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The Moon as a test bed.
RobVG
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3/20/2005 12:04:44 AM
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The Moon as a test bed.
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RobVG
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3/20/2005 12:04:44 AM
Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier
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E.P. Grondine
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3/20/2005 9:41:10 AM
re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 2:46:48 PM
re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier
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E.P. Grondine
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3/21/2005 1:24:08 AM
re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier
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phil
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3/21/2005 1:28:04 AM
re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier
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E.P. Grondine
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3/21/2005 4:07:43 PM
The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 3:25:14 AM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 5:59:02 PM
Hello Is There Anything In There?
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 6:29:21 PM
re: Hello Is There Anything In There?
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 7:31:15 PM
Sorry For The Sarcastic Title
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 8:03:58 PM
And as Yet Nobody Has Addressed The Oversights In The Original Article
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 3:55:42 PM
Foolish Mars only Arguments
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 4:06:07 PM
Sure Save Them All
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 4:24:06 PM
Moon, Mars and Beyond.
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 5:20:03 PM
The Reason Is Twofold
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 5:41:04 PM
Its about experience building
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 6:03:58 PM
Consistancy Isn't Important To You Is It?
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 6:48:28 PM
Aer you really an engineer?
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 7:33:47 PM
Right Approach Wrong Context Again
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 7:41:31 PM
re: And as Yet Nobody Has Addressed The Oversights In The Original Article
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 4:02:26 PM
So Sam Admits Going to the Moon First Won't Improve the Odds of Making it to Mars?
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 4:16:52 PM
Lessons from Experience...
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 5:41:24 PM
Start With A false Premise, Reach A False Conclusion
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 5:53:14 PM
re: Start With A false Premise, Reach A False Conclusion
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 6:05:32 PM
Explain That Pretext
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 6:52:57 PM
re: Explain That Pretext
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 7:38:02 PM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 7:17:01 AM
Sure Let's Add Enough Cost To Kill The Program
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 2:10:53 PM
re: Sure Let's Add Enough Cost To Kill The Program
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 10:54:12 PM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 1:57:35 PM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 11:03:13 PM
Does 1970 Stand For The Last Year You Had An Original Thought?
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 2:07:40 PM
re: Does 1970 Stand For The Last Year You Had An Original Thought?
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 2:19:51 PM
Ok
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Buck Galaxy
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3/20/2005 5:04:28 AM
re: Okay
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 7:08:09 AM
There's A Big Difference
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 5:08:29 AM
Thanks for the clarification
(n/t)
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Buck Galaxy
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3/20/2005 5:11:19 AM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 4:18:52 AM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 7:10:19 AM
re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed.
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 2:01:46 PM
You Don't Have To Go To The Moon To Design A Backup System
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 2:14:00 PM
re: You Don't Have To Go To The Moon To Design A Backup System
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 2:23:05 PM
I Am an Engineer
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 2:33:41 PM
re: I Am an Engineer
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 3:45:42 PM
The Enginners Did Not Decide That
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 3:59:18 PM
re: The Enginners Did Not Decide That
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 6:10:57 PM
May Have Missed Something
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 7:11:40 PM
re: May Have Missed Something
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 7:41:49 PM
Agian Field Testing Is Good, Testing In The Wrong Field Is Bad
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 7:48:47 PM
Wow Have You Got That Wrong
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 7:01:27 PM
PS
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 4:42:32 AM
Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 4:38:53 AM
re: Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 5:44:47 AM
It's Not Easy to Breath 3 Minutes In Vaccuum Or Survive Seconds In a Fireball
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 2:30:59 PM
Isolated on Mars
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 3:52:49 PM
re: Isolated on Mars
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 4:13:34 PM
re: Isolated on Mars
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 6:17:50 PM
Right Attitude Wrong Application
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 7:22:13 PM
re: Right Attitude Wrong Application
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 7:51:10 PM
Simple Analogue
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 9:16:58 PM
re: Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 7:35:14 AM
re: Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 2:08:21 PM
" 3 days distance is virtually MEANINGLESS."
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Buck Galaxy
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3/20/2005 5:09:20 AM
Apollo 13
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 5:44:53 PM
Your Lack Of Understanding Is Showing Again
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 5:58:21 PM
re: Your Lack Of Understanding Is Showing Again
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 6:23:36 PM
re: 96 days round trip to Mars!
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 7:24:47 AM
Almost no architecture could survive an Apollo-13 type accident
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Gary
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3/20/2005 9:37:50 PM
re: 96 days round trip to Mars!
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RobVG
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3/20/2005 6:16:50 PM
re: 96 days round trip to Mars!
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Chris Vancil
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3/20/2005 11:11:55 PM
Exactly! Make your mistakes in the shallow end of the pool! (nt)
(n/t)
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 6:24:51 PM
re: 96 days round trip to Mars!
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Sam1970
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3/20/2005 1:56:18 PM
re: 96 days round trip to Mars!
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Chris Vancil
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3/21/2005 4:50:22 AM
Poor Risk Analysis
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Mark Eby
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3/20/2005 5:24:45 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.