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What happened 8,200 years ago? - Raoul - 9/20/2003 1:14:03 PM
- re: What happened 8,200 years ago? - E.P. Grondine - 9/21/2003 9:22:30 PM
- re: What happened 8,200 years ago? - Success_Machine - 9/21/2003 1:03:31 PM
  - re: Picture this... - Success_Machine - 9/22/2003 12:54:10 PM
- re: What happened 8,200 years ago? - ebnelson - 9/21/2003 12:24:45 PM
  - Fasionable nonsense. - et - 9/21/2003 8:11:04 PM
    - Nonsense. - ebnelson - 9/23/2003 3:20:28 AM
      - Nonsense, you said it. - et - 9/23/2003 6:26:05 PM
- Isn't that about the time the Clovis people wiped out the mammoth from North America. - et - 9/20/2003 5:45:49 PM
  - Actually more like 10.5 kya. (n/t) - et - 9/20/2003 6:06:04 PM

FYI - Episodic flood inundations of the northern plains of Mars - BD - 9/23/2003 4:31:39 PM

Largest Arctic ice shelf breaks up, draining freshwater lake - et - 9/22/2003 6:26:10 PM
- Not good news - Tom Brosz - 9/22/2003 11:52:33 PM
  - By the way - Nathan Koren - 9/23/2003 2:06:43 AM
  - Global Warming & Ice Ages - Nathan Koren - 9/23/2003 2:02:32 AM
  - re: Not good news - Tom Brosz - 9/22/2003 11:56:21 PM

Smart-1 - Raoul - 9/22/2003 7:38:02 PM

Ancient Relatives of Algae Played Key Role Early CO2 Rich Atmosphere - BD - 9/22/2003 6:07:06 PM
- Squak I'm such a stupid parrot sometimes I don't even realize I'm saying the same thing again - BD - 9/22/2003 6:57:27 PM
- re:First part of article: Ancient Relatives of Algae Played Key Role Early CO2 Rich Atmosphere - Chris Vancil - 9/22/2003 6:47:46 PM

Looks Like We've Found The Secret Of Chasing Off Barry - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 2:03:00 PM
- re: Looks Like We've Found The Secret Of Chasing Off Mars Society Nuts - BD - 9/17/2003 7:32:09 PM
  - I think you two actually like debating each other. :-) (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/20/2003 12:57:34 AM
  - Typical Evasion - Mark Eby - 9/18/2003 2:25:07 AM
    - re: Standard Mars Society reply #1 - BD - 9/18/2003 12:26:00 PM
      - well Robert C, you going to step up to plate of scientific integrity or continue to lick Barry's boots? (n/t) - Buster - 9/19/2003 11:57:26 AM
        
        Didn't think so - Buster - 9/22/2003 6:49:02 PM
        
        re: well Robert C, you going to step up to plate of scientific integrity or continue to lick Barry's boots? - BD - 9/19/2003 12:37:54 PM
        
        how about leraning to debate above a 3rd grade level BD? - Buster - 9/19/2003 1:27:47 PM
      - Wow I Can Predict The Future! ;-) (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/19/2003 12:45:12 AM
      - re: Standard Mars Society reply #1from Barry - Chris Vancil - 9/18/2003 9:20:49 PM
        
        re: I simply don't have time to reply to you all....about the same things over and over again - BD - 9/19/2003 12:40:52 PM
        
        re: I simply don't have time...but I will make it. - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2003 6:13:34 PM
        
        squak I'm a stupid parrot and will say the same thing again - BD - 9/19/2003 1:32:19 PM
      - in other words - Buster - 9/18/2003 1:53:19 PM
  - re: A minor problem...1996? - Chris Vancil - 9/17/2003 8:19:09 PM
- I doubt it. - et - 9/17/2003 7:10:40 PM
  - you nailed it (n/t) - Buster - 9/18/2003 2:10:16 PM

The shuttle's birth - Raoul - 9/22/2003 8:00:48 AM

Band-Aid for the Shuttle - Nick Hoffman - 9/22/2003 4:53:25 AM

Martian meteorites and the age of the current surface of Mars - E.P. Grondine - 9/21/2003 9:16:59 PM
- Yawn - p - 9/22/2003 12:20:10 AM

Galileo To Taste Jupiter Before Taking Final Plunge . . . - D. Spires - 9/21/2003 8:29:53 PM
- Galileo's Legacy at Jupiter . . . - D. Spires - 9/21/2003 10:49:32 PM
- Last Gasp for Galileo Mission to Jupiter . . . - D. Spires - 9/21/2003 10:39:47 PM
- SciaM Review Of Galileo - Mark Eby - 9/21/2003 9:24:16 PM
  - Planetary Photojournal Of Jupiter - Mark Eby - 9/21/2003 10:26:16 PM

