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JWST sensor glitch by RobVG January 1, 2022 8:09 pm

Can't help but wonder if they're stalling. by RobVG 2022-01-02 19:57:20
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- I wonder what we don’t know by Kirikiri 2022-01-02 21:08:35
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  - I am sure there is a HUGE amount of drama we are not privy to, but any SERIOUS issues won't be kept secret... by RL 2022-01-03 19:32:59
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JWST press briefing this morning. by RobVG January 3, 2022 12:53 pm

First 3 layers tensioned by RL 2022-01-03 19:03:38
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Good news by Kirikiri 2022-01-03 18:31:42
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1st layer tensioning successful. Starting on the second. n/t by RobVG 2022-01-03 16:18:31
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Two good sources for keeping track of the JWST by RobVG December 30, 2021 9:55 pm

Thank you by Kirikiri 2021-12-31 01:36:19
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All I want for Christmas... by ER December 21, 2021 6:53 pm

So far, so good by RL 2021-12-25 04:41:59
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- Solar panels deployed by podrock 2021-12-25 06:50:00
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  - Huge relief by RL 2021-12-25 10:12:14
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    - Hoping that everything unfolds as it should. by podrock 2021-12-25 14:52:56
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"Why will it take six months to see JWST's first science images?"- an article on the mission by RL 2021-12-22 19:44:52
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Picture I took of JWST in 2016 by RL 2021-12-22 10:47:34
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copy that by podrock 2021-12-21 20:03:30
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Launch now on the 25th by Kirikiri 2021-12-21 19:53:39
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- Geez, imagine what it must be like to have worked on it and spend your Christmas on pins and needles by RL 2021-12-22 07:46:19
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Me too, ER... by RL 2021-12-21 18:56:43
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- I hope it goes well for them by Kirikiri 2021-12-21 19:06:08
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  - May we ask what space project that was? by RL 2021-12-27 07:56:35
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  - If all goes well... by ER 2021-12-21 21:34:29
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    - Whether it works or not, as long as it makes it to orbit it will likely outlive humanity. by RL 2021-12-22 05:35:19
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Radio Telescopes Used To Observe Lightning by podrock December 22, 2021 8:43 am

thank you by Kirikiri 2021-12-23 14:15:10
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Happy Solstice! by podrock December 21, 2021 8:00 am

from 'Chapter 24' by ER 2021-12-21 08:29:34
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- Haven't heard that in forever. Thanks. by podrock 2021-12-21 08:50:10
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Moderating Request. by podrock December 20, 2021 9:29 pm

Up to date here by Sui 2021-12-20 22:37:41
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One answer to the Fermi Paradox that I don't think people consider as seriously as they should by RL December 14, 2021 6:34 pm

Very good. I'd never thought of that before. by ER 2021-12-14 21:42:32
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The jury is out still, by podrock 2021-12-14 19:07:05
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- It might be we need a world with gravity and not necessarily 9,81 m/s/s. Why not imagine exoskeletons for those ... by Raoul 2021-12-19 02:42:04
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  - I guess I wasn't clear... by RL 2021-12-19 08:43:39
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Yo, Pod--Re Catastrophism Nostalgia by ER December 12, 2021 11:01 am

Excellent question. by podrock 2021-12-12 11:51:50
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- Musings by podrock 2021-12-12 16:37:31
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  - Sedimentary, my dear Watson. by ER 2021-12-12 20:48:42
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    - Humanite by podrock 2021-12-12 21:08:22
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      - Perhaps I greatly underestimate the power of time's eraser by RL 2021-12-13 08:29:38
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        depositional verses erosional by podrock 2021-12-13 08:50:12
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        Right- and I remember exactly when that was discussed in the geology camp... by RL 2021-12-13 08:53:25
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        Additionally... we identified a nuclear reactor that formed naturally 2 billion years ago by RL 2021-12-13 08:59:29
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        Time and place by podrock 2021-12-13 09:07:31
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        As a minor sub-plot point, in the Arthur C. Clarke book "Light of other days" by RL 2021-12-13 18:06:16
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        However, there are other opinions by podrock 2021-12-13 18:46:14
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        Yes. by podrock 2021-12-13 18:38:47
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        What do you think would happen with objects like ceramics? by RL 2021-12-15 08:47:17
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        I'm still thinking about that by podrock 2021-12-15 19:54:47
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        Dinosaurs, as far as we know, didn't have mass production... by RL 2021-12-17 10:36:05
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        100 ma? by podrock 2021-12-17 14:55:26
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        Civilization does not necessarily mean technology. by ER 2021-12-13 21:31:28
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        Excellent point by podrock 2021-12-14 11:23:14
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To touch the sun by podrock December 16, 2021 11:44 am

A better Icarus by RL 2021-12-16 14:30:02
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- It is amazing how many of the things we take for granted were, for most our history, the epitome of impossible. by RL 2021-12-16 16:29:33
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  - I try to not take them for granted. by podrock 2021-12-16 16:40:00
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A step towards warp drive by RobVG December 8, 2021 11:01 am

Who is this "Ethan Siegel"? by RobVG 2021-12-11 10:48:27
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- Skepticism is key to science by podrock 2021-12-11 11:34:26
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  - It happens in pretty much any field, I am sure you have seen examples in Geology... by RL 2021-12-11 14:49:50
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    - With geology, it about calamity, mostly by podrock 2021-12-11 15:27:24
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      - Speaking of geological calamity by RL 2021-12-11 17:55:06
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        More gradual. by podrock 2021-12-11 19:59:15
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      - Michio Kaku is my nemesis- he just doesn't know it yet... by RL 2021-12-11 17:10:16
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Interesting. Thanks by podrock 2021-12-08 12:48:14
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The trio and the ISS and then the following morning by Raoul December 4, 2021 3:06 am

Excellent pictures! by RL 2021-12-04 06:14:38
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- For the evening picture, a Canon EOS 100D, a Samyang 8mm Fisheye lens, 10 seconds exposure. For the morning picture, my ... by Raoul 2021-12-10 00:33:24
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  - Did you see this post? by RL 2021-12-10 09:03:37
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