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The ISS radio contact - Raoul - 5/9/2002 7:26:08 PM

Hey Tom Brosz... your ideas for... - Adam - 5/9/2002 8:25:23 AM
- My ideas for... - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2002 3:06:33 PM

Submillimetron - Raoul Lannoy - 5/9/2002 9:33:46 AM
- Re: Submillimetron - p - 5/9/2002 10:05:27 AM
- Finally. - Bowser - 5/9/2002 9:58:51 AM
  - Agreed. - Scott - 5/9/2002 10:42:44 AM
  - Re: Finally. - Raoul - 5/9/2002 10:12:39 AM

Site's back, and what happened... - Robert - 5/2/2002 7:34:29 PM
- Of course we are grateful for all your efforts! - alcaray - 5/2/2002 9:13:10 AM
  - Re: I really don't see anyone paying - SM - 5/3/2002 7:45:38 PM
    - Re: I really don't see anyone paying - Robert - 5/3/2002 4:49:51 PM
      - Change... - Nick Hoffman - 5/3/2002 4:14:22 PM
        
        Think bigger change - Robert - 5/4/2002 6:01:09 PM
        
        test post -- ignore (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 5/8/2002 7:44:27 PM
        
        Re: What a nice hobby . . . - D. Spires - 5/3/2002 4:29:53 PM
  - I'm only speaking for myself - alcaray - 5/3/2002 8:06:41 AM
  - Thanks! There's a thread forming on Community about this, best we talk there. (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 5/2/2002 10:16:59 AM
  - Re: What a clever idea . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2002 9:21:58 AM
    - Not a problem for me - FrankC - 5/2/2002 9:29:47 AM
      - Re: Not a problem for me - Marcia - 5/2/2002 10:04:50 AM
        
        Re: Count me in too! - SteveS - 5/2/2002 11:26:26 AM

Upward Mobility & Pop Culture - p - 5/8/2002 3:07:39 PM
- Pop Culture? That ain't what the Hawkman is all about! - MC Hawking - 5/8/2002 5:51:45 PM
  - Oh great...now my kids are gonna want to hang out in here too... n/t (n/t) - McFly - 5/8/2002 6:55:33 PM

Some of you purist knuckleheads been talking smack about my latest book… - MC Hawking - 5/7/2002 5:23:49 PM
- Yo Hawk! You da man! - rapmaster p - 5/8/2002 12:53:51 PM
- Re: Some of you purist knuckleheads been talking smack about my latest book… - SM - 5/7/2002 5:47:04 PM

And you thought Asteroids were a problem. - Scott - 5/8/2002 8:11:11 AM
- Bogus! - p - 5/8/2002 9:53:07 AM
- Extinctions usually caused by impact, not radiation - E.P. Grondine - 5/8/2002 9:52:35 AM
- Re: And you thought Asteroids were a problem. - Delbert - 5/8/2002 9:48:36 AM
- The good thing is... - Raoul - 5/8/2002 8:37:33 AM
  - Re: I don't quite follow?? - SM - 5/8/2002 8:42:43 AM
    - Re: We are mortals...(n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 5/8/2002 8:46:30 AM
      - Re: We are mortals...(n/t) - Marcia - 5/8/2002 9:31:44 AM
      - Who knows.. Betelgeuse may go supernova first. - Marcia - 5/8/2002 9:25:39 AM
        
        Re: Who knows.. Betelgeuse may go supernova first. - Raoul - 5/8/2002 10:45:18 AM
- Life has a 100% mortality rate - Larry J - 5/8/2002 8:27:50 AM
- Re: And you thought Asteroids were a problem. - SM - 5/8/2002 8:25:31 AM
  - Re: And you thought Asteroids were a problem. - SM - 5/8/2002 8:34:05 AM
    - Horrifying Yes! - Scott - 5/8/2002 8:37:08 AM
- Re: And you thought Asteroids were a problem. - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2002 8:23:37 AM
  - But Tom... - Scott - 5/8/2002 8:26:04 AM

MGS MOC Releases MOC2-311 to MOC2-314, 7 May 2002 - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/7/2002 5:59:23 PM
- After seeing images of the latest Martian storm, - Marcia - 5/7/2002 2:43:35 PM
  - Martian core samples - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/8/2002 8:26:07 AM

Rocket Barbie - Larry J - 5/7/2002 7:15:52 PM
- That's very cute! n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 5/7/2002 2:33:49 PM
- Re: Rocket Barbie - SteveS - 5/7/2002 11:27:56 AM

The planet alaignment 5/7/02 - Delbert - 5/7/2002 5:36:42 PM

MSSS MOC NA Gallery (E01 - E06) Released - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/7/2002 5:36:09 PM

Worldwide weather watchers wanted - gbaikie - 5/7/2002 5:05:58 PM
- forgot link - gb - 5/7/2002 5:08:30 PM

ESO picture - Raoul - 5/7/2002 4:41:05 PM
- Re: ESO picture - p - 5/7/2002 4:54:03 PM

