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Stopping a $25 million PR campaign - E.P. Grondine - 6/27/2003 6:01:24 PM
- Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Tumlinson's A Nut, & So Are You - Mark Eby - 6/28/2003 2:35:04 AM
  - re: Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Tumlinson's A Nut, & So Are You - BD - 6/28/2003 2:59:00 PM
- Stopping Grondine's lunacy - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/27/2003 6:47:08 PM
- NASA fails in quest to reduce human overpopulation - p - 6/27/2003 6:22:24 PM
  - Try Nexus Interface - Mark Eby - 6/28/2003 2:28:41 AM

Latest Mars Odyssey observations prove free water at equator. - Robert Clark - 6/27/2003 3:03:48 PM
- Hmmm... inneresting. - BRFelix - 6/27/2003 8:35:09 PM
  - re: Hmmm... inneresting. - Robert Clark - 6/27/2003 10:22:19 PM
    - Solis Lacus - BRFelix - 6/28/2003 2:07:46 AM
- Prove? How about "suggest"? - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/27/2003 7:13:32 PM
  - re: Prove? How about "suggest"? - Robert Clark - 6/27/2003 10:33:45 PM

Plausibility of the "White Mars" hypothesis based upon the thermal nature of the Martian subsurface - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/23/2003 10:00:11 PM
- Oops, forgot the "/" - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/23/2003 10:01:59 PM
  - Well... - Nick Hoffman - 6/24/2003 7:45:34 AM
    - No-Water Nick - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/24/2003 4:04:40 PM
      - re: No-Water Nick - Nick Hoffman - 6/25/2003 8:39:08 AM
        
        re: re: No-Water Nick - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/25/2003 7:08:37 PM
        
        re: re: re: No-Water Nick - Nick Hoffman - 6/25/2003 10:18:15 PM
        
        What I don't understand Nick... - et - 6/26/2003 12:37:25 AM
        
        Scaleable response - Nick Hoffman - 6/26/2003 5:26:09 AM
        
        Suitably inscrutable. (n/t) - et - 6/28/2003 12:41:19 AM
        
        Well said, Nick - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/26/2003 4:04:14 PM
        
        re: re: No-Water Nick - et - 6/25/2003 5:31:24 PM
    - Go get 'em, Tiger! - BRFelix - 6/24/2003 12:57:02 PM
  - Yes. Well... - BRFelix - 6/23/2003 10:09:33 PM
    - Another melee already? - et - 6/23/2003 10:13:21 PM
      - ?? - BRFelix - 6/23/2003 10:43:02 PM

Apollo 15's ALSEP - Raoul - 6/27/2003 10:52:19 PM

TMSC 6 and Abstract Deadline... - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 10:52:26 PM
- The public does not want to waste its money sending men to Mars, and no convention will change that - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2003 3:08:47 PM
  - re: The public does not want to waste its money sending men to Mars, and no convention will change that - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 7:12:36 AM
    - re: re: The public does not want to waste its money sending men to Mars, and no convention will change that - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 7:24:40 PM
      - re: re: re: The public does not want to waste its money - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 9:47:45 PM
      - re: re: re: The public does not want to waste its money sending men to Mars, and no convention will change that - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 7:27:49 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: The public does not want to waste its money sending men to Mars, and no convention will change that - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 9:52:18 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: The public does not want to waste its money sending men to Mars, and no convention will change that - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 8:14:53 PM
        
        re: The public does not want to waste its money - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 9:59:53 PM
- Maybe you should invite EP and Barry as contrarian not-so-key-note speakers - Scott Evil - 6/23/2003 11:45:21 PM
  - Maybe Leno will send a "correspondent" - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2003 2:59:32 PM
  - re: Maybe you should invite EP and Barry as contrarian not-so-key-note speakers - BD - 6/24/2003 1:14:57 PM
    - Re: Maybe MarsSkins are the future... - Chris Vancil - 6/25/2003 9:06:16 AM
      - As that's physically impossible, how could they? - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2003 7:34:51 PM
        
        re:What is physically impossible, you understanding reading with comprehension or understanding biology of humans? - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 9:10:48 PM
        
