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Nozomi - Raoul - 11/13/2003 9:24:34 PM
- Could they use the gravity of Phobos in a sling-shot manuever? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 11/14/2003 2:32:13 AM
  - Not unless they can regain control - Larry J - 11/14/2003 7:09:29 PM
- That's amazing accuracy - alcaray - 11/13/2003 11:28:36 PM
- Why is Nozomi's $86 million dollar pricetag being conveniently hidden by the sponsorship seeking U.S. space media? (n/t) - SpaceProjects.com - 11/13/2003 9:49:29 PM
  - It's 200 million According To Spacedaily and It Appears To Be 100% Wasted - Mark Eby - 11/14/2003 1:13:14 PM
    - Not wasted - JonClarke - 11/17/2003 10:35:10 PM
    - Space.com's Leonard David says Nozomi cost $88 million dollars... - SpaceProjects.com - 11/16/2003 3:10:04 AM
    - Not sure about wasted - alcaray - 11/14/2003 5:03:53 PM
  - Stop Spamming This Board - Justin Kelly (moderator) - 11/14/2003 1:22:11 AM
    - Is there a double standard here? Aren't the sinecures that pro-entrepreneurial reforms would threaten worth threatening, though? - CandidCandor@SpaceProjects.com - 11/14/2003 2:22:48 AM
      - don't care - . . . - Justin Kelly - 11/14/2003 3:35:08 AM
  - You would be much happier doing people's income tax for a living. - alcaray - 11/13/2003 11:26:36 PM
    - No. I think we should adopt a [Forbesian] FLAT tax, despite what 100,000 IRS bureaucrats [conveniently] claim about regressive taxation. (n/t) - SpaceProjects.com - 11/14/2003 12:47:15 AM
      - Whoooosh! (n/t) - alcaray - 11/14/2003 12:50:34 AM
  - re: Hidden? How? You know it? Rich, if they fail to recover from this...$86 million dollars thrown away is worthless...they needed more testing... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/13/2003 10:22:42 PM
    - What better way to find the REAL pricetag than to offer a competitive prize for RESULTS? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/13/2003 10:39:45 PM
      - re: Rich, you're just hijacking the thread to push your agenda! Prizes have nothing to do with Nozomi's designers needing more testing thus more money! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/13/2003 10:45:07 PM
        
        You're RIGHT, my friend: "Prizes [unfortunately] have NOTHING to do with Nozomi's designers needing more testing thus more money!" (n/t) - SpaceProjects.com - 11/14/2003 12:42:34 AM
- Sterilization procedures - Tom Brosz - 11/13/2003 9:47:51 PM
  - Galileo was sent into Jupiter because Europa has no atmosphere to vaporize a spacecraft before it hits. (n/t) - Delbert - 11/14/2003 5:54:41 PM
  - re: Sterilization procedures - Delbert - 11/14/2003 5:49:12 PM
    - re: Sterilization procedures - Larry J - 11/14/2003 8:17:10 PM
      - re: Sterilization procedures - Delbert - 11/15/2003 6:56:50 PM
      - re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/15/2003 5:08:51 AM
        
        re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... - JonClarke - 11/16/2003 10:47:59 PM
        
        re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... - Chris Vancil - 11/17/2003 4:05:35 AM
        
        re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... - JonClarke - 11/17/2003 6:00:51 AM
        
        re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... - Chris Vancil - 11/17/2003 7:11:48 AM
        
        re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... - JonClarke - 11/17/2003 10:15:57 PM
        
        re: The USSR sent several landers to Mars that were pretty much unsterilized... - Chris Vancil - 11/18/2003 9:51:07 AM

Lunar Water... - Adam - 11/16/2003 1:36:11 AM
- Link... - Adam - 11/16/2003 1:41:43 AM
  - re: Link... - gbaikie - 11/16/2003 3:58:09 AM
    - ppm and % - Nick Hoffman - 11/16/2003 11:37:40 AM
      - Very good point... - Adam - 11/17/2003 7:05:25 AM

