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Watch Farscape this weekend. - Vince - 10/15/2004 11:00:08 PM

It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature... - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2004 12:43:56 AM
- We already mess with Mother Nature... - JimO - 10/13/2004 5:43:03 PM
  - The heartbeat comment was my 1st reaction (n/t) - phil - 10/13/2004 10:39:53 PM
- Hold the bombs - SteveS - 10/13/2004 1:09:54 PM
  - Check out the webcam. - REB - 10/13/2004 1:15:19 PM
    - re: Still GlowingCheck out the webcam. - scho - 10/13/2004 7:53:33 PM
      - Article on this - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2004 10:39:09 PM
      - USGS needs your help figuring out whne the glow first appeared. - REB - 10/13/2004 8:03:12 PM
        
        re: USGS needs your help figuring out whne the glow first appeared. - Nick Hoffman - 10/14/2004 12:40:58 AM
        
        re: USGS needs your help figuring out whne the glow first appeared. - REB - 10/14/2004 11:41:05 AM
        
        the glow is on their reference picture of september 24 - jms - 10/14/2004 4:09:01 PM
- re: It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature... - REB - 10/13/2004 12:42:50 PM
- Weather as a Force Multiplier - Lindy - 10/13/2004 4:06:03 AM
  - re: Weather as a Force Multiplier - REB - 10/13/2004 12:48:18 PM
    - re: Weather as a Force Multiplier - Lindy - 10/13/2004 3:41:06 PM
      - Perspective... - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2004 6:07:10 PM
        
        re: Perspective... - Lindy - 10/14/2004 5:41:57 AM
      - A test... - McFly - 10/13/2004 5:51:19 PM
        
        Washington State?? - Lindy - 10/14/2004 5:48:01 AM
        
        re: Washington State?? - Chris Vancil - 10/15/2004 12:59:28 AM
        
        AZ - Lindy - 10/15/2004 6:27:02 PM
        
        Drought - Art Martin - 10/15/2004 9:07:51 PM
        
        "Washington State...Oh Thanks! (n/t) - RobVG - 10/14/2004 12:31:50 AM
      - Raising ocean temperatures - LJ - 10/13/2004 5:47:38 PM
      - re: Weather as a Force Multiplier - REB - 10/13/2004 4:01:01 PM
  - Contrail Weather - SteveS - 10/13/2004 12:37:33 PM

Some questions that Doug Ellison, or that other JPL employee might answer, whatshisname? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/14/2004 7:07:38 PM
- re: Some questions that Doug Ellison, or that other JPL employee might answer, whatshisname? - Doug Ellison - 10/14/2004 9:44:35 PM
  - Sorry, Doug!....My mistake!...It was Gary I was thinking of!...That'shisname! ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/15/2004 4:17:32 PM
    - re: Sorry, Doug!....My mistake!...It was Gary I was thinking of!...That'shisname! ;-) - Doug Ellison - 10/15/2004 5:33:50 PM
  - Also... - Nick Hoffman - 10/15/2004 6:29:14 AM

Cassini Iapetus shots missing - JJB - 10/15/2004 7:47:48 AM
- Bad targeting I think (n/t) - MEP - 10/15/2004 4:26:47 PM
- The mother ship has come home. - Zelpod - 10/15/2004 11:56:55 AM
  - re: The mother ship has come home. - JJB - 10/15/2004 1:31:32 PM
    - re: The mother ship has come home. - Quadzoid - 10/15/2004 3:12:01 PM
      - re: The mother ship has come home. - McFry...yum!! - 10/15/2004 5:33:00 PM
      - My dear Quadzoid...... - JJB - 10/15/2004 4:01:44 PM
      - re: The mother ship has come home. - Zelpod - 10/15/2004 3:25:08 PM
        