        Fascinating, but sorry, Mr Vance, no cigar - E.P. Grondine - 6/27/2003 2:19:34 PM
        
        re: It's Vancil! You are clueless and won't admit it! - Chris Vancil - 6/27/2003 8:04:21 PM
      - Re: Maybe MarsSkins are the future... - Chris Vancil - 6/25/2003 5:40:39 PM
        
        A few Q.... - et - 6/25/2003 6:35:36 PM
        
        re: A few Q.... - Chris Vancil - 6/25/2003 11:21:58 PM
  - re: Barry has! I don't know about Mr. EP Groaning...8-) (n/t) - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 6:24:09 AM
    - re: re: Barry has! I don't know about Mr. EP Groaning...8-) - BD - 6/24/2003 1:05:13 PM

Continuous problem aboard ISS - Raoul - 6/27/2003 3:54:29 PM
- re: Continuous problem aboard SkyLab II - phil - 6/27/2003 5:56:41 PM
  - re: re: Mir - Raoul - 6/27/2003 6:06:26 PM
- re: Continuous problem aboard ISS - Jacob Samorodin - 6/27/2003 4:31:40 PM
  - re: re: Continuous problem aboard ISS - Larry J - 6/27/2003 6:07:55 PM
    - re: re: re: Continuous problem aboard ISS - gbaikie - 6/27/2003 7:50:09 PM
  - re: I've read about this before - Success_Machine - 6/27/2003 5:14:10 PM

Communication breakdown - Peter - 6/27/2003 6:34:42 PM
- NASA recently got a D- from Congress for its small business outsourcing "program" - NASAWatch.INFO - 6/27/2003 7:30:12 PM

Photon Drive... - Adam - 6/27/2003 11:04:12 AM
- Maybe you can run some numbers for me. - Lee - 6/27/2003 7:21:29 PM
- re: Photon Drive... - gbaikie - 6/27/2003 12:08:34 PM
  - re: Detailed design for Antiproton-Catalyzed Microfission/fusion (ACMF) engines - Success_Machine - 6/27/2003 12:56:05 PM

Testing - Robert - 6/27/2003 4:16:39 PM
- re: Testing (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2003 4:17:04 PM

Stop bad-mouthing mission-control engineers on this forum! - Jacob Samorodin - 6/26/2003 3:11:20 PM
- Where's ther bad-mouthing, Jacob? - Larry J - 6/26/2003 8:14:43 PM
  - re: Where's ther bad-mouthing, Jacob? - Jacob Samorodin - 6/27/2003 3:01:37 PM
    - I tend to disagree - Larry J - 6/27/2003 3:52:18 PM

Latest Mars Odyssey observations prove free water at equator. - Robert Clark - 6/27/2003 3:03:23 PM

Escaping ? - Raoul - 6/25/2003 9:15:20 PM
- re: Escaping ? - gbaikie - 6/25/2003 10:00:21 PM
  - re: re: Escaping ? - dwc - 6/26/2003 1:07:56 AM
    - re: re: re: Escaping ? - gbaikie - 6/26/2003 3:26:50 AM
      - re: re: re: re: Apollo - Raoul - 6/26/2003 5:49:46 AM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: Apollo - gbaikie - 6/26/2003 7:35:31 AM
        
        Re: Boeing Air Transport (BAT) is now United Airlines - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 8:05:46 PM
        
        re: Re: Boeing Air Transport (BAT) is now United Airlines - gbaikie - 6/26/2003 8:43:30 PM
        
        Monopolies are not possible in a truely Free Market. - Nick Hoffman - 6/26/2003 11:09:55 PM
        
        re: Monopolies are not possible in a truely Free Market. - gbaikie - 6/27/2003 2:08:42 AM
        
        re: re: Monopolies are not possible in a truely Free Market. - gbaikie - 6/27/2003 9:13:03 AM
        
        Not raving, but drooling.... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2003 2:14:50 PM
        
        re: re: Re: Boeing Air Transport (BAT) is now United Airlines - Chris Vancil - 6/26/2003 9:31:30 PM
        
        re: re: re: Re: Boeing Air Transport (BAT) is now United Airlines - gbaikie - 6/27/2003 2:23:45 AM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: re: Apollo - Raoul - 6/26/2003 4:10:15 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Apollo - gbaikie - 6/26/2003 7:05:39 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: re: Apollo - Jacob Samorodin - 6/26/2003 2:45:22 PM
        
