1) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Japan Announces Manned Moon Flight by 2025 (Message 95889) Posted 7 Apr 2005 by Fisches Post: Looks like the moon might get a crammed place after all with the US, China and now Japan planning to get people up there. Whats about the ESA and Russians? Read the full story here: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap_050406_japan_moon.html or if you can read german: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltraum/0,1518,349985,00.html Best regards, Stefan

2) Message boards : SETI@home Science : Tell me, does the moon rotate (Message 93961) Posted 2 Apr 2005 by Fisches Post: > OK they say it does, how do you prove it if I only ever see one side of > it????? > Guess the answer lies within the question: if it wouldn't you would see all of it.

3) Message boards : Cafe SETI : How cold is it where you are? (Message 73697) Posted 24 Jan 2005 by Fisches Post: > Here in Ohio, it's 3 F (-16 C) > Stuttgart (Germany), -2°C and snowing... well looking at the rest of the posts that's not very impressing but still a sight for people around my area. Maybe going out building a snowman :-) Have a good (and safe) day.

4) Message boards : Cafe SETI : who's your favorite sci-fi writer? (Message 72994) Posted 22 Jan 2005 by Fisches Post: > i'd choose Heinlein and Asimov... > I liked Ben Bova "Mars". Thought it quite inspiring

5) Message boards : Cafe SETI : who's your favorite sci-fi writer? (Message 71709) Posted 19 Jan 2005 by Fisches Post: > > Douglas Adams of course - I'm going mad though maybe - I thought > > there were only 4 in the HHGTTG series, the last being "So long, and > thanks > > for all the fish" > > 5. Mostly Harmless > 6. The Salmon of Doubt (Published posthum, and just a big fragment, I agree, > but nevertheless...:-) > Did you read The Salmon of Doubt? As far as I know this is the "would be" part 3 of the Dirk Gently series togheter with a collection of essays and stuff, found on DNA's Apple. But I didn't read it myself, so I could be wrong there.

6) Message boards : Cafe SETI : German translation of text into English Help (Message 61891) Posted 7 Jan 2005 by Fisches Post: > Saalfeld a. Saale ben(den?) 1. Auguft > Gutfchein uber funffundfiehzig Pfg. > Der Magiftrat: {signature} etc. By the way: It is written in old-german and that can be confusing :-) If you have the paper in front of you, you should notice a difference in the f character in Saalfeld and in Auguft (--> the f in the latter one is actually a s").

7) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Did Sagan actually say that? (Message 61854) Posted 7 Jan 2005 by Fisches Post: > <a> href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan">http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan[/url] > Have seen that earlier, but is it actually true? Again, people could mistake the line from the movie as a quote by Sagan. But as far as I know Sagan has been dead for some years by the time the movie was released. So, he might not even have been involved in writing the script. --> Book yes, script.. don't know.

8) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Did Sagan actually say that? (Message 61847) Posted 7 Jan 2005 by Fisches Post: Hi out there, sometimes I read the following quote: "If We Are Alone in the Universe, Then It Is an Awful Waste of Space" It's always stated as a Carl Sagan quote. I remember that it's in the movie Contact, but actually couldn't find it in the book. Does any of you know wheter or not Sagan really said that, or if its merly a mix up? (Nevertheless I think it's cool statement).

9) Message boards : Cafe SETI : How To Put European Astronauts Into Space (Message 44736) Posted 9 Nov 2004 by Fisches Post: Stephen wrote: >The problem with this is that the Russians are already partners in the > ISS. > Well, so is Europe. A more intense relationship between Europe and Russia won't mean an ending of participation in the ISS project. I guess ISS would even benefit.

10) Message boards : Cafe SETI : How To Put European Astronauts Into Space (Message 44732) Posted 9 Nov 2004 by Fisches Post: > I would love to see ESA go in to a partnership with the Russians, this would > save a mountain of cash and years of research and development time (and lets > face it, we haven't had a whole lot of luck with Ariane). I agree. Actually I can remember that some 9 months ago a German newsmagazine carried an article saying that ESA and Russia are negotiating about a privileged partnership (or membership) of Russia in ESA. Haven't heard anything else about it afterwards. Does anyone know wether these talks are still underway, let to nothing or if that was just bogus?

11) Message boards : Cafe SETI : How To Put European Astronauts Into Space (Message 44474) Posted 8 Nov 2004 by Fisches Post: Hi folks, I just returned from an evening event with ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold. This event made me wonder about manned spaceflight programms. While ESA has its own astronaut corps and has developed its own module for the ISS, they depend on the partnership of either NASA or Russia in order to get their astronauts and their hardware into orbit. I wondered what your opionons are: Do you think that's all right the way it is or should Europe develope its own programm to lift off their astronauts. Or rather save the costs and keep on cooperating? What do you think about Chinas (succesfull) attempts of launching taikonauts into space? Will that start a new space race? Would that be a good thing? Should other nations develope a manned space programm, too? I would love to hear about your opinions, wherever you are from, US, Europe, Russia, China and the rest of this wonderful planet. Stefan

12) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Who like's Star Trek? (Message 35875) Posted 13 Oct 2004 by Fisches Post: Sorry Howard. Didn't want to get OT. To connect Scotty with my TNG posting: He was a remarkable gueststarr in 2 episodes of TNG. And to get OT once again (sorry could not resist...) > GEt real, torture is a tried and true part of war.....and TV and Movies are > not real..........Trust me I know.......... No doubts about that. But as you completly rightly point out in your posting "TV and Movies are not real". So wouldn't it be great to show a future in which we as humanity have made at least some progress in that regard? Even if it is not real nowadays? If I wanted to see reality I could have a look into the news and wouldn't have to watch ST. Anyway I can absolutly see that Paramount isn't interested to paint a desirable future but to rank high in the ratings. Still I wish it wasn't going the way it is going with the series right now. To avoid annoying the rest of you guys with that OT, but if you think you want to comment, feel free to e-mail me at sfisches@yahoo.com

13) Message boards : Cafe SETI : Who like's Star Trek? (Message 35635) Posted 12 Oct 2004 by Fisches Post: IMHO the best Star Trek show ist "The Next Generation". It probably was the most optimistic one and I still love it for that. Sure, it wasn't all good all day but at the end usually everybody was able to be proud of what thy accomplished and even the way it was done. DSN showed a darker side of trek with the caracters facing a horrible war. Still the caracters seemed fascinating to me. Star Treks youngest spin off Enterprise just ventured out into uncharted space to take revenge for an "terrorist attack" on earth that killed 7. mio people. Capt. Archer didn't hesitate to torture a prisoner to gain informations. I quite frankly was a bit shocked. This captain won't be able to be proud of what he accompished. Not to speak about the propaganda effect (torture is OK or what?). So yes, I love TNG. My favourite is a tough choice, but I guess it's gonna be Data. In that spirit: Live long and prosper.

14) Message boards : Cafe SETI : a good Virus programm for free for Win XP or .. (Message 30019) Posted 25 Sep 2004 by Fisches Post: Another site of the BSI is www.bsi.bund.de It's somehow more "basic" in design but is providing more informations about current threats as well as information pages of several viruses.

 
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