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Ok, Lindy, what do YOU think that UFOs are? - David F Mayer - 5/16/2004 6:12:50 AM
- Grab your "Ph. D." and go away. Please. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/16/2004 8:07:45 PM
- re: Please, not here. (n/t) - Raoul - 5/16/2004 10:37:08 AM

What alternative explanations might apply to Mexico's recent UFO claims? (online video clip included) - ~tax leech - 5/12/2004 11:37:35 PM
- TEST (I see no text box for 'reply', Netscape 6, I-mac 9.0.4) (n/t) - Don Davis - 5/15/2004 12:31:02 AM
  - re: TEST (I see no text box for 'reply', Netscape 6, I-mac 9.0.4) - Nick Hoffman - 5/16/2004 4:17:50 PM
- A MUCH MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION: - Buck Galaxy - 5/14/2004 3:48:23 PM
- Another popular Mexico video.... - Juan - 5/14/2004 1:12:03 AM
  - From "The Day the Earth Stood Still" 1951 directed by Robert Wise. - David F Mayer - 5/14/2004 7:57:09 PM
  - re: Another popular Mexico video.... - LJK - 5/14/2004 3:27:40 PM
  - And another from England making crop circles... - Juan - 5/14/2004 2:24:29 AM
    - That one was debunked long ago you twit - R.L. - 5/14/2004 10:48:39 PM
    - Hoaxes - Donald - 5/14/2004 4:29:33 AM
      - no... - Juan - 5/14/2004 1:18:35 PM
        
        Wrong - Donald - 5/14/2004 2:31:44 PM
        
        Donald...don't be so gulible. - Juan - 5/15/2004 11:03:39 AM
        
        You are the gullible one, you twit - R.L. - 5/15/2004 4:36:38 PM
        
        That was a 'slam dunk' Donald, well done - R.L. - 5/14/2004 10:52:35 PM
        
        re: Wrong - LJK - 5/14/2004 3:47:33 PM
        
        It was planet Venus. - Juan - 5/15/2004 11:08:29 AM
- Thermal inversions or sensor ghosts - carl - 5/13/2004 3:49:48 PM
- re: What alternative explanations might apply to Mexico's recent UFO claims? (online video clip included) - LJK - 5/13/2004 2:16:21 PM
  - They've been with us for quite some time. - Juan - 5/14/2004 1:25:45 AM
    - So have fairies and leprachauns - R.L. - 5/14/2004 2:23:27 AM
      - never seen fairy or a leprachaun. where's the historical documentation of them? (n/t) - Juan - 5/14/2004 1:20:46 PM
        
        There is a LOT more 'documentation' for them than for UFO's - R.L. - 5/14/2004 8:21:33 PM
        
        Links please. Or you'll be the lost child roaming the halls of the old school. (n/t) - Juan - 5/15/2004 10:31:14 PM
        
        re: Links please. Or you'll be the lost child roaming the halls of the old school. - R.L. - 5/15/2004 11:27:52 PM
        
        re: never seen fairy or a leprachaun. where's the historical documentation of them? - LJK - 5/14/2004 4:01:57 PM
  - We won the Footfall war (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2004 3:37:22 PM
    - We won the Football war - Nick Hoffman - 5/14/2004 2:47:09 PM
      - 8D (n/t) - alcaray - 5/14/2004 3:06:48 PM
    - re: We won the Footfall war - LJK - 5/13/2004 4:19:49 PM
      - re: Footfall, and other Wars of Worlds - Fox - 5/15/2004 2:21:02 AM
      - re: We won the Footfall war - Peersa - 5/14/2004 2:58:31 AM
        
        re: We won the Footfall war - LJK - 5/14/2004 3:21:28 PM
      - Don't you know, they're after our water! - Larry J - 5/13/2004 10:42:46 PM
        
        re: Don't you know, they're after our water! - LJK - 5/14/2004 12:59:18 AM
      - There was a book by Disch that gave me the willies - alcaray - 5/13/2004 10:40:17 PM
- the unspoken problem with pilots as observers - JimO - 5/13/2004 12:55:13 PM
  - You forgot to include hoaxes and insanity - Gary - 5/13/2004 3:58:20 PM
    - I don't include hoaxes and insanity - JimO - 5/13/2004 6:01:39 PM
      - Basic UFO mythology comes from a few con artists - Gary - 5/14/2004 6:16:59 AM
- Iranians are seein' 'em too. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/13/2004 5:11:06 AM
- Alternative to what? So far I see no explanation at all. Nobody has bothered to investigate. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/13/2004 3:28:54 AM
- Perhaps the U.S. govt. has finally created basically invisible aircraft? - ~tax leech - 5/12/2004 11:50:52 PM
  - In operation already, invisible plane - carl - 5/13/2004 3:51:56 PM
    - re: In operation already, invisible plane - Larry J - 5/13/2004 4:22:32 PM