        The mother ship - JJB - 10/15/2004 4:13:38 PM

Soyuz launch - Raoul - 10/14/2004 5:40:14 AM
- Ironic: Reagan's Cold War symbol functioning only because of the Russians. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/14/2004 7:52:56 PM
  - Not really. - REB - 10/14/2004 8:27:02 PM
    - To ignore the origins if the ISS is to lose track of it's function. - Bowser - 10/15/2004 1:36:54 AM
      - America has wanted a Space Station since the 1970's - REB - 10/15/2004 11:38:16 AM
        
        re: Earlier - Raoul - 10/15/2004 4:31:08 PM
        
        re: Earlier - REB - 10/15/2004 4:47:41 PM
    - re: Konstantin - Raoul - 10/14/2004 9:10:15 PM
      - re: Konstantin - E.P. Grondine - 10/15/2004 12:32:02 AM
        
        re: Konstantin - Raoul - 10/15/2004 5:25:37 AM
- re: Soyuz launch - Raoul - 10/14/2004 6:27:19 PM

"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: An Unprecedented Look at Mars" - et - 10/15/2004 4:34:54 PM

Eurospace Foundation - Raoul - 10/14/2004 7:51:31 PM
- By any chance did yuo meet a fellow named Sigurd? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/15/2004 4:22:45 PM
  - re: He must be living in the US; never heard of him (n/t) - Raoul - 10/15/2004 4:28:56 PM

BCC FAKE LUNAR METEORITES - ANTIBCC - 10/15/2004 5:41:26 AM

A partial solar eclipse - Raoul - 10/15/2004 5:23:54 AM

500 day mock Mars mission - No women? - Buck Galaxy - 10/11/2004 5:10:16 PM
- re: 500 day mock Mars mission - No women? - Peersa - 10/15/2004 4:34:30 AM
- The Russians have more experience with folks in space. - Bowser - 10/12/2004 5:24:31 AM
- No women? Too bad. I hear Mars needs 'em. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2004 3:01:31 AM
- No women? Here's why. - JimO - 10/11/2004 8:28:28 PM
  - How about an all gay crew? (n/t) - p - 10/12/2004 6:19:46 PM
    - Bad idea - Buck Galaxy - 10/13/2004 4:24:46 AM
  - Very interesting article, JimO - Buck Galaxy - 10/12/2004 4:54:34 PM
    - article reads like an argument against having men on the mission (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 10/14/2004 3:44:03 AM

Stuff from the rovers - LJ - 10/7/2004 10:53:18 PM
- re: Stuff from the rovers - Raoul - 10/8/2004 7:33:21 AM
  - re Oppy pic: spectacular - aniel - 10/8/2004 8:38:34 PM
  - re: 2nd image is HUGE! - Marcia - 10/8/2004 12:15:21 PM
- re: Stuff from the rovers - Marcia - 10/7/2004 11:42:28 PM
  - Take a look at the APXS data for Ebenezer and Clovis. - Robert Clark - 10/8/2004 8:46:04 AM
    - re: Take a look at the APXS data for Ebenezer and Clovis. - Marcia - 10/9/2004 4:59:16 AM
      - re: Take a look at the APXS data for Ebenezer and Clovis. - Robert Clark - 10/13/2004 1:17:46 AM
      - Ebenezer and Clovis suggest volcanism - bruced - 10/9/2004 12:48:44 PM
        
        re: Ebenezer and Clovis suggest volcanism - Robert Clark - 10/13/2004 1:30:31 AM
        
        Indeed... - Nick Hoffman - 10/10/2004 1:08:58 AM
        
        re: Ebenezer and Clovis suggest volcanism - Robert Clark - 10/9/2004 7:20:04 PM
        
        re: Ebenezer and Clovis suggest volcanism - bruced - 10/10/2004 4:49:11 AM
        
        Greenhouses and Volcanism on Earth and Mars - Nick Hoffman - 10/10/2004 5:47:43 AM
        
        regular strata and the periodicity of cometary impact - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2004 6:39:51 PM
        
        Impact history - Philip Simon - 10/11/2004 11:00:41 PM
        
        re: Impact history of Mars - E.P. Grondine - 10/12/2004 12:51:50 AM
        
        Partial agreement - Philip Simon - 10/15/2004 12:01:36 AM
  - Wopmay - jms - 10/8/2004 3:38:05 AM
    - re: Exquisitely argued - BRFelix - 10/9/2004 10:19:41 PM
    - The medium here is not calcium carbonate - E.P. Grondine - 10/9/2004 5:58:49 PM
      - Don't recall claiming it was CaCO3. - jms - 10/11/2004 4:15:28 AM
        
