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Personal Essay: "Messier Cheated" - RobVG - 3/14/2002 5:13:29 PM
- Time to get out the rubbing and polishing compunds, now where's that Faucault tester ? - sunblok - 3/16/2002 9:35:05 AM
- terrific writing, Rob...thanks for sharing n/t (n/t) - McFly - 3/15/2002 6:05:26 PM
- Ah shucks,... - RobVG - 3/15/2002 5:50:53 PM
- Re: great story! - Raoul - 3/15/2002 5:45:59 PM
- Hint hint... - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2002 4:17:27 PM
  - S&T - p - 3/15/2002 5:01:26 PM
    - Rob, submit this essay... others should read it too! Thank you (really) for sharing it!!! n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 3/15/2002 5:25:48 PM
- Re: Wow, that's special - SteveS - 3/15/2002 2:48:15 PM
- Thank you - RNE - 3/15/2002 1:36:53 PM
- Re: Excellent . . . - D. Spires - 3/15/2002 1:29:48 PM
- Thanks Rob - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2002 11:20:46 AM
  - Mega! - p - 3/15/2002 1:59:41 PM
- Too late to add my kudos? - Fox - 3/15/2002 9:10:43 AM

Fast, Loose and Out of Control - p - 3/15/2002 4:34:03 PM
- Re: Fast, Loose and Out of Control - Tom Brosz - 3/15/2002 5:39:21 PM
  - Re: Nanotech at work . . . - D. Spires - 3/15/2002 7:52:54 PM
    - Re: Nanotech at work . . . - p - 3/15/2002 10:19:27 AM
      - Re: Well, everyone is entitled to one error in life . . . - D. Spires - 3/15/2002 12:08:29 PM

interesting idea....specific impulse of 1.3 *10^7...as of now I am skeptical tho... - R.L. - 3/13/2002 3:40:44 PM
- 10,000 AU in 7.5 years!?! - Lee - 3/15/2002 7:21:10 PM
  - Re: 10,000 AU in 7.5 years!?! - Larry J - 3/15/2002 9:33:21 AM
    - 0.02 c....I can live with that - Lee - 3/15/2002 1:25:15 PM
- Re: interesting idea....specific impulse of 1.3 *10^7...as of now I am skeptical tho... - p - 3/14/2002 2:01:31 PM
- Re: interesting idea.... - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2002 3:59:43 PM

Space Adventures' suborbital tourist craft - s - 3/14/2002 9:20:58 AM
- What's new about this story? - Jacob Samorodin - 3/15/2002 6:57:12 PM
- Re: Space Adventures' suborbital tourist craft - Robt Clements - 3/14/2002 12:52:31 PM
  - Re: Space Adventures' suborbital tourist craft - John Carmack - 3/14/2002 5:58:21 PM
  - Re: Space Adventures' suborbital tourist craft - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2002 1:27:07 PM
- No, it looks like a MYA-55 - Larry J - 3/14/2002 10:51:27 AM
- Re: Space Adventures' suborbital tourist craft - Raoul - 3/14/2002 9:41:44 AM

Forward: MARIE is Back! ...Radiation More Intense... - Chris Vancil - 3/15/2002 11:55:45 AM
- Time to start spending money on advanced shielding designs (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/15/2002 1:29:27 PM
  - Re: For people . . . ?! - D. Spires - 3/15/2002 2:44:57 PM

Seismometers on Mars - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/14/2002 5:47:46 PM
- "unconstrained variables" - Bowser - 3/14/2002 8:04:22 PM
  - Semantics - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/14/2002 11:03:13 AM
- Re: Seismometers on Mars - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/14/2002 1:04:38 PM
  - Re: Seismometers on Mars - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/14/2002 1:33:35 PM
    - Re: Seismometers on Mars - Chris Vancil - 3/15/2002 11:45:51 AM

Letter from Justin @ Community! (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 3/15/2002 11:03:27 AM

406.707 - Raoul Lannoy - 3/13/2002 7:13:32 PM
- New Moons - SteveS - 3/14/2002 2:42:47 PM
  - Re: New Moons - Raoul - 3/14/2002 4:13:14 PM
    - Re: New Moons - SteveS - 3/14/2002 8:59:35 PM

look up...way up...to see the red flag - McFly - 3/14/2002 2:36:07 PM
- It's what I call the "China Effect" - Lee - 3/14/2002 8:43:32 PM
- Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 3/14/2002 2:51:56 PM

