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Pyramid on Mars? - Nick - 2/6/2004 4:44:25 PM
- Pyramid on Mars? Certainly it is. Artificial, certainly not. Wind-sculpted pyramids abound on the deserts of the Earth. Why not on Mars? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/8/2004 3:26:29 AM
- Martian Crabs - Buck Galaxy - 2/6/2004 4:55:20 PM
  - Seafood could be an important in situ resource! :-) (n/t) - McFly - 2/6/2004 9:20:32 PM
  - re: Martian Crabs - Tom Brosz - 2/6/2004 6:13:22 PM
    - Still haven't heard anyone at NASA say what it is, though. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2004 7:49:21 AM
  - re: Martian Crabs - REB - 2/6/2004 5:41:04 PM
- Robert: Please delete this and ban this idiot. (n/t) - Thank You! - 2/6/2004 4:50:03 PM
  - Calm down Fred. I know it's been a hard week but it's friday so lighten up. (n/t) - Nick - 2/6/2004 7:58:19 PM

Go West young man. - Marcia - 2/7/2004 12:08:48 AM
- YEAH, BUT DID THEY get good Traction? - Carl - 2/8/2004 12:11:23 AM
  - re: Traction. - Marcia - 2/8/2004 2:41:19 AM
    - re: LOL, make that their 'other' right to left. NT (n/t) - Marcia - 2/8/2004 2:47:34 AM

Is THEMIS trying to compete with the Hoaxters? - SteveS - 2/7/2004 3:04:59 AM
- re: "Bang! Pow!" - Fox - 2/8/2004 1:38:50 AM
- Gotta love their quirky sense of humor! (n/t) - phil - 2/7/2004 2:28:32 PM

Hmmm, what's outside of OPPORTUNITY'S Crater? - Carl - 2/7/2004 8:28:27 PM

Transit of Sun by Venus - Success_Machine - 2/6/2004 9:19:00 PM
- re: Transit of Sun by Venus - SteveS - 2/6/2004 11:20:57 PM
  - re: Can you give an example? - Success_Machine - 2/7/2004 2:05:43 PM
    - I'm a big fan of Marlin Brando.... - et - 2/7/2004 5:55:07 PM

2 crew changes in a few weeks - Raoul - 2/7/2004 4:33:20 PM

Now you see it, now you don't - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2004 5:29:52 AM
- Fine granules several inches deep - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/7/2004 8:23:38 AM
  - re:Thanks for getting into - BRFelix - 2/7/2004 4:30:14 PM

50 years of plans for Mars - Raoul - 2/7/2004 3:20:18 PM

Alternative Interplanetary Launch Method: Ramjet - David F Mayer - 2/3/2004 2:27:12 AM
- re: Alternative Interplanetary Launch Method: Ramjet - cherif - 2/7/2004 2:23:19 PM
- A different (sc)ramjet aerospace craft design may help. - David F Mayer - 2/4/2004 6:03:20 PM
- re: Alternative Interplanetary Launch Method: Ramjet - Nick Hoffman - 2/3/2004 5:08:54 AM
  - At orbital velocity (parallel to Earth's surface) the centrifugal "force" exactly balances the gravitational force, so no lift is needed.. At escape velocity, the aircraft requires exactly ONE gravit… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/3/2004 2:07:44 PM
    - That's easy, just fly inverted! (n/t) - Larry J - 2/3/2004 7:04:27 PM
  - Aerocapture questions - Gary - 2/3/2004 6:00:59 AM
    - re: Aerocapture questions - Larry J - 2/3/2004 3:07:16 PM
      - It was Mariner 9. Mariner 10 went to Venus and Mercury. (n/t) - Gary - 2/4/2004 6:59:56 PM
      - Actually we need a flight test experiment - Gary - 2/4/2004 3:01:27 AM
        
