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The F Ring - Raoul - 3/12/2004 6:39:02 PM

Hubble - Raoul - 3/12/2004 5:42:36 PM

Neil's opinion (rare) - Raoul - 3/12/2004 4:52:17 PM

Several new images available this morning, TES, 3-d images, etc. - jms - 3/12/2004 2:50:21 PM
- It's no longer indoubt; there are terraces [strata?] seen on the opposite crater walls. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2004 4:21:01 PM
  - Ooops! I should have posted my above reply for the "Spirit" rover thread. (n/t) - Jacob Samoropdin - 3/12/2004 4:23:34 PM

Bonneville Crater in all its rusty glory - - Daniel - 3/12/2004 11:13:10 AM

Bonneville Crater - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 9:21:29 PM
- re: Bonneville Crater - dtb - 3/12/2004 12:10:37 AM
- Features inside Bonneville - what do you all make of them? - LJ - 3/11/2004 11:30:28 PM
  - re: what do you all make of them? - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2004 1:12:02 AM
    - "the news release on this says the distance to the other side of the crater is about 200 yards" - Buck Galaxy - 3/12/2004 3:44:48 AM
      - Looks awfully shallow to be 200 yards across. - Lee - 3/12/2004 7:30:00 AM
      - Land in the middle, and you'd better have that wedge handy. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2004 4:20:04 AM
- re: Bonneville Crater - Nick Hoffman - 3/11/2004 10:19:39 PM

Re: Hard rock on Mars? - Robert Clark - 3/12/2004 6:34:25 AM

Spirit catches a frisbee - Robert - 3/10/2004 4:13:14 PM
- There's a RAT gnawing at my brain! - Robert - 3/10/2004 5:11:56 PM
  - More excellent work Rob. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 3/12/2004 6:08:24 AM
- re: Spirit catches a frisbee - PB - 3/10/2004 4:26:52 PM
- Not the RAT - Donald - 3/10/2004 4:21:49 PM
  - re: Not the RAT - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 4:25:00 PM

Shuttle to face further delays - Buck Galaxy - 3/12/2004 5:47:33 AM

K-T fungus - jms - 3/10/2004 9:48:56 PM
- Ancient plant and animal species that live today - Gary - 3/12/2004 4:13:42 AM
  - Actually they're Jurassic - Gary - 3/12/2004 5:44:00 AM

Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (on topic) - Success_Machine - 3/11/2004 6:43:49 PM
- re: Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 8:50:20 PM
  - re: I don't think there is anything wrong with CO2 - Success_Machine - 3/12/2004 4:57:02 AM

SpaceX update - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2004 3:24:02 AM

The "bowl of blueberries" - Tom Brosz - 3/10/2004 4:47:29 PM
- Spherules are condensed rock vapor produced by asteroid and comet impact - E.P. Grondine - 3/11/2004 9:48:43 PM

Most intriguing psuedo fossil - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2004 3:19:45 AM
- were I on earth... - jms - 3/11/2004 5:23:22 AM
  - Reaction/Recrystallisation rim - Nick Hoffman - 3/11/2004 7:50:06 AM
- re: Most intriguing psuedo fossil - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 4:58:35 AM
- re: Most intriguing psuedo fossil - LJ - 3/11/2004 3:40:26 AM
  - he he he, I cracked up when I saw that. Good one! (n/t) - Robert - 3/11/2004 4:42:12 AM
    - However we can't rule out a non-biological origin for these formations :) (n/t) - LJ - 3/11/2004 6:28:32 PM

Holy hole-in-the ground, Batman, it's a crater! - dtb - 3/10/2004 5:14:54 PM
- re: Holy hole-in-the ground, Batman, it's a crater! - REB - 3/10/2004 6:14:26 PM
  - re: re:there's nothing that looks artificial (n/t) - Raoul - 3/10/2004 6:44:47 PM
    - Let's not be hasty - Robert - 3/10/2004 10:54:13 PM
      - re: Interesting! - Raoul - 3/11/2004 6:17:25 PM
      - Cool - LJ - 3/11/2004 4:06:49 AM
        
        Looks better and better...75% with a bullet - Robert - 3/11/2004 4:46:15 AM
      - Nice images Robert. - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2004 1:46:23 AM
        
        re: Nice images Robert. - Marcia - 3/11/2004 4:35:27 PM
    - Heatshield - REB - 3/10/2004 6:55:31 PM
  - re: Holy hole-in-the ground, Batman, it's a crater! - REB - 3/10/2004 6:34:43 PM
  - re: Holy hole-in-the ground, Batman, it's a crater! - REB - 3/10/2004 6:34:34 PM
- re: Holy hole-in-the ground, Batman, it's a crater! - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2004 5:43:57 PM

