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Shucks, I Didn't Really Want Him To Shut Up - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 4:25:45 PM

Testing - Robert - 7/6/2003 4:25:38 PM

Status on Mars Express? - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2003 9:28:31 PM
- I cannot start a new thread - censorship again? - BD - 7/5/2003 1:18:28 PM
  - You're not being censored, Barry - Robert - 7/6/2003 4:21:59 PM
  - Pretty Website Obtuse For Someone With Their Own Website - Mark Eby - 7/5/2003 4:39:12 PM
  - re: I cannot start a new thread - censorship again? - Chris Vancil - 7/5/2003 4:37:26 PM
  - the universe is out to get you - p - 7/5/2003 2:02:42 PM
    - Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you! - BD - 7/5/2003 2:12:27 PM
      - re: Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you! - Mark Eby - 7/5/2003 4:46:27 PM
- Earth to Major Tom, Earth to Major Tom - p - 7/5/2003 12:32:19 PM
  - A time traveller or on the other side of the IDL? Sunday it might launch... - Chris Vancil - 7/5/2003 4:21:06 PM
    - Not sure why the insulating cork is a major issue... - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2003 6:31:18 PM
- re: Status on Mars Express? - Raoul - 7/4/2003 10:08:40 PM

The Space Launch Industry Recent Trends and Near-Term Outlook - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 2:15:01 AM
- re: Alot of satellites are on hold at the moment - Success_Machine - 7/6/2003 2:24:59 PM

Just more of that Poll thread from last page...rose colored glass...how appropriÃ© - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 9:33:56 AM
- The hysteria typical of denial collapse... - E.P. Grondine - 7/3/2003 6:41:56 PM
  - Collaspe denial typical of the hysteria... - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 10:37:51 PM
    - Demonstratio per refutationem - E.P. Grondine - 7/5/2003 5:39:15 PM
      - Bad Latin and Bad Logic - Chris Vancil - 7/6/2003 8:29:28 AM

Buddha's fate - gbaikie - 7/6/2003 1:05:33 AM

The Soyuz TMA1 crew in Ghent - Raoul - 7/5/2003 9:10:43 PM

A new space magazine - Raoul - 7/4/2003 7:55:17 PM
- A Far Better Reason - Mark Eby - 7/5/2003 5:43:46 PM
- for telescope users: Mars freeware program - BD - 7/5/2003 2:05:28 PM
  - re: for telescope users: Mars freeware program - Mark Eby - 7/5/2003 5:39:34 PM
    - re: re:Mars - Raoul - 7/5/2003 6:28:28 PM

I have a scoop on Burt Rutan's 'baby'. It pays to watch Discovery.ca. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/5/2003 2:57:53 PM
- He filed appliction for launch license. - Delbert - 7/5/2003 3:40:02 PM

6 years ago - Raoul - 7/4/2003 5:41:16 PM
- WesterCons, Pathfinder and Outreach - Chris Vancil - 7/5/2003 7:12:17 AM
  - re: Mars year - Raoul - 7/5/2003 8:15:44 AM

the most scientific poll possible: An AOL poll... - Chris Vancil - 7/2/2003 8:15:47 AM
- Guess again: the easily demonstrable obvious biases in the AOL poll - E.P. Grondine - 7/2/2003 8:09:23 PM
  - re: Without a smiley sarcasm escapes EP! - Chris Vancil - 7/2/2003 8:30:52 PM
    - Given your general level of absurdity, it's tough to tell when you're joking - E.P. Grondine - 7/2/2003 9:02:42 PM
      - re:Yeah, that's what it is! Just you not being able to tell sarcasm without some telling you.... (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/2/2003 11:53:31 PM
- re Opinion about a manned space program - Raoul - 7/2/2003 5:46:20 PM
  - re: re Opinion about a manned space program - BD - 7/2/2003 8:48:15 PM
  - re Opinion about a manned space program - Chris Vancil - 7/2/2003 7:44:44 PM
    - re: re Opinion about a manned space program - gbaikie - 7/2/2003 8:36:21 PM
    - re:Disagreeing groups - Raoul - 7/2/2003 8:11:24 PM
      - re:Disagreeing groups - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 6:00:15 AM
        
        Disagreeing groups - Raoul - what you are not told about me - BD - 7/3/2003 2:40:47 PM
        
        re: Disagreeing groups - Raoul - what you are not told about me - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 5:59:20 PM
        
        re: re: Disagreeing groups - Raoul - what you are not told about me - BD - 7/3/2003 6:37:26 PM
        
