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SpaceX's amazing achievement. - bowser - 10/14/2013 4:43:34 AM

Sometimes you realize just how lucky you are. - ER - 10/11/2013 2:29:41 AM
- Sometimes - - - - bowser - 10/12/2013 2:32:40 AM
- ;^) - DanS - 10/12/2013 1:15:59 AM

Scott Carpenter dead at 88 - TB - 10/10/2013 9:52:01 PM
- A local hero. - podrock - 10/11/2013 10:02:41 PM
- Scott loved his grits... - FrankC - 10/10/2013 11:35:25 PM

Can Cities Solve Climate Change . . . ? - DanS - 10/11/2013 11:18:11 AM
- Gaia, and the free market, will solve this problem. - ER - 10/11/2013 3:53:22 PM

Oxygen in the news - RobVG - 10/9/2013 7:00:42 PM
- Does anyone know the spectral requirements of chlorophyll? - ER - 10/9/2013 7:23:14 PM
  - I don't think that would really matter . . . - DanS - 10/10/2013 1:59:26 PM
    - Maybe there is no substitute for chlorophyll. - ER - 10/10/2013 4:32:03 PM
      - . . . we may very well be alone . . . - DanS - 10/10/2013 6:33:25 PM
        
        I really hate it too. - ER - 10/10/2013 6:50:44 PM
        
        The Drake Equation. . . - DanS - 10/10/2013 11:31:47 PM
        
        I wouldn't put too much creedence in any of those hypotheses. - ER - 10/11/2013 1:24:34 AM

The October Country - ER - 10/9/2013 1:27:47 PM

LADEE arrives at the Moon - SteveS - 10/7/2013 2:05:45 PM
- As it happens, a former, long time Zoner works on that project. (n/t) - podrock - 10/7/2013 11:13:09 PM
  - Well, I have to guess - SteveS - 10/7/2013 11:52:28 PM
    - The other Robert. - hank - 10/8/2013 12:01:23 AM
      - Ah - SteveS - 10/8/2013 2:02:32 PM
        
        Good non-NASA coverage - ER - 10/8/2013 5:29:19 PM
        
        Thanks - SteveS - 10/9/2013 12:23:18 PM

Snolab - Jody - 10/5/2013 6:15:03 PM
- Been down that far. - podrock - 10/8/2013 1:48:38 AM
- There's a series of scifi novels that feature Sudbury prominently. - alcaray - 10/7/2013 9:21:34 AM
- Cool beans . . . - DanS - 10/6/2013 4:11:06 AM
- Wow! - TB - 10/5/2013 11:41:24 PM
  - The next phase: - TB - 10/5/2013 11:48:42 PM

Wild Cat - SteveS - 10/5/2013 1:58:37 PM
- Link? n/t - RobVG - 10/5/2013 7:57:32 PM
  - Not sure why my embedded links seem to disappear - SteveS - 10/6/2013 12:54:48 PM
    - Slightly amazing. - bowser - 10/7/2013 8:19:48 AM
      - Backpacking - SteveS - 10/7/2013 1:51:51 PM
- Scary . . . - DanS - 10/5/2013 6:13:57 PM

Freeze.. thaw... live... - Jody - 10/1/2013 2:27:15 AM
- And, so, why is that . . . ? - DanS - 10/1/2013 6:42:37 PM

Orbital Sciences cargo vehicle docks with ISS - TB - 10/1/2013 3:24:45 AM

Comet Ison - SteveS - 9/30/2013 3:02:59 PM
- I think it will be a washout for us. It won't survive perihelion passage. - ER - 9/30/2013 7:45:01 PM
  - It will be close - SteveS - 9/30/2013 10:23:29 PM
    - Thanks. - ER - 9/30/2013 10:29:22 PM

Mars soil confirmed 2 percent water - SteveS - 9/28/2013 4:09:20 PM
- This is still floating around the web . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 10:07:57 AM
  - 404 - Page Not Found - DanS - 9/30/2013 10:11:21 AM
    - Great find - SteveS - 9/30/2013 1:20:35 PM
- to link - RobVG - 9/29/2013 12:31:56 AM
  - Such a refresher -- and so simple . . . - DanS - 9/29/2013 12:39:41 AM
- We've found it best to do HTML when you edit a post. - podrock - 9/28/2013 9:57:35 PM
- At low temperatures, ice is just another mineral. - ER - 9/28/2013 8:56:32 PM
  - Sublimation . . . - DanS - 9/28/2013 9:30:19 PM

Twin primes - bowser - 9/23/2013 3:50:57 PM
- Not a prime-guy, however . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 10:13:06 AM
- "The entire article could be BS," - ER - 9/23/2013 8:28:59 PM

