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Update: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter converted to a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter??? - Chris Vancil - 12/31/2004 12:27:38 AM
- re: Update: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter converted to a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter??? - Larry J - 1/1/2005 5:07:08 AM
  - re: Update: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter converted to a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter??? - Chris Vancil - 1/1/2005 11:09:49 PM
- I'll have to appall you with my ignorance - Gary - 1/1/2005 12:30:11 AM
  - re: I'll have to appall you with my ignorance - Chris Vancil - 1/1/2005 11:44:50 PM
    - A bigger worry - Gary - 1/2/2005 2:24:51 AM
      - "I don't know who Tom Matula is" - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 4:16:30 AM
        
        re: "I don't know who Tom Matula is" - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2005 8:12:55 AM
        
        Thanks for the heads-up on Tom Matula - Sandys - 1/9/2005 6:33:00 AM
        
        re: Thanks for the heads-up on Tom Matula - Chris Vancil - 1/10/2005 8:03:28 PM
        
        re: "I don't know who Tom Matula is" - Sandys - 1/3/2005 9:13:21 AM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... - Chris Vancil - 1/3/2005 11:35:49 PM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... - Sandys - 1/4/2005 5:57:45 PM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... - Chris Vancil - 1/5/2005 12:01:42 AM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... - Sandys - 1/5/2005 7:48:56 AM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... - Chris Vancil - 1/6/2005 12:32:28 AM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... - Sandys - 1/7/2005 8:57:09 PM
        
        re: I don't know who ....... To drill and bring back core samples? - Marcia - 1/9/2005 2:14:49 AM
        
        re: ... by robotic means. (n/t) - Marcia - 1/9/2005 2:16:38 AM
        
        So far none of the spacecraft NASA has planned have any experiments to search for life. - Nick Hoffman - 1/4/2005 9:00:15 PM
        
        re: 2014 (I thought it was for 2011). - Marcia - 1/9/2005 2:21:54 AM
        
        Don't hold your breath waiting for MSR - Gary - 1/9/2005 7:24:36 AM
        
        re: So far none of the spacecraft NASA has planned have any experiments to search for life. - Sandys - 1/4/2005 10:00:44 PM
        
        Short Answer - Mark Eby - 1/9/2005 5:58:05 AM
        
        Why not repeat Viking search for life? - long answer! - Nick Hoffman - 1/9/2005 1:32:59 AM
        
        A nit pick... - Gary - 1/9/2005 7:06:42 AM
        
        Then You Haven't Looked - Mark Eby - 1/3/2005 4:15:26 PM
        
        re: Then You Haven't Looked - Sandys - 1/3/2005 8:12:37 PM
        
        OK Then - Mark Eby - 1/4/2005 12:31:46 AM
        
        Mark: You take the first punch and then I'll go in for mop up - Gary - 1/4/2005 5:33:40 PM
        
        re: Mark: You take the first punch and then I'll go in for mop up - Sandys - 1/4/2005 5:48:28 PM
        
        What's A Second Home For Humanity Worth? - Mark Eby - 1/4/2005 7:51:05 PM
        
        re: What's A Second Home For Humanity Worth? - Gary - 1/5/2005 4:24:09 AM
        
        re: What's A Second Home For Humanity Worth? - Sandys - 1/5/2005 6:44:02 AM
        
        Also Please Try And Answer The Title Question - Mark Eby - 1/6/2005 3:08:01 AM
        
        re: Also Please Try And Answer The Title Question - Sandys - 1/7/2005 8:51:19 PM
        
        Simple Answer Overlooked - Mark Eby - 1/8/2005 6:40:43 AM
        
        American Competitiveness and Security - Sandys - 1/8/2005 11:57:30 PM
        
        Several False Pretexts - Mark Eby - 1/9/2005 1:12:40 AM
        
        re: Several False Pretexts - sabdys - 1/9/2005 6:25:41 AM
        
        What Don't You Get? - Mark Eby - 1/9/2005 4:21:43 PM
        
        But You Don't Mind Spending a Trillion On The Moon? - Mark Eby - 1/6/2005 3:06:51 AM
        
        re: Mark: You take the first punch and then I'll go in for mop up - ken murphy - 1/4/2005 6:10:46 PM
        
        re: Mark: You take the first punch and then I'll go in for mop up - Mark Eby - 1/5/2005 2:59:15 AM
        
        re: Analysis? - ken murphy - 1/5/2005 5:54:31 PM
        
        PS On Degrees - Mark Eby - 1/6/2005 3:15:16 AM
        
        For You To Ignore Again? - Mark Eby - 1/6/2005 2:58:16 AM
        
        CATS - Gary - 1/3/2005 5:04:04 PM
        
        I also did the Google search - Gary - 1/2/2005 7:13:48 AM
        
        re: I also did the Google search - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2005 7:47:02 AM
      - re: A bigger worry - Larry J - 1/2/2005 3:19:05 AM
        
