorist. - Marcia - 1/26/2005 12:22:47 AM

Opportunity's meteorite shows little signs of errosion - Buck Galaxy - 1/22/2005 5:43:31 AM
- re: Opportunity's meteorite shows little signs of errosion - REB - 1/24/2005 2:55:16 PM
  - Heat Shield Rock - REB - 1/24/2005 5:30:01 PM
- It looks like a giant peach pit. (n/t) - Lee - 1/23/2005 10:06:25 AM
- Iron-nickel meteorites are incredibly hard - Gary - 1/22/2005 10:19:24 PM
  - Methane on Mars. - Robert Clark - 1/24/2005 1:59:28 PM
    - re: Methane on Mars. - Nick Hoffman - 1/24/2005 9:36:10 PM
- re: Opportunity's meteorite shows little signs of errosion - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2005 11:54:46 AM
  - re: Can you explain why you so confidently assert - BRFelix - 1/22/2005 2:48:42 PM
    - Rate's of meteorite impacts on Mars. - Robert Clark - 1/24/2005 2:25:37 PM
      - re: Rate's of meteorite impacts on Mars. - n - 1/24/2005 9:51:35 PM
    - re: Can you explain why you so confidently assert - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2005 4:42:44 PM
      - Mars ain't dead, mac. - Robert Clark - 1/24/2005 1:53:16 PM
      - How much rock has been removed - bruced - 1/24/2005 11:23:53 AM
        
        The spherules erode too. - Philip Simon - 1/24/2005 3:54:18 PM
        
        re: How much rock has been removed - Nick Hoffman - 1/24/2005 12:08:30 PM
      - Unfair to ask... - Peter Bruener - 1/23/2005 3:32:01 AM
        
        The secret ingredient... - Nick Hoffman - 1/23/2005 6:43:33 AM
      - re: Thank you, Nick. That's an excellent (and somewhat - BRFelix - 1/23/2005 3:03:53 AM
      - Good post. - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2005 10:51:37 PM
        
        Pedestal Rocks - Nick Hoffman - 1/23/2005 1:00:10 AM
        
        Pedestal Rocks - pics - Nick Hoffman - 1/23/2005 7:09:57 AM
        
        One site - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2005 3:10:17 AM
        
        Buried in the sand... - Nick Hoffman - 1/23/2005 6:42:07 AM
        
        Could be lots of meteorites on the plains - Buck Galaxy - 1/23/2005 8:22:40 PM
        
        Thanks. That explains why this meteorite was found coincidentally close to the heat shield. - Robert Clark - 1/24/2005 2:51:01 PM
        
        How about the rocks at the Viking 2 landing site? - LJK - 1/24/2005 11:01:01 PM
        
        Not Shiny - Nick Hoffman - 1/25/2005 1:15:19 PM
        
        re: Not Shiny - LJK - 1/25/2005 3:43:10 PM
        
        Everywhere? - Nick Hoffman - 1/25/2005 5:06:59 PM
        
        The surface is not denuded of soil everywhere - alcaray - 1/26/2005 12:09:42 AM

Separated at birth? - LJ - 1/25/2005 10:20:09 PM

HST - Raoul - 1/25/2005 1:26:05 PM

Could the Allen Array be used to operate the MERs? - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 3:55:54 PM
- re: Could the Allen Array be used to operate the MERs? - Doug Ellison - 1/24/2005 5:02:23 PM
  - Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! - E.P. Grondine - 1/25/2005 1:53:55 AM
    - re: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! - Doug Ellison - 1/25/2005 10:03:08 AM
- Radio telescope arrays for NEO search. - Robert Clark - 1/24/2005 12:04:15 AM
  - re: Radio telescope arrays for NEO search. - E.P. Grondine - 1/24/2005 4:16:43 PM

Possibilities for life on Mars - a surprising new microbe. - Robert Clark - 1/22/2005 9:36:26 AM
- Really interesting - Adam - 1/24/2005 11:13:51 PM
- Thanks For The Links - Mark Eby - 1/22/2005 4:35:49 PM
- re: Possibilities for life on Mars - a surprising new microbe. - Robert Clark - 1/22/2005 2:26:22 PM
  - re: Possibilities for life on Mars - a surprising new microbe. - Robert Clark - 1/22/2005 2:31:09 PM
- re: Possibilities for life on Mars - a surprising new microbe. - Adam - 1/22/2005 1:05:31 PM

