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Spirit Rover: You Are Here - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2004 4:32:56 AM
- MER-A has some serious climbing ahead of it - Gary - 12/11/2004 8:05:55 PM
- Cool! AHC! - Jacob Samorodin - 12/11/2004 3:35:57 PM
  - re: Cool! AHC! - Doug Ellison - 12/11/2004 4:58:10 PM
    - re: Cool! AHC! - Jacob Samorodin - 12/11/2004 5:08:47 PM
      - Belly achers - Buck Galaxy - 12/11/2004 8:30:44 PM

Some Space tourist! - Raoul - 12/11/2004 12:10:00 AM
- I could almost feel myself floating, too. Cool! ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/11/2004 3:38:01 PM

Alternate Prometheus flagship mission could mean Europa Orbiter is still alive! - Buck Galaxy - 12/11/2004 3:37:28 AM
- So how many years did JIMO cost us? - pwokenyaw - 12/11/2004 6:33:02 AM
- re: Alternate Prometheus flagship mission could mean Europa Orbiter is still alive! - phil - 12/11/2004 3:58:22 AM
  - I like all those - Buck Galaxy - 12/11/2004 5:30:34 AM

Congress passes private spaceflight bill - phil - 12/9/2004 4:13:53 PM
- re: Congress passes private spaceflight bill - Raoul - 12/11/2004 12:00:53 AM
- re: If I were setting up a private space launch company - Scott Evil - 12/9/2004 4:48:39 PM

From the VLT (17 MB) - Raoul - 12/10/2004 5:21:18 PM
- re: From the VLT (17 MB) - Alberto - 12/10/2004 10:35:55 PM
  - re: ESO La Silla - Raoul - 12/10/2004 10:48:13 PM

suspended animation - steve smyth - 12/10/2004 9:47:28 PM

Space Odyssey: A voyage to the planets - Raoul - 12/9/2004 10:11:06 PM
- re: Space Odyssey: A voyage to the planets - AndyMc - 12/9/2004 10:34:43 PM

Astronaut appetites strain ISS supplies - Eric - 12/5/2004 4:44:10 AM
- Get CHINESE TAKE OUT? - carl - 12/9/2004 8:23:29 PM
- Suggestion: send anorexic supermodels to ISS (n/t) - p - 12/6/2004 1:18:09 AM
  - Paris and Nicole (n/t) - Get funding 4 stars - 12/9/2004 1:06:59 AM
  - Ooooh, what does this button do? - Causeimablond - 12/6/2004 12:59:01 PM

Reull Vallis from Mars Express - Raoul - 12/9/2004 8:13:18 PM

Choosing a telescope - Raoul - 12/9/2004 7:34:37 PM

"Dark side of the Moon?" - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:50:05 PM
- That phrase does not bother me - alcaray - 12/7/2004 12:03:29 AM
  - Good point. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 3:43:46 AM
- "cloaked in perpetual darkness!" (n/t) (n/t) - Arthur Smith - 12/6/2004 10:11:24 PM
  - Of course, looked at from the entertainment industry's point of view... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 10:51:33 PM
- They could just call it "The Far Side of the Moon". (n/t) - Delbert - 12/6/2004 9:23:48 PM
- Hey, no one beat up Pink Floyd when they made the same mistake - Larry J - 12/6/2004 6:54:48 PM
  - re: Hey, no one beat up Pink Floyd when they made the same mistake - LJ - 12/6/2004 8:26:14 PM
  - re: But there is a dark side!;) - Raoul - 12/6/2004 7:16:54 PM
    - Sure, and there's a dark side of the Earth, too - Larry J - 12/6/2004 7:33:50 PM
      - "... with scattered light toward morning." (n/t) - Fox - 12/9/2004 4:55:06 PM

Ripples detected in Saturn ring - Jack Herer - 12/8/2004 1:58:34 PM
- re: Ripples detected in Saturn ring - Raoul - 12/8/2004 4:19:11 PM
  - Very nice, thanks! (n/t) - Jack Herer - 12/9/2004 1:57:19 PM

Iapetus - Raoul - 12/8/2004 9:16:50 PM
- Weirder looking... - Adam - 12/9/2004 12:42:10 PM
- Gesundheit! (n/t) - Bowser - 12/9/2004 6:55:23 AM

Velocity of light - Mike F. - 12/8/2004 10:25:04 AM
- Einstein is still safe - R.L. - 12/9/2004 4:00:43 AM
- now c here..... - et - 12/8/2004 7:54:59 PM

