Space/Science

A place for discussion of any science topic. From experts in the field to those who simply want to learn, all are welcome here. Speculation is welcome here; pseudoscience is not. A place for lively discussion of whatever science topics interest you.

Sub-boards: Transient Alerts

"NASA mulls early retirement for space shuttle" - Bowser - 10/29/2004 10:38:25 AM
- re: Columbus and JEM - Raoul - 10/30/2004 7:33:47 AM
- re: Ariane 5 , Proton - Raoul - 10/29/2004 3:52:28 PM
  - It could be very difficult to move the payloads to other boosters - Larry J - 10/29/2004 7:44:19 PM
    - re: Yes - Raoul - 10/29/2004 9:43:07 PM
- Personnel problems - E.P. Grondine - 10/29/2004 3:11:15 PM

Titan encounter thread - dtb - 10/26/2004 9:20:58 PM
- re: Titan encounter thread - dtb - 10/29/2004 2:17:06 AM
- re: Okay planetologist peoples -- your speculations, please! - Nathan Koren - 10/28/2004 7:06:25 PM
  - Kinda looks like... - et - 10/29/2004 12:57:19 AM
    - ...a glaciated shield. - jms - 10/30/2004 5:33:01 AM
    - re: Kinda looks like... - Nick Hoffman - 10/30/2004 4:26:15 AM
  - re: No methane in south pole clouds? - Raoul - 10/28/2004 8:40:25 PM
  - re: Okay planetologist peoples -- your speculations, please! - REB - 10/28/2004 8:18:07 PM
- re: Titan is so amazingly weird - Nathan Koren - 10/27/2004 7:46:59 PM
  - Wow! I must be made of "Titan Stuff" too! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2004 4:17:00 AM
    - re: If being "amazingly weird" is what qualifies you, then most of the folks on this board are... (n/t) - Nathan Koren - 10/28/2004 5:15:08 AM
  - You beat me to it - REB - 10/27/2004 8:12:08 PM
- Wait for the Synthetic Aperture Radar images - Gary - 10/27/2004 3:58:36 PM
  - Any idea of SAR resolution? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 10/28/2004 8:09:57 PM
- re: Titan, craters, impactor flux, and "geological" activity - E.P. Grondine - 10/27/2004 3:26:03 PM
- That dark area sure looks like it could be liquid. - REB - 10/27/2004 11:51:47 AM
- re: I'll give it a WAG - Nathan Koren - 10/27/2004 2:31:53 AM
- SpaceDaily.com has a timer. ~45 min to go. - et - 10/27/2004 12:50:02 AM
- USA today article - R.L. - 10/26/2004 9:33:15 PM

The Moon tonight - Raoul - 10/29/2004 9:55:01 PM
- Very nice Raoul...thanks (n/t) - McFly - 10/29/2004 10:37:31 PM
  - re: The Moon eclipse - Raoul - 10/29/2004 11:05:59 PM
    - Very beautiful....thank you - Lindy - 10/30/2004 4:28:15 AM

Those bright spots in the Cassini images aren't stray particles of radiation hiting the sensors (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 10/28/2004 4:20:34 AM
- re: Interpretations - Raoul - 10/28/2004 8:06:11 PM
- Okay then. What are they? (n/t) - et - 10/28/2004 4:13:33 PM
  - Hint: frequent resurfacing of Titan is not tectonic, nor "geological" (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 10/28/2004 8:05:49 PM
    - Oooh, what COULD that mean? - et - 10/28/2004 8:55:46 PM
      - radar returns from rough surfaces versus soft surfaces - E.P. Grondine - 10/29/2004 1:14:10 AM

Kerry issues his space policy statement - phil - 10/26/2004 8:38:41 PM
- re: Kerry issues his space policy statement - Chris Vancil - 10/26/2004 11:28:39 PM
  - re: The Bush administration's push for the Moon/Mars mission is designed as a purely political stunt... - Scott Evil - 10/27/2004 2:10:14 PM
    - re: Please show where the this administration's pushing anything but LEO. - Chris Vancil - 10/27/2004 10:03:43 PM
      - If they were pushing LEO, they would have finished ISS. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/28/2004 11:00:24 PM
        
        Or pushing LEO in an incompetent fashion? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/28/2004 11:53:26 PM
    - Iraq ending the VSE the same way Vietnam did Apollo - E.P. Grondine - 10/27/2004 4:00:30 PM

