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Opportunity "dipping in" to Endurance Crater again. - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2004 11:08:27 PM
- Can't wait - Rob VG - 6/12/2004 3:43:29 AM

Faint outcrops near Spirit? - dtb - 6/10/2004 1:31:52 AM
- Stars above the hills? - REB - 6/10/2004 12:59:40 PM
  - It could be Earth - SteveS - 6/10/2004 4:59:33 PM
    - re: It could be Earth - Fox - 6/11/2004 1:51:43 PM
      - re: It could be Earth - SteveS - 6/11/2004 9:19:07 PM
        
        re: It could be Earth - Raoul - 6/11/2004 10:52:21 PM
  - If they are, experts should be able to identify them. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2004 3:59:35 PM
    - Or some dumb ass like me who thinks it looks like the handle of the big dipper - Simon - 6/10/2004 6:25:35 PM
- Gusev Outcrops!! - Buck Galaxy - 6/10/2004 3:51:55 AM
  - Imagine trying to climb that in a pressure suit? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/10/2004 7:10:16 PM

From APOD, a special H-Alpha Venus transit - Raoul - 6/11/2004 6:49:58 PM
- H-Alpha Venus transit - SteveS - 6/11/2004 8:17:32 PM

Sol 155: five days ahead of schedule, the rover Spirit finally reaches the Columbia Hills. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/10/2004 7:44:26 PM
- Great new pictures of the inner basin - Art Martin - 6/10/2004 10:42:01 PM
- Irregular terrain looks to be more of a problem that the slope alone - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2004 9:51:21 PM
- re: Spirit reaches the Columbia Hills. - Raoul - 6/10/2004 8:59:23 PM
  - Hmmmm. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/10/2004 9:10:36 PM
- re: Sol 155: five days ahead of schedule, the rover Spirit finally reaches the Columbia Hills. - REB - 6/10/2004 8:13:30 PM
  - But - Buck Galaxy - 6/11/2004 3:15:16 AM
  - re: Sol 155: five days ahead of schedule, the rover Spirit finally reaches the Columbia Hills. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/10/2004 8:41:36 PM
    - re: Sol 155: five days ahead of schedule, the rover Spirit finally reaches the Columbia Hills. - REB - 6/11/2004 12:35:47 PM

Richard Branson interested in space tourism? - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2004 2:58:02 AM
- Hopefully Branson really MEAN$ it this time? - ~tax leech - 6/11/2004 4:43:40 AM

Notes from the Rover presser today - JimO - 6/8/2004 9:16:28 PM
- Really really really bad science on the public's dime - E.P. Grondine - 6/11/2004 1:07:36 AM
- Is this interview archived online? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 6/9/2004 1:54:12 PM
- Good to see you on the board, Jim. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2004 2:16:51 AM
- Not if they're stuck in a crater, Silly Squares - Philip Simon - 6/8/2004 11:30:04 PM
  - What you're suggesting doesn't sound logical - Buck Galaxy - 6/9/2004 3:02:08 AM
  - re: Not if they're stuck in a crater, Silly Squares - Art Martin - 6/9/2004 1:54:22 AM
    - Error of my ways - Phil Simon - 6/9/2004 2:45:50 AM
      - re: Error of my ways - Doug Ellison - 6/9/2004 7:43:37 AM
        
        I think what Phil referred to - alcaray - 6/9/2004 3:48:22 PM
  - Excellent final point, Philip... - jms - 6/9/2004 1:52:27 AM

3 kilometer ice core. - RobVG - 6/10/2004 6:03:23 PM

Bad Astronomy: Edmund Halley 'saw' the transit of Venus in 1716. - Jaco Samorodin - 6/8/2004 4:20:29 PM
- The greatness of Sir Edmund Halley. - David F Mayer - 6/9/2004 1:32:55 PM
  - The story of another great scientist (Carl F. Gauss) - Gary - 6/9/2004 5:03:38 PM
    - And of a great mathematician... - Larry J - 6/10/2004 4:27:50 PM
- Was it a transit of Mercury? (n/t) - Gary - 6/8/2004 4:22:42 PM
  - Good question. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/8/2004 4:50:32 PM
    - Some answers - SteveS - 6/8/2004 9:46:33 PM
      - Thanks for the info. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/9/2004 5:09:44 PM
        