        The lowest bidder on a contract doesn't always win... - Larry J - 6/26/2003 7:24:13 PM
        
        re: re: re: re: re: re: re: Apollo - gbaikie - 6/26/2003 6:56:43 PM

SOHO - Raoul - 6/26/2003 7:36:32 PM

testing - Robert - 6/26/2003 4:56:50 PM
- re: testing (n/t) - Robert - 6/26/2003 5:20:47 PM

Most oblate star found using world's largest 140-meter optical interferometer - SM - 6/26/2003 4:22:36 PM

Multiple launches today -- Live webcast - SM - 6/26/2003 4:02:44 PM
- re: My god it worked !!!! Call Ripley's !!! - SM - 6/26/2003 4:04:24 PM

Biologically reversible exploration of Mars. - Robert Clark - 6/26/2003 3:36:10 PM

Re: White Rock is white. Duh! - Robert Clark - 6/24/2003 6:46:04 PM
- re: White Rock on Earth - from space - BD - 6/25/2003 10:08:19 PM
  - re: re: White Rock on Earth - from space. Thanks, looks red in my monitor - Johannes - 6/26/2003 1:35:37 PM
- Left with no choice at this point... - Woodlock - 6/25/2003 3:33:54 PM
  - Sometimes intervention is necessary... ;-) - BRFelix - 6/25/2003 11:23:35 PM
  - Why don't we just call it light rock? - et - 6/25/2003 4:54:22 PM
- It could be... - Don - 6/25/2003 4:01:53 AM
  - re: It could be... - Robert Clark - 6/25/2003 1:10:57 PM
    - Good grief - Don - 6/25/2003 1:32:27 PM
      - re: Good grief - Robert Clark - 6/25/2003 1:53:24 PM
        
        So let me get this straight.... - Don - 6/25/2003 3:22:17 PM
        
        re: So let me get this straight.... - Robert Clark - 6/25/2003 4:00:07 PM
        
        Here's what it looks like is going on... - BRFelix - 6/25/2003 9:30:27 PM
- White/Red/White/Red/ - BRFelix - 6/24/2003 11:50:59 PM
  - re: White/Red/White/Red/ The Lesson of Pathfinder Rover APXS - BD - 6/25/2003 1:07:45 PM
    - My dawg Barry! Slap me some skin! (n/t) - et - 6/25/2003 4:41:42 PM
- White Rock -> Red Rock - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/24/2003 7:06:31 PM
  - re: White Rock -> Red Rock - Robert Clark - 6/25/2003 2:11:05 PM
    - re: re: White Rock -> Red Rock or no rock - Johannes - 6/25/2003 6:46:47 PM
      - Cruise over to Aram Chaos - BRFelix - 6/25/2003 9:34:37 PM
    - re: re: White Rock -> Red Rock - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/25/2003 3:55:02 PM

A different viewing angle for Phobos! (from MGS MSSS) - Raoul - 6/23/2003 5:51:14 PM
- What is the current best explanation for the linear features? - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2003 7:42:22 PM
  - Wild speculation - more learned opinions requested - Fox - 6/25/2003 5:32:25 AM
    - Rolling boulders. - et - 6/25/2003 4:32:17 PM
      - re: Rolling boulders. - Fox - 6/25/2003 11:11:34 PM
        
        Thats the pic.... - et - 6/26/2003 12:34:50 AM
  - Fractures from the Stickney impact dusted over with regolith. (n/t) - et - 6/23/2003 9:12:00 PM
    - Could be Stickney is not an impact formation - BRFelix - 6/23/2003 10:50:30 PM
      - Nothing wrong with heretical if you have some plausable mechanism. (n/t) - et - 6/24/2003 3:51:56 PM
        
        I don't have to show you no steenking 'mechanism' -- ha! - BRFelix - 6/25/2003 3:00:42 AM
- real real nice - and more craters - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 7:14:30 PM
  - re: real real nice - and more craters - gbaikie - 6/23/2003 7:43:01 PM
    - Nice thought. - et - 6/23/2003 9:21:45 PM
    - re: re: real real nice - and more craters - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 8:21:15 PM