A CME hits SOHO - Raoul - 1/20/2005 10:01:04 PM
- re: A CME hits SOHO - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 2:02:33 AM
  - re: Nope. - Nathan Koren - 1/21/2005 10:22:41 PM
    - re: Nope. - E.P. Grondine - 1/22/2005 2:46:45 PM
      - That dark area is a blind spot in all SOHO images - R.L. - 1/22/2005 8:01:56 PM
        
        yes - E.P. Grondine - 1/22/2005 11:09:57 PM
        
        Pitiful... - R.L. - 1/23/2005 1:13:43 AM
        
        Lest anyone be confused by RL's little smear campaign - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 3:28:05 AM
        
        re: Lest anyone be confused by RL's little smear campaign - Doug Ellison - 1/23/2005 11:34:51 AM
        
        Lest anyone be confused by Doug and RL's little smear campaign - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 4:13:11 PM
        
        It is a fact campaign, EP.... - R.L. - 1/23/2005 4:41:07 AM
        
        How stupid do you think the people here are? - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 4:11:34 PM
        
        EP, you should ask your own self that question - Davin :. - 1/24/2005 7:21:45 PM
        
        In general the people I know are quite a bit more intelligent than you... - R.L. - 1/23/2005 9:17:13 PM
  - What are you talking about? - R.L. - 1/21/2005 2:28:07 AM
    - re: What are you talking about? - LJ - 1/21/2005 2:42:42 AM
      - Even when it is 'quiet'... - R.L. - 1/21/2005 3:11:32 AM
      - You mean that he meant the streaks and fuzz when the CME hit the probe?! - R.L. - 1/21/2005 3:02:44 AM
        
        Uhhh, R.L. - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 3:17:29 PM
        
        Then WHAT makes you think a CME could 'illuminate' ANYTHING?! (n/t) - R.L. - 1/21/2005 7:32:31 PM
        
        re: You mean that he meant the streaks and fuzz when the CME hit the probe?! - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 1:35:44 PM
        
        Uhhh, Doug... - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 3:19:18 PM

Really good news on lost Hyugens data - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 3:49:14 AM
- re: Really good news on lost Hyugens data (false assumption) - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 8:38:07 AM
  - re: Really good news on lost Hyugens data (false assumption) - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 10:13:27 AM
    - Would filtering and contrast enhancement work? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2005 3:24:36 PM
    - Just what the man said... - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 3:10:04 PM
      - re: Just what the man said... - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 4:06:56 PM
        
        I have been wondering about that... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2005 4:56:33 PM
        
        re: I have been wondering about that... - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 6:16:33 PM
        
        So have I... - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 6:12:18 PM
        
        It's one thing to detect the carrier wave another to demodulate the signal - Gary - 1/21/2005 5:20:54 PM
        
        re: I wonder if they'll make the signal publically available? - Nathan Koren - 1/21/2005 9:16:21 PM
        
        Getting raw telemetry is always a challenge - Gary - 1/22/2005 3:56:01 AM
        
        re: Getting raw telemetry is always a challenge - Chris Vancil - 1/22/2005 7:12:38 AM
        
        Thank you - Gary - 1/22/2005 10:54:10 PM
        
        re: Thank you - Chris Vancil - 1/24/2005 6:34:30 AM
        
        I'll be pleasantly surprised - Gary - 1/24/2005 4:18:00 PM
        
        same thing holds true for SETI - E.P. Grondine - 1/21/2005 6:18:27 PM
        
        re: same thing holds true for SETI - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 9:44:21 PM
        
        re: the key word being "attempts" - Nathan Koren - 1/21/2005 10:16:07 PM
        
        re: the key word being "attempts" - Doug Ellison - 1/21/2005 11:13:33 PM
        
        the real key word - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 4:05:52 AM
        
        and another real key word - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 4:20:53 AM
        
        re: and another real key word - Doug Ellison - 1/23/2005 11:31:02 AM
        
        okay - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 3:34:28 PM

That Laser's working pretty good, R.L.! - jms - 1/24/2005 4:02:52 AM

Figures about the Mars missions - Raoul - 1/23/2005 8:12:03 PM

What process is this? - Peersa - 1/22/2005 3:29:14 AM
- Cool! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2005 6:06:48 PM
- Erosion (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2005 4:54:51 PM
  - re: Erosion (n/t) - Peersa - 1/23/2005 4:00:36 AM

Comments on this flaky rock? - Buck Galaxy - 1/22/2005 7:35:21 PM
- re: Comments on this flaky rock? - Marcia - 1/22/2005 11:29:51 PM
  - re: Comments on this flaky rock? - Marcia - 1/23/2005 2:19:17 AM
    - Yeah - watch out - E.P. Grondine - 1/23/2005 3:52:40 AM
- re: Danish? Leaf? - Raoul - 1/22/2005 10:09:25 PM
- Now THAT'S interesting! - LJ - 1/22/2005 8:48:52 PM

