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Sedna - Raoul - 3/15/2004 6:59:36 PM
- Intresting case study for long period planets. - mclute - 3/17/2004 4:12:34 AM
- Did you say Sedna or Edna? ;-) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/16/2004 4:16:34 PM
- re: Sedna - Raoul - 3/15/2004 8:30:10 PM
  - re: Name not yet recognized? - Raoul - 3/15/2004 10:00:02 PM
    - re: Sedna Planitia (try again-sorry) - Raoul - 3/15/2004 10:05:38 PM
    - re: Sedna Planitia - Raoul - 3/15/2004 10:02:20 PM

Reports on Gusev from LPSC - Nick Hoffman - 3/15/2004 6:49:15 PM
- spherules: that pesky data which simply won't go away - E.P. Grondine - 3/15/2004 11:13:16 PM
  - re: spherules: that pesky data which simply won't go away - Chris Vancil - 3/16/2004 11:25:18 PM

Mars Direct is nuts - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 8:10:04 AM
- Mars Direct is brilliant! In situ resources for fuel are the way to go. - Gary - 3/13/2004 6:18:04 PM
  - re: Take a gas mask. The dust you track into your Mars Hab will reek like rotten eggs - Success_Machine - 3/14/2004 2:24:11 PM
  - Yeah I know, but that wasn't my point (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 8:50:49 PM
- re: Does anyone favor the ARMXER Orbital Skyhook as a goal ? - Success_Machine - 3/13/2004 2:03:21 PM
  - No, it's fantasy (n/t) - Gary - 3/13/2004 6:03:20 PM
    - re: You're absolutely right of course. Now where is that air force recruiter located?..... (n/t) - Success_Machine - 3/14/2004 2:22:01 PM
- re: Mars Direct is nuts - gbaikie - 3/13/2004 10:50:32 AM
- re: Mars Direct is nuts - Doug - 3/13/2004 10:25:05 AM
  - Asteroid Direct - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2004 6:53:52 PM
  - You missed the points - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 4:39:55 PM
    - re: Your points are invalid - Chris Vancil - 3/13/2004 10:48:07 PM
      - re: His points are totally valid - Raoul - 3/14/2004 12:36:44 AM
        
        re: Hum, but those aren't his points... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 3/14/2004 2:38:03 AM
        
        You missed my point... - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 3:04:15 AM
        
        re: Huh, I addressed your points. Long Duration missions are not in the cards. - Chris Vancil - 3/14/2004 8:15:10 AM
        
        Your argument is not reasonable - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 7:38:47 PM
        
        re: NASA makes up rules not I. - Chris Vancil - 3/15/2004 7:23:06 AM
        
        Hunkering down is only one solution - Buck Galaxy - 3/16/2004 7:34:17 PM
        
        re: Catch 22 - Chris Vancil - 3/16/2004 11:17:55 PM
        
        re: NASA makes up rules not I. - gbaikie - 3/15/2004 10:59:44 AM
        
        re: NASA makes up rules not I. - Chris Vancil - 3/16/2004 8:14:20 AM
        
        re: NASA makes up rules not I. - gbaikie - 3/16/2004 7:52:40 PM
        
        re: The Moon is a protection - Raoul - 3/14/2004 10:48:36 AM
  - re: Learning from the Russians-Mass towards the Moon or Mars - Raoul - 3/13/2004 11:03:57 AM

When will Bush mention space plan again? - Buck Galaxy - 3/15/2004 7:10:38 AM
- Why should he? - Larry J - 3/15/2004 3:07:58 PM
  - re: Why should he? - Buck Galaxy - 3/16/2004 7:18:32 PM
  - Lukewarm reception, you don't have to tell him to follow the polls. And - - - - Bowser - 3/15/2004 5:48:24 PM
    - Even JFK didn't talk about space exploration while running for office - Larry J - 3/15/2004 8:36:12 PM
      - He came up with it during his first term. - Bowser - 3/16/2004 2:01:23 AM
      - re: Visits - Raoul - 3/15/2004 10:10:50 PM
        
        But it wasn't a campaign issue for him when he ran for President in 1960 - Larry J - 3/15/2004 10:57:38 PM
        
        1960 election Missile gap issue, "JFK lied!!!" - phil - 3/16/2004 7:23:53 PM
        
        Lied his ass off about that. And, we went to the Moon. - Bowser - 3/16/2004 10:02:20 PM

