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Dust cloud envelpoing the solar system - LJ - 8/22/2003 11:01:45 PM
- re: Dust cloud envelpoing the solar system - Ali Moharrer - 8/27/2003 12:28:33 AM
- re: Dust cloud envelpoing the solar system- Perhaps that is why we need the Iraqi oil? :-) - BD - 8/23/2003 7:57:12 PM

Does Christensen contradict his own discovery? Remember the Hematite deposits - BD - 8/23/2003 7:50:24 PM
- The north still looks like an ocean to me - Nathan Koren - 8/24/2003 9:14:15 PM
  - Impact Craters as depth probes - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 1:20:21 AM
    - Very good point... - Nathan Koren - 8/25/2003 3:57:21 PM
- Quite simply: "No" - Don - 8/24/2003 1:45:00 PM
  - The clays on Mars. - Robert Clark - 8/25/2003 1:25:34 AM
    - re: The clays on Mars. - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 1:35:41 AM
  - re: Quite simply: Christensen doesn't know for sure, does he? - BD - 8/24/2003 7:57:08 PM
    - re: Quite simply: Christensen doesn't know for sure, does he? - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 1:18:20 AM
      - Mars Express/Beagle 2 in December - BD - 8/25/2003 2:18:50 AM
        
        My Suggestion: Buy an edible hat... (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 6:46:37 AM
- No contradiction between Haematite and Olivine - Nick Hoffman - 8/24/2003 2:02:21 AM
  - Kirkland and TES: SPECTRA OF CEMENTED, HEMATITE-RICH MATERIAL AND TES SPECTRA OF SINUS - BD - 8/24/2003 1:41:46 PM
  - re: No contradiction between Haematite and Olivine - BD - 8/24/2003 1:30:43 PM
    - Kudo's To Barry - Mark Eby - 8/26/2003 1:25:48 PM
      - re: Kudo's To Barry - BD - 8/26/2003 11:14:37 PM
      - re:- CO2 on Mars - BD - 8/26/2003 11:11:01 PM
    - Ice Towers and Ice Life - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 1:08:23 AM

Just one look at this map should show Mars was once a very wet world - BD - 8/25/2003 3:23:31 AM
- The hardest working psuedo-science hack in the business. - et - 8/25/2003 10:03:24 PM
  - Gotta sell more "Presto Logs" to stay alive..... - Gary - 8/26/2003 4:03:53 PM
    - re: Gotta sell more "Presto Logs" to stay alive..... - BD - 8/26/2003 10:58:06 PM
  - Glad do see the atomic reconstituent-ator works! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/26/2003 1:17:30 AM
  - re: The hardest working psuedo-science hack in the business. - BD - 8/25/2003 10:17:37 PM
- Or a very dry one - Don - 8/25/2003 1:21:17 PM
- re: Just one look at this map should show Mars was once a very wet world - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 6:44:18 AM
  - re: Just one look at this map should show Mars was once a very wet world - BD - 8/25/2003 12:33:26 PM

CAIB final report online - Nick Hoffman - 8/26/2003 3:13:49 PM
- re: Thrusters started firing to stabilize shuttle - Success_Machine - 8/26/2003 8:20:09 PM
  - re: Thrusters started firing to stabilize shuttle - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2003 9:04:56 PM
    - re: Where's the rest of it? - Success_Machine - 8/26/2003 9:57:04 PM

Mars Approach - bmpbmp - 8/26/2003 1:24:33 PM
- re: Mars Approach ;-] - Nick Hoffman - 8/26/2003 3:02:14 PM
- re: Mars Approach - phil - 8/26/2003 2:00:58 PM
  - re: Mars Approach - bmp - 8/26/2003 4:10:27 PM

Where is all the Antimatter? - Nipper Wolf - 8/22/2003 3:06:16 AM
- re: Where is all the Antimatter? - Johannes - 8/23/2003 7:03:14 PM
  - scientific advice from Johannes.... - R.L. - 8/24/2003 3:20:57 AM
    - re: scientific advice from Johannes.... - Johannes - 8/24/2003 6:53:22 AM
      - BTW - R.L. - 8/25/2003 8:28:59 PM
      - LOL, well I mistook you for a sentient being - R.L. - 8/25/2003 8:12:35 PM
      - scientific advice from Johannes.... - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 1:32:05 AM
        
        re: scientific advice from Johannes.... - Johannes - 8/25/2003 11:58:35 PM
        
        Neutron Half-life - Nick Hoffman - 8/26/2003 12:23:37 AM
- re: Where is all the Antimatter? - R.L. - 8/22/2003 8:33:56 PM
  - Kaons is correct - Fox - 8/25/2003 3:40:47 AM
  - PS - R.L. - 8/23/2003 6:33:29 AM
- re: Where is all the Antimatter? - Dave M - 8/22/2003 7:33:04 PM
- Event Horizon - Steph - 8/22/2003 1:43:34 PM
  - Absolute, complete, undeniable, smelly, putrid, stupid, foul RUBBISH - R.L. - 8/23/2003 6:38:04 AM
- re: Where is all the Antimatter? - Steph - 8/22/2003 1:28:17 PM
  - OK it is official... - R.L. - 8/23/2003 6:40:20 AM
- In the "shadow" universe... - et - 8/22/2003 7:14:59 AM

