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Nanotechnology invention to help monitor astronauts' radiation exposure - Matt Burley - 8/3/2002 1:50:18 PM

Weather for August 3, 2002 -- Aurora Surprise! - D. Spires - 8/3/2002 9:03:05 AM

Hypersonic speeds - Raoul - 7/29/2002 5:33:48 PM
- Congrats to the Aussies, but this isn't a first. - Nathan Koren - 7/30/2002 6:05:00 PM
  - Re: Congrats to the Aussies indeed. - Justin Kelly - 7/31/2002 8:36:41 AM
    - Re: Only social services is better funded than the military - SM - 8/1/2002 2:09:39 PM
      - Ethanol is only renewable till the aquifers run dry. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/2/2002 7:59:54 PM
      - Re: Putting $360 billion in perspective - SM - 8/1/2002 2:19:43 PM

Aqua, Topex, and a chat with 40 year JPL vets - alcaray - 8/2/2002 3:52:55 PM
- Re: Aqua, Topex, and a chat with 40 year JPL vets - p - 8/2/2002 7:43:21 PM
  - This is huge to farmers, fishermen etc - alcaray - 8/2/2002 7:50:48 PM
    - Re: This is huge to farmers, fishermen etc - p - 8/2/2002 8:16:18 AM

What happened August 10th, 1972? quiz - ectoterrestrial - 7/31/2002 9:15:50 AM
- Re: August 10th, 1972 -- Million Kilogram Asteroid Grazes Atmosphere Over Canada - Success_Machine - 7/31/2002 11:54:10 AM
  - Two and a half hours for a correct answer. I'm disapointed...(n/t) (n/t) - et - 8/1/2002 1:00:28 PM
    - Re: Two and a half hours for a correct answer. I'm disapointed...(n/t) - SM - 8/1/2002 1:33:52 PM
  - Fireball over the Tetons - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2002 8:16:36 AM
    - Re: Fireball over the Tetons - delbert - 8/1/2002 10:31:57 AM
      - Are we shure it was a FIREBALL? - Carl.... - 8/2/2002 2:09:07 PM
  - Re: August 10th, 1972 - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2002 5:50:45 PM
    - Re: August 10th, 1972 - ectoterrestrial - 8/1/2002 12:58:16 PM
      - Are there any civilised areas on the Pacific Rim? n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 8/1/2002 4:51:31 PM
        
        Not in the southern hemisphere n/t (n/t) - p - 8/2/2002 7:44:12 PM
- Re: 6 years before - Raoul - 7/31/2002 9:57:07 AM
- Re: What happened August 10th, 1972? quiz - robert_d - 7/31/2002 9:38:02 AM
  - Nope (n/t) (n/t) - et - 7/31/2002 9:47:46 AM
    - Pioneer Launched ? - Carl...... - 7/31/2002 9:58:15 AM

Colors of Mars - BRFelix - 8/1/2002 4:17:01 PM
- "Conspiracy nuts" come in all colors. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 8/1/2002 5:55:30 PM
- Is that a red or blue devil. Or is he really a shade of butterscotch and only turns red when embarased? - ectoterrestrial - 8/1/2002 1:30:09 PM
  - Meet me behind the Red Devil Battery sign... - BRFelix - 8/2/2002 1:02:47 PM
    - Red Devil Battery.....? - ectoterrestrial - 8/2/2002 5:06:13 PM
      - Re: Red Devil Battery.....? - BRFelix - 8/2/2002 5:45:17 PM
- Re: Colors of Mars and the Universe - Me - 8/1/2002 12:34:37 PM
  - Re: Colors of Mars and the Universe - ectoterrestrial - 8/1/2002 1:11:15 PM
    - Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 8/2/2002 4:25:26 PM
      - Re: Yes . . . - Robert Clark - 8/2/2002 5:28:12 PM

Tiny particle could put big hole in physics theories - Bowser - 8/1/2002 4:25:44 PM
- Re: Tiny particle could put big hole in physics theories - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/1/2002 5:29:36 PM
- Re: Tiny particle - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2002 8:06:25 AM
  - Re: Tiny particle - gbaikie - 8/1/2002 9:59:23 AM

