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Asteroid resources - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2002 12:55:00 PM
- Re: Asteroid resources - Raoul - 2/28/2002 8:07:56 PM
  - Re: Asteroid resources - gbaikie - 2/28/2002 3:03:25 PM
  - Re: Asteroid resources - Robt Clements - 2/28/2002 10:16:11 AM
- Tom, a subject near and dear to me - RNE - 2/28/2002 4:23:40 PM
  - You hit it on the head! - Bowser - 2/28/2002 4:40:42 PM
    - A small point - RNE - 2/28/2002 5:45:12 PM
      - Re: A small point - Fox - 3/1/2002 6:55:45 PM
        
        Re: A good point - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2002 1:46:23 PM
        
        Re: A small point, a or two - RNE - 3/1/2002 12:20:35 PM
        
        Point taken - Fox - 3/2/2002 8:29:16 PM
        
        Re: Point taken - gbaikie - 3/2/2002 12:19:28 PM
    - Re: You hit it on the head! - gbaikie - 2/28/2002 5:39:28 PM
      - Re: You hit it on the head! - Neophyte - 3/1/2002 8:59:01 PM
- Re: Asteroid resources - gbaikie - 2/27/2002 4:45:20 PM
- Re: Asteroid resources - Robt Clements - 2/27/2002 2:33:00 PM

NYU Scientists Advance Toward Nanorobots . . . - D. Spires - 3/1/2002 4:20:45 PM
- I wonder. - Bowser - 3/1/2002 6:05:21 PM
  - Re: I wonder. - Raoul - 3/2/2002 11:44:47 AM
    - We could be - Bowser - 3/2/2002 3:43:11 PM
      - Re: We could be assimilated - Raoul - 3/2/2002 4:42:11 PM
        
        Re: We could be assimilated - Bowser - 3/2/2002 5:14:26 PM
        
        Re: We could be assimilated - Raoul - 3/2/2002 5:44:22 PM
- Morphing DNA Makes Motor . . . - D. Spires - 3/1/2002 4:31:54 PM
  - Re: Morphing DNA Makes Motor . . . - Marcia - 3/2/2002 9:03:39 AM
    - Re: Personal Deep Space Exploration . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2002 9:12:25 AM

Mars Odyssey discovery conference scheduled for 2 PM Eastern time - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2002 6:27:08 PM
- "Evidence for LOTS of ice on Mars" (n/t) (n/t) - p - 3/1/2002 7:28:41 PM
  - more from JPL - p - 3/1/2002 7:50:07 PM
    - Thanks, Phil! I haven't been able to get the link to work. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 3/1/2002 8:10:44 PM
    - Odyssey's GRS readings - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/1/2002 8:09:54 PM
      - Has anyone done experiments of CO2 and H2O in a cryogenic matrix? - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 10:06:29 AM
        
        Are you referring to CO2 clathrates? n/t (n/t) - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/1/2002 12:56:12 PM
        
        Yes. I guess it is time to google. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 5:24:33 PM
        
        Re: Are you referring to CO2 clathrates? n/t - R.L. - 3/1/2002 2:29:31 PM
        
        Re: Are you referring to CO2 clathrates? - Nick Hoffman - 3/2/2002 5:40:29 PM

Breaking News: HST repair mission may be scrubbed from orbit. - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 8:44:01 PM
- Sat AM: Mission may be OK - p - 3/2/2002 3:37:57 PM
- Mission gets a GO! - p - 3/2/2002 9:06:16 AM
- Re: Breaking News: HST repair mission may be scrubbed from orbit. - Larry J - 3/1/2002 8:54:16 PM
  - Re: Breaking News: HST repair mission may be scrubbed from orbit. - Marcia - 3/1/2002 12:06:58 PM
    - Make that... - Marcia - 3/1/2002 12:09:09 PM

paper on Martian spiders - Greg Orme - 3/2/2002 1:54:39 PM

Nick Hoffman has been very busy. I google "CO2 Calthrate" and find this: - ebnelson - 3/2/2002 1:20:09 PM

Physics News Update -- Clocks in Space . . . - D. Spires - 3/2/2002 9:50:25 AM
- Clocks - Bowser - 3/2/2002 11:13:20 AM

The Composition of Asteroid 433 Eros - Alex R. Blackwell - 2/28/2002 7:36:10 PM
- Alex, are you going to come to LPSC? - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 8:55:44 PM
  - Alas, no - Alex R. Blackwell - 3/1/2002 11:25:12 AM
    - You would be very welcome. I hope you can come. n/t (n/t) - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 5:23:19 PM

