Re: Amusing letters to the editor about Huygens/Cassini

2005-01-24 Thread James McEnanly
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Re: How far can radio signals penetrate through ice?

2004-10-09 Thread James McEnanly
Usually it is by way of Extremely Low Frequencies. The antennae y=used for this are often acres, if not square miles in size.LARRY KLAES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know this may be under the Classified category, but have submarines found ways to send signals through the ice packs when in the

Re: the latest splat

2004-09-10 Thread James McEnanly
>reinforcement, but the mass penalty is definitely > less than an > >airbag system. > > > >The question would be can you design a vehile to > transition from air > >to water at 200+ miles per hour with minimum shock? > > > >Joe L. > > > >James M

Re: the latest splat

2004-09-10 Thread James McEnanly
of impact that shattered the silicon and > germanium wafers in > Genesis > > to smithereens. The Stardust material is an > almost lighter-than-air > foam. > I > > forget the name, but I got to hold a piece > when my 10-year-old > daughter > and > >

Re: Rose's Web site

2004-09-04 Thread James McEnanly
The reason that we are discovering gas giant sized worlds at such a great pace may be that with  our current search methods, such worlds are relatively easy to find. It is like taking a census of fish in a lake with a net with 5 inch gaps.  I also think that  we may yet find a somewhat Earth-like

Re: Carl Sagan, we need your help

2004-08-06 Thread James McEnanly
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Re: Fw: Cassini Provides New Views of Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon

2004-07-04 Thread James McEnanly
rn for entering orbit went so well that> mission managers have decided to forgo an> orbital-adjustment maneuver scheduled for today.> > The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project> of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian> Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a> div

Re: Gamma-ray bursts not fun for ancient Earth life?

2004-05-02 Thread James McEnanly
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RE: Space photos from Benson's Beyond on display in Worcester,

2004-04-06 Thread James McEnanly
ineered in such a way as too cause an > "up-splash" of > >matter in a concentrated shape - ideally a narrow > cylinder? If so, > >given the rarity of atmosphere, an orbit could be > achieved where the > >craft could be caused to fly through the eject

Re: This won't help with the support of JIMO

2004-03-29 Thread James McEnanly
> Old Soviet nuclear powered satellites leaked a trail > of menacing radioactive droplets that have become a > debris threat to other spacecraft. > > = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. F

Re: Standing Body of Water Left Its Mark in Mars Rocks

2004-03-28 Thread James McEnanly
> > >> sea/ocean/lake as an explanation > > >> for features that we, on our water planet, > associate > > >> only with bodies of > > >> water. That doesn't mean that there haven't > *also* > > >> been bodies of water on

Re: Standing Body of Water Left Its Mark in Mars Rocks

2004-03-27 Thread James McEnanly
IL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > As I understand it, the recent findings by the rovers indicate deposits of gypsum and salt, which dissolve in water, but not in supercritical CO2 = Sincerely James McEnanly

Re: Standing Body of Water Left Its Mark in Mars Rocks

2004-03-25 Thread James McEnanly
> extinction (Luis > definitely from outside), but now the idea that a > big collision killed the > dinosaurs has become the accepted wisdom (even if > more recently under attack > again.) > > Sometimes the voices from outside are right, or at > least helpful in breaking

Re: The 1984 film 2010

2003-12-10 Thread James McEnanly
in "2010," an optimistic sequel to the Clarke/Kubrickclassic. http://www.scifiweekly.com/issue346/classic.htmlSincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing

Re: SF Chronicle Article on JIMO Mission

2003-12-10 Thread James McEnanly
.yahoo.com/==You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/I think that the craft is probably designed like a spyglass, collapsed at launch , then extended ! in space.Sincerely   James McEnanly Do y

Re: NASA and White House Play Planetary Politics

2003-11-13 Thread James McEnanly
embered that there was stuff on July 20 about the moon landing but few heard this quote, and fewer cared.Gregg==You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/Sincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

