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Sunspots visible to *protected* eye - SteveS - 11/21/2002 8:31:34 PM
- Good, safe sunspot viewing - LJ - 11/22/2002 3:47:24 PM
- Re: Viewing . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 1:05:15 PM
- You can sometimes observe sunspots using only a pinhole camera. - alcaray - 11/21/2002 12:01:33 PM
- Re: Sunspots visible to *protected* eye - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2002 11:36:54 AM
  - Re: No sunspots spotted at 4pm attempt n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 11/23/2002 12:33:36 PM
  - Re: Good points - SteveS - 11/21/2002 1:18:00 PM

Our astronaut is back ! - Raoul - 11/23/2002 9:07:30 AM

Your life on a hard drive - p - 11/21/2002 6:20:51 PM
- Windows has encountered an error and you life will now close n/t (n/t) - McFly - 11/22/2002 3:34:40 PM
  - Sounds like an old sci-fi short story I read many years ago - Larry J - 11/22/2002 7:42:30 PM
  - Now THAT'S a "Blue Screen of Death!" (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2002 4:09:28 PM
- Re: Your life on a hard drive - Robert Clark - 11/22/2002 2:34:15 PM
- Compatability issues - Larry J - 11/21/2002 8:33:00 PM
- Re: Your life on a hard drive - Raoul - 11/21/2002 7:22:33 PM
  - Re: Your life on a hard drive - Robert Clark - 11/22/2002 2:25:34 PM
    - A hammer or magnet would handle that problem. nt (n/t) - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:50:15 PM
    - Re: Format C:\ . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 3:24:38 PM
  - Avatars - p - 11/21/2002 7:43:37 PM
- Re: Humans . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 7:21:16 PM

Seoul's Space Program, Rising Nationalism Could Be Thorn In U.S. Ties . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 2:35:58 PM
- I wonder if North Korea will respond with a launch of their own. - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:48:54 PM
- Cool n/t - gbaikie - 11/21/2002 4:04:33 PM

Ha there ever been a welding experiment done in the vacuum of space? - Scott - 11/22/2002 8:27:04 PM
- Perhaps bonding would be better than welding - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:47:44 PM
  - Two examples of welding in Space. - €sunblok€ - 11/22/2002 9:58:27 AM
- Yes: Soyuz 6 Kubasov - Raoul - 11/22/2002 9:42:05 AM
  - Thanks, Eurospacenut! Was it successful? - Scott - 11/22/2002 9:50:29 AM
    - Re: Thanks, Eurospacenut! Was it successful? - Raoul - 11/22/2002 12:42:15 PM

New asteroid threat assessment: Tunguska strikes less frequent - p - 11/22/2002 4:50:47 PM
- Re: New asteroid threat assessment: Comets provide bulk of threat - E.P. Grondine - 11/22/2002 7:13:11 PM
  - Keeping Your Story Straight - Mark Eby - 11/22/2002 2:58:09 PM
  - Yeah Right - Mark Eby - 11/22/2002 2:41:31 PM
- Forgive me for asking a relatively naive question - Alex R. Blackwell - 11/22/2002 5:42:38 PM
  - No need to be forgiven - E.P. Grondine - 11/22/2002 7:31:34 PM
  - Have not read the paper, excellent point n/t (n/t) - p - 11/22/2002 5:52:19 PM
  - Re: Forgive me for asking a relatively naive question - Chris Vancil - 11/22/2002 1:02:08 PM
    - Re: Forgive me for asking a relatively naive question - Alex R. Blackwell - 11/22/2002 1:17:09 PM

Tunguska-like events once every 400 years - SteveS - 11/21/2002 1:47:41 PM
- Re: Falling on Earth - Raoul - 11/21/2002 5:28:19 PM
  - Re: Falling on Earth - Vince - 11/21/2002 5:58:30 PM
    - both hypothethes have yet to be confirmed or refuted n/t (n/t) - p - 11/21/2002 6:04:57 PM
      - Re: Panspermia - SteveS - 11/21/2002 8:09:12 PM
        
