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Helping to save the HST? - Raoul - 1/21/2004 8:42:25 PM
- re: Helping to save the HST? -- ancient geek wisdom - S - 1/21/2004 11:49:24 PM
  - re: ancient geek wisdom - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 1:51:03 AM
- re: It's the seeing in 'visible light' part... - Marcia - 1/21/2004 10:26:50 PM

Luddites in History - Buck Galaxy - 1/21/2004 9:56:16 PM
- NAACP will oppose Bush's NASA outsourcing programs. - ~tax leech - 1/21/2004 11:50:13 PM
- re: Luddites in History - S - 1/21/2004 10:15:54 PM

John Edwards on exploring the moon - Buck Galaxy - 1/20/2004 6:08:11 PM
- I asked Edwards about this today... - dtb - 1/21/2004 7:52:11 PM
  - Sounds like he's about on par with Dean - Nathan Koren - 1/21/2004 9:54:38 PM
- SpacePolitics.com: presidential candidates' views on space... - ~tax leech - 1/21/2004 2:26:46 AM
- re: John Edwards on exploring the moon - CarolinaDave - 1/20/2004 8:01:09 PM
  - Research Triangle put Carolina on the map, and it's OUTSIDE of the NASA center paradigm. - ~tax leech - 1/20/2004 9:53:51 PM
    - On this I agree with Limbaugh - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 10:20:28 PM
      - Nobody comes out of Iowa with a lock - alcaray - 1/21/2004 12:47:43 AM
        
        I'm a crotchety old guy, today! (n/t) - alcaray - 1/21/2004 12:48:50 AM
        
        My sympathies...I remember when Bob Dole was the Republican pick. Ewww. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 12:59:08 AM
        
        Alcaray likes Bob Dole - alcaray - 1/21/2004 7:25:46 PM
      - re: On this I agree with Limbaugh - CarolinaDave - 1/21/2004 12:21:29 AM
  - Kerry is no space fan - phil - 1/20/2004 8:57:52 PM
    - Saw Kerry asked about Moon/Mars, very negative - dtb - 1/21/2004 5:01:49 AM
      - re: Saw Kerry asked about Moon/Mars, very negative - phil - 1/21/2004 6:19:55 PM
- Oh, you must mean John Edward the psychic. - Lee - 1/20/2004 7:41:59 PM

Columbia Memorial Station from Spirit - Raoul - 1/21/2004 7:27:10 PM

Steven Hawkings Being abused? - carl - 1/20/2004 4:25:15 PM
- re: Steven Hawkings Being abused? - phil - 1/20/2004 5:43:43 PM
  - Nope, story ran on CNN+MSNBC - Carl - 1/21/2004 5:54:18 PM

Japan plans moon mission, India plans moon mission, China plans moon mission, US plans moon mission..... - Success_Machine - 1/19/2004 2:29:31 PM
- Europe has plans to land humans on the moon by around 2020 too (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2004 4:30:54 PM
- Don't forget the commercial lunar-orbiting "Trailblazer" mission. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2004 3:00:15 PM
  - But will TransOrbital still get to raise the funds now that Europe's already on the way to the Moon? - ~tax leech - 1/19/2004 6:33:34 PM
    - The best info I have on the Transorbital's financial state is... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 2:39:54 PM
      - How can we make NASA purchase TransOrbital's lunar data, then? - ~tax leech - 1/20/2004 9:23:51 PM
      - re: those OTHER THINGS that JFK was referring to - Success_Machine - 1/20/2004 8:07:06 PM
        
        Here's the full text... - Larry J - 1/20/2004 10:01:15 PM
        
        re: I'm still not sure what he was referring to - Success_Machine - 1/21/2004 3:41:39 PM

Inside Bush's Space Plan part 3 - SteveS - 1/19/2004 5:05:21 PM
- Bush's plan was all about the moon until the very near the end - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2004 7:24:02 PM
- Lunar orbit satelites - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2004 7:10:19 PM
  - re: Lunar orbit satelites - Arthur Smith - 1/20/2004 4:34:28 PM
  - That's right and - SteveS - 1/20/2004 4:44:42 AM
- Lock Mart decided to upgrade their Vandenberg pads... - Larry J - 1/19/2004 5:19:17 PM
  - Atlas 5 rockets - SteveS - 1/20/2004 5:02:29 AM
    - Yes! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 3:30:06 PM
    - re: Atlas 5 rockets - Larry J - 1/20/2004 3:11:07 PM
      - Thanks you guys, bookmarked (n/t) - SteveS - 1/21/2004 1:04:45 PM

"Adirondack" - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2004 7:18:21 PM
- Untrained R.L. partakes in geological speculation- Do I get an 'F', Nick? - R.L. - 1/20/2004 4:38:00 AM
  - "D", perhaps - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 8:36:27 AM
    - Images: - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 8:40:47 AM
      - re: Images: - Marcia - 1/20/2004 1:45:24 PM
        
        re: New images of Adirondack. - Marcia - 1/20/2004 3:43:56 PM
        
        Note for R.L. - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 1:02:37 AM
        
        So you think you're some sorta expert Nick? - R.L. - 1/21/2004 1:35:44 AM
        
        Thanks. All part of the service... n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 5:22:27 AM
        
