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Now it is Santorum's turn. by alcaray February 21, 2012 10:06 pm (CurrentEvents)

15 richest counties in America by TB February 21, 2012 5:26 pm (CurrentEvents)

The Monster Breaking NASA's Back by TB February 21, 2012 12:23 pm (CurrentEvents)

The roots of primate... mammalian moral outrage. by alcaray February 20, 2012 8:07 pm (Off-Topic)

Armageddon super virus by RobVG February 20, 2012 11:05 am (Space/Science)

Godspeed, John Glenn! by Jeff-Wash February 20, 2012 10:59 am (Space/Science)

"I forecast a happy ending." by bowser February 18, 2012 5:19 pm (Community)

Twitter Report... by FrankC February 17, 2012 8:48 pm (Community)

6 trillion dollars of counterfeit treasury bonds seized. by Jody February 17, 2012 7:02 pm (CurrentEvents)

Sorry for being a dick by BuckGalaxy February 17, 2012 1:02 am (Community)

Today was apparantly the day that the GOP decided it did not need women's votes. by alcaray February 16, 2012 7:36 pm (Flame)

Depressing. I'm seeing the Writing on the Wall in this Business. by Jeff-Wash February 16, 2012 12:45 am (The Comestible Zone)

Sigh! The latest US Fed cutbacks mean the end of NASA's unmanned deepspace dominance. by Jeff-Wash February 16, 2012 12:37 am

Hmmmm...... Could a company develop that exists almost solely for the purpose of scientific missions? I imagine it'd be a ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-16 13:23:18
- If there were such an entity, they would go broke in years like this. n/t by alcaray 2012-02-16 16:53:51
  - Yes, but I'm wondering if there was ANY way such a company could survive by catering a little more to ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-18 20:45:25
    - Well, someone (who is curious - hint, hint) should do a study, like you do prior to starting a new business. by alcaray 2012-02-20 17:20:29
- I'm thinking that ESA, China and a more confident and restored JAXA are a more likely source of future deep-space robotic ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-16 13:42:15

Armageddon super virus by RobVG February 20, 2012 11:05 am

A guess would be that mutation is coming down the pike anyway. If it hit without epidemiologists being ready ... by bowser 2012-02-20 15:52:06

Godspeed, John Glenn! by Jeff-Wash February 20, 2012 10:59 am

Fossil water by RobVG February 6, 2012 5:59 pm

"Pressure solution" Ice this thick weighs enough to depress the continental crust below it. However the interface between bedrock and glacier ... by podrock 2012-02-18 21:29:38
- What about insulation? by RobVG 2012-02-19 12:18:27
I wonder why it's liquid? Is there some source of heat down there, or is there some other reason ... by ER 2012-02-06 18:15:01
- Well, Antarctica does have an active volcano, so I wouldn't be surprised if geothermal heating is involved in 'warming' that lake's ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 01:38:14
- Well, there's always radioactive isotopes. by alcaray 2012-02-07 22:26:10
- Exothermic microbial action? n/t by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:35:03
  - Now that would be scary. A lot of bugs down there generating enough heat over thousands of years to ... by ER 2012-02-07 21:04:05
- Maybe it has something do do with the lake sediment? Just a random guess. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-07 15:15:55
- Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers by RobVG 2012-02-06 19:08:46
  - That's true, but you still think it would have frozen solid by now, unless there was some source of heat. ... by ER 2012-02-06 19:22:53
    - Another thought. Doesn't water need impurities to freeze, the way steam needs small dust particles to form drops? by bowser 2012-02-06 20:14:27
      - At STP, even the purest water will freeze. However, adding a solute, such as a salt (or a water soluble ... by ER 2012-02-06 21:17:52
    - The Earth's core heat comes to the surface in a lot of places - volcanoes, hot springs, geysers. There's ... by bowser 2012-02-06 19:40:46

The Witch Head Nebula by Lee February 12, 2012 5:29 pm

A huge wind turbine, a remotely piloted helicopter, and an incredible video. by bowser February 10, 2012 4:23 pm

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
- NASA isn't about space transportation, and the Shuttle wasn't about low-cost reusability. by TB 2012-02-09 07:33:30
  - 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
  - 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
    - 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
    - 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
      - 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
      - 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
        "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
        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
        "Will you still need me, will you still feed me..." by alcaray 2012-02-10 04:32:09
        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
        "That statement isn’t ideology." by ER 2012-02-09 11:39:51
- 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

Leapfrogging technologies by bowser February 10, 2012 2:43 am

The Google self-driving car by TB February 7, 2012 8:33 pm

Belgium from the ISS :-( by Raoul January 30, 2012 2:16 pm

I'm assuming the "sad face" is the response of a night-sky enthusiast to all the brilliant lighting? by TB 2012-01-30 17:25:57
- Yes, indeed! Disastrous! by Raoul 2012-02-02 15:06:35
  - You must really hate those night-time maps of Earth. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:44:48

Mojave Space Port by TB January 31, 2012 8:24 pm

How easy was it to fly the Roton (in your perspective)? Also, is the name I see in Rotary Rocket's Wikipedia ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:39:29
Well, you have to admit they couldn't have had a better looking poster boy. Maybe if they'd gone with ... by bowser 2012-02-01 01:10:09
I sure thought that was a good idea. I even tried to invest in it, back when I had faith ... by FrankC 2012-01-31 23:31:24

Li-Fi? by TB January 30, 2012 5:31 pm

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