        "we start with what we know and work from there." - Nick Hoffman - 10/11/2004 12:38:06 PM
        
        reasoning by analogy - E.P. Grondine - 10/11/2004 3:42:26 PM
    - Curiouser and curiouser.... - Nick Hoffman - 10/9/2004 12:26:18 PM
      - re: Curiouser and curiouser.... - Marcia - 10/9/2004 2:27:30 PM
        
        re: ... must wake up though ... - Marcia - 10/9/2004 4:50:46 PM
        
        re:.. must wake up though ... Yeah, the medium here is not calcium carbonate - E.P. Grondine - 10/9/2004 5:23:12 PM
        
        get yourself a big chunk o' gypsum, and throw it off your roof... - jms - 10/11/2004 4:27:25 AM
        
        No one has said that the fracture pattern is not polygonal - E.P. Grondine - 10/11/2004 3:35:26 PM
        
        re: No one has said that the fracture pattern is not polygonal - Nathan Koren - 10/12/2004 3:35:46 AM
        
        So therefore the causative stresses were unlikely to be compressional... - jms - 10/12/2004 2:07:55 AM
        
        re: Acidic conditions/water and berries. - Marcia - 10/10/2004 7:33:46 PM
        
        re: Acidic conditions/water and berries. - E.P. Grondine - 10/11/2004 1:28:55 AM
        
        typo - E.P. Grondine - 10/9/2004 5:24:24 PM
    - re: Wopmay - Nick Hoffman - 10/8/2004 8:17:29 AM
      - Hydrothermal overtones - jms - 10/11/2004 3:48:52 AM
        
        re: The word: Thermophysical. - Marcia - 10/12/2004 5:06:57 AM
        
        Thermophysical vs hydrothermal - Nick Hoffman - 10/12/2004 8:54:50 AM
        
        re: Thermophysical vs hydrothermal - E.P. Grondine - 10/12/2004 9:28:22 PM
      - re: Wopmay - Marcia - 10/11/2004 1:25:43 AM
        
        Boiling gypsum mud. Wow. - jms - 10/11/2004 3:54:35 AM

BCC FAKE LUNAR METEORITES - ANTIBCC - 10/14/2004 5:05:35 AM
- ANTIBCC SOUND LIKE TARZAN - R.L. - 10/14/2004 2:27:04 PM

Nature: Hydrogen economy looks out of reach - Nick Hoffman - 10/12/2004 4:33:12 AM
- Exactly. Only nuke energy makes sense for this. - ebnelson - 10/13/2004 12:45:58 AM
- So agree - Art Martin - 10/12/2004 2:50:27 PM
  - Speaking of Homes - REB - 10/12/2004 3:38:03 PM
    - re: Speaking of Homes - Art Martin - 10/12/2004 4:04:49 PM
      - Waste heat could drive a turbine. - REB - 10/14/2004 1:44:09 PM
      - re: Speaking of Homes - REB - 10/13/2004 12:33:27 PM
      - Some good concepts. A few nitpicks... - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2004 10:22:06 PM
        
        re: Some good concepts. A few nitpicks... - Art Martin - 10/12/2004 10:38:06 PM
        
        Most people aren't as stupid as you think. - Lee - 10/13/2004 1:21:34 AM
        
        I disagree. They're all on the road during my commute. (n/t) - Art Martin - 10/13/2004 4:10:31 AM
        
        Markets - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2004 12:18:37 AM
- re: Time to face reality: Unless the hydrogen atoms are bonded to carbon, then hydrogen is not a feasible energy source. - Scott Evil - 10/12/2004 2:39:56 PM
- Rats! Somebody better let both Kerry and Bush know. (n/t) - McFly - 10/12/2004 2:01:55 PM
- Nuclear energy is the only technically feasible near-term solution. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/12/2004 5:20:32 AM
  - Bookmark this: I completely agree with Bowser. - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2004 4:09:39 PM
    - Nuclear is the only option.... - R.L. - 10/13/2004 4:22:10 AM
    - The atom is our friend. Its power can even bring the Left & Right Zoners together. - Lee - 10/13/2004 1:14:55 AM
    - SpaceDaily What Comes AFter Oil - Adam - 10/12/2004 11:57:43 PM
    - Cleaner Coal - Adam - 10/12/2004 11:47:31 PM
      - Thanks for the links! - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2004 12:23:07 AM
        
