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Frank De Winne - Raoul - 3/24/2002 9:21:34 AM
- Ejection seats - Bowser - 3/24/2002 11:38:51 AM
  - Re: Ejection seats - Raoul - 3/24/2002 11:47:56 AM
    - I emailed Martin-Baker - Bowser - 3/24/2002 5:31:16 PM
      - No response, did find this - Bowser - 3/25/2002 4:03:02 PM
        
        Re: No response, did find this - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 4:45:33 PM
        
        Buran and ejector seats - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2002 9:52:53 AM
        
        Columbia had ejection seats for the first few flights - Larry J - 3/25/2002 10:53:05 AM
        
        Landing a shuttle - Bowser - 3/25/2002 11:52:38 AM
        
        Nope, they're hand flown with guidance from the computers - Larry J - 3/26/2002 2:43:21 PM
        
        Re: Landing a shuttle - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2002 7:14:52 PM
        
        Hey, it Tommy Lee Jones can do it... - RobVG - 3/26/2002 4:11:51 PM
        
        Re: Landing a shuttle - Neophyte - 3/25/2002 4:03:20 PM
        
        Re: Landing a shuttle - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 5:19:20 PM
    - THE site - Bowser - 3/24/2002 12:05:23 PM
      - Re: THE site - Raoul - 3/24/2002 12:13:07 PM

ETX90+webcam - Raoul Lannoy - 3/26/2002 12:49:55 PM
- Re: ETX90+webcam =it worked fine, Raoul! - Marcia - 3/26/2002 2:33:12 PM
  - Re: geocities - Raoul - 3/26/2002 2:53:11 PM

The LM builder - Raoul - 3/25/2002 4:36:01 PM
- The last of their line. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/25/2002 6:08:54 PM
  - Two words: In-orbit refueling. Or is that three? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 8:50:47 PM
    - Don't refuel in orbit - just dock - Robt Clements - 3/25/2002 4:01:57 PM
      - Re: Don't refuel in orbit - just dock - robert_d - 3/25/2002 4:41:16 PM
  - Not Likely - robert_d - 3/25/2002 10:17:30 AM
    - Re: Not Likely - gbaikie - 3/25/2002 1:13:54 PM
    - Re: spacesuit - Raoul - 3/25/2002 11:26:58 AM
- It must have been a great "engineering adventure". The LM was a great achievement. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/25/2002 5:05:24 PM

Shenzhou III up and away - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 5:38:39 PM
- P.S. - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 5:43:11 PM
  - Found it, thanks. - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 9:52:21 AM

George Will on NASA - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 3:25:33 PM
- George Will is an amazingly intellegent man, who I often disagree with. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/25/2002 5:34:14 PM

My son is going out to JSC NASA tomorrow for his summer internship interview. - ebnelson - 3/24/2002 11:56:59 AM
- My fingers are crossed ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/25/2002 5:31:03 PM
- That's wonderful, Ed. - Marcia - 3/25/2002 5:25:45 PM
- Thanks for the many kind thoughts and comments. - ebnelson - 3/25/2002 5:18:38 PM
- Good luck with the interview - FrankC - 3/25/2002 4:09:27 PM
- Hopefully an important first step on a great career. - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 3:27:27 PM
- Re: Great news, Ed . . . - D. Spires - 3/25/2002 3:10:16 PM
- Happy trails [trajectories] to him. [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 3/25/2002 2:54:12 PM
- "Break a Leg" - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2002 11:37:06 AM
- Re:That's great, Good luck to your son Ed n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 3/24/2002 1:28:02 PM

Growing Food in Space - Success_Machine - 3/23/2002 8:38:23 PM
- Natural light strips! - Nathan Koren - 3/23/2002 8:57:22 PM
  - Now all you need is Hughey Dewey and Louie:) - RobVG - 3/23/2002 7:04:00 PM
    - Re: Hughey Dewey and Louie - Tom Brosz - 3/25/2002 4:53:13 PM
    - Thanks, Rob! [n/t] (n/t) - Fox - 3/24/2002 12:40:40 PM
  - Re: Passive reflectors over active lighting . . . - D. spires - 3/23/2002 4:28:03 PM
  - Re: I agree completely nt - Success_Machine - 3/23/2002 10:47:12 AM
- Re: Growing Food in Space - Tom Brosz - 3/23/2002 12:28:07 PM

