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Rhea! - REB - 7/8/2004 1:14:27 PM
- re: Rhea! - Raoul - 7/8/2004 4:32:23 PM
  - re: Rhea! - REB - 7/8/2004 8:23:03 PM
    - re: Rhea! - Raoul - 7/8/2004 9:12:43 PM
  - Amateur Astronomers have an eye for heavenly bodies.:) (n/t) - RobVG - 7/8/2004 5:15:21 PM
    - re: That's what space is all about! :-) - Raoul - 7/8/2004 6:10:51 PM
  - wow, a natural blonde and zero G. Imagine the possibilities. (n/t) - Art Martin - 7/8/2004 4:41:47 PM
    - If she changed her hair color, would that be... - R.L. (Apoligetically) - 7/9/2004 8:53:02 AM
      - re: I have some doubts - Raoul - 7/9/2004 3:56:43 PM
    - re: wow, a natural blonde and zero G. - Raoul - 7/8/2004 4:52:49 PM
      - Must keep mind on work....slipping....slipping (n/t) - Art Martin - 7/8/2004 5:35:33 PM

Plan for Spirit to travel along base of hills dropped - Buck Galaxy - 7/7/2004 12:08:45 AM
- Knew those engineers were also tourists - Art Martin - 7/8/2004 4:57:23 PM
  - Yeah I'm getting pumped up about the rovers all over again - Buck Galaxy - 7/9/2004 3:02:46 AM
- Because it's there - Buck Galaxy - 7/7/2004 12:10:38 AM
  - Here's a couple of uncalibrated color versions. - Robert Clark - 7/7/2004 9:31:08 PM
  - Just when I thought I couldtake a breather from all that data from Mars this past 6 months... - Jacob Samorodin - 7/7/2004 4:51:36 PM

About filaments on "bounce" rock. - Robert Clark - 7/7/2004 3:38:28 AM
- re: Problematica - BRFelix - 7/8/2004 6:45:47 PM
  - re: New "Filament" site - Marvi - 7/9/2004 1:57:40 AM
- More surface fungus - Philip Simon - 7/7/2004 11:51:04 PM
- re: About filaments on "bounce" rock. - Robert Clark - 7/7/2004 6:34:47 PM

SunSat Act... - Adam - 7/9/2004 1:41:17 AM

What's up with Cassini the past few days? - Carolina Dave - 7/7/2004 6:08:40 PM
- not in a close orbit - Arthur Smith - 7/8/2004 9:06:09 PM
  - Not close - Alex R. Blackwell - 7/8/2004 9:41:04 PM
- re: The Rings in UV - Raoul - 7/8/2004 5:34:31 AM
- re: The rings and Titan - Raoul - 7/7/2004 8:15:41 PM
- re: What's up with Cassini the past few days? - Alex R. Blackwell - 7/7/2004 6:20:27 PM
  - re: What's up with Cassini the past few days? - Chris Vancil - 7/8/2004 7:56:45 AM
  - re:Thanks - Carolina Dave - 7/7/2004 10:17:02 PM
  - Schedule for next flybys of Titan et. al. - phil - 7/7/2004 6:26:27 PM
    - Latest Cassini reference tour - Alex R. Blackwell - 7/7/2004 6:36:51 PM
      - 100k near-miss of Encaladus on 12-Mar-2008? YaaaHooooo! (n/t) - alcaray - 7/7/2004 10:41:02 PM
        
        cripes! - Daniel - 7/8/2004 7:05:04 AM

Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - R.L. - 7/3/2004 7:33:46 PM
- My observations about the world - John - 7/6/2004 7:21:58 AM
  - One correction - Japan - John - 7/6/2004 7:37:16 AM
- re: Let's try this: Western-style capitalist nations have done more for humanity than the rest of the world put together. - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 1:25:53 AM
  - re: Let's try this: Western-style capitalist nations have done more for humanity than the rest of the world put together. - John - 7/6/2004 7:54:24 AM
    - Capitalism and democracy - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2004 11:58:58 PM
- re: Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - Andrew - 7/5/2004 4:38:19 PM
  - Ok, Doug, and andrew... lets play games - R.L. - 7/5/2004 6:46:21 PM
    - R.L., take it from the voice of experience: you're whizzing into the wind here. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 12:36:10 AM
    - re: Ok, Doug, and andrew... lets play games - andrew - 7/5/2004 8:53:57 PM
    - re: Ok, Doug, and andrew... lets play games - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 7:44:18 PM
- Dr. Robert Zubrin: "In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization." - ~tax leech - 7/4/2004 6:35:31 PM
  - SHUT UP, YOU BRAINLESS TWIT - R.L. - 7/4/2004 7:46:00 PM
    - Take it easy... - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2004 8:29:54 PM
      - Could be , tom - R.L. - 7/5/2004 7:03:44 AM
        