The intense PCG ( Protein Crystal Growth ) researches that have been carried out to date in Space, are these researches being done to assist in finding cures for human disease or in understanding the… - sunblok - 3/1/2002 7:02:13 PM
- Your conclusion seems to ignore fact. Please clarify. - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 8:54:44 PM
  - ebnelson, please serach any NASA or Canadian Space Agency websites with the word VITAMIN D, Here is Marc Garneau's NO VITAMIN CONCERNS Web Page. - sunblok - 3/1/2002 6:00:59 PM
  - Another clue ebnelson relevant to sunblok posts...Fungi in Space...They like to eat up plastics...Mutant strains of these type organisms have already made there way back to earth...inside more. - sunblok - 3/1/2002 10:47:19 AM
    - And your point is? - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 11:06:25 AM
- Humans can go into deep space, BUT... - E.P. Grondine - 3/1/2002 8:05:45 PM
  - Gordine, if you do a GOOGLE search for the Radiolytic Chemistry of 7-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL, did you get any hits ? n/t (n/t) - sunblok - 3/1/2002 11:25:41 AM
  - Then it would be pertinent to study these 4 enzmes HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-CoA-REDUCTASE, LATHOSTEROL OXIDASE, 7-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE and DESMOSTEROL REDUCTASE. How many kilometers up is the Sp… - sunblok - 3/1/2002 9:33:17 AM
    - UV different from heavy ions - E.P. Grondine - 3/1/2002 10:21:22 AM
      - Radiolytic Chemistry of Cholesterol and 7-Dehydrocholesterol - sunblok - 3/1/2002 11:07:00 AM
    - ISS is at about 250 mile, 400klicks, I beleive. - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 10:04:18 AM
      - www.space.gc.ca indicates a research sat at 600 km and they are at 300 km. If you have followed sunblok posts, then should you be using Coppertone SPF-8 or SPF-45 n/t (n/t) - sunblok - 3/1/2002 10:15:47 AM

Saturday, I happened to tune in on Paul Harvey - ebnelson - 2/27/2002 11:03:49 AM
- HEPAP Unveils 20-Year Plan for U.S. High Energy Physics . . . - D. Spires - 3/1/2002 8:41:17 PM
- I'ts some sort of javascript game. - Futureboy - 2/28/2002 5:42:43 PM
- Re: Fermi Lab - Betsy - 2/27/2002 12:16:48 PM
  - Re: Good morning, Betsy . . . ;^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 2/28/2002 3:29:04 PM
    - Hello, Dan . . . (**). (n/t) (n/t) - Betsy - 2/28/2002 5:33:31 PM
- I knew you listened to Paul Harvey! - Bowser - 2/27/2002 11:21:42 AM
  - Arf Arf. I am driving around listening to news. To be pc for you, if he comes on, I should turn of the radio? - ebnelson - 3/1/2002 11:10:35 AM
  - Hey, he's a charming old guy, though. Kinda like Reagan n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 2/28/2002 12:30:47 PM
  - Re: I knew you listened to Paul Harvey! - DWC - 2/27/2002 1:06:40 PM

Halo around pole in Mars hydrogen map - E.P. Grondine - 3/1/2002 8:13:35 PM
- Re: Halo around pole in Mars hydrogen map - p - 3/1/2002 9:45:03 AM
  - Re: Halo around pole in Mars hydrogen map - E.P. Grondine - 3/1/2002 10:33:09 AM

Historian and space - Johannes - 2/26/2002 2:36:10 PM
- Re: Historian and space - Futureboy - 2/28/2002 6:10:47 PM
  - Re: Historian and space - Johannes - 3/1/2002 6:58:10 PM

Pioneer 10 30 year anniversary - SteveS - 3/1/2002 4:03:59 PM
- Re: Pioneer 10 30 year anniversary - Marcia - 3/1/2002 4:49:25 PM

About.com space site needs guide - McFly - 3/1/2002 2:08:19 PM

Ariane V - STS109 - Raoul - 3/1/2002 9:50:52 AM

Mars Odyssey Results Briefing On Friday - Jeff F - 2/28/2002 12:19:12 PM
- Re: Mars Odyssey Results Briefing On Friday - Robert Clark - 3/1/2002 9:20:17 AM

