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Possible fumarole on Mars? - Jase - 9/16/2004 5:08:21 PM
- re: Hmmm - BRFelix - 9/17/2004 1:13:02 AM
  - re: Hmmm - REB - 9/17/2004 12:34:11 PM
  - re: Hmmm - Jase - 9/17/2004 8:00:41 AM
- That would be good news. - REB - 9/16/2004 6:27:33 PM
  - Evidence of Springs and Glaciers in Mars' Nilosyrtis Mensae region - REB - 9/17/2004 12:49:35 PM
    - re: Evidence of Springs and Glaciers in Mars' Nilosyrtis Mensae region - Jase - 9/18/2004 10:58:12 AM

Mars Valleys Reflect Dry Climate - Imran - 9/15/2004 3:43:31 AM
- Desert drainage patterns differ little from tropical. - Philip Simon - 9/16/2004 10:31:11 PM
  - re: Desert drainage patterns differ little from tropical. - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2004 1:54:09 AM
    - Yes, logical explanation. - Philip Simon - 9/17/2004 7:20:21 PM
      - re: Yes, logical explanation. - Philip Simon - 9/17/2004 9:41:55 PM
        
        Requested reference: - Phil - 9/17/2004 10:11:26 PM
        
        Good, but... - Nick Hoffman - 9/18/2004 7:58:45 AM
- re: Mars Valleys Reflect Dry Climate - Nick Hoffman - 9/15/2004 5:15:04 AM
  - Still room for debate. - Robert Clark - 9/16/2004 8:13:18 AM
- re: Mars Valleys Reflect Dry Climate - ultimately. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/15/2004 4:54:22 AM
  - re: Mars Valleys Reflect Dry Climate - ultimately. = Alright! /as in, to date, at present. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/15/2004 4:56:10 AM
- Impacts release water from crust (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 9/15/2004 3:50:42 AM

Telescopes - Raoul - 9/18/2004 7:46:34 AM

Par Toutatis !! - Raoul - 9/17/2004 7:43:32 PM
- Data on seeing Toutatis - LJK - 9/17/2004 11:14:11 PM

Deploy, then test - alcaray - 9/14/2004 5:45:00 PM
- We had an ABM system once. - Lee - 9/16/2004 2:28:53 AM
  - And maybe we would have had a nuclear war, if we kept it. - alcaray - 9/16/2004 4:15:49 PM
    - The Russians have had their system operational all of this time - Larry J - 9/16/2004 4:46:19 PM
      - Imagine the advances that would've come had it been kept. (n/t) - Lee - 9/17/2004 1:19:34 AM
- Hardly belongs on the space board - Art Martin - 9/14/2004 11:02:20 PM
  - Actually... (Robert?) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 11:32:00 PM
    - Actually - Robert - 9/15/2004 3:16:26 PM
      - ok works for me. Just seemed we were pulling politics into here more than necessary. (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/15/2004 5:11:43 PM
        
        Goes with the territory - Robert - 9/16/2004 3:36:58 PM
        
        re: Goes with the territory - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2004 9:13:03 PM
        
        re: Goes with the territory - Art Martin - 9/16/2004 5:58:12 PM
  - I would not mind any inside info that JimO might share about it. - alcaray - 9/14/2004 11:29:13 PM
- Sounds good to me. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 6:29:06 PM
  - Ineffective weapons get people killed. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/14/2004 8:43:10 PM
    - Please describe scenario where ineffective missile defense system kills more people than no missile defense system. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 9:39:22 PM
      - re: Please describe scenario where ineffective missile defense system kills more people than no missile defense system. - alcaray - 9/14/2004 10:40:22 PM
        
        re: Please describe scenario - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 11:47:04 PM
        
        You missed too. Point is, if you think you have one and don't, then what. - Bowser - 9/15/2004 4:07:33 AM
        
        They may be madmen, but they're in the Pentagon - dtb - 9/15/2004 2:04:17 AM
        
        Excellent points, and not hypothetical - dtb - 9/14/2004 11:27:15 PM
        
        Could you point us to a source on any of these statements? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2004 6:28:09 AM

