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We the People of Mars - p - 6/12/2002 5:45:35 PM
- Interesting considerations - Bowser - 6/13/2002 4:03:51 PM
  - Re: Interesting considerations - p - 6/13/2002 4:11:48 PM
    - Re: Interesting considerations - Bowser - 6/13/2002 6:54:09 PM
    - Re: Interesting considerations - Bowser - 6/13/2002 6:53:25 PM
    - Re: Interesting considerations - Bowser - 6/13/2002 6:48:40 PM
    - Re: Interesting considerations - Raoul - 6/13/2002 8:18:11 AM
      - "The Captains Word Is Law" - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:36:42 PM
        
        Re: - Bowser - 6/14/2002 9:56:25 AM
        
        Re: rules - Raoul - 6/14/2002 11:03:14 AM
      - "The Captain's Word Is Law." - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:33:47 PM
      - "The Captain's Word Is Law." - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:32:37 PM
      - "The Captain's Word Is Law." - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:32:32 PM
      - "The Captain's Word Is Law." - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:32:27 PM
      - "The Captain's word is law." - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:30:33 PM
      - "The Captain's word is law." - FrankC - 6/13/2002 5:29:50 PM
        
        Attn admin - FrankC - 6/14/2002 8:21:20 AM

Mistaking an asteroid for a nuke - p - 6/11/2002 9:02:40 AM
- Yeah, that could be a problem... - Nathan Koren - 6/12/2002 7:02:29 PM
  - Re: Yeah, that could be a problem... - john - 6/13/2002 6:09:49 PM
- Interesting coincidence - Larry J - 6/12/2002 1:22:08 PM
  - Re: Interesting coincidence - Dave M - 6/13/2002 8:11:10 AM
- Re: Mistaking an asteroid for a nuke - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2002 11:40:43 AM
- Re: Mistaking an asteroid for a nuke - gbaikie - 6/11/2002 9:42:10 AM
  - Re: Mistaking an asteroid for a nuke - p - 6/11/2002 10:10:29 AM

Great Eclipse..going on now! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2002 1:12:14 PM
- Re: Great Eclipse..going on now! - George E Proehl jr - 6/11/2002 1:11:22 PM
- Good view from SW BC - LJ - 6/10/2002 5:20:50 PM
- Re: Great view here in San Pedro - Delbert - 6/10/2002 3:57:35 PM
  - another strange shadow - Delbert - 6/11/2002 5:19:24 PM
  - Re: Great view here in San Pedro - Delbert - 6/11/2002 2:21:21 PM
    - Look around...how many folks NEVER look up? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/13/2002 2:34:05 PM
    - LOL, Del. - Marcia - 6/11/2002 2:29:29 PM
- Re: Great Eclipse..going on now! - Alan Boyle - 6/10/2002 1:59:58 PM
  - Re: Great Eclipse..going on now! - George E Proehl jr - 6/11/2002 1:27:40 PM
  - Anytime! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2002 3:06:02 PM
  - Re: Great Eclipse..going on now! - MrPex - 6/10/2002 2:21:52 PM
    - Re: Great Eclipse..going on now! - Alan Boyle - 6/10/2002 2:24:52 PM
- Re: Great Eclipse..going on now! - MrPex - 6/10/2002 1:14:07 PM
  - Where am I viewing... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2002 1:18:27 PM
    - Re: Where am I viewing... - MrPex - 6/10/2002 1:23:29 PM
      - Congrats! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2002 1:44:12 PM

I heard some potentially bad news today - Larry J - 6/12/2002 1:58:27 PM
- Re: I heard some potentially bad news today - p - 6/13/2002 12:48:03 PM

Who says the West coast has no culture? - alcaray - 6/10/2002 11:20:41 AM
- Re: Who says the West coast has no culture? - Delbert - 6/11/2002 6:40:40 PM
  - Largest object in "the place" not "space" n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/11/2002 7:06:42 PM
    - In the words of Gilda Radner ….. “Never Mind” (n/t) (n/t) - Delbert - 6/11/2002 7:46:33 PM
    - Well that makes more sense doesn't it.(n/t) - Delbert - 6/11/2002 7:40:43 PM
- No one! No one who knows, anyway. - Bowser - 6/10/2002 3:44:40 PM
  - Re: are typing dogs ugly secretaries? - reddy - 6/11/2002 5:26:48 PM
    - Just ugly. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 6/11/2002 5:53:36 PM