A stellar hamburger from HST - Raoul - 8/1/2002 4:48:42 PM

All THEMIS visible bands should be released together. - Robert Clark - 7/29/2002 7:07:08 PM
- Re: Continues to amaze... - BRFelix - 7/29/2002 3:15:42 PM
  - Re: First color image from Mars Pathfinder - blue sky - Me - 7/29/2002 7:06:31 PM
    - Blue skies in the Solar System - Robert E. B. - 7/31/2002 11:28:35 AM
    - Blue Mars - Nick Hoffman - 7/30/2002 7:25:44 PM
    - A couple of things... - Robert - 7/29/2002 5:26:39 PM
      - Re: A couple of things... - Robert Clark - 7/31/2002 1:26:26 PM
        
        A couple of thoughts, heavy on the musing... - Robert - 7/31/2002 2:37:03 PM
        
        Re: A couple of thoughts, heavy on the musing... - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2002 5:56:49 PM
        
        Re: So it's better to have no color images - BRFelix - 8/1/2002 1:33:02 PM
        
        That wasn't quite what I meant, but... - Nick Hoffman - 8/1/2002 4:01:25 PM
    - Re: First color image from Mars Pathfinder - blue sky - Woodlock - 7/29/2002 12:35:58 PM
  - The problem with Themis - Nick Hoffman - 7/29/2002 6:51:39 PM
    - Re: Ummm - BRFelix - 7/30/2002 6:59:34 PM
    - But Nick, with X-Files reduced to reruns - ebnelson - 7/30/2002 2:12:05 PM

Odd crater - alcaray - 7/31/2002 8:36:59 AM
- Note there is another - BRFelix - 7/31/2002 10:02:51 AM
  - Re: Note there is another - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2002 10:43:51 AM
    - Good point. (n/t) - ebnelson - 8/1/2002 2:13:14 PM
- Re: Odd crater - p - 7/31/2002 9:24:45 AM
  - Same Phil? - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2002 11:03:02 AM
    - Re: Same Phil? - p - 8/1/2002 3:21:07 PM
      - Gotcha... - Nick Hoffman - 8/1/2002 3:56:31 PM
- Re: Odd crater - Raoul - 7/31/2002 8:56:04 AM
- The geophysical imaging technology is going to likely yield a lot surprises. - ebnelson - 7/31/2002 8:43:55 AM

Cosmic rays linked to global warming. (again!) - ectoterrestrial - 7/31/2002 9:54:21 AM
- Not a surprise! (Weather, curing cancer, planet source of life etc!) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/31/2002 4:35:14 PM
  - Re: Not a surprise! (Weather, curing cancer, planet source of life etc!) - ectoterrestrial - 8/1/2002 12:40:44 PM
  - Paragraph 4 should read (stripping their atoms of ELECTRONS) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/31/2002 4:42:28 PM

Ferraris in Space... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/31/2002 5:05:21 PM
- Re: Ferraris in Space... - Robert E. B. - 8/1/2002 10:56:45 AM

Do Galaxies have life zones? I don't think so, but someone does. - Robert E. B. - 7/29/2002 4:22:32 PM
- Vernor Vinge uses this concept in some of his books. - ebnelson - 7/30/2002 1:52:46 PM
- Galactic Habitable Zones and "Rare Earths" - Nick Hoffman - 7/29/2002 6:40:53 PM
  - Re: ROTFLMAO - SM - 8/1/2002 10:05:51 AM
- Re: Do Galaxies have life zones? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2002 5:41:51 PM
- Re: Do Galaxies have life zones? I don't think so, but someone does. - p - 7/29/2002 4:34:06 PM
  - Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice. - Bowser - 7/29/2002 5:39:48 PM
  - Re: Deinococcus Radiodurans - SM - 7/29/2002 8:52:36 AM
    - It Indures It, Not Feeds Off It - Mark Eby - 7/29/2002 12:24:00 PM
- Re: Do Galaxies have life zones? I don't think so, but someone does. - R.L. - 7/29/2002 12:57:54 PM