Once Upon a Water Planet. - Robert Clark - 3/14/2002 8:16:31 PM

Just a matter of interest and curiosity - Jeff F - 3/14/2002 2:04:03 PM
- Re: From..... - Raoul - 3/14/2002 7:40:57 PM
- Re: One analysis -- from SETI, of course . . . - D. Spires - 3/14/2002 3:09:36 PM
- Ohio (n/t) - p - 3/14/2002 2:05:23 PM
  - Re: Ohio (n/t) - Jeff F. - 3/14/2002 2:06:23 PM
    - "WOW" has never been reproduced. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/14/2002 2:53:19 PM

China developing heavy lifting capabilities - Jeff F - 3/14/2002 6:48:09 PM
- It's possible these two stories are related - Larry J - 3/14/2002 9:10:35 AM

(no subject) - Jeff F - 3/14/2002 5:51:06 PM
- Re: NEOs - Tom Brosz - 3/14/2002 6:36:58 PM
- Torino scale - p - 3/14/2002 6:09:16 PM
- New Asteroid Watch - Jeff F - 3/14/2002 5:51:48 PM

Did somebody loose a planet? - Jeff F. - 3/13/2002 3:13:31 PM
- Re: Possibly . . . - D. Spires - 3/13/2002 5:40:50 PM
  - Yes, Dan. Please write another book! *g* - Marcia - 3/13/2002 6:18:50 PM
    - Question. - RobVG - 3/13/2002 7:48:23 PM
      - Re: We do orbit, but there are different velocities involved . . . - D. Spires - 3/14/2002 1:28:15 PM
        
        Stellar collision - RobVG - 3/14/2002 4:09:37 PM
        
        Re: Well, you've posted the computer-model evidence . . . - D. Spires - 3/14/2002 5:59:43 PM
        
        Re: We do orbit, but there are different velocities involved . . . = Exactly. - Marcia - 3/14/2002 3:12:24 PM
- Toot Toot - RobVG - 3/13/2002 4:39:00 PM
- Shades of Tom Van Flandern! - p - 3/13/2002 4:04:12 PM

All These Worlds Are Yours...... - Jeff F. - 3/14/2002 2:09:23 PM
- Did Jupiter swallow something?... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/14/2002 2:55:54 PM
  - Re: Hi, Jacob . . . - D. Spires - 3/14/2002 3:35:58 PM

April Popular Science - McFly - 3/10/2002 4:06:12 PM
- Orlando Sentinal Poll: Majority think manned Mars mission a waste of money - E.P. Grondine - 3/11/2002 6:00:52 PM
  - Of course, the majority of Americans also - LJ - 3/12/2002 4:51:35 PM
    - Re: Of course, the majority of Americans also - gbaikie - 3/12/2002 1:22:48 PM
  - Re: Orlando Sentinal Poll: Majority think manned Mars mission a waste of money - p - 3/11/2002 7:25:23 PM
  - Re: Orlando Sentinal Poll: Majority think manned Mars mission a waste of money - Mark Eby - 3/11/2002 12:56:47 PM
    - Re: Orlando Sentinal Poll: Majority think manned Mars mission a waste of money - Nathan Koren - 3/11/2002 7:01:55 PM
      - Orlando Sentinal Poll's Biases - E.P. Grondine - 3/12/2002 3:39:42 PM
    - Re: Orlando Sentinal Poll: Majority think manned Mars mission a waste of money - gbaikie - 3/11/2002 4:14:43 PM
    - Orlando Sentinel poll results *ARE* online - Keith Cowing - 3/11/2002 4:11:30 PM
    - Good questions - E.P. Grondine - 3/11/2002 3:59:04 PM
      - Good Answers But - Mark Eby - 3/12/2002 2:01:37 PM
        
        Re: Good Answers But - gbaikie - 3/12/2002 3:55:35 PM
        
        Mars, moon or NEO? - p - 3/13/2002 4:13:28 PM
        
        Re: Mars, moon or NEO? - gbaikie - 3/13/2002 8:19:57 PM
        
        Re: Mars, moon or NEO? - p - 3/13/2002 8:49:44 PM
        
        Re: Mars, moon or NEO? - gbaikie - 3/13/2002 10:00:33 AM
        
        Re: Mars, moon or NEO? - p - 3/13/2002 10:29:25 AM
        
        Re: Mars, moon or NEO? - gbaikie - 3/13/2002 4:41:45 PM
        
        Aerospace R&D costs a lot more than you think - Larry J - 3/13/2002 10:28:33 AM
        
        Re: Aerospace R&D costs a lot more than you think - gbaikie - 3/13/2002 3:17:32 PM
        
        Re: Aerospace R&D costs a lot more than you think - Larry J - 3/14/2002 3:28:28 PM
        
