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Check out the second frame. Waka waka waka... ;) - et - 6/6/2003 5:38:24 PM
- Ok, what's up with pictures? - et - 6/6/2003 5:39:08 PM
  - URLs need quote marks now. - Tom Brosz - 6/6/2003 6:41:37 PM

Amalthea and companions - Raoul - 6/5/2003 3:45:37 PM
- re: Amalthea and companions - Tom Brosz - 6/6/2003 4:38:42 PM
- Doesn't look like six-seven separate objects; it looks...bizarre. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/6/2003 4:08:08 PM
  - re: Doesn't look like six-seven separate objects - Tom Brosz - 6/6/2003 5:00:50 PM

3rd planet geting greener - p - 6/6/2003 2:09:00 PM
- re: 3rd planet geting greener (n/t) - tom - 6/6/2003 2:43:19 PM

New Mars Odyssey THEMIS results - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/5/2003 6:41:35 PM
- Interesting - Don - 6/6/2003 5:08:15 AM
- re: New Mars Odyssey THEMIS results - Raoul - 6/5/2003 7:15:59 PM
  - re: re: New Mars Odyssey THEMIS results - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/5/2003 7:27:18 PM
    - White Rock -> Red Rock - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/5/2003 9:25:50 PM
      - re: White Rock -> Red Rock - varnished rock? - BD - 6/5/2003 11:05:01 PM
        
        re: re: White Rock -> Red Rock - varnished rock? - Marcia - 6/6/2003 1:02:33 AM
        
        re: re: re: White Rock -> Red Rock - varnished rock? - BRFelix - 6/6/2003 2:35:29 AM

Reviews of two newly published books on the Cassini/Huygens Mission - Alex R. Blackwell - 11/30/2002 12:49:14 PM
- I'm holding out for the summary books, which I'm sure Ralph will add to the next edition. (n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 12/3/2002 6:19:28 PM
- Looking forward to your reviews. - Bowser - 12/1/2002 8:31:32 PM
  - re: Looking forward to your reviews. (n/t) - Joe Mack - 6/6/2003 4:26:38 AM

Brit disses terraforming Mars, the Scots and Americans - phil - 6/5/2003 1:30:14 PM
- He disses Canadians, too, Phil - LJ - 6/5/2003 3:17:18 PM
  - Canada doesn't *need* terraforming - Fox - 6/6/2003 12:26:51 AM
    - re: Canada doesn't *need* terraforming - phil - 6/6/2003 2:03:28 AM

Mars Express takes critical step - LJ - 6/5/2003 10:24:58 PM
- re: Mars Express takes critical step - link - LJ - 6/5/2003 10:27:03 PM

The Pencil Nebula, from the ACS in HST. - Raoul - 6/5/2003 6:58:07 PM
- re: For a good idea of scale and perspective... see the video. Thanks, Raoul. (n/t) - Marcia - 6/5/2003 9:01:58 PM
- What is a supernova shock wave? - Delbert - 6/5/2003 8:36:58 PM
  - re: Another. . . - Marcia - 6/5/2003 8:55:04 PM
  - re: An example - Raoul - 6/5/2003 8:52:06 PM

NASA books online - Raoul - 6/3/2003 7:21:27 PM
- Thanks for the link, Raoul - interesting image of Dione - E.P. Grondine - 6/4/2003 3:21:24 PM
  - Original images really makes you appreciate the recent work on the images - E.P. Grondine - 6/4/2003 3:34:09 PM
- Required reading - E.P. Grondine - 6/4/2003 3:12:11 PM
  - re: The history of the Shuttle's decision - Raoul - 6/4/2003 4:04:56 PM
    - Columbia crew could have been saved - E.P. Grondine - 6/4/2003 4:11:22 PM
      - Also - E.P. Grondine - 6/4/2003 4:58:07 PM
        
        re: Also - Raoul - 6/4/2003 5:47:58 PM
        
        re: re: Also - E.P. Grondine - 6/5/2003 8:10:50 PM

When is the first rover set to launch? - Lee - 6/4/2003 6:31:17 PM
- Thanks everyone for the replies. - Lee - 6/5/2003 7:25:05 PM
- Launch Windows and Thanks to Alex - Vince - 6/5/2003 6:48:41 PM
- re: When is the first rover set to launch? - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/4/2003 7:07:22 PM
  - That is quite a document! - alcaray - 6/4/2003 7:51:39 PM
    - re: Sure is! The MER site has been updated. Web cast briefing: June 6th, 11am PDT. - Marcia - 6/5/2003 6:20:57 PM

The Moon's Dark, Icy Poles - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/4/2003 11:39:43 PM
- Does their definition of shadow include absence of earthshine - alcaray - 6/5/2003 6:21:25 PM
  - re: Does their definition of shadow include absence of earthshine - Raoul - 6/5/2003 6:54:53 PM
- re: The Moon's Dark, Icy Poles - perhaps CO2 flows not ice? - BD - 6/5/2003 1:29:33 AM