The third tourist? - Raoul - 5/7/2002 4:27:54 PM
- There's also the issue of sponsorship... differs with each applicant. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 5/7/2002 9:36:56 AM
  - Re: There's also the issue of sponsorship... differs with each applicant. n/t - Raoul - 5/7/2002 9:43:59 AM

Like a diamond in the sky... - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2002 4:26:09 PM
- Re: Like a diamond in the sky... - Delbert - 5/7/2002 4:09:27 PM
  - Mercury gives a good sense of perspective. - Marcia - 5/7/2002 9:32:45 AM
    - Re: A triangle - Raoul - 5/7/2002 9:38:02 AM
- Did you miss it? - Bowser - 5/6/2002 4:08:41 PM
- Re: Like a diamond in the sky... - Marcia - 5/6/2002 9:48:39 AM
  - Re: Haunting indeed - SteveS - 5/6/2002 1:36:07 PM
    - Made me wonder what it would have looked like some 4,000 years ago. - Marcia - 5/7/2002 2:09:45 PM
      - Nice music - p - 5/7/2002 4:07:32 PM
      - Re: A lot brighter and mystic being not educated on them - SteveS - 5/7/2002 11:15:49 AM

Nanoworld gets bigger... - Nick Hoffman - 5/7/2002 1:39:39 PM
- Re: Nanoworld gets bigger... - D. Spires - 5/7/2002 3:16:29 PM

"he’ll keep the ship and suit" - Marcia - 5/5/2002 4:16:58 PM
- Yes, to keeping the suit. No, to keeping (Betty) the ship. - Marcia - 5/7/2002 2:31:01 PM
- Re: evolution - Raoul - 5/5/2002 4:38:06 PM
  - Re: evolution - Delbert - 5/5/2002 6:26:47 PM
  - Lance Bass turned 23 yesterday. - Marcia - 5/5/2002 5:23:17 PM
    - Re: Lance Bass turned 23 yesterday. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/5/2002 6:07:21 PM
    - Re: Lance Bass turned 23 yesterday. - Raoul - 5/5/2002 6:07:03 PM
      - MirCorp is 'finally' accomplishing something? [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/5/2002 6:08:59 PM
        
        Re:Depends - Raoul - 5/5/2002 6:47:20 PM

Would you trust land in the next-generation space-shuttle without a pilot? - Jacob Samorodin - 5/5/2002 6:15:20 PM
- Re: Would you trust land in the next-generation space-shuttle without a pilot? - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2002 7:50:28 PM
- No. - Marcia - 5/5/2002 7:42:38 PM
- Re: Would you trust land[ing] in the next-generation space-shuttle without a pilot? - Jacob Samorodin - 5/5/2002 6:17:36 PM
  - Re: Would you trust land[ing] in the next-generation space-shuttle without a pilot? - Raoul - 5/5/2002 6:37:01 PM
- Absolutely, unequivocally. - Bowser - 5/5/2002 10:17:10 AM
  - Normal ops are one thing, malfunctions are another - Larry J - 5/6/2002 2:17:40 PM
    - Imagine the Instructor.. - Nick Hoffman - 5/7/2002 12:07:57 PM
      - Re: Imagine the Instructor.. - Larry J - 5/7/2002 1:29:01 PM
    - With manual backup, or capabilities. - Bowser - 5/6/2002 3:34:38 PM
      - Re: With manual backup, or capabilities. - Larry J - 5/6/2002 3:57:08 PM
        
        Re: With manual backup, or capabilities. - RobVG - 5/6/2002 4:53:51 PM
        
        He has always impressed me as a man of character - Larry J - 5/6/2002 5:50:41 PM
        
        Re: Flying ! - Raoul - 5/6/2002 8:47:48 AM

When do you think we will send the first probe to another star system? - Ken Chanaud - 5/3/2002 12:26:45 PM
- Re: Hmmm. Good question - SM - 5/6/2002 3:51:47 PM
- It's been done. - Marcia - 5/4/2002 6:33:27 PM
- Re: When do you think we will send the first probe to another star system? - Nathan Koren - 5/4/2002 5:35:04 PM
- How would you justify it? - Bowser - 5/4/2002 4:59:12 PM
  - I agree with Bowser - s - 5/6/2002 6:18:55 PM
  - Re: "How would you justify it?" Hmm, - Marcia - 5/4/2002 7:06:15 PM
    - Political will v. scientific - Bowser - 5/4/2002 8:22:53 AM
      - interesting points - McFly - 5/4/2002 3:30:33 PM
- When the RF Clutter we generate would attract... - Why send a probe???? - 5/3/2002 2:45:13 PM

Starry Night - Raoul - 5/5/2002 12:55:38 PM
- Re: Starry Night - Delbert - 5/5/2002 6:12:07 PM
  - Re: Starry Night - Raoul - 5/5/2002 6:43:40 PM

Anybody have the NASA ISS budget per year at hand - E.P. Grondine - 5/5/2002 5:47:47 PM
- 1998, 1999, 2000 numbers? - E.P. Grondine - 5/5/2002 6:11:56 PM
  - Found. - E.P.Grondine - 5/5/2002 8:43:24 AM

