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Columbia: First casualty of Freedom for Iraq? - E.P. Grondine - 3/24/2003 12:30:36 PM
- Re: Columbia's Data Recorder - Chris Vancil - 3/24/2003 7:48:46 PM
  - Re: Oops one more time... - Chris Vancil - 3/24/2003 7:52:20 PM
    - Re: Oops that's a pop up ad go here instead... - Chris Vancil - 3/25/2003 8:00:25 PM
- Was Columbia Involved with Weather Experiments? - Lindy - 3/24/2003 5:14:21 PM
  - Hi Lindy, R.L. sends his regrets..... - Davin L. - 3/25/2003 1:44:08 PM
    - MY Foray Into Pseudoscience?? - Lindy - 3/25/2003 2:08:30 PM
      - Re: MY Foray Into Pseudoscience?? - Davin L. - 3/25/2003 3:40:02 PM
        
        Re: Future missions. - Marcia - 3/26/2003 4:48:42 PM
        
        Paying the price? - Lindy - 3/26/2003 5:20:50 PM
        
        Re: Sorry, Davin! - Marcia - 3/26/2003 4:53:59 PM
        
        Pittsburgh? - Tony - 3/26/2003 10:18:40 AM
        
        I'm only 5'5" n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/27/2003 5:25:57 PM
        
        You'ld be dwarfed by us strapping East coast lads - Tony - 3/27/2003 3:15:40 PM
        
        Yes... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 12:35:12 PM
        
        Your posts ARE highly critical. - Lindy - 3/26/2003 4:58:17 PM
        
        Vile? Hateful? Ich? - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2003 6:26:04 PM
        
        Just noticed...my winky has no nose ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 5:42:49 PM
        
        How does it smell? (n/t) (n/t) - Bud Abbott - 3/27/2003 5:43:23 PM
        
        Oh, bugger off. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2003 5:43:45 PM
  - Short answer: no. - ebnelson - 3/25/2003 1:09:34 PM
  - Re: Was Columbia Involved with Weather Experiments? - REB - 3/25/2003 12:36:23 PM
  - Holy cats, that one has to take the prize. - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2003 7:55:19 PM
    - Re: Sad that the very idea gets to see the light of day. - Marcia - 3/25/2003 2:51:42 PM

Emerging nanotek products - p - 3/27/2003 2:15:21 PM

The mother ship laying a contrail... - et - 3/26/2003 6:11:24 PM
- Your post is a breathe of fresh-air, et. Wink wink! [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/26/2003 8:56:04 PM
- Neat photo - Lindy - 3/26/2003 6:20:59 PM
  - The image is today's APOD. - et - 3/26/2003 7:43:56 PM
  - Looks like a windmill farm to me. Many such around here. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2003 7:20:56 PM

The myths - Raoul - 3/26/2003 6:23:59 PM
- Re: The myths - Woodlock - 3/26/2003 8:39:41 PM
  - Re: Sun angle - Raoul - 3/26/2003 9:28:12 AM
  - Re: Earth's atmosphere can play tricks on colors. - Marcia - 3/26/2003 9:06:48 AM

Missile Defense - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 4:23:13 PM
- It's not just about stopping missiles... - Nathan Koren - 3/25/2003 5:07:59 PM
  - Not really - Larry J - 3/26/2003 7:35:59 PM
  - Re: It's not just about stopping missiles... - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 7:35:18 PM
- What other technologies? (Another open question) - Davin L. - 3/25/2003 4:50:17 PM
  - Layered defense - Larry J - 3/25/2003 7:41:15 PM
- Re: "My take on it is if they deploy a system that only works 20 percent of the time, it's infinitely better than no system at all." - alcaray - 3/25/2003 10:27:54 AM
  - Costs of an attack - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 2:47:10 PM
  - The statistic about thousands dying each year from arsenic is bogus - Larry J - 3/25/2003 10:50:00 AM
    - Absolutely hell to be skewered by your own reasoning. - Bowser - 3/25/2003 3:34:50 PM
    - Cool! The tobacco company defense. - alcaray - 3/25/2003 11:08:49 AM
      - On the one hand, you admit that you can't show anyone who died from the allowed arsenic levels in drinking water... - Larry J - 3/25/2003 3:42:43 PM
        
        Arsenic levels - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 4:58:44 PM
      - Actually the anti-arsenic people and the anti-missle defense people are using - ebnelson - 3/25/2003 1:57:05 PM
  - Cost analysis is pointless - R.L. - 3/25/2003 10:41:05 AM
    - Two lives are worth exactly two lives; and worth exactly twice as much as one life. - alcaray - 3/25/2003 11:33:18 AM

Better than the Horsehead Nebula !!! - Success_Machine - 3/26/2003 2:17:32 PM
- Re: Monoceros V838 - Raoul - 3/26/2003 6:31:46 PM
- 'In fact, at present it is one of the coolest stars known' (I'll second that) (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 3/26/2003 3:13:05 PM

Lunar rocks - Raoul - 3/26/2003 11:50:03 AM

The Green Tide Principle - using solar energy effectively - Success_Machine - 3/26/2003 10:00:41 AM