New Mars Flood photos - p - 2/28/2002 6:41:39 PM
- Cerberus Rupes/Athabasca Valles - Alex R. Blackwell - 2/28/2002 7:50:05 PM
  - Missed it; thnx for the pointer (n/t) (n/t) - p - 2/28/2002 8:50:11 PM
- Links to the original images? - LJ - 2/28/2002 9:17:33 AM
  - Re: Links to the original images? - Alex R. Blackwell - 2/28/2002 10:50:06 AM
    - Thanks Alex! - LJ - 2/28/2002 10:56:43 AM

ENVISAT - Raoul - 2/28/2002 7:03:24 PM
- Awesome Mission! Godspeed! - alcaray - 2/28/2002 7:55:21 PM
  - Re: Traffic - Raoul - 2/28/2002 8:11:46 PM

Why isn't light speed infinite? - Historian - 2/26/2002 9:22:44 AM
- If it were, then we'd see everything at once... (n/t) - R.L. - 2/28/2002 2:13:31 PM
- If it were, then we'd see everything at once... (n/t) - R.L. - 2/28/2002 2:13:29 PM
- Re: Why isn't light speed infinite? - R.L. - 2/28/2002 2:07:23 PM
- mind-bending assertion about lightspeed - McFly - 2/27/2002 4:17:36 PM
  - Re: An excellent resource for ‘light’ reading . . . - D. Spires - 2/27/2002 4:48:16 PM
- I don't understand your idea about the formation of space. Please explain? Thanks. - ebnelson - 2/27/2002 4:04:53 PM
- Re: Why isn't light speed infinite? - Bowser - 2/26/2002 6:07:11 PM
  - Very good. - Marcia - 2/27/2002 3:03:31 PM
- Re: If the speed of light were infinite . . . - D. Spires - 2/26/2002 12:00:58 PM
  - Good point in that article, Dan - LJ - 2/27/2002 5:02:38 PM
  - Thanks, Dan! n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 2/27/2002 3:09:29 PM
- Re: Why isn't light speed infinite? - gbaikie - 2/26/2002 9:37:23 AM

Vitamin D bonked the Dinasaurs - sunblok - 2/26/2002 6:36:08 PM
- NEWS FLASH: Conjugated Double Bonds and Cholesterol Degradation, Puts A Damper On Space Exploration - sunblok - 2/27/2002 7:28:19 PM
- K-T rats are done in by novel rodenticide QUINTOX-SOREXA. - sunblok - 2/27/2002 5:03:41 PM
  - Sorry....can't use HTML code in Subject field. - sunblok - 2/27/2002 6:43:35 PM
  - link for QUINTOX that I missed.a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=Quintox+Bell+Labs&hl=en&meta="http://www.google.ca/search?q=Quintox+Bell+Labs&hl=en&meta=/a Hypercalcaemic poison Vitamin D-3 from… (n/t) - sunblok - 2/27/2002 6:41:12 PM
- I do know that certain reptiles have high sensitivity to Vit. A in certain forms. - ebnelson - 2/27/2002 4:02:57 PM
  - Beta-Carotene to Vitamin A - sunblok - 2/27/2002 7:02:23 PM
    - Re: Beta-Carotene to Vitamin A - Neophyte - 2/27/2002 8:43:21 PM
      - UV penetration of fresh water 3-4 meters most likely less for Ocean salt water. Whales survive TK time period but Dinasaurs are bowled out. - sunblok - 2/27/2002 2:16:11 PM
        
        There you go. :-) (n/t) - Neophyte - 2/27/2002 5:33:39 PM
        
        Addendum:Just searched CCNet under Ultra Violet and Gamma Rays. - sunblok - 2/27/2002 2:36:09 PM
  - Re: I do know that certain reptiles have high sensitivity to Vit. A in certain forms. - RobVG - 2/27/2002 4:54:11 PM
    - Re: B12 . . . - D. Spires - 2/27/2002 5:34:04 PM
      - Re: B12 . . . - RobVG - 2/27/2002 6:03:48 PM
- whales - p - 2/27/2002 1:23:50 PM
  - Re: A whale of a flash . . . - D. Spires - 2/27/2002 3:03:35 PM
    - Good Ref's D Spires, but it is a question of Dinasaur biochemistry and UV-climatic changes. eom - sunblok - 2/27/2002 4:28:14 PM
      - Re: The question is much larger than just that, encompassing many, many fields -- but we'll keep picking at it . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 2/28/2002 1:06:32 PM
  - Buffy the Bug Slayer - McFly - 2/27/2002 2:18:40 PM
  - Well, we threid, but the darn Greenpeace weenies decided to save the pollutin' monsters... - ebnelson - 2/27/2002 10:57:58 AM
    - Re: Save the whales campaign . . . - D. Spires - 2/27/2002 11:19:21 AM

