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10 things about planets
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10 things about planets
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Raoul
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5/24/2009 6:35:41 PM
I'll give it a shot
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Ainz
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5/28/2009 11:55:59 PM
water worlds
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FrankC
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5/29/2009 4:36:29 AM
re: I'll give it a shot
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lance
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5/29/2009 2:56:41 AM
How many times did life originate on Earth?
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phil
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5/27/2009 1:43:47 PM
But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960
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Socrates II
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5/27/2009 3:33:03 PM
re: But the space program didn't go the way people thought it would in 1960
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phil
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5/27/2009 4:31:37 PM
Money isn't everything
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Socrates II
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5/27/2009 4:56:36 PM
Cool list! Here's mine
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Buck Galaxy
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5/25/2009 5:01:19 AM
A couple of answers
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TB
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5/25/2009 4:28:01 PM
I'd like to see your article.
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podrock
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5/26/2009 1:13:33 AM
I loaded JPGs into Flickr
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TB
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5/26/2009 3:22:27 AM
re: I loaded JPGs into Flickr
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gbaikie
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5/28/2009 8:49:46 AM
Thanks TB
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podrock
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5/26/2009 8:32:18 PM
Elemental separation in zero G
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Nick Hoffman
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5/27/2009 12:36:18 AM
Two birds with lots of rocks?
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podrock
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5/27/2009 2:29:21 AM
Not if the buckets are attached to the asteroid in some way.
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TB
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5/27/2009 3:56:15 AM
re: Elemental separation in zero G
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gbaikie
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5/27/2009 2:13:11 AM
A magnetic or electrostatic field can take the place of gravity.
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ER
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5/27/2009 2:23:54 AM
re: A couple of answers
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gbaikie
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5/26/2009 12:51:08 AM
Very impressive potential
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Buck Galaxy
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5/25/2009 5:47:26 PM
1986DA
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TB
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5/25/2009 8:16:52 PM
re: 1986DA - 20m miles from earth at closest
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Buck Galaxy
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5/28/2009 3:46:34 AM
re: 1986DA
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gbaikie
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5/25/2009 11:21:30 PM
Leave it in Space
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podrock
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5/26/2009 12:25:07 AM
re: Leave it in Space
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gbaikie
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5/26/2009 1:15:29 AM
You're working too hard.
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TB
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5/25/2009 11:52:17 PM
re: You're working too hard.
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gbaikie
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5/26/2009 2:32:06 AM
The Gold Bug
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ER
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5/26/2009 12:18:05 AM
I think you'd start out slow with the imports.
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TB
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5/26/2009 3:39:27 AM
Not really
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podrock
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5/26/2009 12:56:48 AM
re: Cool list! Here's mine
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gbaikie
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5/25/2009 6:38:04 AM
re: 10 things about planets
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gbaikie
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5/24/2009 9:59:12 PM
Thermal gradients
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Nick Hoffman
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5/25/2009 12:53:15 AM
geometry too
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alcaray
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5/27/2009 7:06:19 AM
The scaling with gravity includes both mass and geometry
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Nick Hoffman
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5/27/2009 7:20:51 AM
re: Thermal gradients
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gbaikie
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5/25/2009 5:00:11 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.