        Biggest single expense with spacecraft is development cost - Gary - 1/2/2005 7:06:14 PM
        
        Using Modules - Scott Evil - 1/5/2005 3:58:50 PM
        
        Solution - Modular design - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 4:25:37 AM
        
        re: Several different contactors and several different CEVs as well. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 1/2/2005 7:49:11 AM
  - Correction: I meant "MSL" not "MSR" (too many TLAs) (n/t) - Gary - 1/1/2005 1:34:28 AM

Giant Impact Basins Trace the Ancient Equator of Mars - BRFelix - 1/9/2005 3:09:02 AM
- re: Scott Evil in a post below may have fingered - BRFelix - 1/10/2005 7:39:37 PM
- Cassini data begins to come in - E.P. Grondine - 1/9/2005 10:40:05 PM

The problems at NASA Ames are now getting public exposure - Gary - 1/10/2005 5:07:37 AM
- The Future - robert_d - 1/10/2005 5:59:42 PM
- What about moving Ames to a JPL structure? - E.P. Grondine - 1/10/2005 5:44:13 PM
- re: NASA Ames - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 4:10:20 PM
  - Hard suits and CFD - Gary - 1/10/2005 4:55:50 PM
    - re: Hard suits and CFD - phil - 1/10/2005 5:53:17 PM

More discussion of the Wishstone rock. - Robert Clark - 1/8/2005 1:19:59 AM
- re: More discussion of the Wishstone rock. - Robert Clark - 1/8/2005 10:31:16 PM
- re: C'mon Guys and Gals! - crank - 1/8/2005 1:26:32 AM
  - re: C'mon Guys and Gals! - Peersa - 1/8/2005 3:21:19 AM
    - The Voice of Reason - crank - 1/8/2005 1:15:42 PM
      - this should be in Off-Topic / Flame n/t (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 1/8/2005 4:19:10 PM
        
        re: What, are you still here? - crank - 1/8/2005 5:36:22 PM
        
        I wish you would leave and not come back - Gary - 1/8/2005 10:10:57 PM
        
        re: I wish you would look at Mars rocks. - crank - 1/8/2005 11:44:21 PM
        
        Okay, now THIS is an "anomalist." - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 9:17:12 PM
        
        re: Anomalous rocks - crank - 1/8/2005 9:31:23 PM
        
        This isn't a Crank, it's Troll - Nick Hoffman - 1/9/2005 12:41:45 AM
        
        It's not me (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 1/10/2005 5:23:30 PM
        
        re: This isn't a Crank, it's a REALIST! - crank - 1/9/2005 2:16:28 AM
        
        re: This isn't a Crank, it's Troll - jms - 1/9/2005 1:07:55 AM
        
        re: Hey, that is me! - crank - 1/9/2005 2:51:37 AM
        
        Nope, that's not me. - crank - 1/9/2005 2:38:03 AM
        
        You don't understand how the reasoning process works. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 11:08:02 PM
        
        re: You don't understand how the reasoning process works. - crank - 1/8/2005 11:43:11 PM
        
        "Science isn't about proof. That's your first mistake." 'Nuff said. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 1:00:29 AM
        
        re: Classical Mechanics, Proven to be Absolute! - crank - 1/9/2005 1:59:09 AM

Massive Icberg Collision - Eric - 1/10/2005 5:06:59 PM

Apollo 12: uncensored - Raoul - 1/4/2005 9:16:15 PM
- re: Apollo 12: uncensored - ebnelson - 1/5/2005 12:19:31 AM
  - re: Apollo 12: uncensored - Raoul - 1/5/2005 6:31:50 AM
- re:Scott (on Apollo 12) and Leonov (on Soyuz 11) - Raoul - 1/4/2005 9:47:00 PM
  - re: re:Scott (on Apollo 12) and Leonov (on Soyuz 11) - ebnelson - 1/5/2005 12:20:32 AM
    - re: re:Chapter 10 - Raoul - 1/5/2005 6:28:41 AM
      - re: re:Chapter 10 - ebnelson - 1/5/2005 3:53:17 PM
        
