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Contact 2002 - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2002 7:00:05 PM
- Re: Contact 2002 - philw - 1/15/2002 2:37:57 PM
  - Re: Ah, c'mon, phil . . . - D. Spires - 1/15/2002 4:17:07 PM
    - SF Conventions - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2002 5:45:22 PM

Galileo Paying Last Visit to a Restless Moon . . . - D. Spires - 1/15/2002 5:32:06 PM

Edge of the Universe -- Times Reviewed . . . - D. Spires - 1/15/2002 4:53:13 PM

Do you want to hear some good news about robotic space-exploration for a change? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/15/2002 10:29:35 AM
- Sometimes, Jake. - Marcia - 1/15/2002 3:41:04 PM

Civilization? - Delbert - 1/12/2002 6:09:22 PM
- I can't tell you exactly what Civilization is - Matt Burley - 1/15/2002 2:42:36 PM
- Never Say Never..... - Vince - 1/14/2002 7:28:44 PM
  - Re: Um -- don't panic just yet . . . - D. Spires - 1/14/2002 9:46:10 AM
    - I didn't mean to sound like I had went off the deep end. - Vince - 1/14/2002 10:15:03 AM
- Re: Civilization? - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2002 8:30:09 PM
- Well, now - - - - Bowser - 1/13/2002 1:43:47 PM

I've found a website that will interest high-altitude rocket fans or rocketeers. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/15/2002 9:04:08 AM

Death Star Good Show - Mark Eby - 1/14/2002 6:59:55 PM
- Re: YES!! - D. Spires - 1/14/2002 10:29:19 AM

EVA - Raoul Lannoy - 1/14/2002 10:17:14 AM
- Russian space suits - Bowser - 1/14/2002 10:53:31 AM
  - Re: Russian space suits - Raoul - 1/14/2002 6:43:25 PM

Great news from Mars Odyssey - ebnelson - 1/14/2002 6:22:41 PM
- When will we hear some news about Marie? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 1/14/2002 9:19:29 AM
  - Re: When will we hear some news about Marie? - Nick Hoffman - 1/14/2002 11:50:14 AM

Chickweed Lane . . . - D. Spires - 1/14/2002 1:51:04 PM
- Yep!! Good post. n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 1/14/2002 5:16:54 PM

Dr. Oliver Manuel says that the sun is 'mostly iron, not hydrogen', at the AAS convention in DC. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/11/2002 6:19:38 PM
- Re: Dr. Oliver Manuel says that the sun is 'mostly iron, not hydrogen', at the AAS convention in DC. - Success_Machine - 1/11/2002 8:29:49 PM
  - Re: What is the core of Jupiter made of ? - Success_Machine - 1/11/2002 8:36:18 PM
    - There should be heavy elements there...in abundance. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/11/2002 9:15:43 AM
- Re:Spaceflight Now - Raoul - 1/11/2002 7:06:54 PM
- Dr. Oliver stetches credulity - ebnelson - 1/11/2002 6:29:02 PM
  - Seems to be a reasonable fellow at first glance - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2002 6:55:01 PM
  - Question is: is he another Velikovsky, or another Dr. Thomas Gold? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/11/2002 6:46:55 PM
    - Verdict = wackjob - phil - 1/11/2002 7:57:23 PM
      - Main data point is isotopes... - Adam - 1/13/2002 1:11:41 PM
        
        Re: Main data point is isotopes... - docmoore - 1/14/2002 2:43:52 PM
- Another OLD Unaccepted theory - Mark Eby - 1/11/2002 1:44:17 PM

Meteorite photos - Stan - 1/14/2002 9:47:01 AM
- Re: Bad photo link was from a distance, posted here . . . - D. spires - 1/14/2002 10:10:26 AM

The S-Cam - Raoul - 1/11/2002 10:29:41 AM
- Re: The S-Cam - Stan - 1/12/2002 3:52:50 PM
  - Re: The S-Cam - Stan - 1/13/2002 7:56:33 PM
  - Re: The S-Cam (in this case pronounced scam) - ectoterrestrial - 1/13/2002 9:47:49 AM
  - "This" object - Nick Hoffman - 1/12/2002 4:52:41 PM
- Too bad we can't? use this technology on the NGST.... - Vince - 1/11/2002 11:16:43 AM
  - I would tend to be a little more optimistic. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/12/2002 3:26:29 PM