A Mystery. - Jody - 9/6/2013 1:58:24 PM
- It's a trap . . . - DanS - 9/30/2013 1:34:16 AM
  - I never did find out what it was but I think you are right. - Jody - 9/30/2013 2:29:43 AM
- Pufferfish nest! - TB - 9/6/2013 9:34:29 PM
- Check this cocoon out: - TB - 9/6/2013 6:36:32 PM
  - I think the *mystery* is a cocoon Tom...as I suspect you do. - Jody - 9/6/2013 7:11:29 PM
  - OMG...magnificent! - Jody - 9/6/2013 6:51:23 PM
- Sign...sign...everywhere a sign - SteveS - 9/6/2013 3:19:02 PM
  - "Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind - ER - 9/6/2013 5:21:42 PM
    - Don't remeber it... - SteveS - 9/6/2013 7:44:57 PM
      - Also from 5 man electrical band. Highly underrated Canadian band. - ER - 9/6/2013 8:29:49 PM
- It should be pretty obvious. - ER - 9/6/2013 2:17:19 PM
  - It does look a bit like an Omni station. - bowser - 9/6/2013 11:00:25 PM
  - How did you know - SteveS - 9/6/2013 7:45:26 PM
  - You may think you're kidding - Robert - 9/6/2013 7:33:59 PM
    - We could calculate the frequency - johannes - 9/8/2013 10:48:31 PM
  - Someone should do tests to see if there is a force field reaction if ... - FrankC - 9/6/2013 3:15:31 PM
  - I already figured that ER.. - Jody - 9/6/2013 2:46:09 PM
    - Looking around some more... - FrankC - 9/6/2013 3:55:41 PM
    - symmetry is everywhere in nature.. - FrankC - 9/6/2013 3:22:09 PM
      - BTW - FrankC - 9/6/2013 4:00:38 PM
        
        LOL!!! BUGS FRANK! Slimy bugs! - Jody - 9/6/2013 5:00:18 PM

Solar wind speed. For ER - johannes - 9/21/2013 2:39:34 AM
- Photons are fast, the Universe vast, and shoes are made on a last. - bowser - 9/23/2013 3:17:10 PM
- Ok, J. I'll start working on your poem right away.. - ER - 9/21/2013 7:36:58 PM
- The vast majority of energy leaving the sun (and the vast majority of energy hitting the earth from external sources - almost exclusively from the sun)... - alcaray - 9/21/2013 6:13:09 AM
  - Charged protons . . . - DanS - 9/29/2013 11:50:12 PM

It’s Official: Voyager 1 Is Now In Interstellar Space - SteveS - 9/13/2013 8:01:15 PM
- You know it's just gonna come back, making demands, threatening all humanity ( n/t) - DanS - 9/29/2013 1:31:22 PM
  - We'll throw whales at it. - TB - 9/29/2013 3:43:01 PM
- For Mankind, I think this is the equivalent of landing and returning men on the Moon. - bowser - 9/14/2013 5:55:06 AM

Faith, Hope and Quarks: The search for God in contemporary cosmology - RobVG - 9/25/2013 3:41:39 AM
- My dogma or tenet is that, since creation exists then there must be a creator. - johannes - 9/26/2013 6:12:30 PM
  - God can never be found . . . - DanS - 9/28/2013 3:51:46 PM
  - It follows from that if god exists there must be a godmother. - ER - 9/28/2013 3:00:57 PM
  - Music is composed and played by men. - ER - 9/26/2013 7:58:03 PM
  - LUCA - Raoul - 9/26/2013 7:57:37 PM
    - Nice to read you, Raoul. - bowser - 9/28/2013 5:34:30 AM
  - Very nice Johannes... - Jody - 9/26/2013 7:13:49 PM
- My Gawd... - Jody - 9/26/2013 2:02:49 AM
- I am just going to let my fingers type - Jody - 9/25/2013 3:44:13 PM
  - "Why is it so difficult to believe that there is something greater than ourselves with a power that we flow within, and add to?" - alcaray - 9/25/2013 10:28:39 PM
    - There is a power greater than ourselves. And that can be called "God" if one chooses. - bowser - 9/26/2013 12:21:09 AM
  - "Why is it so difficult to believe that there is something greater than ourselves..." - ER - 9/25/2013 6:55:32 PM
    - I really think this is an unfair criticism of the agnostic/atheist/deist viewpoint. - Jody - 9/25/2013 9:33:45 PM
- I like the way this guy thinks, even if I don't agree with a thing he's saying. - ER - 9/25/2013 12:41:54 PM
  - As I do Dr. Zeuss. - bowser - 9/26/2013 2:25:43 PM
- Please. - bowser - 9/25/2013 4:42:01 AM
  - This guy wasn't a bible thumper. - RobVG - 9/25/2013 2:33:59 PM
    - All right, tell me. When he does find God, what does he find? (His term, after all.) - bowser - 9/26/2013 12:14:23 AM
      - Does it even matter what you ask? - Jody - 9/26/2013 2:13:24 AM
  - Maybe, just maybe, - ER - 9/25/2013 12:10:16 PM
    - Reasonable apology, but without a definition of "God" it's all BS. - bowser - 9/26/2013 12:19:06 AM

