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Liquid Methane. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/15/2005 3:53:49 PM

More on the clouds above Meridiani. - Robert Clark - 1/13/2005 11:54:11 PM
- re: More on the clouds above Meridiani. - Robert Clark - 1/15/2005 2:37:06 PM
- Do you understand what you write and copy? - Nick Hoffman - 1/14/2005 10:25:23 AM
  - A clarification. - Robert Clark - 1/14/2005 2:29:02 PM
- re: A question for you, Bob - BRFelix - 1/14/2005 5:32:38 AM
  - The Power of Paradigm. - Robert Clark - 1/14/2005 2:57:22 PM

ESA Mosaic of Coastline... - Adam - 1/15/2005 1:48:43 PM

First Colorised Pic from Titan - AndyMc - 1/15/2005 1:21:37 PM

No optical scopes saw the entry (n/t) - R.L. - 1/14/2005 8:48:07 PM
- heard a rumour that the VLBA saw something... (n/t) - R.L. - 1/15/2005 1:06:22 AM
  - No way. - et - 1/15/2005 2:38:39 AM
    - It appears to be incorrect, VLBA was one of those listening for the carrier signal... - R.L. - 1/15/2005 3:20:11 AM
      - I wish I was wrong... - et - 1/15/2005 6:01:44 AM
        
        New physics? No, that would be unlikely... - R.L. - 1/15/2005 7:21:08 AM
    - It could be a very confused rumor or just completely wrong... - R.L. - 1/15/2005 2:46:31 AM
- Keck release - R.L. - 1/14/2005 10:53:05 PM
- They stood a better chance if it burned up on entry. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:52:49 PM
  - To the Republicans in the crowd n/t - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:54:16 PM
- It was a L---O---N---G shot anyway..... Nice try though. (n/t) - et - 1/14/2005 8:51:40 PM

Science channel special on Titan tonight at 9pm ET - SteveS - 1/15/2005 1:37:54 AM
- Science channel special -- OUTSTANDING - JimO - 1/15/2005 3:14:38 AM
  - re: Science channel special -- OUTSTANDING - SteveS - 1/15/2005 4:40:59 AM
  - Any highlights? - dtb - 1/15/2005 3:37:04 AM
    - re: Any highlights? - SteveS - 1/15/2005 4:26:47 AM
      - A little more - SteveS - 1/15/2005 6:16:55 AM

Titan probe images to be delayed for a few hours... - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 3:38:32 AM
- So far, I don't see any mind-controlling slugs... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2005 4:13:27 AM
  - re: they made you say that, didn't they? (n/t) - jms - 1/15/2005 4:49:46 AM

Shoemaker's last warning, Part 1 - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 4:23:55 AM
- Shoemaker's last warning, Part 2 - E.P. Grondine - 1/15/2005 4:29:37 AM

Meteorite Or Solution To Gary's Puzzle? - Mark Eby - 1/13/2005 10:29:55 PM
- Looks like a Meteorite - REB - 1/14/2005 2:14:11 PM
- No, my puzzle was purely aerodynamic. The rock is a meteorite. (n/t) - Gary - 1/14/2005 5:25:10 AM
  - Huh, Would Of Thought Loosing A Piece Might Effect Aerodynamics. (n/t) - ID - 1/14/2005 5:01:45 PM
    - re: Huh, Would Of Thought You Would Have Given Up On This By Now. (n/t) - et - 1/14/2005 9:00:54 PM
- looks like it's been there for awhile. - jms - 1/14/2005 1:56:08 AM
  - It's just an iron-nickel meteorite - Gary - 1/14/2005 5:23:51 AM
    - Fe-Ni bolides are usually ferromagnetic - magnETic - 1/14/2005 6:16:42 AM
- Doesn't look much like melted spacecraft debris to me... - LJ - 1/13/2005 11:24:51 PM
  - Got A Picture Of Some Melted Spacecraft Debris? - Mark Eby - 1/14/2005 1:40:39 AM
    - Actually, it looks a bit like this... - Nick Hoffman - 1/14/2005 7:45:56 AM
      - Aren't Those Already Slowed Shuttle Pieces? (n/t) - ID - 1/14/2005 4:55:29 PM
    - Actually, Mark- the chances are not that astronomical - R.L. - 1/14/2005 5:30:02 AM
      - Spitits Been Traveling A Year (n/t) - ID - 1/14/2005 4:53:54 PM
    - re: Got A Picture Of Some Melted Spacecraft Debris? - Nathan Koren - 1/14/2005 4:42:22 AM
  - Looks kinda like this guy - LJ - 1/13/2005 11:31:02 PM
    - It also reminds me of the rocks seen at the Viking 2 landing site - LJK - 1/14/2005 2:07:32 PM