        I am in the Epilogue now - ebnelson - 1/6/2005 3:37:09 PM
        
        re: I am in the Epilogue now - LJK - 1/6/2005 5:56:48 PM
        
        The impression I got - ebnelson - 1/6/2005 6:58:16 PM
        
        re: The impression I got - LJK - 1/6/2005 9:11:06 PM
        
        re: The impression I got - ebnelson - 1/6/2005 10:32:57 PM
        
        re: The impression I got - LJK - 1/7/2005 1:07:46 AM
        
        re: The impression I got - Raoul - 1/6/2005 8:56:50 PM
        
        Three sotries - ebnelson - 1/6/2005 10:28:58 PM
        
        From Everything is Beautiful to Hungry Wolves at the Hatch - LJK - 1/10/2005 4:08:21 PM

The Comet - Raoul - 1/8/2005 4:05:26 PM
- Don't look - another nice photo from SpaceWeather! - LJK - 1/10/2005 4:02:14 PM
- Agh! It's been @#$%^& CLOUDY here for two weeks! - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 6:37:55 AM
  - re: Clouds - Raoul - 1/9/2005 9:24:36 AM
- re: Beautiful, and a question - BRFelix - 1/8/2005 4:36:58 PM
  - re: Beautiful, and a question - Raoul - 1/8/2005 11:13:21 PM
    - re: Beautiful, and a question - Marcia - 1/9/2005 12:16:16 AM

Deep Impact webcast today at 2:30 EST - SteveS - 1/10/2005 2:57:37 PM

The Iranian Safir-313 artificial satellite. March/2005. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/6/2005 8:06:23 PM
- Not getting specific... - Larry J - 1/6/2005 10:51:31 PM
- re: The Iranian Safir-313 artificial satellite. March/2005. - ebnelson - 1/6/2005 10:34:39 PM
  - re: The Iranian Safir-313 artificial satellite. March/2005. - TheSheepLookUp - 1/8/2005 4:55:58 PM
- re: The Iranian Safir-313 artificial satellite. March/2005. - dwc - 1/6/2005 10:18:07 PM
- A matter of perspective - TheSheepLookUp - 1/6/2005 9:21:43 PM
  - re: A matter of perspective - ebnelson - 1/7/2005 3:55:30 AM
    - re: A matter of perspective - TheSheepLookUp - 1/7/2005 8:13:39 PM
      - re: A matter of perspective - ebnelson - 1/8/2005 6:21:27 PM
        
        re: A matter of perspective - TheSheepLookUp - 1/10/2005 2:31:24 PM
  - Please look at a map. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2005 11:38:42 PM
- re: Unlikely - Raoul - 1/6/2005 8:36:09 PM
  - Concur re: Unlikely - JimO - 1/7/2005 2:43:20 PM

The Madison Dynamo Experiment. - jms - 1/10/2005 2:39:46 AM
- Let me rephrase one thing: - jms - 1/10/2005 4:24:23 AM

Wallpaper image - Raoul - 1/9/2005 10:44:04 PM
- Thanks Raoul, I've chnged my wallpaper a lot because of your posts. (n/t) - SDG - 1/10/2005 4:05:12 AM

Iapetus, what kind of world is it???? - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:13:25 PM
- Do they know for sure how far around the equator that ridge goes? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 11:09:15 PM
  - re: There's a large part of unknown (shadow) (n/t) - Raoul - 1/8/2005 11:15:32 PM
- Figure/ground illusion - Fox - 1/8/2005 12:50:12 AM
- Massive mountains, dark streaks, a giant landslide and Saturn shine - SteveS - 1/8/2005 12:06:31 AM
- What the...?!? - Nathan Koren - 1/7/2005 11:36:36 PM
  - Obviously the moon was created by injection molding. - alcaray - 1/8/2005 7:54:15 PM
    - Oops, you said that below. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/8/2005 7:55:16 PM
  - It could be a glitch in the Matrix - LJK - 1/8/2005 5:35:12 PM
  - re: What the...?!? - Nick Hoffman - 1/8/2005 2:45:32 PM
    - Best explanation so far (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/8/2005 6:28:32 PM
    - Accompanied by geysers in its formative years? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/8/2005 3:27:25 PM
- re: It looks like.....a nut! - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:21:39 PM
  - It may look like a walnut . . . - Fox - 1/10/2005 2:06:50 AM
  - There must be a simple explanation... - Scott Evil - 1/7/2005 10:43:41 PM
    - re: There must be a simple explanation... - Peter Bruener - 1/8/2005 2:54:03 AM
      - ...nope... - Peter Bruener - 1/8/2005 3:07:14 AM
    - Yeah. It's a wall. - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 12:20:55 AM
      - re: Looks more like a casting seam to me... - Nathan Koren - 1/8/2005 3:43:13 AM
        