Moon closest in orbit last nite..WOW! - Carl - 2/27/2002 4:21:33 PM
- Re: Moon closest in orbit last nite..WOW! - Raoul - 2/27/2002 8:54:12 PM
- Re: full moon - Raoul - 2/27/2002 9:47:08 AM

Modest proposal for a VTOL demonstrator - robert_d - 2/27/2002 8:23:33 PM

I didn't realize how risky the latest Hubble servicing mission is going to be..... - Vince - 2/26/2002 7:37:21 PM
- Riskier Yet, HOW cold will the LAUNCH DAY BE? - Carl - 2/27/2002 4:23:48 PM
  - Re: Riskier Yet, HOW cold will the LAUNCH DAY BE? - Larry J - 2/27/2002 8:08:29 PM
    - Still, it's better than... - Marcia - 2/27/2002 9:55:33 AM
  - Update: Shuttle launch delayed until Friday - Larry J - 2/27/2002 9:49:47 AM
    - Thank you, Larry! n/t - Marcia - 2/27/2002 9:56:59 AM
- A good resource for STS-109 - Alex R. Blackwell - 2/26/2002 8:15:12 PM
- Leads you to wonder. - Bowser - 2/26/2002 7:54:22 PM
- Re: I didn't realize how risky the latest Hubble servicing mission is going to be..... - Charles - 2/26/2002 9:26:13 AM

Nature (February 28, 2002) - Alex R. Blackwell - 2/27/2002 7:58:21 PM

The mission-wrecking perils for the 2003-2004 Mars missions. - Jacob Samorodin - 2/24/2002 7:59:52 PM
- Re: The mission-wrecking perils for the 2003-2004 Mars missions. - Raoul - 2/24/2002 8:49:44 PM
  - Re: The mission-wrecking perils for the 2003-2004 Mars missions. - Nick Hoffman - 2/24/2002 9:24:44 AM
    - Re: The mission-wrecking perils for the 2003-2004 Mars missions. - gbaikie - 2/24/2002 9:48:13 AM
      - q = 0.5 p V squared - LJ - 2/25/2002 4:48:58 PM
        
        Re: q = 0.5 p V squared - Chris Vancil - 2/25/2002 10:21:00 AM
        
        Re: q = 0.5 p V squared - gbaikie - 2/25/2002 10:56:58 AM
        
        The most dangerous phase will be approach to landing and impact - Larry J - 2/25/2002 9:20:09 AM
        
        Re: The most dangerous phase will be approach to landing and impact - Alex R. Blackwell - 2/25/2002 10:52:40 AM
        
        Re: The most dangerous phase will be approach to landing and impact - Chris Vancil - 2/26/2002 10:28:04 AM
        
        Having had some direct experience with parachutes... - Larry J - 2/25/2002 2:05:13 PM
        
        Lander-cam - alcaray - 2/25/2002 12:44:54 PM
        
        Re: The most dangerous phase will be approach to landing and impact - RobVG - 2/25/2002 10:34:59 AM
        
        Re: The most dangerous phase will be approach to landing and impact - Larry J - 2/25/2002 1:58:47 PM
        
        another factor - alcaray - 2/26/2002 5:37:41 PM
        
        Re: another factor - RobVG - 2/26/2002 8:35:20 PM
        
        I was taught to roll on landing, too - Larry J - 2/26/2002 8:49:53 PM
        
        Nevermind... - RobVG - 2/26/2002 8:46:04 PM
        
        I should give up but... - RobVG - 2/26/2002 11:32:32 AM
        
        Re: I should give up but... - alcaray - 2/26/2002 12:30:26 PM
        
        Visualize an airplane tire at the instant of touchdown - Larry J - 2/26/2002 1:59:43 PM
        
        I'm visualizing a cold one about now. - RobVG - 2/26/2002 4:18:01 PM
        
        Re: I'm visualizing a cold one about now. - Larry J - 2/27/2002 2:54:43 PM
        
        According to the "ectoterrestrial" snake is pretty good ;) (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 2/27/2002 4:43:30 PM
        
        Yeah, also the same reason that ski-jumpers survive their falls. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 2/26/2002 9:06:46 AM
        
        Re: another factor - Larry J - 2/26/2002 6:53:50 PM
        
        Works for me. - RobVG - 2/25/2002 2:08:38 PM

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