Images coming in on the NASA live feed! - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 7:58:50 PM
- One image and flash of a second - JimO - 1/14/2005 8:29:58 PM
  - re: One image and flash of a second. - I concur. LOL - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:37:06 PM
  - Here is the second picture - REB - 1/14/2005 8:34:00 PM
- aaaaaaAAAA!!!! I missed it!! - Delbert - 1/14/2005 8:14:45 PM
  - re: First picture - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:16:41 PM
    - COOL! (n/t) - Davin :. - 1/14/2005 8:28:15 PM
    - thaks Raoul! (n/t) - Delbert - 1/14/2005 8:26:11 PM
    - re: First picture = Yep, that's the one. - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:20:57 PM
      - re: CNN - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:26:08 PM
    - Well that's interesting. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:20:04 PM
- Rivers! But please help ESA's media team! - dtb - 1/14/2005 8:09:54 PM
- It's full of stars!!! - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:09:31 PM
- Going to lunch. Hope they have something up on the websites soon. - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 8:07:06 PM
- Aaaaaiiiiiigggghhhh!!! - Nathan Koren - 1/14/2005 8:06:49 PM
  - re: CNN has a preview/section of the image at their frontpage. :) (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:17:43 PM
- re: FABULEUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Raoul - 1/14/2005 8:03:02 PM
  - Looks like the Appalachians. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 8:05:20 PM
    - re: Speaking of mountains... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:32:18 PM
- re: 2 (they're focusing on one now) of 320 images! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 8:00:40 PM

ESA Huygens Descent commentary on LiveNASA TV @ 8:30 ET (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 1:25:22 PM
- re: Up there in space, the mysterious Titan - Raoul - 1/14/2005 5:40:56 PM
  - It was designed to float - alcaray - 1/14/2005 7:15:52 PM
- First relayed signal from Huygens Probe via the Cassini mother ship - JimO - 1/14/2005 3:37:09 PM
  - science data comes in -- good shape - JimO - 1/14/2005 4:53:09 PM
- re: JPL is on now LiveNASA TV 9:30amET (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 2:32:22 PM
  - re: ESA has data! (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 3:26:40 PM
  - re: Huygens had 4 parachutes! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 2:45:47 PM
    - I believe it only had three parachutes - Gary - 1/14/2005 5:13:42 PM
      - It was a complicated mission profile - alcaray - 1/14/2005 8:03:15 PM
      - re: I believe it only had three parachutes - Marcia - 1/14/2005 5:26:28 PM
        
        re: ... also, Huygens had no 'air' bags to soften it's landing. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/14/2005 6:04:28 PM
    - surface readings -- changing? - JimO - 1/14/2005 2:56:56 PM
      - re: surface readings -- changing? - Marcia - 1/14/2005 3:02:24 PM
        
        Ahhhhh...Don't forget! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 4:53:47 PM
        
        re: Ahhhhh...Don't forget! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 5:02:59 PM
        
        lapses? tell more! - JimO - 1/14/2005 3:38:02 PM
        
        re: lapses? tell more! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 3:56:35 PM
        
        comm lapses post landing? - JimO - 1/14/2005 4:57:24 PM
        
        Maybe loss of the A channel saved the power used to transmit on that frequency - alcaray - 1/14/2005 5:23:05 PM
        
        re: ...possibly.... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 3:08:38 PM
        
        re: ...I prefer their latest analogy of bogs on Earth. - Marcia - 1/14/2005 3:28:34 PM
- Strong and persistent signals from the surface - JimO - 1/14/2005 2:07:24 PM
  - re: Strong and persistent signals from the surface - Marcia - 1/14/2005 2:13:44 PM
- Huygens has landed... - SteveS - 1/14/2005 1:49:52 PM