66th Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/5/2003 4:32:20 PM

Various landings sites on the Lunar south pole (from Space.com) - Raoul - 6/4/2003 3:31:17 PM
- re: Various landings sites on the Lunar south pole (from Space.com) - phil - 6/4/2003 4:35:04 PM
  - Lunar sample return versus Venus exploration - Gary - 6/5/2003 4:31:58 AM
    - re: It shouldn't have to be "versus". You mentioned Pioneer/Venus mission... there were 13 Pioneer crafts... 2 Voyagers. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 6/5/2003 3:37:34 PM
    - re: Lunar sample return versus Venus exploration - gbaikie - 6/5/2003 8:03:42 AM
      - I'm with GB, further... - alcaray - 6/5/2003 3:21:42 PM

Great Googly Moogly, The Europeans have some splainin' to do. - Lee - 6/3/2003 5:05:09 PM
- C'mon guys...ease up a bit. - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2003 3:39:53 AM
  - Typos are for us mere mortals, not news organizations. - Lee - 6/4/2003 5:12:38 AM
- The ENTIRE Mars Express mission will cost around $353 million. NASA's redundant twin rovers: OVER $800 million. - SpaceProjects.com - 6/3/2003 9:37:33 PM
  - One of the ways Mars Express will save money... - alcaray - 6/4/2003 3:43:50 PM
    - Apparent fallacies in your defense of NASA - SpaceProjects.com - 6/4/2003 6:03:32 PM
      - Somebody explain to me why I am bothering with this - alcaray - 6/4/2003 6:23:56 PM
        
        If it's a silly question, why did you fail to ANSWER it? - SpaceProjects.com - 6/4/2003 7:42:57 PM
        
        Sorry I thought I covered everything. Here you go: No, and no. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2003 8:10:48 PM
        
        Beats me - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/4/2003 7:29:39 PM
        
        Are ESA's bureaucrats & prime contractor making NASA's clique jealous & nervous? - SpaceProjects.com - 6/4/2003 7:48:37 PM
        
        No, Rich you're comparing Apples and Oranges... - Chris Vancil - 6/4/2003 8:10:42 PM
        
        A Toyota's no Lamborghini, but both get you there on time... - SpaceProjects.com - 6/4/2003 9:27:49 PM
        
        No Rich. Apples and Oranges! - Chris Vancil - 6/5/2003 7:07:54 AM
        
        Why Mars remains "forbidden fruit" - SpaceProjects.com - 6/5/2003 3:06:52 PM
        
        My mistake - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/4/2003 8:02:58 PM
  - Wait until AFTER Mars Express has successfully orbited Mars and .... - Gary - 6/4/2003 3:11:54 AM
  - Japan's Nozomi Mars Mission cost just $86 million - SpaceProjects.com - 6/3/2003 10:22:32 PM
    - Sometimes You Get What You Pay For - Mark Eby - 6/4/2003 12:33:56 AM
      - Photo-op-seeking NASA twin rovers vs. a science-performing British lander - SpaceProjects.com - 6/4/2003 2:31:50 PM
      - My two cents on mission costs - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2003 3:57:48 AM
        
        I'll second that. - Lee - 6/4/2003 5:19:19 AM
        
        re: My two cents on mission costs - Marcia - 6/4/2003 4:31:47 AM
        
        The Rovers have hubcaps, the Shuttle has make-work features too, but the cheaper Soyuz succeeds the most... - SpaceProjects.com - 6/4/2003 2:38:48 PM
      - Those rovers aren't that small either. - Lee - 6/4/2003 2:29:28 AM
- Good thing Space Daily isn't running the show - LJ - 6/3/2003 5:59:22 PM
- When ESA offers competitive prizes (like DARPA), they'll achieve more - SpaceProjects.com - 6/3/2003 5:26:44 PM
- re: Great Googly Moogly, The Europeans have some splainin' to do. - p - 6/3/2003 5:20:26 PM

Upcoming planet finding missions. - Scott - 6/5/2003 3:48:05 AM
- A nice contrast on how far we've come. - Lee - 6/5/2003 5:44:50 AM
- re: Upcoming planet finding missions. - Scott - 6/5/2003 3:51:05 AM

Supernova SN2002dd and dc in the new Hubble deep field image. - Raoul - 6/4/2003 6:40:15 PM

Apparently they all laughed at Elizabeth Weil too.... - et - 6/2/2003 7:54:29 PM
- re: Apparently they all laughed.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/4/2003 12:36:57 AM
  - re: Apparently they all laughed.... - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2003 3:34:29 PM

Sputnik - REB - 6/4/2003 1:22:04 PM
- re: Sputnik - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2003 3:24:16 PM

APOD for June 3rd, 2003. - Marcia - 6/4/2003 2:07:41 PM

If history is any indication - Buck Galaxy - 6/3/2003 8:16:07 AM
- re: If history is any indication - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2003 3:06:47 PM
  - re: re: If history is any indication - Buck Galaxy - 6/4/2003 4:13:15 AM
  - re: re: If history is any indication - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/4/2003 1:25:40 AM

