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Masturbating Martian Clouds - Art Martin - 8/19/2004 12:00:52 AM

New moons for Saturn - Raoul Lannoy - 8/17/2004 7:42:38 AM
- Please STOP!!! ;-) No more Saturn moons....PLEEEEZE!!! ;-) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/17/2004 8:31:45 PM
  - If you count the ring particles, there could be billions :) - REB - 8/18/2004 3:05:52 PM
    - Some of the ring particles could have liquid water too, and the chemical precursors of life !!! (n/t) - AB - 8/18/2004 9:03:15 PM
  - re: Thesis - Raoul - 8/17/2004 8:50:05 PM
    - Well?...I guess we'll lose count of astrophysics papers soon too. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/17/2004 8:59:46 PM

Moonrush - Raoul - 8/16/2004 9:54:02 PM
- re: Moonrush - Chris Vancil - 8/16/2004 11:12:35 PM
  - re: Moonrush - ken murphy - 8/18/2004 1:27:48 AM

Eric Meier of Space Transport Company on the radio - Chris Vancil - 8/17/2004 8:53:43 PM

Doing something about space debris - Delbert - 8/16/2004 5:11:35 PM
- This section of LEO is sponsored by the Glendale Rotary Club..... (n/t) - Art Martin - 8/16/2004 9:19:41 PM
  - That's funny! (n/t) - Bowser - 8/17/2004 6:52:31 PM
- re: Doing something about space debris - Larry J - 8/16/2004 8:12:05 PM

Canadian Arrow makes successful drop test of cabin - Tom Brosz - 8/15/2004 9:54:25 PM
- Link to the Arrow website - Larry J - 8/17/2004 4:21:55 PM

Window for detecting intelligent life on Earth is closing - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 1:32:23 AM
- We may be looking at the wrong place, that is, outward rather than inward... - Marvi - 8/13/2004 11:47:07 PM
- re: Maybe we aren't hearing anyone because we live in a dangerous neighborhood. - Scott Evil - 8/13/2004 7:45:21 PM
- Impossible to detect such a small signal anyway. - David F Mayer - 8/12/2004 5:27:46 AM
  - Single photon detectors are common lab equipment - ZG - 8/12/2004 7:44:48 AM
    - You don't get it. - David F Mayer - 8/12/2004 5:47:50 PM
      - In other words... - Tom Brosz - 8/13/2004 2:35:09 AM
        
        I think I'm starting to get it - ZB - 8/13/2004 5:14:48 AM
        
        Any signal from a stellar system will be a "penlight" compared to the central star itself. - David F Mayer - 8/15/2004 3:39:31 AM
        
        Not so, if targeting - phil - 8/16/2004 1:55:03 AM
        
        That is BEAMING. I said that a spherical wave front can not be detected. - David F Mayer - 8/17/2004 12:31:36 AM
        
        Better not blink. - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2004 3:26:35 PM
- very misleading - phil - 8/11/2004 3:13:53 PM
  - I think I will start a new thread on here about this, see above - R.L. - 8/15/2004 6:15:42 AM
  - re: very misleading - Tom Brosz - 8/11/2004 4:53:26 PM
    - I agree - p - 8/12/2004 1:20:15 AM
      - What do you call a guy with no arm and legs who sits in a hole? (n/t) - ZC - 8/12/2004 7:37:27 AM
        
        HOW BOUT 'Muddy Stubby'? (n/t) - R.L. - 8/15/2004 7:20:25 AM

The nights of the falling stars - Raoul - 8/16/2004 9:14:44 PM

Autographs - Raoul - 8/16/2004 7:50:44 PM
- Bill Dana's still alive? - Art Martin - 8/16/2004 9:14:19 PM

Thin film technology used to build fuel cells - phil - 8/16/2004 6:36:38 PM

Falcon 1 - Raoul - 8/16/2004 12:48:31 PM

Globular Clusters - Raoul - 8/15/2004 7:58:05 AM
- re: Globular Clusters - LJK - 8/15/2004 9:48:06 PM
  - re: Globular Clusters - Raoul - 8/15/2004 10:45:08 PM
    - re: Globular Clusters - LJK - 8/16/2004 11:38:39 AM