A Human Factors view on Spacesuits - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2003 8:06:06 AM
- re: View on Spacesuits and the "Space Program" - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2003 6:04:44 PM
  - re:Oops for got to put quotation marks around the paragraphs from Harris... - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2003 6:11:40 PM
- re: A Human Factors view on Spacesuits - Raoul - 9/21/2003 5:52:31 PM
  - re: A Human Factors view on Spacesuits - Chris Vancil - 9/21/2003 7:20:35 PM

The Eagle - Raoul - 9/21/2003 7:42:46 AM
- re: The Eagle - SteveS - 9/21/2003 7:03:23 PM
  - Trying again - SteveS - 9/21/2003 7:10:29 PM
    - re: Trying again - Raoul - 9/21/2003 7:15:27 PM

Star gazing - Raoul - 9/21/2003 6:57:51 PM

Answer and questions to R.L. - Johannes - 9/15/2003 4:48:06 AM
- The problem is you have delusions of adequacy - R.L. - 9/16/2003 8:41:22 PM
  - re: The problem is you have delusions of adequacy - Johannes - 9/17/2003 6:26:31 AM
    - You are embarrassing yourself - R.L. - 9/18/2003 5:15:11 AM
      - re: You are embarrassing yourself - Johannes - 9/19/2003 4:11:33 AM
        
        What a hoot! - R.L. - 9/20/2003 7:03:12 AM
        
        re: What a hoot! - Johannes - 9/21/2003 4:46:33 AM
        
        re: You are embarrassing yourself - R.L. - 9/20/2003 5:41:15 AM
    - Hehehhe, check this out folks! I'd be half willing to *pay* for entertainment like this - Davin 'Aristophanes' L - 9/17/2003 1:23:44 PM
      - re: Hey Davin L, I suspect that you may have had an original thought. - Johannes - 9/18/2003 11:22:59 PM
        
        Oh No, Joe... At least nothing as o'riginal' as your 'thoughts' - 'Davin' L - 9/21/2003 5:58:27 AM
        
        re: Oh No, Joe...: If you can dish it out you should be able to take it too. - Johannes - 9/21/2003 3:58:33 PM
- Please stop putting every third 'word' in 'quotes', it makes you sound like 'Dr. Evil' - Davin L. - 9/16/2003 12:17:47 AM
  - re: Please stop putting every third 'word' in 'quotes', it makes you sound like 'Dr. Evil' - Johannes - 9/16/2003 10:34:26 PM
    - A small hint for you: the sum of human understanding does not lay within the English Dictionary - Davin L - 9/17/2003 12:49:03 AM
      - re: A small hint for you: - Johannes - 9/18/2003 2:45:31 AM
    - A small hint for you: the sum of human understanding does not lay within the English Dictionary - Davin L - 9/17/2003 12:48:49 AM
  - re: I like it . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2003 4:17:01 PM
  - Or something "written" by Jack Kirby... - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 1:32:27 AM
    - Funny, Tom - Davin L - 9/16/2003 2:40:53 AM
      - Jargon - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 5:32:14 AM
        
        re: Jargon - Davin L - 9/16/2003 5:57:02 AM
        
        re: Jargon - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 7:40:29 AM
        
        re: Jargon - Davin L - 9/16/2003 4:26:24 PM
        
        re: Jargon - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 6:58:05 PM
        
        re: Jargon - Davin L - 9/16/2003 9:48:25 PM

CO2 on an Early Earth - no hinderence for life - BD - 9/17/2003 7:37:43 PM
- Help or hinderance? - Nick Hoffman - 9/18/2003 12:26:00 AM
  - re: Lovelock - BD - 9/18/2003 11:57:42 AM
    - Impact Basins, and Kasting - Nick Hoffman - 9/18/2003 1:33:51 PM
      - re: Impact Basins, and Kasting -Not Everyone Agrees About the Surface Age of Mars - BD - 9/19/2003 12:13:30 PM
        
        Your Fondness For Outdated Work Is Showing Again - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 4:03:57 AM
        
        re: Your Fondness For outrageous comments by Zubrin are.... - BD - 9/20/2003 11:50:30 AM
        
        More Lies & Evasions By Barry DiGregorio - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 8:33:38 PM
        
        Major Correction On My Part On Benton Clark - Mark Eby - 9/21/2003 3:36:34 PM
        
        Impact ages and meteorite ages - Nick Hoffman - 9/19/2003 6:07:50 PM
        
        Of course, the "official" impact rate could be seriously off - E.P.Grondine - 9/20/2003 8:01:30 AM
        