Maccholz - Raoul - 9/17/2004 5:20:46 PM
- re: Maccholz - SteveS - 9/17/2004 8:43:35 PM
- re: Maccholz - REB - 9/17/2004 7:44:02 PM
  - re: Maccholz - Delbert - 9/17/2004 8:01:50 PM
    - re: Comets in 1910 - Raoul - 9/17/2004 8:25:15 PM
  - re: Yakutake - Raoul - 9/17/2004 7:53:07 PM
    - re: Yakutake - REB - 9/17/2004 8:00:46 PM
      - re: Yakutake - Raoul - 9/17/2004 8:16:33 PM

CHARA Array - alcaray - 9/17/2004 5:01:29 PM
- re: CHARA Array - Raoul - 9/17/2004 5:26:55 PM
  - thanks for the link fix (n/t) - alcaray - 9/17/2004 5:31:27 PM

On this day in 1789 Mimas was discovered... - SteveS - 9/17/2004 2:36:40 PM
- re: The other moons - Raoul - 9/17/2004 4:34:05 PM

Exoplanets - Raoul - 9/17/2004 4:28:20 PM

Is Cowing Accurately Quoting Zubrin? - Mark Eby - 10/9/2001 1:40:18 PM
- Thanks for the 911 memorial - this must have been a lot of work. - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 4:20:54 PM
  - Don't forget the Lizard People... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2004 3:24:34 AM
    - I think that I mentioned all of them... - E.P. Grondine - 9/17/2004 3:34:31 PM
  - Wow You Must Have Been Really Bored & Have Nothing To Do To Page That Far Back - Mark Eby - 9/17/2004 12:17:52 AM
    - Far from the case - E.P. Grondine - 9/17/2004 1:50:12 AM
      - re: Far from the case - Keith Cowing - 9/17/2004 2:30:34 AM
        
        I can't help but notice your lack of fact and use of invective - E.P. Grondine - 9/17/2004 2:47:34 PM
    - Cant blame EP for this one- If you look below you will see that it was resurrected by what appears to be a mentally ill person on acid. (n/t) - R.L. - 9/17/2004 1:35:21 AM
  - re: Thanks for the 911 memorial - this must have been a lot of work. - Keith Cowing - 9/16/2004 5:41:18 PM
    - Correction: they bought your services. - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 7:05:55 PM
- No - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 5:07:08 PM
  - Re: No - Michael K. Heney - 10/11/2001 8:10:46 AM
    - Re: No - Keith Cowing - 10/11/2001 12:57:21 PM
  - Nonsense - Keith Cowing - 10/10/2001 5:25:06 PM
    - Why hello, Scoop - - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 6:19:24 PM
      - Re: Why hello, Scoop - - Keith Cowing - 10/10/2001 6:56:01 PM
- Re: Is Cowing Accurately Quoting Zubrin? - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2001 2:34:23 PM
  - Thanks Tom & Others - Mark Eby - 10/10/2001 11:59:59 AM
  - Zubrin editorial - Tom Brosz - 10/9/2001 3:19:34 PM
    - Oh, heck with it. Here it is. - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2001 4:09:04 PM
      - He is right - FrankC - 10/10/2001 5:07:48 PM
        
        Re: He is right - gbaikie - 10/10/2001 6:55:53 PM
        
        re: Re: He is right - Marthe Brosseau - 9/16/2004 3:44:38 AM
        
        Uhhhh, yeah, we'll hop right on that - R.L. - 9/17/2004 1:40:46 AM
        
        Don't sweat it. I've got Quatermass working the giant grasshopper problem. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2004 3:23:47 AM
        
        Oh, Jolly good, ol chap! - R.L. - 9/17/2004 9:24:56 AM
        
        Either way - FrankC - 10/10/2001 7:06:09 PM
        
        Space Utopianism - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 12:45:05 PM
        
        Re: He is right - phil - 10/10/2001 8:01:48 AM
        
        I agree with Frank - Gary - 10/10/2001 3:15:57 PM
      - A technical comment, not a historical one - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 4:49:54 PM
        