        LOL, DAMN YOU!!!! - R.L. - 1/8/2005 3:48:47 AM
        
        re: LOL, DAMN YOU!!!! - Nathan Koren - 1/8/2005 6:22:53 AM
        
        CALLING ALL PLANETOLIGISTS!!!! (Robert the all caps in this thread were intentional) - R.L. - 1/8/2005 7:22:28 AM
        
        re: CALLING ALL PLANETOLIGISTS!!!! (Robert the all caps in this thread were intentional) - Marcia - 1/9/2005 3:35:42 AM
        
        Pure speculation: - jms - 1/8/2005 3:50:45 PM
        
        Formation and location - Nick Hoffman - 1/8/2005 9:21:54 AM
        
        re:Beats Me (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/8/2005 9:06:18 AM
    - re: There must be a simple explanation... - Pierre Arpin - 1/8/2005 12:18:54 AM

Spirit from Space! - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 7:05:14 AM
- Way cool! Imagine the resolution we'll have once we get MRO to Mars. - Buck Galaxy - 1/9/2005 8:34:13 PM
- That... - Donald - 1/9/2005 2:58:48 PM
- re: Spirit from Space! - Raoul - 1/9/2005 9:17:59 AM
- So, how long before we spot our first "live" dust devil? - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 7:10:09 AM
- Cool! (n/t) - Gary - 1/9/2005 7:08:21 AM

Flight Dynamics Officer Roger Balettie - Raoul - 1/9/2005 5:09:32 PM

What if the Moon didn't exist? - Raoul - 1/1/2005 7:58:30 PM
- re: What if the Moon didn't exist? - ebnelson - 1/8/2005 6:24:51 PM
- Neil Armstrong would have put his foot down and said... - LJK - 1/8/2005 4:50:42 PM
- Moon Watcher - Peter - 1/2/2005 4:43:13 AM
  - re: Moon Watcher - Raoul - 1/2/2005 2:12:51 PM
  - oops,... (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 1/2/2005 4:47:10 AM
- re: What if the Moon didn't exist? - Delbert - 1/2/2005 12:24:22 AM
  - re: What if the Moon didn't exist? - Raoul - 1/2/2005 12:30:47 AM
    - Chicken and Egg... - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 3:41:31 AM
      - Intercepting asteroids - Tom Brosz - 1/2/2005 4:17:21 AM
        
        Cobblers! - Nick Hoffman - 1/2/2005 4:38:30 AM
        
        Yep, Cobblers... - E.P. Grondine - 1/7/2005 5:09:29 PM
        
        Just curious - Peter Bruener - 1/2/2005 7:08:10 AM
- re: We might not. - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2005 10:24:11 PM
  - re: plate tectonics - dtb - 1/1/2005 10:46:00 PM
  - P.S. There would still be tides without the Moon, but how high? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/1/2005 10:26:32 PM
    - re: Tides and axis - Raoul - 1/2/2005 12:26:52 AM
      - re: Tides and axis and life - Andrew - 1/7/2005 4:16:25 PM
        
        re: Chaos and speed - Raoul - 1/7/2005 11:10:11 PM

Eileen - Raoul - 1/8/2005 3:39:07 PM

"Wishstone" different than any other rock seen at Gusev. - Robert Clark - 12/25/2004 7:22:53 PM
- re: "Wishstone" different than any other rock seen at Gusev. - Jojojo - 1/8/2005 2:05:06 PM
- Looks Like The Coso Artifact - Eric - 12/25/2004 8:37:17 PM
  - re: Looks Like The Coso Artifact - mr clean - 1/8/2005 2:03:28 PM
  - re: Looks Like The Coso Artifact - Nick Hoffman - 12/26/2004 1:49:10 AM
- Could it be a meteorite? - LJK - 12/25/2004 8:21:10 PM
  - re: Could it be a meteorite? - Nick Hoffman - 12/26/2004 1:50:13 AM
- Because it has this mysterious round hole in it? ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/25/2004 7:34:54 PM

An explosion - Raoul - 1/7/2005 6:52:31 AM
- EurekaAlert link - Daniel - 1/7/2005 4:00:34 PM
  - re: Yes, I noticed the same, Daniel (n/t) - Raoul - 1/7/2005 5:03:36 PM
    - It's working now - Fox - 1/7/2005 8:14:45 PM
      - Ta - daniel - 1/8/2005 6:42:34 AM