Don't forget- Lunar eclipse tomorrow night. - REB - 10/26/2004 5:32:54 PM
- clear skys tonight - Delbert - 10/28/2004 2:44:37 AM
  - Very nice eclipse! - REB - 10/28/2004 1:56:21 PM
    - re: Very nice eclipse! - Raoul - 10/28/2004 8:43:28 PM
  - Just in time - SteveS - 10/28/2004 5:06:11 AM
- re:It's been beautiful for days,and nights but tonight....completely overcast:-( (n/t) - Raoul - 10/27/2004 10:12:30 PM
- re: Don't forget- Lunar eclipse tomorrow night. - Delbert - 10/27/2004 4:24:17 AM
- Especially since you won't see another total lunar eclipse until 2007 - SteveS - 10/26/2004 6:38:32 PM
- Some more info. - REB - 10/26/2004 5:44:07 PM

A beautiful eclipse followed by a spectacular sunrise - LJ - 10/28/2004 3:45:37 PM
- re: A beautiful eclipse followed by a spectacular sunrise - Raoul - 10/28/2004 6:01:24 PM

PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE - et - 10/27/2004 7:06:18 PM
- re: Cassiopeia's supernova - Raoul - 10/28/2004 7:54:50 AM
- I thought the earth was supernova debris (n/t) - alcaray - 10/27/2004 7:12:03 PM
  - Are not all elements heavier than Iron formed in supernovae? (n/t) - LJ - 10/27/2004 11:37:58 PM
    - Prety much, yeah. - et - 10/28/2004 4:03:50 PM
  - I know I am! - Tom "Star Stuff" Brosz - 10/27/2004 7:23:07 PM
    - At least the gas. BIG :-) - Bowser - 10/27/2004 8:44:07 PM
      - As the hydrogen fuses into helium, my voice slowly gets higher every year... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2004 4:16:03 AM

Titan - Raoul - 10/25/2004 4:11:14 PM
- Not just 'pictures' coming up. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/25/2004 4:39:01 PM
  - Actually, we will get a good sniff. - alcaray - 10/26/2004 9:27:22 PM
  - methane is odorless - Adam - 10/26/2004 12:13:22 AM
    - I'd wager that Titan's atmosphere has a nasty smell (n/t) - Gary - 10/26/2004 6:03:37 AM
      - Bitter almonds - R.L. - 10/26/2004 6:38:07 AM
        
        CN is a big problem in more ways than one - Gary - 10/26/2004 3:22:50 PM
        
        that's right - Adam - 10/26/2004 2:32:01 PM
- re: Titan - REB - 10/25/2004 4:19:17 PM
  - Titan is interesting - Gary - 10/25/2004 4:51:13 PM
    - Top ten lists should be funnier (n/t) - alcaray - 10/26/2004 9:33:26 PM
    - re: Titan is interesting - REB - 10/25/2004 4:54:10 PM
      - re: Titan is interesting - JJB - 10/25/2004 5:11:55 PM
        
        re: Titan is interesting - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 1:38:48 AM
        
        Okay, Enlighten me: Why is Enceladus so interesting? - Gary - 10/26/2004 6:02:26 AM
        
        Doesn't Apply To You - Mark Eby - 10/27/2004 2:29:23 AM
        
        Triton (Neptune's moon) - Gary - 10/27/2004 10:10:15 PM
        
        OK Move It Ahead + More Questions - Mark Eby - 10/28/2004 1:27:05 AM
        
        Because it's the mother ship Gary. ;) - et - 10/26/2004 5:52:50 PM

Cassini news briefing starting now 9am pdt (n/t) - Delbert - 10/27/2004 3:59:32 PM
- New pictures. Rivers? - REB - 10/27/2004 8:02:58 PM
  - re:Titan - Raoul - 10/27/2004 8:12:17 PM
- on NASA TV (n/t) - Delbert - 10/27/2004 4:00:10 PM
  - re: Titan - Raoul - 10/27/2004 4:07:29 PM

A closer Mars orbit as the cause of its early "warm, wet period." - Robert Clark - 10/26/2004 3:01:18 PM
- Take your Chariot and ride off! - Nick Hoffman - 10/27/2004 5:32:30 AM
  - re: Take your Chariot and ride off! - andy - 10/27/2004 5:03:09 PM

St Helens has been busy tonight! - Doug Ellison - 10/27/2004 12:57:34 PM
- Check out the webcam right now. - REB - 10/27/2004 2:15:57 PM

First snow in hawaii - R.L. - 10/26/2004 8:27:03 PM
- Nice picture - R.L. - 10/27/2004 12:01:15 AM
  - Pretty neat - Donald - 10/27/2004 1:52:35 PM
  - You folks ever break out the sleds? - et - 10/27/2004 12:59:01 AM
    - When there is enough snow the locals come up and ski, sled and cart down truckloads of snow... - R.L. - 10/27/2004 4:41:39 AM

