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Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?)
re: Thank you, Vince! Great idea!
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Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?)
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Vince
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9/19/2008 4:03:37 AM
Great!...But...what happened to ESA's planned Quixote spacecraft?
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Jacob
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9/19/2008 1:36:25 PM
re: Still on - "Don Quixote could launch sometime early in the next decade."
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Vince
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9/19/2008 2:32:34 PM
ESA has an even worse record than NASA on mission delays
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pwokenyaw
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9/19/2008 5:21:02 PM
Smashing stuff into space objects is always fun, but...
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Socrates II
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9/19/2008 3:30:28 PM
re: Did you watch the video - not an impactor.
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vince
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9/19/2008 5:01:26 PM
Yes I did
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Socrates II
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9/19/2008 5:28:38 PM
re: Thank you, Vince! Great idea!
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Raoul
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9/19/2008 1:30:36 PM
re: Europe plans asteroid sample grab (Raoul, have you seen this?)
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Marsbug
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9/19/2008 10:04:24 AM
NASA has similar plans with OSIRIS
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Socrates II
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9/19/2008 4:18:15 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.