May 5, 1961 - Marcia - 5/5/2002 4:43:45 PM
- Better links: - Marcia - 5/5/2002 4:53:48 PM

NASA SLI Program narrows down the field to 15. - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2002 12:01:31 PM
- *Gah!* And, Predictions... - Nathan Koren - 5/3/2002 6:46:31 PM
  - The Boeing and LM designs look alot alike to me. - Lee - 5/3/2002 8:56:22 AM
    - Re: Boeing vs. LM - Nathan Koren - 5/3/2002 11:29:00 AM
- Holy Cost Plus! - Larry J - 5/3/2002 10:14:00 AM
  - Re: Holy Cost Plus! - Marcia - 5/5/2002 11:09:44 AM
- Just how many engines and wings can you put on a vehicle, anyway? - McFly - 5/3/2002 9:16:24 AM
  - They should call it Project Chimera (n/t) - Lee - 5/3/2002 1:49:48 PM
- Hey I like the one pictured in your link - Scott - 5/2/2002 10:33:47 AM
- Oh Yah! Like THAT looks cheap to develop! {What a Kludge} (n/t) (n/t) - p - 5/2/2002 9:14:00 AM
- My 4 year old niece could draw better designs than this. - Lee - 5/2/2002 8:26:52 AM
- They just need to, K.I.S.S. - Marcia - 4/30/2002 2:15:38 PM
  - Re: They just need to, K.I.S.S. - gbaikie - 4/30/2002 3:25:35 PM
    - certainly wouldn't spend 5 billion n/t (n/t) - gb - 4/30/2002 3:27:48 PM
  - Re: I agree . . . - D. Spires - 4/30/2002 2:55:27 PM
- Re: NASA SLI Program narrows down the field to 15. - gbaikie - 4/30/2002 1:32:12 PM

This looks like some bad news... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2002 12:55:33 PM
- Balony - Scott - 4/26/2002 4:28:07 PM
- Implications of Hoffman's observation on the effect of the Moon on Earth - E.P. Grondine - 4/26/2002 4:13:35 PM
  - Re: I havfe to say yes . . . - D. Spires - 4/26/2002 10:56:26 AM
    - You're wong...... Again. - Todd - 4/27/2002 10:58:06 AM
      - Re: You're wong...... Again. About the tides too. - Nathan - 4/27/2002 4:29:42 PM
        
        You guys are both wrong:) - gbaikie - 4/27/2002 3:34:22 PM
        
        Re: You guys are both wrong:) - Nathan - 4/27/2002 4:29:33 PM
        
        Newton's law... - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2002 11:18:20 AM
        
        Re: Newton's law... - gbaikie - 4/28/2002 9:25:48 AM
        
        Centre of Gravity - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2002 11:04:48 AM
        
        Re: Centre of Gravity - gbaikie - 4/28/2002 12:20:01 PM
        
        Re: You guys are both wrong:) - nathan - 4/27/2002 4:44:08 PM
      - Re: You're wong...... Again. And technically so are you. - nathan - 4/27/2002 4:15:25 PM
        
        Moon's effect on core convection currents? - E.P.Grondine - 4/27/2002 8:35:51 AM
        
        Earth tides and dissipation - Nick Hoffman - 4/27/2002 2:24:50 PM
        
        Re: Well, you certainly know how to shorten an argument . . . - D. Spires - 4/29/2002 6:51:36 PM
        
        Re: Well, you certainly know how to shorten an argument . . . yep, he sure does! :) - Marcia - 4/30/2002 10:38:42 AM
        
        Re: The Moon has achieved Earth-escape velocity . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2002 9:40:01 AM
        
        Yes, sir. :) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 5/4/2002 7:12:13 PM
        
        So if I understand you correctly: If I can wait 50 million years - Scott - 4/29/2002 5:40:57 PM
        
        Thanks - E.P. Grondine - 4/28/2002 5:29:54 PM
        
        it's not covered - Nick Hoffman - 4/28/2002 11:16:27 AM
        
        Thanks, but - E.P. Grondine - 4/28/2002 6:59:34 PM
      - Re: Nice to see you at least went to school . . . - D. Spires - 4/27/2002 8:43:18 AM
        
        Tidal effects on Earth...a couple of cents worth - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2002 12:03:40 PM
- Re: This looks like a load of horse manure - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 4:11:49 PM
  - I agree. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2002 4:46:24 PM
    - Ya got me... - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2002 4:48:37 PM
      - Re: Ya got me... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2002 5:28:00 PM
        
        I say let it go. - Scott - 4/26/2002 4:30:51 PM
  - Perfectly clear: The key is the 2.0736 x 10^6 second chronological displacement (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 4/25/2002 4:17:18 PM
- Re: This looks like some bad news... - Futureboy - 4/25/2002 3:56:35 PM
- I think it works both ways. - Todd - 4/25/2002 3:24:33 PM

Planetary alignment tonite... - Carl - 5/4/2002 1:32:03 PM

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