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SpaceX on "60 Minutes" by TB March 19, 2012 7:14 pm
  • Saw it. Touching when Musk teared up talking about Armstrong and Cernan and their criticism. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-19 20:59:35
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    Space Shuttle: riding the boosters by TB March 19, 2012 10:55 am
    • Great video. There is so much video and telemetry coming from something like a shuttle launch. How do ... by bowser 2012-03-19 12:01:15
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      • Nearest I can tell, it's magic. by TB 2012-03-19 12:45:05
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        • It seems so. "Harry, we're getting a .2 undervolt reading on your watch battery. You may want to ... by bowser 2012-03-19 13:15:55
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          • The down side... by TB 2012-03-19 13:52:19
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          • It makes some sort of sense to me, if very little. If broadcasts on frequencies are refined enough, they ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-19 13:12:11
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        Neutrino radio! by TB March 15, 2012 11:18 am
        • That's more than a little intriguing. Seems a bit like the telegraph in 1840, barely practical but a proven ... by bowser 2012-03-18 18:14:24
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          • Only question is, can it work longer distances? Let's send them to Japan, Canada, or the South Pole. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-15 13:05:20
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            Infrared Atlas of the Sky by ER March 14, 2012 8:18 pm
            • Artifacts would be much cooler than even the coolest stars, but much warmer than most gases, rocks, etc. By simultaneously ... by ER 2012-03-14 21:07:09
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              • I'm at the limits of my knowledge of astronomical technique. by TB 2012-03-15 08:39:24
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                • You seem to have a pretty good intuitive grasp of astronomical technique, particularly since you haven't been trained in it. ... by ER 2012-03-15 12:01:48
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              • The snag is that even a pretty impressive IR source will get washed out by the star it's orbiting. by TB 2012-03-14 20:38:38
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                *Unmanly squeal* by Vitruvius March 14, 2012 12:16 am
                • Political compass by Robert 2012-03-14 11:48:58
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                  • The methods used by astronomers to detect exoplanets around nearby stars all have severe limitations. These methods include 1)Transit. ... by ER 2012-03-14 04:40:27
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                    • I wonder if the detected planets so far have any pattern to their orbital planes relative to the galactic plane? by TB 2012-03-14 07:37:26
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                      • There is no "up and down" or "back and forth" in space, Only tilted toward or away from us. ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:23:25
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                        • I was thinking local perspective, as seen through a telescope. To be more precise, any number of extra-solar planetary ... by TB 2012-03-14 16:17:46
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                          • Its a reasonable question, but the galaxy is very old, almost as old as the universe itself, about 14 Gyr ... by ER 2012-03-14 18:14:19
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                            • I'd say that's probably a pretty accurate take on it. by TB 2012-03-14 20:04:37
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                        • No. As you surmise in your last post, the two have absolutely no causal relation to one another. by ER 2012-03-14 13:54:03
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                          • Hmmmm. by TB 2012-03-14 09:35:26
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                            • An ellipse tilted relative to our line of sight is still an ellipse (of different apparent shape). So there ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:01:31
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                              • Our own solar system has no alignment with the galactic plane. by TB 2012-03-14 10:01:13
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                          James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger by TB March 8, 2012 10:42 pm
                          • Interview with Cameron, here. by TB 2012-03-13 18:30:01
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                            Frozen Planet by Jody March 11, 2012 1:02 pm
                              Time crystals could be legitimate form of perpetual motion by Jody February 28, 2012 9:20 am
                              • *Moments after picking up pieces of my brain* Okay, so from what I can understand from this (that being ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-09 19:22:54
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                                Bad ideas for rocket propellants by TB March 5, 2012 9:50 pm
                                • Sounds like the stuff would be more useful for explosive devices. Or would that break one of the Geneva ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-09 19:16:09
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                                  • Chlorine tri-flouride? It seems to me there's a lot of free chlorine and flourine when that stuff comes unglued. I'd ... by bowser 2012-03-06 00:56:03
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                                    • test Tom Bombadil by visitor 2012-03-06 21:36:45
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                                      • Little known fact: by TB 2012-03-06 21:55:05
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                                        • test3 Bombadil by visitor 2012-03-06 21:40:16
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                                      Solar flare coming by TB March 7, 2012 12:17 pm
                                      • I live in eternal fear of this day. It's like the next Big One here in California - we ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-09 19:11:51
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                                        • Oh hell Tom...we all know it will fall to earth and procreate other little(!) solar flares right on Texas. Fort Worth, ... by Jody 2012-03-07 13:04:34
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                                          • Sigh! All those electrical particles. More than you can count. If you can harness them, or, since you being Texan (pardon ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-03-08 18:20:15
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                                            • Turned out to be kind of a dud. We got lucky. by TB 2012-03-08 19:50:07
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                                              • Sunspot AR1429 has unleashed another strong solar flare. And it is headed straight toward us. http://spaceweather.com/ by johannes 2012-03-09 13:01:13
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                                                • I believe that hit Persimmon Pass, UT, and took it off the map. At least I couldn't find it. by bowser 2012-03-09 19:03:20
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                                          Aligned planets: Interesting celestial show. by johannes February 24, 2012 10:37 am
                                            SpaceX plans for reusable launchers by TB February 8, 2012 11:41 am
                                            • Y'know, it's strange..... ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-08 22:19:46
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                                              • NASA isn't about space transportation, and the Shuttle wasn't about low-cost reusability. by TB 2012-02-09 07:33:30
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                                                • The bottom line is that it's all private enterprise. Who makes the Shuttle, who makes nuclear warheads, who makes ... by bowser 2012-02-09 14:10:32
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                                                  • I'd love to see private enterprise show NASA and ESA how to get to the planets, but unfortunately, I don't ... by ER 2012-02-09 09:16:39
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                                                    • Yes, ER, I agree that BOTH the Government-run space program and "private" space programs have BOTH become notorious for? Delays, delays, ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 01:04:07
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                                                      • Seven years from this July it will have been half a century since NASA first landed men on the Moon. by TB 2012-02-09 09:48:55
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                                                        • Are you serious, TB? Bigelow has launched NO man-rated orbital spacehab yet. And even if he did within the next five years, there's ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 01:22:04
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                                                          • TB, I do not condemn or ridicule private enterprise's efforts to put space on a self-paying basis. I understand perfectly ... by ER 2012-02-09 10:13:14
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                                                            • "I’d love to see private enterprise show NASA and ESA how to get to the planets, but unfortunately, I don’t ... by TB 2012-02-09 10:32:14
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                                                              • I'm 64 years old. I'm not likely to see a manned exploration of the planets by anybody. As far as ... by ER 2012-02-09 10:44:49
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                                                                • "Will you still need me, will you still feed me..." by alcaray 2012-02-10 04:32:09
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                                                                  • I've been in this business for over thirty years, and worked with a lot of people both inside and outside ... by TB 2012-02-09 11:21:20
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                                                                    • "That statement isn’t ideology." by ER 2012-02-09 11:39:51
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                                                                      • For what it's worth; I agree with ER's opinion here, even if it did start a firestorm. The Space Board ... by Lindy 2012-02-23 17:13:44
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                                                        • It is a lot easier to build something that will work perfectly once, than to make something that can be ... by ER 2012-02-09 05:37:02
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