Is this the future? - Futureboy - 3/24/2002 8:43:04 PM
- Re: Just a small slice . . . - D. Spires - 3/25/2002 1:28:52 PM
  - "If you give a chimp a gun..." - Futureboy - 3/25/2002 3:31:05 PM

OGLEing Possible New Planets - p - 3/24/2002 5:23:16 PM
- Re: OGLEing Possible New Planets - Neophytes - 3/24/2002 10:25:33 AM
  - not 45,000 - Nick Hoffman - 3/25/2002 11:43:02 AM

Space Photo in Post Office. - Dan Apted - 3/23/2002 6:00:36 PM
- Re: No tellin' what's to be found up there . . . - D. Spires - 3/24/2002 8:18:21 PM
  - Re: No tellin' what's to be found up there . . . - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2002 9:48:51 AM
    - Re: Did you mean to post a link with your last? (n/t) - Dan Apted - 3/24/2002 2:36:00 PM
      - I was referring to the link in Dan's post just before mine. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2002 5:26:26 PM

Rethinking N'Synch N'Space... - Nathan Koren - 3/23/2002 6:26:51 PM
- Dennis Tito's comments on NBC this morning. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/24/2002 7:20:42 PM
  - Squeezing into a Soyuz - Nathan Koren - 3/24/2002 7:45:41 PM
    - Re: a Soyuz TMA - Raoul - 3/24/2002 7:54:39 PM
- Re: N'Synch N'Space... - Dan Apted - 3/24/2002 6:35:40 PM
- Re: Generations - SteveS - 3/24/2002 4:50:57 PM
- Re: Rethinking N'Synch N'Space... - p - 3/24/2002 3:41:44 PM
  - I guess that even cookie cutter pop icons are real people too. - Lee - 3/24/2002 9:52:44 AM
- Certainly removes the mystique. - Bowser - 3/24/2002 11:33:53 AM
- Re: Rethinking N'Synch N'Space... - Raoul - 3/24/2002 10:12:23 AM
  - Notoriety. - Marcia - 3/24/2002 3:32:44 PM

Why couldn't penetrator probes be included on the asteroid missions? - Jacob Samorodin - 3/24/2002 7:37:50 PM
- Re: Why couldn't penetrator probes be included on the asteroid missions? - Robt Clements - 3/24/2002 1:26:13 PM

Another new comet discovered by amateur - SteveS - 3/22/2002 7:26:26 PM
- Re: Better info - SteveS - 3/22/2002 7:38:47 PM
  - Re: Oh, this is good . . . ! - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 7:50:31 PM
    - Re: The year of the comet? - SteveS - 3/24/2002 3:48:03 PM
  - Re: IZ - Raoul - 3/22/2002 8:00:39 PM
    - Re: IZ - SteveS - 3/22/2002 8:39:56 PM
      - Re: IZ - Raoul - 3/22/2002 9:40:38 AM
      - Holding steady - Bowser - 3/22/2002 9:08:25 AM

For Dan Apted . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2002 1:42:57 PM
- Re: Nice picture - dan - 3/22/2002 6:04:19 PM
  - Outgassing process, etc.... - Marcia - 3/23/2002 7:02:48 PM
    - Re: Cool . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 7:10:03 PM
  - Re: This is gonna be another long one, isn’t it . . . ? - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 6:55:46 PM
  - Re: I am sorry for my spelling, I get excited and forget to use the spell checker. Arggg (n/t) - Dan Apted - 3/22/2002 6:09:59 PM
    - Re: Response from page 2 - SteveS - 3/23/2002 3:14:02 PM
      - Re: Steve's link . . . - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 5:57:19 PM
        
        Re: Steve's link . . . - Dan Apted - 3/23/2002 5:13:02 PM
        
        Re: Steve's link . . . - SteveS - 3/24/2002 3:42:16 PM
        
        Re: Oh, swamp gas . . . - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 6:06:37 PM
        
        Re: Thanks Dan, You nailed it n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 3/23/2002 9:35:06 AM

Calling the youth of the Space Generation! - Kadet Ken - 3/24/2002 10:48:38 AM
- Back to the Future of Space - Hannibal Smith - 3/24/2002 2:40:53 PM