With a little bit of imagination... - Raoul - 1/11/2002 7:03:01 PM
- Re: With a little bit of imagination... - Jacob Samorodin - 1/11/2002 7:23:11 PM
  - Re: With a little bit of imagination... - ectoterrestrial - 1/13/2002 6:20:12 PM
  - Re: With a little bit of imagination... (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 1/13/2002 4:56:03 PM
  - Oh Canada! - phil - 1/11/2002 7:44:33 PM
  - Re: With a little bit of imagination... - Raoul Lannoy - 1/11/2002 7:30:15 PM

Re: "Canada is running out of Oil" - Nick Hoffman - 1/12/2002 1:01:20 PM
- Re: Missing information - Success_Machine - 1/12/2002 1:59:12 PM
  - Since this is a "space" forum, what spacebased solution(s) do you offer for the oil-tap running dry? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/12/2002 3:58:49 PM
    - Re: Space-related solutions - Success_Machine - 1/12/2002 8:41:22 PM
      - Re: Space-related solutions - Methanol - Nick Hoffman - 1/12/2002 4:42:33 PM
        
        Re: What do you mean? nt - Success_Machine - 1/13/2002 1:42:41 PM
      - Methanol - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2002 9:15:16 AM
        
        Re: Methanol - Success_Machine - 1/12/2002 11:31:33 AM
    - Cripes, how about a few nuclear power plants, guys? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2002 8:33:15 PM
      - Certainly as a near future, down-to-earth energy solution it's "a no-brainer". - Jacob Samorodin - 1/12/2002 8:40:20 PM
        
        If you got enough cheap electricity, I can run anything on it. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2002 9:11:50 AM
        
        Ahhh, yes! I stand corrected!...electric cars can be recharged from a central power supply. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/12/2002 9:48:24 AM
    - Re: Get the CH4 on Titan (n/t)... (n/t) - Raoul - 1/12/2002 5:04:46 PM

Physics News Update -- Random Noise vs. An Ice-Age . . . - D. Spires - 1/13/2002 9:58:30 AM

Space stuff site - Delbert - 1/12/2002 4:38:00 PM
- Re: Space stuff site - Nick Hoffman - 1/12/2002 5:02:20 PM

How far from the sun can photovoltaics work? - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 12:20:05 PM
- Re: Geoffrey Landis' webstuff - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 1:58:44 PM
  - Re: Geoffrey Landis' webstuff - phil - 1/10/2002 4:48:49 PM
    - Re: Geoffrey Landis' webstuff - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 6:04:32 PM
      - Re: Phoenix - RobVG - 1/10/2002 6:57:41 PM
        
        How's that for timing? - Larry J - 1/12/2002 4:27:56 PM
        
        That kludge of a plane they used for the movie killed... - Larry J - 1/10/2002 8:44:10 PM
        
        Thanks Larry... - RobVG - 1/10/2002 11:15:01 AM
        
        You're welcome - Larry J - 1/11/2002 2:20:13 PM

Star gazing - Raoul - 1/12/2002 12:40:37 PM

The next HST refurbishment flight.. - Raoul - 1/12/2002 11:49:22 AM

What is this thing? - Dean - 1/11/2002 2:59:02 PM
- Re: Looks like a large meteorite to me - Success_Machine - 1/12/2002 10:15:20 AM
- Strange, I live nearby and head nothing on the news - ebnelson - 1/11/2002 6:31:06 PM
- It's about 400 pixels of...... - ectoterrestrial - 1/11/2002 6:19:04 PM
- Unidentified, flying.... - FrankC - 1/11/2002 5:25:45 PM
- Re: What is this thing? - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2002 5:04:19 PM
- Re: What is this thing? - McFly - 1/11/2002 4:09:10 PM
- Lorena Bobbit's Latest Victom N/T - Mark Eby - 1/11/2002 3:26:07 PM
- Re: A very shaky, blurred picture . . . - D. Spires - 1/11/2002 3:14:36 PM