Hubble Trouble - Alberto - 1/21/2005 9:04:17 PM
- Letter to Save the Hubble Space Telescope - LJK - 1/22/2005 2:30:37 AM
  - re: Letter to Save the Hubble Space Telescope - Marcia - 1/22/2005 3:55:55 AM
- Anybody up for a privately-funded salvage mission? - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2005 12:03:08 AM
  - re: Anybody up for a privately-funded salvage mission? - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2005 12:00:56 PM
  - re: Reasons against - Raoul - 1/22/2005 9:08:21 AM
    - re: Reasons against - LJK - 1/22/2005 2:05:52 PM
      - re: Previous missions have... - Raoul - 1/22/2005 10:22:35 PM
      - A retrieval mission would cost a couple hundred million dollars - Larry J - 1/22/2005 5:39:31 PM
      - Past Tense? - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2005 4:50:46 PM
        
        re: Past Tense? - LJK - 1/22/2005 9:11:41 PM
  - re: Anybody up for a privately-funded salvage mission? - Marcia - 1/22/2005 2:15:22 AM
  - Some cute Hubble ideas - Alberto - 1/22/2005 1:53:47 AM
  - re: Anybody up for a privately-funded salvage mission? - Alberto - 1/22/2005 1:16:22 AM
- re: Hubble Trouble - Raoul - 1/21/2005 11:27:10 PM

Methane Rivers - Adam - 1/21/2005 12:29:44 PM
- Heh heh heh! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/22/2005 3:40:41 PM
- Fill 'er UP! - carl - 1/21/2005 6:04:52 PM
  - Lots of LNG is fine - but without O2 it's like putting water in your gas tank (n/t) - LJ - 1/21/2005 6:31:37 PM
- Designing a Titan rover would be "interesting" - Gary - 1/21/2005 5:14:15 PM
  - re: We got yer rover right here... - Nathan Koren - 1/21/2005 9:01:28 PM
    - re: Argh! Sorry about the malformed HTML! - Nathan Koren - 1/21/2005 9:03:22 PM
  - Ballooning would be a natural on Titan - alcaray - 1/21/2005 6:58:55 PM
  - References - LJK - 1/21/2005 6:04:42 PM
  - Maybe a hovercraft? - LJ - 1/21/2005 5:55:18 PM
  - re: Small sets of gliders. - Marcia - 1/21/2005 5:36:22 PM
- re: Cryovolcanism(?!) - Marcia - 1/21/2005 3:37:31 PM

James Cameron's Aliens of the Deep Coming to IMAX on January 28, 2005 - LJK - 1/22/2005 3:04:54 PM

Titan... on Earth - Adam - 1/22/2005 1:30:42 PM

JGR Planets in press - jms - 1/21/2005 11:34:47 PM

Latest news from Titan a bit confusing - John Q. Public - 1/21/2005 7:00:10 PM
- "it may have rained as recently as a couple days before the landing" - SteveS - 1/21/2005 8:43:48 PM
  - the article on Space Daily among others - John Q. Public - 1/21/2005 9:33:33 PM
- I'm curious about the solid stuff that the surface is made of - alcaray - 1/21/2005 8:38:55 PM

Anybody else thinking it's taking forever for Spirit to get to a cool new overlook? - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2005 3:49:04 AM
- It's old but new to me - jms - 1/21/2005 5:00:21 AM
- re: Anybody else thinking it's taking forever for Spirit to get to a cool new overlook? - Doug Ellison - 1/20/2005 9:25:33 AM
  - re: Anybody else thinking it's taking forever for Spirit to get to a cool new overlook? - Davin :. - 1/20/2005 2:26:35 PM
    - I think that kind of thing is great! - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2005 4:33:11 PM
      - re: I think that kind of thing is great! - JJB - 1/21/2005 8:38:51 AM
        
        For all the complaining, there's still a lot of "the right stuff" in our space program. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2005 4:57:50 PM
        
        re: I think that kind of thing is great! - JJB - 1/21/2005 8:44:41 AM
- I read somewhere they were having slippage problems for a while - Buck Galaxy - 1/20/2005 8:17:00 AM
- Isn't one of its wheels shot? (n/t) - Gary - 1/20/2005 5:23:26 AM
  - I think they're managing all right. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2005 6:59:05 AM
    - Mars Rovers Continue Mission - LJK - 1/20/2005 12:16:08 PM

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