Re: Ann Druyan interview in Discover Magazine

2003-11-13 Thread James McEnanly
y the late Carl Sagan, and the first financed by a media outlet, Cosmos Studios, a science-based entertainment company run by Ann Druyan, Sagan’s widow and collaborator.   http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-03/departments/featdialogue/Sincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard

Re: NASA cuts budget for Breakthrough Physics Propulsion projects

2003-09-14 Thread James McEnanly
al for interstellar space flight is restricted not just by the limitations of existing technology, but by our understanding of science itself, and physics in particular. Sincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

Re: SPACE: Loss of the Saturn V

2003-09-06 Thread James McEnanly
im is valid or an u! rban legend?> > > > >> > > > > If these claims are true, does anyone know who is most directly> > > > > responsible for the termination of the knowledge of how to build> > > > > a Saturn 5 -- and whether they are still alive -- because I'd> > > > > certainly like to contact them and give them a piece of my mind.> > > > >> > > > > (A related but slightly different conversation vector is whetheror> > > > > not Russia still has the ability to build the Energia since it is> > > > > the most recently flown rocket that might be considered to have> > > > > heavy lift capacity.)> > > > >> > > > > Robert> > > > >> Sincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

Re: Soccer Balls to Saturn's Rings

2003-08-09 Thread James McEnanly
obe:   http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er_er/html/sprint/index.htm   http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/assembly/sprint/   http://www.skyrocket.de/space/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/aercam-sprint.htm   Larry   - Original Message - From: James McEnanly Sent: Thursday

Re: Soccer Balls to Saturn's Rings

2003-08-09 Thread James McEnanly
ack to the surface without having to leave the vicinity.   So what do you think?  Think we can convince a space agency to look into this more?  Think we can design a detailed prototype? This is how Icepick got its start.   Thanks,   Larry      Sincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteB

Re: Fw: Harry Potter and the Moons of Jupiter

2003-07-02 Thread James McEnanly
_harrypotter.htm?list662745This is a free service.Home page: http://science.nasa.govSincerely   James McEnanly Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?

2003-02-26 Thread James McEnanly
  I am curious as to what a future subsurface probe will see. Will the Europan be blind, or will there be a bioluminescent Times Square to greet our probe?Sincerely   James McEnanlyDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more

Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?

2003-02-26 Thread James McEnanly
I've seen similar documentaries. They tend to move into them.  H Frank Benford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As far as an octopus is concerned, I did see on one of the better cablechannels where an octopus was given a jar with food inside and theoctopus figured out how to unscrew the lid and get to th

Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?

2003-02-26 Thread James McEnanly
t; life swimming in the seas of Europa!> >> > Larry> >> >> > - Original Message -> > From: wmarcus> > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:51 PM> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?> >> > Wel

Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?

2003-02-25 Thread James McEnanly
  - Original Message - From: wmarcus Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?   Well that's better than most people can do! - Original Message - From: James McEnanly To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: M

Re: What about intelligent life on Europa?

2003-02-24 Thread James McEnanly
It wpuld probably on the order of an octopus, which on Earth, are about as smart as cats. They communicate by changing body shape and color.  "adam ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Personally i think it is very possible for intelligent life forms to evolve naturally on Europa. Man is just finding ou

RE: Zepplin Europa?

2003-02-12 Thread James McEnanly
Ditto for Mars and Venus. In fact from what I've heard, the area just above the cloud-tops on Venus has an atmospheric pressure equal to that of Earth at Sea Level.  John Sheff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lack of atmosphere *is* a big deal. It’s my understanding that zeppelins work on the pri

Re: This NASA Admin might get us to Europa yet

2002-12-19 Thread James McEnanly
I seem to recall an article, which I will post later, about how it is easier to go between Lagrange points than low planetary orbits. A station at the L-1 point would be an ideal place from which to launch probes to other planets.  LARRY KLAES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: See the first article:   M

Re: Plutonium is the latest superconductor

2002-12-02 Thread James McEnanly
Ist there a stable plutonium isotope?  LARRY KLAES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: New Research: Against All Odds, Plutonium Is Latest Superconductor http://www.spacedaily.com/news/materials-02zu.htmlGainesville - Dec 2, 2002 - Scientists have discovered superconductivity in a most unlikely place: the

Re: Serendipity lives!

