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75 years ago today.... - Raoul - 5/20/2002 8:25:15 AM
- Re: 75 years ago today.... - Bowser - 5/20/2002 12:43:23 PM
  - Re: 75 years ago today.... - Raoul - 5/20/2002 2:12:21 PM
    - Re: 75 years ago today.... - Bowser - 5/20/2002 12:34:35 PM

Doomed - Delbert - 5/16/2002 7:12:07 PM
- Possibly Doomed by Many Factors, but The Future Looks Bright To Me - Mark Eby - 5/16/2002 4:04:35 PM
- Fun. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 4:00:21 PM
- Re: Yep. - SM - 5/16/2002 2:29:29 PM
  - Re: Yep. - SM - 5/16/2002 2:53:21 PM
- More money desperately needed for NEO search - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 8:53:18 AM
  - thinking more long term than that. - Delbert - 5/16/2002 3:07:59 PM
    - little correction - delbert - 5/16/2002 4:00:48 PM
      - Re: evolution - Raoul - 5/16/2002 9:39:41 AM
        
        Re: evolution - p - 5/17/2002 8:29:30 AM
- We will (can) not be wiped out. - Lee - 5/16/2002 8:21:24 AM
  - A few select individuals (etc) - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 9:16:29 AM
    - Re: A few select individuals (etc) - Nick Hoffman - 5/16/2002 12:04:26 PM
      - Re: A few select individuals (etc) - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 7:24:54 PM
        
        Financing the search for the two new impact sites - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 8:45:39 AM
        
        Calling the financing question - p - 5/17/2002 3:19:24 PM
        
        G'day, ya arragant swine... - E.P. Grondine - 5/17/2002 4:41:38 PM
        
        I love you too, man (n/t) (n/t) - phil, the arrogant swine - 5/17/2002 6:42:46 PM
        
        For funding, you can always try... - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 8:58:07 AM
        
        I don't know if your sense of humor - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 1:14:15 PM
        
        Re: I don't know if your sense of humor - Chris Vancil - 5/17/2002 8:36:20 AM
        
        Don't Make Any Plans For A Plush Office - Mark Eby - 5/16/2002 3:22:12 PM
        
        My personal plans - E.P. Grondine - 5/17/2002 4:08:05 PM
      - Re: A few select individuals (etc) - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 5:07:21 PM
        
        a little more - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 5:10:20 PM
        
        and a little more still - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 7:07:04 PM
        
        Some good news - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 4:46:43 PM
        
        That may be the way it happens - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 2:23:08 PM
        
        Kind of pricey, isn't it? - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2002 9:27:09 AM
        
        Do You Really Believe - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 1:53:20 PM
        
        Not For You - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 4:00:54 PM
        
        You hope - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:37:14 AM
        
        The Big Picture - Mark Eby - 5/16/2002 4:18:54 PM
        
        Re: My Big Picture - E.P. Grondine - 5/17/2002 4:25:03 PM
        
        Your Continued False Pretext - Mark Eby - 5/17/2002 2:34:46 PM
        
        and your own thick skull... - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 2:38:24 PM
        
        More EP Memory & Comprehension Lapses - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 3:51:37 PM
        
        None of the small impactors are being reliably detected - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:29:50 AM
        
        Accurate Title But - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 4:02:06 PM
        
        Accurate in parts, but - E.P. Grondine - 5/19/2002 10:04:22 AM
        
        Re: Accurate in parts, but - Chris Vancil - 5/19/2002 7:21:29 PM
        
        More Questionable Statistics From EP - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 4:02:37 PM
        
        Forgot To Mention - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 4:06:02 PM
        
        The difference between playing Mars, and real manned Mars - E.P. Grondine - 5/19/2002 4:54:47 PM
        
        The big one is now inbound. Earth faces certain doom. - Scott - 5/17/2002 10:05:22 AM
        
        bullshit - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 2:44:30 PM
        
        How' Can You Miss Such An Obvious Point? - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 3:19:38 PM
        