Machholz and M45 (the Pleiades) - Raoul - 1/6/2005 8:43:24 PM
- re: Machholz - SteveS - 1/7/2005 5:37:23 PM
  - re: Yes, through the ETX90 with the 40mm eyepiece (n/t) - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:06:03 PM
  - Check out the nice image of Machholz and the Pleiades from SpaceWeather - LJK - 1/7/2005 8:29:37 PM
    - Machholz and the Pleiades - SteveS - 1/8/2005 12:14:42 AM
- re: Machholz and M45 (the Pleiades) - Delbert - 1/7/2005 5:46:32 AM
  - re: Machholz and M45 (the Pleiades) - Marcia - 1/7/2005 5:12:42 PM
- re: Machholz and M45 (the Pleiades) - Marcia - 1/7/2005 5:06:45 AM

Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50 - Buck Galaxy - 1/5/2005 6:10:33 AM
- re: Odds on Huygens success? I say 50/50 - Doug Ellison - 1/5/2005 9:02:33 AM
  - Of course... - FrankC - 1/7/2005 5:49:45 PM
    - re: Of course... - Doug Ellison - 1/7/2005 11:13:19 PM
      - no impact craters means increased chance of life? - pwokenyaw - 1/7/2005 11:58:42 PM
- Unknowns versus Unknown-unknowns - Gary - 1/5/2005 6:46:02 AM
  - Designing things so they can only be installed correctly... - Larry J - 1/5/2005 2:35:39 PM
    - Computer connectors and universal perversity - Gary - 1/5/2005 4:39:52 PM
      - Lost Parts - Nick Hoffman - 1/5/2005 9:59:05 PM
        
        Why would you bother about the missing part? - LJ - 1/6/2005 5:26:14 PM
        
        That's just in cars. In space systems... - Tom Brosz - 1/6/2005 10:28:04 PM
      - universal perversity - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2005 8:12:39 PM
      - lost items, parallel universes, and Douglas Adams - Daniel - 1/5/2005 5:11:02 PM
    - re: Designing things so they can only be installed correctly... - phil - 1/5/2005 4:33:13 PM
  - agreed - Buck Galaxy - 1/5/2005 8:19:33 AM
    - re: agreed - Marcia - 1/5/2005 8:18:28 PM
- re: Anthropocentrism and cold - Raoul - 1/5/2005 6:35:17 AM

M45 and Machholz real close - Raoul - 1/7/2005 9:53:14 PM
- re: A tail? - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:29:47 PM
  - It would be nice if it got that bright! - Scott Evil - 1/7/2005 11:00:20 PM

Earth 'photo of the year' 2004 - Daniel - 1/7/2005 3:52:40 PM
- re: Earth 'photo of the year' 2004 - Delbert - 1/7/2005 5:50:35 PM
  - exactly (n/t) - D. - 1/7/2005 6:07:18 PM
- re: Earth 'photo of the year' 2004 - Raoul - 1/7/2005 5:02:36 PM
  - fish-eye lens maybe? (n/t) - D. - 1/7/2005 6:07:47 PM
    - re: fYes, certainly (n/t) - Raoul - 1/7/2005 10:30:34 PM

Two Space Victories of 2004 - phil - 1/7/2005 6:41:50 PM

Big day for Titan, Gary may find the results interesting - R.L. - 1/4/2005 7:15:06 PM
- It will be interesting - Gary - 1/5/2005 3:55:59 AM
  - UV is not terribly practical.... - R.L. - 1/5/2005 7:07:50 AM
    - The other CN emission band ... - Gary - 1/5/2005 4:52:41 PM
      - There are other bands - R.L. - 1/6/2005 2:46:22 AM
- Is this a first? - et - 1/5/2005 2:13:14 AM
  - The attempt was made to image the impact that is..... (n/t) - et - 1/5/2005 4:41:10 AM
  - Yes, I think it is-OR WOULD BE, actually (n/t) - R.L. - 1/5/2005 2:28:07 AM
- re: Big day for Titan, Gary may find the results interesting - JimO - 1/4/2005 8:30:55 PM
  - BTW - just let me clarify - R.L. - 1/4/2005 9:22:27 PM
  - The two I know for certain are... - R.L. - 1/4/2005 9:13:19 PM
    - re: The two I know for certain are... - Marcia - 1/7/2005 3:30:21 AM
      - Well... - R.L. - 1/7/2005 5:08:29 AM
        
        re: Well understood, sir. Thanks. :) (n/t) - Marcia - 1/7/2005 5:27:21 AM
        
        NO ONE calls me Dr. or sir- lets not start it here - R.L. - 1/7/2005 6:17:09 AM

Oxygen generator working again on ISS - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2005 12:03:03 AM
- Oxygen generator NOT working again on ISS - JimO - 1/7/2005 4:04:55 AM
  - D'oh! - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2005 4:28:50 AM

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