Does anyone know what rocks, minerals etc that make up mars? thanks

What happened to digital setting circles? I haven't gotten my scope out in a long time (like four of five years and haven't read an astronomy magazine in that...

Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington August 26, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1727) Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. (Phone:...

AW common now, you had all day to respond... I need some help here, I want to enjoy looking at mars too! PLEEEEEESE called2preach2002 wrote: I own a Tasco...

"Larry Edington" wrote in message ... For sale: Meade Starfinder 10"...

Frank O'Donnell (818) 354-7170 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. News Release:...

Hi to all, i returned back from my holydays. During last week i had the opportunity to use a particular telescope made by my friend Afredo Zanazzo. The...

I'm not an astronomer, and have little more than high school learning and an inqusitive mind... Just warning you of a potential ignorance hazard ahead. :) To...

Why is the Tele-Vue Ranger so expensive? It is very close to the price of a six inch Celestron refractor. I have a Ranger (white barrel from several years...

Hello All, I'm fairly new to astronomy. I've decided to purchase the Celestron C6-RGT or Meade's AR-6 refractor. I'm torn between the two. I've heard Meade...

On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 12:57:50 GMT, "James Oberg" wrote: Is anybody else fed up with the "closest to Earth since...

Last of NASA's Great Observatories Launched by 300th Boeing Delta Rocket Boeing Company August 25, 2003 ST. LOUIS - Boeing today successfully launched NASA's...

rk wrote: Now, that last aerospace engineering report, I'm trying to remember, it said that either 80% or 90% of engineers would not want their kids to...

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When Apollo & Soviets got to the moon, they put reflectors there. Is there any data about experiments to do with those reflectors? Cheers! Alex Kudrasev.

Nice viewing last night on the Kern River, Ca, USA. No filter so detail was minimal. I was using a Celestron 114 EQ with a 4mm eyepiece. Still it was my first...

Hi. I have a Meade 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope that is 15 years old. I took it out for the first time in about 7 years and noticed that there is a milky...

Well, I uncovered the scope about 6pm and at 7pm I set out my telescope sign out by the entry of the driveway. By 9pm mars was high enough to check it out,...

Pointy objects generally have less drag (resistance to moving) than barns when propelled thru air. Drag is proportional to the size and shape of the object,...

Thanks, Michael, a number of people have shared the same impression -- it makes me much less cynical. "Michael Davis" wrote in...