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Articles On Manned Mission You Won't Find At ICAMSR - Mark Eby - 8/31/2003 9:01:33 PM
- Let's Try Those Links Again - Mark Eby - 8/31/2003 9:10:46 PM
  - Preaching to the choir, or in other words, talking to yourself - E.P. Grondine - 9/2/2003 10:29:45 PM
  - re: Here are some Planetary Protection documents not found at the Mars Society - BD - 9/1/2003 12:59:17 PM
    - squak let me try and change the subject again cause I'm a stupid parrot - BD - 9/18/2003 2:08:30 PM
    - re: Here are some Planetary Protection documents not found at the Mars Society - Mark Eby - 9/1/2003 4:36:52 PM
  - re: Let's Try Those Links Again - gbaikie - 9/1/2003 4:25:42 AM
    - Some Are - Mark Eby - 9/1/2003 4:47:04 AM
  - Thanks for the excellent links Mark. (n/t) - Lee - 9/1/2003 3:01:02 AM

Precursors to plasma life... - Adam - 9/18/2003 2:07:52 PM

Re On Barry's Bio - Mark Eby - 8/30/2003 4:28:46 PM
- credentials smedentials, I'm a freakin parrot (n/t) - Buster - 9/18/2003 2:06:04 PM
- I See The Worm Still Runs From The Tough Questions (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/1/2003 4:14:23 AM
- Some Easier Links On Panspermia & Back Contamination Issues - Mark Eby - 8/30/2003 4:42:42 PM
- Refresher For Barry - Mark Eby - 8/30/2003 4:31:42 PM

Liquid Water in Solis Lacus, Mars. - Robert Clark - 6/21/2003 8:46:09 PM
- Proof or Spoof? - Nick Hoffman - 6/22/2003 4:20:15 AM
  - Over here is a hole in the ground... - Woodlock - 6/22/2003 2:10:50 PM
    - The hole seems to be occupied - ebnelson - 6/23/2003 4:58:09 AM
  - The next thing you know... - Don - 6/22/2003 12:43:23 PM
    - You went and don(e) it. - Woodlock - 6/23/2003 7:34:38 PM
    - re: The next thing you know... - Robert Clark - 6/22/2003 3:07:11 PM
      - Well... - Don - 6/22/2003 3:42:07 PM
        
        re: Well...Don's belief's - BD - 6/23/2003 12:02:56 AM
        
        "MS supported BBS?" You got something to back that up? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2003 6:40:45 AM
        
        re: "MS supported BBS?" You got something to back that up? - reply - 6/23/2003 7:42:57 PM
        
        re: re: You got something to back that up? - Tom Brosz - 6/24/2003 4:34:17 AM
        
        Tom, nobody but Barry would see a "TMS Connection" who else would think a bug was someone trying to stop him posting his BS...can we all say paranoia...8-)> (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 6:33:58 AM
        
        Perhaps You Should Abide Warnings Against Your Spam Style - Mark Eby - 6/24/2003 1:49:38 AM
        
        Perhaps your doppelganger ("Kansas" BD) could post it for you. (n/t) - et - 6/23/2003 9:25:26 PM
        
        Coincidental Reading - Mark Eby - 6/23/2003 1:29:12 AM
        
        Sad commentary on the state of US education - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 8:53:43 PM
        
        Barry's Babble - Mark Eby - 6/23/2003 1:01:47 AM
        
        re: Panspermia two step expalined again to Mark Eby - aka Broken Record number 1 - BD - 6/23/2003 2:18:02 AM
        
        Beagle II is in part a Mars Society Mission... - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 7:26:09 AM
        
        re: Beagle II is in part a Mars Society Mission...another lie - BD - 6/23/2003 7:45:49 PM
        
        Barry, again with the his lying editing "I welcome the enthusiasm of the Mars Society..."said Colin Pillinger... - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 7:01:25 AM
        
        re: Beagle II is in part a Mars Society Mission - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 8:12:21 PM
        
        Put on your raincoat, Barry - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 8:55:55 PM
        
        Barry's BS Playback Continues - Mark Eby - 6/23/2003 3:18:21 AM
        
        got em by the tail feathers here - Buster - 9/18/2003 2:04:56 PM
        
        A chemical engineer's attempts to avoid the issues - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 6:49:47 PM
        
        No You Just Don't Read Very Well - Mark Eby - 6/24/2003 1:43:42 AM
        
        Actually Barry... - Don - 6/23/2003 12:20:06 AM
        
        re: Actually Barry...really Don? - BD - 6/23/2003 2:35:35 AM
        
        Sheeesh - Don - 6/23/2003 5:17:31 AM
        
        Correction: MDRS(Utah) Fall, Winter and Spring. FMARS(Arctic) summer...fun and games and peer reviewed papers... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 6:37:42 AM
        