Alien ship captured in California desert! - LJK - 5/16/2004 4:22:48 AM
- Very funny! I like it. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/16/2004 4:58:47 AM

Screwdrivers in ISS - Raoul - 5/14/2004 7:19:05 AM
- re: Screwdrivers in ISS - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 5:21:38 PM
  - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 5:24:20 PM
    - The Space Pen - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2004 5:03:12 AM
      - lol MILLIONS, seriously??! Do you have a link for that? (n/t) - R.L. - 5/15/2004 10:47:30 PM
        
        Alas, no. It's an urban legend... - Nick Hoffman - 5/16/2004 1:40:49 AM

M44 NEAT, etc.. - Raoul - 5/16/2004 12:44:01 AM

Job opening (note for juan and Lindy- this is satire) - Kxz'iltup Personel manager - 5/15/2004 10:21:09 PM

Rover Driver on Car Talk - jms - 5/15/2004 5:09:26 PM

Rocket Man Blast Off.... - Nick - 5/14/2004 1:01:29 AM
- Hey Nick... - Nick Hoffman, the one true Nick - 5/14/2004 2:34:16 PM
  - AMEN brother! - R.L. - 5/15/2004 8:05:57 AM
    - :-] (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2004 9:01:21 AM
  - re: Hey Nick... - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 5:15:17 PM

NEAT - Raoul - 5/14/2004 10:01:31 PM
- re: pretty NEAT, all right :) - Fox - 5/15/2004 2:41:32 AM
  - re: pretty NEAT, all right :) - Raoul - 5/15/2004 7:16:20 AM
- re: NEAT - Raoul - 5/14/2004 10:21:17 PM
  - re: NEAT - Raoul - 5/14/2004 11:01:24 PM

Two Architectures Chosen for Terrestrial Planet Finder - Success_Machine - 5/13/2004 11:19:38 PM
- Both violate Congressional injuction against NASA SETI funding - E.P. Grondine - 5/14/2004 10:10:20 PM
  - All you prove when you talk is how little you understand - R.L. - 5/15/2004 3:54:24 AM

Pluto - Raoul - 5/14/2004 7:39:41 PM
- I vote that anyone who uses the word "asteroidation" be hit with a banana cream pie. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 9:23:46 PM
- I really dont know why some people care.... - r.l. - 5/14/2004 8:27:45 PM
  - re: Children - Raoul - 5/14/2004 9:56:43 PM
- Seems to me to be arbitrary. - Bowser - 5/14/2004 8:00:22 PM
  - arbitrary, of course - but not capricious - Fox - 5/15/2004 12:45:06 AM

Spherules in Viking and Pathfinder imagery - E.P. Grondine - 5/10/2004 11:53:34 PM
- Man, tough crowd ! - Philip Simon - 5/13/2004 2:02:45 AM
  - Nah, just your ususal pack of Mars Nuts - E.P. Grondine - 5/14/2004 10:06:05 PM
- twit - R.L. - 5/11/2004 11:19:44 PM
- Please give us a direct link. I have no idea where to look from you cryptic message. (n/t) - Delbert - 5/11/2004 3:23:35 PM
- re: Spherules in Viking and Pathfinder imagery - Nick Hoffman - 5/11/2004 11:15:16 AM
  - Spherules in Pathfinder imagery - E.P. Grondine - 5/11/2004 11:42:03 PM
    - No Spherules, no credibility.... - Nick Hoffman - 5/12/2004 3:56:29 PM
      - No Images, no science - E.P. Grondine - 5/14/2004 9:50:39 PM
    - re: Spherules in Pathfinder imagery - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 9:58:57 AM
  - re: Spherules in Viking and Pathfinder imagery - E.P. Grondine - 5/11/2004 11:10:42 PM