Why do we "waste" money on space? - r.l. - 3/11/2004 5:41:11 AM
- re: Why do we "waste" money on space? - Larry J - 3/11/2004 2:34:49 PM
- re: Why do we "waste" money on space? - REB - 3/11/2004 1:03:35 PM
- re: $900 million Stealth Bomber - Success_Machine - 3/11/2004 9:19:08 AM
- The key word is "we" - Gary - 3/11/2004 8:13:10 AM
  - Not quite so black-and-white? - Nick Hoffman - 3/11/2004 9:44:40 AM
    - Nick is quite correct - Gary - 3/11/2004 4:29:21 PM
      - Much of it was pride. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 5:06:53 PM
        
        re: Good thing nothing significant can be built in space without full int'l cooperation - Success_Machine - 3/11/2004 5:59:56 PM

Bonneville interior - PB - 3/11/2004 3:30:05 AM
- Outcrops should be to left if any - Mark Eby - 3/11/2004 4:07:45 PM
  - Nevermind - Mark Eby - 3/11/2004 4:09:57 PM
- Wish there was a scale. - Bowser - 3/11/2004 7:06:32 AM
- Wow! Those aren't on the regular raw image website yet! - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2004 4:43:24 AM
  - No kidding great site PB! - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2004 4:59:37 AM
    - re: No kidding great site PB! - PB - 3/11/2004 5:15:37 AM
  - That may well be the heatshield - Robert - 3/11/2004 4:53:32 AM
- Is that an outcrop on the far side of the second photo? (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2004 4:19:43 AM
- re: Bonneville interior - LJ - 3/11/2004 4:07:29 AM
  - There appears to be a clear rim to the crater on the far side - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2004 5:18:25 AM

One day....maybe. - REB - 3/11/2004 1:55:22 PM

Ever feel like you're being watched? - Buck Galaxy - 3/11/2004 4:40:55 AM
- re: Snakes ? - Johannes - 3/11/2004 5:15:48 AM

Rover lifespan increased from 90 to 240 days! - DavidV - 3/9/2004 12:48:38 PM
- Way cool - Robert - 3/9/2004 5:54:19 PM
- Mechanical life? - RobVG - 3/9/2004 5:08:51 PM
  - NASA tends to over-engineer - Gary - 3/9/2004 5:29:21 PM
    - Cassini, Saturn, and radiation - dtb - 3/11/2004 2:31:36 AM
    - It isn't just NASA - Larry J - 3/9/2004 7:20:14 PM
      - B52s - Davin L. - 3/9/2004 10:23:40 PM
        
        re: B52s - Larry J - 3/10/2004 2:16:53 AM
        
        Does the B-52 have a tail gun? (n/t) - Gary - 3/10/2004 5:59:00 AM
        
        Not any more - Larry J - 3/10/2004 3:01:35 PM
        
        Yes they do. - Lee - 3/10/2004 6:57:02 AM
        
        Thanks, very interesting - Gary - 3/10/2004 7:20:42 AM
        
        the answer: 747 cruise missile platform - dtb - 3/10/2004 2:39:44 AM
        
        747 Airborne Laser - Gary - 3/10/2004 6:13:46 AM
        
        Didn't I see a movie about that... - dtb - 3/10/2004 11:30:41 PM
- Great News - Mark Eby - 3/9/2004 2:15:01 PM
  - re: Great News - Marcia - 3/9/2004 3:38:17 PM
    - re: Great News - DavidV - 3/9/2004 4:20:20 PM

No bucks, no Buck Rogers... - McFly - 3/8/2004 7:04:38 PM
- Let's face it, the Space Program is hosed - Gary - 3/9/2004 5:17:35 AM
  - Manned exploration has done nothing for unmanned exploration since Apollo - pwokenyaw - 3/11/2004 1:25:38 AM
  - No president has ever made space exploration a campaign issue - Larry J - 3/9/2004 4:30:27 PM
    - I agree with you but ..... - Gary - 3/9/2004 5:04:38 PM
      - The way Bush was gang tackled, I wouldn't be surprised if he never mentioned space again - Larry J - 3/10/2004 2:05:57 AM
        
