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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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Wind Map of the United States by podrock April 12, 2012 9:13 pm

Duly bookmarked. That is fun. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:51:00
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Low-tech Panspermia by TB April 11, 2012 5:29 pm

Panspermia of this type is certainly feasable, and I suspect that if there is any life in our solar system ... by ER 2012-04-11 18:30:18
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- As biology goes, sixty million years ago wasn't that long ago and organisms had pretty established patterns. by TB 2012-04-11 18:48:47
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  - That's exactly my point. Life on Titan or Europa might very well be of earth or Martian origin (or ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:15:57
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    - Makes you wonder how much pours in.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:02:08
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      - Life has been on earth for 3 or 4 billion years, I doubt a newcomer who hadn't evolved here could ... by ER 2012-04-11 21:18:38
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        True... Which makes you wonder of the possibilities. Maybe life is not that different elsewhere in the universe. Maybe ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:23:40
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