The Bonneville Monster Pan - Robert - 3/15/2004 12:33:30 AM
- A general thanks - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:47:28 PM
- ***speechless!!*** (n/t) - McFly - 3/15/2004 9:26:12 PM
- Incredible, Robert, thank you! I especially liked the black monolith at the bottom of the crater! - LJ - 3/15/2004 6:07:46 PM
  - Ohmigod, it's full of dirt! - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:43:37 PM
- re: The Bonneville Monster Pan - Robert Clark - 3/15/2004 5:53:09 PM
  - Mars maars and a tough tuff ring - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:36:16 PM
- Aya Caramba! Muchos grande! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/15/2004 4:39:44 PM
- beautiful, Robert, just beautiful. - jms - 3/15/2004 2:54:31 PM
- Thanks Robert. I'm at LPSC and will post any news... - Nick Hoffman - 3/15/2004 2:34:32 PM
- re: The Bonneville Monster Pan - Raoul - 3/15/2004 6:48:25 AM
  - 'passion', 'obsession', 'Martian OCD', something like that - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:21:43 PM
- You really do know how to spoil us. - Lee - 3/15/2004 4:27:48 AM
  - Yeah, and people often pay no attention to me, either ;-) (n/t) - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:19:35 PM
- Grid marks? - RobVG - 3/15/2004 4:26:08 AM
  - What Nick said - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:18:31 PM
  - Wind ripples (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 3/15/2004 6:58:01 PM
    - Doesn't show on JPL pan. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/16/2004 6:21:10 PM
    - Bimini road (n/t) - RobVG - 3/15/2004 7:55:37 PM
- It was a HabZone smash! - Fox - 3/15/2004 2:50:55 AM
  - Thanks - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:13:33 PM
- WOW! - Bowser - 3/15/2004 2:37:07 AM
  - the 'synoptic overview' - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:10:23 PM
- re: The Bonneville Monster Pan - Doug - 3/15/2004 2:09:40 AM
  - 18 hours was software - Robert - 3/15/2004 10:05:09 PM
- Bonneville disappointing - Columbia Hills promising - Buck Galaxy - 3/15/2004 2:01:50 AM
  - re: Bonneville disappointing - Columbia Hills promising - Nick Hoffman - 3/15/2004 7:00:29 PM
    - Say 'hi' for me - Robert - 3/15/2004 9:49:00 PM
- Stupendous! - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2004 1:46:44 AM

Sedimentary produced films at the Opportunity site? - Robert Clark - 3/16/2004 1:17:04 AM
- Acid rain? (n/t) - RobVG - 3/16/2004 5:20:55 PM
- define "Sedimentary produced films" - jms - 3/16/2004 5:31:24 AM
  - re: define "Sedimentary produced films" - Robert Clark - 3/16/2004 2:17:46 PM

Sedna - apparently it could have a profound effect on our lives. - Bowser - 3/16/2004 5:13:50 PM

Since Phobos and Deimos have been in the news of late... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/16/2004 4:40:09 PM

Supernovae - Raoul - 3/14/2004 10:40:50 AM
- re: Supernovae - phil - 3/14/2004 5:15:33 PM
  - re: Supernovae - Raoul - 3/14/2004 5:21:59 PM
    - Think of it this way, Raoul.... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/14/2004 7:21:35 PM
      - re: Think of it this way, Raoul.... - Dave M - 3/15/2004 8:04:57 PM
        
        Statistics are a valid tool for stellar-birth and stellar-death rates. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/16/2004 4:23:23 PM
      - re: I wonder:-) - Raoul - 3/14/2004 7:42:00 PM
        
        Ya, well, whatever you say. I guess. - Bowser - 3/14/2004 9:44:48 PM

Transient liquid water under Mars-like conditions - Nick Hoffman - 3/15/2004 6:55:07 PM
- Thanks a bunch. I appreciate the updates. - Bowser - 3/16/2004 5:48:06 AM
  - The conditions of deposition verses the present sol - jms - 3/16/2004 6:12:44 AM
- Thanks for the update Nick - jms - 3/16/2004 5:25:54 AM