        Re: A technical comment, not a historical one - Tom Brosz - 10/10/2001 6:00:43 PM
        
        Re: Habitabilty - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 6:37:11 PM
        
        Re: Habitabilty - phil - 10/10/2001 7:58:13 PM
        
        Nanotech no solution to habitability problem - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 12:17:33 PM
        
        Re: Nanotech no solution to habitability problem - phil - 10/10/2001 12:35:41 PM
        
        Re: Nanotech no solution to habitability problem - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2001 3:59:42 PM
- Agree with Keith or not, I've never known him to lie - Larry J - 10/9/2001 2:20:48 PM
  - So what have they invented in the past 700 years? - Lee - 10/10/2001 7:31:40 PM
    - Brilliant Essay, Dr. Zubrin - Brock Peters - 5/28/2002 5:10:24 PM
    - Not much - FrankC - 10/10/2001 12:59:31 PM
- Yes, Cowing is Accurately Quoting Zubrin - Keith Cowing - 10/9/2001 2:19:26 PM
  - For Larry & Keith On Misrepresentation - Mark Eby - 10/10/2001 11:37:44 AM
    - Perhaps it was a matter of phrasing - Larry J - 10/10/2001 12:53:06 PM
    - Now ask yourself the next question - E.P. Grondine - 10/10/2001 12:27:43 PM
- Re: Is Cowing Accurately Quoting Zubrin? - FrankC - 10/9/2001 2:17:29 PM

Reflection - Raoul - 9/16/2004 6:45:42 PM
- Damn, that's a good-lookin' guy at the top of the page! - Bowser - 9/16/2004 9:36:31 PM
  - re: ...just the 'Cheap Tickets girl". (n/t) - Marcia - 9/16/2004 11:40:11 PM
    - Darn! You're right. Earlier it was a fins speciman of a Weimeraner. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/17/2004 5:49:24 AM

Where is that new image of one of Saturn's moons? - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 1:45:22 AM
- Saturn's moons? - SteveS - 9/16/2004 4:13:58 PM
  - Thanks for the link - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 4:24:00 PM
    - Do you know which moon it was? (n/t) - SteveS - 9/16/2004 4:33:22 PM
      - re: Do you know which moon it was? - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 6:31:22 PM
        
        Sounds icy - SteveS - 9/16/2004 7:10:26 PM
        
        re: Sounds icy - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 11:34:50 PM
- re: Where is that new image of one of Saturn's moons? - Raoul - 9/16/2004 5:30:03 AM
  - Not that one... - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 3:48:14 PM
    - re: Phoebe? (heavy in KB) - Raoul - 9/16/2004 5:32:40 PM

Where is the Shoemaker-Levy impact movie? - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2004 3:50:55 PM

Direct images of an endoplanet, Mars. - et - 9/11/2004 6:33:47 PM
- Log lying fogs near equator. - Robert Clark - 9/16/2004 8:21:00 AM
  - "Low" lying fogs, that is. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/16/2004 8:23:00 AM
- beautiful..."eyecandy" is right; when does the Cocoa Puffs mining operation start? ( : (n/t) - Beth - 9/12/2004 2:40:15 AM
  - Actually, I think Boo Berry has acquired the mineral rights. 8-D - et - 9/12/2004 4:48:16 AM
  - Looks more like peanut brittle to me (n/t) - Fox - 9/12/2004 3:25:00 AM

Explosive bolt - Raoul - 9/15/2004 5:51:40 PM

Weightlessness - Raoul - 9/15/2004 5:28:18 AM
- re: Nogravity - Raoul - 9/15/2004 4:22:55 PM

Apollo Story - Larry J - 9/14/2004 7:25:02 PM
- re: Apollo Story - Marcia - 9/15/2004 2:23:37 AM
- Apollo Lunar Surface Journal - Bowser - 9/14/2004 11:43:54 PM
  - That's a tremendous resource... - Larry J - 9/15/2004 1:56:44 PM