        Yeap Could Be Lower - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 10:19:12 PM
        
        re:And they go on to say... - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2003 4:47:16 PM
  - re: Help or hinderance? CO2 and small bright sun - BD - 9/18/2003 11:52:59 AM
    - CO2 Cause and effect... - Nick Hoffman - 9/18/2003 1:42:59 PM
      - re: CO2 Cause and effect...UV, O3, DNA and Life - BD - 9/19/2003 12:25:29 PM
        
        re: CO2 Cause and effect...UV, O3, DNA and Life - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 4:10:48 AM
      - re: CO2 Cause and effect...Mars a dying wolrd? - BD - 9/19/2003 12:20:26 PM
        
        "left over" - Nick Hoffman - 9/19/2003 6:34:30 PM
        
        re: 03, water and Mars - BD - 9/20/2003 12:13:09 PM
        
        The Junk Scientist Overlooks Key Quote In His Source Again - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 9:42:01 PM
        
        re: "left over" for Nick - BD - 9/20/2003 11:43:03 AM
        
        re: "left over" for Nick - Nick Hoffman - 9/20/2003 2:40:17 PM
        
        It's Better Than Normal (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/20/2003 4:13:42 AM

Sam, don't read this post... - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 5:22:55 AM
- Did you hear him mention "Plutonium-238" ? - RobVG - 9/19/2003 8:12:33 PM
- Besides, it's already been done... - McFly - 9/19/2003 1:48:31 PM
  - re: I did it first . . . - D. Spires - 9/21/2003 1:40:52 AM
  - re: Besides, it's already been done... - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 6:34:38 PM
    - Neutronium core... - Adam - 9/21/2003 11:59:52 AM
    - Pu238 isn't even fissile... - Adam - 9/21/2003 11:24:43 AM
    - Don't forget Shoemaker-Levi - Dave M - 9/20/2003 2:56:15 AM

re: Thank you - Chris Vancil - 9/13/2003 11:35:09 PM
- Interrupting the circle jerk once again - E.P. Grondine - 9/15/2003 10:36:14 PM
  - re: I'm saddened by your response to a plea for civility and debate! - Chris Vancil - 9/16/2003 5:27:34 PM
    - Well, if you're all that sad then simply apologize for your earlier insults, shit for brains - E.P. Grondine - 9/20/2003 7:39:33 AM
      - Re: I think you need to explain why an apology is needed and thank you for the invective without provocation. Gees, "shit for brains"! How polite you are! (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2003 11:47:44 PM
    - -grin- - Mary Anne - 9/17/2003 12:12:48 PM
      - re: -grin- - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2003 8:40:47 AM
      - Concern For EP's Health - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 1:49:07 PM
        
        re: Concern For EP's Health - Chris Vancil - 9/19/2003 8:46:33 AM
        
        does anyone else care? (n/t) - Buster - 9/18/2003 1:55:17 PM
  - The jerk interrupts our circle once again - Nick Hoffman - 9/16/2003 2:41:48 PM
  - the jerk speaks again without regard to the info exposing his ignorance - Buster - 9/16/2003 11:59:53 AM
- Question Time with the Prime Minister - Mary Anne - 9/14/2003 3:23:19 AM
  - Hear, hear! - Fox - 9/17/2003 3:54:12 AM
  - Versus Legislation in Committee - E.P. Grondine - 9/15/2003 11:04:53 PM
    - I didn't know the Mars Society had a militia - Mary Anne - 9/16/2003 1:10:23 PM
      - There's a lot of things you don't know - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2003 7:43:03 PM
        
        reprise - R.L. - 9/18/2003 7:46:50 AM
        
        How To Make Friends And Influence People - Mary Anne - 9/17/2003 12:02:19 PM
        
        please do - Buster - 9/16/2003 8:21:51 PM
    - its generally hard to convince editors of grandiose dellusions except at CNN or NYT (n/t) - Buster - 9/16/2003 12:01:55 PM
  - re: Question Time with the Prime Minister - Chris Vancil - 9/15/2003 8:31:57 PM
  - You know Mary Anne... - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2003 5:53:58 AM
- I seem to left out the link...Oops...re: Thank you - Chris Vancil - 9/13/2003 11:39:46 PM
  - Shhhh You'll Blow Mary Anne's Cover (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/14/2003 1:17:21 AM