        Re: Aerospace R&D costs a lot more than you think - p - 3/13/2002 10:38:13 AM
        
        Space rated computers cost a bundle - Larry J - 3/13/2002 11:15:28 AM
        
        What's the point? - E.P. Grondine - 3/13/2002 7:50:38 PM
- "If the dinosaurs had a space program, they'd still be here" - p - 3/11/2002 5:17:04 PM
  - Correction: If dinosaurs had a NEO program, they'd still be here. - E.P. Grondine - 3/11/2002 5:53:05 PM
    - Re: Correction: If dinosaurs had a NEO program, they'd still be here. - Chris Vancil - 3/12/2002 11:34:46 AM
    - Wrong Again - Mark Eby - 3/11/2002 12:58:53 PM
- Re: April Popular Science - p - 3/11/2002 1:41:36 PM
- I agree with number four. - Lee - 3/10/2002 6:33:40 PM
  - Someone else is thinking the same thing - Lee - 3/11/2002 6:19:56 PM
    - I question their thinking - p - 3/11/2002 7:22:15 PM
      - Horizontal integration has some advantages - Larry J - 3/11/2002 8:32:10 PM
        
        Re: VAB - Raoul - 3/11/2002 8:46:47 PM
        
        horizontal FUELING cited in the article - p - 3/11/2002 9:54:52 AM
        
        You're right - Larry J - 3/12/2002 10:57:13 AM
        
        Yes! Just Do It! :) (n/t) (n/t) - p - 3/13/2002 2:24:28 PM
        
        Give me a few billion dollars and a few years... - Larry J - 3/13/2002 4:53:58 PM
    - Shuttle mods - Tom Brosz - 3/11/2002 10:04:41 AM
  - Re: I agree with number four. - Larry J - 3/11/2002 4:08:19 PM
  - Oops - Lee - 3/10/2002 6:39:20 PM
    - One more try! - Lee - 3/10/2002 6:43:36 PM
      - You need to add an 'a' & a space before the href... - Larry J - 3/11/2002 3:51:44 PM
        
        Yeah, that's the ticket.....thanks. (n/t) - Lee - 3/11/2002 6:06:32 PM
        
        Yeah, that's the ticket.....thanks. (n/t) - Lee - 3/11/2002 6:05:46 PM

Direct Link To JPL Page - Mark Eby - 3/14/2002 1:30:26 PM

Ancient Martian Lakes? Perhaps Not. - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/14/2002 10:56:51 AM
- Re: Ancient Martian Lakes? Perhaps Not. - Marcia - 3/14/2002 12:22:27 PM
  - Re: Ancient Martian Lakes? Perhaps Not. - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/14/2002 1:18:01 PM

More good news about Mars Odyssey. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2002 3:05:04 PM
- Re: More good news about Mars Odyssey. - Carl...what a long distance fix!!!!! - 3/14/2002 1:16:54 PM

Pardon my ignorance, but... - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2002 4:19:16 PM
- Re: Pardon my ignorance, but... - SDAi-Tech1 - 3/14/2002 1:12:00 PM
- Re: Pardon my ignorance, but... - Rob VG - 3/13/2002 4:58:27 PM
  - Re: Pardon me - RobVG - 3/13/2002 6:21:14 PM

Nuclear Rockets by Homer "Rocket Boy" Hickam - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2002 6:30:15 PM
- how much nuclear research can you buy for 125M? - McFly - 3/13/2002 7:44:23 PM
  - Re: how much nuclear research can you buy for 125M? - Robt Clements - 3/13/2002 1:50:51 PM
    - Project Pluto - Neophyte - 3/13/2002 7:44:24 PM
      - Re: Project Pluto - Robt Clements - 3/14/2002 12:19:50 PM

White House Mysteriously Backs Out of Bolden Nomination - Jeff F. - 3/13/2002 6:28:13 PM
- NASA Watch Update - p - 3/13/2002 7:45:12 PM
  - Actually, Levin has a point - Larry J - 3/13/2002 8:30:48 PM
    - Re: Actually, Levin has a point - p - 3/13/2002 8:36:58 PM
  - NASA, likely the most important agency for developing our future, deserves better than it has gotten for the last many years. n/t - ebnelson - 3/13/2002 7:51:34 PM
    - I second that (n/t) - Lee - 3/13/2002 8:41:57 PM
  - Fastest administration wuss-out since Linda Chavez. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2002 3:00:52 PM

Carbon dioxide - Raoul - 3/13/2002 5:11:56 PM
- Re: Carbon dioxide - Bowser - 3/13/2002 11:35:36 AM

Space flight for frequent flyer miles? - Tom Brosz - 3/13/2002 4:21:38 PM
- Remember that "Pepsi Stuff" commercial from a couple years ago - Larry J - 3/13/2002 4:35:33 PM

What's up with Space.com? - Lee - 3/13/2002 1:20:25 PM

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