        Your're welcome (n/t) - SteveS - 6/10/2004 1:33:00 PM

SpaceShipOne Flight Details - phil, the REAL phil - 6/10/2004 1:58:38 PM
- re: SpaceShipOne Flight Details - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2004 3:56:46 PM

The major criteria for long term economical space travel. (in my opinion) - David F Mayer - 6/8/2004 12:37:01 AM
- The single criteria for long term economical space travel - Gary - 6/8/2004 2:42:12 AM
  - To get launch costs to LEO down, REUSABILITY and QUICK TURNAROUND are the keys. - David F Mayer - 6/9/2004 1:24:32 PM
    - Not necessarily - Larry J - 6/10/2004 2:14:42 PM
    - It might be impossible but I remain optimistic - Gary - 6/10/2004 6:15:28 AM
      - It might be a good idea to start with a small (unmanned) fully reusable system and slowly scale it up over decades. - David F Mayer - 6/10/2004 7:14:30 AM
    - You're boxing in the solution - T. Lurker - 6/10/2004 2:48:39 AM
    - Hard to get both resuability and performance -- 747 is a much easier problem - dtb - 6/10/2004 2:09:23 AM
      - re: "Hard to get both resuability and performance -- 747 is a much easier problem" That is CERTAIN. I was only using an analogy. - David F Mayer - 6/10/2004 7:08:06 AM

Opportunity "dipping a toe in the water?" - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2004 6:44:36 PM

Evidence for water at Gusev. - Robert Clark - 6/9/2004 1:49:34 PM

A truly amazing image from Endurance - Donald - 6/8/2004 2:03:49 AM
- Familiar shapes - RobVG - 6/8/2004 4:26:51 AM
  - Space.com message boards had theories of this being ice - Buck Galaxy - 6/8/2004 9:07:39 AM
- re: A truly amazing image from Endurance - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2004 3:11:40 AM
- I suspect that's "Bull Dust" - Gary - 6/8/2004 2:36:36 AM
- Awesome, could someone make the color version, please? (n/t) - Phil Simon - 6/8/2004 2:22:21 AM
  - re: Awesome, could someone make the color version, please? - Daniel Crotty - 6/8/2004 7:54:57 AM
    - Thanks for the link - Simon - 6/8/2004 11:07:52 PM

Questions and ideas about ripples on Mars - Nick Hoffman - 6/6/2004 3:20:41 AM
- Quality of evidence, here lacking - Philip Simon - 6/8/2004 12:01:34 AM
  - Better evidence for possible ripples and crossbedding - Simon - 6/8/2004 1:18:42 AM
- Martian and Terrestrial Uniformitarianism, etc... - jms - 6/7/2004 3:16:05 AM
- re: Hmmm... - BRFelix - 6/6/2004 5:01:31 AM
  - extended periods - Nick Hoffman - 6/6/2004 6:32:54 AM
    - re: Caveats - BRFelix - 6/7/2004 1:53:06 AM
      - Carl Sagan, 1991, talk to the Association of Space Explorers - E.P. Grondine - 6/7/2004 3:35:16 AM
      - re: Caveats (00ps) - BRF - 6/7/2004 1:55:22 AM
    - Good News: Only 3 more months of this bs left to go - E.P. Grondine - 6/6/2004 7:43:24 PM
      - re: Good News: Only 3 more months of this bs left to go - Chris Vancil - 6/6/2004 9:29:58 PM
        
        He keep's forgetting the doctor's prognosis for full blown Alzheimer's - Lurker - 6/7/2004 3:58:20 PM
        
        re: Good News: Only 3 more months of this bs left to go - E.P. Grondine - 6/7/2004 3:27:37 AM
        
        re: Good News: Only 3 more months of this bs left to go - Chris Vancil - 6/8/2004 9:27:32 PM
        
        Take it to email - Doug Ellison - 6/7/2004 12:14:02 PM
        
        re: Take it to email - Chris Vancil - 6/8/2004 9:22:29 PM
- re: Questions and ideas about ripples on Mars - Tom Brosz - 6/6/2004 4:05:04 AM