        Absolutely - Larry J - 2/4/2004 2:43:48 PM
- re: Alternative Interplanetary Launch Method: Ramjet - Gary - 2/3/2004 3:51:14 AM
- The devil is in the details - Larry J - 2/3/2004 3:00:43 AM
  - Larry caught me in a typo - Gary - 2/3/2004 4:02:36 AM
    - From the SR-71 Pilot Manual - Larry J - 2/3/2004 2:47:17 PM

Garnets? - Nipper Wolf - 2/7/2004 9:53:10 AM
- re: Garnets? - Nick Hoffman - 2/7/2004 2:19:59 PM

Opportunity on the Move - Raoul - 2/7/2004 11:06:08 AM

Lileks fires on Patrick Stewart - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2004 6:35:11 AM
- I,m sure while he was in star trek when interview he implied the opersite hmmm (n/t) - brian gyles - 2/7/2004 11:03:19 AM
- re: Mirror Principle - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/7/2004 1:53:58 AM
- Stewart might consider just how silly he sounds - ebnelson - 2/6/2004 1:47:34 PM
- Perhaps he was in Star Trek too long - Buck Galaxy - 2/5/2004 7:15:44 PM
  - re: Perhaps he was in Star Trek too long - Marcia - 2/6/2004 10:47:22 PM
- . . . and the question, as always, is: "Who cares?" - Fox - 2/5/2004 4:47:36 PM
  - I Think The Point - Mark Eby - 2/5/2004 6:53:52 PM
    - re: The Point - Fox - 2/6/2004 4:39:10 AM
      - re: The Point - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 3:08:56 PM
  - I'm with you - alcaray - 2/5/2004 5:05:10 PM
    - re: I'm with you - McFly - 2/5/2004 6:33:50 PM
- re: Lileks fires on Patrick Stewart - dlp_79 - 2/5/2004 4:08:52 PM
  - Wrong priorities - Gary - 2/5/2004 5:01:14 PM
    - re: Wrong priorities - phil - 2/5/2004 5:37:49 PM
      - re: SF - Raoul - 2/5/2004 8:32:23 PM
        
        David Lindsay - Gary - 2/6/2004 4:11:41 AM
- Deservedly so - McFly - 2/5/2004 3:37:38 PM
  - re: If people don't get along in space, they are more likely to die - Success_Machine - 2/5/2004 11:39:41 PM
    - elsewhere, too (n/t) - alcaray - 2/6/2004 12:08:05 AM
- Smugly glad I always felt Star Trek & Trekkies sucked (n/t) - phil - 2/5/2004 1:54:25 PM
- re: Hollywood has never applied their special effects to depict something as big as an ARMXER Orbital Skyhook - Success_Machine - 2/5/2004 9:54:06 AM

Meridiani soil -- airbag imprints vs wheel tracks, huh? - dtb - 2/6/2004 4:05:51 AM
- re: Meridiani soil -- airbag imprints vs wheel tracks, huh? - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/7/2004 8:51:56 AM
- re: Meridiani soil -- airbag imprints vs wheel tracks, huh? - Raoul - 2/6/2004 6:33:30 AM
  - re: Meridiani soil -- airbag imprints vs wheel tracks, huh? - Nick Hoffman - 2/6/2004 8:19:39 AM
    - re: Meridiani soil -- airbag imprints vs wheel tracks, huh? - DALeffler - 2/7/2004 4:41:35 AM
- That picture of the lander is so incredibly cool (n/t) - Gary - 2/6/2004 4:16:48 AM

Opportunity Backshell and Parachute located - Nick Hoffman - 2/7/2004 2:56:33 AM
- re: Opportunity Backshell and Parachute located - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2004 5:21:29 AM
  - Also, tracks sure look like it bounced in from that direction - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2004 5:33:19 AM
- Cool! (n/t) (n/t) - Way cool!! - 2/7/2004 4:01:55 AM