Back on Mars - REB - 10/27/2004 1:21:50 PM
- Slip sliding away - REB - 10/27/2004 1:31:29 PM

Magnetic beam propulsion to Mars - Philip Simon - 10/27/2004 12:43:39 AM
- It's funded for a phase one NIAC grant. - wET blankET - 10/27/2004 12:57:04 AM

Bush Admin thinking of tubing the outer space treaty? - phil - 10/26/2004 8:26:12 PM
- What the Brits think. - Bowser - 10/27/2004 12:41:11 AM
- re: Last sentence says it all: "The administration has no plans to do so," he said (Frank Sietzen). I'm willing to bet this is just like the veto thing...hot air. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/26/2004 11:20:52 PM

WMAP results? - Raoul - 10/24/2004 7:57:44 PM
- If not inflation, then something sort of like it. - alcaray - 10/26/2004 9:36:15 PM
- More information... - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 9:08:11 PM
  - re: Well... - Raoul - 10/24/2004 9:27:38 PM
    - re: Message from Beyond... - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 10:48:06 PM
      - re: Message from Beyond... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/25/2004 5:14:56 AM
        
        Remember the classic scene from the book "Contact?" - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 5:45:08 AM
        
        Theoretically - R.L. - 10/25/2004 12:28:28 PM
        
        re: Theoretically - Daniel Crotty - 10/25/2004 1:40:56 PM
        
        BTW - Davin L. - 10/25/2004 4:53:57 PM
        
        Entirely incorrect - Davin L. - 10/25/2004 4:35:55 PM
        
        re: Entirely incorrect - Daniel Crotty - 10/25/2004 8:13:24 PM
        
        Sorry myself - Davin L. - 10/26/2004 12:44:22 PM
        
        AND WHAT DOES IT MATTER? - R.L. - 10/25/2004 2:01:25 PM

LIDAR observations of Mount St. Helens - jms - 10/26/2004 5:42:21 PM

Rats! - phil - 10/25/2004 9:44:55 PM
- Now, Phil, be nice....Floridians are people too. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/26/2004 5:32:47 PM

Unseen comets may raise impact risk for Earth - Chris Vancil - 10/26/2004 9:50:02 AM
- radar images of Titan's surface due soon - E.P. Grondine - 10/26/2004 2:22:15 PM

Seeing other solar systems - gbaikie - 10/24/2004 2:25:07 PM
- Terrestrial Planet Finder - Gary - 10/25/2004 4:11:04 PM
- I dont get to the basement often - R.L. - 10/24/2004 7:44:28 PM
  - Interferometers and SETI go hand in hand. - Lee - 10/25/2004 2:03:50 AM
    - more like SETL - R.L. - 10/25/2004 1:41:34 PM
      - It's A Good Thing If Not Kzinti or Klingons In Earth Orbit - Mark Eby - 10/26/2004 2:04:01 AM

Antimatter's Current Status - Adam - 10/22/2004 10:55:38 AM
- I dont see how antiprotons could help medicine - R.L. - 10/23/2004 4:46:42 AM
  - re: I dont see how antiprotons could help medicine - Adam - 10/24/2004 2:57:14 PM
    - re: I dont see how antiprotons could help medicine - Raoul - 10/25/2004 4:13:08 PM
      - RL told me that - Adam - 10/25/2004 10:08:46 PM
        
        LOLOLOL... I like My anonymity?!!! - R.L. - 10/25/2004 10:27:13 PM
    - 1) I am not Raoul 2) I read the paper - R.L. - 10/24/2004 5:42:34 PM
      - Interesting historical tidbit - R.L. - 10/24/2004 6:05:21 PM
- Interesting. Here's hoping. - Bowser - 10/22/2004 2:24:33 PM

Opportunity heads up and out - LJ - 10/25/2004 5:28:46 PM
- re: Opportunity heads up and out - scho - 10/25/2004 7:35:20 PM
  - re: Opportunity heads up and out - Doug Ellison - 10/25/2004 8:26:53 PM

A new Soyuz launcher, the M2 - Raoul - 10/25/2004 8:04:29 PM

GPS v Galileo - Raoul - 10/24/2004 9:48:41 AM
- re: GPS v Galileo - Doug Ellison - 10/24/2004 9:51:08 AM
  - re: GLONASS (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 10/25/2004 11:07:03 AM
    - re: GLONASS - Raoul - 10/25/2004 4:09:07 PM
  - They're not able to use the full capabilities of GPS... - Larry J - 10/24/2004 4:06:04 PM
  - re: Very good point! (n/t) - Raoul - 10/24/2004 2:56:02 PM

« newer topics · page 435 of 740 · older topics »

Recent posts

On this day in Space/Science

Space/Science