2002-12-02 Thread James McEnanly
How well would these things work inside a fusion reactor?  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Fom today's Space.com "AstroNotes":_Solar Cell BreakthroughA material that allows creation of "full spectrum" solar cells has beenaccidentally uncovered. The unexpected discove

Re: Interplanetary Microbe Travel

2002-11-27 Thread James McEnanly
For all we know, there might be those out there who would consider this as we would an offer of a packet of free vegetable seeds.  wmarcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I offer to the Universe fresh primal post doctorate DNA and you want me to give money to donate my precious body imprint?! I do n

Re: Listening to Europa

2002-11-23 Thread James McEnanly
Weren't the Deep Space 2 probes on the Mars Polar lander geophones?  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Message- Original Message -From: Thomas GreenTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:15 PMSubject: RE: Listening to EuropaThis might be flawed thinking. Assuming the

Re: Reality Check Time

2002-11-12 Thread James McEnanly
e station into orbit. "By Western and even former-Soviet standards, the Chinese manned space program is progressing at a painfully slow rate," Clark notes. "But then again, historically, the Chinese have always taken their time with programs and have taken little notice of the expectat

Re: Reality Check Time

2002-11-12 Thread James McEnanly
I have found this article on the Chinese Manned Space program (Shenzou) They seem to be going very slowly, as compared to similar stages in the US and Russian programs.  LARRY KLAES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One major hurdle with working with China will be political.  I doubt the US Government in

RE: Reality Check Time

2002-11-12 Thread James McEnanly
   Robert Crawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Consider that like most government agencies,NASA has to make decisions that are politically correct. If an agency fails to put an important operation in the proper congressional district, there will be trouble.-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: Test beds of ice

2002-10-29 Thread James McEnanly
It would also be a good idea to lay these blocks on a sloope, to simulate Europan gravity, rather than using full Terrestrial gravity.  Robert Crawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's no joke. Unlike everyone else who would just go to Wal-Mart to pickup a printer stand, they had us custom make som

Re: Testing Location

2002-10-28 Thread James McEnanly
Why not stack blocks of ice? It would be a lot simpler than hauling our gear out to some ice-bound wasteland.  Skip Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 10/26/2002 7:48:28 PM Alaskan Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:> > > > The safest, most accessible (easy hike from a ro

Re: Drake still sticking with estimate of 10K civs in MWG

2002-10-12 Thread James McEnanly
Does Dr. Drake mean right now, or over the age of the MWG?  It could mean the difference between sending diplomats on our first intertellar mission, or sending archaeologists  warren marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes!  Of all the women I've ever known Earth women are my favorite too!  So ar

Re: Life and SETI [was RE: Survival of the Flattest]

2002-10-10 Thread James McEnanly
menon, where a > progenitor must eat its > own children to ensure its own survival. Sooner or > later, there may come a > child who is a bit too big or clever to be eaten. > If our prospective star-faring species is truly > interested in the progression > of science /

RE: So what should the first words on Europa be?

2002-10-09 Thread James McEnanly
"Put the lodge over there, and a chair lift there..."  Robert Crawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: “Someone crank up the thermostat.”   Robert Crawley Elite Precision Fabricators, Inc. Programming (936) 449-6823   -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Be

RE: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-09 Thread James McEnanly
Quaoar and Varuna, the names of the KBOs arefinally going to start honoring other human mythologies besides the Greek --and about time, too.==You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/   Sincerely  

Re: First good data on diameters of the biggest Kuiper Belt objects

2002-10-08 Thread James McEnanly
You're right. The Greco-Roman Pantheon is just about exhausted. I am wondering what we are going to do when we get serious about naming extrasolar planets.  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9446This is a measurement using the technique -- whose acc

RE: BBC E-mail: New 'moon' found around Earth

2002-09-12 Thread James McEnanly
If Cruithne's orbit is determine by both the Earth and Luna, it would be more like a Trojan asteroid than a moon.  Thomas Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Not to nitpick, but doesn't a moon have to orbit the planet?  It seems like Cruithne should be designated "co-dependent minor planet".  :)   A

Re: Request for technical help

2002-09-02 Thread James McEnanly
You may want to just put the entire website in babelfish.  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Does anybody know how to make that damned "World Keyboard" at the Babelfishsite actually switch to another keyboard setup than English? I'm trying totranslate an article on Beagle 2 at "Der Zeit" into

RE: Are Humans Gaia's Immune System Against Impacts?