Space Centre Mars Forum Event- Leicester UK - Doug - 3/15/2004 5:19:32 PM

OMG!!! --- CAN IT BE..... - Sarandon - 3/14/2004 2:28:54 AM
- It's a KBO - Nathan Koren - 3/14/2004 4:12:56 PM
  - Sedna's diameter is almost 2000km - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 8:21:36 PM
  - re: It's a KBO - Raoul - 3/14/2004 5:11:48 PM
  - Well, at least it is Monday, Australian time. :-) (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/14/2004 4:22:54 PM
- re: Spitzer - Raoul - 3/14/2004 9:28:03 AM
- No details at all, probably just a large KBO. (n/t) - Lee - 3/14/2004 6:26:41 AM
  - Perhaps this: - Robert Clark - 3/14/2004 3:57:22 PM
    - ...or this: SCIENTISTS have found a new world - John - 3/15/2004 1:33:03 AM
  - Then why label it "a mysterious object"? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 6:39:25 AM
    - KBOs are mysterious objects. We hardly know anything about them. - Lee - 3/14/2004 10:05:49 AM
- dead star (Nemesis) or the tenth planet - John - 3/14/2004 6:07:03 AM
- Wow! Hey this looks like its for real - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 2:46:15 AM
  - What does this mean. Nancy Lieder and Zetatalk was right!? Say it ain't so. (n/t) - John - 3/14/2004 5:03:58 AM
    - It ain't so! It's another jumbo KBO (n/t) - phil, the helpful - 3/14/2004 5:09:49 PM

John F Kerry's Position on NASA and space exploration - phil - 3/11/2004 3:59:12 PM
- Kerry solicits YOUR comments on space & NASA - phil - 3/11/2004 6:57:49 PM
  - re: Did Bush have such a topic for input to him last time around? - Chris Vancil - 3/11/2004 8:53:35 PM
    - Kerry's votes - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 11:32:26 PM
      - re: Kerry's votes??? - Chris Vancil - 3/13/2004 7:37:14 AM
        
        It appears to be based on the annual Bumpers Amendments... - Buck Galaxy - 3/14/2004 10:52:19 PM
        
        re: Kerry's votes??? - gbaikie - 3/14/2004 10:01:55 AM
    - No, but his Commission does. - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 11:21:47 PM
      - re: This is currently 2004 not 2000 - Chris Vancil - 3/12/2004 8:58:57 AM
        
        re: This is currently 2004 not 2000 - gbaikie - 3/13/2004 7:36:51 PM
- How much money do you think will be left when GWB's done? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/11/2004 4:53:06 PM
- Today. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 4:51:50 PM

A mystery solved - Raoul - 3/13/2004 9:16:40 PM
- re: A mystery solved - Robert - 3/14/2004 7:00:18 PM
  - re: Endurance - Raoul - 3/14/2004 8:02:43 PM

Good eyes or altitude? - Raoul - 3/14/2004 7:48:05 PM

Phobos Eclipse at Opportunity site - REB - 3/12/2004 9:15:10 PM
- re: Deimos eclipse views at Spirit site - BRFelix - 3/14/2004 3:59:19 PM
- re: Animation from Space.com - BRFelix - 3/13/2004 3:27:12 PM
  - re: re:Beautiful!!! thanks! (n/t) - Raoul - 3/13/2004 7:44:45 PM
  - clearly elongated, i.e. potato shaped (n/t) - Delbert - 3/13/2004 7:41:38 PM
- re: Phobos Eclipse - Raoul - 3/12/2004 9:33:21 PM
  - potato shape to Phobos - Delbert - 3/12/2004 11:22:42 PM
    - re: potato shape to Phobos - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2004 6:40:49 AM
      - re: potato shape to Phobos - Raoul - 3/13/2004 10:40:37 AM
        
        re: potato shape to Phobos - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2004 8:14:44 PM

Higher resolution images of Bonneville - Geologist input? - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 8:54:22 AM
- re: Higher resolution images of Bonneville - Geologist input? - Peersa - 3/14/2004 3:27:10 AM
- Geologist output. - jms - 3/13/2004 3:53:16 PM
- I still wouldn't send the rover into it. - Lee - 3/13/2004 9:03:33 AM
  - re: I still wouldn't send the rover into it. - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2004 6:39:18 PM
    - She-it!!! 6-wheel drive, helluva lot of clearance, and look at the tread on those wheels. - Bowser - 3/13/2004 7:34:18 PM