        :) BUT really Nick- A 'D'?! - R.L. - 1/21/2004 6:12:38 AM
        
        I'm a tough Grader. - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 9:00:57 AM
  - I'm no geologist either, but... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 4:59:01 AM
    - Good point, Tom - R.L. - 1/20/2004 5:31:55 AM
      - Canyon - Tom Brosza - 1/20/2004 6:39:17 AM
        
        NEVER BEEN THERE - R.L. - 1/20/2004 6:55:58 AM
        
        Big Island - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 9:00:26 PM
- More pictures - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2004 9:02:03 PM

"New Jamestown" first permanent colony on Mars - William Anderson - 1/20/2004 12:56:25 AM
- It would take a religous movement. Like the quakers, a religous sect on Earth would be seeking a new place for just "them" - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 8:04:00 PM
  - That is the future of space travel. - Lee - 1/21/2004 7:56:26 AM
  - Yes The Religion Is Called Mathematics - Mark Eby - 1/20/2004 11:51:14 PM
- The problem is simple: The equipment and supplies required for a permanent colony would dwarf the requirements for a return trip. - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 2:59:56 PM
  - That is the Catch-22 - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 8:29:39 PM
  - A way to make it a bit easier. - Lee - 1/20/2004 7:58:47 PM
    - Try working backwards. Figure out what the minimum self-sustaining Mars colony would be like, and work from there to what it would require. - David F Mayer - 1/20/2004 9:14:39 PM
      - minimum NON-self-sustaining Mars outpost - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 5:17:14 AM
      - Nice Analysis But - Mark Eby - 1/21/2004 12:00:43 AM
    - Wrong URL - Lee - 1/20/2004 8:00:46 PM
- Jamestown or Roanoke? - Lee - 1/20/2004 5:58:44 AM
  - re: Jamestown or Roanoke? - R.L. - 1/20/2004 6:35:59 AM
    - You thought of that too. - Lee - 1/20/2004 6:51:47 AM
- Just a couple of things - FrankC - 1/20/2004 1:48:18 AM
  - What's wrong with 1/6th G? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 2:22:33 PM
    - Sorry Jacob - FrankC - 1/21/2004 1:58:39 AM
    - Can I take your silence, Frank, to mean agreement? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 8:36:58 PM
  - Comments - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 3:40:16 AM
    - mice - FrankC - 1/20/2004 4:55:42 AM
      - Of Mice and Men - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 8:16:32 AM
        
        New Links On Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program - Mark Eby - 1/20/2004 11:47:25 PM
      - re: mice - SteveS - 1/20/2004 5:24:26 AM

Space gateway - gbaikie - 1/21/2004 5:06:32 AM

Thanks... - Vince - 1/21/2004 4:47:33 AM

IT'S ALL TRUE !!!! - Nick Hoffman - 1/19/2004 5:12:02 AM
- Does NASA hide UFO-related evidence in order to seem less like an underachiever in the eyes of U.S. taxpayers? - ~tax leech - 1/19/2004 6:03:38 AM
  - Thanks.... - R.L. - 1/19/2004 8:15:53 AM
    - No biased censorship in the "Habitable" Zone, or anything... - ~tax leech - 1/19/2004 6:06:18 PM
      - - you must Wow, you have a law degreebe an expert in space issues - R.L. - 1/20/2004 5:23:38 AM
        
        Lawyers can't be experts at NASA PROCUREMENT issues? - ~tax leech - 1/21/2004 2:18:24 AM
        
        HMMMMM why did my title of the post get scrambled? - R.L. - 1/20/2004 5:27:25 AM
- I was wondering about that. Thanks setting me straight! (n/t) - Gary - 1/19/2004 5:22:42 AM

mars - me - 1/20/2004 11:14:15 PM
- This is your brain on drugs (n/t) - R.L. - 1/21/2004 2:18:00 AM

One Bounce from Disaster? - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 12:45:23 AM
- Lateral rockets - Davin L. - 1/20/2004 2:17:51 AM
  - re: Lateral rockets - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 3:29:16 AM
    - By the time it reached "Sleepy Hollow" it had relatively no velocity - alcaray - 1/20/2004 4:57:46 PM
- Picture - (Robert for Nick) - 1/20/2004 1:09:55 AM
  - Some questions - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 4:54:27 AM
    - re: Some questions - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 8:21:52 AM
      - An idea... - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 8:40:50 PM
        
        re: An idea... - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 12:59:00 AM
        
        re: An idea... - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 1:55:44 AM

Shuttle Return To Flight Task Group interim report - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2004 1:52:39 AM