Mars temperatures - they're doing it again! - Robert Clark - 3/22/2002 9:32:19 AM
- Re: Mars temperatures - Thomas Lee Elifritz - 3/22/2002 8:49:53 PM
- Re: Mars temperatures - they're doing it again! - Dan Apted - 3/22/2002 6:21:43 PM
  - Re: Mars temperatures - they're doing it again! - Robert Clark - 3/22/2002 7:03:10 PM
    - Re: Mars temperatures - they're doing it again! - Dan Apted - 3/24/2002 9:39:03 AM
    - Re: Mars temperatures - they're doing it again! - Dan Apted - 3/24/2002 9:29:25 AM

Interview with Jacques Vallee - Lindy - 3/21/2002 9:00:35 AM
- Yeah, and Elvis was spotted in a trailer park near you... - R.L. - 3/21/2002 5:57:53 PM
  - Re: Statistics - Raoul - 3/22/2002 8:35:23 PM
    - Re: UFO Report Statistics - Thomas Lee Elifritz - 3/22/2002 9:01:41 AM
      - Re: UFO Report Statistics - Doesn't Matter - 3/23/2002 8:07:23 PM
        
        Re: I never said I would remove it, Lindy . . . - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 7:19:56 PM
- Re: Interview with Jacques Vallee - p - 3/21/2002 1:42:54 PM

Saturn's rings.. Tombstone for the dinosaurs? - R.L. - 3/21/2002 5:13:47 PM
- Re: 100 million to 4.56 billion years old . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2002 9:57:46 AM
- Re: Saturn's rings.. 2001 - Raoul - 3/21/2002 6:38:49 PM
- Re: Saturn's rings.. Tombstone for the dinosaurs? - Tom Brosz - 3/21/2002 5:24:10 PM
  - Comets are capable of such velocities. They were also known to be much bigger sometimes coliding with other comets, etc... n/t - Marcia - 3/23/2002 7:21:35 PM
    - Re: Coliding with other comets . . . ? - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 11:44:49 AM
      - Comet collisions... - Marcia - 3/23/2002 12:01:21 PM
        
        Re: Asteroid to planet is what I meant . . . - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 12:19:16 PM
        
        Also, maybe... - Marcia - 3/23/2002 12:15:21 PM
  - Re: Saturn's rings.. Tombstone for the dinosaurs? - R.L. - 3/21/2002 5:28:17 PM
    - Re: Saturn's rings.. Tombstone for the dinosaurs? - Dan Apted - 3/21/2002 6:26:17 PM
      - Re: Nibiru (AKA, Planet X), or the brown dwarf called Nemesis . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2002 11:33:43 AM

ISS Canadarm2 problem - Delbert - 3/23/2002 3:51:46 PM
- Lubrication? - RobVG - 3/23/2002 6:12:31 PM
- Re: ISS Canadarm2 problem - Success_Machine - 3/23/2002 4:51:38 PM

An interesting editorial. - Delbert - 3/23/2002 12:32:34 PM
- Re: Right you are!! But Jealous I am. - Dan Apted - 3/23/2002 5:52:22 PM
- Re: '. . . a helluva ride and a display of true grit . . . ' - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 4:03:31 PM
- Good article and a needed reminder. Thanks! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/23/2002 1:25:59 PM

TDRS I - Raoul Lannoy - 3/23/2002 9:21:36 AM
- A rescue mission is unlikely - Larry J - 3/23/2002 4:41:01 PM
  - Re: A rescue mission is unlikely - Raoul - 3/23/2002 1:17:50 PM
- Re: TDRS I - Delbert - 3/23/2002 3:44:49 PM
  - Re: Good news! - D. Spires - 3/23/2002 3:54:28 PM

Nick, how did it go at LPSC? - ebnelson - 3/20/2002 1:39:54 PM
- Hi Ed, - Nick Hoffman - 3/22/2002 1:53:22 PM
  - I am very happy it went well for you. - ebnelson - 3/23/2002 2:26:23 PM
  - Re: Sounds refreshingly constructive . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2002 3:36:22 PM
    - Well come next year, Dan. - ebnelson - 3/23/2002 2:23:16 PM
      - Re: Slow . . . - D. spires - 3/23/2002 4:34:33 PM