        R.L., you abusive TAX LEECH, why don't you accept my invitation to fly out here at my expense? COWARD. - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 1:14:16 AM
        
        You really dont have a clue, do you? - R.L. - 7/7/2004 11:36:09 AM
        
        Are you THAT ashamed that you can't earn a living without us taxpayers? - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 3:10:03 PM
        
        R.L. if you have a long fuse...it's probably Det Cord. (n/t) - RobVG - 7/5/2004 6:45:28 PM
        
        Rob, that was a top notch zinger - R.L. - 7/5/2004 7:00:44 PM
        
        Awww you all hate me!!!! - R.L. - 7/5/2004 6:52:29 PM
        
        Can we still be friends or are you in jail? (n/t) - RobVG - 7/6/2004 8:26:16 PM
        
        I am ok with the law now - R.L. - 7/7/2004 11:29:29 AM
        
        I apologize. - RobVG - 7/5/2004 7:09:23 PM
        
        Did he need a lawyer's help even as he says lawyers are somhow inferior to his tax-leeching self? - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 6:17:47 PM
        
        Point that thing somewhere else. - RobVG - 7/7/2004 7:15:41 PM
        
        YES. - Daniel - 7/7/2004 8:22:45 PM
        
        Why can't stargazers / astronomers compete for achievement-oriented PRIZES instead of contracts? - ~tax leech - 7/8/2004 3:38:55 AM
        
        some quick points - - Daniel - 7/8/2004 5:38:27 AM
        
        Academic tenure's thinly veiled PROTECTIONISM. And while inflation's been 35% since 1985, tuition's jumped 300%. - ~tax leech - 7/8/2004 3:27:53 PM
        
        I don't know enough about US universities - Daniel - 7/8/2004 8:48:34 PM
        
        Ya know, that's actually a pretty good post. - RobVG - 7/8/2004 4:31:49 AM
        
        Thanks. BTW, prizes leverage up to 50 times their amount in investment pursuing them. - ~tax leech - 7/8/2004 5:07:31 AM
- re: Science - Raoul - 7/4/2004 2:26:05 PM
  - America's brain transplant from Europe - Gary - 7/4/2004 5:18:28 PM
- re: Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - Doug Ellison - 7/4/2004 11:16:54 AM
  - re: Lets take a moment to reflect on the mars rovers, and the 4th of July - Doug Ellison - 7/4/2004 12:40:21 PM
    - "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7 - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2004 8:57:01 PM
      - re: "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7 - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 8:37:59 AM
        
        re: "the rest of the world has done a lot more than you to advance humanity."7 - Buck Galaxy - 7/5/2004 6:14:26 PM
        
        Every one is an idiot - r.l. - 7/6/2004 9:07:51 AM
        
        Gee, so many here have accused me of being a right wing hack - R.L. - 7/5/2004 9:21:39 AM
        
        Ok we are gettin silly - R.L. - 7/5/2004 9:12:12 AM
        
        re: Ok we are gettin silly - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 9:36:02 AM
        
        Doug, you must be new here - R.L. - 7/5/2004 1:48:07 PM
        
        re: Doug, you must be new here - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 4:24:28 PM
        