JPL commuter van rolls off a cliff - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2004 5:08:15 PM
- JPL's take on it - alcaray - 12/8/2004 9:58:10 PM
  - A lot of those big vans are top heavy when fully loaded - Larry J - 12/9/2004 1:12:24 AM

Brain in a Petri dish flies fighter jet - LJ - 12/6/2004 8:29:07 PM
- In a similar vein: - Mike F. - 12/8/2004 10:13:17 AM
- What if these brains develop their own awareness? - LJK - 12/7/2004 3:58:31 PM
  - Use cheese instead of aluminum foil as a counter measure (n/t) - Gary - 12/8/2004 4:49:18 PM
    - Saying someone has the IQ of a packers fan should be left for the FLAME board. (n/t) - et - 12/8/2004 8:01:58 PM
  - Geez, it's just part of a rat brain. Not likely to start a revolution. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 4:18:03 PM
    - re: Geez, it's just part of a rat brain. Not likely to start a revolution. - LJK - 12/7/2004 4:20:24 PM
- Oh not the 'Bush flying in the Texas Air national guard' controversy again!! - R.L. - 12/7/2004 3:28:09 AM
  - That's funny. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/8/2004 7:32:37 AM
- re: Brain in a Petri dish flies fighter jet - Jacob Samorodin - 12/6/2004 10:07:08 PM
  - Please note that not one Viet Cong invaded Texas while Bush was defending it! - LJK - 12/7/2004 3:44:48 PM

Was our sun a planet thief? - phil - 12/8/2004 5:01:07 PM

A living legend leaves NASA - Raoul - 12/4/2004 5:12:53 PM
- John Young is in the same league with Buzz Aldrin - Gary - 12/8/2004 4:56:55 PM
- re: A living legend leaves NASA - Delbert - 12/4/2004 8:33:39 PM
  - re: re:His flights - Raoul - 12/5/2004 10:16:48 AM
  - re: re:Columbia - Raoul - 12/5/2004 9:56:23 AM
    - Any truth to the rumor... - LJK - 12/8/2004 12:54:15 AM

going after exoplanets - Raoul - 12/4/2004 10:44:29 AM
- re: going after exoplanets - Delbert - 12/4/2004 5:02:39 PM
  - re: going after exoplanets - Raoul - 12/4/2004 5:16:59 PM
    - Geoff Marcy's visit to Cornell - LJK - 12/8/2004 3:52:42 PM

Training astronauts for missions - Raoul - 12/6/2004 12:16:35 PM
- re: Training astronauts for missions - steve smyth - 12/7/2004 6:21:05 PM
  - He was a pilot - Larry J - 12/7/2004 7:50:23 PM
- re: Training astronauts for missions - Delbert - 12/6/2004 3:47:54 PM
  - re: Training astronauts for missions - Larry J - 12/6/2004 4:27:35 PM
    - re: Training astronauts for missions - Delbert - 12/6/2004 9:10:38 PM
      - re: Training astronauts for missions - Larry J - 12/6/2004 9:30:58 PM
- re: Training astronauts for missions - Larry J - 12/6/2004 2:35:00 PM
  - re: Training astronauts for missions - Raoul - 12/6/2004 4:15:55 PM

Once again Mars exobiology rears its ugly head - Gary - 12/3/2004 6:22:50 AM
- Could you expand... - McFly - 12/3/2004 2:18:23 PM
  - Expanding - Gary - 12/3/2004 3:33:27 PM
    - He's talking about government space programs, of course. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 4:31:12 PM
      - I'll be over joyed WHEN there is a nongovernment space program - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:40:07 PM
        
        It may be sooner than you think - Larry J - 12/3/2004 5:00:35 PM
        
        re: It may be sooner than YOU think - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 5:30:22 PM
        