        I agree, but - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 6:38:09 PM
        
        Warning - et - 6/23/2003 6:21:08 PM
        
        Where Have You Been? - Mark Eby - 6/23/2003 3:27:17 AM

How does the "White Mars" hypothesis fit in with these? - BD - 9/17/2003 7:42:45 PM
- re: How does the "White Mars" hypothesis fit in with these? - nick Hoffman - 9/18/2003 2:04:34 PM

Alien Infection article in Astrobiology magazine - BD - 9/4/2003 6:49:54 PM
- Is Your Problem That You Don't Read Your References Or That You Don't Understand Them? - Mark Eby - 9/5/2003 10:49:44 AM
  - you forgot to squak here Barry (n/t) - Buster - 9/18/2003 1:58:47 PM
  - References and debate - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2003 8:39:15 PM
    - A Little More Detail Please - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 2:51:13 PM
      - re: A Little More Detail Please - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2003 4:17:42 PM
        
        Sounds Reasonable - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 5:40:07 PM
        
        Long range Mars rovers - E.P. Grondine - 9/6/2003 5:27:23 PM
        
        Re: Yep, Darpa's Grand Challenge winner would be more trustworthy than anything associated with Grondine... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 9/6/2003 8:27:34 PM
        
        Real Sorry, Chris, but most people don't give a rat's ass about sending men to Mars - E.P. Grondine - 9/8/2003 8:42:26 PM
        
        Still Haven't Bothered To Read Real Polls I see - Mark Eby - 9/8/2003 11:12:14 PM
        
        Still unable to understand the polls, I see - E.P. Grondine - 9/10/2003 8:28:00 PM
        
        re: Yeah, everything is black and white to you Ed and so clear...like as if you were on drugs... - Chris Vancil - 9/11/2003 7:17:44 AM
    - Duh - Buster - 9/5/2003 9:34:51 PM
- My stomach hurts, I hope it's just indigestion. - Lee - 9/5/2003 3:41:04 AM
  - Could be a case of "Happy Feet" - Tom Brosz - 9/5/2003 8:16:41 PM
- re: Alien Infection article in Astrobiology magazine - here is a real quack - BD - 9/5/2003 2:58:27 AM
- Just Imagine The Shock - Buster - 9/5/2003 12:32:29 AM
  - re: Just Imagine The Shock - BD - 9/5/2003 1:14:47 AM
    - Quacks don't debunk anything - Buster - 9/5/2003 2:01:36 AM
      - re: Quacks don't debunk anything -Buster the Canvas Mars Man - BD - 9/6/2003 12:47:34 PM
        
        Real Scientists Don't Debate By Bringing Up Irrelevant Topics or Making Accusations They Have No Evidence For - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 2:00:17 PM
      - re: Quacks don't debunk anything..yes they do..you in your cnvas space suit - BD - 9/5/2003 2:50:03 AM
        
        you're clueless again but I was wrong too - Buster - 9/5/2003 1:42:47 PM

One good Mars photo deserves another. - Woodlock - 9/18/2003 1:49:33 PM

Giant star caught swallowing 3 planets - phil - 9/17/2003 10:13:14 PM
- re: Giant star caught swallowing 3 planets - Robert Clark - 9/18/2003 12:05:15 PM
  - Their paper is available online. - Robert Clark - 9/18/2003 12:31:59 PM

Shooting the moon - R.L. - 9/18/2003 5:24:26 AM

Bill to restore vision for Human spaceflight - Delbert - 9/12/2003 10:58:03 PM
- CAIB Report roots - Robert - 9/15/2003 12:28:34 AM
  - Begin With The End In Mind - Steven Covey - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 1:24:42 PM
    - The end in mind - Robert - 9/17/2003 3:11:34 PM
      - For Each And Every Truism There Is An Equal And Opposite Truism ;-) - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 4:05:24 PM
  - re: Don't take this personally - just noticed your 1st person perspective - Success_Machine - 9/15/2003 1:00:36 PM
    - What's the "we" crap, Kemosabe? - Robert - 9/15/2003 3:18:42 PM
      - Which is why we need a generic space program. - Lee - 9/15/2003 6:24:22 PM
        
        re: a generic space program. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 1:38:41 AM
        
        Only as far as England? - nick Hoffman - 9/16/2003 3:23:45 PM
        
        Dead On Nick - But Few Seem To Have Got It - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 1:29:37 PM
        
        The heart of the matter - Robert - 9/15/2003 7:31:30 PM
        
        Now this is an enjoyable conversation. - Lee - 9/16/2003 4:27:00 AM
        
        Yes it is - Robert - 9/16/2003 5:25:48 PM
        
        You Just Gave Several Good Example Of Why One Size Does Not Fit All - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 1:57:47 PM
        