Shuttle Cargo - Raoul - 11/16/2003 9:35:01 AM
- I wonder if this is related in anyway. - Lee - 11/17/2003 2:42:58 AM

15 years ago, yesterday - Raoul - 11/16/2003 7:17:42 PM

The Cat's Paw Nebula from the CFHT - Raoul - 11/16/2003 5:38:27 PM

Distributary Fan: "Smoking Gun" Evidence for Persistent Water Flow - et - 11/13/2003 10:15:46 PM
- re: Distributary Fan: "Smoking Gun" Evidence for Persistent Water Flow - SteveS - 11/14/2003 7:20:36 PM
- Still many will find it hard to believe. - Woodlock - 11/14/2003 1:08:21 AM
  - Actually not - Don - 11/14/2003 2:40:46 PM
    - Smoking guns on Mars - Gary - 11/15/2003 10:45:38 PM
    - What is it about "smoking gun evidence" that you don't understand? - Woodlock - 11/15/2003 3:51:09 AM
  - re: Still many will find it hard to believe. - Robert Clark - 11/14/2003 2:13:42 AM
    - re: Still many will find it hard to believe. - BRFelix - 11/15/2003 5:36:13 PM
      - re: Are there no radioactive elements on Mars? (n/t) - Johannes - 11/16/2003 4:50:18 AM
    - Discussion on meanders on Mars. - Robert Clark - 11/15/2003 4:11:30 PM
    - Either THAT or he among others suspected it could be possible but actually waited to publish about it as opposed to blathering about it incessantly in online forums. (n/t) - et - 11/14/2003 3:33:53 PM
      - Waited for proof that is... (n/t) - et - 11/14/2003 3:35:21 PM

Hope for Nozomi - Raoul - 11/15/2003 4:27:46 PM
- Not bad for an $88 million dollar pricetag (according to Space.com) - SpaceProjects.com - 11/16/2003 3:14:51 AM
  - Leonard David Doesn't Think Gil Levin Coauthored A Book With Barry DiGregorio - Mark Eby - 11/16/2003 3:54:11 AM
- re: Nozomi is hope! - Chris Vancil - 11/15/2003 8:24:56 PM

Mars in True Color (almost) (Released 14 November 2003) - Robert Clark - 11/15/2003 10:09:44 PM
- re: Mars in True Color (almost) (Released 14 November 2003) - Nick Hoffman - 11/16/2003 1:25:06 AM

Sunspot 484 - Raoul - 11/14/2003 7:31:39 PM
- That shot of the ISS in front of the Moon was pretty cool too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2003 8:51:44 PM
  - re: Indeed, the most detailed ISS transit ever, it seems! (n/t) - Raoul - 11/15/2003 12:04:48 AM
- re: Sunspot 484 - SteveS - 11/14/2003 7:38:53 PM
  - re: Sunspot 484 - Raoul - 11/14/2003 8:19:59 PM
    - The rain is gone and the sky is clear, so I guess I have no excuse not to get the telescope and sun filter out. (n/t) - Delbert - 11/14/2003 10:05:53 PM
      - re: Shrinking - Raoul - 11/15/2003 2:07:48 PM
        
        Solar Filters - SteveS - 11/15/2003 2:49:23 PM
        
        re: Solar Filters - Delbert - 11/15/2003 5:28:53 PM
        
        re: Solar Filter - Raoul - 11/15/2003 4:34:25 PM
        
        re: Solar Filter (link) - Raoul - 11/15/2003 4:37:33 PM
        
        re: Solar Filter (link) - SteveS - 11/15/2003 6:17:50 PM
        
        re: Solar Filter (link) - Raoul - 11/15/2003 9:01:24 PM

No ice tracts on the Moon - Raoul - 11/12/2003 7:21:55 PM
- What's new about these findings? [Known since 1998] - Jacob Samorodin - 11/13/2003 3:52:56 PM
  - re:amount - Raoul - 11/13/2003 4:59:39 PM
    - re: re:amount - gbaikie - 11/13/2003 9:09:50 PM
- re: No ice tracts on the Moon - gbaikie - 11/13/2003 12:37:16 AM
- Another study I don't quite get (assistance please) - alcaray - 11/12/2003 10:07:15 PM
  - Wups! Should have read... - alcaray - 11/12/2003 10:09:22 PM
    - re: Libration - Raoul - 11/12/2003 10:58:36 PM
      - ok but - alcaray - 11/12/2003 11:40:54 PM
        