Reply to R.L. in case you missed it - Johannes - 3/21/2003 11:10:58 AM
- Ok moron..... - R.L. - 3/22/2003 9:28:59 AM
  - Excuse my typos - R.L. - 3/22/2003 9:44:35 AM
    - http://groups.msn.com/Laserguidestar/maunakeapics.msnw?Page=1 - ebnelson - 3/22/2003 1:16:14 PM
      - It is a laser guide star - R.L. - 3/23/2003 3:18:18 PM
        
        Re: It is a laser guide star - pwokenyaw - 3/24/2003 10:06:55 AM
        
        hold on......I want you to see it..... - r.l - 3/24/2003 6:10:31 PM
        
        cool picture - SDG - 3/25/2003 8:50:25 PM
        
        public opinion..... - R.L. - 3/25/2003 9:47:04 AM
        
        bad typo....."hang"="hand" (n/t) - R.L. - 3/25/2003 9:48:50 AM
        
        Coherence? - RobVG - 3/23/2003 7:42:01 PM
        
        ummmare you the Rob vg I work with? (n/t) - r.l. - 3/24/2003 10:16:30 AM
        
        A very sore point!!!!!! - R.L. - 3/24/2003 9:03:31 AM
        
        So, at this point, it's kinda like the 'Bat signal' ? - RobVG - 3/24/2003 5:19:06 PM
        
        Re: So, at this point, it's kinda like the 'Bat signal' ? - R.L. - 3/24/2003 5:54:07 PM
        
        "An orange pillar to infinity".... - ebnelson - 3/23/2003 6:04:02 PM
        
        20W - Nick Hoffman - 3/23/2003 3:53:49 PM
        
        Not clear on your point - R.L. - 3/23/2003 7:50:07 PM
- YOU missed it, Johannes - Nick Hoffman - 3/21/2003 6:45:23 PM
- Re: in case you missed it - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2003 11:37:31 AM
  - Re: Replies to the guy’s - Johannes - 3/23/2003 1:14:05 PM
    - OK JOHANES, No insults - R.L. - 3/24/2003 9:27:47 AM
      - Sorry, I am meanest when I try to be kind! - R,L, - 3/24/2003 9:39:25 AM

Comet C/2001 RX14 Linear - Raoul - 3/23/2003 11:46:18 AM
- Out of curiosity... - Sarandon - 3/23/2003 4:14:01 PM
  - Re: Out of curiosity... - Raoul - 3/23/2003 7:43:47 PM
    - Indeed, however my point was -- Please read :) - Sarandon - 3/23/2003 10:13:35 AM
      - Re: Hale Bopp - Raoul - 3/24/2003 8:25:16 PM
        
        Damn, Raoul....You are good- all those who agree say "aye" - R.L. - 3/24/2003 4:46:58 PM
        
        You got one solid "aye!" from me! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 8:16:17 PM
        
        Re: Blushing....:-) - Raoul - 3/25/2003 4:00:36 PM
        
        I figured you blush. - RobVG - 3/25/2003 7:15:33 PM
        
        Dear god save us... We made a frenchman blush! - Davin L. - 3/25/2003 4:52:55 PM
        
        Re: We made a frenchman blush! - Raoul - 3/25/2003 10:06:49 AM
        
        AYE! AYE! AYE! :) :) :) :) - Sarandon - 3/25/2003 11:17:01 AM
        
        Aye! n/t (n/t) - LJ - 3/25/2003 9:06:46 AM
        
        OK lets b clear - R.L very tired - 3/24/2003 5:07:47 PM
        
        We understood perfectly. All of us appreciate Raoul's astronomical and other contributions. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2003 7:37:09 PM
        
        Re: Aye! I know, R.L. :) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/25/2003 4:40:17 PM

L.A. Times speculates that a NASA center or more could be closed to free up funds... - SpaceProjects.com - 3/23/2003 12:06:55 PM
- Re: L.A. Times speculates that a NASA center or more could be closed to free up funds... - Chris Vancil - 3/24/2003 11:42:03 AM
  - If NASA funded competitive prizes like DARPA, couldn't the market decide how many centers are "needed"? - SpaceProjects.com - 3/25/2003 4:12:02 PM

The most distant galaxy - Raoul Lannoy - 3/25/2003 10:02:58 AM
- Re: The most distant galaxy - Raoul - 3/25/2003 10:04:31 AM

Near Black Holes - Raoul - 3/25/2003 9:56:51 AM

An amateur astronomer up there , in space! - Raoul - 3/25/2003 9:50:11 AM

March/23/1983. Ronald Reagan announces the SDI project... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/23/2003 7:05:25 PM
- Re: March/23/1983. Ronald Reagan announces the SDI project... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2003 8:57:02 PM
- Isn't that the purpose of R&D? - Lee - 3/23/2003 7:23:08 PM
- Re: March/23/1983. Ronald Reagan announces the SDI project... - Davin L. - 3/23/2003 1:12:54 PM
- Re: Why china ? - SM - 3/23/2003 12:20:59 PM
  - Re: Why china ? - Davin L. - 3/23/2003 1:07:46 PM

