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Cheap Li-Ion replacements from Magnesium batteries? - et - 4/23/2003 8:23:20 AM
- Re: Cheap Li-Ion replacements from Magnesium batteries? - p - 4/23/2003 10:34:02 AM

Hellas Basin on Mars: Water, Liquid CO2, or both? - REB - 4/22/2003 11:46:15 AM
- Re: Hellas Basin on Mars: Water, Liquid CO2, or both? - Nick Hoffman - 4/22/2003 4:38:53 PM
  - Re: Hellas Basin on Mars: Water, Liquid CO2, or both? - REB - 4/22/2003 5:41:36 PM
    - Re: Hellas Basin on Mars: Water, Liquid CO2, or both? - Alex R. Blackwell - 4/22/2003 5:54:46 PM
      - Re: Hellas Basin on Mars: Water, Liquid CO2, or both? - Chris Vancil - 4/23/2003 9:23:16 AM
        
        On life support, actually - Alex R. Blackwell - 4/23/2003 9:44:30 AM

NY Times: "3,000 Amateurs Offer NASA Photos of Columbia's Demise" - Larry J - 4/22/2003 7:13:57 PM

A nebula in the LMC from the VLT (BAT99-2) - Raoul - 4/21/2003 5:27:59 PM
- Great image - Thanks for the post Raoul. n/t. (n/t) - Vince - 4/22/2003 6:32:11 PM

Is this Venus in the bottom right - Sam - 4/21/2003 8:45:55 AM
- No - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 12:49:26 PM
- I'd guess if it's a celestial object at all, it's the moon. - et - 4/21/2003 9:01:03 AM
  - errata (IF'dU) - et - 4/21/2003 9:32:48 AM
    - When I stop laughing... - Robert - 4/21/2003 2:05:57 PM
      - When I stop blushing.... - et - 4/22/2003 4:26:37 PM
        
        Yeah, I thought men were from Mars...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/22/2003 5:07:51 PM
    - Nice fix on the typo. LOL! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2003 12:45:32 PM

Interesting stuff from NASA - Johannes - 4/22/2003 3:17:18 PM

SpaceShipOne article - Occasional Reader - 4/21/2003 1:20:11 PM
- Re: SpaceShipOne article - phil - 4/21/2003 2:15:50 PM
  - I don't know about paying $100,000 to go into sub-orbital space... - Scott - 4/21/2003 2:23:42 PM
    - Market estimate on sub-orb - FrankC - 4/21/2003 2:37:36 PM
- FAA out! - OR - 4/21/2003 1:32:31 PM
  - Didn't the FAA block Beal in Guiana? - SpaceProjects.com - 4/21/2003 5:34:36 PM
    - Cancuun could add another tourist/vacation draw - Scott - 4/21/2003 7:11:22 PM
      - Wouldn't the Caribbean Islands be at risk, though? - SpaceProjects.com - 4/22/2003 2:38:49 PM
  - Mexico - Nick Hoffman - 4/21/2003 5:07:15 PM
  - FAA certification is hideously expensive - Larry J - 4/21/2003 1:51:53 PM
    - Interesting - OR - 4/21/2003 3:31:36 PM
      - Mexico's other advantages: no space agency, little liability, cheap engineers, and soft money was banned in '96 - SpaceProjects.com - 4/21/2003 5:41:24 PM

Debris flows over sand dunes on Mars: Evidence for liquid water - Alex R. Blackwell - 4/21/2003 7:11:24 PM
- Liquid water debris flows on Mars are happening now. - Robert Clark - 4/22/2003 1:51:06 PM
- Slight correction - Alex R. Blackwell - 4/21/2003 7:19:53 PM

test. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/21/2003 1:38:02 PM
- Wuzzup? - Robert - 4/21/2003 5:33:49 PM
  - Just a software filter. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 4/22/2003 1:27:47 PM

ABC News: "Shuttle Doomed at Takeoff" - Larry J - 4/20/2003 12:42:19 PM
- "It's kind of like the lady in California. Everybody knows it's her, but they just can't officially say it yet."....sounds like a Tom Brosz cliché. n/t - €sunblok€ - 4/22/2003 9:00:01 AM
- "It's kind of like the lady in California. Everybody knows it's her, but they just can't officially say it yet."....sounds like a Tom Brosz cliché. n/t - €sunblok€ - 4/22/2003 8:59:52 AM
- True Columbia was damaged at lift-off, but the "dooming" came later - E.P. Grondine - 4/21/2003 7:21:17 PM

Yo EP, what was that you we're saying about an impact causing the fall of Rome? Ø (n/t) - et - 4/18/2003 4:56:22 PM
- Hope this clears it up, et - E.P. Grondine - 4/18/2003 6:48:02 PM
  - Just asking because.... - et - 4/18/2003 6:58:39 PM
    - Keys re-dating appears wrong - E.P. Grondine - 4/21/2003 7:14:42 PM

University of Hawaii sets sights on lunar poles - Alex R. Blackwell - 4/21/2003 7:08:40 PM

Martian north polar dust storm. - et - 4/18/2003 6:50:14 PM
- topographical shadow - et - 4/18/2003 6:52:38 PM
  - What sorts of photographic capabilities will Beagle 2 have? - Private entrepreneur - 4/18/2003 11:12:06 AM
    - From: http://www.beagle2.com/science/cameras.htm - et - 4/21/2003 7:01:01 PM
    - Re: What sorts of photographic capabilities will Beagle 2 have? - BD - 4/18/2003 12:20:55 PM