BBC: Mars not a watery world - Don - 8/22/2003 1:21:26 PM
- Where to search for evaporites on Mars. - Robert Clark - 8/25/2003 2:04:23 AM
  - re: Where to search for evaporites on Mars. - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 6:51:59 AM
    - re: Where to search for evaporites on Mars. - Robert Clark - 8/25/2003 8:35:27 PM
- re: BBC: Mars not a watery world - Robert Clark - 8/25/2003 1:13:54 AM
  - re: BBC: Mars not a watery world - Nick Hoffman - 8/25/2003 1:39:56 AM
    - re: BBC: Mars not a watery world - Robert Clark - 8/25/2003 2:11:22 AM
- re: BBC: Mars not a watery world: It sure is! - BD - 8/22/2003 4:28:14 PM
- re: More Water Found on Mars - BD - 8/22/2003 4:19:26 PM
  - Barry, Science does not depend upon "Belief" - E.P. Grondine - 8/22/2003 9:16:43 PM
    - re: Barry, Science does not depend upon "Belief" - BD - 8/23/2003 2:43:48 AM
      - re: Barry, Science does not depend upon "Belief" - E.P. Grondine - 8/25/2003 4:47:50 PM
        
        re: Barry, Science does not depend upon "Belief" - BD - 8/25/2003 10:01:24 PM
- I'd a believed it if it weren't the BBC 'reporting' it - any credible sources? :) (n/t) - p - 8/22/2003 2:43:05 PM
  - Is Space.com more credible? - Dave M - 8/22/2003 7:17:28 PM

Northern lowlands of Mars - Greg - 8/25/2003 2:58:08 PM

Which Heinlein book would you be a character in? - phil - 8/13/2003 8:10:37 PM
- re: "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" (Kip) (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/24/2003 7:43:56 AM
- "The Man Who Sold The Moon." - Tom Brosz - 8/16/2003 3:12:04 PM
- It seems pretty confused... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/16/2003 3:47:53 AM
  - re: I've always said it . . . - D. Spires - 8/23/2003 6:01:47 PM
- Well -- â€˜Cat Who Walks Through Wallsâ€™ . . . - D. Spires - 8/15/2003 12:31:48 AM
  - re: Well -- â€˜Cat Who Walks Through Wallsâ€™ mismatch - phil - 8/15/2003 6:02:42 PM
    - re: Thank you, Angus MacGyver . . . ;^) - D. Spires - 8/23/2003 5:56:29 PM
  - re: Well -- â€˜Cat Who Walks Through Wallsâ€™ . . . - Davin L. - 8/15/2003 4:55:37 PM
    - When you read 'Stranger'... - RobVG - 8/16/2003 12:13:10 AM
- re: Which Heinlein book would you be a character in? - Greg - 8/14/2003 4:47:48 PM
- re: Which Heinlein book would you be a character in? - Davin L. - 8/14/2003 2:35:14 PM
  - re: TAANSTAFL - Fox - 8/15/2003 12:39:46 AM
- Scored "Starship Troopers" - Nick Hoffman - 8/14/2003 8:40:24 AM
- re: the moon is a harsh mistress; that's where I belong, it seems (n/t) - Raoul - 8/13/2003 8:48:03 PM

Jim Oberg on NASA Management - p - 8/21/2003 3:56:26 PM
- O'Keefe admits that money is his prime motivator (not space) - SpaceProjects.com - 8/21/2003 5:25:41 PM
  - Would Burt Rutan be a better NASA Administrator than Sean "OSP" O'Keefe? - SpaceProjects.com - 8/22/2003 12:52:10 PM
    - Dirty little secret: sooner or later, NASA Administrators crack up due to stress of job - E.P. Grondine - 8/22/2003 8:58:12 PM
      - re:What a load of BS! Name some NASA Administrators out of the 15 or so people who held the office who went nut during the job. (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 8/23/2003 9:12:39 PM

