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Well, except for Tom... - RobVG - 11/30/2003 7:33:07 AM
- Actually... - Tom Brosz - 11/30/2003 4:19:54 PM

Last week's total solar eclipse from different angles - Raoul - 11/29/2003 10:48:02 PM

Launch failure - Raoul - 11/29/2003 1:45:48 PM

"The snows of Olympus" - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2003 1:10:44 PM
- re: "The snows of Olympus" - Raoul - 11/28/2003 7:13:00 PM
  - re: "The snows of Olympus" - Chris Vancil - 11/29/2003 8:43:53 AM

Things that go bump in the night - Tom Brosz - 11/27/2003 5:23:56 AM
- Debris May Have Hit Space Station . . . - D. Spires - 11/27/2003 10:58:07 PM
  - Could be a problem - Tom Brosz - 11/28/2003 12:07:34 AM
    - re: Could be a problem - Raoul - 11/28/2003 7:52:39 AM
- re: Aercam - Raoul - 11/27/2003 6:42:13 AM
  - yeahhh AERcam!!!!!! - carl - 11/28/2003 4:23:59 PM
  - re: Aercam - Delbert - 11/27/2003 4:20:49 PM
    - re: Mir's hatch in 1990 - Raoul - 11/27/2003 6:23:24 PM
    - re: EVA - Raoul - 11/27/2003 5:27:37 PM

Thankful for those that succeed: A short history of Mars Missions - Chris Vancil - 11/27/2003 6:04:13 PM
- re: Thankful for those that succeed: A short history of Mars Missions - JonClarke - 11/27/2003 9:23:51 PM
  - re: Thankful for those that succeed: A short history of Mars Missions - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2003 3:54:30 AM
  - So NASA's 9 wins, 5 losses regarding Mars? And is the $88 million dollar Nozomi mission really a loss? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/27/2003 10:02:05 PM
    - NASA has spent several billion dollars on Mars. What about Russia? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/27/2003 10:32:44 PM
      - re: NASA has spent several billion dollars on Mars. What about Russia? - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2003 3:58:15 AM
        
        If the standard is cost-effectiveness, how has NASA performed at Mars vs. the Russians? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/28/2003 4:07:04 AM
- Mars Odyssey update - SteveS - 11/27/2003 7:09:19 PM
- It's easy to forget just how difficult this is - Larry J - 11/27/2003 6:59:25 PM
  - re: It's easy to forget just how difficult this is - Chris Vancil - 11/28/2003 4:03:27 AM
  - Oh, C'mon Larry, it isnt like its rocket science! Oh,uh wait.... (n/t) - R.L. - 11/27/2003 9:29:51 PM

KBO's, Uranus, Neptune - Raoul - 11/27/2003 9:24:59 PM

Isn't Michael Crichton's TimeLine a good movie? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/27/2003 7:38:57 AM
- It was a great book (tape). (n/t) - et - 11/27/2003 4:39:08 PM
  - I hear the movie's somewhat different from Crichton's 1999 book. - SpaceProjects.com - 11/27/2003 5:07:46 PM

eclipse as seen from space. - Delbert - 11/26/2003 11:48:22 PM

Fusion energy - Raoul - 11/26/2003 7:20:37 PM

You want to make a possibly 'useful' contribution to NASA? - Jacob Smaorodin - 11/26/2003 3:42:43 PM
- Shrink WRAP EXTERNAL Tank? - Carl - 11/26/2003 5:20:02 PM

Venus is lead - Raoul - 11/25/2003 10:42:36 PM
- Raoul, we really have to work on your english. - et - 11/26/2003 5:03:35 PM
  - re: sometimes;) - Raoul - 11/26/2003 5:14:55 PM

China does a first in the world for space - SteveS - 11/26/2003 2:52:28 PM

Transparent Pachyderms and mesospheric atmosphere depletion - Johannes the second - 11/24/2003 1:08:09 AM
- That's an easy one to debunk. Doncha think we'd smell them? (n/t) - Johannet - 11/24/2003 1:48:51 AM
  - Clearly you aren't as educated as you think... nice try debunker! DEBUNK THIS!!! - Johannes the second - 11/24/2003 7:38:21 AM
    - VIDEO EVIDENCE! Transparent Pachyderms CAUGHT ON TAPE! - Johannes the second - 11/24/2003 8:04:02 AM
      - re: I'm just not seeing it . . . - D. Spires - 11/25/2003 8:35:33 PM
        
        Glad you liked it- - r.l - 11/26/2003 4:57:36 AM
- re: RL just indicated that energy has nothing to do with power, therefore I can not believe your hypothesis :-} (n/t) - Johannes - 11/24/2003 1:31:16 AM
  - Never said that... - R.L. - 11/24/2003 2:23:17 AM
    - re: You're so persistent . . . - D. Spires - 11/25/2003 8:32:13 PM
      - Hey, ask anyone- I am a mellow laid back dude! - R.L. - 11/26/2003 4:53:01 AM

Space.com: "Dec. 2nd is critical date" for Japan's $88 million dollar Nozomi Mars mission - SpaceProjects.com - 11/25/2003 9:52:08 PM

'Space Jouney' Challenges stale Earthbound Thinking. - RobVG - 11/24/2003 2:46:35 PM
- re: Eugene - Raoul - 11/24/2003 8:15:02 PM
  - re: Eugene - Chris Vancil - 11/25/2003 9:13:48 PM
  - re: Eugene - RobVG - 11/24/2003 8:37:35 PM
    - re: Eugene - Raoul - 11/24/2003 8:57:35 PM