2002-08-21 Thread James McEnanly
When I read about the Gaia hypothesis, I think about Adam Smith's 'invisible hand'. One might think of the ecosystem  Gary McMurtry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: I have to agree mightily with Tom Green's thoughts on Gaia and the human "condition".  To think that Life cares about mass extinctions is

Re: See also the links to Europa articles at the end of this piece

2002-08-21 Thread James McEnanly
Microwave ovens are more recent, circa 1947. They arrived in homes in the mid to late 70's.  Michael Speight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Great article for all but one thing, it says "On August 20, 1977, the compact disk, the microwave oven, and the fax machine were communication tools that could

Re: Poll shows low enthusiasm for space program in general public

2002-03-21 Thread James McEnanly
ho do not a manned Mars mission = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project i

Re: Europa mission beneath the ice

2001-12-22 Thread James McEnanly
Actually, it is a small fringe that tends to protest whenever NASA lanches a nuclear powered probe. I think they just enjoy carrying signs and shouting their lungs out. It would take a Jedi knight to convince them.   Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   - Original Message - From

Re: Space tourism

2001-12-04 Thread James McEnanly
Considering that the first space tourist was sent up despite NASA's vehement objections, it would seem more likely that the Dutch would go up with  the program with a proven track record as being friendly to tourists. The Russians   gerts mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Overhere in Holland, Euro

Re: Is it all for nothing?

2001-12-02 Thread James McEnanly
    Gail Leatherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Remember (or did you ever hear) the old Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue?" Well, I'm "A Guy Named Gail." Better that then acting like that boy called Ani int Episode ISincerely   James McEnanlyDo You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Ya

RE: ISS Problen Caused By Previous Limitations On Funding

2001-11-09 Thread James McEnanly
Rather than de-orbitibg, why not sell it, as Mir Corp had with the Mir Station. The ISS is in somewhat better shape than Mir was at the time.   John Sheff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not until I’ve plunked down my $20 million and gotten my ride …   - John   -Original Message-From: [

Re: How to combine the Europa Orbiter and Lander

2001-10-18 Thread James McEnanly
  Bruce Moomaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message -From: "Gary McMurtry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 10:56 AMSubject: Re Planetary penetrators We have seen two US Mars Penetrator missions. Unfortunatly, we lost contact with them

Re: Power supply options for Europa Mission

2001-10-12 Thread James McEnanly
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2.  We should use it just to annoy all the protesters that came out for the Cassini 4.  An Earth gravity assist would be safe as long as we don't let the same people who calculated the last Mars "lander" do it this time. They seem to have the very hard trigonometry and

In the neighborhhood

2001-08-28 Thread James McEnanly
I found this in the Astronomy picture of the day site.  While this is Callisto, not Europa, I thin that it is somewhat appropriate. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010828.html Chesley Bonestall would be proud.Sincerely   James McEnanlyDo You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.0

RE: I besmeared the French (sort of)

2001-06-23 Thread James McEnanly
 I am wondering why we consider ourselves to be such a delicacy to Extraterrestrials. Most of the predators on this planet consider us a food of last resort. Sharks take a bite or too, and when they discover that we are not seals, swim away. Big cats eat us only when they cannot find their normal p

RE: Wanna stop global warming? Just move Earth!

