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What's the focal length of a KH-12 reconnaissance satellite? - Lee - 9/7/2004 5:03:02 AM
- re: What's the focal length of a KH-12 reconnaissance satellite? - Nick Hoffman - 9/7/2004 11:12:40 AM
  - KH-11 and KH-12 used the same shipping container as Hubble - Gary - 9/7/2004 3:53:14 PM
    - That would be a problem. - Lee - 9/7/2004 6:27:30 PM
      - re: That would be a problem. - Larry J - 9/7/2004 9:00:06 PM
        
        Corrections and comments - Gary - 9/8/2004 4:36:42 AM
        
        Is that why the Hubble's mirror was shaped wrong? - Lee - 9/8/2004 5:26:32 AM
        
        I believe it was the NIH factor - Gary - 9/8/2004 5:39:28 AM
        
        Ranks up there with the standard/metric conversion screwup on the MCO. (n/t) - Lee - 9/8/2004 5:46:14 AM
        
        Thanks Larry. - Lee - 9/8/2004 1:12:24 AM
        
        re: FAS write up - E.P. Grondine - 9/8/2004 12:55:12 AM

Ivan - Nathan Koren - 9/5/2004 10:53:44 PM
- Great image of Ivan and remains of Frances - Art Martin - 9/7/2004 8:57:36 PM
- Computer models for Ivan - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 4:58:18 PM
  - Where'd You Get This? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/6/2004 5:45:05 PM
    - re: Where'd You Get This? - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 8:01:10 PM
      - re: Thanks, Jeremy! - Nathan Koren - 9/7/2004 1:31:52 AM
- Ivan - no hurricane has developed this far south since 1933 (n/t) - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 1:45:04 PM
  - Not so - Fox - 9/6/2004 6:24:02 PM
    - Notice how its spin is clockwise. (n/t) - Lee - 9/8/2004 3:27:38 AM
- SH!! - Mark Eby - 9/6/2004 3:32:22 AM
  - re: SH!! - Nathan Koren - 9/6/2004 7:46:39 AM
  - Sshhhhhhhhhh is right - Lindy - 9/6/2004 7:39:55 AM
  - In all seriousness.... - Gary - 9/6/2004 4:49:40 AM
    - If Florida goes...then so goes the nation. (n/t) - Jeremy - 9/6/2004 1:51:33 PM
      - I doubt that - Gary - 9/7/2004 3:55:05 PM

News from Keck and the laser - R.L. - 9/2/2004 9:02:25 PM
- Congratulations. - ebnelson - 9/4/2004 9:31:02 PM
  - I doubt that - R.L. - 9/5/2004 6:28:12 AM
    - The whole scene around observatories is awesome - ebnelson - 9/7/2004 3:47:28 PM
      - LOL, maybe youd like to hear the story about... - R.L. - 9/8/2004 12:10:19 AM
- keep us posted (n/t) - Daniel - 9/4/2004 8:37:03 AM
  - I will post the images as soon as they're released - R.L. - 9/5/2004 12:51:53 AM
    - Ummmm...'pictures better than Hubble'...yumm...must see...soon! (n/t) - Robert - 9/5/2004 10:39:43 PM
      - Hubble still has an advantage - R.L. - 9/6/2004 5:52:49 AM
      - A Teaser - R.L. - 9/6/2004 5:39:39 AM
        
        re: Woah!!! - Nathan Koren - 9/6/2004 6:13:02 PM
        
        Its hard to see but if you look closely - R.L. - 9/6/2004 7:22:11 PM

Kermit is proud! - Raoul - 9/7/2004 6:16:17 PM
- Ha, I 'm not alone. My two favorite Muppet characters. (n/t) - Delbert - 9/7/2004 7:47:55 PM

cute. - RobVG - 9/5/2004 9:22:36 PM
- not the first time - jms - 9/7/2004 1:44:03 AM
- re: cute. - Nick Hoffman - 9/6/2004 12:20:02 AM
  - what report? (n/t) - RobVG - 9/6/2004 4:04:52 PM
    - like, the obvious one, dude... - Nick Hoffman - 9/6/2004 4:24:49 PM
      - Oh, that report... (thanks) (n/t) - RobVG - 9/6/2004 4:42:57 PM

Construction of the Airport of Osaka, Japan. - Barney - 9/5/2004 7:55:49 PM
- Lightning strike of a jet at the Osaka airport. - Barney - 9/6/2004 1:42:23 PM
- Interesting. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/6/2004 12:19:25 AM

Frances - Raoul - 9/5/2004 4:20:19 PM
- I didn't like that movie... - R.L. - 9/5/2004 10:46:49 PM
- Marooned - Delbert - 9/5/2004 4:41:06 PM
  - re: Marooned - Peter Bruener - 9/6/2004 4:04:21 AM
  - re: Marooned - Raoul - 9/5/2004 5:57:07 PM

Thermoelectric SPS... - Adam - 9/4/2004 11:27:03 AM
- Thermoelectric is not that good - Gary - 9/4/2004 5:57:01 PM
  - I know.... - Adam - 9/4/2004 9:08:57 PM
    - Bleeding edge technology - Gary - 9/5/2004 5:41:59 PM
      - reality of aerospace... - Adam - 9/5/2004 10:10:23 PM
- More from ABC.Com - Adam - 9/4/2004 12:06:57 PM

Returning samples from space - Raoul - 9/5/2004 6:02:11 PM

Spirit shots from the nav camera - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2004 7:41:21 AM
- re: Spirit shots from the nav camera - Raoul - 9/5/2004 8:31:37 AM