        It's nuts - Adam - 10/14/2004 2:17:54 AM
    - And vice versa. Or verse visa. (The other way around.) (n/t) - Bowser - 10/12/2004 10:42:53 PM
    - re: I'm sure you people can think of others - Daniel - 10/12/2004 6:12:19 PM
      - Dumb it down, Brainiac! - McFly - 10/12/2004 6:19:42 PM
        
        Yeah! there are republicans here!! (n/t) - R.L. - 10/13/2004 4:23:51 AM
        
        Argh, a build-up of partisan gases on the Space board...aren't the scrubbers working? (n/t) - McFly - 10/13/2004 6:26:52 PM
        
        hey, I didn't get all of it either .. - Daniel - 10/12/2004 6:41:34 PM
- Whoops - link - Nick Hoffman - 10/12/2004 4:34:43 AM

Plans for DEMISE of ROVERS? - carl - 10/11/2004 4:17:58 PM
- re: Plans for DEMISE of ROVERS? - pwokenyaw - 10/11/2004 4:56:15 PM
- re: Plans for DEMISE of ROVERS? - Larry J - 10/11/2004 4:45:35 PM
  - re: Plans for DEMISE of ROVERS? - Delbert - 10/11/2004 7:53:58 PM
  - They'll keep 'em going as long as they're alive - Buck Galaxy - 10/11/2004 4:56:53 PM
    - re: They'll keep 'em going as long as they're alive - Doug Ellison - 10/11/2004 5:53:55 PM
      - no they won't - pwokenyaw - 10/11/2004 8:03:46 PM
        
        re: no they won't - Doug Ellison - 10/11/2004 9:48:00 PM
        
        re: no they won't - pwokenyaw - 10/11/2004 11:20:38 PM
        
        found the quote from Adler (not Squyres) - pwokenyaw - 10/11/2004 11:27:28 PM
        
        I'm not dead yet! - LJK - 10/14/2004 12:07:25 PM

A new Globular Cluster - Raoul - 10/13/2004 8:10:51 PM
- re: A new Globular Cluster - Vince - 10/14/2004 3:03:53 AM
  - re: A new Globular Cluster - Raoul - 10/14/2004 5:32:03 AM
- re: A new Globular Cluster - SteveS - 10/13/2004 9:25:46 PM

Cassini image of fine rings and shadow - SteveS - 10/13/2004 9:36:35 PM
- re: Thanks n/t. (n/t) - Vince - 10/14/2004 2:13:19 AM

A pet robot - Raoul - 10/13/2004 5:45:50 PM
- No more pets. I already have 2 dogs, 3 cats and two fish. - REB - 10/13/2004 8:29:10 PM

SpaceShip one video - Delbert - 10/13/2004 5:49:50 AM
- re:Very interesting, Del! Thanks! (n/t) - Raoul - 10/13/2004 7:34:12 PM
- re: SpaceShip one video - Ray Williams - 10/13/2004 1:30:19 PM

SETI @ WORK NOT!!! - William Masterson - 10/11/2004 8:09:40 PM
- re: SETI @ WORK NOT!!! - Jack Herer - 10/12/2004 2:05:06 PM
- Processor cycles - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2004 2:47:07 AM
  - security issue - r.l. - 10/13/2004 4:31:05 AM

CU Researchers To Study Berthoud Meteorite - Eric - 10/13/2004 3:37:27 AM

"Space Travel for the Rich" - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2004 2:49:59 AM

John Young - Raoul - 10/12/2004 8:57:51 PM

Thoughts on the origin of Escher - jms - 10/12/2004 1:46:48 AM
- Something else: - jms - 10/12/2004 3:23:00 AM

Nature: Drug may keep astronauts' bones strong - Chris Vancil - 10/11/2004 9:06:36 PM
- Encouraging, thanks Chris (n/t) - McFly - 10/12/2004 1:44:22 AM

strange spin on astrophysics news - Daniel L - 10/11/2004 1:25:14 PM
- astrophysics and the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence - E.P. Grondine - 10/11/2004 3:59:36 PM
  - you probably think the galaxy is already colonized .. - Daniel - 10/11/2004 6:09:26 PM
    - Not me,,, - E.P. Grondine - 10/12/2004 1:00:00 AM

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