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A letter to Larry - ER - 1/16/2014 2:23:36 AM
- Interesting, and very well done. 4.0 - bowser - 1/17/2014 4:11:00 AM

Good News For Dream Chaser? - Ainz - 1/10/2014 12:46:54 AM
- Always felt a pilot would have better control on board, rather than RC . . . - DanS - 1/10/2014 3:46:33 PM
  - Dream Chaser was flown solely by onboard controls. - TB - 1/12/2014 3:42:35 PM

What's up with SpaceX's competition - TB - 1/10/2014 10:46:30 PM
- Competition in a big scale at that - SteveS - 1/12/2014 2:06:04 PM

SpaceX Scheduled to Launch Another F9 v1.1 Tomorrow - Jan 3 - Ainz - 1/2/2014 7:46:45 PM
- Nothin' But Net... - Ainz - 1/7/2014 3:45:37 AM
  - Keep them coming - SteveS - 1/7/2014 4:48:11 PM
    - I would think it impossible for any local private industry to compete against any foreign government funded mission. (n/t) - DanS - 1/7/2014 6:07:07 PM
      - Private industry. - bowser - 1/9/2014 11:13:21 AM
        
        What's the real difference? - bowser - 1/9/2014 5:24:55 PM
        
        The bottom line, mainly. - TB - 1/9/2014 6:06:57 PM
        
        The way I look at it - SteveS - 1/9/2014 4:47:47 PM
        
        For the private missions, like comsats, the satellite company pays for the insurance. - TB - 1/9/2014 3:54:21 PM
        
        Where's SpaceX's risk? - bowser - 1/9/2014 5:32:13 PM
        
        An example of a government subsidy: - TB - 1/9/2014 5:58:21 PM
      - Competition - TB - 1/7/2014 6:35:46 PM
        
        I do agree, Tom, competition is a good thing . . . - DanS - 1/8/2014 1:54:13 AM
        
        Well, you are right about one thing - FrankC - 1/8/2014 7:25:26 AM
        
        "Couple of centuries?" - TB - 1/8/2014 4:08:36 AM
        
        Sorry about that . . . - DanS - 1/8/2014 12:35:50 PM
- UPDATE: Launch Is On For 5:06 PM, Monday - 01-06-14 - Ainz - 1/6/2014 8:48:34 AM
- Ooops,...now delayed until Monday... - Ainz - 1/2/2014 11:24:13 PM

The December numbers - ER - 1/8/2014 7:18:49 PM

Orbital 1 Launch Wallops Island, VA 8th or 9th - SteveS - 1/7/2014 6:43:18 PM

Mysterious Light Associated with Earthquakes . . . - DanS - 1/6/2014 1:46:36 PM
- I think NOVA (PBS) did an episode on this... - Ainz - 1/7/2014 3:57:43 AM
- Could also explain why animals seem to know they are coming. Pooping dogs could be a test. - bowser - 1/7/2014 3:31:29 AM
  - What's astonishing is not that dogs have a built-in compass... - ER - 1/7/2014 1:12:41 PM

'Comets of the Centuries' . . . - DanS - 12/27/2013 7:27:10 PM
- Day time comets - SteveS - 12/28/2013 2:17:33 PM
- Comets, to the naked eye. meh... - FrankC - 12/27/2013 9:53:23 PM
  - Bright comets are not that uncommon. - ER - 12/28/2013 2:06:07 AM

Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2013 . . . - DanS - 12/24/2013 6:09:11 PM

What's going on in Russia? - hank - 12/18/2013 2:22:31 AM
- The last 35 Novembers. - ER - 12/19/2013 2:52:19 PM
- I have it on absolutely reliable sources. - bowser - 12/18/2013 3:01:28 AM

China has successfully launched the Chang'e 3 Lunar Landing Mission - Ainz - 12/1/2013 11:00:20 PM
- Great video of lander descent - SteveS - 12/16/2013 4:28:58 PM
- Video of the rover leaving the lander - SteveS - 12/14/2013 10:44:02 PM
  - It's interesting to note... - SDAI-Tech - 12/15/2013 11:59:15 AM
    - Some Chinese cartoonist are having fun with it - SteveS - 12/16/2013 11:59:16 PM
    - Not much of a score. - TB - 12/15/2013 3:40:19 PM
      - A big mistake. - bowser - 12/15/2013 4:09:42 PM
        
        America has a long, sad history of underestimating Asian countries. - CJB - 12/16/2013 2:37:44 AM
- Chang 3 soft-lands successfully. - bowser - 12/14/2013 3:33:50 PM
- Touchdown - SteveS - 12/14/2013 3:32:54 PM
  - Fabulous! - Raoul - 12/14/2013 8:53:59 PM
    - Re: Fabulous! - Raoul - 12/14/2013 8:56:37 PM
- UPDATE: Chang'e 3 Landing Tomorrow, 12/14/13 at 5:40 PST (13:40 UT) - Ainz - 12/14/2013 6:43:34 AM
- UPDATE: Chinese probe arrives in lunar orbit for moon landing - Ainz - 12/7/2013 12:29:27 PM
- Ooops, make that 'touch down at Sinus Iridum' on Dec 14 n/t - Ainz - 12/3/2013 11:31:06 PM