Basic optics for amateur telescopes. - ER - 9/26/2013 4:12:36 PM
- Your first paragraph might give people the idea that the toy telescopes made of cardboard and plastic... - alcaray - 9/26/2013 5:59:55 PM
  - You're absolutely right. - ER - 9/26/2013 7:01:35 PM
    - One of my backbacking buddies... - alcaray - 9/26/2013 8:44:03 PM
      - Backbacking? - ER - 9/27/2013 6:50:08 PM
        
        My typing/composing was good and has become terrible, for some reason. - alcaray - 9/27/2013 9:39:21 PM
        
        There can only be one reason: - ER - 9/27/2013 10:00:09 PM
        
        Upon rereading the above post--- - ER - 9/27/2013 10:11:09 PM
      - I spent a no-Moon night on top of Mt. Whitney to observe stars and satelites. - bowser - 9/27/2013 4:00:46 AM
      - The Astroscan was not junk, and it was not a toy. It was an excellent value. - ER - 9/26/2013 9:27:48 PM
- Thanks ER! - Jody - 9/26/2013 4:14:52 PM

Quantum jewel - TB - 9/21/2013 9:33:25 PM
- "challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental qualities of reality" - bowser - 9/23/2013 5:30:49 AM

Raw data - ER - 9/8/2013 5:58:26 PM
- NSIDC status: - TB - 9/14/2013 5:46:31 AM
- Earth's energy balancing act simplified. - johannes - 9/10/2013 1:14:55 AM
  - You lost me right off the bat. - ER - 9/10/2013 2:20:33 AM
    - Communication failure and an error. - johannes - 9/10/2013 11:36:34 PM
      - Watts are a unit of power, not of energy. - ER - 9/11/2013 5:02:23 AM
        
        A collateral calculation. - ER - 9/11/2013 1:34:11 PM
        
        Interesting - johannes - 9/11/2013 11:05:04 PM
        
        Conclusion: not enough to matter. - ER - 9/12/2013 2:11:36 AM
        
        I like the detail of your explanation, but - johannes - 9/13/2013 2:52:58 AM
        
        Here's an experiment that shows what the universe thinks of what you think is true. - alcaray - 9/17/2013 1:12:01 AM
        
        Interesting experiment, I'd like to see - johannes - 9/19/2013 11:12:14 PM
        
        Then there is cooling: (by evaporation naturally) - johannes - 9/19/2013 11:28:11 PM
        
        Evaporation is just convection. - ER - 9/20/2013 1:02:49 PM
        
        That is just the point. - johannes - 9/20/2013 8:15:43 PM
        
        What's the point - ER - 9/20/2013 9:33:17 PM
        
        The point is simple but the explanation is not. - johannes - 9/21/2013 2:35:18 AM
        
        Then there is cooling: (by evaporation naturally) - johannes - 9/19/2013 11:25:49 PM
        
        Re: I like the detail of your explanation, but - TB - 9/13/2013 3:37:47 AM
- If one had a ton of material - - - - bowser - 9/9/2013 7:33:34 AM
  - Remember Carl Sagan's nuclear winter? - ER - 9/9/2013 2:51:06 PM

Bohemian Gravity - Jody - 9/19/2013 12:46:52 AM
- Galileo, Galileo! - ER - 9/19/2013 1:55:24 AM
  - Bwahahahaha >:) - Jody - 9/19/2013 3:13:30 AM

Solar eclipse on Mars - TB - 9/9/2013 2:23:08 AM

The Suns of August - ER - 9/6/2013 1:44:42 PM
- Looks like there is enough ice to create some problems - SteveS - 9/7/2013 6:45:55 PM
  - Ten Years After - ER - 9/7/2013 8:32:10 PM
  - Re: Looks like there is enough ice to create some problems - ER - 9/7/2013 7:55:32 PM
    - A cold Arctic summer - SteveS - 9/8/2013 12:36:14 PM
      - Note that they've changed the base period. - TB - 9/8/2013 4:21:50 PM
        
        Thanks for pointing that out. - ER - 9/8/2013 5:14:32 PM
      - A cold day in Hell. - ER - 9/8/2013 2:11:44 PM

Researcher says detection of alien life possible within 10 years. - bowser - 9/5/2013 11:46:46 PM
- For astrobiology freaks... - ER - 9/6/2013 1:43:07 AM

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