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Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam - REB - 9/29/2004 8:29:30 PM
- update - dtb - 9/29/2004 10:06:39 PM
  - re: update - REB - 9/30/2004 11:47:56 AM
  - re:Climbing St. Helens - SteveS - 9/29/2004 10:57:32 PM
    - Cascades - dtb - 9/29/2004 11:35:32 PM
      - Trail around St. Helens. - Bowser - 9/30/2004 12:29:19 PM
      - re: Cascades - Chris Vancil - 9/30/2004 8:16:15 AM
    - re: re:Climbing St. Helens - Bowser - 9/29/2004 11:12:18 PM
      - Let's go! I have a good pair of... - SteveS - 9/29/2004 11:25:01 PM
        
        If you'd said "boots" we could take off. ;-) Arf! (n/t) - Bowser - 9/30/2004 4:22:41 AM

Webcast site for Spaceship One - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 1:41:00 PM
- WOW!!! - Delbert - 9/29/2004 3:25:16 PM
  - re: WOW!!! - Raoul - 9/29/2004 3:30:03 PM
    - re: WOW!!! - Delbert - 9/29/2004 3:37:18 PM
      - re: WOW!!! - Raoul - 9/29/2004 3:42:30 PM
    - re: WOW!!! - Delbert - 9/29/2004 3:32:01 PM
- Thanks. I am on the edge of my seat. - REB - 9/29/2004 2:51:06 PM
- re: Webcast site for Spaceship One - Nathan Koren - 9/29/2004 2:43:05 PM
- re: Webcast site for Spaceship One - Doug Ellison - 9/29/2004 2:17:57 PM
- Also on NASA TV - Dave - 9/29/2004 1:57:51 PM
  - I want my...I want my NTV. :) (n/t) - Lee - 9/30/2004 12:20:34 AM

Missile Defense details - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 5:41:38 PM
- The airborne anti missile laser has GOT to be one of the stupidest most expensive concepts ever (n/t) - R.L. - 9/29/2004 9:19:02 PM
  - re: Only if you think its only use is as a defensive weapons system. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/29/2004 10:06:21 PM
    - It isn't very practical as an offensive weapon either... (n/t) - R.L. - 9/30/2004 12:08:35 AM
- They forgot to add the Easter Bunny's ABM egg cannon. (n/t) - et - 9/29/2004 6:23:43 PM
- This would likely be used as an offensive system. World domination would be too irresistable. (n/t) - Mike - 9/29/2004 5:51:26 PM
  - *sigh* (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 7:48:15 PM

Melvill Speaks! - Nathan Koren - 9/29/2004 7:34:56 PM
- re: Does that sound like a fun ride... - Scott Evil - 9/29/2004 9:09:59 PM
  - re: Does that sound like a fun ride... - JimO - 9/29/2004 9:16:11 PM
    - White's Motel is my sentimental favorite. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 9:43:07 PM

The Canada-France-Hawai Telescope is 25 years old - Raoul - 9/29/2004 8:18:14 PM

Raoul, your help please, concerning comets - E.P. Grondine - 9/27/2004 8:54:04 PM
- Oooops... - E.P. Grondine - 9/27/2004 9:01:20 PM
  - re: Halley's Comet - Raoul - 9/27/2004 9:07:03 PM
    - re: Sorry....I went too fast - Raoul - 9/27/2004 9:10:57 PM
      - re: However, 4 orbits earlier... - Raoul - 9/27/2004 9:17:56 PM
        
        re: Here - Raoul - 9/27/2004 9:28:31 PM
        
        Thanks! - E.P. Grondine - 9/28/2004 12:02:50 AM
        
        re: Comets - Raoul - 9/28/2004 7:43:10 AM
        
        690 AD, not 690 BC - E.P. Grondine - 9/28/2004 1:59:28 PM
        
        re: 690 AD, - Raoul - 9/28/2004 2:37:32 PM
        
        re: 690 AD, - E.P. Grondine - 9/28/2004 7:07:16 PM
        
        re: re:J'en ai bien peur, en effet:) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/28/2004 9:44:37 PM
        
        pas de responsabilitie, mais avec "thanks" - une autre question - E.P. Grondine - 9/29/2004 12:15:25 AM
        
        re: Encke - Raoul - 9/29/2004 7:42:54 AM
        
        re: Encke - E.P. Grondine - 9/29/2004 2:18:41 PM
        
        re: Encke - Raoul - 9/29/2004 5:13:50 PM
        
        re: Comets - REB - 9/28/2004 1:20:53 PM
        
        Ooops - still problems - you're not the only one moving too fast - E.P. Grondine - 9/28/2004 12:12:27 AM

Had a bit of a spin there for a while...seems okay now. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 3:16:10 PM
- Would give a lot if the newspeople would shut the heck up and let me hear the communications. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 3:29:37 PM
- Made me dizzy - REB - 9/29/2004 3:29:05 PM
  - Yes! Phew!!!!... My knuckles are still white. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/29/2004 4:39:33 PM

