Space Forum / Space Science / February 2007

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1290
Sensor Being Developed to Check for Life on Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
February 26, 2007

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/overview/piPerspectives/piPerspective_current.php
The PI's Perspective
Picking up the Pace
Alan Stern

Cassini radar imaging shows Titan to contain lakes of liquid methane:
January 03, 2007
Moon River: Titan's Polar Surface Dotted with Lakes of Methane.
By David Biello

Referring to the recent discussion of the possibility that the Earth/
Moon pair had been the result of a collision between a Mars-sized
protoplanet and a Venus-sized one, I wonder if one of the results of
this impact was - in addition to cooling for the main mass - the

-> Let the suns brightness (radiance) on earth be
-> ~ 1 KW / m^2
-> (KW= KiloWatt =10^3 Joules/second)
-> speed of light = c ~ 3*10^8 m/second

Will either one of the rovers come near any old spacecraft that have
landed on Mars? Viking, that little first rover Mars rover?
Thanks

-> Does it seem possible that areas where diamond dust forms could also
-> be good locations for freezing carbon dioxide out of an atmosphere?
-> Say you had a tower in the Antarctic, with a conveyor belt that brings
-> up carbonia-lined collectors or something like that -- could ...

2007 Lunar and Planetary Conference.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/
  Bob Clark

-> The Bible is the inerrant word of the living God!
-> If you don't believe the Bible, don't tell me that
-> you are a Christian.  I won't believe you.  To make
-> that claim, is to be a heretic who does not know God.

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html
SPIRIT UPDATE: Spirit Examines Churned-Up Martian Soil - sol
1091-1096,
February 01, 2007:

-> In thinking over the Earth/Moon system and the large accretionary
-> event which resulted in lunar creation, it would be interesting to see
-> some long-term simulations of similar events. Are there instances and
-> conditions wherein one or another of the two split-off parts ...

http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2007/45.html
World's Oldest Rocks Show How Earth May Have Dodged Frozen Fate Of
Mars
University of Colorado at Boulder News Release

In thinking over the Earth/Moon system and the large accretionary
event which resulted in lunar creation, it would be interesting to see
some long-term simulations of similar events. Are there instances and
conditions wherein one or another of the two split-off parts can split

HiRISE CAMERA VIEWS JUPITER FROM MARS ORBIT
(From Lori Stiles, University Communications, 520-626-4402)
- Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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Does anyone knows what is new in pluto planet  saga?