        Being gang tackled is part of his job - Gary - 3/10/2004 6:29:37 AM
        
        Political Risk verses Benefit Analysis - Larry J - 3/10/2004 5:00:45 PM
      - re: I agree with you but ..... - gbaikie - 3/9/2004 8:12:21 PM
        
        You're right, of course... - McFly - 3/9/2004 11:05:21 PM
  - I think you're overly negative - Buck Galaxy - 3/9/2004 5:49:19 AM
    - Initiative makes abandoning space easier, not harder - dtb - 3/11/2004 2:21:47 AM
    - Uh huh.... - Gary - 3/9/2004 7:05:14 AM
- They have higher priorities for the money, don't you know... - Larry J - 3/8/2004 7:32:59 PM
  - Don't forget naked aggression, tax cuts for the wealthy, Halliburton, etc. - Bowser - 3/9/2004 12:44:51 AM

Hubble Ultra Deep Field and age of the Universe - Jim Marsen - 3/10/2004 5:35:06 PM
- Space-time expansion... - Adam - 3/10/2004 11:02:32 PM
  - Thanks - RobVG - 3/11/2004 12:15:50 AM
- re: Hubble Ultra Deep Field and age of the Universe - Raoul - 3/10/2004 9:45:57 PM

Interstellar Communication Without a Line-of-Sight Transmitter - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 6:39:13 AM
- re: Quantum Non-Destructive (QND) Measurement - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 2:25:15 PM
  - re: Shannon / Heisenberg - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 7:13:38 PM
    - re: Quantum Teleportation Signal-to-Noise Ratio - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 7:29:53 PM
      - Way cool... - Adam - 3/10/2004 11:10:08 PM

Amazing Blue Band Around Jupiter! - Tom - 3/10/2004 1:42:35 AM
- The conspiracy theorists are undoubtedly going to blame the plutonium in Galileo's RTGs for causing the phenomena [shaking one's head in disgust]. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/10/2004 3:03:18 PM
  - Something unusual is occuring in our solar system. - Sigmond - 3/10/2004 5:37:48 PM
    - Hmmm, zees iz veeery facinating. - et - 3/10/2004 9:34:51 PM
- Are you sure it isn't someone playing with filters? - Bowser - 3/10/2004 1:54:54 AM
  - re: Thanks Bowser for the morning smile :-) (n/t) - Johannes - 3/10/2004 3:38:56 PM

The HUDF picture (10,000 galaxies....) - Raoul - 3/9/2004 4:54:42 PM
- "If you take a grain of sand and hold it up at arm's length, that's the amount of sky being covered," - Buck Galaxy - 3/10/2004 4:28:33 PM
- Spectacular! A universe beyond human imagination... (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/10/2004 7:54:02 AM
  - re: Beyond human imagination... - Raoul - 3/10/2004 7:24:50 PM
- re: They're alive! (n/t) - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 4:30:59 AM
  - re: One would think, that there is something we are supposed to do.... (n/t) - Success_Machine - 3/10/2004 4:44:20 AM
- My God! It's full of stars!!! (n/t) - p - 3/9/2004 10:17:00 PM
  - re: One star from our galaxy, and biljuns of galaxies!:-) (n/t) - Raoul - 3/10/2004 6:52:08 PM
- "If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space..." (n/t) - Post by Mcfly, wisdom by Carl - 3/9/2004 5:30:49 PM
  - re: "If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space..." - SteveS - 3/10/2004 2:18:30 AM
    - Or all the elbow room you could ever want. - Lee - 3/10/2004 6:46:00 AM
    - re: In the movie, Jodie's father said it first. (n/t) - Marcia - 3/10/2004 3:43:45 AM
      - That's right! I forgot, Thanks Marcia (n/t) - SteveS - 3/10/2004 1:00:17 PM
        
        re: Hi, Steve! I had to quote Al... - Marcia - 3/10/2004 5:52:07 PM
  - re: an awful waste of space... - Tom Brosz - 3/9/2004 11:11:54 PM
  - amen - R.L. - 3/9/2004 8:57:25 PM
    - /amen - phil - 3/10/2004 12:08:27 AM
    - re: Intelligence - Raoul - 3/9/2004 10:11:13 PM
      - Intelligence, extinction and what's next? - Bowser - 3/9/2004 10:42:55 PM
        
        re: Intelligence, extinction and what's next? - Raoul - 3/10/2004 6:45:10 AM
  - re: When it will be a 3D picture! - Raoul - 3/9/2004 8:25:38 PM
- re: The HUDF picture (10,000 galaxies....) - Raoul - 3/9/2004 4:59:52 PM

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