Solar Power in space gets revolutionized - R.L. - 8/23/2003 3:20:48 AM
- Sounds interesting... - Larry J - 8/23/2003 8:16:14 PM

Brazilian rocket explodes, killing 16 - LJ - 8/22/2003 10:48:12 PM
- a warning! - dwc - 8/23/2003 6:11:01 PM

The Multiverse - pro and con - phil - 8/22/2003 2:41:48 PM
- The multiverse would be a paradise for a "what if" freak like me. - Lee - 8/23/2003 4:36:05 AM

Aw come on! - LJ - 8/22/2003 11:08:01 PM
- re: Aw come on! - LJ - 8/22/2003 11:10:48 PM

Last gasp for a paleoBlue Mars. - ectoterrestrial back from BFE - 8/21/2003 9:56:36 PM
- Old scandal.... - Gary - 8/22/2003 6:37:38 AM
- Kinda says it all - Don - 8/22/2003 12:44:33 AM
  - re: Kinda says it all: TES and Themis limited capabilities - BD - 8/22/2003 1:43:26 AM
    - Unfortunately Barry - Don - 8/22/2003 2:11:16 AM
      - I'm not sure we've heard the last word on the minerological makeup of Mars (n/t) - alcaray - 8/22/2003 7:04:58 PM
      - re: Unfortunately Barry - BD - 8/22/2003 10:54:39 AM
      - re: Unfortunately Don, carbonate dust has been found - BD - 8/22/2003 10:47:23 AM
- re: Take a broom to Mars - BD - 8/21/2003 11:12:35 PM
  - re: Where are the White Cliffs of Barsoom? - Chris Vancil - 8/22/2003 6:28:16 AM
    - re: Where are the White Cliffs of Barsoom? - BD - 8/22/2003 11:04:54 AM
    - re: Where are the White Cliffs of Barsoom? Dusted - BD - 8/22/2003 10:38:35 AM
      - re: Where are the White Cliffs of Barsoom? Dusted - Chris Vancil - 8/22/2003 8:45:35 PM

Elon Musk describes SpaceX's FALCON - phil - 8/19/2003 6:03:27 PM
- SpaceX has reinvented the Scout rocket - Gary - 8/20/2003 5:17:19 AM
  - Huh? - Nathan Koren - 8/20/2003 6:09:57 PM
    - Viewgraph engineering - Gary - 8/21/2003 4:52:22 AM
      - Are we talking about the same SpaceX Falcon? - Nathan Koren - 8/21/2003 10:54:10 PM
        
        There's a better path......... - Gary - 8/22/2003 5:58:03 AM
        
        re: The path......... - Success_Machine - 8/22/2003 7:34:53 PM
  - I think Bezos is going the RLV route - Tom Brosz - 8/20/2003 6:45:43 AM
- URL - phil - 8/19/2003 7:54:36 PM
  - re: URL - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 8:38:30 PM

Rigorous Study On Evolution Of Intelligence Under Way - Mark Eby - 8/22/2003 4:04:28 PM
- re: Rigorous Study On Evolution Of Intelligence Under Way - Johannes - 8/22/2003 5:20:28 PM

Is theoretical phisics today really science? - phil - 8/21/2003 4:50:00 PM
- Science, yes. Truth, no (till proven). - alcaray - 8/21/2003 6:25:56 PM
  - re: Science, yes. Truth, no (till proven). - Dave M - 8/21/2003 7:02:40 PM
    - I disargee (n/t) - alcaray - 8/21/2003 8:53:58 PM
      - re: "God'll get you for that, alcaray . . ." - D. Spires - 8/22/2003 12:07:39 AM
- Falsifiable? - DWC - 8/21/2003 5:24:58 PM
  - re: Falsifiable? - Larry J - 8/21/2003 5:45:10 PM
    - In other words it's testable, and doesn't have to be accepted on faith. (n/t) - DWC - 8/21/2003 5:55:46 PM

Poll shows spaceprogram support is not very deep - Scott Evil - 8/19/2003 3:03:35 PM
- Support has always been a mile wide and an inch deep - Gary - 8/21/2003 3:49:39 PM
- re: Poll shows spaceprogram support is not very deep - Chris Vancil - 8/20/2003 8:20:33 PM

Unsafe at any speed - p - 8/18/2003 5:52:28 PM
- re: Unsafe at any speed - Tom Brosz - 8/18/2003 6:28:43 PM
  - You get what you pay for - Dave M - 8/18/2003 8:05:50 PM
    - Clarification: - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 12:42:21 AM
      - re: Cheaper vs. Safer - Success_Machine - 8/19/2003 11:06:00 AM
        
        re: Cheaper vs. Safer - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 8:58:19 PM
        
