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"astronomer Sir Martin Rees calculates that civilization has only a 50-50 chance of making it to the 22nd century" - Bowser - 9/12/2004 1:39:35 PM
- more accurately: he himself has a 0-100 chance of making it to the 22nd century (n/t) - Daniel - 9/13/2004 6:17:39 AM
  - (those kinds of predictions are about as useful as the Drake Equation: totally meaningless, as we can't really understand the variables, let alone quantify them (n/t) - Daniel - 9/13/2004 6:30:38 AM
- re: "astronomer Sir Martin Rees calculates that civilization has only a 50-50 chance of making it to the 22nd century" - Sarandon - 9/12/2004 4:55:23 PM

3 minutes - Raoul - 9/12/2004 12:20:25 AM

Great news on Genesis - ebnelson - 9/10/2004 7:29:39 PM
- So?.,..Is the glass half-empty, or half-full? ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/10/2004 9:56:13 PM
  - How about: the glass is broken on the floor? (n/t) - Gary - 9/11/2004 4:15:12 AM
- as Mr Burns might say .. - Daniel - 9/10/2004 8:02:25 PM
  - re: Genesis could generate good science! - Raoul - 9/10/2004 8:50:24 PM
    - Aeroshell aerodynamics [why they tumble] - Gary - 9/11/2004 6:28:53 PM
      - (must have been built like a tank though, to survive that impact) - Daniel - 9/11/2004 7:07:13 PM
        
        Genesis was designed to withstand high aerodynamic deceleration - Gary - 9/11/2004 11:31:30 PM
    - hey .. maybe that'll be next in line for a remake, after 'Thunderbirds' ..? - Daniel - 9/11/2004 2:33:55 PM
      - re: UFO - Raoul - 9/11/2004 4:35:26 PM

Yepun and an exoplanet - Raoul - 9/10/2004 4:22:15 PM
- re: ESO Press release - Raoul - 9/10/2004 8:30:42 PM
  - When is the VLT going to be linked into an optical interferometer, and what about Keck? (n/t) - Lee - 9/11/2004 3:19:16 AM
    - re: When is the VLT going to be linked into an optical interferometer, and what about Keck? - R.L. - 9/11/2004 5:03:16 AM
      - Well if it ever does happen, the results should be breath taking. (n/t) - Lee - 9/11/2004 7:41:32 AM
- re: World - Raoul - 9/10/2004 5:57:16 PM
  - Science requires reproducible results. Any independent verification yet? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/10/2004 10:01:41 PM
    - re: You'd need something as good as Yepun and available time (n/t) - Raoul - 9/10/2004 10:17:32 PM
      - :) How about something better - R.L. - 9/11/2004 4:40:00 AM
        
        Can fiberoptic cables be used instead of complex mirrors for optical interferometry? (n/t) - Lee - 9/11/2004 7:44:26 AM
        
        Yes, the OHANA project is attempting to link a few of the scopes on the summit together that way - R.L. - 9/11/2004 4:42:32 PM
      - 8^) Hmmmmm (n/t) - R.L. - 9/11/2004 12:01:06 AM

Need a radio relay satellite - Art Martin - 9/10/2004 9:57:44 PM
- re: Need a radio relay satellite - Doug Ellison - 9/10/2004 11:05:16 PM
  - re: Need a radio relay satellite - Art Martin - 9/11/2004 5:23:27 AM
    - re: Need a radio relay satellite - Doug Ellison - 9/11/2004 2:27:07 PM
      - Well-earned vacation - Art Martin - 9/11/2004 3:59:08 PM
      - Well-earned vacation - Art Martin - 9/11/2004 3:59:05 PM

MSNBC (Oberg) - Oxygen problems plague space station - JimO - 9/9/2004 10:38:59 PM
- re: Oxygen problems - Raoul - 9/11/2004 3:14:47 PM
- at least they're not on their way to Mars - E.P. Gorndine - 9/10/2004 4:55:10 AM
  - Good points - Buck Galaxy - 9/10/2004 8:37:19 PM
    - re: Good points - Marcia - 9/11/2004 2:58:57 AM

