Re: Mining the Asteroids: Considerations?

2000-12-09 Thread JHByrne
In a message dated 12/9/2000 9:17:12 PM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > You tell ME how you'd tell the 'Venture Asteroid Corporation' that they can't > claim an asteroid. Now enforce your decree. Destroy their line of credit. There's plenty of ways of doing, mostly l

Re: Mining the Asteroids: Considerations?

2000-12-09 Thread Robert Clements
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You tell ME how you'd tell the 'Venture Asteroid Corporation' that they can't > claim an asteroid. Now enforce your decree. Destroy their line of credit. There's plenty of ways of doing, mostly legal. All the best, Robert Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> == You are

Re: On The Rise of Oxygen...

2000-12-09 Thread JHByrne
<< (Bear in mind, too, that some of the brontotheres of the mid Cainozoic were pretty weight competitive with at least the smaller sauropods. No doubt the brontotheres were something less than wildly active; but this shows that sauropodian mammals - while probably less likely than their dinosa

Re: How the Alien Grinch Stole Christmas

2000-12-09 Thread JHByrne
In a message dated 12/9/2000 5:26:21 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Not at all. But there's a more sinister possibility, suggested by shrewd SF writers like Isaac Asimov and Greg Bear: what if the reason we're not picking up radio signals (either deliberate or accid

Re: Mining the Asteroids: Considerations?

2000-12-09 Thread JHByrne
<< See my other post for specific criticisms of this timetable; but bear in mind one thing: greed isn't everything; & appealing to greed doesn't work in times of relative prosperity. You and I disagree on this philisophical point. I say that greed begets greed. As one man sees his neig

Re: Message in a Bottle

2000-12-09 Thread JHByrne
In a message dated 12/9/2000 12:18:03 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << As this is my first posting to this group, I'll attempt not to sound fanatically ignorant. Your concept of using quasars or other such means as a method of signaling a civilizations existence, wh

Jupiter: Planet, Satellites, and Magnetosphere on June 25- 30, 2001

2000-12-09 Thread Larry Klaes
X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 20:50:30 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Fran Bagenal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: URL corrected! -Jupiter Meeting - please post http://lasp.colorado.edu/jupiter/index.html - Register by Jan 15th and save! Jupiter: Planet, Satellites & Magnetos

Live Webcast Starring Jupiter On December 11, 2000

2000-12-09 Thread Larry Klaes
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:35:02 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Live Webcast Starring Jupiter On December 11 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: undisclosed-recipients:; MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADM

Huygens Helps Cassini To Meet Galileo At Jupiter

2000-12-09 Thread Larry Klaes
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:14:47 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Huygens Helps Cassini To Meet Galileo At Jupiter Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: undisclosed-recipients:; ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int 22 Nov 2000 Huygens helps Cassini to meet Galileo at Jupiter As the Cassi

Panspermia Articles - CCNet 122/2000 - 27 November 2000

2000-12-09 Thread Larry Klaes
From: Peiser Benny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: cambridge-conference <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CCNet, 27 November 2000 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 11:43:27 - X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) CCNet 122/2000 - 27 November 2000 - "In like manner a

The Rapid Origin of Reproductive Isolation

2000-12-09 Thread Larry Klaes
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 21:19:06 +0100 (CET) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [>Htech] BIO: The Rapid Origin of Re

Europe Plays A Major Part In Future Mars Exploration

2000-12-09 Thread Larry Klaes
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:22:36 -0800 (PST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Europe Plays A Major Part In Future Mars Exploration Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: undisclosed-recipients:; ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int 22 Nov 2000 Europe plays a major part in future Mars exploration Star

RE: Message in a Bottle

2000-12-09 Thread Schmidt Mickey Civ 50 TS/CC
Good questions and many have tried to think of logical means to do the communication. Using coded files, using the "water hole" frequencies, etc. Sagan and others speculated onthe period of time a civilization might even be interested in communications. I have my opinions as to the "right" frequ

How the Alien Grinch Stole Christmas

2000-12-09 Thread Bruce Moomaw
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, December 09, 2000 1:18 AM Subject: Re: Message in a Bottle > >As this is my first posting to this group, I'll attempt not to sound >fanatically ignorant. > >Your con

Re: Message in a Bottle

2000-12-09 Thread D7BCrsr
As this is my first posting to this group, I'll attempt not to sound fanatically ignorant. Your concept of using quasars or other such means as a method of signaling a civilizations existence, whether an alien one or our own at some future time, is interesting. But is does raise one question