Chinese 2 send females into orbit..... - carl - 3/13/2004 10:16:55 PM

Quite a surprise, Senate passes President's space plan - CarolinaDave - 3/13/2004 4:54:44 PM
- The full Senate restored what the committee cut - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 5:13:08 PM
  - Will miracles never cease? Maybe we're not hosed? (n/t) - Gary - 3/13/2004 6:21:31 PM

Some fascinating microscopic shots from Opportunity - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2004 5:33:18 PM
- re: Some fascinating microscopic shots from Opportunity - PB - 3/12/2004 6:52:28 PM
- Look! Worms! - Robert - 3/12/2004 6:04:04 PM
  - Need to totate image to properly perceive positive and negative relief. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/13/2004 5:42:35 AM
    - "Rotate", that is. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/13/2004 3:19:11 PM
  - blueberry jam? - jms - 3/12/2004 7:39:38 PM
    - re: blueberry jam? - BRFelix - 3/13/2004 4:10:25 AM
      - Good questions. - jms - 3/13/2004 5:18:20 PM
    - re: blueberry jam? - Marcia - 3/12/2004 11:01:37 PM

Rosetta's program extended - Raoul - 3/11/2004 9:40:52 PM
- re: Lutetia and Steins - Raoul - 3/13/2004 2:56:44 PM

Martian snowman - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 9:30:59 AM
- Better resolution of same image - Buck Galaxy - 3/13/2004 9:35:03 AM

cold morning on mars sol 67, - jms - 3/11/2004 8:46:28 PM
- Before-and-after images should help answer that if posted side-by-side. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2004 4:17:06 PM
- re: And that's ......us!!! - Raoul - 3/11/2004 9:11:37 PM
  - re: And that's ......us!!! - Raoul, I have to ask... - Marcia - 3/12/2004 2:05:02 AM
    - an insignificant speck on an invisible dot, infinitesimally small (n/t) - Gargravarr - 3/12/2004 6:40:28 PM
      - in a remote corner of the unfashionable western spiral arm of the galaxy (n/t) - Ford Prefect - 3/13/2004 5:45:10 AM
      - And you saw yourself? Oh yeah, I'm a really terrific and great guy! (n/t) - Zaphod Beeblebrox - 3/12/2004 6:46:04 PM
    - Earth and Moon from Mars - Fox - 3/12/2004 4:09:56 PM
      - re: Thanks, Fox. - Marcia - 3/12/2004 11:06:18 PM
    - re: And that's ......us!!! - - Raoul - 3/12/2004 6:37:47 AM
      - And to think human beings are squabbling and fighting over that tiny piece of real-estate in the sky. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2004 4:09:03 PM
        
        And they're too stupid to leave it for all of that surrounding real estate (n/t) - Gary - 3/12/2004 6:52:33 PM
    - Earth as the evening star - Buck Galaxy - 3/12/2004 4:07:43 AM
      - Morning star (n/t) - dtb - 3/12/2004 3:15:37 PM
  - Wow...I can see my house from here! - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 10:34:02 PM
- I really should read down...the night sky? really? cool. (n/t) - jms - 3/11/2004 8:49:52 PM
  - re: I really should read down...the night sky? really? cool. - Raoul - 3/11/2004 8:58:51 PM

O'Keefe puts Congressional earmarks on hold - Buck Galaxy - 3/12/2004 6:58:29 PM
- Thank God the rovers landed safely, because the Shuttle and ISS are a problem. - Bowser - 3/13/2004 2:47:29 AM

Is this Spirit's parachute and back shell? - REB - 3/12/2004 2:37:59 PM
- Confirmation - Robert - 3/12/2004 4:22:57 PM
  - re: Confirmation - Doug - 3/12/2004 4:45:37 PM
    - Are we talking about the same object? - Robert - 3/12/2004 5:09:00 PM
      - re: Are we talking about the same object? - Doug - 3/13/2004 12:20:19 AM
        
        Good points - Robert - 3/13/2004 12:58:46 AM
- Do you mean this? - Fox - 3/12/2004 2:52:17 PM
  - re: Do you mean this? - REB - 3/12/2004 3:23:55 PM
    - Technical note - Robert - 3/12/2004 4:09:53 PM
      - re: Technical note - REB - 3/12/2004 4:30:24 PM

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