        Re: Panspermia - Raoul - 11/21/2002 8:24:53 PM
        
        Re: Gravity - SteveS - 11/21/2002 8:48:41 PM
    - Logical Flail on Earth - ectoterrestrial - 11/21/2002 10:52:39 AM
      - Re: Logical Flail on Earth - Vince - 11/21/2002 11:11:03 AM
- Tunguska-like events FROM ASTEROIDS once every 400 years - E.P. Grondine - 11/21/2002 9:28:26 AM
  - I think Chris was trying to draw your attention to this quote: - alcaray - 11/21/2002 11:24:48 AM
    - Re: I think Chris was trying to draw your attention to this quote: - Chris Vancil - 11/21/2002 7:42:37 PM
    - ONCE AGAIN, RETARD,THE SPECTRA OF ASTEROIDS AND COMETS DIFFER - E.P. Grondine - 11/21/2002 11:28:57 AM
      - UH, RETARD,THE SPECTRA OF CARBONACEOUS ASTEROIDS AND COMETS ARE IDENTICAL - E.P.Grondine - 11/22/2002 7:17:30 PM
      - possibly different. both are visible and countable. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 11/21/2002 12:02:57 PM
        
        THE MESSAGE ABOVE IS FOR YOU - E.P. Grondine - 11/22/2002 7:19:46 PM
        
        Glad to hear you weren't posting to yourself - alcaray - 11/22/2002 9:30:35 AM
  - Re: Illusions of safety? - SteveS - 11/21/2002 10:09:39 AM
  - Re: Tunguska-like events FROM ASTEROIDS once every 400 years - Chris Vancil - 11/21/2002 9:44:14 AM
    - Sexual Deprivation during manned flight to Mars - E.P. Grondine - 11/21/2002 11:32:40 AM
      - Re: Sexual Deprivation during manned flight to Mars - Chris Vancil - 11/21/2002 7:56:28 PM
        
        Re: Sexual Deprivation during manned flight to Mars - E.P. Grondine - 11/22/2002 7:26:41 PM
        
        Re: Sexual Deprivation during manned flight to Mars - Chris Vancil - 11/22/2002 12:59:31 PM
      - Perhaps You Can Provide An Expert Opinion On That Issue N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/21/2002 3:17:25 PM
      - Come on E.P., I think everyone who contributes to this BBS knows the answer to THAT question. (n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 11/21/2002 12:13:40 PM

Donut Contrails from Aurora? - Lindy - 11/20/2002 7:24:26 PM
- See the DONUTS on a ROPE here in NE.... - Carl........ - 11/21/2002 4:19:28 PM
  - Re: See the DONUTS on a ROPE - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2002 4:25:36 PM
    - Re: See the DONUTS on a ROPE - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 5:56:19 PM
- Re: Donut Contrails from Aurora? - Robert Clark - 11/21/2002 4:04:35 PM
  - Not exactly - Larry J - 11/22/2002 2:43:10 PM

Aircraft parachutes - RobVG - 11/21/2002 11:57:48 AM
- They had their first save on a full-sized plane recently. - Larry J - 11/21/2002 12:44:09 PM
  - Re: They had their first save on a full-sized plane recently. - Jack Herer - 11/22/2002 2:13:11 PM
    - Re: They had their first save on a full-sized plane recently. - Larry J - 11/22/2002 2:29:29 PM
  - I wonder - RobVG - 11/21/2002 3:04:25 PM

Super Efficient Solar Cells - Adam - 11/20/2002 3:30:06 PM
- Interesting - Larry J - 11/21/2002 3:30:19 PM
  - Re: Interesting - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2002 4:22:56 PM
    - Total Cost of Ownership - Larry J - 11/21/2002 4:59:39 PM
      - People - Tony - 11/21/2002 6:13:48 PM
        
        Re: Biomass is cheaper than photovoltaics - SM - 11/21/2002 9:47:48 AM
        
        Re: Biomass is cheaper than photovoltaics - Adam - 11/22/2002 1:26:21 PM
        
        Biomass is rare, in space. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 11/21/2002 10:47:28 AM
        
        Re: I'm feeling deja vu..... it's wierd..... LOL nt - SM - 11/21/2002 12:16:18 PM

(no subject) - Raoul - 11/21/2002 8:45:01 PM
- Re: meant to be under Steve's sunspot post (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 11/21/2002 8:46:10 PM
- Re: Yes, thanks! n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 11/21/2002 9:44:38 AM