Mars may have had large sea - Imran - 9/9/2004 5:05:38 AM
- Global Martian Oceans - Philip Simon - 9/10/2004 2:07:57 PM
  - Hmmm. Wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong. - et - 9/11/2004 7:11:45 AM
  - re: Global Martian Oceans - Buck Galaxy - 9/11/2004 5:33:11 AM
- re: Mars may have had large sea - Thank you, Imran. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/9/2004 11:18:05 PM
- Think it was the cabanas in the Rover pictures that clued them in? - Art Martin - 9/9/2004 5:56:58 PM
  - lol. Everytime I look at this post I see "cannabis". (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/9/2004 11:10:27 PM
    - maybe you should move your pot plant away from your monitor :) (n/t) - R.L. - 9/11/2004 1:35:48 AM
      - Last pot plant I grew was over 15 years ago and it was a doozy. - Art Martin - 9/11/2004 5:25:41 AM
  - Don't be silly, Art. Here's the image - you interpret it. - Bowser - 9/9/2004 7:57:46 PM
    - Humbled..... (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/9/2004 9:29:06 PM
  - LOL - REB - 9/9/2004 6:28:46 PM

The sky this morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mercury - Raoul - 9/10/2004 5:18:42 AM
- re: Mercury-Regulus - Raoul - 9/10/2004 4:27:48 PM
  - re: Mercury-Regulus from Toronto - Raoul - 9/10/2004 9:44:27 PM
    - Aaaarggg! I missed it! - Jacob Samorodin - 9/10/2004 10:06:58 PM
      - re: Toronto - Raoul - 9/11/2004 6:49:03 AM

Preliminary science results from Genesis! - R.L. - 9/11/2004 12:12:20 AM
- That's an improvement - Gary - 9/11/2004 4:14:18 AM

A stellar (har har) physics news update #700. - et - 9/10/2004 3:43:09 PM
- "Oh, would you like to model a star, make magnetic fields in a jar, and be better off than you are..." - Fox - 9/11/2004 4:10:35 AM
- Excuse me, et. - Bowser - 9/10/2004 9:37:10 PM
  - Ok, but drink it quick.... (n/t) - et - 9/10/2004 10:06:57 PM
- build your own neutron star .. - Daniel - 9/10/2004 7:21:44 PM

Noah's Ark on the Moon - p - 9/8/2004 11:05:34 PM
- re: Noah's Ark on the Moon - andrew - 9/10/2004 8:48:51 PM
- re: Noah's Ark on the Moon - LJK - 9/9/2004 8:27:25 PM
- Encounter 2001. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:39:57 PM
  - re: Encounter 2001. - LJK - 9/9/2004 8:45:43 PM

An excellent Antidote to Jeff Bell's nonsense - Nathan Koren - 9/8/2004 9:48:40 PM
- re: An excellent Antidote to Jeff Bell's nonsense - gbaikie - 9/9/2004 3:31:30 AM
- What an idiot. - E.P. Grondine - 9/9/2004 2:24:11 AM
  - I agree with EP, this time - dtb - 9/9/2004 3:03:39 PM
    - Simberg made one important point - Gary - 9/9/2004 4:19:50 PM
      - yeah, that he's an idiot - E.P. Grondine - 9/10/2004 5:05:28 AM

Missing From Frances News - Mark Eby - 9/9/2004 3:16:47 AM
- Storm tracking - Lindy - 9/9/2004 12:38:07 PM
  - re: Storm tracking - Mark Eby - 9/9/2004 11:26:44 PM
    - re: Storm tracking - Lindy - 9/10/2004 4:24:59 AM

Genesis just augered in. - et - 9/8/2004 4:00:13 PM
- Genesis Mission Status Update - SteveS - 9/9/2004 2:01:03 AM
- From the Genesis site - SteveS - 9/8/2004 11:23:17 PM
  - Correction;Space Today site (n/t) - SteveS - 9/9/2004 12:45:31 AM
- Looks like the ground is wet around it. - REB - 9/8/2004 8:16:44 PM
- Pretty good writeup in the New York Times - Larry J - 9/8/2004 7:31:27 PM
  - Anybody know what the explosive was? - et - 9/8/2004 7:47:28 PM
    - Next question: hardware similarities with Stardust? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/8/2004 8:11:48 PM
      - Good question, I'm sure it will be an issue of some interest in the next year. - et - 9/8/2004 8:30:32 PM
        