Thermodynamics and Space Travel - David F Mayer - 5/11/2004 8:05:27 PM
- re: Thermodynamics and Space Travel - Larry J - 5/13/2004 2:36:46 PM
  - An optically thick gas - Gary - 5/13/2004 3:30:30 PM
- What's the difference between SF rocket ships and real space craft? - Gary - 5/12/2004 6:13:37 AM
  - Ah, but don't forget the Fins... - Nick Hoffman - 5/13/2004 11:09:05 AM
    - Flash Gordon may have the last laugh - Gary - 5/13/2004 3:49:07 PM
      - I like the CRV approach - Larry J - 5/13/2004 4:05:56 PM
  - JIMO's got large radiators... - alcaray - 5/12/2004 10:51:48 PM
    - JIMO is very exciting - Gary - 5/13/2004 4:53:20 AM
      - Yes (n/t) - alcaray - 5/14/2004 3:02:49 PM
  - re: What's the difference between SF rocket ships and real space craft? - LJK - 5/12/2004 3:31:57 PM
    - The Discovery actually shown in "2001" did look cooler - Gary - 5/13/2004 6:34:19 AM
      - re: The Discovery actually shown in "2001" did look cooler - LJK - 5/13/2004 1:48:45 PM
        
        re: True! - Raoul - 5/13/2004 7:11:19 PM

SpaceShipOne clears 200,000 ft!!! - Nathan Koren - 5/13/2004 5:19:56 PM
- Cool photo - Larry J - 5/14/2004 2:56:01 PM
- re: flight report, + having a human in the loop - Nathan Koren - 5/14/2004 4:59:19 AM
- Cool! Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2004 6:52:34 PM
  - Those are X-15 altitudes! - Jacob Samorodin - 5/13/2004 7:08:32 PM
    - re: Those are X-15 altitudes! - Larry J - 5/13/2004 7:17:38 PM
      - re: Those are X-15 altitudes! - Jacob Samorodin - 5/13/2004 7:37:16 PM

HST Robotic Vehicle Mission concept - Daniel - 5/14/2004 2:33:23 PM

NASA Announces Site of "Great Dying" Meteor Crater - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 8:01:56 PM
- I'm skeptical until world renowned expert E.P. Grondine comments (n/t) - phil - 5/12/2004 11:01:44 PM
  - re: Evidence of Meteor Impact Found off Australian Coast - Chris Vancil - 5/13/2004 6:35:52 PM
    - I told you Australia had an impact on world culture... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 5/14/2004 9:51:49 AM

June Popular Science: Space War - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2004 6:22:47 AM
- very interesting - thanks (n/t) - Daniel - 5/14/2004 9:06:49 AM

Two Architectures Chosen for Terrestrial Planet Finder - Success_Machine - 5/13/2004 11:19:30 PM

Home (Earth Sciences) - Raoul - 5/13/2004 10:08:50 PM

"New Mexico to Host Private 'X Prize' Spaceflight Race" - Larry J - 5/12/2004 1:40:22 PM
- re: "New Mexico to Host Private 'X Prize' Spaceflight Race" - phil - 5/12/2004 11:07:26 PM
  - I just hope they have a better safety record than the early air races - Larry J - 5/13/2004 2:21:49 PM
    - re: I just hope they have a better safety record than the early air races - phil - 5/13/2004 9:23:39 PM

More organics found by Mars Express??? - Robert Clark - 5/11/2004 9:51:15 AM
- Could the Mars landers and rovers be a source of the organics? - LJK - 5/12/2004 2:30:20 PM
- Still more evidence for life on Mars. - David F Mayer - 5/11/2004 7:41:24 PM
  - re: Still more evidence for life on Mars. - Hans - 5/12/2004 5:25:09 AM
    - I suspect that it is MUCH easier to find for that.It will be all over the place, sparsely distributed. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/12/2004 1:42:08 PM
- re: More organics found by Mars Express??? - dtb - 5/11/2004 3:11:46 PM
  - re: More organics found by Mars Express??? - Andrew Bateman - 5/12/2004 10:22:20 PM
    - re: More organics found by Mars Express??? - dtb - 5/13/2004 12:29:07 AM
      - Beagle II had a miniature Mass Spectrometer - N ick Hoffman - 5/13/2004 11:15:32 AM
        
        Forgot, just saw a portable MS/GC last month... - dtb - 5/13/2004 9:10:40 PM
      - re: one out of two, sort of... - jms - 5/13/2004 2:20:20 AM
- Good Grief - Donald - 5/11/2004 1:58:46 PM