        But isn't that what you're saying? - Robert - 9/17/2003 3:23:34 PM
        
        No - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 3:52:50 PM
        
        I think we're on the same wavelength. - Lee - 9/18/2003 4:11:51 AM
        
        I thought about showing a picture of Discovery, - Lee - 9/17/2003 3:40:05 AM
        
        re: The heart of the matter - Delbert - 9/15/2003 7:44:14 PM
        
        Yes - Robert - 9/15/2003 8:01:43 PM
        
        re: Let me restate my question - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 1:24:59 AM
        
        'We' is a concept, not a number (n/t) - Robert - 9/16/2003 3:13:12 AM
        
        re: Spacefaring civilization is also a concept - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 3:54:32 AM
        
        The most profound concept - Robert - 9/16/2003 5:00:53 PM
        
        Here's a few thoughts to kick around. - Lee - 9/16/2003 4:44:53 AM
        
        Counting me, at least two. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 1:39:52 AM
  - The good thing about baby steps - Lee - 9/15/2003 5:30:23 AM
    - Exactly - Robert - 9/15/2003 3:25:02 PM
      - Saturn V Was Far More Experimental Than Shuttle - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 1:17:35 PM
  - The Problem With Baby Steps Is Risk Of Incompletion - Mark Eby - 9/15/2003 3:50:28 AM
    - How to cook a lobster - Robert - 9/15/2003 3:09:50 PM
      - Not The Way To Go If You Care About The Deficit - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 12:55:41 PM
        
        PS For Tom - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 1:00:31 PM
- re: I have a better idea of a technological challenge - Success_Machine - 9/14/2003 1:23:50 PM
- This Is The Problem When You Have Politicians Set Technical Goals - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 12:08:43 AM
  - You don't get it - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 2:19:40 AM
    - Mark is not the only one - E.P. Grondine - 9/13/2003 5:25:54 PM
    - I wouldn't even mind baby steps, - Lee - 9/13/2003 5:06:20 AM
      - Lee's got a point. How many times do we have to learn how to walk, anyway? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 5:12:12 AM
    - Extremely Faulty Conclusion - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 2:50:07 AM
      - Note carefully Mark's complete inability to perceive the obvious - E.P. Grondine - 9/13/2003 5:29:56 PM
        
        No, It's Relatively Easy to Spot Your Obvious Errors - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 7:57:57 PM
      - re: Extremely Faulty Conclusion - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 3:17:23 AM

The local universe by 2MASS on APOD - Raoul - 9/17/2003 5:33:09 AM
- re: WOW that is something !!!!! Thanks Raoul (n/t) - Johannes - 9/18/2003 3:25:17 AM
- re: The local universe by 2MASS on APOD - Success_Machine - 9/17/2003 11:21:22 AM
  - re: The local universe by 2MASS on APOD - Raoul - 9/17/2003 4:10:57 PM

The alleged 'Magnetic Monopole' - revisited -- Please help! :) - Sarandon - 9/17/2003 2:42:23 AM
- re: Monopole - A hypothetical quantum object being a single, isolated magnetic pole. - Success_Machine - 9/17/2003 11:13:33 AM
- re: The alleged 'Magnetic Monopole' - revisited -- Please help! :) - Nathan Koren - 9/17/2003 6:12:47 AM
  - Perfect - ebnelson - 9/17/2003 10:20:54 AM
  - LOL!!! - Um Nate??? :) - Sarandon - 9/17/2003 9:30:09 AM
    - re: LOL!!! - Um Nate??? :) - Nathan Koren - 9/17/2003 6:43:20 PM
      - OUCH!!! -- Ya really caught me sleeping on that one!!! :) - Sarandon - 9/18/2003 12:00:18 AM
        
        Let's try that again (HTML Rak-a-frak!!) - Sarandon - 9/18/2003 12:14:02 AM
        
        Thanks: I was thinking that it was a Unidentified Funny Object (n/t) - Johannes - 9/18/2003 3:10:46 AM

Poll: "Spacefaring Civilization" - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 11:41:23 AM
- re: Poll Closed --- Results - Success_Machine - 9/17/2003 3:38:00 PM
- The Typical Space Poll Problem - Mark Eby - 9/16/2003 11:07:47 PM
  - re: The limits you suggest are not dictated by the laws of physics - Success_Machine - 9/17/2003 9:36:25 AM
    - You Are The One Setting Arbitrary Limits Not Me (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/17/2003 12:08:37 PM
- re: Poll: "Spacefaring Civilization" - McFly - 9/16/2003 7:38:08 PM
- Welcome to Spaceship Earth - E.P. Grondine - 9/16/2003 7:21:22 PM
- re: Poll: "Spacefaring Civilization" - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2003 3:45:38 PM
  - Economics Not Anthropology - Mark Eby - 9/16/2003 11:11:27 PM
- re: Poll: "Spacefaring Civilization" - Nick Hoffman - 9/16/2003 3:05:06 PM
  - re: These are a fixed set of questions, no wishy-washy answers please - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 3:26:47 PM
    - wishy-washy world - Nick Hoffman - 9/17/2003 12:47:52 AM
      - re: It's been quite a while since I posted any solutions - Success_Machine - 9/17/2003 9:58:43 AM
        