        If the chute don't open, it might still be salvagible. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:32:30 PM
- Post mortem newsconference in 10 min (2:30 EST) (n/t) - et - 9/8/2004 6:20:36 PM
- re: The near future - Raoul - 9/8/2004 5:59:37 PM
  - It takes only one problem. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:36:15 PM
- Genesis had a battery problem at or soon after launch - pwokenyaw - 9/8/2004 5:30:45 PM
  - Good point, pwokenyaw - Alex R. Blackwell - 9/8/2004 6:01:02 PM
    - re: Good point, pwokenyaw - JimO - 9/8/2004 8:12:51 PM
- Drogue mortar still live? - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:54:26 PM
  - CNN says probably yes (n/t) - Daniel - 9/8/2004 5:23:16 PM
    - CNN?? - Alex R. Blackwell - 9/8/2004 5:33:24 PM
- Ditto. - REB - 9/8/2004 4:52:13 PM
- Andromeda STRAIN all over again - carl - 9/8/2004 4:42:42 PM
  - Meant in jest, but something to think about for future sample returns. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:53:33 PM
    - Not being SILLY - carl - 9/8/2004 5:09:04 PM
      - That is rediculous - R.L. - 9/9/2004 4:44:41 AM
      - Yea, you are. - et - 9/8/2004 6:13:10 PM
        
        et has a very good point... - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 8:27:46 PM
        
        Hey! Why am I turing green? - REB - 9/8/2004 8:51:04 PM
        
        Has SPACE DUST ever had a TAXI RIDE from orbit? - carl - 9/9/2004 5:07:36 PM
        
        Terminal velocity for a speck of dust is not very fast. And bigger chunks stay cold inside. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/10/2004 12:12:00 AM
- re: Genesis just augered in. - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:33:45 PM
  - Yeah, I'd call that "augered in". - Gary - 9/8/2004 4:57:38 PM
    - re: Yeah, I'd call that "augered in". - Nathan Koren - 9/8/2004 9:54:00 PM
- re: Parafoils - Raoul - 9/8/2004 4:24:46 PM
- Just heard it on the radio - Larry J - 9/8/2004 4:05:50 PM
- too bad. Not a good day for NASA (n/t) - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:05:46 PM
  - The pieces are still there. Solar samples are still there. Is it a cup half-full or half-empty? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/8/2004 11:29:17 PM
  - Reply to question below. - et - 9/8/2004 4:33:00 PM
    - If they are Si disks like those used in the IC industry... - R.L. - 9/9/2004 7:26:06 AM
    - re: Reply to question below. - JimO - 9/8/2004 6:26:47 PM
      - I hope you didn't write this..... - et - 9/8/2004 7:32:45 PM
        
        re: I hope you didn't write this..... - JimO - 9/8/2004 8:14:29 PM
      - re: Reply to question below. - et - 9/8/2004 7:25:27 PM
        
        re: Reply to question below. - JimO - 9/8/2004 8:15:56 PM
    - Geez I hope you're right (n/t) - Daniel - 9/8/2004 4:35:47 PM
- re: Genesis just augered in. - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 4:04:10 PM
  - It looked like it slowed to terminal velocity. - et - 9/8/2004 4:08:34 PM
    - On NASA tv someone said 100 mph. (n/t) - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:23:57 PM
- No chute, just a tumbling areoshell.. (n/t) - et - 9/8/2004 4:01:09 PM

A nrw moon around Saturn - Raoul - 9/9/2004 9:07:17 PM
- And a new ring - SteveS - 9/9/2004 11:45:07 PM
- re: A new moon around Saturn and where is Cassini - Raoul - 9/9/2004 9:12:27 PM
  - Oh, what an awesome animation Raoul. Thanks. - Art Martin - 9/9/2004 11:09:21 PM

Informative Website - Art Martin - 9/9/2004 9:35:03 PM

Antennae Galaxies as seen from Spitzer - Raoul - 9/9/2004 6:56:28 PM

How Many Time Did We Tell Barry Digregorio Parachutes Fail? - Mark Eby - 9/9/2004 2:35:29 AM
- Oh PLEASE dont start all that again.......:-) (n/t) - Tony - 9/9/2004 4:49:39 PM
- Many, many times - Larry J - 9/9/2004 2:23:16 PM
  - Trial lawyers and moonbats - Gary - 9/9/2004 3:40:33 PM
    - Mars Nuts at it again: There is no MSR to worry about - E.P. Grondine - 9/9/2004 4:52:27 PM
    - I thought MSR was likely to be sterilized - pwokenyaw - 9/9/2004 4:31:35 PM
    - re: "Make no mistake, MSR is toast." - Scott Evil - 9/9/2004 4:15:14 PM
      - Right again except I'd send people now (n/t) - Gary - 9/9/2004 4:24:37 PM

New nebula picture- Keck Vs Hubble - R.L. - 9/9/2004 12:00:54 AM
- re: New nebula picture- Keck Vs Hubble - Raoul - 9/9/2004 5:37:05 AM
  - I DOUBT YOU CAN INCREASE HUBBLES RESOLUTION - R.L. - 9/9/2004 8:02:46 AM
- Hey, child prodigy... - et - 9/9/2004 3:29:21 AM
  - Those results will be released by Keck on the 17th, I believe... - R.L. - 9/9/2004 4:14:55 AM