HST repair flights - Raoul - 11/25/2003 6:38:38 AM

NASA successfully tests ion engine - Lee - 11/22/2003 7:01:57 AM
- Is this research tied in with VASIMR in any way? - Lee - 11/24/2003 11:32:17 PM
- an immediate application - phil - 11/22/2003 6:53:43 PM
  - If you lower the ISS's inclination... - Larry J - 11/23/2003 5:29:19 PM
    - the point would be to add the nuke power source (n/t) - p - 11/24/2003 3:44:13 PM
      - That raises shielding issues - Larry J - 11/24/2003 9:28:34 PM
    - "As for putting ion engines on the ISS, it's a good idea but I don't know if the ISS has enough electrical capacity. That new engine requires over 12 kilowatts and up to 25 kw for full power." - Buck Galaxy - 11/24/2003 4:44:38 AM

Here's JAXA's latest report on Nozomi... Any predictions? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/21/2003 7:10:27 AM
- Ok, sure.... - et - 11/22/2003 4:53:19 PM
  - JAXA would seek to partner with NASA r/e Mars if Nozomi fails? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/22/2003 5:16:40 PM
    - Ban this twerp. He's just posting to promote his own website. (n/t) - SpaceProjects Dude, get your OWN board! - 11/23/2003 2:32:33 PM
      - SpaceProjects.com: 100% altruistically motivated & sponsorship-rejecting - SpaceProjects.com - 11/24/2003 8:00:47 PM
    - Note to self, don't respond to spam-bot, even if it happens to be human. (n/t) - et - 11/22/2003 5:24:45 PM
- James Oberg speculates at MSNBC.com - SpaceProjects.com - 11/22/2003 7:50:14 AM

Capsules - Raoul - 11/22/2003 11:21:43 AM
- Launch escape vs Pad escape - Nick Hofman - 11/22/2003 12:06:48 PM
  - It'd have to be one hell of a catapault - Larry J - 11/23/2003 5:22:59 PM
  - An ugly aspect of practical engineering - Gary - 11/23/2003 5:22:51 AM
    - re:Why Hermes was cancelled - Raoul - 11/23/2003 5:50:20 PM
      - Hermes - Gary - 11/24/2003 5:46:02 AM
    - Double counting - Nick Hoffman - 11/23/2003 10:25:46 AM
      - re: re-usable LET - Raoul - 11/23/2003 11:29:19 AM
    - Escape tower mass estimate - Gary - 11/23/2003 5:30:41 AM
      - re: Escape tower mass estimate - Larry J - 11/24/2003 2:48:14 PM
  - re: Launch escape vs Pad escape - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2003 7:06:42 PM
    - re: Launch escape vs Pad escape - Nick Hoffman - 11/23/2003 2:53:01 AM
  - re: Launch escape vs Pad escape - Raoul - 11/22/2003 2:04:03 PM

Solar eclipse - Raoul - 11/23/2003 8:35:14 PM
- re: Solar eclipse - Delbert - 11/24/2003 3:36:22 AM
  - re: Solar eclipse - Raoul - 11/24/2003 6:36:54 AM

Evidence revealed for Permian extinction impactor - phil - 11/20/2003 10:59:05 PM
- Ancient comet recorded on stone. - Jack Herer - 11/21/2003 2:11:53 PM
  - Fakes and facts... - Adam - 11/22/2003 2:02:34 PM
    - only the facts please... - Jason - 11/22/2003 3:22:45 PM
      - Cause and effect... - Adam - 11/23/2003 4:12:43 AM
      - Since when did prophets get into astronomy? - Adam - 11/23/2003 3:44:44 AM
      - Debunking... - Nick Hoffman - 11/23/2003 2:59:51 AM
      - re: only the facts please... - et - 11/22/2003 3:37:02 PM
  - re: Ancient comet recorded on stone. - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2003 10:12:02 PM
  - re: tube - Raoul - 11/21/2003 4:52:45 PM
    - re: tube - Dave M - 11/21/2003 8:20:22 PM
      - A tube could be a part of a sextant to measure angular position. (n/t) - et - 11/22/2003 3:33:12 PM
        
        Good thinking, but there would probably be a plumb bob and some kind of marked surface under the tube. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2003 7:09:27 PM
        
        Not if it's a magic sextant. ;) (n/t) - et - 11/24/2003 12:58:29 AM
      - Sometimes a tube is just a tube, e.g. Venus in daylight - phil - 11/21/2003 9:08:19 PM
        
        re: . Venus in daylight - Raoul - 11/21/2003 9:23:34 PM

The Moon - Raoul - 11/17/2003 4:59:01 PM
- re: The Moon - gbaikie - 11/17/2003 10:50:27 PM
- re: ILC 2003 - Raoul - 11/17/2003 5:25:07 PM
  - The Man Who Sold the Moon - Fox - 11/23/2003 3:54:03 PM
    - re: The Man Who Sold the Moon - Raoul - 11/23/2003 4:51:14 PM
  - Usage rights could be a very good solution to the extremely stupid Outer Space Treaty. n/t (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 11/17/2003 11:58:54 PM
  - re: Returning to the Moon - Raoul - 11/17/2003 8:09:31 PM
    - re: Returning to the Moon - John Carmack - 11/17/2003 9:20:13 PM

RocketCam - Raoul - 11/23/2003 4:43:42 PM

Nasa's incremental plan. What type of observatories? - David Nimoy - 11/23/2003 4:50:21 AM

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