        I think you do more damage to your credibility with your post than I could ever do. - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 11:19:40 PM
        
        re: I think you do more damage to your credibility with your post than I could ever do. - bd - 7/4/2003 1:27:05 AM
        
        clue: All caps in replies or posts is a sure sign of a Crank or Kook. - Chris Vancil - 7/4/2003 7:08:45 AM
    - re: How to do all of the above and then some.... - Success_Machine - 7/2/2003 8:10:08 PM
- Nuclear Rockets to Jupoter's moons - phil - 7/2/2003 3:21:12 PM
  - re: Nuclear Rockets to Jupoter's moons - Marcia - 7/3/2003 4:00:47 PM
    - re: I think Nuclear *powered* rockets to Jupiter, Mars... would be more accurate. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/3/2003 4:11:50 PM
  - Did You Try Nexus Interface? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 7/2/2003 3:49:16 PM
- re: Human space flight will continue - but human Mars missions in the next century - BD - 7/2/2003 11:06:48 AM
  - Barry Must Have Lost Faith In Beagle 2 - Mark Eby - 7/2/2003 2:24:46 PM
    - re: Barry Must Have Lost Faith In Beagle 2 - BD - 7/2/2003 8:57:43 PM
    - re: Mark should rent "Mission to Mars" - BD - 7/2/2003 8:53:16 PM
      - Keep On Chanting Barry - Mark Eby - 7/4/2003 10:03:38 PM
    - re: At least half of the reply was his own words and they seemed on subject. - Chris Vancil - 7/2/2003 7:23:32 PM
      - Hey Barry! - E.P. Grondine - 7/2/2003 9:12:21 PM
        
        re: Hey Barry, Mo and Curly - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 6:30:36 AM
      - re: re: At least half of the reply was his own words and they seemed on subject. - BD - 7/2/2003 9:06:14 PM
        
        re:You really do have a reading comprahention problem! - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 6:12:07 AM
        
        re:Oops that's comprehension....I'm tired and have a summer cold (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 7/3/2003 6:14:36 AM
        
        re: re:Oops that's comprehension....Freudian Slip Chris? - BD - 7/3/2003 6:47:11 PM

Question: Is Barry DiGregorio "banned" from this BBS? - Alex R. Blackwell - 8/22/2001 9:50:50 AM
- Re: Question: Is Barry DiGregorio - Justin Kelly - 8/22/2001 2:11:37 PM
  - He's dishonest - Gary - 8/22/2001 4:16:39 PM
    - Re: He's dishonest? - BarryD - 8/23/2001 4:22:55 PM
      - Alias/clean slte - Justin Kelly - 8/23/2001 4:38:05 PM
      - Another Case In Point - Mark Eby - 8/23/2001 1:14:37 PM
        
        Re: Another Case In Point - BarryD - 8/23/2001 3:01:41 PM
        
        Re: Another Case In Point - Mark Eby - 8/24/2001 11:19:39 AM
        
        Like the plywood "Mars Station"? - BarryD - 8/24/2001 2:20:40 PM
        
        BD Baloney Tests The Baloney Meter Yet Again. - Mark Eby - 8/25/2001 4:34:22 PM
        
        Re: Mars Society Baloney Tests The Baloney Meter Yet Again. - BarryD - 8/27/2001 2:50:47 PM
      - Re: He's dishonest? - Mark Eby - 8/23/2001 1:04:16 PM
        
        Who is honest here and who is not? - BarryD - 8/23/2001 3:15:17 PM
        
        Your Answers Make It Obvious - Mark Eby - 8/24/2001 11:10:46 AM
        
        Re: Your Dodging Make It Obvious too - BarryD - 8/24/2001 2:05:32 PM
        
        Baffling With BS Doesn't Work - Mark Eby - 8/25/2001 5:20:31 PM
        
        Mars Society flim flam - BarryD - 7/4/2003 3:52:41 PM
        
        Re: Baffling With BS Doesn't Work - BarryD - 8/27/2001 2:51:52 PM
        
        Neither Does Continuous Dodging - Mark Eby - 8/29/2001 10:36:50 AM
        
        Book Sales Donation ? Avoided by BD - Mark Eby - 8/25/2001 10:01:57 AM
        
        Re: Book Sales Donation ? Avoided by BD - BarryD - 8/27/2001 2:49:39 PM
        
        What if I said the NRC wasn't credible? - Justin Kelly - 8/23/2001 4:27:41 PM
        
        Re: What if I said the NRC wasn't credible? - BarryD - 8/24/2001 12:49:21 PM
  - Re: Question: Is Barry DiGregorio - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/22/2001 3:51:43 PM
  - Re: Question: Is Barry DiGregorio - Don - 8/22/2001 2:36:06 PM
  - Re: Not necessarily 'bunk', J. - D. Spires - 8/22/2001 2:18:19 PM
- Re: Question: Is Barry DiGregorio - gbaikie - 8/22/2001 10:15:21 AM