Yikes! - REB - 6/25/2003 4:47:02 PM
- They fixed the link. - REB - 6/25/2003 4:55:37 PM

Instruments from NASA's Genesis mission - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/24/2003 11:06:36 PM

Contact lost with ESA Beagle 2 lander! - et - 6/23/2003 10:23:40 PM
- Or not - the sky isn't falling - LJ - 6/24/2003 4:23:15 PM
  - the article I linked to was dated today, BTW (n/t) - LJ - 6/24/2003 4:30:24 PM
- re: What about the [Mr. Fix-It talents/abilities] of the mission-control engineers? - Jacob Samorodoin - 6/24/2003 3:26:04 PM
- Sad, Hopefully Correctable, & No Surprise To Anyone But Barry (n/t) - Mark Eby - 6/24/2003 12:48:25 AM
  - re: Every now and then you have to read - BD - 6/24/2003 1:01:11 PM
    - re: re: Every now and then you have to read - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 7:21:02 PM
  - Maybe Just Inaccurate - Mark Eby - 6/24/2003 1:19:23 AM
- I couldnt find it either....spacedaily. - et - 6/23/2003 10:26:48 PM
  - Oh bother... - BRFelix - 6/23/2003 10:46:11 PM
    - re: Oh bother... - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 11:00:59 PM
      - My hope is - BRFelix - 6/24/2003 3:16:38 PM
        
        LOCKHEED's hope is probably quite hostile towards Beagle 2, wouldn't you think? - SpaceProjects.com - 6/24/2003 10:57:27 PM

A short explanation of the difference between training and "playing Mars" - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 7:04:28 PM
- re: A short explanation of the difference between training and "playing Mars" - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 9:35:44 PM
  - here's some aspirin, Chris - LJ - 6/24/2003 4:42:02 PM
    - re: here's some aspirin, Chris - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 7:52:46 PM
  - Mr Vancil, you are mentally defective; the problem is you sharing your delusions with others - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2003 4:24:05 PM
    - Sheesh...Pot Kettle Black - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 6:44:39 PM
      - re: Sheesh...Pot Kettle Black - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 8:04:17 PM
- re: Right on EP - Reply - 6/23/2003 7:40:39 PM
- Make that read "Vancil" instead of "Vance" - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 7:07:47 PM
  - re: Make that read "Vancil" instead of "Vance" - reply - 6/23/2003 7:48:40 PM
    - The Article is from a time before the "deal" was in place...clueless! - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 8:46:31 PM
      - re: The Article is from a time before the "deal" was in place...clueless! - BD - 6/23/2003 9:34:45 PM
        
        re: I'm not surprise... - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 10:05:15 PM
      - all this does not make "playing Mars" resemble training - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 9:07:05 PM
        
        Typical Logic from EP... - Chris Vancil - 6/23/2003 10:28:46 PM
        
        re: all this does not make "playing Mars" resemble training - BD - 6/23/2003 9:22:53 PM
        
        Barry says, "Nothing but lies and misinformation" - Chris Vancil - 6/24/2003 7:12:22 AM
    - re:re:re:.... - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 8:17:28 PM
      - re: re:re:re:....true but - BD - 6/23/2003 10:20:26 PM
        
        re: re: re:re:re:....true - E.P. Grondine - 6/24/2003 2:49:47 PM
        
        Who's the huckster now? - et - 6/23/2003 10:30:01 PM
      - Taking up a collection... - et - 6/23/2003 8:45:40 PM
        
        re: Taking up a collection... - BD - 6/23/2003 9:26:31 PM
        
        re: re: Taking up a collection... - et - 6/23/2003 9:50:59 PM
        
        No need - E.P. Grondine - 6/23/2003 8:50:11 PM
        
        Sad but true. (n/t) - et - 6/23/2003 9:09:06 PM

More reasons why there is current ice in Tharsis, Mars. - Robert Clark - 6/24/2003 5:43:46 PM

Space Calendar no longer lists the COSMOS-1 solar-sail mission. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/24/2003 3:18:20 PM
- Jeez, don't panic - alcaray - 6/24/2003 3:26:04 PM
  - Ron Baalke must have had a reason for removal of the mission from his list. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/24/2003 3:29:47 PM
    - That we will miss a launch in September isn't surprising. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/24/2003 4:04:06 PM

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