Why Barry DiGregorio's book will become a classic. - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 2:07:00 AM
- No Way Jose - Mark Eby - 6/1/2003 7:22:02 PM
  - re: No Way Jose - BD - 6/2/2003 11:52:38 PM
    - re: re: No Way Jose - Mark Eby - 6/4/2003 2:10:40 AM
  - re: No Way Jose - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 8:26:16 PM
    - No Way Jose Again - Mark Eby - 6/1/2003 11:58:37 PM
      - re: No Way Jose Again - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 2:49:42 AM
        
        Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - Mark Eby - 6/2/2003 3:20:12 AM
        
        re: Mark's Fundamental Misunderstanding ..again - BD - 6/2/2003 11:24:36 PM
        
        Duh - Mark Eby - 6/4/2003 2:15:09 AM
        
        re: Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 4:08:15 AM
        
        re: Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - Chris Vancil - 6/2/2003 4:26:51 AM
        
        re: Chris: Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - BD - 6/2/2003 11:28:26 PM
        
        re: re: Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 4:57:09 AM
        
        re: Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - Chris Vancil - 6/2/2003 5:51:38 AM
        
        re: re: YOUR Fundamental Misunderstanding - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 11:43:52 PM
        
        re: re: Your Fundamental Misunderstanding - BD - 6/2/2003 11:39:42 PM
- I'm waiting for the... - Don - 6/1/2003 5:28:03 AM
  - re: I'm waiting for the... - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 2:28:06 PM
    - re: re: I'm waiting for the... - Don - 6/2/2003 3:38:01 AM
  - re: I'm waiting for the...odd isn't it? - BD - 6/1/2003 12:40:41 PM
    - re: re: I'm waiting for the...odd isn't it? - Don - 6/2/2003 3:35:58 AM
      - re: re: re: I'm waiting for the...odd isn't it? - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 4:27:46 AM
- Makes a good Presto Log when soaked in wax n/t (n/t) - Gary - 6/1/2003 4:00:42 AM
  - re: Makes a good Presto Log when soaked in wax n/t - BD - 6/2/2003 11:54:06 PM
  - Sounds like book burning. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 5:09:28 AM
  - re: Just for the heck of it... - BarryD. - 6/1/2003 12:46:15 PM
- re: Why Barry DiGregorio's book will become a classic. - BD - 6/1/2003 2:42:28 AM
- re: Why Barry DiGregorio's book will become a classic. - Justin Kelly - 6/1/2003 2:31:39 AM
  - re: re: Why Barry DiGregorio's book will become a classic. - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 2:59:52 AM
    - Why? - et - 6/2/2003 4:33:44 PM
    - Rocks - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2003 3:23:40 AM
      - re: Rocks - BD - 6/1/2003 3:47:19 AM
      - re: Rocks - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 3:33:58 AM
        
        re: re: Rocks - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 2:57:28 PM
        
        Still some problems with the links. - Robert Clark - 6/1/2003 3:00:21 PM
        
        re: Rocks - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2003 5:45:31 AM
        
        Blue rocks in Nature? - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 4:03:55 AM
        
        re: Blue rocks in Nature? - Tom Brosz - 6/2/2003 3:22:38 PM
        
        re: re: Blue rocks in Nature? - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 11:31:43 PM
        
        re: Blue rocks in Nature? - Robert Clark - 6/2/2003 4:14:18 AM
  - re: re: Why Barry DiGregorio's book will become a classic. - BD - 6/1/2003 2:45:10 AM

Marvin the Martian goes back home - Chris Vancil - 6/3/2003 7:23:12 PM
- Let's just hope those two don't do to Mars what they did to Planet X. (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 6/3/2003 9:18:04 PM
- re: Marvin the Martian goes back home - Marcia - 6/3/2003 8:43:34 PM

Mars Express in parking orbit. (n/t) (n/t) - Delbert - 6/2/2003 6:28:49 PM
- and it's working!! From Spaceflight Now - Delbert - 6/2/2003 8:46:41 PM
  - Now comes the confrontation with the Great Galactic Ghoul...Boooo! - Jacob Samorodin - 6/3/2003 2:18:50 PM
    - re: Now comes the confrontation with the Great Galactic Ghoul...Boooo! - Raoul - 6/3/2003 7:50:26 PM
- Yahoooo!!!!!! (n/t) - alcaray - 6/2/2003 8:44:31 PM
- Now it's on it's way - Delbert - 6/2/2003 7:50:26 PM
- Good news, anything is better than in the Pacific near Easter Island. (n/t) - et - 6/2/2003 6:40:13 PM

Mars express - Raoul - 6/1/2003 6:05:47 PM
- Hoping for success - Gary - 6/1/2003 6:58:35 PM
- Fingers firmly crossed! Good luck to them. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2003 6:39:31 PM
  - re: Fingers firmly crossed! Good luck to them... and apparently U.S. too: - Marcia - 6/3/2003 4:31:43 PM

Clear skies over Iraq. (Nice story from the JPL site.) - Marcia - 6/3/2003 4:24:41 PM

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