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Comet? - Jeremy - 6/7/2004 1:59:32 PM
- re: Comet? - Sarandon - 6/7/2004 4:13:27 PM

New mission to Neptune? - REB - 6/4/2004 3:11:02 PM
- re: New mission to Neptune? - Art Martin - 6/4/2004 6:43:41 PM
  - Triton represents significant scientific payoff - Gary - 6/5/2004 11:40:12 PM
    - JIMO should be going to Neptune, or to Titan - pwokenyaw - 6/7/2004 1:38:17 AM
      - JIMO is a technology demonstrator that should be funded - Gary - 6/7/2004 2:31:02 AM
        
        re: JIMO is a technology demonstrator that should be funded - pwokenyaw - 6/7/2004 5:40:56 AM
        
        JIMO is very political - Gary - 6/7/2004 4:07:37 PM

I'd like you to express your opinions on this, Raoul: Comet Swift-Tuttle. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/3/2004 5:17:32 PM
- A moot point??? - Sarandon - 6/7/2004 2:13:02 AM
- "Extraordinary claims, require extraordinary evidence." True. But idiotic claims require no evidence at all. - David F Mayer - 6/6/2004 1:11:12 PM
- re:Perseids - Raoul - 6/3/2004 5:58:50 PM
  - Perseids not always from Perseus - E.P. Grondine - 6/6/2004 1:01:34 AM
  - True enough. Excellent points you make. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/3/2004 6:11:41 PM

A380 - Raoul - 6/2/2004 6:41:32 PM
- A technical success. Will it also be an economic success? Is it too big to be practical on enough routes to support a break-even production? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/6/2004 6:07:11 AM
- Airplane? Or flying arena football field!!! (n/t) - Bowser - 6/3/2004 5:04:38 PM
  - re: OG Airplane? - Raoul - 6/3/2004 6:06:13 PM
    - re: OG Airplane? - Delbert - 6/4/2004 12:13:48 AM
      - re: OG Airplane? - Raoul - 6/4/2004 5:23:34 AM
- re: A380 - AllenC - 6/3/2004 7:09:50 AM
- Finally, an aircraft worthy of being converted to Tom Swift's Flying Lab! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2004 3:35:56 AM
  - re: Finally, an aircraft worthy of being converted to Tom Swift's Flying Lab! - Hans - 6/3/2004 5:39:47 AM
    - re: Tom Swift's Flying Lab - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2004 5:47:22 AM
      - re: Tom Swift's Flying Lab - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2004 5:55:30 AM
        
        re: Tom Swift's Flying Lab - Hans - 6/3/2004 9:21:28 AM

Venus and SOHO - Raoul - 6/4/2004 11:21:54 PM
- Tuesday's weather forecast....for Antwerp: Partly cloudy....Sorry, Raoul. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/5/2004 4:11:17 PM
  - re:How do you know that? :-( (n/t) - Raoul - 6/5/2004 5:12:43 PM
    - re: re:How do you know that? :-( - Jacob Samorodin - 6/5/2004 5:27:06 PM
      - re: re:Meteorology - Raoul - 6/5/2004 5:34:59 PM
- re: Only Visible in Eastern Hemisphere - Success_Machine - 6/5/2004 1:19:43 AM
  - re: Not exactly - SteveS - 6/5/2004 1:32:53 AM
    - re: Not exactly - Chris Vancil - 6/5/2004 7:17:04 AM
      - re: That works - SteveS - 6/5/2004 1:18:06 PM
        
        re: Yes, A 2012 Transit Map - Chris Vancil - 6/5/2004 3:09:20 PM
        
        re:Great, thanks, a partial view is better than none ;) (n/t) - SteveS - 6/5/2004 4:20:56 PM
        
        I'm going to Australia in 2012 - Gary - 6/5/2004 3:39:13 PM
        
        re: Venus is full daylight - Raoul - 6/5/2004 3:34:15 PM

Cool Clean Fresh Mountain Air..... Launched Daily! lol - Success_Machine - 6/5/2004 2:09:30 AM
- re: We may one day all need it, at home! (n/t) - Raoul - 6/5/2004 10:00:50 AM

More above freezing temperatures on Mars. - Robert Clark - 6/5/2004 1:48:09 AM

NASA taking proposals for robotic mission to service Hubble telescope - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 3:14:24 AM
- re: No Humans in the loop! - Raoul - 6/2/2004 5:53:34 PM
  - re: I think it's inevitable - Success_Machine - 6/4/2004 11:58:48 PM

Space Commission Announces Press Conference - Chris Vancil - 6/4/2004 9:59:32 PM

AP Meteor Crash Report Was a Hoax? Video shows otherwise. - Sigmond - 6/3/2004 8:02:12 PM
- re: Seattle Bolide - Chris Vancil - 6/3/2004 8:21:25 PM
  - re: Seattle Bolide - Chris Vancil - 6/3/2004 8:43:18 PM
    - Lots of videos from King5 News - Sigmond - 6/4/2004 3:06:01 PM
      - Meteor caught on satellite pic - Sigmond - 6/4/2004 8:59:14 PM

