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Man, you are such a tease!
Right!
Woodlock
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12/4/2003 9:04:25 PM
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The libations have been poured. ;-)
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Mars Express: Mars from 5.5 million kilometres
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Chris Vancil
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12/3/2003 10:08:17 PM
Here's hoping for a successful mission
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Larry J
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12/4/2003 6:33:55 PM
This is wonderful, history! in the making.
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Woodlock
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12/4/2003 2:40:05 PM
re: This is wonderful, history! in the making.
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alcaray
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12/4/2003 6:17:06 PM
re: This is wonderful, history! in the making.
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Woodlock
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12/4/2003 6:47:07 PM
Man, you are such a tease!
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alcaray
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12/4/2003 7:19:55 PM
Right!
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Woodlock
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12/4/2003 9:04:25 PM
Are you always so everclear?
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et to VG, the gauntlet is DOWN!
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12/5/2003 9:34:04 PM
You are such a Wild Turkey. :)
(n/t)
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RobVG
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12/7/2003 4:43:07 AM
re: Mars Express: Mars from 5.5 million kilometres
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Raoul
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12/4/2003 6:36:20 AM
More color images of Mars to come.
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Robert Clark
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12/4/2003 4:24:32 AM
re: More color images of Mars to come.
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Tom Brosz
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12/6/2003 5:06:57 AM
ESA's latest Mars mission costs $353 million. NASA's: over $800 million.
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/4/2003 12:21:56 AM
re: Gees, one mission at ESA ~$400 million and two NASA missions at ~$800 million. How Strange!
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Chris Vancil
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12/6/2003 12:02:59 AM
ESA's Mars Express ALSO has Beagle 2. You didn't know that?
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/6/2003 5:33:26 AM
re: Your point? I'm comparing two big apples with one medium orange with a smallish applet attached...8-)
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Chris Vancil
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12/6/2003 7:57:44 AM
re: "ESA doesn't have an economy of scale regarding Mars missions. If anything, one would think that ESA would charge more because they're new at this game."
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alcaray
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12/4/2003 5:36:24 PM
Mars '96 project
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/4/2003 9:00:48 PM
How do you expect people to take your editorials seriously, if you are afraid of search engines?
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alcaray
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12/4/2003 9:55:51 PM
If you call ESA's piggy-backing some experiments on a failed Russian mission in '96 "experience" then fine. But is it an "economy of scale"? Hardly.
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/5/2003 6:54:08 AM
If you aren't going to read my responses, then don't bother asking me any questions
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alcaray
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12/5/2003 5:45:07 PM
Is that a tacit admission that my response prevailed?
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/6/2003 5:35:32 AM
Wait until after Mars Express is on orbit....
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Gary
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12/4/2003 5:27:27 PM
Monopoly-run Mars missions without much money fail, but what about competitively bid ones?
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/4/2003 9:19:52 PM
Can't you shut up for five seconds and just enjoy the view?
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Mars In My Eyes
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12/4/2003 3:24:27 PM
What view? Thanks to NASA's monopoly, none of us have seen Mars up close.
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SpaceProjects.com
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12/4/2003 10:01:40 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.