Live webcam of Venus transit - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2004 5:28:18 AM
- re: From the Swedish Solar Telescope at La Palma - Raoul - 6/8/2004 9:21:48 PM
- Images from orbit - SteveS - 6/8/2004 4:15:33 PM
- This is gorgeous - SDG - 6/8/2004 4:06:27 PM
- Venus transit gallery - SteveS - 6/8/2004 2:54:20 PM
  - re: Venus transit with jet - SteveS - 6/8/2004 6:54:51 PM
  - re: Venus transit surprises! - Raoul - 6/8/2004 3:23:48 PM
- re: FA-BU-LOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Raoul - 6/8/2004 7:13:42 AM
  - re:Contact! - SteveS - 6/8/2004 1:33:54 PM
  - No view from hawaii - R.L. - 6/8/2004 9:25:50 AM
    - Are the Hawaiian volcanic peaks socked in by heavy clouds? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/8/2004 2:06:57 PM
- it's live on NASA TV. much better picture (n/t) - Delbert - 6/8/2004 5:40:02 AM
- That's starting right now, folks. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2004 5:30:53 AM

Mars geology - alcaray - 6/8/2004 4:01:20 PM
- re: Mars geology - REB - 6/8/2004 5:42:34 PM

Venus, 4 degrees from the Sun - Raoul - 6/6/2004 9:35:13 AM
- re: Venus, 4 degrees from the Sun - SteveS - 6/7/2004 3:17:32 PM
  - re: Venus, closer, 13 hours to go ! - Raoul - 6/7/2004 4:17:45 PM
    - Looking forward to your report - BRFelix - 6/7/2004 6:35:28 PM
    - *sigh* Get some good pictures for us poor slobs in the western U.S. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2004 4:30:24 PM
      - 2012 isn't that far away, Tom. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/8/2004 4:52:37 PM
      - re: Visibility - Raoul - 6/7/2004 8:51:32 PM
        
        Good point - SteveS - 6/7/2004 9:53:03 PM
- Venus transit webcams. - John - 6/7/2004 2:35:48 PM
- re: Venus, 2.5 degrees from the Sun - Raoul - 6/6/2004 7:04:22 PM
  - re: Venus in 1882 - Raoul - 6/6/2004 7:43:56 PM

Venus, live (thinner crescent!!) - Raoul - 5/27/2004 4:34:50 PM
- re: Venus, live (thinner crescent!!) (n/t) - juned kundan - 6/8/2004 10:50:23 AM

Venus and Earth... twin worlds... - Adam - 6/7/2004 12:27:19 AM
- re: Venus - Link - Vince - 6/8/2004 3:22:15 AM
  - re: Venus - Link - Vince - 6/8/2004 3:27:07 AM
- That's why Venus is very interesting - Gary - 6/7/2004 2:44:00 AM
  - re: That's why Venus is very interesting - Sarandon - 6/7/2004 9:04:43 AM
    - Venusian Air Plants - Success_Machine - 6/7/2004 1:10:47 PM
      - re: Venusian Air Plants - Sarandon - 6/7/2004 9:12:49 PM
        
        re: Venusian Air Plants - Success_Machine - 6/8/2004 12:53:00 AM
        
        re: Venusian Air Plants - Success_Machine - 6/8/2004 10:02:52 AM

Have I been staring this too long or is there writing on this blueberry? - RobVG - 6/4/2004 3:57:47 AM
- Made in Meridian (n/t) - SteveS - 6/8/2004 1:12:14 AM
- "Experiment 627" (n/t) - Stitch - 6/7/2004 8:16:32 PM
- "Instant Martian, just add water" (n/t) - Marvin the Martian - 6/7/2004 8:08:44 PM
- "May be harmful or fatal if swallowed, keep out of the reach of small rovers" (n/t) - SDG - 6/7/2004 8:06:14 PM
- Common Sense Particle, Destination: Earth (via Mars) (n/t) - Success_Machine - 6/5/2004 1:10:10 AM
- Caution: Habit Forming (n/t) - SteveS - 6/4/2004 11:53:25 PM
- re: "42" (n/t) - Success_Machine - 6/4/2004 10:07:12 PM
  - Uh..... 6 x 7? (n/t) - Arthur Dent - 6/6/2004 5:18:01 PM
- Objects in image are closer than they appear (n/t) - Robert - 6/4/2004 9:43:11 PM
- You are HERE. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/4/2004 6:29:03 PM
- What are these blueberries? - Jack Herer - 6/4/2004 4:31:02 PM
  - That's easy: Martian tektites - E.P. Grondine - 6/6/2004 12:55:37 AM
    - hard evidence says otherwise.... (n/t) - R.L. - 6/8/2004 9:53:08 AM
- "One blueberry to rule them all and have the jarosite bind them" (n/t) - Tony - 6/4/2004 4:12:25 PM
- "John 3:15" :) (n/t) - SDG - 6/4/2004 3:33:03 PM
- "Earthman Go Home" (n/t) - Fox - 6/4/2004 3:02:40 PM
- Probably been staring too long :) - REB - 6/4/2004 1:23:29 PM
- "best before Jan 3005" (n/t) - Daniel L - 6/4/2004 11:47:37 AM