Our galaxy faces a stormy outlook - Bowser - 6/11/2002 6:12:08 PM

In space...... - Raoul - 6/10/2002 4:22:19 PM
- Re: In space...... - Raoul - 6/10/2002 5:36:48 PM
- ....no one can hear you scream. - MrPex - 6/10/2002 12:17:53 PM
  - And in Space Command, no one cares if you scream. nt (n/t) - Larry J - 6/11/2002 2:01:29 PM

Less than 17 hours to go, and I'm miffed! - Jacob Samorodin - 6/9/2002 5:52:27 PM
- Less than 2 hours and I'M miffed! - MrPex - 6/10/2002 11:53:22 AM
  - Re: Less than 2 hours and I'M miffed! - MrPex - 6/10/2002 1:07:42 PM
- Re: Less than 17 hours to go, and I'm miffed! - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2002 4:53:05 PM
  - The welding goggles idea came straight from a reliable astronomy site. - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2002 1:33:24 PM
    - Just giving you trouble... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2002 1:52:09 PM
      - Re: Just giving you trouble... - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2002 2:08:34 PM
  - NEVER look directly at the sun! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/10/2002 1:22:30 PM
- 20+ years ago - FrankC - 6/9/2002 4:16:58 PM

A moonwalker - Raoul - 6/9/2002 3:47:39 PM
- Congratulations, Raoul. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/10/2002 12:04:41 PM
- I'm impressed! - Bowser - 6/9/2002 6:17:32 PM
  - Re:Encounters - Raoul - 6/9/2002 6:44:11 PM
    - Encounters - Bowser - 6/9/2002 8:30:11 AM
      - Re: Encounters - Raoul - 6/9/2002 8:57:11 AM
        
        Re: Encounters - Bowser - 6/9/2002 10:17:37 AM
        
        Re: Encounters - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2002 11:04:22 AM
        
        Re: Encounters - Marcia - 6/9/2002 10:42:56 AM

Much Ado About Nothing . . . - D. Spires - 6/8/2002 9:53:07 AM
- Yes! A superficial 3-dimensional persepective will leave you with that impression. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/9/2002 5:27:12 PM
- Re: Much Ado: Nothing is stranger than Something - Johannes - 6/8/2002 3:23:41 PM
- Re: Much Ado About Nothing . . . - Futureboy - 6/8/2002 2:56:45 PM

Microbes Hitchiking on Meteorites - alcaray - 6/7/2002 4:15:17 PM
- Related References Keith Didn't Mention - Mark Eby - 6/8/2002 3:09:13 PM
- Re: Origins - Raoul - 6/7/2002 6:50:03 PM
  - Re: Lack of Lunar meteorites - Nick Hoffman - 6/7/2002 2:16:03 PM
    - Re: Lack of Lunar meteorites - Nick Hoffman - 6/9/2002 2:19:45 PM
    - Re: Interesting arguments, thank you, Nick (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 6/7/2002 6:41:31 PM
- Great article. Thanks. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 6/7/2002 4:41:17 PM

Your ad here! Okay, up there, then. - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2002 7:43:09 PM
- Neat rocket. - Bowser - 6/8/2002 5:01:55 PM
  - Re: Neat rocket. - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2002 5:40:14 PM
    - Sorry, wasn't clear... - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2002 12:53:21 PM
    - A biplane n/t - gbaike - 6/8/2002 11:17:11 AM

Interannual variability of weather in the Martian northern polar regions - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/7/2002 8:12:21 AM
- Re: Interannual variability of weather in the Martian northern polar regions - Marcia - 6/8/2002 3:35:20 PM
  - Re: Glaciers - Nick Hoffman - 6/8/2002 5:31:52 PM
  - Re: Interannual variability of weather in the Martian northern polar regions - Robert Clark - 6/8/2002 5:03:13 PM
  - Carter = Carr(!) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 6/8/2002 3:40:13 PM
- Helgason paper - ectoterrestrial - 6/8/2002 10:58:21 AM
  - Re: Helgason paper - Marcia - 6/8/2002 1:33:17 PM

Today at Delft, Holland - Raoul - 6/8/2002 8:03:42 AM
- Jack Schmitt - Keith Cowing - 6/8/2002 9:58:13 AM
  - Re: exactly! - Raoul - 6/8/2002 10:51:01 AM

I need electicrity shock therapy - gbaikie - 6/4/2002 1:08:00 PM
- Re: I need a job - SM - 6/7/2002 11:32:13 AM
- Follow the money. - Bowser - 6/6/2002 4:46:23 PM
  - Re: Follow the money - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2002 7:51:10 PM
- No you don't - really.... - LJ - 6/5/2002 3:55:47 PM