Green light for Rosetta Launch 1/2003 - SteveS - 11/21/2002 8:19:21 PM

Grissom's Mercury space suit, who owns it? - Carl..... - 11/21/2002 10:28:05 AM
- Re: Grissom's Mercury space suit, who owns it? - Raoul - 11/21/2002 6:26:31 PM

Those felonious Leonids! (almost for flameboard) - Raoul - 11/21/2002 10:16:00 AM
- very good - delbert - 11/21/2002 10:39:33 AM
  - Re: Stephane - Raoul - 11/21/2002 6:23:37 PM

Envisat and the oil spill - Raoul - 11/20/2002 8:15:52 PM
- Re: Envisat and the oil spill - Tom Brosz - 11/21/2002 4:27:58 PM
  - Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 5:54:16 PM
    - Re: Well . . . - SteveS - 11/21/2002 9:26:32 AM
  - Re: Envisat and the oil spill - Raoul - 11/21/2002 4:55:37 PM
- What a mess! n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 11/20/2002 6:14:55 PM
- Re: Gallery from TIME.com . . . - D. Spires - 11/20/2002 1:35:20 PM

An interesting NASA contract - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2002 2:25:36 PM
- Re: An interesting NASA contract - Robert - 11/21/2002 10:31:12 AM

The Gallery Of Transport Loss - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 1:12:01 PM
- Is that you, Raoul, flying through the Eiffel Tower? - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 2:27:28 PM
  - Re: flying through the Eiffel Tower? - Raoul - 11/20/2002 5:12:10 PM
- The F-100 rocket plane? - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 2:10:52 PM
  - Zero Length Launch System - Larry J - 11/20/2002 3:24:43 PM
    - Re: Zero Length Launch System - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2002 5:09:10 PM
    - Larry to the Rescue - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 3:32:17 PM
      - The acceleration was probably less than from a carrier - Larry J - 11/20/2002 3:48:21 PM
        
        Re: The acceleration was probably less than from a carrier - LJ - 11/20/2002 6:08:06 PM
        
        My brother Steve used to drag race motorcycles professionally - Larry J - 11/20/2002 7:45:35 PM
        
        Re: The acceleration was probably less than from a carrier - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 3:54:57 PM
        
        They were solid-fuel rockets - Larry J - 11/20/2002 4:07:14 PM
        
        Re: They were solid-fuel rockets - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 8:03:39 PM
        
        33 - Larry J - 11/20/2002 8:55:31 PM

Solar flares - gbaikie - 11/20/2002 7:41:53 PM
- Something to chew on.... - ectoterrestrial - 11/20/2002 8:49:31 PM

Swarm of Ants exploration in practice... - Nick Hoffman - 11/20/2002 10:18:52 AM
- Re: Swarm of Ants exploration - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2002 7:32:03 PM
  - Re: Swarm of Ants exploration - LJ - 11/20/2002 8:04:45 PM
  - Re: Swarm of Ants exploration - Robt Clements - 11/20/2002 1:34:37 PM
- If only it could be so right now. - ebnelson - 11/20/2002 4:31:59 PM
- Re: Someone at NASA can do bit blitting ! - SM - 11/20/2002 2:06:08 PM

Delta IV launch scheduled for today - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2002 9:38:20 AM
- Re: Delta IV launch rescheduled for Wednesday 11-20 - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2002 7:28:04 PM
- It's flying RIGHT NOW - Larry J - 11/20/2002 10:41:51 AM
- Not today.... (n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 11/19/2002 11:29:59 AM
- Hope they have better luck than they did with the Delta III - Larry J - 11/19/2002 10:48:38 AM