First data from Cassini at 5.15 pm Darmstadt time - Daniel - 1/14/2005 2:08:37 PM
- Bravo! Congratulations to the ESA and NASA joint effort! - ebnelson - 1/14/2005 7:37:11 PM
- NASA TV -- 2:45 EST -- ESA Commentary "Presentation of First 18 Images from Titan" - Fox - 1/14/2005 7:21:20 PM
  - 2:45 EST -- - Jim O - 1/14/2005 7:39:50 PM
    - re: 2:45 EST -- current from NASA - dtb - 1/14/2005 7:44:14 PM
- Actually... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 5:22:31 PM
  - re: Actually... - Daniel - 1/14/2005 5:41:57 PM
    - re: Actually... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 6:00:51 PM

Good luck, Huygens! - dtb - 1/14/2005 9:10:49 AM
- ESA presser ends -- strong signal - JimO - 1/14/2005 1:02:12 PM
  - Hot damn indeed! (I just got here) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 4:25:05 PM
  - Hot damn and hoorah! - dtb - 1/14/2005 2:07:33 PM
    - re: YEeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaauuuuggghhh!!!! (think the Dean Scream) - Nathan Koren - 1/14/2005 4:30:06 PM
      - Let's have a poll! How many heads are spinning? ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 4:49:27 PM
        
        I'm really happy but my head won't actually do any spinning till I see some pix. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2005 6:38:39 PM
- live blogging - JimO - 1/14/2005 12:23:33 PM
- re: Good luck, Huygens! - Raoul - 1/14/2005 12:05:28 PM
- re: Good luck, Huygens! - Alberto - 1/14/2005 10:46:45 AM
  - Keeping fingers crossed that Cassini is successfully receiving the data (n/t) - DavidV - 1/14/2005 10:50:57 AM
- Signal from Huygens detected from Green Bank in West Virginia!!!! - DavidV - 1/14/2005 10:46:21 AM
  - Thank you for posting that... Where did you find that info? - R.L. - 1/14/2005 10:52:48 AM
    - re: Thank you for posting that... Where did you find that info? - DavidV - 1/14/2005 10:54:07 AM

Are the Kecks and HST going to ignore the July/04 comet impact? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2005 4:51:14 PM
- re: Ground-based telescopes to observe collision: - Marcia - 1/13/2005 5:50:58 PM
  - Thanks. Now if we could only hear from a certain Hawaiian volcanic observatory. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/13/2005 6:14:23 PM
    - I will ask - R.L. - 1/13/2005 7:06:39 PM
      - I asked - R.L. - 1/14/2005 1:33:08 AM
        
        Thanx. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/14/2005 4:43:55 PM

Friday, 12:16 AM- (Hawaii time) Earth adds to Titan's mass - R.L. - 1/13/2005 4:28:33 AM
- Let's be optimistic - Gary - 1/13/2005 4:05:07 PM
  - The technology has its limits - R.L. - 1/13/2005 7:30:09 PM
    - This is understood - Gary - 1/14/2005 6:53:08 AM
      - The deep impact mission will most likely put on a better show for ground based telescopes - R.L. - 1/14/2005 9:06:15 AM
      - I dont know about Hubble - R.L. - 1/14/2005 8:56:30 AM
  - Will seeing entry prove "success"? - dtb - 1/13/2005 5:10:37 PM
    - Was looking at the timeline... - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2005 6:29:54 PM
      - re: *They'll* know first, of course.... - Marcia - 1/13/2005 8:39:48 PM
        
        According to the timeline... - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2005 12:29:19 AM
        
        direct reception - JimO - 1/14/2005 6:01:06 AM
        
        Told you so!!! - JimO - 1/14/2005 12:24:49 PM
        
        re: Told you so!!! - Marcia - 1/14/2005 1:12:56 PM
        
        re: According to the timeline... - Marcia - 1/14/2005 1:51:57 AM
    - No it won't - Gary - 1/13/2005 5:19:40 PM
      - Galileo screw-up too - JimO - 1/14/2005 6:05:21 AM
        
        Please tell all about the Galileo Probe - Gary - 1/14/2005 7:17:45 AM

Big Week Ahead - Mark Eby - 1/11/2005 1:53:52 AM
- Titan -- weird and wonderful - JimO - 1/11/2005 3:26:35 AM
  - re: Titan -- weird and wonderful - Mark Eby - 1/13/2005 1:18:07 AM
    - Galileo's atmospheric probe had no camera - pwokenyaw - 1/13/2005 4:57:42 PM
      - People still bitch about this - Gary - 1/14/2005 7:29:21 AM
    - Mark, Galileo went to Jupiter... - Adam - 1/13/2005 7:12:13 AM
      - re: Mark, Galileo went to Jupiter... - Nathan Koren - 1/13/2005 11:30:58 PM
        
