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The Mercury Program- 'Cliff Notes' by RobVG April 29, 2012 7:16 pm
  • That website is a spectacular resource. Look around the index. by TB 2012-04-29 19:48:52
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    • Man you're not kidding. It's huge. by RobVG 2012-04-29 19:58:31
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    Space companies completing wind tunnel testing by TB April 29, 2012 12:27 pm
    • Breaking Wind? by ER 2012-04-29 19:02:34
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      Planetary Resources hiring page by TB April 25, 2012 7:40 pm
      • I caution caution. by ER 2012-04-26 08:26:42
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        • Their technology page is here. by TB 2012-04-26 10:10:00
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          • Personally, I think Humanity should be free to expand throughout the entire solar system, while studying the places they visit. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 10:34:49
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            • I think governments should explore the solar system, (interstellar exploration may be a bit premature)identifying targets of interest and opportunity ... by ER 2012-04-26 11:22:02
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        • I'm from California..... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:11:19
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          • Got it. No one likes California :D by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:18:40
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            • We all have our troubles, our burdens, our handicaps, our crosses to bear, little things we may be ashamed of. ... by bowser 2012-04-26 14:50:15
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            • That's 15 miles away. I'm going for it, nothing to lose...n/t by RobVG 2012-04-25 20:05:10
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              • I'm guessing you're going it alone. That's OK, just thought I'd try to help. I wish you the ... by bowser 2012-04-28 11:22:44
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                • 1 by bowser 2012-04-28 00:42:52
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                  • Now that's good by RobVG 2012-04-28 11:59:23
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                  • I'm standing by. by bowser 2012-04-27 18:09:43
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                    • By the way, between 5:00 AM and Midnight 15 miles from Bellevue to anywhere is the longest 15 miles in ... by bowser 2012-04-26 14:46:02
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                      • I'll help you fill out the form. :-) by bowser 2012-04-26 12:06:53
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                        • Good luck! I have no idea how I'd fill out some of those spaces. by TB 2012-04-25 21:55:13
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                        Secrets of Vesta by TB April 26, 2012 6:19 pm
                        • I wonder what the gravitational acceleration is at the surface. Is it enough to allow a spacecraft to land, ... by ER 2012-04-26 19:00:06
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                          • Vesta and Ceres are pretty big for asteroids (Ceres is the largest). by TB 2012-04-26 19:23:09
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                          Private asteroid mining? by TB April 19, 2012 3:28 pm
                          • More information now at the Planetary Resources website. by TB 2012-04-24 14:21:03
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                            • My guess is that it has to with extraterrestrial energy resources, not rocks. by podrock 2012-04-19 21:30:15
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                              • Orbiting power satellites might be a good bet. I did a lot of work on this concept years ago, too. ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:59:17
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                              • In slightly related news, Scaled Composites (SpaceShip Two, Stratolaunch) is hiring. Sigh...to be twenty again. by TB 2012-04-19 19:50:52
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                                • I wonder what minerals they expect to find that will make it economically worthwhile to recover and bring back. ... by ER 2012-04-19 16:49:13
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                                  • Look at my old "asteroid mining" article. The prices are obsolete (I may update this someday), but the analysis is basically ... by TB 2012-04-19 19:09:42
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                                    • Your figures are impressive, but you haven't really calculated the total cost per kilo of finding and then moving finished ... by ER 2012-04-19 20:35:40
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                                      • There are already answers to many of these questions. by TB 2012-04-20 20:49:41
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                                        • Perhaps your optimism is fueled by your enthusiasm? Or should I say wishful thinking? There is a vast gulf ... by ER 2012-04-21 07:34:45
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                                          • I won't deny I am enthusiastic, or even a wishful thinker. by TB 2012-04-21 11:10:20
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                                            • Believe me, if they could do it, I'd go to work for them if they'd have me. I'd even ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:08:03
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                                    • I remember when it was thought that conditions in LEO, particularly zero-G, would allow many industrial processes not possible on ... by ER 2012-04-19 17:17:29
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                                    Cause of Falcon hypersonic scramjet crash revealed by RobVG April 23, 2012 7:20 am
                                    • 9 minutes at Mach 20 and then lost signal? It simply outran the signal. by bowser 2012-04-23 12:51:16
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                                      Today only deal - by TB April 22, 2012 2:10 pm
                                        IPhone5 made of "liquid metal?" by TB April 20, 2012 10:02 pm
                                        • AKA "faux plastic". by bowser 2012-04-20 22:09:29
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                                          The 3D Lyrid Meteor Shower by johannes April 18, 2012 3:17 pm
                                            Auroras in an odd place by Ainz April 13, 2012 6:20 pm
                                            • That's usually burning methane gas. Kids do it a lot. by bowser 2012-04-14 21:58:04
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                                              • Hand me a mirror, would ya? (n/t) by Robert 2012-04-14 09:01:53
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                                                • "My God, it's full of stars!" by TB 2012-04-14 12:37:17
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                                                  • Aaand TB wins the internet. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-15 02:43:38
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                                                    • Have to hand it to you... by Robert 2012-04-14 21:38:42
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                                                  • Uranus is an odd place. It's sideways, chilly, ringed, and there is talk of mining it for it's abundant ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:35:45
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                                                    • Of course, any probe to Uranus, would have to be nuclear,...since the sun don't shine there. by Ainz 2012-04-14 03:24:54
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                                                      • It'd also have to be large enough so we don't lose the thing there. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 12:11:47
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                                                    • I have an ointment for that. by TB 2012-04-13 20:06:19
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                                                      • Why? by bowser 2012-04-17 18:27:47
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                                                        • Everybody's laughing, but they shouldn't. Did you know how you could tell if you have too much phosphorus in your system? ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:33:24
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                                                          • That's how I find my way home. by Ainz 2012-04-13 21:04:31
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                                                            • What, doesn't everybody's? by TB 2012-04-13 20:36:42
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                                                          Discovery's last ride by RobVG April 15, 2012 10:28 pm
                                                            Here we go again! Another 'artifact' imaged on Mars. by Jeff-Wash April 13, 2012 7:35 pm
                                                            • 20 years later: Ground Control, we have discovered life on Mars. I repeat, we have discovered life on Mars. It appears ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:32:23
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                                                              • That is the box the elephant stood on. The only mystery is how it got so far away. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:47:53
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                                                                • Bingo! It's probably a flat rectangular rock. Podrock can fill you in on the details. Here's the link: http://www.livescience.com/19636-monolith-mars-2001-space-odyssey.html by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:25:19
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                                                                  • A block o' Talus, as the article suggested, would be my first explanation as well. Watch that link, though, it ... by podrock 2012-04-14 05:31:17
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                                                                  • Another fellow comes to mind too from the old BBS site. He or she went by the username: "Mars Revealer". ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 19:41:07
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