Piers Sellers, the astronaut - Raoul - 11/20/2002 7:06:22 PM

Leonid updates?? - MrPex - 11/18/2002 6:56:55 PM
- A day late and a dollar short... - Robert E. B. - 11/20/2002 6:50:11 PM
- Re: Leonid update - SteveS - 11/19/2002 4:59:15 PM
- Update THIS! - MrPex - 11/19/2002 10:57:07 AM
  - Northern California shower a dud - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2002 5:10:18 PM
    - Re: Mt. Diablo - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2002 5:16:09 PM
      - N California - MrPex - 11/19/2002 6:07:20 PM
      - Re: Mt. Diablo - SteveS - 11/19/2002 5:28:14 PM
  - Re: Leonides - Raoul - 11/19/2002 4:43:45 PM
  - not so many in San Pedro CA - Delbert - 11/19/2002 4:20:44 PM
  - Things weren't so good here - Larry J - 11/19/2002 2:50:50 PM
  - Re: Update THIS! - Robert E. B. - 11/19/2002 12:50:59 PM

Has This Suit Been Discussed Here? - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 3:22:57 PM
- Yes, there's a thread on it below - Larry J - 11/18/2002 3:41:12 PM
- Radiation Nonsense - E.P. Grondine - 11/18/2002 10:13:38 AM
  - Radiation Is An Issue - The Nonsense Is Your Response - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 1:10:22 PM
    - Re: Radiation Is An Issue - The Nonsense Is Your Response - gbaikie - 11/18/2002 1:47:02 PM
      - You're Confused Again - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 1:51:11 PM
        
        Transition... - Nick Hoffman - 11/19/2002 11:23:25 AM
        
        Also Not That Long For Water - Mark Eby - 11/19/2002 3:18:47 PM
        
        Re: Transition... - Mark Eby - 11/19/2002 3:10:51 PM
        
        Upper limit - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 1:54:32 PM
        
        Still have the transit problems - E.P. Grondine - 11/20/2002 6:46:15 PM

All of the Above - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2002 10:26:18 AM
- More B*** S*** from the SFF - E.P. Grondine - 11/18/2002 10:18:24 AM
  - Re: More B*** S*** from the SFF - Dr. Impact - 11/18/2002 1:00:42 PM
    - Re: More B*** S*** from the SFF - E.P. Grondine - 11/20/2002 6:38:14 PM
  - Re: No -- there are other reasons . . . - D. Spires - 11/18/2002 11:39:48 AM
- It's more likely to be "None of the above" - Larry J - 11/17/2002 1:35:21 PM
  - It is telling that you think Pathfinder was the first success in years. - ebnelson - 11/18/2002 4:32:05 PM
    - Perhaps you misunderstood - Larry J - 11/18/2002 7:08:36 PM
      - Got it. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/18/2002 9:28:48 AM
    - Pathfinder was a technology demonstrator but there's good stuff coming... - Gary - 11/18/2002 5:11:28 PM
      - Bad News But - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 5:29:21 PM
  - It's Not That Bad Guys - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 2:03:01 PM
    - My profession is dying - Gary - 11/18/2002 4:48:28 PM
      - It sounds like the Air Force is hiring... - Larry J - 11/18/2002 7:27:55 PM
        
        This supports my earlier post - Gary - 11/18/2002 4:44:23 PM
        
        Related Report - Mark Eby - 11/19/2002 4:21:35 PM
      - Time For A Nap - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 5:31:04 PM
    - NASA's current budget is about $15 billion a year - Larry J - 11/18/2002 2:40:36 PM
      - Yeap, that's the number I used - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 3:30:29 PM
        
        I'm really skeptical of that projected cost - Larry J - 11/18/2002 3:51:02 PM
        
        Dovetailing & Costs - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 4:13:00 PM
        
        More like 5 billion for Both - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 7:59:13 PM
  - Which is more likely? - Gary - 11/17/2002 3:30:11 PM
- Misses The Point Entirely - Mark Eby - 11/17/2002 12:44:18 PM
  - Coat tail effect - Gary - 11/17/2002 5:47:36 PM
    - Re: Coat tail effect - gbaikie - 11/18/2002 11:34:09 AM
- Re: Moon and Mars - Raoul - 11/17/2002 10:42:58 AM
  - Re: Moon and Mars - gbaikie - 11/17/2002 12:50:36 PM
    - Re: Moon and Mars - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2002 2:48:32 PM

Question For EP - Mark Eby - 11/18/2002 1:03:12 PM
- Re: Question For EP - E.P. Grondine - 11/20/2002 6:37:12 PM
  - Thanks - Mark Eby - 11/20/2002 12:01:44 PM

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