        More lucid state of mind... - Nick Hoffman - 5/18/2002 4:05:13 PM
        
        Ah, but there's a method to the madness - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:33:49 AM
  - Ozymandias - alcaray - 5/16/2002 8:12:43 AM
    - And yet there are still people to read his name. - Lee - 5/17/2002 7:41:28 PM
    - Oops! didn't mean to imply that the title was "wonderful irony"! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/16/2002 8:15:07 AM

Jupiter has 11 new moons (or has captured 11 asteroids *g*). - Marcia - 5/17/2002 9:28:01 AM
- Retrograde moons and gravity - Bowser - 5/18/2002 4:42:07 PM
  - Re: Retrograde moons and gravity - RobVG - 5/18/2002 7:14:41 PM
    - Just the Opposite - Justin Kelly - 5/18/2002 11:39:14 AM
      - Thanks Justin - RobVG - 5/18/2002 3:15:04 PM
        
        Yes - Justin Kelly - 5/19/2002 5:32:37 PM
- I think we should stop calling them Moons - Justin Kelly - 5/17/2002 12:35:38 PM
  - Re: I think we should stop calling them Moons - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 4:39:32 PM
    - Re: I think we should stop calling them Moons - p - 5/18/2002 5:23:10 PM
      - Is Pluto a planet? - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 6:33:50 PM
        
        Re:Discoveries - Raoul - 5/18/2002 7:11:51 PM
        
        Pluto is Bigger Than Ceres - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 2:25:30 PM
        
        Re: Re:Discoveries - Raoul - 5/18/2002 7:14:19 PM
        
        Define planets by size, not orbit - Buck Galaxy - 5/19/2002 5:48:05 PM
        
        Good point. Asteroids an obvious exception. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2002 11:49:19 AM
      - the numerical line. . . - Justin Kelly - 5/18/2002 11:32:49 AM
        
        I like it. If it ain't round, it aint a moon (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/18/2002 3:12:35 PM

Are you into lasers? - Todd - 5/18/2002 10:25:58 AM
- Re: I'm not sure what the difference - SM - 5/19/2002 5:47:11 PM
- Re: Are you into lasers? - RobVG - 5/18/2002 6:34:43 PM
  - Re: I think Micky D's serves frozen yogurt these days - SM - 5/19/2002 5:44:02 PM

Third passenger? - Raoul - 5/18/2002 6:45:49 PM
- Lori should have used Space Adventures - E.P. Grondine - 5/19/2002 4:39:43 PM
  - Re: Bass also.... - Raoul - 5/19/2002 8:01:11 AM
    - Re: Reports say both had surgery to qualify as astronauts - SM - 5/19/2002 8:08:36 AM
      - Re: Reports say both had surgery to qualify as astronauts - Raoul - 5/19/2002 9:47:17 AM
        
        Re: Reports say both had surgery to qualify as astronauts - SM - 5/19/2002 10:21:31 AM

Meteorite from Mercury? - Matt Burley - 5/19/2002 3:04:37 PM

Bill to Stimulate Human Space Exploration - p - 5/16/2002 7:30:56 PM
- Re: Bill to Stimulate Human Space Exploration - Raoul - 5/17/2002 3:33:20 PM
- Or at least stimulate salaries for bureaucrats involved with it... - Veteran Skeptic - 5/16/2002 8:29:38 AM
  - I Like Prizes too But - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 2:33:47 PM
  - Re: Or at least stimulate salaries for bureaucrats involved with it... - p - 5/17/2002 12:17:55 PM
    - Rand Simberg on the Clear Lake Full Employment Bill - p - 5/17/2002 1:14:51 PM
    - Re: Or at least stimulate salaries for bureaucrats involved with it... - Marcia - 5/17/2002 9:37:32 AM