        *blush* - Adam - 1/13/2005 11:40:02 PM
      - Galileo Had A Probe - Last One Before Now To OS - ID - 1/13/2005 12:14:57 PM
- Related Audio - Mark Eby - 1/11/2005 2:03:50 AM

Weather may block Titan observations - R.L. - 1/14/2005 5:14:33 AM

Conspiracy Moon Landing rebroadcast on National Geographic Channel January 15 - LJK - 1/10/2005 3:53:39 PM
- the truth - Eric - 1/10/2005 4:41:02 PM
  - re: the truth [Why are we tolerating psuedoscience on the Space Board???] - ebnelson - 1/11/2005 3:15:46 PM
    - psuedoscience today is mainstream science tomorrow. exp: water and/or life on mars (n/t) - Jack Herer - 1/12/2005 5:50:29 PM
      - re: psuedoscience today is mainstream science tomorrow. NOT - JimO - 1/13/2005 2:29:35 AM
    - Welcome to the thinking of about 50% of the US population - - lemonade lucy - 1/12/2005 3:15:04 AM
    - faulty BullSh*t detector... - Adam - 1/11/2005 9:36:39 PM
  - Actually Eric, - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2005 2:22:15 AM
    - Massive oil deposits off the Falklands, Nick? (n/t) - lemonade lucy - 1/11/2005 3:47:52 AM
      - And you think there are not? - ebnelson - 1/11/2005 3:13:55 PM
  - Dueling moonbat conspiracy theories - Larry J - 1/11/2005 2:14:14 AM
    - Their debate was a classic Art Bell show (n/t) - lemonade lucy - 1/12/2005 3:41:12 AM
    - Hey, how about one where they find alien artifacts in the movie studio? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2005 3:13:32 AM
      - Alien artifacts or props from Star Trek TOS? (n/t) - Lee - 1/11/2005 8:28:10 AM
  - re: the truth - JimO - 1/10/2005 10:20:10 PM
    - re: the truth - Jim - 1/11/2005 2:11:51 PM
      - The negatives were not wiped - ebnelson - 1/12/2005 4:49:57 AM
      - Jim, you're unlikely to find the truth in a NASA publicity photo... - lemonade lucy - 1/12/2005 3:07:38 AM
      - re: the truth - JimO - 1/11/2005 3:20:41 PM
        
        re: the truth - Jim - 1/11/2005 8:34:02 PM
        
        re: the truth - JimO - 1/11/2005 9:36:33 PM
        
        re: the truth - Jim - 1/12/2005 12:35:26 AM
        
        re: the truth - JimO - 1/12/2005 3:28:05 AM
        
        image URL - Jim - 1/12/2005 1:02:50 PM
        
        re: image URL - JimO - 1/12/2005 3:17:43 PM
        
        re: image URL - Jim - 1/12/2005 10:36:36 PM
        
        re: the truth - Jim - 1/12/2005 1:00:28 PM
        
        re: the truth - JimO - 1/12/2005 3:20:12 PM
        
        Go get him Jim - Adam - 1/11/2005 9:44:04 PM
        
        Eve is calling! (n/t) - Jim - 1/12/2005 12:24:41 AM
        
        I meant JimO... - Adam - 1/12/2005 1:59:15 AM
        
        troll-dom or just plain ignorance - JimO - 1/12/2005 3:29:28 AM
    - Yer whizzin' on the electric fence here, Jim. - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2005 12:48:16 AM
  - Truth for who? - Adam - 1/10/2005 8:25:19 PM
    - re: Truth for who? - Eric - 1/10/2005 8:41:47 PM
      - The truth is you are not kidding - ebnelson - 1/11/2005 3:17:52 PM
      - How do you expose a lie... - Adam - 1/10/2005 8:56:38 PM
        
        Here - Eric - 1/10/2005 9:31:56 PM
        
        Why, yes. He is. - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 10:24:18 PM
        
        re: Why, yes. He is. - Davin L. - 1/13/2005 4:27:25 PM
        
        when i debated Greer... - JimO - 1/10/2005 10:22:47 PM
        
        Exellent Reply... - R.L. - 1/13/2005 6:48:42 AM
  - "This lie or cover-up benifets the oil industry greatly" - phil - 1/10/2005 5:49:32 PM
    - simply smearing Barry again may work for a little while... - E.P. Grondine - 1/10/2005 6:05:08 PM
      - Say what? - p - 1/10/2005 7:16:48 PM
        