        Super Strypi - Gary - 12/3/2004 5:08:40 PM
        
        Totally bogus comparison - Nathan Koren - 12/4/2004 9:01:51 AM
        
        I've worked with the folks at Sandia - Gary - 12/4/2004 9:21:08 PM
        
        re: I've worked with the folks at Sandia - Nathan Koren - 12/4/2004 11:10:45 PM
        
        There's also RASCAL - Larry J - 12/3/2004 7:35:29 PM
        
        RASCAL is actually a pretty sweet design - Gary - 12/4/2004 3:48:52 AM
        
        DARPA is funding RASCAL development - Larry J - 12/5/2004 2:04:34 PM
        
        Thermal protection is a problem - Gary - 12/5/2004 8:55:47 PM
        
        re: Thermal protection is a problem - Larry J - 12/6/2004 8:03:24 PM
        
        Supersonic dash - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:46:54 AM
        
        re: Supersonic dash - Larry J - 12/7/2004 2:52:37 PM
        
        F/A-22 - Gary - 12/7/2004 5:12:22 PM
        
        re: F/A-22 - Larry J - 12/7/2004 6:45:13 PM
        
        re: Super Strypi - Larry J - 12/3/2004 5:28:04 PM
        
        Don't trust the numbers on Falcon I - Gary - 12/4/2004 3:58:23 AM
        
        re: Don't trust the numbers on Falcon I - Larry J - 12/5/2004 2:07:31 PM
    - re: Expanding - Larry J - 12/3/2004 4:25:16 PM
- Then start colonization with the very first manned mission - LJK - 12/3/2004 1:01:48 PM
  - Great minds work alike - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:10:42 PM
    - manifold time - Greg - 12/4/2004 2:57:05 AM
    - re: Great minds work alike - LJK - 12/3/2004 4:13:49 PM
      - kill all the SoBs - Adam - 12/4/2004 11:29:10 AM
        
        Why did the T-Rex eat the lawyer in Jurassic Park? - LJK - 12/4/2004 4:45:11 PM
        
        Another old lawyer joke..... - Gary - 12/4/2004 9:30:38 PM
        
        From David Letterman - McFly - 12/6/2004 6:12:39 PM
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ;-) (n/t) - Robert Clark - 12/3/2004 12:46:45 PM
  - Does the world appear more beautiful when you're on Thorazine? :-) (n/t) - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:13:55 PM
    - To me a solar system teeming with life on every planet would be a beautiful idea not an ugly one. - Robert Clark - 12/3/2004 10:05:25 PM
      - To me a solar system teeming with marshmellow surfaces and cute kittens, gumdrop trees, and unicorns on every planet would be a beautiful idea not an ugly one. - R.L. - 12/4/2004 1:04:40 AM
        
        Nor does wishing it were lifeless make it so. - Robert Clark - 12/4/2004 5:28:49 AM
        
        I genuinely 'wish' that we find life there- the difference between you and me is that I know that wishes dont make reality. - R.L. - 12/4/2004 5:51:46 AM
        
        re: I genuinely 'wish' that we find life there- the difference between you and me is that I know that wishes dont make reality. - Robert Clark - 12/4/2004 6:12:19 AM
        
        Nonsense - R.L. - 12/4/2004 6:40:52 AM
        
        We aren't laughing with you, we're laughing at you. - barney - 12/4/2004 1:59:54 AM
        
        When the hell did I ever endorse the 'White Mars' theory?! - R.L. - 12/4/2004 4:24:37 AM
        
        re: When the hell will we be able to quit laughing - booger - 12/4/2004 4:37:48 AM
        
        OH MY GOD!!! LOOK EVERYONE!!! - R.L. - 12/4/2004 5:29:19 AM
        
        Look again. - weird - 12/4/2004 3:21:25 PM
        
        still nothing, you twit - R.L. - 12/4/2004 4:59:05 PM

Remember the APOD Challenge - SteveS - 12/7/2004 2:11:50 PM
- Demo at MIT today - dtb - 12/7/2004 4:13:11 PM
- Wow. Of all the guesses I made, that wasn't one of them. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 4:11:02 PM
  - SteveS - SteveS - 12/7/2004 5:31:03 PM

The heavens yesterday (morning and evening) - Raoul - 12/4/2004 4:18:38 PM
- re: Wow! These are really nice! - BRFelix - 12/4/2004 5:52:47 PM
  - re: Orion - Raoul - 12/4/2004 11:15:37 PM
    - "Orion on the Run" - SteveS - 12/5/2004 4:23:21 PM
      - re: "Orion on the Run" - Raoul - 12/5/2004 5:35:14 PM
        
        re: "Orion on the Run" - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 11:07:19 PM
        
        Yes, a different kind of noise - SteveS - 12/7/2004 5:20:10 PM

Mystery lights in sky baffling Australians - Eric - 12/6/2004 4:12:55 PM
- Along with a strange streak - SteveS - 12/7/2004 2:56:00 PM
  - re: Along with a strange streak - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 4:28:19 PM
- Tell me, what DOESN'T baffle those Aussie gomers? (n/t) - p :) - 12/6/2004 6:43:35 PM
  - And who has the National Enquirer? - Adam - 12/6/2004 11:30:56 PM

Rovers - Buck Galaxy - 12/7/2004 12:52:51 AM
- re: Rovers - Doug Ellison - 12/7/2004 8:33:53 AM
  - re: Rovers - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 4:14:46 PM

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