Odyssey news and ice cream comets from JPL - alcaray - 6/7/2002 7:41:46 PM
- Re: Odyssey news and ice cream comets from JPL - philw - 6/7/2002 9:49:49 AM
  - Don't get me started! - alcaray - 6/7/2002 12:13:46 PM
  - Re: Odyssey news and ice cream comets from JPL - dwc - 6/7/2002 10:45:05 AM

Dirty Ice on Mars - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/5/2002 12:08:33 PM
- Ice isn't frozen water....water is melted ice. (n/t) - Lee - 6/7/2002 7:11:29 PM
- Sounds like permafrost to me. - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 1:59:11 PM
  - Re: Sounds like permafrost to me. - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/6/2002 6:25:51 PM
  - Re: Sounds like permafrost to me. - Marcia - 6/6/2002 5:43:11 PM
- Re: Dirty Ice on Mars - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 5:28:40 PM
  - Re: Dirty Ice on Mars - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/6/2002 6:23:13 PM
  - Tharsis and especially now, the (older/Noachian-late Noachian) Alba Patera region should be explored. - Marcia - 6/6/2002 3:34:11 PM
    - Clarification, please. - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/6/2002 6:40:53 PM
      - Actual weather patterns. - Marcia - 6/6/2002 7:25:11 PM
        
        Regions on Mars where liquid water would be stable - Me - 6/6/2002 8:45:14 AM
        
        Re: Regions on Mars where liquid water would be stable - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/6/2002 8:58:46 AM
    - Where does the White Mars hyptothesis stand now? - Me - 6/6/2002 6:05:41 PM
      - Re: Where does the White Mars hyptothesis stand now? - gbaikie - 6/6/2002 8:27:01 AM
        
        Is there another way to link to it? - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 9:06:36 AM
        
        Re: Is there another way to link to it? - gbaikie - 6/6/2002 9:23:27 AM
        
        Thanks. I thought the problem was in my end. - ebnelson - 6/6/2002 10:02:37 AM
        
        Re: Is there another way to link to it? - Alex R. Blackwell - 6/6/2002 9:41:52 AM

FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENDEAVOUR and ET just flew over, through clouds, FULL speed ; Shutttle just ahead and above the ET, less than,a moon diameter separation. Formidable!!!!!! (n/t) - Raoul - 6/5/2002 9:43:50 AM
- Great Raoul, so the clouds cleared up. Lucky you. (n/t) (n/t) - Delbert - 6/5/2002 10:58:29 AM
  - Re: sts111 - Raoul - 6/5/2002 5:29:47 PM
- Even though I have lived in Houston for many years, I have never seen something like that - ebnelson - 6/5/2002 10:11:40 AM
  - Re: The speed, THE SPEEED!!! And it's dimmer companion,all orange: a totally different experience! It must have been the 5th or 6th try and finally it succeeded!! (n/t)r (n/t) - Raoul - 6/5/2002 10:15:17 AM
- I missed seeing the launch. Too busy looking at Hubble pics.lol Cloudy skies too. n/t - Marcia - 6/5/2002 10:07:08 AM
  - So where can I find outstanding Hubble pictures? - Lee - 6/6/2002 7:20:33 PM
    - Re: So where can I find outstanding Hubble pictures? - Vince - 6/6/2002 3:07:52 PM
      - But the pictures are so small - Lee - 6/6/2002 8:48:48 AM
        
        For a sense of scale, location, etc... - Marcia - 6/7/2002 3:56:16 PM
        
        Nevermind, I've figured it out. Thanks. (n/t) - Lee - 6/6/2002 8:52:52 AM

I'm Not Missing It - I Think Your Way Off - Mark Eby - 6/4/2002 1:38:27 PM
- So, you think accepting predictions from an unvalidated model is OK? - Larry J - 6/4/2002 2:28:42 PM
  - Bad Title Below - Mark Eby - 6/6/2002 1:30:02 PM
    - I was a bit harsh in my response as well - Larry J - 6/6/2002 3:08:21 PM
  - I Think Ignoring Huge Potential Risks Is Stupid - Mark Eby - 6/6/2002 1:01:11 PM
    - Too much is still unknown.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/7/2002 8:01:33 AM
    - You're 100% wrong - Larry J - 6/6/2002 3:04:34 PM

space enviro-wackies - p - 6/3/2002 4:27:31 PM
- Re: the irony - Raoul - 6/3/2002 6:57:12 PM
  - Re: the irony - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 4:30:05 PM
  - Re: the irony - gbaikie - 6/3/2002 9:44:33 AM
- Re: space enviro-wackies - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 5:51:04 PM
  - Re: space enviro-wackies - dacman - 6/6/2002 7:16:53 PM
  - There may be a real issue here - alcaray - 6/3/2002 12:44:44 PM
    - You don't really think Armstrong's footprints are still there. - Lee - 6/4/2002 7:34:49 PM
      - I think the blast was just as historical, and that the 'nauts got further from the LEM than that. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:50:59 PM
    - The lessons. - Bowser - 6/4/2002 6:40:12 PM
      - Antarctica - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2002 11:16:46 AM
        