"Introduction to Future Launch Vehicle Plans" - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 1:05:33 AM
- Well, that's going to shoot the hell out of a few hours. Thanks, sorta. - Bowser - 9/29/2004 4:47:43 AM
  - Second that - great post (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 9/29/2004 2:13:49 PM

Rocket-Ship Galileo - Adam - 9/28/2004 11:55:56 PM
- Loved the Heinlein Juveniles - phil - 9/29/2004 12:27:58 AM
  - I do re-read them as an adult. Frequently. - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 12:51:35 AM
    - Not the best... - Adam - 9/29/2004 1:59:17 PM

SpaceShipOne is go for 9/29 first attempt - SteveS - 9/28/2004 11:32:58 PM
- re: SpaceShipOne is go for 9/29 first attempt - REB - 9/29/2004 12:41:30 PM
- Six AM Pacific Time. Don't sleep in. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 5:06:44 AM
  - More info... - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 5:11:39 AM

Branson of Virgin Airlines signs up for space tourism - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2004 2:55:25 PM
- re: Branson of Virgin Airlines signs up for space tourism - Raoul - 9/27/2004 3:54:03 PM
  - "The Sky is no longer the Limit"; Space Odyssey: 2001. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/27/2004 4:49:35 PM
    - re:It's the "Galactic Experience"! - Raoul - 9/27/2004 8:24:07 PM
      - I maybe a bit off topic, but regarding the extinct airline company, PANAMERICAN. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/27/2004 8:58:22 PM
        
        re: Pan Am - Nick Hoffman - 9/28/2004 5:44:11 AM
        
        re: When space was romantic... - Raoul - 9/28/2004 7:48:57 AM
        
        I've still got both of my reservation cards - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2004 5:20:19 AM
        
        re: A way to remember a time when we thought it was possible! interesting! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/29/2004 7:45:52 AM
        
        re: Eastern Airlines - Raoul - 9/27/2004 9:38:46 PM
        
        Borman was at Eastern, not PamAm - Larry J - 9/27/2004 9:34:00 PM
  - Wish he'd done it a few years ago... - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2004 4:32:25 PM
    - yeah - he looks curious, but uncertain - Daniel - 9/27/2004 5:53:36 PM
      - Yeah, it's him. - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2004 1:07:35 AM

Mars Society German: Balloon Mission Advances - Chris Vancil - 9/29/2004 6:45:32 AM

Pissing off the Space Gods - Nathan Koren - 9/29/2004 4:22:44 AM

Attn, aviation buffs: Classic spotted today - Fox - 9/26/2004 3:14:50 AM
- Is that the same plane that was on LAX? - REB - 9/28/2004 1:16:56 PM
  - Couldn't tell ya . . . - Fox - 9/29/2004 2:39:01 AM
- re: Attn, aviation buffs: Classic spotted today - dtb - 9/26/2004 1:59:10 PM
- fixed link - Fox - 9/26/2004 3:17:26 AM
  - Heh, heh. Great picture. - Bowser - 9/26/2004 3:29:09 AM

Nature: A picture of young Mars - Chris Vancil - 9/28/2004 8:59:42 PM
- already posted... but still cool - Adam - 9/28/2004 11:03:20 PM

Mount St. Helens going to blow her top soon? - REB - 9/27/2004 12:22:54 PM
- re: Mount St. Helens going to blow her top soon? - Chris Vancil - 9/28/2004 10:26:28 PM
- We visited years after the last eruption. - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 5:46:31 PM
- I passed the Toutle River nine days after the big last. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/27/2004 4:46:41 PM
  - re: I heard the devestation was great for the morel mushroom hunters who braved the volcanic wasteland. - Scott Evil - 9/27/2004 7:32:09 PM
    - re: I heard the devestation was great for the morel mushroom hunters who braved the volcanic wasteland. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/27/2004 9:08:39 PM
      - re: I heard the devestation was great for the morel mushroom hunters who braved the volcanic wasteland. - REB - 9/28/2004 1:08:22 PM
- re: Mount St. Helens going to blow her top soon? - Hans - 9/27/2004 3:33:15 PM
- Was there on Saturday - Buck Galaxy - 9/27/2004 3:17:31 PM
- re:Quake data - dtb - 9/27/2004 2:30:42 PM
  - Any quake data on the pre-last (1980) eruption? - REB - 9/27/2004 2:39:46 PM

Moon base structure? - Eric - 9/25/2004 7:17:20 PM
- Image noise. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 5:03:44 PM
- Image flaw - Donald - 9/26/2004 3:39:39 PM
- re: Moon base structure? - David F Mayer - 9/26/2004 4:08:57 AM
  - re: Moon base structure? - Eric - 9/26/2004 2:34:22 PM
- Looks like a digital artifact to me. (n/t) - Lee - 9/26/2004 3:34:29 AM
- Rectangular craters - Adam - 9/25/2004 9:39:05 PM
  - re: Rectangular craters - Eric - 9/26/2004 12:11:00 AM
    - Angular craters - Nick Hoffman - 9/26/2004 3:15:34 AM
      - re: Angular craters - Eric - 9/26/2004 2:29:46 PM
        