Supernova SN 2004 dj - Raoul - 9/5/2004 8:14:40 AM

Excellent picture of Hurricane Frances. - REB - 9/2/2004 8:53:01 PM
- Zoomed out a little more. - REB - 9/2/2004 8:55:57 PM
  - Doppler radar shot and satellite picture - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2004 4:50:57 AM
    - Tom, these might help you understand the imaging - Nick Hoffman - 9/4/2004 1:15:20 AM
      - re: Tom, these might help you understand the imaging - Nick Hoffman - 9/5/2004 3:25:59 AM
      - Thanks! Combining more than one type of imaging should be routine on all of these sites. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2004 2:03:30 AM
    - What the heck... - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2004 4:55:35 AM
      - Here is NOAA's warning site - REB - 9/3/2004 1:26:43 PM
        
        Yeah, I see what you mean about NOAA being better. - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2004 1:51:10 PM

Sedna... exoplanet? - Adam - 9/4/2004 11:40:01 AM
- re: Age - Raoul - 9/4/2004 5:25:25 PM
  - Precisely... - Adam - 9/4/2004 9:11:21 PM

Latest spacewalk - Raoul - 9/4/2004 6:53:09 AM
- re: Latest spacewalk - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2004 7:08:22 PM
  - re: LOL; thanks! maybe some day..er...night;) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/4/2004 8:40:13 PM
- You got some great shots there, Raoul. - Bowser - 9/4/2004 1:43:58 PM
  - re: A case of simultaneity:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/4/2004 5:20:33 PM

Confirmation from a Belgian amateur astronomer - Raoul - 9/4/2004 9:32:33 AM
- Hey,! Your time will come, Raoul....There are billions of them out there. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/4/2004 7:10:46 PM

Genesis reentry Sept. 8 - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2004 7:06:47 PM

NEO News - Mark Eby - 9/4/2004 4:18:48 AM

Anyone keeping up with the MERs? - REB - 9/3/2004 2:10:28 PM
- Are you prepared for the lack of data coming up? - Art Martin - 9/3/2004 11:26:21 PM

NASA Selects Contractors For New SEI Studies - Chris Vancil - 9/2/2004 12:43:24 AM
- t-Space is one of the outfits I'm contracted with. - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 5:57:40 AM
  - re: t-Space is one of the outfits I'm contracted with. - Chris Vancil - 9/2/2004 6:24:54 AM
    - Website - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 4:16:41 PM
      - re: Website - Nathan Koren - 9/2/2004 6:15:00 PM
        
        Hey, why redo a load of aerodynamic work if you don't have to? - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 9:27:00 PM
        
        re: Oh, I'm not complaining! - Nathan Koren - 9/3/2004 11:14:37 PM

Some interesting news from SETI@Home - Tom Brosz - 9/1/2004 10:45:18 PM
- Probably not an alien signal, and here's why... - LJK - 9/3/2004 11:37:36 AM
- it seems odd... - LJ - 9/2/2004 4:37:43 PM
  - Alien signal or not... - alcaray - 9/2/2004 6:43:39 PM
- re: Well... - Raoul - 9/2/2004 3:39:30 PM
  - Isn't Harvard's astronomer expected to be skeptical? What does it stand to gain by NOT being so? - ~tax leech - 9/2/2004 6:46:41 PM
- Probably nothing. If alien intelligence really existed they'd be here by now (n/t) - Fermi's Paradox - 9/2/2004 2:24:48 PM
  - It is a huge universe, and the speed of light is slow in relation. - REB - 9/2/2004 2:34:24 PM
    - re: Radio signals are slower and the BBC is known to be negative. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/2/2004 4:25:50 PM
      - re: Radio signals are slower and the BBC is known to be negative. - Nigel - 9/3/2004 5:29:05 PM
        
        Perhaps she is referring to its government-backed (therefore bureaucratic) status? - ~tax leech - 9/3/2004 5:50:07 PM
        
        re: Perhaps she is referring to its government-backed (therefore bureaucratic) status? - nigel - 9/3/2004 7:09:05 PM
- I wish Sagan was alive to see this. - REB - 9/2/2004 11:59:04 AM
- Here's the text of the article (New Scientist site has crashed due to traffic) - ~tax leech - 9/2/2004 2:17:49 AM
  - re: Here's the text of the article (New Scientist site has crashed due to traffic) - gbaikie - 9/2/2004 11:42:54 AM
    - That was my thought. - Lee - 9/2/2004 7:33:08 PM
    - CNN.com is covering this matter now (here's the article). - ~tax leech - 9/2/2004 2:39:37 PM

Tomorrow, at 03:21 AM CET - Raoul - 9/2/2004 8:54:55 PM

Space, no. Rocket, YES! - et - 9/2/2004 5:11:49 PM
- I suggest cutting back on the indigestible carbohydrates. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2004 8:44:11 PM
- Yes, but does it have ironsides? Get it? Ironsides? ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/2/2004 8:22:40 PM
- Not a rocket but a jet - Larry J - 9/2/2004 5:40:44 PM

From the outpost in space - Raoul - 9/2/2004 8:14:41 PM

Smaller than a grain of sand, more ancient than the Sun... - Raoul - 9/2/2004 6:31:58 PM

Very cool website about the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) - Gary - 9/1/2004 4:04:19 PM
- Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience - Larry J - 9/1/2004 4:42:07 PM
  - re: Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience - Gary - 9/1/2004 11:03:44 PM
- Mercury spacecraft had - carl - 9/1/2004 4:35:54 PM
  - Mercury spacecraft - Gary - 9/1/2004 11:08:26 PM
    - No better example of that... - Larry J - 9/2/2004 2:09:14 PM

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