Today's moon - Raoul - 5/19/2002 10:40:43 AM

Congratulations to Abhijit Patil, Shahada City, India - Success_Machine - 5/19/2002 9:39:55 AM

More Space Spin-Offs - Adam - 5/18/2002 12:44:10 PM

Perhaps plants don't sens gravitation - Johannes - 5/16/2002 4:27:05 PM
- If I recall, plants have hormones which sense gravity. Ø (n/t) - ebnelson - 5/17/2002 4:59:48 PM
- Re: Perhaps plants don't sens gravitation - LJ - 5/17/2002 4:31:37 PM
  - ROBOKID! - RobVG - 5/17/2002 6:24:54 PM
  - That one shows results of momentum maybe even inertia. - Marcia - 5/17/2002 5:57:23 PM
  - It sounds like the plants got dizzy N/T (n/t) - Scott - 5/17/2002 5:00:34 PM

A realistic review of a sci-fi film: - Marcia - 5/16/2002 4:48:13 PM
- thanks Marcia...one question of many raised... - McFly - 5/16/2002 5:51:16 PM
  - Of course, it's possible.... - Marcia - 5/16/2002 6:19:11 PM
  - Re: thanks Marcia...one question of many raised... - p - 5/16/2002 6:14:46 PM
    - Something I think would be a cool critter. - Lee - 5/16/2002 7:53:20 PM
      - Could have a great deal to do with water pressure.... - Marcia - 5/17/2002 2:53:01 PM
      - Thanks for the good word - Alan Boyle - 5/16/2002 11:20:50 AM

Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite (con't) - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 4:39:20 PM
- Re: Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite (con't) - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 7:59:08 PM
  - Re: Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite (con't) - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 8:05:59 AM
    - Re: Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite (con't) - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 8:35:11 AM
      - Re: Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite (con't) - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 8:41:31 AM
        
        Re: Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite (con't) - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 1:31:52 PM
        
        Only the "true believers" in McKay et al. subscribe to this view... - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 1:50:13 PM
        
        Re: Only the true believers ... - Robert Clark - 5/16/2002 7:57:16 PM
        
        Robert "Gandhi" Clark - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 5:06:50 PM
- Occam's Razor - LJ - 5/15/2002 7:28:29 PM
  - Wielding (a double-edged) Occam's Razor - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 8:00:25 AM
    - Re: Wielding (a double-edged) Occam's Razor - LJ - 5/15/2002 9:35:14 AM
- "Admittedly, Trieman is a sceptic"... - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2002 10:21:22 AM
  - The way it happened - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 8:48:31 AM
  - Re: ALH84001. - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 1:26:32 PM
    - I take it that you have not attended any of the science meetings - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 1:52:43 PM
      - Re: I take it that you have not attended any of the science meetings - Robert Clark - 5/16/2002 7:11:16 PM
        
        Re: I take it that you have not attended any of the science meetings - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 5:44:24 PM
  - Restrained debate - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 10:37:14 AM
    - Re: Restrained debate - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2002 6:11:53 PM

For those interested in the MARIE instrument... - alcaray - 5/14/2002 11:34:05 AM
- Re: For those interested in the MARIE instrument... - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 1:00:26 PM
  - Re: For those interested in the MARIE instrument... - alcaray - 5/15/2002 3:52:23 PM
    - THEMIS "color imaging" redux - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 4:50:44 PM
      - Re: THEMIS - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 8:10:05 AM
        
        Proviso - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 8:17:16 AM
        
        I appreciate any hint of news you share with us - alcaray - 5/15/2002 9:05:38 AM
        
        2003 MER Landing Sites Selection - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 9:51:08 AM
        
        About the THEMIS pix to aid MER landing site selection - alcaray - 5/15/2002 10:58:40 AM
        
        Re: About the THEMIS pix to aid MER landing site selection - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 11:05:31 AM
        
        Re: About the THEMIS pix to aid MER landing site selection - alcaray - 5/16/2002 3:32:03 PM
        