Celestial firework from HST (N 49) - Raoul - 7/4/2003 5:36:35 AM

Does Buddha get wet? - gbaikie - 7/1/2003 4:34:41 AM
- Id still like to see you build and demo a small model (n/t) - alcaray - 7/2/2003 11:24:06 PM
  - re: Id still like to see you build and demo a small model - gbaikie - 7/3/2003 1:18:48 AM
    - The size that is cheapest to build, but still demonstrates the principle. Up to you. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/3/2003 4:22:45 PM
      - re: The size that is cheapest to build, but still demonstrates the principle. - gbaikie - 7/3/2003 7:13:27 PM
- re: Does Buddha get wet? - Nick Hoffman - 7/1/2003 8:08:01 AM
  - LOL - Brilliant bit of writing, Nick! (n/t) - Fox - 7/2/2003 3:26:34 PM
  - re: re: Does Buddha get wet? - gbaikie - 7/1/2003 10:54:13 AM
- Why are manhole covers round and not square? - RobVG - 7/1/2003 5:50:54 AM
  - Why manhole covers are round and not square (caution: TMI) - Fox - 7/2/2003 4:13:46 PM
    - You nailed it in the last paragraph. - RobVG - 7/4/2003 4:10:23 AM
  - re: Why are manhole covers round and not square? - gbaikie - 7/1/2003 12:32:25 PM

HD 70642. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/3/2003 2:12:45 PM
- re: HD 70642. - p - 7/3/2003 3:11:02 PM
  - re: re: HD 70642. - Buck Galaxy - 7/4/2003 2:30:41 AM

Solar Sailing Impossible... - Adam - 7/3/2003 10:27:13 AM
- Details why Gold is as wrong as EPG - phil - 7/3/2003 9:14:41 PM
- Solar Sailing NOT Impossible, But Probably Impractical - David F Mayer - 7/3/2003 11:42:48 AM
  - Pardon me. When I wrote "you" I meant Tommy Gold. - David F Mayer - 7/3/2003 11:53:22 AM
    - Gold's arguement relies on the fact that silvered mirrors *do not* shift the light to red - alcaray - 7/3/2003 4:20:25 PM
      - Professor Thomas Gold, the late Dr. Fred Hoyle; cut from the same cloth? - Jacob Samorodin - 7/3/2003 6:15:03 PM
        
        On Hoyle - R.L. - 7/3/2003 9:54:33 PM
        
        He doesnt even understand how Crookes Radiometer works!!! - R.L. - 7/3/2003 7:41:34 PM
        
        Dispute the argument, not the proponent. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/3/2003 6:30:01 PM

Closest Jupiter Analogue Planet Found - Mark Eby - 7/3/2003 4:08:02 PM
- All is not lost - alcaray - 7/3/2003 6:23:02 PM
  - re: .pdf is now on line. - Marcia - 7/3/2003 6:44:44 PM
    - re: re: .pdf is now on line. - p - 7/3/2003 9:03:25 PM
- HD 70642 (n/t). (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 7/3/2003 5:55:22 PM
  - re: HD 70642 - Marcia - 7/3/2003 6:20:06 PM
- The Link I Hope - Mark Eby - 7/3/2003 4:09:39 PM
  - re: The Link I Hope - p still can't start topic on this page w - 7/3/2003 4:32:18 PM

Mars science in 1908-1909 - E.P. Grondine - 7/3/2003 7:04:19 PM

Dust storm on Mars (lots of e-mails about it among Mars observers) - Raoul - 7/2/2003 9:33:56 PM
- Just as long as it doesn't ruin the science for the 3-landers. - Jacob Samorodin - 7/3/2003 2:00:38 PM
  - re: Could last up to 3 months. - Raoul - 7/3/2003 6:17:33 PM
- re: 'tis the season. - Marcia - 7/3/2003 2:56:28 AM
  - re: That last link. - Marcia - 7/3/2003 3:07:34 AM