Friday morning at around 06:00 AM - Raoul - 9/8/2004 9:09:27 PM
- re: Thursday morning - Raoul - 9/9/2004 4:29:18 AM

Any news about the SETI discovery from last week? - REB - 9/8/2004 8:48:00 PM
- Space.com follow-ups - Adam - 9/9/2004 1:28:59 AM

Wednesday, September 8, 2004, a fireball streaking across the daylight sky above the western United States - SteveS - 9/8/2004 1:14:00 AM
- Of course...first you need a deployed chute. Bummer! - SteveS - 9/8/2004 11:10:02 PM
- in amazing good shape for something that just hit the ground that fast - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:02:50 PM
- On NASA TV - Delbert - 9/8/2004 3:39:46 PM
  - can anything be salvaged from that. - Delbert - 9/8/2004 4:00:31 PM
- Is there anybody here who lives in the Northwest area going to try to see the entry? - Delbert - 9/8/2004 2:00:27 PM
  - Wait for it. Somehow, Raoul will have great pictures from his own camera. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 3:34:40 PM
    - re: Eurocopter - Luna 24 - Raoul - 9/8/2004 3:46:59 PM
  - I'll go look. It's about an hour away, and east of me. - Bowser - 9/8/2004 2:49:11 PM
- This was routine flying back in the days of Corona. - Lee - 9/8/2004 3:55:52 AM
  - Oh nevermind. (n/t) - Lee - 9/8/2004 5:48:18 PM

Rocket science - Raoul - 9/7/2004 9:08:46 PM
- Hard to see how anyone could argue with that. - Bowser - 9/8/2004 12:44:32 AM
- Somewhat weak arguments - Larry J - 9/7/2004 9:31:47 PM
  - Bell writes well but he has a chip on his shoulder - Gary - 9/8/2004 5:12:13 AM
    - re: chip on the shoulder - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2004 3:51:11 PM
      - Unlimited dreams confronted by limited resources - Larry J - 9/8/2004 4:02:49 PM
  - re: Somewhat weak arguments - Nathan Koren - 9/7/2004 10:26:51 PM

Has anyone heard any news of hurricane damage at the Kennedy Space Center? (n/t) - Delbert - 9/6/2004 3:43:08 PM
- re: Has anyone heard any news of hurricane damage at the Kennedy Space Center? - Raoul - 9/8/2004 5:36:25 AM
  - Thanks Raoul (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 9/8/2004 6:43:16 AM
- re: The VAB - Raoul - 9/7/2004 5:24:28 AM
  - How's SLICK 6 out at Vandenburg? - carl - 9/7/2004 9:11:14 PM
    - They abandoned the idea of launching Shuttles out of SLC-6 back in 1986 - Larry J - 9/7/2004 9:42:23 PM
- ...about 1000 panels ripped off VAB... - Peter Bruener - 9/7/2004 1:38:39 AM
  - shuttles unharmed - E.P. Grondine - 9/8/2004 1:02:34 AM
- Here's a little - Nathan Koren - 9/6/2004 5:28:13 PM
- re: Has anyone heard any news of hurricane damage at the Kennedy Space Center? - Doug Ellison - 9/6/2004 3:49:21 PM
  - re: Has anyone heard any news of hurricane damage at the Kennedy Space Center? - David - 9/7/2004 8:30:12 PM
    - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 9/7/2004 10:40:29 PM

What Lit The Candle? Rare Earth XXXMLIV - Mark Eby - 9/4/2004 4:32:51 AM
- Rub of time - Adam - 9/4/2004 9:28:24 PM
  - The answers lie in coastal SE Asia - E.P. Grondine - 9/6/2004 3:10:28 AM
  - Sticks, stones, then sharp stones? - E.P. Grondine - 9/5/2004 7:59:42 PM
    - re: Sticks, stones, then sharp stones? - Adam - 9/6/2004 2:40:37 PM
      - Clothes - Nick Hoffman - 9/6/2004 4:29:01 PM
        
        re: Clothes - Andrew - 9/7/2004 8:19:53 PM
        
        Assumptions as to weather - E.P. Grondine - 9/8/2004 6:36:47 AM
        
        Don't You Read Scifi? - Mark Eby - 9/8/2004 2:17:45 AM
        
        Evolutionary DNA Theory Has Come A Long Way - Mark Eby - 9/6/2004 5:50:41 PM
      - nuts, awls, and knots - E.P. Grondine - 9/6/2004 3:52:13 PM

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