Presenting Venus - Raoul - 6/3/2004 7:04:58 PM
- The Transit was historically a big thing leading to.... - Tony - 6/4/2004 4:28:05 PM

Cassini Update and webcast on now (LiveNASATV). - Marcia - 6/3/2004 2:20:01 PM
- re: Cassini postcard - SteveS - 6/4/2004 2:45:22 PM
- re: ... last link ... - Marcia - 6/3/2004 2:24:12 PM

Spaceship one flight - Delbert - 6/3/2004 11:59:00 PM
- re: Spaceship one flight - Nathan koren - 6/4/2004 2:25:05 AM

Fog Kills 5000 Birds Over Bay of Fundy - Success_Machine - 6/3/2004 10:32:08 PM

China: going to the moon after all - Nathan Koren - 6/1/2004 3:19:50 PM
- Thanks JimO - E.P. Grondine - 6/2/2004 1:29:22 AM
  - re: Thanks JimO - Nathan Koren - 6/2/2004 5:49:31 PM
  - By the way, the "Assassin's Mace" is actually the "Killer's Mace" - E.P. Grondine - 6/2/2004 5:30:54 PM
    - re: By the way, the "Assassin's Mace" is actually the "Killer's Mace" - Chris Vancil - 6/2/2004 7:31:11 PM
      - re: By the way, the "Assassin's Mace" is actually the "Killer's Mace" - E.P. Grondine - 6/3/2004 2:02:35 AM
        
        re: By the way, the "Assassin's Mace" is actually the "Killer's Mace" - Chris Vancil - 6/3/2004 7:00:21 AM
        
        re: By the way, the "Assassin's Mace" is actually the "Killer's Mace" - E.P. Grondine - 6/3/2004 1:19:15 PM
        
        re: By the way, the "Assassin's Mace" is actually the "Killer's Mace" - Chris Vancil - 6/3/2004 8:31:33 PM
- re: The United States Just Wants To Control The High Ground - Success_Machine - 6/1/2004 5:00:19 PM
  - re: There is more in heaven and earth... - Nathan Koren - 6/1/2004 5:13:29 PM
    - re: ... than are dreamt of in our philosophy. - Success_Machine - 6/1/2004 11:23:05 PM
      - New Earth/Jerusalem - Adam - 6/1/2004 11:42:25 PM
        
        re: Jewish War - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 3:25:52 AM
        
        re: Can't say much for the website host though (shudder) - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 3:40:51 AM
        
        re: Neat imagery anyway, thought I'd borrow them - Success_Machine - 6/1/2004 11:59:38 PM
        
        re: Why America Was Discovered - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 12:13:41 AM
        
        re: Historical propagation of an error - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 1:49:17 AM

HST saw the Trifid Nebula! - Raoul - 6/3/2004 4:18:31 PM
- re: HST saw the Trifid Nebula! - Doug Ellison - 6/3/2004 5:13:02 PM
  - re: I don't mind it a bit! - Raoul - 6/3/2004 6:00:59 PM

Color photo of Mars volcano - Woodlock - 8/3/2002 12:33:56 PM
- re: Color photo of Mars volcano - LJK - 6/3/2004 2:05:02 PM
- re: Color photo of Mars volcano - chante - 6/2/2004 5:26:21 PM
- Re: Breathtaking view - BRFelix - 8/4/2002 2:11:52 PM
  - Re: Breathtaking view - Woodlock - 8/4/2002 3:00:36 PM
    - Yes indeed, color. - et - 8/4/2002 9:59:14 AM
      - Re: Yes indeed, color. - Woodlock - 8/4/2002 12:48:15 PM

SpaceShipOne is GO for launch!!! - Nathan Koren - 6/2/2004 4:30:33 PM
- Now thats what I call burning rubber - Phil Simon - 6/3/2004 1:02:17 AM
- Hmm, wonder if I cashed in my 401k if I could afford a seat. (n/t) - Art Martin - 6/2/2004 11:33:58 PM
- re: Timeline for winning the X-Prize? - Chris Vancil - 6/2/2004 9:04:57 PM
  - The official rules require a 30 day notification before any attempt - Larry J - 6/2/2004 9:33:54 PM
    - re: 30 day notification to the Rules Committee - Chris Vancil - 6/2/2004 10:57:24 PM
      - From the MSNBC article I linked to below... - Larry J - 6/3/2004 3:13:09 AM
- Additional info at MSNBC... - Larry J - 6/2/2004 7:24:25 PM
  - Is this an attempt for the X Prize or just a test? - Lee - 6/2/2004 11:26:11 PM
    - Doh! Nevermind. (n/t) - Lee - 6/3/2004 12:47:37 AM
- Awesome!...Will the SpaceShipOne pilot become the first "private" astronaut? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/2/2004 4:56:42 PM
  - Yes, roughly - Nathan Koren - 6/2/2004 5:38:55 PM
    - re: Thank you for heads up - SteveS - 6/2/2004 7:44:01 PM