How long will it be before BATF, the RCMP, and other authorities ban the use of nitrous-oxide for rocket propellant? - Jacob Samorodin - 7/1/2003 3:35:28 PM
- They'd have to ban it from the funny car circuit, too - alcaray - 7/3/2003 4:55:48 PM
- Why not ban ammonium nitrate fertilizer? Or gasoline? Or box cutters? Or rocks? - David F Mayer - 7/3/2003 11:56:37 AM

The launch of Opportunity is now set for Sunday, July 6th at 10:43:16pm EDT - Marcia - 7/3/2003 3:11:00 PM
- re: *Calling moderator, Robert* - Marcia - 7/3/2003 3:15:43 PM

The launch of Opportunity is now set for Sunday, July 6th at 10:43:16pm EDT - Marcia - 7/3/2003 3:11:37 PM

Mars watch - Raoul - 7/1/2003 9:05:25 PM
- Have you been able to observe yet? - BRFelix - 7/2/2003 3:03:04 AM
  - re:well - Raoul - 7/2/2003 5:30:16 AM
    - re: re: I agree, very tough - BRFelix - 7/2/2003 9:16:54 PM
- re: Mars watch - p - 7/1/2003 9:13:53 PM
  - re: Another try to launch Opportunity on Sat., July 5th. at 10:59on or 11:42pm EDT. - Marcia - 7/1/2003 9:34:26 PM
    - re: re: Another try to launch Opportunity on Sat., July 5th. at 10:59on or 11:42pm EDT. - Delbert - 7/2/2003 4:13:55 PM
    - Typo: Make that...Sat., July 5th. at 10:5*1*on or 11:42pm EDT. (n/t) - Marcia - 7/1/2003 9:50:07 PM
  - re: re: They have until july 15th..so? (n/t) - Raoul - 7/1/2003 9:31:45 PM
    - One more delay + week of bad weather = no launch (n/t) (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 7/2/2003 12:58:29 AM
    - re: re: re: They have until july 15th..so? Oui! (n/t) - p - 7/1/2003 10:03:36 PM
- re: Mars watch - Raoul - 7/1/2003 9:07:40 PM
  - re: June 2003 : Mars as seen around the world - Raoul - 7/1/2003 9:55:02 PM
    - After looking at all the pics - FrankC - 7/2/2003 2:55:26 AM
    - re: re: June 2003 : Mars as seen around the world - Marcia - 7/1/2003 10:14:05 PM
      - re: re: re: caves - Raoul - 7/2/2003 5:35:49 AM
        
        Hmmm caves on the moon? - Delbert - 7/2/2003 4:27:15 PM
        
        re: Hmmm caves on the moon? - gbaikie - 7/2/2003 7:41:12 PM
        
        re: caves and language subtleties - Raoul - 7/2/2003 6:01:44 PM

The facts on the public's growing lack of desire for manned Mars flight - E.P. Grondine - 6/28/2003 3:38:04 PM
- Personally, I vacillate on the subject. - David F Mayer - 7/1/2003 7:44:28 AM
  - re: Personally, I vacillate on the subject. - Chris Vancil - 7/1/2003 9:13:10 PM
- re: The facts on the public's growing lack of desire for manned Mars flight - Woodlock - 6/29/2003 2:50:26 PM
- re: Old Poll-- New Poll - Chris Vancil - 6/29/2003 1:40:59 AM
  - As usual, perceptual problems manifest themselves - E.P. Grondine - 6/30/2003 10:26:38 PM
    - Yes, well can't help you there...maybe a Doctor and therapy... - Chris Vancil - 7/1/2003 7:41:15 AM
      - Viewing Mars through rose colored glasses again - E.P. Grondine - 7/2/2003 8:38:36 PM
- Hm - Mark Eby - 6/28/2003 3:53:03 PM
  - and they'll care even lessafter MER-A, MER-B, Mars Express, and Nozomi - E.P. Grondine - 6/28/2003 4:30:33 PM
    - re: and they'll care even lessafter MER-A, MER-B, Mars Express, and Nozomi - David - 6/28/2003 5:46:27 PM
      - re: re: and they'll care even lessafter MER-A, MER-B, Mars Express, and Nozomi - gbaikie - 6/28/2003 9:47:54 PM
        
        The generation raised on the fictions of watery Mars is dying off - E.P. Grondine - 6/30/2003 10:37:32 PM

SOHO: good news - Raoul - 7/2/2003 7:13:48 PM

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