Canada's impending energy crisis - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 6:45:07 PM
- Re: Canada's impending energy crisis - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2002 2:57:03 PM
  - Re: Canada's impending energy crisis - Success_Machine - 1/11/2002 7:23:37 PM
  - *whew*...thanks, still have family there :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 1/11/2002 4:12:19 PM
- Ralph sez... - McFly - 1/10/2002 7:51:25 PM
  - Re: Ralph left out a small piece of information - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 8:26:42 PM
    - Might want to try capitalism... - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 9:39:08 AM
      - Re: Might want to try capitalism... - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 9:51:01 AM
    - Re: Ralph left out a small piece of information - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 9:34:51 AM
      - Re: I did an exhaustive analysis about 9 months back - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 10:11:16 AM
        
        You might want to read this article - Larry J - 1/10/2002 10:51:17 AM
        
        An important clarification: - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 11:16:40 AM
        
        Re: We will find out within our lifetimes - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 11:15:33 AM
        
        The free market always works... - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 11:42:37 AM
        
        Re: The free market always works... - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 12:02:21 PM
        
        Re: The free market always works... - SDG - 1/10/2002 12:23:14 PM
        
        Hybrid SUV - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 1:42:17 PM
        
        The problem with hybrids, at least in the near term... - Larry J - 1/10/2002 1:38:13 PM
        
        Ford Escape out in 2003. - Marcia - 1/11/2002 2:37:56 PM
        
        I first read about hybrid cars over 20 years ago - Larry J - 1/11/2002 4:03:58 PM
        
        rant about Batteries (long) - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2002 1:17:11 PM
        
        I'm moving this over to the Off Topic Board...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2002 9:10:39 AM
        
        Re: We will find out within our lifetimes - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 11:21:03 AM
    - I bow before superior research :-) (n/t) - McFly - 1/10/2002 9:21:11 AM
- Re: Canada's impending energy crisis - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 7:37:43 PM
  - Re: 1356 sq.miles of solar concentrators - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 8:12:10 PM

We are alone in the universe - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 5:08:42 PM
- SETI misunderstandings - phil - 1/9/2002 3:52:25 PM
  - Beams don't need to be aimed at us. - Mark Eby - 1/10/2002 3:40:03 PM
    - Re: Beams don't need to be aimed at us. - phil - 1/10/2002 4:53:55 PM
      - Again - Mark Eby - 1/10/2002 8:03:43 PM
        
        Re: Again - phil - 1/11/2002 7:58:47 PM
- A beamed transmission implies a deliberate attempt to communicate - Larry J - 1/9/2002 3:16:20 PM
  - Not necessarily - Robt Clements - 1/10/2002 1:48:56 PM
    - Mote in God's Eye - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2002 2:48:38 PM
- Your logic is flawless - Gary - 1/8/2002 7:49:21 PM
- Re: We are alone in the universe? - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2002 6:16:50 PM
  - Re: We are alone in the universe? - Marcia - 1/10/2002 1:14:14 PM
  - But if they were that smart - Lee - 1/9/2002 8:55:29 PM
    - That assumes they're trying to communicate with us - Larry J - 1/9/2002 2:24:41 PM
  - Re: Here is another possibility - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 6:27:44 PM
    - Re: Annual Blips - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 6:40:10 PM
      - Re: Annual Blips - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 6:49:29 PM

EZ Rocket Flew Today - Mark Eby - 1/10/2002 8:36:37 PM
- Re: EZ Rocket Flew Today - Jacob Samorodin - 1/11/2002 7:10:00 PM
  - It's not a timetable issue, it's a FUNDING issue (n/t) (n/t) - phil - 1/11/2002 7:46:28 PM
  - EZ Rocket is nothing more than an inexpensive engine testbed - Larry J - 1/11/2002 10:49:19 AM
  - Re: EZ Rocket Flew Today - John Carmack - 1/11/2002 10:09:55 AM

Trouble Forming Earthlike Planets - Mark Eby - 1/11/2002 3:24:48 PM
- Re: Finding a rock in the right place and of sufficient mass -- is insufficient . . . - D. Spires - 1/11/2002 5:40:47 PM
- Re: Trouble Forming Earthlike Planets - Marcia - 1/11/2002 2:44:52 PM
  - Re: Sge 15 - Marcia - 1/11/2002 3:00:46 PM

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