The big cosmological problems - Raoul - 9/13/2004 7:36:12 PM
- not so big... - Adam - 9/15/2004 12:05:52 AM
- Possible answer, maybe. - David F Mayer - 9/14/2004 7:35:36 PM
- You are going to get SDAI started, if you are not careful. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/14/2004 5:48:52 PM
- re: The big cosmological problems - gbaikie - 9/14/2004 7:10:03 AM
  - re: Z - Raoul - 9/14/2004 3:35:20 PM
- PROBLEMS INDEED... :) - Sarandon - 9/14/2004 1:00:21 AM
  - Why is it easier to believe that something always existed? - alcaray - 9/14/2004 5:54:25 PM
    - re: History - Raoul - 9/14/2004 9:59:02 PM

Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - SteveS - 9/14/2004 3:11:40 AM
- My guess - Fox - 9/14/2004 10:45:50 PM
- Famous "Specter of the Bracken" (spelling uncertain) - David F Mayer - 9/14/2004 7:28:35 PM
- re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - Jack Herer - 9/14/2004 6:47:46 PM
- My guess - REB - 9/14/2004 4:04:45 PM
- re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - Jack Herer - 9/14/2004 3:58:50 PM
- re: Astronomy Picture of the Day Challenge - alcaray - 9/14/2004 2:58:15 PM
  - Not screaming, but that is incorrect - R.L. - 9/14/2004 4:42:01 PM
    - Never had a class on optics, huh? (n/t) - et - 9/14/2004 4:43:57 PM
      - one class in optics zero in lasers and in astronomy and in engineering - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:42:54 PM
      - ??? - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:11:37 PM
- I will take a shot at it - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:03:21 AM
  - re: I'm with R.L. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 3:28:14 PM
    - The Glory - SteveS - 9/14/2004 9:17:23 PM
    - on snow and fog too - jms - 9/14/2004 4:53:48 PM
    - Lewin took the above picture in a construction area in Massachusetts on June 20. - et - 9/14/2004 4:42:59 PM

A book that might be of interest... - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 7:07:08 PM

4 kinds of missions to the Moon - Raoul - 9/13/2004 6:18:34 PM
- Don't forget the 5th and 6th. Mormons and Adventists. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/13/2004 9:41:01 PM
  - re: LOL ;) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/14/2004 3:41:58 PM
  - *ba-dum-ching* *groooaan* ( : (n/t) - Beth - 9/13/2004 10:24:30 PM
- re: 4 kinds of missions to the Moon - REB - 9/13/2004 7:36:16 PM

SOFIA for astronomers - Raoul - 9/13/2004 7:06:31 PM
- re: SOFIA for astronomers - SteveS - 9/14/2004 3:18:25 AM

Space probes feel cosmic tug of bizarre forces - Derek - 9/13/2004 3:22:14 PM
- re: Space probes feel cosmic tug of bizarre forces - Sarandon - 9/13/2004 11:40:08 PM
- Have the Voyager spacecraft experienced the same anomoly? (n/t) - Dave M - 9/13/2004 6:04:57 PM
  - I don't think so - dtb - 9/13/2004 8:33:24 PM
  - re: I think so, yes (n/t) - Raoul - 9/13/2004 6:14:52 PM

an interesting report of a sighting - Derek - 9/12/2004 5:17:44 PM
- ...nothing but anecdotal evidence, - Peter Bruener - 9/13/2004 6:19:25 AM
  - re: ...nothing but anecdotal evidence, - Derek - 9/13/2004 2:34:25 PM
- So whatever happened to the Mexican Lights? - LJK - 9/12/2004 9:02:28 PM
  - I never saw any refutation of them in the media. - ~tax leech - 9/13/2004 2:26:31 AM
- "Where's the cream filling?" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2004 8:10:39 PM
  - re: LOL!! - Raoul - 9/13/2004 5:19:56 AM

'Endurance Crater' Overview - REB - 9/13/2004 1:05:05 PM
- Larry, did you see "Larry's Leap"? LOL - REB - 9/13/2004 1:06:36 PM
  - Probably from someone who works for JPL - Larry J - 9/13/2004 1:34:59 PM
    - re: Probably from someone who works for JPL - REB - 9/13/2004 2:33:55 PM
    - answer - Doug - 9/13/2004 2:18:50 PM

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