More Spirit evidence for liquid water on Mars. - Robert Clark - 1/19/2004 5:59:47 PM
- Good News and Bad News for you... - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2004 1:00:44 AM
  - The water is subsurface. - Robert Clark - 1/20/2004 2:04:25 PM
    - Hey, Peabrain - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 1:10:36 AM
- Don't jump the gun - Donald - 1/20/2004 12:21:32 AM

Here's what we're up against - Larry J - 1/19/2004 5:33:33 PM
- Another lie that needs to be squashed - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 9:09:16 PM
  - re: Another lie that needs to be squashed - Marcia - 1/20/2004 11:10:34 PM
- re: Here's what we're up against - Buck Galaxy - 1/20/2004 4:18:20 AM
  - People who support it are misinformed, too - alcaray - 1/20/2004 5:28:11 PM
    - re: People who support it are misinformed, too - McFly - 1/20/2004 6:51:21 PM
  - re: Here's what we're up against - Delbert - 1/20/2004 5:03:03 PM
    - Poll - Buck Galaxy - 1/20/2004 5:47:22 PM
- Aerospace technology is "dual use" - Gary - 1/19/2004 6:49:02 PM
  - Interesting ... and depressing (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/19/2004 7:00:07 PM
- Won't campaign finance reform breakthroughs weed out pork-heavy space proposals like Bush's in the future? - ~tax leech - 1/19/2004 6:24:41 PM

Herschel Space Observatory - Raoul - 1/20/2004 9:42:30 PM

The CEV - Raoul - 1/20/2004 9:01:41 PM

There may indeed may be a 'practical' use for Helium-3 afterall. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2004 3:15:45 PM
- A couple of points. - David F Mayer - 1/19/2004 9:13:53 PM
  - The "Mike Device" - Gary - 1/20/2004 7:23:45 AM
    - re: Orbiting Helium Superfluid Quantum Computers - Success_Machine - 1/20/2004 8:18:17 PM
- This occurred to me as well - Gary - 1/19/2004 6:30:05 PM

Mars colors -- some answers - S - 1/19/2004 5:22:20 PM
- There is no such thing as "completely accurate color imaging". It is not possible. - David F Mayer - 1/19/2004 8:50:59 PM
  - Not exactly - S - 1/20/2004 5:59:53 PM

Another reason to hope MERs find water: free shrimp - dtb - 1/19/2004 4:11:47 AM
- Do they have an all-you-can-eat buffet? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2004 3:44:01 PM
- This Year's toy is a Lego Rover, of course, n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/19/2004 5:15:44 AM
  - re: ... and a nice piece of jewelry. *g* - Marcia - 1/19/2004 5:34:09 PM
    - Cool Marcia, I hear the Lego Rover... - SteveS - 1/20/2004 4:20:46 AM
      - re: Cool Marcia, I hear the Lego Rover... - Marcia - 1/20/2004 3:26:35 PM

The first of the many destructive consequences to follow from the George W. Bush-Karl Rove "space program": - Greg - 1/18/2004 1:59:07 PM
- re: The first of the many destructive consequences to follow from the George W. Bush-Karl Rove "space program": - what wot - 1/20/2004 2:22:50 PM
- re: The first of the many destructive consequences - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2004 7:33:56 PM
- hmmm. . Telescope, or Humans on Mars. . . hmmm, decisions. . (is this a joke, do I really have to argue this?) (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 1/18/2004 2:56:28 PM
  - re: hmmm. . Telescope, or Humans on Mars. . . hmmm, decisions. . (is this a joke, do I really have to argue this?) - Tom Brosz - 1/18/2004 7:35:16 PM
    - re: The Bush "plan" doesn't put people on Mars! - Chris Vancil - 1/18/2004 9:47:13 PM
      - The "plan" as it stands won't get us to Mars - Gary - 1/19/2004 5:14:55 AM
        
        re: The "plan" as it stands won't get us to Mars - gbaikie - 1/19/2004 8:01:17 AM
    - HST needs to be seen in context of the KH-11 and 12 - Gary - 1/18/2004 8:29:54 PM

AERCam Sprint in STS FUTURE? - Randy - 2/7/2003 7:22:45 PM
- re: AERCam Sprint in STS FUTURE? - what wot - 1/20/2004 2:20:12 PM
- Re: AERCam Sprint in STS FUTURE? - Raoul - 2/7/2003 10:52:01 AM

Mars Express - Raoul - 1/19/2004 4:46:22 PM
- Great news! - SteveS - 1/20/2004 5:11:43 AM
- 4 Wheelin' down Vallis Marineris - Buck Galaxy - 1/20/2004 4:51:36 AM
- It's about time Mars Express gets a well-deserved piece of the spotlight (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/19/2004 8:55:06 PM
- Way to go! These are great times! Opportunity next! (n/t) - phil - 1/19/2004 7:20:36 PM
- Awesome! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 1/19/2004 6:57:14 PM
- Cool! - Gary - 1/19/2004 6:38:35 PM
- re: Mars Express - dtb - 1/19/2004 5:18:58 PM

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