        Which Brit invented the light bulb? - Robert Clark - 7/5/2004 9:34:19 PM
        
        re: Which Brit invented the light bulb? - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 10:55:19 PM
        
        re: Which Brit invented the light bulb? - Nick Hoffman - 7/7/2004 3:57:37 AM
        
        OK, R.L. is a euro hating elitist (n/t) - phil - 7/5/2004 2:36:19 PM
        
        LOL - R.L. - 7/5/2004 2:51:24 PM
- It is remarkable - Donald - 7/3/2004 9:01:16 PM
  - Barry was a pitiful hack... - R.L. - 7/4/2004 2:19:33 AM
    - Barry is a hustler and a liar but he's not nuts - Gary - 7/4/2004 5:56:48 AM
      - The general public has absolutely zero interest in funding manned Mars flight - E.P. Grondine - 7/8/2004 12:08:18 AM
      - The final conclusion to the Levin story has not been written. - Robert Clark - 7/4/2004 12:44:29 PM
        
        Hogwash - Donald - 7/4/2004 5:30:35 PM
        
        What happened to the "inconclusive" view of the Viking life experiments? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 7/5/2004 3:13:30 AM
        
        "Inconclusive?!?" - Donald - 7/5/2004 6:55:40 PM
        
        Inconclusive. - Robert Clark - 7/5/2004 9:16:07 PM
        
        re: And never forget - BRFelix - 7/6/2004 4:00:50 AM
        
        Wishful thinking - Donald - 7/6/2004 4:32:36 AM
        
        re: Closed minds - BRFelix - 7/6/2004 4:53:16 AM

It's time to kill some techno-myths. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 6:37:17 PM
- Ooops! A little correction. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 8:02:15 PM
- re: It's time to kill some techno-myths. - Larry J - 7/8/2004 7:51:50 PM
  - That I understand. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 8:27:57 PM
- re: UAVs - Raoul - 7/8/2004 7:03:10 PM
  - Not only that... - Jacob Samorodin - 7/8/2004 7:48:48 PM

Hypertelescopes - Raoul - 7/8/2004 7:14:27 PM

Endurance - Raoul - 7/7/2004 8:34:53 PM
- re:Why not name a space ship "Endurance"? - Buck Galaxy - 7/8/2004 4:57:06 AM
- re: Endurance - Doug Ellison - 7/7/2004 10:55:26 PM
  - re: Endurance - alcaray - 7/8/2004 3:52:30 PM

something to watch - Delbert - 7/8/2004 3:24:23 PM
- For those of you with Directv on the west coast this show is on at 6 pm. (n/t) - Delbert - 7/8/2004 3:32:35 PM

Rutan: SpaceShipOne ready to go for the X Prize - Larry J - 7/8/2004 3:10:35 AM
- 396 pounds of ballast? - Ray Williams - 7/8/2004 11:55:41 AM
  - re: 396 pounds of ballast? - Doug Ellison - 7/8/2004 12:37:01 PM
    - I figured it out... - Ray Williams - 7/8/2004 12:51:48 PM
      - Scaled does a lot of sensitive work - Larry J - 7/8/2004 2:09:08 PM

About those low lying methane clouds on Titan - REB - 7/8/2004 1:03:44 PM

Moonbus - Raoul - 7/4/2004 10:47:49 AM
- and your favorite Moonbus design would be ..? - Daniel L - 7/6/2004 12:35:14 PM
  - It was cool, but highly impractical. - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 7:02:54 PM
    - actually, now that you mention it - - Daniel - 7/6/2004 7:43:32 PM
      - re: Flying or driving - Raoul - 7/7/2004 4:22:14 PM
        
        what about jet packs though? - Daniel - 7/7/2004 5:38:40 PM
        
        NASA considered them in the 1960s - Larry J - 7/7/2004 7:46:38 PM
        
        hey - thanks - Daniel - 7/7/2004 8:13:18 PM
        
        re: hey - thanks - Larry J - 7/7/2004 8:57:27 PM
        
        point taken re moondust and engine failure - Daniel - 7/8/2004 7:00:43 AM
  - re: Aah, Lux Aeterna! - Raoul - 7/6/2004 5:26:49 PM
- You're right - Buck Galaxy - 7/5/2004 2:55:24 AM
  - Weather reports - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2004 5:18:41 PM
    - re: Weather reports - Raoul - 7/5/2004 8:29:40 PM
      - Moon base - Buck Galaxy - 7/6/2004 2:36:05 AM
  - re: shielding - Raoul - 7/5/2004 5:30:46 AM