Happy, happy, joy, joy - Larry J - 3/20/2002 9:41:03 AM
- If one's doing what one likes to do...it ain't work! ;-) Congrats! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/23/2002 3:09:28 PM
- Congratulations, Larry! Sounds very cool... (n/t) (n/t) - LJ - 3/22/2002 6:25:00 PM
- Very cool! Congrats! n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/21/2002 3:32:08 PM
- Ve vill haf ways of making you talk... - p - 3/21/2002 1:49:03 PM
- Re: Happy, happy, joy, joy - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2002 4:11:04 PM
- Re: Happy, happy, joy, joy - SteveS - 3/20/2002 12:39:46 PM
- Re: Happy, happy, joy, joy - Delbert - 3/20/2002 10:43:52 AM
  - Yeah, a lot of it will be classified - Larry J - 3/20/2002 11:12:48 AM
    - Re: Yeah, a lot of it will be classified - Delbert - 3/20/2002 7:00:34 PM
      - Not to worry - Larry J - 3/21/2002 2:37:25 PM
        
        Re: Not to worry - gbaikie - 3/21/2002 10:31:04 AM
        
        Re: Ditto on Larry's comments about Kim . . . - D. Spires - 3/21/2002 10:58:34 AM
        
        Sorry to hear it - Larry J - 3/21/2002 10:39:17 AM
        
        Re: Sorry to hear it - gbaikie - 3/21/2002 11:19:15 AM
        
        Re: Sorry to hear it. - Marcia - 3/21/2002 12:47:28 PM
        
        Re: Sorry to hear it. - Success_Machine - 3/21/2002 3:35:12 PM
        
        Re: Misconception . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2002 1:20:07 PM
        
        Re: Sorry to hear it. - gbaikie - 3/21/2002 3:55:55 PM
        
        Re: Sorry to hear it. - Success_Machine - 3/21/2002 5:57:11 PM
        
        Re: Sorry to hear it. - Success_Machine - 3/21/2002 6:10:45 PM
- Re: space surveillance - Raoul Lannoy - 3/20/2002 10:19:44 AM
- Re: Happy, happy, joy, joy - Dave M - 3/20/2002 10:06:59 AM
- Re: Happy, happy, joy, joy - D. Spires - 3/20/2002 10:00:34 AM
- Re: Happy, happy, joy, joy - Marcia - 3/20/2002 9:55:59 AM
  - Oh, Larry... - Marcia - 3/21/2002 3:40:36 PM

Magnetic North Drifting Out of Canadian Territory - Success_Machine - 3/21/2002 3:44:03 PM
- Let's start a petition to keep it in Canada! Those Russkies won't care for it properly n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/21/2002 4:23:31 PM
  - be democratic....start a pole poll...where do you think north should be?nt (n/t) - R.L. - 3/21/2002 5:23:15 PM
    - The northpole should be at Superman's fortress. - ebnelson - 3/23/2002 2:22:02 PM
    - Re: Someplace really, really cold . . . - D. Spires - 3/22/2002 5:06:09 PM
- I saw that article yesterday - Larry J - 3/21/2002 10:35:05 AM
  - Migratory birds - LJ - 3/22/2002 6:41:59 PM
  - Re: I saw that article yesterday - Success_Machine - 3/21/2002 2:58:27 PM

Continent of Columbia - gbaikie - 3/20/2002 4:53:45 PM
- Polar Ice Caps - SDG - 3/22/2002 7:01:12 PM
  - Old Chinese Saying... - RobVG - 3/22/2002 11:19:23 AM
- Re: Continent of Columbia - Nick Hoffman - 3/22/2002 1:45:17 PM
- Put on your Flak Jacket. - RobVG - 3/21/2002 8:23:02 PM
  - Re: Put on your Flak Jacket. - gbaikie - 3/21/2002 9:50:05 AM
    - I see. - RobVG - 3/21/2002 4:58:21 PM
      - Shoot. Just remembered there are heavier elements to the right of Au. Duh. (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/21/2002 5:02:26 PM
    - Re: Earth + Moon = Earth Tectonics . . . - D. Spires - 3/21/2002 2:09:03 PM
      - Re: Earth + Moon = Earth Tectonics . . . - gbaikie - 3/21/2002 9:41:57 AM
        
        Do you suppose... - Marcia - 3/21/2002 12:00:20 PM
        
        Re: the other planet - Raoul - 3/22/2002 8:50:56 PM
        
        Re: Very possibly . . . - D. Spires - 3/21/2002 12:21:02 PM
        
        ... or the sun took and ate what was left of it. n/t - Marcia - 3/21/2002 12:32:31 PM

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