Opportunity is in Endeavor? - Philip Simon - 6/8/2004 12:28:40 AM
- Well, the front wheels, anyway - Simon - 6/8/2004 12:39:52 AM
  - Yipes. - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2004 1:05:42 AM
    - Arm wrestling - Simon - 6/8/2004 1:46:15 AM
      - Blueberries. Wheeee! - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2004 3:16:53 AM
        
        re: Blueberries. Wheeee! - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2004 3:41:49 AM

Opportunity Gets Green Light To Enter Crater!!! - Chris Vancil - 6/4/2004 10:04:16 PM
- Questions for rover experts... - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2004 12:19:25 AM
  - Input from a beginner - SteveS - 6/7/2004 3:56:24 PM
  - re: Questions for rover experts... - Nick Hoffman - 6/7/2004 6:06:39 AM
- The right choice - Donald - 6/4/2004 11:20:09 PM
- By the way... - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2004 11:03:36 PM
- Adios, Amigo. - Philip Simon - 6/4/2004 10:59:19 PM
  - Here's that spot - Philip Simon - 6/4/2004 11:31:05 PM
- Yipes...wish they'd go check out the heat shield first. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2004 10:27:26 PM
  - re: Yipes...wish they'd go check out the heat shield first. I agree - Delbert - 6/5/2004 3:45:04 AM
    - He didn't rule it out, did he? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/5/2004 4:03:01 PM
      - Do the crater then visit the heat shield - Gary - 6/5/2004 4:23:47 PM
        
        It's going to be tricky for JPL engineers to keep Opportunity out of the crater's shadows inside. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/5/2004 4:37:33 PM
        
        re: It's going to be tricky for JPL engineers to keep Opportunity out of the crater's shadows inside. - Daniel Crotty - 6/6/2004 7:57:19 AM
        
        re: It's going to be tricky for JPL engineers to keep Opportunity out of the crater's shadows inside. - Nick Hoffman - 6/6/2004 3:24:54 AM
        
        Dust storms - Gary - 6/6/2004 6:17:18 PM
        
        Worst place to be - Phil Simon - 6/8/2004 2:19:09 AM

Shiny shiny Mars - Nathan Koren - 6/7/2004 4:47:59 PM
- navcam sensitivity - Daniel Crotty - 6/7/2004 8:23:24 PM
- Hooligan Shine - Philip Simon - 6/7/2004 6:55:41 PM

A "nutty idea" using JIMO type hardware - Gary - 6/6/2004 12:13:40 AM
- Sounds a little like the Dawn space mission - pwokenyaw - 6/7/2004 1:12:30 AM
- Some questions... - et - 6/6/2004 2:52:56 PM
  - Unsatisfactory answers - Gary - 6/6/2004 5:55:10 PM
    - re: Unsatisfactory answers - Adam - 6/7/2004 12:53:23 AM
      - More grist for the mill - Nick Hoffman - 6/7/2004 3:22:28 AM
        
        Hey, Gary... - Nick Hoffman - 6/7/2004 3:54:11 AM
        
        Deimos is old scandal - Gary - 6/7/2004 4:19:28 PM
        
        Not necessarily - Larry J - 6/7/2004 5:46:01 PM
        
        Whoops - Nick Hoffman - 6/7/2004 3:26:46 AM

Venus: almost Full circle!!! - Raoul - 6/7/2004 4:27:51 PM

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