The capsule - Raoul - 9/18/2003 7:29:00 PM
- will it be reusable? - Delbert - 9/19/2003 12:39:57 AM
  - re: will it be reusable? - Kim Keller - 9/19/2003 2:44:17 PM
    - Levels of reusability - Larry J - 9/19/2003 6:11:33 PM
  - re: will it be reusable? - Delbert - 9/19/2003 12:58:29 AM
    - re: will it be reusable? - Raoul - 9/19/2003 5:41:49 AM
      - re: will it be reusable? - Delbert - 9/19/2003 6:00:51 AM
- Great idea! Back to the sixties when space was safe enuf for chimp pilots! - phil - 9/18/2003 9:44:43 PM
  - Capsules are a good idea but.... - Gary - 9/19/2003 4:23:42 PM
    - Dark Horse - E.P. Grondine - 9/20/2003 7:56:46 AM
      - re: Ed it's Black Horse not Dark Horse, please make a note of this. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/20/2003 11:43:05 PM
- Unlike what the article implied, capsules don't have to come down in water - Larry J - 9/18/2003 9:17:07 PM
  - If we improve the accuracy, we can land them on a giant trampoline (n/t) - alcaray - 9/19/2003 5:38:45 PM
    - re: a giant trampoline - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 6:38:52 PM
  - re: Unlike what the article implied, capsules don't have to come down in water - Kim Keller - 9/19/2003 1:10:36 PM
    - re: Frozen lake - Raoul - 9/19/2003 5:15:48 PM
  - Call me paranoid, but what if the chute fails? - Lee - 9/19/2003 5:12:40 AM
    - What if the wings fall off? - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 5:26:52 AM
      - The HL-20 would be the best choice. - Lee - 9/19/2003 6:35:20 AM
  - The Rogallo Wing - Robert - 9/18/2003 10:48:45 PM
    - Rogallo Wings have bad stall characteristics - Gary - 9/19/2003 4:11:29 PM
- re: The capsule - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2003 8:27:23 PM
  - Well if they're dead set on building a subcompact. - Lee - 9/19/2003 1:15:39 AM
  - re: The capsule - Robert - 9/18/2003 10:41:33 PM
- re: The capsule - Robert - 9/18/2003 8:09:23 PM
  - re: The capsule - Raoul - 9/18/2003 8:45:23 PM
    - Keo? - Nathan Koren - 9/19/2003 12:03:32 AM

China space program article - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 6:33:46 AM
- Sour grapes - Lee - 9/20/2003 7:08:55 AM
  - re: the Japanese - Nathan Koren - 9/20/2003 11:00:30 AM
    - re: the Japanese - McFly - 9/20/2003 8:23:35 PM
- there go the Chineese proposing that samll people are Eugenicly superior... - Scott Evil - 9/19/2003 10:10:39 PM
  - Hay guys, the American astronaut on the ISS is Edward Lu, a Chinese American. (n/t) - Delbert - 9/20/2003 6:31:28 AM
- Short Astronauts - Nick Hoffman - 9/19/2003 6:01:54 PM
  - re: Short Astronauts - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 6:29:08 PM
    - Chinese do more with far less - SpaceProjects.com - 9/20/2003 8:14:32 AM
    - Chinese do more with far less - SpaceProjects.com - 9/20/2003 8:14:19 AM
      - Being able to pay your people about two bucks a day doesn't suck (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/20/2003 4:08:23 PM
        
        Millions of Americans would VOLUNTEER to help space endeavors, so monopolistic NASA nervously REFUSES to offer competitive prizes. - SpaceProjects.com - 9/20/2003 9:46:51 PM
    - re: Short Astronauts - Nick Hoffman - 9/19/2003 7:04:21 PM
      - re: Short Astronauts - Tom Brosz - 9/19/2003 7:21:26 PM
- Go China Go! - McFly - 9/19/2003 2:58:23 PM

Rutan selects rocket motor contractor for SpaceshipOne. - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2003 6:03:40 PM
- One request for Mr Rutan.... - McFly - 9/19/2003 10:04:17 PM

Mars Orbiter Camera Target Request Site - Robert Clark - 9/19/2003 5:38:23 AM

Mars from Namibia - Raoul - 9/16/2003 10:13:42 PM
- Vielen Dank, Raoul! - der Fuchs - 9/19/2003 2:29:45 AM
- Namibia is an interesting place and the C-14 a nice telescope - Gary - 9/18/2003 4:00:57 AM
- Really fine! - BRFelix - 9/17/2003 4:27:57 PM
- Das Marsprojekt ist fantastich mit aufnahmeinstrument war ein C14, Yah? (n/t) - Herr Phil - 9/17/2003 12:37:02 PM
- Wonderful link Raoul - Woodlock - 9/17/2003 4:03:08 AM

Isabel from ERS2 - Raoul - 9/18/2003 8:28:07 PM

Lovell - Raoul - 9/18/2003 5:50:38 PM

new articles on life on Mars - Buster - 9/18/2003 2:25:51 PM

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