        Well - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:35:29 AM
        
        Re: Well - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:29:46 PM
        
        Feel the power of the dark side Tom. - Lee (Vader) - 6/4/2002 1:15:00 PM
        
        lol and very true. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 6/4/2002 12:05:33 PM
    - You're pulling my chain, right? - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 4:23:38 PM
      - amen - R.L. - 6/5/2002 3:15:39 PM
        
        Re: amen - alcaray - 6/6/2002 5:40:29 PM
        
        Re: Anti-tech - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 4:30:10 PM
        
        How do you spell the sound you make when you give someone "the raspberrys"? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/6/2002 5:43:04 PM
      - not this time - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:47:15 PM
        
        Woops! What's wrong with my "bold" html? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:48:49 PM
        
        Re: Woops! What's wrong with my - Specificity - 6/5/2002 9:27:12 AM
        
        Test n/t (sort of) - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:01:02 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:02:53 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:03:40 AM
        
        You might be adding extra spaces in the codes. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:31:02 PM
        
        You are a genious! n/t - alcaray - 6/6/2002 6:46:24 PM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:04:54 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:06:29 AM
    - Of course there is an issue - FrankC - 6/3/2002 4:00:17 PM
- They are disgusting. Completely. §§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/3/2002 4:47:15 PM
  - My guess is that they are laying the foundation for an eventual UN Tax on Space development - Scott - 6/3/2002 5:02:35 PM
- If the moon has extremely limited water ice... - pwokenyaw - 6/3/2002 11:21:30 AM

Nicmos - Raoul - 6/5/2002 6:45:06 PM
- A four galaxy collision! - Marcia - 6/5/2002 7:04:51 PM
  - Re: A four galaxy collision! - Raoul Lannoy - 6/5/2002 7:19:40 PM
    - Re: A four galaxy collision! - Marcia - 6/5/2002 9:04:25 AM
      - More from MSNBC & Space.com: - Marcia - 6/5/2002 9:27:43 AM
        
        NICMOS official site. - Vince - 6/6/2002 3:18:19 PM
        
        Thank you, Vince. :) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 6/6/2002 5:47:54 PM

And ISS and Endeavour back again! - Raoul - 6/6/2002 9:49:09 AM
- Re: And ISS and Endeavour back again! - Delbert - 6/6/2002 10:11:46 AM
  - Re: And ISS and Endeavour back again! - Raoul - 6/6/2002 5:36:48 PM
  - LOL, I thought the same thing n/t - gbaikie - 6/6/2002 12:16:05 PM

Safe on Mars? - Me - 6/2/2002 7:30:02 PM
- Unfortunately, this commitee did not do its work - E.P. Grondine - 6/3/2002 3:46:51 PM
- Public reaction to dangerous endeavours - LJ - 6/3/2002 3:34:41 PM
- Re:Fred Hauck..... - Raoul - 6/2/2002 7:45:15 PM
- How Many Of These Issues Did Earlier Explorers Address? - Mark Eby - 6/2/2002 9:01:05 AM
  - And look what happened. - Bowser - 6/3/2002 3:42:05 PM
  - If NASA worked for Queen Isabella - ebnelson - 6/3/2002 2:22:42 PM
    - Re: If NASA worked for Queen Isabella - David M - 6/3/2002 6:53:14 PM
      - You missed the point. - ebnelson - 6/3/2002 9:50:13 AM
        
        Re: You missed the point. - Dave M - 6/4/2002 3:12:44 PM
        
        Yeah You Missed The Point - Mark Eby - 6/6/2002 12:27:36 PM
        
        The history games are fun. - ebnelson - 6/4/2002 3:44:34 PM
        
        You read "Mining the sky" by lewis, didn't you? - R.L. - 6/5/2002 3:28:14 PM

I'm almost envious of those livng in Hawaii, California, Mexico this coming Monday... - Jacob Samorodin - 6/6/2002 9:17:28 AM

Commercialization of space - Raoul - 6/5/2002 4:47:25 PM
- Re: Commercialization of space - gbaikie - 6/5/2002 7:53:33 PM
- The calm before the storm. - ebnelson - 6/5/2002 9:32:19 AM
- Re: Commercialization of space - Delbert - 6/5/2002 8:24:25 AM
  - Re: Commercialization of space - Raoul - 6/5/2002 8:55:42 AM

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