2001-06-13 Thread James McEnanly
The physics of doing this are straight Newtonian, but the engineering is Vorlon   Schmidt Mickey Civ 50 TS/CC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Question: If you could accellerate the earth by a few feet per second tomake its orbit a little larger (and more elliptical...) would you also haveto accellerat

Re: Ice

2001-04-03 Thread James McEnanly
B The fact that we can feel remorse for the lossof the species might be a sign ofa more mature attitude as a species. > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/

Re: Bull or True

2001-03-27 Thread James McEnanly
I wouldn't even justify calling it 'fiction'.  Good fiction can instruct and inspire. This program did neither. Even the old "Lost in Space" series, helped to inspire the current crop of astronauts, as well as introduce a first rate composer to the world of robots, rogues and ray-guns. As to gett

RE: Zero-G Health Impacts

2001-03-20 Thread James McEnanly
ity object > > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Projec

Re: National Space Society

2001-03-19 Thread James McEnanly
ip in such activities is directly > relevant to getting us to Europa. > Watch the skies! > Gail Leatherwood > = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.y

Re: I need help with my defense. . .

2001-03-10 Thread James McEnanly
http://www.badastronomy.com is a good place to start   Sarah Benczik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know some good websites that defend NASAagainst all those accusations that we never reallylanded on the moon, etc. I need to direct anirritating friend to them . . . thanks.

Re: The Europa probe from 2010: The Year We Make Contact

2001-03-06 Thread James McEnanly
I have seen 2010, and read the book on the production design. Much of the design is based on Shuttle and Salyut hardware, which the 2001 esigners didn't have as a model. Also Syd Mead, the designer in the later film, used a submarine design philosophy when laying out the Leonov. What is really tel

Re: SF notes

2001-03-01 Thread James McEnanly
I recently read an article in the BBC about a computer that talks like a baby. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1194000/1194565.stm It reminded me of a story by Isaac Asimov about a robot that developed pathways in its brain, rather than having them built in. The similarities to th

Red dwarf stars: To see ourselves as others see us

2001-02-22 Thread James McEnanly
It could be that Earth is a rarity, a planet orbitting a G-class star without a larger planet. The civilizations that grow in the light of the red dwarves might not think to look here for life. After all, we have a short-lived star, and our gas giants are too far out to be habitable.   [EMAIL PROT

Re: RE: NASA Watch comments on the Fox Apollo crapumentary

2001-02-19 Thread James McEnanly
a group of schoolchildren there. He > found out that they'd been taught in school that > everything NASA does is faked in Hollywood. This > disturbed him so much that he arranged a trip for > the whole class to Florida to view a shuttle launch > in pe

Re: Astronomers mock Fox show about Moon fakery

2001-02-19 Thread James McEnanly
can't get away with this! ===== Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing

Re: NASA Watch comments on the Fox Apollo crapumentary

2001-02-18 Thread James McEnanly
That movie is invariably invoked in discussions of this sort.I'm surpirised they haven't blamed OJ's legal troubles on his appearance inthis movie. --- gerts mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:13:08 > James McEnanly wrote: > > &

Re: NASA Watch comments on the Fox Apollo crapumentary

2001-02-16 Thread James McEnanly
 Capricorn One is not a true proof that the Apollo landings were faked, as the special effects crew had Apollo footage to emulate for their fictional Mars landing. Rather, note the way the Lunar explorers in 2001 moved about, as compared to the actual Apollo crews. I have seen the movie, and notice

Re: NASA Watch comments on the Fox Apollo crapumentary

2001-02-16 Thread James McEnanly
k"? (Of course, given > the other networks' increasing willingness to devote > their news magazines to > true-crime tabloid schlock since they've been taken > over by business > conglomerates, this is probably the future of all > broadcast news.) > > Bruce Moo

Re: I hope no one has bought Europa (yet)!

2001-02-14 Thread James McEnanly
uk/index.htm > > Blaschke Home Realm > http://www.vvm.com/~caius > > =You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > = Sincerely James McEnanly _

Re: 11 New Moons For Jupiter

2001-01-23 Thread James McEnanly
be > > fairly straightforward (two different species > can't breed to produce > fertile > > children), every bigger level of the tree by > which we categorize living > > things is a largely arbitrary division. > > > > Bruce Moomaw > > > == &g

RE: E.T. or Alien? The Character of Other Intelligence

2001-01-23 Thread James McEnanly
mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. h

Re: Two weeks to Mars?!?

