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I must say it was one of the worst elections for ages, none of the parties fought any real issues that the public could get heated up about. Instead it was a round of "your a liar"... "no I'm not"... "yes you are"...
There was a turn out of only 61% which is poor to say the least - next the people who did not vote will be complaining about the government again.

Graeme

from Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mp … 79]Article link

A launch by mid-2007 if delayed may not be soon enough as its expected to expire late-2007.

I did not like the articles following quote...

It makes it sound as if every mission into space should head for a safe haven - we'll never get to Mars with that attitude!

Graeme

Was that one before or after the pheasant shoot, it will of course have included lots of shouting - which seems to be the norm these days for many Discovery Channel programmes.

I have to agree, one of the reasons I use moderated science type groups over unmoderated groups is due to the amount of pure dribble that can be generated by some people. One astronomy group I used to visit had so many threads started by the same person all along the same theme of 'man has not gone to the moon because...'
Now some of the once more serious websites have so much advertisements and popups that you have to spend a while sifting through the dribble.

I often visit the BBC's http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spac … night/]Sky at Night website as it advertisement free. And its a rare event if I remember to set the video for the programme so I watch it online HERE]http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml]HERE"
The truth is much of TV is dumbed down these days, you've just got to rise above it 'cos there is little we can do about it (the herds want a nice easy programme to watch, thinking is something done by others).

Graeme

Now thats a LOW blow!

Graeme

This link is showing as missing from the website, the first one looked good though.

Graeme

I wonder if you could observe one in the visible spectrum rather than UV; a series of images perhaps through a half decent telescope on Earth. Be interesting if another display flares up whilst Cassini is active.

Graeme

How long would it take them to prepare a shuttle for a rescue, if the crew had taken shelter in the ISS? And would they take the food/supplies with them or have extra store on the ISS in advance?

Graeme

"Based on data collected by Huygens' instruments" Surely if you have lost all respect for the ESA errorist you won't want to use any of the data their probe provides. So try and support your theory without using data from Huygens.

Graeme

I'm not sure I'd wish to travel on the A380, when it comes down to it I don't think I'd wish to go where that many people are going

In regards to supersonic flight, part of the fun is the journey (as long as its comfortable I'm getting older) if you shorten the journey too much it'll take all the fun out of travel - as long as there is room of course (I'm over 6' and not a small frame :;): ) I don't mind the extra time in the air.

Graeme

-YLR - Thanks for the link to the flash animation, at the end it says that in December 2015 Rosetta's journey will come to an end. However as it'll still be attached to the comet it's journey will be ongoing - we'll just miss it all! Amazing how many fly-bys its going to have though.

Graeme

As if I'd mock you :;):

Yet at the end of the day it does come down to dollars, its the way of the world.

That is not really what I said, nor as you well know what I meant. I take nothing for granted when it comes to space as you would know if you'd read some of my posts to NM recently not just this one thread. I know NASA, they are capable of building things to last Spirit & Opportunity spring to mind at this point. But there is also the perception that the space industries (not just NASA) and technology companies in general would rather replace than repair.

No, no, and erm no again.

I will admit that in time ground based scopes will exceed Hubble in visible and IR thanks to AO, but its not going to be for a while yet. (The fun will start when AO scopes become a reality for amateurs   )

Graeme

One thing thats worth pointing out is the work that has gone on since the data came back to Earth. The number of gripe threads I've seen about the pictures on various sites around the net (and New Mars) when you watch the press conference and see the experiments they've been conducting since the data came in - it's only a week after all - is really quite astounding. Just think about it, you've spent years and years developing and building a probe, you see it successfully complete its mission - I'd still be drunk from partying, but no, they try and recreate the effects they've seen so far in their lab to match up what they know with what data they have - some people have dedication to a cause thats all I can say, and hats off to them for doing it.

Graeme