Geminids - SteveS - 12/14/2013 2:34:23 PM
- Nice, and way to brave the elements. n/t - RobVG - 12/14/2013 6:30:44 PM

Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code. - Jody - 12/14/2013 6:01:09 AM
- gene controll - FrankC - 12/14/2013 8:06:55 AM
- Fascinating, and makes so much sense. - bowser - 12/14/2013 7:17:03 AM

Navy's new anti-sub plane vastly inferior to the old one. (P-8 compared with P-3.) - bowser - 12/9/2013 8:29:39 PM
- I think I share your concerns... - Ainz - 12/13/2013 2:46:17 AM
  - Thanks for the info. 'Preciate it. - bowser - 12/14/2013 1:43:42 AM
- American Stuka - CJB - 12/10/2013 3:48:10 AM
  - Someone new? Welcome- come and set a spell. - RobVG - 12/10/2013 4:58:00 AM
    - CJB's passport has stamps back to the HZ(Damn)TikiWiki era. - podrock - 12/10/2013 6:43:42 AM
      - "I'm Burke. Carter J Burke. I work for the company." - CJB - 12/10/2013 5:50:33 PM
- When I moved out here, the P-3 was a regular feature in our skies. - TB - 12/9/2013 10:38:47 PM
  - As a kid - - - - - bowser - 12/10/2013 1:14:02 AM

Death of a Comet . . . - DanS - 12/13/2013 7:20:41 PM
- Farewell... - SteveS - 12/13/2013 11:44:56 PM

A jewel at the heart of quantum physics - Jody - 12/13/2013 4:32:26 AM
- From the Comments: - Ainz - 12/13/2013 11:15:46 PM
- Sorta makes it all look like a -- a hologram. (n/t) - DanS - 12/13/2013 7:17:30 PM
  - Bwahahahahaha - Jody - 12/13/2013 11:01:03 PM
- Wow! - FrankC - 12/13/2013 4:52:17 PM
  - very, Wow! - Ainz - 12/13/2013 10:16:13 PM

Large diffracting space telescopes - RobVG - 12/6/2013 6:27:07 PM
- MOIRE - Ainz - 12/7/2013 11:19:03 PM
  - Can you imagine a 4 meter version- for your back yard? n/t - RobVG - 12/8/2013 2:23:35 AM
    - A few years ago...... - Ainz - 12/12/2013 11:47:44 PM
    - Excuse me. - bowser - 12/9/2013 1:33:19 AM
      - Sorta makes ya wanna mow it. X^D (n/t) - DanS - 12/9/2013 5:31:50 PM

Remember Curiosity at Yellowknife - SteveS - 12/10/2013 4:51:32 PM

NRO Mission Patches - SteveS - 12/8/2013 1:59:51 PM
- Last launch of the KH11- Aug 28 2013 - RobVG - 12/8/2013 7:03:59 PM
  - NRO - SteveS - 12/9/2013 2:25:33 PM

Milky Way’s Black Hole is Shooting Particle Jets . . . - DanS - 12/5/2013 7:23:00 PM
- What ever happened to "nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole"? - RobVG - 12/6/2013 6:39:15 PM
  - When a Black Hole Eats a Star . . . - DanS - 12/6/2013 7:26:26 PM
    - Good article - RobVG - 12/6/2013 8:32:47 PM

Cyber Monday! - Jody - 12/2/2013 5:21:06 PM
- Nice pick - SteveS - 12/5/2013 1:37:36 PM
  - Hahaha.. - Jody - 12/6/2013 1:10:10 AM
    - Well you have time - SteveS - 12/6/2013 2:02:16 PM
- You Save: $360.02 (80%) . . . - DanS - 12/2/2013 7:28:49 PM

SpaceX F9 v1.1 Orbits SES 8 TV COMSAT - Ainz - 12/3/2013 11:48:14 PM
- Spam deleted - podrock - 12/6/2013 5:25:28 AM
- Congrats to all! - SteveS - 12/5/2013 1:28:43 PM
- Bugger! - TB - 12/4/2013 12:01:29 AM

Mapping Earth's Magnetic Field . . . - DanS - 12/4/2013 1:48:06 PM

Slowing down the cricket's song - Jody - 12/2/2013 4:57:02 AM
- That's awesome. It really does sound like a choir... n/t - Ainz - 12/3/2013 11:58:56 PM

Stereo has eyes on Ison - SteveS - 11/23/2013 2:57:22 PM
- Ison now in view of SOHO - SteveS - 11/27/2013 3:00:30 PM
  - Lost glory . . . - DanS - 11/30/2013 5:59:56 PM
  - Beginning to look like it disintegrated at perhelion. - TB - 11/28/2013 7:39:39 PM
    - It doesn't look good - SteveS - 11/28/2013 7:42:09 PM
      - Looks like a fragment survived - SteveS - 11/29/2013 12:24:29 PM
        
        And getting brighter - SteveS - 11/29/2013 6:25:28 PM
        
        And then not. - podrock - 12/1/2013 6:57:42 AM
        
        Roasted Ison - SteveS - 12/1/2013 12:54:12 PM

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