        EP Can't Tell BDS from BDG - Mark Eby - 1/11/2005 1:52:11 AM
  - the truth really is - E.P. Grondine - 1/10/2005 5:40:23 PM
    - re: the truth really is not - Eric - 1/10/2005 8:19:48 PM
      - Wow you finally caught us!!!!! - R.L. - 1/13/2005 7:22:02 AM
        
        why not try it without the insults? - lemonade lucy - 1/13/2005 6:33:20 PM
      - The NASA budget is not controleld by the Pentagon, idiot. - ebnelson - 1/11/2005 3:20:31 PM
      - re: the truth really is not - JimO - 1/10/2005 10:18:14 PM
      - Clementine Moon Ruins - Adam - 1/10/2005 8:27:54 PM
        
        By the way ... - Eric - 1/10/2005 9:44:03 PM
        
        what it is... - lemonade lucy - 1/12/2005 3:31:24 AM
        
        Prove it is not, Eric - ebnelson - 1/11/2005 3:28:29 PM
        
        dodging the answer - JimO - 1/10/2005 10:24:52 PM
        
        re: dodging the answer - lemonade lucy - 1/11/2005 3:45:13 AM
        
        re: dodging the answer - phil - 1/11/2005 2:54:07 AM
        
        re: dodging the answer - Davin L. - 1/11/2005 2:19:42 PM
        
        What makes you think logic isn't just as important in these arguments? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2005 4:15:13 PM
        
        re: logic - Fox - 1/14/2005 4:04:14 AM

SR-71 top speed - Larry J - 12/31/2002 7:15:10 PM
- re: SR-71 top speed - crkrjk - 1/14/2005 2:43:33 AM
- Saw a D-21 - Gary - 1/1/2003 7:20:08 PM
  - Re: Saw a D-21 - Kim Keller - 1/2/2003 12:00:27 PM
- Re: SR-71 top altitude - R.L. - 1/1/2003 3:34:30 PM
  - Re: SR-71 top altitude - Larry J - 1/2/2003 8:17:14 PM
    - Re: SR-71 top altitude - Kim Keller - 1/2/2003 12:04:03 PM
      - I've heard the A-12 was a little faster and could fly somewhat higher than an SR-71 - Larry J - 1/2/2003 1:05:03 PM
        
        Ahem, wasnt' that "40" years ago? :-) (n/t) - RobVG - 1/2/2003 2:26:54 PM
        
        Yes, it was - Larry J - 1/3/2003 10:41:34 AM
  - 110,000 ft. n/t (n/t) - Gary - 1/1/2003 4:06:10 PM
- Re: SR-71 top speed - Bowser - 12/31/2002 11:17:30 AM
  - Brian Shul - MrPex - 1/1/2003 10:45:00 AM
    - Thanks. - Bowser - 1/1/2003 5:03:22 PM

Deep Impact Out Of Safe Mode - Mark Eby - 1/14/2005 2:39:28 AM

LARGE SYNOPTIC SURVEY TELESCOPE to search for NEO's. - Robert Clark - 1/12/2005 12:30:12 AM
- Discovery Channel Telescope Details - Mark Eby - 1/14/2005 1:59:25 AM
- include Panstars, and still have to pry money out of NASA for operations - E.P. Grondine - 1/12/2005 3:23:50 AM
  - Pretty Quick Actually - Mark Eby - 1/13/2005 1:52:21 AM
  - Earth orbit crossers. - Robert Clark - 1/12/2005 10:06:59 PM
    - re: Earth orbit crossers. - E.P. Grondine - 1/13/2005 12:17:33 AM

A closeup view - Alberto - 1/13/2005 9:59:40 PM
- re: A closeup view - Alberto - 1/13/2005 10:02:40 PM

Global dimming - Raoul - 1/13/2005 9:26:42 PM

Machholz tonight (middle of the picture in the black circle) - Raoul - 1/13/2005 8:34:05 PM

What shapes a planetary nebula? New Keck findings - R.L. - 1/13/2005 7:42:07 PM
- OOOPS- forgot the link, sorry - R.L. - 1/13/2005 7:53:07 PM

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