Starship Generations Update - Success_Machine - 7/31/2002 4:34:03 PM

Does the Sun go around the Earth? BWWAAAAHAAHAHAAH !!!!! - Success_Machine - 7/31/2002 12:37:15 PM

31 years ago on july 31 1971 - Raoul - 7/31/2002 8:08:08 AM
- Wow! And a question. - Bowser - 7/31/2002 8:13:55 AM
  - A big impact nearby raising the rim - Nick Hoffman - 7/31/2002 11:10:39 AM
  - Re: Wow! And a question. - Raoul - 7/31/2002 8:40:31 AM
  - Re: Guessing from crater impacts - SteveS - 7/31/2002 8:33:07 AM

Shake it, Mama! - alcaray - 7/31/2002 9:26:22 AM
- How's the RAT doing? - Carl - 7/31/2002 10:00:17 AM

Rare Earth Debate Parts 1-4 - Mark Eby - 7/28/2002 7:48:54 PM
- Re: Rare Earth Debate Parts 1-4 - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2002 6:24:55 PM
  - Can gravity concentrate momentum? - E.P. Grondine - 7/29/2002 6:21:10 PM
  - Rare Earth Debate Part 5: Elusive ET - Mark Eby - 7/29/2002 12:44:36 PM
    - Re: Rare Earth Debate Part 5: Elusive ET - Nick Hoffman - 7/30/2002 7:19:53 PM

The first picture - Raoul - 7/28/2002 7:04:19 PM
- Re: Contact Probe - O'Neil - 7/29/2002 8:35:42 AM
  - Re: Contact Probe - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2002 5:51:34 PM
    - Re: Contact Probe - O'Neil - 7/30/2002 7:03:14 PM
    - Probe Fake, digital enhancement sees..... - Carl....... - 7/29/2002 12:32:26 PM
- Re: The first picture - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2002 7:15:29 PM
  - Is that a disposable diaper in the foreground? - Adam - 7/30/2002 10:39:20 AM
- Re: The first picture - SteveS - 7/28/2002 5:11:35 PM
  - Re: The first picture - Raoul - 7/28/2002 5:28:29 PM
    - "Darker than the darkest bedroom" - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2002 6:27:57 PM
- Raoul I'm sorry I started this :-( n/t ) (n/t) - Delbert - 7/28/2002 4:02:49 PM
  - Re: well - Raoul - 7/28/2002 5:35:02 PM
    - (Holds up sign on which the word "JOKE" is written) - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2002 7:34:16 PM
- Back lot at UNVIERSAL Studios AT NITE!!!! - Carl...... - 7/28/2002 1:52:16 PM
  - Re: Back lot at UNVIERSAL Studios AT NITE!!!! - Delbert - 7/28/2002 4:10:01 PM
- Re: The first picture - Delbert - 7/28/2002 10:12:44 AM
  - Obvious fake! ;) - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2002 10:44:32 AM

Sample Return Hints - alcaray - 7/30/2002 2:42:13 PM
- Sample Return Deferred Again & Downscoped - p - 7/30/2002 4:36:13 PM

Globular cluster in motion (from APOD) - Raoul - 7/30/2002 4:05:19 PM

A new Comet - Raoul - 7/29/2002 8:58:58 AM
- Re:Comet Hoenig map for sky viewing - SteveS - 7/30/2002 4:01:58 PM
- Re: A new Comet - SteveS - 7/29/2002 2:24:56 PM
- Re: Comet C/2002 O4 Hoenig - Marcia - 7/29/2002 10:42:53 AM

question - delbert - 7/30/2002 12:14:05 PM
- Answer - Delbert - 7/30/2002 3:53:02 PM
- I should have specified optical. n/t (n/t) - Delbert - 7/30/2002 3:48:47 PM
- No simple answer - R.L. - 7/30/2002 12:50:10 PM
  - Re: No simple answer - gbaikie - 7/30/2002 1:13:19 PM

It's NASA's birthday today - SteveS - 7/29/2002 2:23:00 PM
- I'm older than NASA? - Carl........ - 7/30/2002 1:49:09 PM

Look at that Asteroid . . . - D. Spires - 7/30/2002 11:09:13 AM

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