        Re: About the THEMIS pix to aid MER landing site selection - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 5:38:31 PM
        
        Re: About the THEMIS pix to aid MER landing site selection - Marcia - 5/16/2002 7:26:32 PM
    - Re: For those interested in the MARIE instrument... - p - 5/15/2002 4:35:07 PM
- MARIE clarification - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/14/2002 1:04:40 PM

Interesting set of Mars-related articles in the May 16, 2002 issue of Nature - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 10:42:46 AM
- Re: Interesting set of Mars-related articles in the May 16, 2002 issue of Nature - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 1:36:45 PM
  - Did you read the Wyatt and McSween paper? I did. n/t (n/t) - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/15/2002 1:56:46 PM
    - Re: Did you read the Wyatt and McSween paper? I did. - Robert Clark - 5/16/2002 8:37:12 AM
      - Re: Did you read the Wyatt and McSween paper? I did. - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 6:07:54 PM

China puts two satellites into orbit. - Marcia - 5/16/2002 5:59:10 PM
- Re: China puts two satellites into orbit. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 10:30:03 AM

An Update from the MER team just showed up - alcaray - 5/16/2002 5:49:37 PM

Six Bodies Pulled From Russian Cosmodrome Debris . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2002 2:56:01 PM
- Re: Six Bodies Pulled From Russian Cosmodrome Debris . . . - ebnelson - 5/15/2002 7:38:40 PM

Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/13/2002 1:47:01 PM
- Re: Resolution of a Big Argument About Tiny Magnetic Minerals in Martian Meteorite - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 2:36:49 PM
- Big argument. - Bowser - 5/14/2002 5:14:27 PM
  - You dont understand how it works, just like the press didnt understand... - R.L. - 5/14/2002 3:48:16 PM
    - They've yet to be proven wrong. - Lee - 5/15/2002 7:36:30 PM
      - Re: They've yet to be proven wrong. - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2002 2:03:47 PM
        
        And "dinosaur bones" aren't really bones. - Lee - 5/15/2002 8:39:52 AM
    - Au contraire... - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2002 2:00:22 PM
      - Re: Au contraire... - Robert Clark - 5/15/2002 2:47:31 PM
- Which lends credibility to the cold, dry Mars idea. - ebnelson - 5/14/2002 3:43:53 PM
- Barber and Scott paper in PNAS - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/13/2002 2:21:40 PM

Last night... - Raoul - 5/15/2002 7:05:11 PM
- Wow! All that's missing is a big, black monolith... (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2002 11:37:23 AM
- Re: Last night... - Nick Hoffman - 5/15/2002 10:11:51 AM

The Moon - Raoul - 5/15/2002 6:52:43 PM

Text of the Space Exploration Act - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2002 4:28:16 PM
- Cursory reading - Bowser - 5/15/2002 6:21:04 PM
- a layman's take... - McFly - 5/15/2002 5:59:32 PM

Flying Saucer photographed by European astronomers - phillippe - 5/15/2002 4:51:28 PM

Bad News For Space - Jeff F - 5/12/2002 4:24:15 PM
- NASA support always picks up after the public sees results. - Marcia - 5/15/2002 3:18:05 PM
- Re: Bad News For Space - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2002 6:32:05 PM
- Re: Bad News For Space - p - 5/12/2002 5:04:42 PM
- Re: Good Luck Jeff - SteveS - 5/12/2002 4:22:06 PM
  - Re: NASA PR - Raoul Lannoy - 5/13/2002 4:22:35 PM
- Perceived benefits - Bowser - 5/12/2002 9:57:06 AM
  - Good review, Bowser. - ebnelson - 5/13/2002 3:06:11 PM
  - NASA has been 'Bad News' for years.. - Todd - 5/12/2002 1:57:46 PM
  - Well said...couldn't have written it better myself. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2002 1:00:53 PM

APOD for May 15, 2002 - Marcia - 5/15/2002 10:08:18 AM

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