Interesting article on coal power from GRL. - et - 8/12/2004 9:08:12 PM
- I've learned firsthand that wind-turbines can have adverse environmental impact. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/12/2004 10:27:43 PM
  - Bigger turbines turn slower, and emit less noise - FZ - 8/13/2004 10:05:52 AM
    - Bigger costs more. The same people who harbor hopes for wind power as a save all are the same ones who shun capitalism. - Scott Evil - 8/13/2004 7:06:52 PM
  - Coal doesn't have to be dirty... - Adam - 8/13/2004 1:36:16 AM
    - The oil crunch will affect motor vehicles, not necessarily electricity - SZ - 8/13/2004 10:39:02 AM
      - And you thought greenhouse warming was bad from fossil fuels... - Scott Evil - 8/13/2004 7:12:08 PM
      - Jackpot !!! Renewable energy just might be possible! - GZ - 8/13/2004 3:33:52 PM
        
        why not just put a fusion reactor in every car. - Scott Evil - 8/13/2004 7:15:15 PM
        
        Yes!! It is just like putting a fusion reactor in your car! (candidate sales pitch, lol) (n/t) - ZB - 8/14/2004 2:54:28 PM
        
        'Put a tokamak in your tank' (n/t) - Play on the old Exxon commercial - 8/15/2004 6:04:29 AM

Brothers on Earth - Raoul - 8/13/2004 8:12:16 PM
- Guess all the sisters are on the isle of Lesbos. ;-) (n/t) - Lee - 8/14/2004 2:31:41 AM
  - And all the hermaphrodites are still somewhere in what was East Germany. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 8/15/2004 1:12:02 AM

Progress arrives - Raoul - 8/14/2004 2:02:12 PM

Dust in a stellar disk from Keck II (AU Mic) - Raoul - 8/13/2004 3:31:26 PM
- why spend $1B on Hubble upgrade? - phil - 8/13/2004 4:34:20 PM
  - It's a little more complicated than that, but you do have a good point that needs to be studied - R.L. - 8/13/2004 11:48:27 PM
  - re: why spend $1B on Hubble upgrade? - Delbert - 8/13/2004 4:48:06 PM
    - robotics advances - phil - 8/13/2004 5:35:38 PM
      - re: Agreed. - Scott Evil - 8/13/2004 6:59:28 PM

Cyanobacteria found in a meteorite? - LJK - 8/9/2004 2:51:22 PM
- More photos and information - LJK - 8/13/2004 11:28:38 PM
- re: Cyanobacteria found in a meteorite? - Proclus - 8/9/2004 5:39:33 PM
  - re: On the Moon - Raoul - 8/9/2004 6:23:04 PM

Prometheus Online - Mark Eby - 8/13/2004 11:13:16 PM
- Let's Try That Link Again - Mark Eby - 8/13/2004 11:15:13 PM

A camera for the External Tank - Raoul - 8/13/2004 7:07:50 PM
- One camera on the opposite side seems inadequate. - Delbert - 8/13/2004 10:32:40 PM
- re: A camera for the External Tank - Art Martin - 8/13/2004 10:18:26 PM