Galaxies - Raoul - 7/7/2004 7:30:29 PM
- AVT +1 Big Bang -1 - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/8/2004 2:12:44 AM

Can they target Huygens? - Buck Galaxy - 7/6/2004 3:56:09 AM
- Huygen is hardwired. - Gary - 7/6/2004 4:03:26 AM
  - Gary... how do you rate... - Adam - 7/6/2004 2:46:14 PM
    - There's no comparison... - Gary - 7/7/2004 4:30:50 AM
      - Wow... boldly going... - Adam - 7/8/2004 12:28:52 AM

Adrian Nikolayev - Raoul - 7/4/2004 1:03:36 PM
- re: Andrian Nikolayev ??? - JimO - 7/4/2004 6:27:48 PM
  - re: Adrian Nikolayev ??? - Raoul - 7/4/2004 6:34:51 PM
    - Andrian Nikolayev Confirmed dead - JimO - 7/4/2004 6:48:52 PM
      - auction(n/t) (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 7/7/2004 11:34:22 PM
      - re: Andrian Nikolayev Confirmed dead - Raoul - 7/4/2004 7:28:16 PM
        
        The Vostok cosmonauts - Raoul - 7/4/2004 8:24:45 PM

Gaia - Raoul - 7/7/2004 4:38:23 PM

Mission to Mercury. Set to Launch August 2nd. - REB - 7/7/2004 4:15:44 PM

Dr. Robert Zubrin: "In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization." - ~tax leech - 7/4/2004 6:37:15 PM
- Common Sense Perspective - Mark Eby - 7/7/2004 2:12:22 AM
  - Mars is currently about 6 months away. Titan's 4 years away, I guess. - ~tax leech - 7/7/2004 3:21:04 PM
- re: Dr. Robert Zubrin: "In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization." - dtb - 7/4/2004 6:57:01 PM
  - Titan - Raoul - 7/4/2004 7:38:56 PM
    - Baxter is a plagiarist - dtb - 7/4/2004 8:49:27 PM
      - re: Baxter is a plagiarist - Doug Ellison - 7/5/2004 8:40:46 AM
        
        re: Baxter is a plagiarist - dtb - 7/5/2004 3:43:59 PM
    - I never finished that book - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2004 7:58:00 PM
      - Titan Summer... - Adam - 7/4/2004 10:35:53 PM

Weird navcom shots - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2004 6:00:10 AM
- re: Weird navcom shots - Nick Hoffman - 7/7/2004 3:55:56 AM
- I'm thinking, maybe, some native LQFPs? ;-) n/t (n/t) - Sarandon - 7/6/2004 10:13:04 AM

Another proposal for the origin of the Pot-of-Gold rock. - Robert Clark - 7/7/2004 2:07:30 AM

Error correcting codes, Cassini & wireless 3G - phil - 7/5/2004 4:07:29 PM
- more on Cassini data storage & transmission - Daniel L - 7/6/2004 1:16:44 PM
  - re: more on Cassini data storage & transmission - Larry J - 7/6/2004 3:42:47 PM
    - that's my concern, too - - Daniel - 7/6/2004 5:04:49 PM
      - re: that's my concern, too - - Larry J - 7/6/2004 5:53:59 PM
        
        good point re wear-&-tear of gimbals - Daniel - 7/6/2004 6:22:43 PM
        
        Cost is always a factor - Larry J - 7/6/2004 6:48:07 PM
        
        at least there's a lot of built-in redundancy - Daniel - 7/6/2004 7:07:40 PM
        
        There may be another consideration - Larry J - 7/6/2004 9:29:34 PM

Saturn - Raoul - 7/6/2004 7:31:24 PM
- re: Saturn - REB - 7/6/2004 7:58:51 PM
  - re: Saturn - Raoul - 7/6/2004 8:28:21 PM
    - re: Saturn - REB - 7/6/2004 8:45:28 PM

Titan Map animation - Daniel L - 7/6/2004 8:46:55 AM
- Wow!! Maybe even "Bow wow!" (n/t) - Bowser - 7/6/2004 2:24:47 PM
  - that was too witty by arf .. (n/t) - Daniel - 7/6/2004 5:19:31 PM

Titan! - REB - 7/6/2004 3:15:16 PM

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