        Do you mean Queen Isabela? - Dave M - 9/28/2004 7:52:29 PM
        
        She had angular craters? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/28/2004 10:19:10 PM
        
        historical furphy - Adam - 9/26/2004 3:03:13 PM
        
        Columbus was a map reader - JJB - 9/28/2004 8:03:18 AM
        
        Source - Adam - 9/26/2004 11:47:20 PM
        
        Nonsense! - Nick Hoffman - 9/28/2004 5:56:35 AM

One year and months to go before.....the Moon! - Raoul - 9/27/2004 7:32:34 PM
- I could have drove faster - Buck Galaxy - 9/28/2004 4:34:28 AM
  - Yeah, but would you have got 3,750,000 miles per gallon? (n/t) - LJ - 9/28/2004 3:23:34 PM
  - re: I could have drove faster - Doug Ellison - 9/28/2004 9:10:14 AM

"sun pictures" from the rovers - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2004 3:33:35 AM
- Check out todyas new picture from Opportunity. - REB - 9/27/2004 12:17:52 PM
  - re: Check out todyas new picture from Opportunity. - Doug Ellison - 9/27/2004 12:48:24 PM
    - Or a moon? (n/t) - et - 9/27/2004 7:43:24 PM
      - Could be. - REB - 9/28/2004 2:14:09 PM
- re: "sun pictures" from the rovers - Doug Ellison - 9/27/2004 9:04:29 AM
  - Thanks! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2004 2:50:38 PM

Mars' outgassing measured by ESA - E.P. Grondine - 9/28/2004 2:13:52 PM

Interesting pic from Opportunity - LJ - 9/27/2004 8:44:25 PM
- And the rock texture is interesting. - REB - 9/27/2004 8:55:13 PM
  - re: And the rock texture is interesting. - Marcia - 9/27/2004 10:59:56 PM
    - re: btw, thank you LJ & REB for the update. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/27/2004 11:01:52 PM
      - My pleasure. I love to talk about Mars. - REB - 9/28/2004 1:22:14 PM
- Maybe just light coloured dust? (pic) - LJ - 9/27/2004 8:53:31 PM
  - re: Maybe just light coloured dust? (pic) -yep, sure does. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/27/2004 10:05:18 PM
  - Try this picture. - REB - 9/27/2004 8:57:24 PM
- re: Interesting pic from Opportunity - REB - 9/27/2004 8:53:14 PM

Toutatis - Raoul - 9/24/2004 6:30:35 PM
- More info - Larry J - 9/27/2004 3:35:38 PM
- re: Toutatis - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2004 5:23:34 AM
- For some reason, when you mention that name, I think of "Asterix the Gaul", and his big companion. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/24/2004 8:43:49 PM
  - re: Par Toutatis! - Raoul - 9/24/2004 9:36:38 PM
- Damn, that thing is moving fast! - REB - 9/24/2004 6:59:16 PM
  - re: One day it will....on Earth! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/24/2004 7:25:59 PM
    - re: One day it will....on Earth! - SteveS - 9/24/2004 8:50:00 PM
      - re: Pro - Raoul - 9/24/2004 9:39:16 PM
        
        re: Pro - Marcia - 9/25/2004 3:45:28 PM
        
        re: Pro - SteveS - 9/25/2004 5:53:19 PM
    - No!....Future generations, with suitable technology, will move it out of harm's way. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/24/2004 8:47:29 PM
      - re: By then, mankind will have gone extinct, perhaps (n/t) - Raoul - 9/24/2004 9:50:00 PM
        
        Undoubtedly If We Let Terrorists Grow In Power, Probably If We Don't Colonize/Commercialize Space (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/26/2004 12:19:22 PM
        
        re:Extinction - Raoul - 9/26/2004 4:19:37 PM
        
        I prefer to think of it as evolving. - REB - 9/28/2004 1:13:58 PM
      - re: Darn right... - Scott Evil - 9/24/2004 8:48:36 PM

Woohoo, finally tracks from orbit. - Art Martin - 9/27/2004 11:32:11 PM
- Neat! They also added new MOC pictures. - REB - 9/28/2004 1:02:28 PM
- re: Woohoo, finally tracks from orbit. - Raoul - 9/28/2004 8:21:43 AM
  - re: Woohoo, finally tracks from orbit. - Doug Ellison - 9/28/2004 9:09:22 AM

CEV launcher? - Raoul - 9/27/2004 8:51:23 AM
- So Cool... but rough - Adam - 9/28/2004 12:41:15 AM
  - re: Rough - Raoul - 9/28/2004 7:50:40 AM

Grinder screwup? - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2004 4:10:12 AM
- Before conjunction, they deliberately... - alcaray - 9/27/2004 11:26:19 PM
  - re: Before conjunction, they deliberately... - Doug Ellison - 9/28/2004 7:25:42 AM

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