        Radar Love - Ken Murphy - 11/12/2003 11:55:39 PM
        
        The Big Whup Is Big Bucks - Mark Eby - 11/13/2003 3:32:56 AM
        
        re: The Big Whup Is Big Bucks - Ken Murphy - 11/13/2003 2:25:30 PM
        
        There's constant solar power available ON the Moon? Hydrogen, too? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/13/2003 4:01:38 PM
        
        re: There's constant solar power available ON the Moon? - Raoul - 11/13/2003 5:58:29 PM
        
        Except during lunar eclipse... - alcaray - 11/13/2003 7:02:10 PM
        
        re: True - Raoul - 11/13/2003 7:13:48 PM
- Europe's ESA socialists are exploring this issue for just $122 million while NASA sits on its hands... - SpaceProjects.com - 11/12/2003 9:03:41 PM
  - Read The Article, The US Is Doing It For Less Than That - Mark Eby - 11/13/2003 3:22:43 AM
    - SMART-1 is no better than an Earth-based telescope? REALLY? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/13/2003 7:14:03 AM
      - I Didn't Say That. Read Your Own Title - Mark Eby - 11/13/2003 1:10:43 PM
        
        2% - Nick Hoffman - 11/13/2003 4:50:01 PM
        
        You're Way Off Base Nick - Mark Eby - 11/13/2003 11:58:14 PM
        
        re: You're Way Off Base Nick - Nick Hoffman - 11/14/2003 4:51:22 AM
        
        Will it be that hard to bring iceteroids in from the Kuiper belt, etc.? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/14/2003 5:37:55 AM
        
        Comets and Jupiter/Saturn ring chunks would be much easier. - alcaray - 11/14/2003 6:23:49 PM
        
        What % of Arecibo's funding comes from the National Science Foundation instead of NASA? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/13/2003 3:11:04 PM
        
        "Why don't these socialist space programs simply offer competitive prizes for the desired documented discoveries?" (n/t) - Um, because they're "socialist"? - 11/15/2003 2:00:21 PM

synthetic virus - Raoul - 11/14/2003 7:27:07 PM
- I've said it before, Dr. Venter is a god. - Lee - 11/15/2003 6:55:26 AM
- great potential, but... - R.L. - 11/15/2003 5:56:12 AM

Extraterrestrial Resources: 'Living off the Land' - Chris Vancil - 11/15/2003 12:31:15 AM

Jupiter : its most detailed picture - Raoul - 11/14/2003 6:38:46 AM
- Cassini looks promising - SteveS - 11/14/2003 7:30:41 PM
- Hey, cry foul... :-) - Nick Hoffman - 11/14/2003 4:26:52 PM
  - re: Hey, cry foul... :-) - Yeti Master - 11/14/2003 10:09:26 PM
  - Obviously, you were unaware of the top secret "Clearasil" probe. (Great photos as always, Raoul.) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/14/2003 6:02:56 PM
  - Oh, it's there all right. - et - 11/14/2003 4:35:53 PM
- Jupiter is a work of art. - et - 11/14/2003 3:39:31 PM
- WOW beautiful! Thanks, Raoul! :-) (n/t) - McFly - 11/14/2003 2:33:11 PM

Space covers - Raoul - 11/14/2003 8:26:37 PM

Another eclipse picture - Raoul - 11/13/2003 8:03:12 PM
- re: Another cool picture, It me a while but I found it n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 11/14/2003 7:33:10 PM