Fresh batch a Armadillo droppings for ya - phil - 6/1/2004 1:14:27 PM
- What is John Carmack trying to prove? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/1/2004 7:12:54 PM
  - To colonize space, you need to do more than just get there. - Lee - 6/2/2004 1:23:12 AM
  - re: What is John Carmack trying to prove? - Nathan Koren - 6/1/2004 10:32:06 PM
    - A gentle final-descent is one thing, fuel-wasteful hovering is another. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/2/2004 4:28:35 PM
      - They're not planning on hovering as part of their spaceflights... - Nathan Koren - 6/2/2004 6:00:00 PM
- Unabashed failure documentation - RobVG - 6/1/2004 4:32:19 PM

Airships to orbit - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 3:07:34 AM
- re: I don't understand why anyone would build all that hardware if they didn't do the numbers - Success_Machine - 5/31/2004 4:10:21 PM
  - There's no way you'll get an L/D of 50 - Gary - 5/31/2004 8:27:13 PM
    - re: I believe it does get an L/D of 50, when forced to go hypersonic speed - Success_Machine - 6/1/2004 11:06:48 AM
- There are exactly TWO practical ways of launching a payload into orbit. - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 5:22:24 AM
  - Actually...... - Gary - 5/31/2004 8:31:49 PM
    - A scramjet won't get you into orbit (they flame out at Mach 10). - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 1:03:18 AM
      - Scramjet 101 - Gary - 6/1/2004 4:35:26 AM
        
        re: Scramjet 101 - David F Mayer - 6/2/2004 12:32:24 AM
        
        Use a detonation wave analogy to understand this - Gary - 6/2/2004 3:27:55 AM
        
        You wrote: "You'll find that the detonation velocity for hydrogen-air at STP is 1968 m/sec" - David F Mayer - 6/2/2004 7:06:04 AM
        
        Yes, air for combustion is pre-heated by the bow shock - Gary - 6/2/2004 4:25:13 PM
        
        re: The only design for a scramjet that works in theory - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 1:09:56 PM
        
        re: Controlled Flame Speed Limited to Mach 5 - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 2:34:40 AM
- Do the numbers, Tom. Then forget it. - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 5:09:45 AM
  - re: Do the numbers - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 6:22:58 AM
    - Look at the VOLUME of a balloon of ANY type required to lift a reasonable spacecraft to 30,000 meters. - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 1:35:00 PM
  - I was only referring to using a balloon to lift a rocket here. (n/t) - DFM - 5/30/2004 5:19:50 AM
- re: Airships to orbit - Nathan Koren - 5/28/2004 3:12:12 AM
- It was me... - Adam - 5/27/2004 11:33:12 AM
- Low thrust to orbit for an airship has got to be bogus - Gary - 5/27/2004 5:52:06 AM
  - "Something is not right here." You are correct. The concept is bullshit! (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 5:17:07 AM
  - Color me skeptical - Larry J - 5/27/2004 6:12:43 PM
    - power sources... - Adam - 6/1/2004 11:19:27 PM
      - Still very skeptical - Larry J - 6/2/2004 2:33:32 PM
    - re: Skipping Over the Atmosphere on a Surfboard - Success_Machine - 5/27/2004 9:04:04 PM
  - re: Low thrust to orbit for an airship has got to be bogus - Adam - 5/27/2004 11:31:06 AM
    - Use VASIMR - phil - 5/27/2004 12:42:19 PM
      - For a large balloon, at any altitude, the air resistance even at low speed is comparable to its weight. I STILL say the idea is bullshit. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 1:37:21 PM
- re: Airships to orbit - Raoul - 5/27/2004 5:35:39 AM
  - Visible Horizon... - Adam - 5/27/2004 11:30:18 AM

Science Fiction Universe - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 1:39:21 PM
- re: Cool idea for internet surfers - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 2:07:49 PM
  - re: Attention Economics and the Productivity Paradox - Success_Machine - 6/2/2004 2:20:41 PM

Lower Columbia Hills: An Oblique Impact - E.P. Grondine - 6/2/2004 6:22:07 AM

NASA internet domain names, an easier approach - E.P. Grondine - 6/2/2004 1:38:28 AM

Interesting ATO article from Jeff Foust - Nathan Koren - 6/1/2004 10:07:35 PM

Book review: New biographies of Shepard and Armstrong - Fox - 5/31/2004 4:48:59 AM
- Alan Shepard - Daniel L - 6/1/2004 8:06:06 AM
  - re: Alan Shepard - Raoul - 6/1/2004 4:36:00 PM
    - disappointed astronauts .. - Daniel L - 6/1/2004 6:13:10 PM
      - re: Very tricky selections!! - Raoul - 6/1/2004 6:48:19 PM
- re: Shepard and Armstrong - Raoul - 5/31/2004 9:01:13 AM

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