2001-01-23 Thread James McEnanly
E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > = Sincerely James McEnanly ___

Re: McDonald's in Tiananmen Square?

2001-01-23 Thread James McEnanly
t; > John Harlow Byrne > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do

Re: McDonald's in Tiananmen Square?

2001-01-23 Thread James McEnanly
nderlying tenet of nearly every > Earthside religion? Presume that > biotechnology advances, that it is possible to > create an artificial human, an > artificial biosphere... what then of Old Earth? > > More food (substantial food?) for thought. > > John Harlow Byrn

Re: E.T. or Alien? The Character of Other Intelligence -- yea right!

2001-01-22 Thread James McEnanly
t; Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ == You are subscribed to the

Re: E.T. or Alien? The Character of Other Intelligence

2001-01-22 Thread James McEnanly
are > >is a strange experience as one would imagine... > seeing the golden arches > >there makes one wonder whether in the PRC, freedom > is really worth the > price > >they're going to pay. > > > >Mind you - the locals much prefer Japanese fast >

Re: 11 New Moons For Jupiter

2001-01-21 Thread James McEnanly
mean that we have to classify communications satellites, asteroid dust, and so forth as a 'moon', rather than what it really is, a piece of space detritus. = Sincerely James McEnanly __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things y

Re: E.T. or Alien? The Character of Other Intelligence

2001-01-19 Thread James McEnanly
- but > whether it has learned to override its more basic > instincts. Bear in > mind, too, the variation in character that can exist > between individuals > within a species. Will the first representative of > an alien race that > we encounter be a Hitler or a Gandhi? > > More on

RE: Golden Disasters

2001-01-14 Thread James McEnanly
It was Vladimir Komarov, aboard Soyuz 1, due to  parachute failure.   "Clements, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: One other Soviet cosmonaut died on reentry. Name escapes me at present - wasit Soyuz 1?; but Gagarin - who had attempted to prevent the flight, as itwas known on the factory floor t

Re: Golden Disasters

2001-01-12 Thread James McEnanly
  HGlynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: many people have been in space ? in total 10 people have diedin spaceflight (interestingly enough all 10 died during the ascent/descentphase -7 on challenger and 3 on a russian flight that depressurised onre-entry). i suppose the only real reason they demand a

Re: The Sound of One Cell Growing

2001-01-11 Thread James McEnanly
rough Europa's ice layer > with an Eludium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?) > > Bruce Moomaw > > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/eur

Re: Yup, the Seattle Monolith has moved

2001-01-05 Thread James McEnanly
I'm surprised they didn't stick it in the patas monkey enclosure at the local zoo. If the woodland zoo had chimps, so much the better   Larry Klaes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: News item URL: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SeattleTimes.woa/wa/gotoArticle?zsection_id=268466359&t

Re: Scientists Decode Genes of Microbe That Thrives in Toxic Metals

2000-12-21 Thread James McEnanly
No more than the availibility of lifeboats makes companies less careful with their ships   [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, as I maintained in an earlier post, the possible availability of toxin eating microbes might induce industrialists to be more careless with their toxic spill liability.-- J

Re: Scientists Decode Genes of Microbe That Thrives in Toxic Meta ls

2000-12-20 Thread James McEnanly
This oath may well be the Hippocratic Oath that doctors take, among which the first duty is 'Do no harm'   [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, in law and in medicine, a professional beginning his career must take a sort of oath. The physician's oath is to preserve life. The lawyer's oath is to alw

Re: Scientists Decode Genes of Microbe That Thrives in Toxic Metals

2000-12-16 Thread James McEnanly
; green card to polluters? > Why not just try to avoid the pollution in the first > place? > > -- JHB > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: > http://klx.com/europa/ > =

RE: Beating Up on a Young Earth, and Possibly Life

2000-12-14 Thread James McEnanly
its > >side? --Bruce Moomaw > > Nothing moves life forward like a swift kick to > Uranus ... > > mrt > == > You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing > list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project information and list (un)subscribe info: >