Related indirectly to the post below, could Iraq threaten Western Europe now with missiles? - Jacob Samorodin - 3/23/2003 7:22:15 PM

What happend at 19:00 hours that shook the world? - Jack Herer - 3/21/2003 9:38:37 AM
- Follow link and click on magenta diamond. - et - 3/21/2003 9:46:37 AM
  - great site (nt) (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/22/2003 1:59:26 PM

Technologies of the next century - Success_Machine - 3/22/2003 9:16:01 AM
- Very nice background. (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 3/22/2003 1:42:02 PM
- Re: Cool . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2003 9:34:28 AM

Liked the pics at Spaceweather.com . . . - D. Spires - 3/21/2003 9:23:09 AM
- Re: Liked the pics at Spaceweather.com . . . - ebnelson - 3/22/2003 1:31:31 PM

What is Magnetopause / Bow Shock - Sam - 3/21/2003 4:50:23 PM
- Re: What is Magnetopause / Bow Shock - Jack Herer - 3/21/2003 8:12:23 PM
  - Giddy with war scenes I guess?!?!?!? - et - 3/21/2003 8:16:04 PM
- Re: Magnetopause / Bow Shock - D. Spires - 3/21/2003 8:08:38 PM
  - Thanks for your info - Sam - 3/21/2003 8:14:37 PM
    - Re: It's a 'constant', not an 'often' . . . - D. Spires - 3/21/2003 8:19:11 PM
- No soup for you! - et - 3/21/2003 8:03:29 PM
- Magnetopause - FrankC - 3/21/2003 5:41:44 PM
  - Re: X^D . . . - D. Spires - 3/21/2003 7:59:09 PM

Shuttle data recorder discovered - REB - 3/20/2003 1:16:58 PM
- Official story - Delbert - 3/20/2003 4:47:32 PM
  - Doesn't look very well insulated... - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2003 5:28:06 PM
    - It may not use tape - Larry J - 3/21/2003 2:48:49 PM
      - It does use tape - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2003 4:12:53 PM
        
        Yeah, I saw that in a later news story - Larry J - 3/21/2003 6:26:31 PM
        
        Magnetic tape or wire? - Lee - 3/21/2003 2:39:34 PM
    - Re: Let's hope its intact - SM - 3/20/2003 4:18:07 PM

Schroedinger's cat and Columbia's black box - Bowser - 3/21/2003 2:20:59 PM
- Re: Schroedinger's cat and Columbia's black box - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2003 4:09:20 PM
  - Whimsy - and Nixon. - Bowser - 3/21/2003 5:55:31 PM

And meanwhile, up in space... - Raoul Lannoy - 3/21/2003 5:50:23 PM

We are mutants! - p - 3/19/2003 5:46:43 PM
- This tends to back up my ideas. - Lee - 3/19/2003 7:51:37 PM
  - Re: This tends to back up my ideas. - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2003 8:03:03 PM
    - True, but it's a start. - Lee - 3/19/2003 10:12:18 AM
      - Re: As long as we can still be free to 'choose', there won't be problems. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/19/2003 10:47:35 AM
    - Re: Windup toys? I don't think so. - Marcia - 3/19/2003 9:46:09 AM
      - So are the Welsh - Lee - 3/19/2003 10:03:03 AM
        
        Re: So are the Welsh - Marcia - 3/19/2003 10:44:58 AM
- Re: We are fabulous mutants! - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2003 6:34:10 PM
  - According to Desmond Morris... - alcaray - 3/19/2003 7:03:44 PM
    - If you're in the mood for a really long read - Mary Anne - 3/20/2003 1:42:44 PM
      - Gay animals - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2003 4:21:37 PM
        
        Rutles, not Python? n/t (n/t) - Tony - 3/21/2003 5:04:37 PM
        
        Could be. She just cares that it's Eric Idle. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2003 2:30:09 PM
      - Re: If you're in the mood for a really long read - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2003 6:16:20 PM
      - Not that long! - alcaray - 3/20/2003 6:14:12 PM
    - and a big wet kiss to both you big fellas! n/t (n/t) - p - 3/19/2003 9:34:15 AM
      - George: "Oh, we're not..." - alcaray - 3/19/2003 10:12:19 AM
  - Re: We are fabulous mutants! - Robert - 3/19/2003 9:54:46 AM
    - Re: We are fabulous mutants! - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2003 12:10:05 PM
      - Re: We are fabulous mutants! - Robert - 3/20/2003 5:09:28 PM
        
        URL in original post was mistyped... - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2003 5:51:53 PM
- Re: We are mutants! URL - p - 3/19/2003 5:48:11 PM
  - Speak for yourself rabbit boy.... - et - 3/19/2003 6:01:52 PM

Searfoss - R Lannoy - 3/21/2003 10:19:05 AM
- Re: Searfoss - Arthur Smith - 3/21/2003 3:42:12 PM

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