Perseid's Meteors - SteveS - 8/12/2004 12:31:38 PM
- Cloudy in NE but somebody wanna come over help me clear all these rocks outa my yard? (n/t) - phil - 8/13/2004 1:36:05 PM
- After 2 solid weeks of perfectly clear skies it decided to be cloudy last night and alas for the 20th year in a row no meteors. (n/t) - Delbert - 8/12/2004 8:48:43 PM
  - I guess the saying "There's always next year" is getting old and worthy of shinning a flashlight in my eyes :-) (n/t) - SteveS - 8/12/2004 10:48:40 PM
- I saw 23 from 3:00 - 3:30 central time. (n/t) - Lee - 8/12/2004 7:41:29 PM
  - Excellent, not stormy numbers but right there within the predicted showers (n/t) - SteveS - 8/12/2004 10:49:42 PM
- Marine cloud layer rolled in. One lousy meteor. #$@%$%$# (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/12/2004 4:25:11 PM
  - We had a few days earlier in the week where it pushed inland to the Diablo Valley too, burrrr (n/t) - SteveS - 8/12/2004 10:52:01 PM
  - Bad timing, Tom. I saw a dozen-plus in Palo Alto/Baylands (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 8/12/2004 10:09:39 PM
    - re: Bad timing - Tom Brosz - 8/12/2004 11:19:59 PM
- re: Perseid's report - Raoul - 8/12/2004 4:09:56 PM
  - Club chatter - SteveS - 8/12/2004 10:55:16 PM
    - re: Club chatter - Raoul - 8/13/2004 5:31:20 AM

Beer and Geology - jms - 8/11/2004 4:14:11 PM
- "the role of geology in beer. " Shurely shome mishtake? - Tony - 8/12/2004 6:21:56 PM
  - Just an hour? - jms - 8/12/2004 7:13:57 PM
    - Only an hour....... - Tony - 8/13/2004 1:03:54 PM
- Whew! You got my heart pumping! For a moment you had me thinking they detected C2H50H on Mars. - Jacob Samorodin - 8/11/2004 8:19:13 PM
  - now that would be something - jms - 8/12/2004 7:15:31 PM
- Beer and planetary science. - et - 8/11/2004 5:05:58 PM
  - Beer and Structurral Geology - jms - 8/12/2004 7:19:41 PM

Space related cartoons - Raoul - 8/13/2004 5:28:16 AM
- re: Space related cartoons - Doug Ellison - 8/13/2004 10:18:55 AM
  - LOL - thanks (n/t) - Daniel - 8/13/2004 12:42:36 PM
- Cagle is great - Daniel L - 8/13/2004 5:55:23 AM

NASA "Zero risk means zero accomplishment" - phil - 8/11/2004 1:04:52 PM
- A great example of why we need more filthy rich people. What a great tax shelter. Divised has he. (n/t) - Yoda - 8/11/2004 7:39:48 PM
- Limits to human life span - Gary - 8/11/2004 4:29:32 PM
  - re: Limits to human life span - Peersa - 8/13/2004 5:05:43 AM

A new theory for the solar system planetary formation - Raoul - 7/9/2002 5:40:54 PM
- Saturn's Core and Core accretion... - Adam - 8/13/2004 1:26:16 AM
- Re: A new theory for the solar system planetary formation - Bowser - 7/10/2002 4:23:49 PM
  - Re: A new theory for the solar system planetary formation - Marcia - 7/11/2002 5:15:04 PM
    - re: Re: A new theory for the solar system planetary formation - svetlov - 8/12/2004 9:51:41 AM

"the threat of cosmic mega disasters will be essentially abolished within 30 years". - Mark Eby - 8/9/2004 11:36:20 PM
- Blatant idiocy: GRBs et. al. still a threat - phil - 8/10/2004 1:36:50 AM
  - You Are Of Course Correct - Mark Eby - 8/11/2004 1:21:51 AM
    - Yah, I knew that's where you were headed! Good job (n/t) - phil - 8/11/2004 12:22:47 PM
  - Also, what about long period comets? (n/t) - Gary - 8/10/2004 6:18:33 AM
    - And short period human attention span? (n/t) - et - 8/10/2004 5:16:09 PM
      - with regards to what? (n/t) - Tony - 8/11/2004 2:10:22 AM
        
        I think he means..... - Gary - 8/11/2004 5:24:10 AM
        
        twas a joke.... (n/t) - Tony - 8/12/2004 6:26:42 PM
        
        Very Likely Unless We Become A True Spacefaring Species - Mark Eby - 8/12/2004 1:57:06 AM

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