This is interesting - Delbert - 11/14/2003 4:11:11 PM
- re: This is interesting - Raoul - 11/14/2003 7:21:58 PM

9 days to FLS? Hurry up already! - ZenMan - 11/14/2003 1:44:50 AM

From the "yougottabeshittingme" file: Orbdev Files US Federal Suit Over Asteroid Claim - et - 11/13/2003 7:32:03 PM
- re: What would he do if... - Success_Machine - 11/14/2003 12:56:29 AM
- I dunno... - McFly - 11/13/2003 7:59:27 PM

Planetary Society - Write the President: The Future of Human Spaceflight - Mark Eby - 11/11/2003 2:20:51 AM
- Thanks for the link Mark :-) (n/t) - McFly - 11/11/2003 7:58:42 PM
- "Howard the Martian" (copyright@2003) now available for licensed use - E.P. Grondine - 11/11/2003 5:40:20 PM
  - re: Howard Dean gets two key Union's indorsements! - Chris Vancil - 11/14/2003 12:32:46 AM
  - re:This is a joke that was funny...one, Ed. I know you're barely able to write while having the giggles over it...but we read it. It is now boring... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/11/2003 10:35:43 PM
    - Thanks for the endorsement: "Howard the Martian" (copyright@2003) gets rave review! - E.P. Grondine - 11/12/2003 8:34:22 PM
      - re: My statement was not an endorsement of anykind... Sadly, you are delusional. - Chris Vancil - 11/12/2003 10:14:14 PM
        
        Failure of sense of humor sure sign of insanity (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 11/12/2003 11:33:04 PM
        
        re: Yeah, we know you think it all funny. But I don't know if that really proves your theory... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 11/13/2003 1:03:33 AM
- I'm more of an infrastructure kind of guy - alcaray - 11/11/2003 4:13:01 PM
  - re: I'm more of an infrastructure kind of guy - gbaikie - 11/11/2003 4:47:10 PM
    - What we need are things that will bring down the cost of space living and space travel - alcaray - 11/11/2003 6:42:09 PM
- re: Democracy, direction may depend on how many voters get to go to space - Success_Machine - 11/11/2003 10:38:25 AM
  - Re: Forty Million People in Space Per Year is a More Popular Goal. - Success_Machine - 11/11/2003 10:44:09 AM

The Day After Tomorrow - Success_Machine - 11/13/2003 10:29:40 PM

Early Lunar Access - Raoul - 11/13/2003 7:21:20 PM

Key to Sol Space... StarTram... - Adam - 11/11/2003 11:12:36 PM
- I don't think Star Tram ideas are the way to go in the atmosphere.... - et - 11/12/2003 5:57:15 PM
  - Definitely, but... - Adam - 11/13/2003 9:05:42 AM
    - My point. - et - 11/13/2003 7:11:20 PM

Keith Cowing speculates on possible new Bush space policy initiative - phil - 11/13/2003 2:54:27 PM
- Aren't his speculations worth taking with a grain of salt? - SpaceProjects.com - 11/13/2003 3:14:58 PM
  - Relative to who, you? - et - 11/13/2003 7:07:41 PM

Amazing Progress! - alcaray - 11/13/2003 5:41:57 PM

Eclipse and flash - Raoul - 11/11/2003 10:48:46 PM
- effects of Leonid/lunar collisions - r.l. - 11/12/2003 6:26:38 PM
- re: Eclipse and flash - Dan Sarandon - 11/12/2003 11:19:32 AM
  - 10,000 times greater than a blast of TNT - SteveS - 11/12/2003 2:00:38 PM
    - May I take this to mean... - Dan Sarandon - 11/13/2003 5:05:06 AM
      - Need some math help here - SteveS - 11/13/2003 2:18:58 PM
- Temple-Tuttle - SteveS - 11/12/2003 12:53:33 AM
  - re: Temple-Tuttle - Raoul - 11/12/2003 6:36:03 AM

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