        The Shuttle is an extremely complicated vehicle... - Larry J - 8/19/2003 12:25:05 PM
        
        re: Backup systems have merit - Success_Machine - 8/19/2003 9:03:48 PM
        
        re: Backup systems have merit - Larry J - 8/20/2003 1:47:55 AM
        
        re: Are you sure about the 2000 Soyuz launches? - Success_Machine - 8/20/2003 4:33:58 PM
        
        SL-04 Soyuz and SL-06 Molniya launches - Larry J - 8/20/2003 7:42:09 PM

ESA's socialists do the Moon for just $122 million dollars - SpaceProjects.com - 8/19/2003 9:18:57 PM
- Clementine cost less than $75 million in 1994... - Larry J - 8/20/2003 6:17:02 PM
- Including cost of LV? What was Clementine's cost excluding and including LV? nt? (n/t) - skeptical - 8/20/2003 3:44:15 AM
- The DARPA "Grand Challenge" link you give is really cool! - Tom Brosz - 8/19/2003 10:08:12 PM
  - DARPA is an example of what I was talking about - Dave M - 8/20/2003 6:46:13 PM
  - Thanks. Why is there no NASA "Grand Challenge," though? Congress has o.k.'d NASA's funding competitive prizes. - SpaceProjects.com - 8/19/2003 11:13:18 PM

More impact nonsense on America Coast to Coast - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2003 3:43:37 PM
- More impact nonsense - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/24/2003 4:15:52 PM
  - re: More impact nonsense - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2003 4:29:01 PM
    - re: re: More impact nonsense - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/24/2003 4:51:15 PM
      - re: re: re: More impact nonsense - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 7:02:32 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: More impact nonsense - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/26/2003 8:50:45 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: More impact nonsense - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 9:24:35 PM
        
        EP says, I want "your" Mars money spent on impact research, as does the vast majority of the population. Vast Majority? Where do you get that? - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 10:10:54 PM
        
        Out of the thin air between his ears - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/26/2003 10:24:14 PM
        
        re: Out of the thin air between his ears - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 10:36:11 PM
        
        The Poll? - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2003 7:00:23 AM
        
        The numbers have changed since 1998 - E.P.Grondine - 6/27/2003 2:05:35 PM
        
        re: The numbers have changed since 1998. No kiddying! - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2003 8:30:09 PM
        
        re: The numbers have changed since 1998 - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/27/2003 4:11:14 PM
        
        re: re: The numbers have changed since 1998 - E.P. Grondine - 6/27/2003 5:01:45 PM
        
        re: re: re: The numbers have changed since 1998 - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2003 9:37:34 PM
        
        re: re: The numbers have changed since 1998 - Barry Zavah - 8/12/2003 2:42:32 PM
        
        re: re: The numbers have changed since 1998 - Barry Zavah - 8/12/2003 2:41:59 PM
        
        Huh?? - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/27/2003 7:39:22 PM
        
        re: Huh?? - iwamoto - 8/20/2003 12:28:57 PM
        
        re: Huh?? - iwamoto - 8/20/2003 12:28:46 PM
        
        re: re: re: The numbers have changed since 1998 - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/27/2003 7:05:14 PM
        
        Seriously, though - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/26/2003 9:36:45 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: More impact nonsense - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 9:19:23 PM

Transit of the Sun - Raoul - 8/19/2003 6:37:01 PM
- the iss crew must get ho when they do that ;-) - Delbert - 8/19/2003 7:03:58 PM
  - re: transits - Raoul - 8/19/2003 8:55:03 PM
    - re: transits - Delbert - 8/19/2003 10:11:45 PM
      - re: transits - Raoul - 8/20/2003 6:10:46 AM
- That's a fantastic video Raoul! Thanks. (n/t) - Delbert - 8/19/2003 6:55:54 PM

Progress craft - brian gyles - 8/19/2003 8:10:22 PM

Mars radiation environment - E.P. Grondine - 8/16/2003 7:50:11 PM
- If there is water on mars, and high amounts of carbon dioxide... - Scott Evil - 8/19/2003 3:35:32 PM
- re: Moon radiation environment? - Chris Vancil - 8/19/2003 7:02:15 AM
- There are no pyroclastic flows to discuss - ebnelson - 8/17/2003 5:58:43 PM
- Neutron Soup - Nick Hoffman - 8/17/2003 7:29:50 AM
  - Soon enough... - E.P. Grondine - 8/18/2003 5:56:15 PM
  - We should come up with a top ten list of differences between Mars and a neutron star. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/18/2003 3:58:22 PM
- cut back on the single malt, Eddie (n/t) - p - 8/16/2003 8:29:07 PM

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