What happened to the soil between sol 10 and sol 12?? (pictures) - LJ - 2/6/2004 1:09:37 AM
- LJ!!!!!! (n/t) - et - 2/7/2004 1:46:22 AM
- re: Disappear - dlp_79 - 2/6/2004 11:53:02 PM
- It looks to me as if... - alcaray - 2/6/2004 5:25:33 PM
  - re: Not disappeared, they just moved. - Marcia - 2/7/2004 12:33:12 AM
    - re: Not disappeared, they just moved. - dlp_79 - 2/7/2004 1:39:25 AM
      - re: Yes, and... - Marcia - 2/7/2004 2:16:00 AM
  - re: Looks like the RAT imprint. - Marcia - 2/6/2004 6:00:51 PM
- Mossbauer - Nick Hoffman - 2/6/2004 1:35:12 AM
  - What does it mean? - Gary - 2/6/2004 6:02:11 AM
    - re: What does it mean? - Nick Hoffman - 2/6/2004 8:09:12 AM
- Link to Opportunity raw images - LJ - 2/6/2004 1:13:01 AM

Dramatic & Counterintuitive Predicton Of Climate Models Confirmed - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 4:25:26 PM
- How do they exclude solar effects upon the thermosphere - Gary - 2/6/2004 4:47:26 PM
  - re: How do they exclude solar effects upon the thermosphere - gbaikie - 2/6/2004 8:57:55 PM
  - re: How do they exclude solar (or other) effects upon the thermosphere - Johannes - 2/6/2004 5:34:48 PM
    - PV=nRT - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 5:46:36 PM
      - re: PV=nRT:.. Thanks Mark (n/t) - Johannes - 2/6/2004 8:25:35 PM
  - Good Question, I'll Keep An Eye Out and Try To Read Further (n/t) - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 5:20:26 PM

NASA Space Prize DETAILS - phil - 2/4/2004 8:37:42 PM
- 42 USC 2457 says the invention's the government's, UNLESS... - ~tax leech - 2/6/2004 7:33:48 PM
- Fox News.com covers NASA's new competitive prizes while corrupted media outlets predictably run away from the story - ~tax leech - 2/5/2004 8:16:17 PM
- Only 1/1000 of NASA's $16 billion budget is proposed for competitive prizes - ~tax leech - 2/4/2004 9:26:05 PM

Opportunity: Sol 13 - Marcia - 2/6/2004 4:00:26 PM
- Fascinating! - Gary - 2/6/2004 5:14:47 PM
  - re: Yes. There is 'one' small crater in the horizon line. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/6/2004 6:11:42 PM
    - Good catch (n/t) - alcaray - 2/6/2004 6:55:53 PM

Opportunity is next to the layered outcrop. - REB - 2/6/2004 6:13:57 PM
- It looks rather desolate beyond the Opportunity crater. - REB - 2/6/2004 6:38:45 PM

Major Rover Malfunction! - Buck Galaxy - 2/6/2004 5:53:23 PM
- Funny! (n/t) - Rodriguez - 2/6/2004 6:10:29 PM

German Exoplanet site... - Adam - 2/6/2004 1:40:14 AM
- Speaking of links, here's an outstanding space news site I just found - Buck Galaxy - 2/6/2004 6:08:57 PM
- re: German Exoplanet site... - phil - 2/6/2004 3:28:48 PM

Moon Mars plans - Raoul - 2/5/2004 6:57:58 PM
- re:not terribly optimistic from a science standpoint - dtb - 2/5/2004 7:56:21 PM
  - re: re:Very detailed pictures - Raoul - 2/5/2004 8:10:28 PM
    - re: re:Very detailed pictures - dtb - 2/6/2004 4:31:00 AM
- re: Moon Mars plans - Mark Eby - 2/5/2004 7:14:23 PM
  - re: Robots or Humans - Raoul - 2/5/2004 7:44:38 PM
    - Mistakes are human... - Buck Galaxy - 2/5/2004 8:31:43 PM
      - 500 - Nick Hoffman - 2/6/2004 1:04:29 AM
        
        Why Not Just A Few Highly Mobile Ones? - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 2:53:35 AM
        
        Some Examples For Nick & Tom - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 3:01:53 PM
        