        not-a - Nick Hoffman - 9/18/2003 12:11:25 AM
        
        re: I think the responses were improved by making the questions less exact - Success_Machine - 9/18/2003 2:47:14 AM
    - re: Wishy-washy answers make it accurate . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/16/2003 3:59:16 PM
      - re: Only with present technology. I'm not changing the questions nt - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 5:30:10 PM

Repairing the shuttle in orbit..... - Raoul - 9/17/2003 4:08:53 PM
- re: Repairing the shuttle in orbit..... - brian gyles - 9/18/2003 12:06:44 AM
- re: Repairing the shuttle in orbit..... - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2003 4:35:46 PM
  - It doesn't have to be a permanent fix. It just has to get them through this entry. (n/t) - Delbert - 9/17/2003 9:11:21 PM

New paper on the insensitivity of the TES spectrometer on actual field samples. - Robert Clark - 9/12/2003 4:18:52 PM
- re: New paper on the insensitivity of the TES spectrometer on actual field samples. - et - 9/12/2003 9:22:09 PM
  - re: New paper on the insensitivity of the TES spectrometer on actual field samples. - Robert Clark - 9/12/2003 11:19:59 PM
    - How to explain Christensen's 2%-5% 'trace' - BRFelix - 9/16/2003 4:22:31 PM
      - re: How to explain Christensen's 2%-5% 'trace' - Robert Clark - 9/17/2003 10:41:47 PM

Chandra unfurls xray tounge and takes a big lick of the moon. - et - 9/17/2003 6:42:41 PM
- A picture... - et - 9/17/2003 6:44:33 PM

New website will expand your imaginations - Success_Machine - 9/17/2003 10:51:19 AM
- re:The real one - Raoul - 9/17/2003 4:47:34 PM

On their way back - Raoul - 9/16/2003 8:12:39 PM
- re: Nice images - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 9:38:50 PM
  - re: Size increase-decrease - Raoul - 9/16/2003 9:49:10 PM

Some Help For Robert C. - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 2:40:33 AM
- re: Some Help For Robert C. - Robert Clark - 9/13/2003 11:15:07 AM
  - did robert follow Barry down his hidey hole? - Buster - 9/16/2003 3:32:59 PM
  - Hardly - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 1:06:42 PM
    - Mark, you are too mentally disfunctional to comment on Barry - E.P. Grondine - 9/13/2003 5:21:29 PM
      - all great parrots think alike - Buster - 9/15/2003 2:48:35 PM
      - Get Back With Me When You Learn To Read Buster's NEO Search Cost Graph - Mark Eby - 9/13/2003 7:43:47 PM
- Good links - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2003 3:26:38 AM
  - re: Good links - Robert Clark - 9/13/2003 11:23:16 AM

Prospects for a space elevator - p - 9/15/2003 5:30:09 PM
- re: My sense of paranoia has been pricked - Success_Machine - 9/16/2003 3:12:52 PM
- re: Prospects for a space elevator - gbaikie - 9/15/2003 10:11:07 PM

Alas! That I must exhibit the 'white feather' :( - Sarandon - 9/15/2003 12:35:47 PM
- Image problem - Robert - 9/15/2003 8:05:51 PM
  - re: Image problem - Sarandon - 9/16/2003 12:54:06 PM
- re: Alas! That I must exhibit the 'white feather' :( - Johannes - 9/15/2003 5:44:32 PM
- Ewwww!!! --- My gramar in that post :,( - Sarandon - 9/15/2003 1:03:04 PM

NASA to Crash Galileo Probe Into Jupiter . . . - D. Spires - 9/15/2003 2:44:57 AM
- Any Future Jupiter Probes in the WORKS? - carl - 9/15/2003 5:32:53 PM
  - Aren't there plans to use nuclear propulsion on a Jovian mission? (n/t) - McFly - 9/15/2003 6:36:21 PM
    - Yes - Mark Eby - 9/16/2003 2:44:47 AM
- Bye-bye to an amazing spacecraft... - McFly - 9/15/2003 1:42:31 PM
- re: NASA to Crash Galileo Probe Into Jupiter . . . - Bmp - 9/15/2003 11:03:03 AM
  - re: With so many real things on this planet to worry over . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2003 1:23:52 AM

Week-end activities - Raoul - 9/15/2003 8:57:49 PM

Apollo 17 DVD - Raoul - 9/15/2003 7:53:55 PM

Heinlein Prize - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2003 5:10:12 AM

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