Buzz on CSPAN - O'Neil - 4/20/2003 10:53:55 AM
- Re: Buzz on CSPAN - gbaikie - 4/20/2003 3:23:40 PM
  - $2000 per kwh - Nick Hoffman - 4/21/2003 5:38:47 PM
    - Re: $2000 per kwh - gbaikie - 4/21/2003 11:57:44 AM
- Re: Buzz's booster - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 1:45:29 PM
  - Re: Buzz's booster - O'Neil - 4/20/2003 6:20:16 PM
  - Make that "Starcraft Booster, Inc." (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 1:46:42 PM

More stuff on Rutan's Spaceship One - Tom Brosz - 4/18/2003 5:38:02 PM
- Thanks for all the feedback and information - Occasional Reader - 4/20/2003 9:01:08 AM
- New CNN article r/e SpaceShipOne; significance for Shuttle program? - SpaceProjects.com - 4/19/2003 2:13:18 PM
  - SpaceShipOne and Shuttle - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2003 5:29:29 PM
- Some clarification please for an ignoramus - Occasional Reader - 4/19/2003 10:13:31 AM
  - Testing is underway for parts of the system - Larry J - 4/19/2003 3:15:12 PM
    - So why won't it melt? - Lee - 4/20/2003 7:32:16 PM
      - Not all composites are created equally - Larry J - 4/20/2003 10:38:01 AM
      - Re: So why won't it melt? - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2003 9:30:48 AM
        
        also, v vs h - Nick Hoffman - 4/21/2003 5:28:36 PM
    - Rutan did have some outside financial backing for this, but not sure who. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2003 6:52:55 PM
      - Hmm, who has money and has shown a willingness to invest in space? - Larry J - 4/19/2003 9:13:51 AM
        
        Dennis Tito was at the event. - Lee - 4/19/2003 1:14:45 PM
        
        Re: Dennis Tito was at the event. - John Carmack - 4/19/2003 6:01:22 PM
        
        Tito has publicly spoken AGAINST space tax incentives :-( - SpaceProjects.com - 4/19/2003 2:10:47 PM
  - from an ignoramus to one - phil - 4/19/2003 1:00:04 PM

Shuttle Program Manager to Quit - BD - 4/20/2003 12:10:41 PM
- Not the first, nor the last to fall on his sword... n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 4/21/2003 5:08:52 PM

Next crew to ISS - Raoul - 4/21/2003 4:34:00 PM

In response to Nipper Wolf's survey. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/21/2003 2:02:58 PM
- You'd need to modify that Soyuz somewhat... - Larry J - 4/21/2003 3:22:48 PM
  - Re: You'd need to modify that Soyuz somewhat... - gbaikie - 4/21/2003 8:54:58 AM
    - We solved that problem in the 1960s with Apollo - Larry J - 4/21/2003 9:20:10 AM
    - What about magnetic shielding? - Lee - 4/21/2003 9:16:31 AM

ISS across the Moon!!! - Raoul - 4/19/2003 12:19:36 PM
- Cool! - Tom Brosz - 4/19/2003 5:26:24 PM
  - Re: genuine - Raoul - 4/20/2003 7:56:45 PM
  - Re: Cool! - Nick Hoffman - 4/20/2003 4:35:16 PM
  - Re: Cool! - Raoul - 4/20/2003 9:10:54 AM

If I would have - Johannes - 4/17/2003 4:31:48 PM
- another point - alcaray - 4/18/2003 3:03:56 PM
  - Re: another point: Good point, now tell me - Johannes - 4/18/2003 5:55:14 PM
    - Johannes, start here... - Nick Hoffman - 4/19/2003 4:38:27 PM
      - Re: Johannes, start here..... Thanks for the links Nick, I will n/t (n/t) - Johannes - 4/19/2003 4:54:14 PM
        
        hydrodynamic escape - Nick Hoffman - 4/19/2003 5:08:32 PM
      - Re: Johannes, start here... Thanks again - Johannes - 4/19/2003 1:49:49 PM
        
        Johannes... - Nick Hoffman - 4/20/2003 5:15:23 PM
        
        A better answer - Nick Hoffman - 4/20/2003 5:55:12 PM
- Good post n/t - Knew it all already though j/k (n/t) - Brian Gyles - 4/18/2003 8:49:58 AM
  - Re: Good post n/t - Knew it all already though j/k - Johannes - 4/18/2003 6:04:16 PM

Maybe I should have rephrased my questions, below. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/19/2003 8:46:14 AM
- Re: Maybe I should have rephrased my questions, below. - gbaikie - 4/19/2003 4:39:29 PM
  - Re: That's even worse than I expected !!! - Success_Machine - 4/20/2003 5:17:38 PM
- Re: You don't know ? I'm shocked !!! lol - SM - 4/19/2003 2:21:14 PM

Mars, the Multi-colored Planet. - Robert Clark - 4/20/2003 5:11:46 PM

America's attitude about space changeing? - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2003 4:49:59 PM
- Our manned space program might almost work if we slashed safety standards - pwokenyaw - 4/20/2003 3:46:59 PM
- Another look at American get-tough attitude - Mary Anne - 4/20/2003 10:11:53 AM
- Re: NSS annual membership survey - Raoul - 4/19/2003 4:01:27 PM
- Effing A, Buckster! n/t (n/t) - phil - 4/19/2003 1:02:23 PM

"We Seven" - mrpex - 4/20/2003 9:40:10 AM
- Re: the Original nine - Raoul - 4/20/2003 2:05:55 PM

For those who have the Apollo 15 DVD! - Raoul - 4/20/2003 8:29:18 AM

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