        Nonetheless... - Nick Hoffman - 2/6/2004 4:06:50 PM
        
        Zubrin's Company Has Written Several Papers On Compressed CO2 Rocket Powered Hoppers - Mark Eby - 2/6/2004 5:38:32 PM
        
        Blimp first, please... - DALeffler - 2/6/2004 4:49:50 AM
        
        Do you know how big a blimp would have to be to work on Mars? - Tom Brosz - 2/6/2004 6:02:14 AM
        
        re: 500 - Buck Galaxy - 2/6/2004 2:34:30 AM
        
        Yeah, But how long would 500 robotic missions take? - DALeffler - 2/6/2004 2:24:51 AM
      - re: Reprogramming - Raoul - 2/5/2004 8:45:37 PM

Hello Dali! - Robert - 2/6/2004 12:18:47 AM
- re: Hello Dali! LOL - Marcia - 2/6/2004 5:05:06 PM

School Project:What do you remember.... - Chelsea - 2/4/2004 12:14:15 AM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Nick Hoffman - 2/5/2004 4:56:01 PM
- Nothing dramatic, I'm afraid... - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2004 4:33:16 PM
- re: I was wiring in a tech control facility in Taegu, ROK . . . - D. Spires - 2/5/2004 12:35:20 PM
  - re: The error of my posts . . . - D. Spires - 2/6/2004 1:34:48 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Chelsea - 2/5/2004 1:40:44 AM
- I was 14... - R.L. - 2/5/2004 1:04:32 AM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - SDG - 2/4/2004 11:55:06 PM
- Lack of network coverage of LAUNCH - Carl - 2/4/2004 8:19:34 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Fox - 2/4/2004 8:02:44 PM
- Chelsea, you obviously came to the right place! - alcaray - 2/4/2004 7:04:27 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - phil - 2/4/2004 6:53:54 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - alcaray - 2/4/2004 6:22:38 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Gary - 2/4/2004 5:59:33 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Delbert - 2/4/2004 4:37:23 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Jacob Samorodin - 2/4/2004 4:02:11 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - REB - 2/4/2004 3:38:26 PM
  - re: Perhaps Columbia was a buffer for the future disasters . . . - D. Spires - 2/5/2004 12:51:53 PM
    - The Taliban did not crash planes into our stuff on 9/11 - alcaray - 2/5/2004 5:21:16 PM
      - The Emperor of Japan didn't fly a plane to Pearl Harbor either. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2004 6:28:37 PM
        
        So Omar was calling the shots for 9/11, now? You guys are nuts. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/5/2004 7:22:43 PM
        
        re: Take it outside . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 2/6/2004 1:16:01 PM
    - Ummm Dan....? - No Dan.... - 2/5/2004 1:54:54 PM
      - re: Ummm whomever you happen to be . . . ? - D. Spires - 2/6/2004 1:14:14 PM
      - Take it easy...I've mixed up the "Columbia" and "Challenger" names more than once. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/5/2004 4:38:24 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Mark Eby - 2/4/2004 2:22:51 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - RNE - 2/4/2004 2:20:46 PM
  - re: Hurry back, Richard . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 2/5/2004 12:54:44 PM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Raoul - 2/4/2004 10:12:58 AM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Larry J - 2/4/2004 9:55:05 AM
- Do you remember? - SteveS - 2/4/2004 7:23:44 AM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - Buck Galaxy - 2/4/2004 7:21:52 AM
- re: School Project:What do you remember.... - McFly - 2/4/2004 2:14:13 AM
- re: I was watching when it exploded. - Success_Machine - 2/4/2004 12:23:52 AM

"Occam's Razor" and a hypothetical 'mix' of Olivine and Hematite on Mars. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/5/2004 3:38:51 PM
- Could asteroid/meteor impacts either deliver or create olivine? - ebnelson - 2/6/2004 5:09:45 AM
- The First Lesson - Nck Hoffman - 2/5/2004 5:05:40 PM
  - Good Point Nick... - A Crowl - 2/5/2004 10:16:32 PM
- This is the place for free speculation - Gary - 2/5/2004 4:34:59 PM

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