The plight of the Anomalists (OT) - Hans - 5/12/2004 5:21:56 AM
- Oh...the horror of it all - Donald - 5/12/2004 2:07:06 PM
- These guys would find "mysterious anamolies" in a carrot. - David F Mayer - 5/12/2004 1:32:20 PM
  - re: These guys would find "mysterious anamolies" in a carrot. - Hans - 5/13/2004 11:01:46 AM
  - Hey, who would have thought that carrots have juice? - Philip Simon - 5/13/2004 1:40:28 AM
    - Or have a vitamin essential to good sight? (n/t) - Bowser - 5/13/2004 4:53:23 AM
- re: The plight of the Anomalists (OT) - Doug Ellison - 5/12/2004 9:09:39 AM

Big power for space... - Adam - 5/12/2004 1:36:11 AM
- re: The Sun is the ultimate nuclear powerplant - Success_Machine - 5/12/2004 5:34:04 AM
  - I believe that you are in error on this statement: "The Sun emits 1366 Watts per square meter of radiant energy." - David F Mayer - 5/12/2004 1:38:50 PM
    - re: There are even MORE correct interpretations than yours - Success_Machine - 5/12/2004 7:27:16 PM
    - re: I believe that you are in error on this statement: "The Sun emits 1366 Watts per square meter of radiant energy." - Doug Ellison - 5/12/2004 1:55:58 PM
      - It's not entirely clear from SM's post what precisely was meant. - et - 5/12/2004 6:30:34 PM
        
        I guessed what he meant. But that was NOT what he SAID. I was being picky, but precise. - David F Mayer - 5/13/2004 3:34:46 AM

'Goerge Bush doesn't support our space plan. . .' - Justin Kelly - 5/11/2004 1:26:11 AM
- Justin, are you REALLY that naive? - R.L. - 5/12/2004 3:39:33 AM
  - Plans - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2004 4:08:14 PM
  - re: Justin, are you REALLY that naive? - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 9:35:22 AM
  - I swear to God you deserve to shoot yourself in the foot. - Justin Kelly - 5/12/2004 4:39:33 AM
    - Damn it Justin <slap!!!> face facts!!! - R.L. - 5/12/2004 5:09:12 AM
      - Maybe you need to think outside of the box you are putting yourself in - Buck Galaxy - 5/12/2004 6:07:56 AM
- Ulterior motives - Art Martin - 5/11/2004 4:12:05 PM
  - re: Ulterior motives - yeah, Mars Nuts ignore CAPS entirely - E.P. Grondine - 5/11/2004 10:58:11 PM
  - Space and politics is an old story - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2004 5:50:00 PM
    - re: Interesting logic and consequence (n/t) - Success_Machine - 5/11/2004 7:06:17 PM
- re: 'Goerge Bush doesn't support a space plan. . .' - Chris Vancil - 5/11/2004 6:38:20 AM
  - Mars Nuts Attack!: "Bush Jr is an Idiot" - E.P. Grondine - 5/11/2004 11:19:25 PM
    - re: Odds are at some point you will get something right...but not this time... - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 9:09:56 AM
  - re: 'Goerge Bush doesn't support a space plan. . .' - Justin Kelly - 5/11/2004 6:49:57 AM
    - re: 'George Bush doesn't support a space plan. . .' - Chris Vancil - 5/11/2004 7:12:48 AM
      - re: 'George Bush doesn't support a space plan. . .' - Justin Kelly - 5/11/2004 7:43:23 AM
        
        re: 'George Bush doesn't support a space plan. . .' - Chris Vancil - 5/11/2004 8:53:11 PM
        
        Well, your answer is in your own Philosophy - Justin Kelly - 5/12/2004 4:17:12 AM
        
        re: Well, your answer is in your own Philosophy - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 9:24:06 AM
        
        The pathetic alternative to Bush is Kerry...... - Gary - 5/12/2004 5:57:46 AM
        
        Kerry's excuse for being anti-Cassini - He's a brain dead 60s liberal - phil - 5/12/2004 10:52:48 PM
        
        re: Kerry is no more anti-Cassini than the scientists worked on Cassini who postponed it the firsts time are anti! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 11:48:54 PM
        
        re: Pathetic fairy tales... - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 9:21:52 AM
        
        Pathetic fairy tales: Not! - Gary - 5/12/2004 4:10:07 PM
        
        re: Pathetic fairy tales: Not! Not! - Chris Vancil - 5/12/2004 7:56:49 PM
- Think we could have gone to Mars? - Bowser - 5/11/2004 3:52:30 AM

Hubble Telescope's Life Expectancy Predicted - Success_Machine - 5/12/2004 8:43:41 PM
- re: Hubble Telescope spots an amazing object - Raoul - 5/12/2004 9:44:24 PM

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