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Our first contact with an ETI - whoops!
Who's that going "Knock Knock" on MY Comet?
Nick Hoffman
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9/9/2005 8:12:22 AM
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Shades of the Billy Goats Gruff?
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An Infrared Hunt for Artificial Kuiper Belt Objects
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ljk
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9/8/2005 4:23:43 PM
Deep Impact shows Tempel I porous - or could it be hollow?
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Robert Clark
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9/8/2005 9:21:27 PM
That raises the question...
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alcaray
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9/8/2005 10:37:13 PM
Our first contact with an ETI - whoops!
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ljk
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9/8/2005 9:26:26 PM
Who's that going "Knock Knock" on MY Comet?
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Nick Hoffman
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9/9/2005 8:12:22 AM
Harvest solar power in the KB?
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alcaray
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9/8/2005 4:51:04 PM
re: Harvest solar power in the KB?
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ljk
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9/8/2005 5:10:21 PM
To harvest meaningfull amounts, your collectors would have to be huge
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alcaray
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9/8/2005 6:08:51 PM
re: To harvest meaningfull amounts, your collectors would have to be huge
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ljk
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9/8/2005 7:17:35 PM
If you want to get warm, move closer to the fire, is my advice.
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alcaray
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9/8/2005 7:59:08 PM
re: If you want to get warm, move closer to the fire, is my advice.
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ljk
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9/8/2005 8:05:27 PM
Well, if they asked for my advice that's what it would be
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alcaray
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9/8/2005 10:48:57 PM
re: Well, if they asked for my advice that's what it would be
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ljk
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9/9/2005 1:10:43 PM
re: Well, if they asked for my advice that's what it would be
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Johannes
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9/9/2005 8:35:31 PM
First I would determine if they tasted anything like fried chicken.
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Scott Evil
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9/13/2005 3:38:48 PM
re: First I would determine if they tasted anything like fried chicken.
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LJK
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9/13/2005 4:03:25 PM
Maybe most KBOs have inhabitants
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ljk
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9/8/2005 7:42:01 PM
SETI Politics
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LJK
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9/9/2005 5:20:03 PM
Letter: response to "SETI politics"
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LJK
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9/12/2005 3:16:35 PM
robotic probes vs people
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Sawyer
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9/12/2005 4:57:42 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.