Re: SF Chronicle Article on JIMO Mission

2003-12-10 Thread James McEnanly
Mark Schnitzius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This HAS to be a misprint. A craft the length of afootball field? Maybe once we build that spaceelevator. The whole Saturn V rocket was only 410 feettall. Maybe they're talking about some expandablesections? Surely they're not talking about assemblingit in

Re: SF Chronicle Article on JIMO Mission

2003-12-10 Thread Gregg Geist
At 09:53 PM 12/9/2003 -0800, Mark Schnitzius wrote: With its heavy load of instruments, the spacecraft would have to be at least 300 feet long. This HAS to be a misprint. A craft the length of a football field? Maybe once we build that space elevator. The whole Saturn V rocket was only 410

Fw: NASA SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

2003-12-10 Thread LARRY KLAES
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NASA SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE John Bluck Dec. 10, 2003NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.(Phone: 650/604-5026 or

Rings around planets - recycling may extend their lifetimes

2003-12-10 Thread LARRY KLAES
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2003/462.html Rings Around The Planets: Recycling Of Material May Extend Ring Lifetimes Dec. 8, 2003 Although rings around planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are relatively short-lived, new evidence implies that the recycling of orbiting debris

Planet formation model indicates Earthlike planets may be common

2003-12-10 Thread LARRY KLAES
Planet Formation Model Indicates Earthlike Planets Might Be Common http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=13178"Astrobiologists disagree about whether advanced life is common or rare in our universe. But new research suggests that one thing is pretty certain - if an Earthlike world with