UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society, "A match made in the heavens" |
UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society, "A match made in the heavens" |
Oct 5 2010, 09:45 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I, along with the rest of the admin team here at UnmannedSpaceflight.com have a big announcment to make today: The Planetary Society and UnmannedSpaceflight.com are joining forces. Here's the Society's press release about it. I'm so excited! You guys with your fantastic work processing space images are exactly the kind of people we seek to connect with, inspire, educate, and in turn, see you educating everyone around you about what's going on in the exploration of our solar system.
Some of you may be a little concerned about this new partnership -- you may be thinking that the Planetary Society will try to change the way the forum is run. Let me assure you that that will not happen. My bosses at the Society recognize that the reason this place is so great is that it is a community that has grown around itself, developed its own rules, and is functioning very well on its own terms. The administrative policies will not change. All that is changing is that the Society is agreeing to be responsible for the financial maintenance of the website; and that when you make donations to support this site, your donations are tax-deductible (at least in the U.S). If you have any questions or concerns about this new collaboration, please do not hesitate to ask me or any other member of the admin/mod team. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 9 2010, 03:23 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
Reading through UMSF threads and trying to figure out what the heck y'all are talking about is always a bright moment in my day.
This thread is making good sense to me! Oh, and I am a proud member of the Planetary Society, just got my Volume XXX Report yesterday. |
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Oct 11 2010, 12:31 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 7-March 10 Member No.: 5250 |
As a lurker for 7 years, I thought I'd post my thoughts. I have been following the unmanned missions since the Mariner-2 days and I always thought the technicians and scientists who plan and execute these missions never got the accolades and recognition they deserved. Your website allows us to relive those missions and the excitement of them. Thank you for your fantastic website.
-------------------- John Macco
Shady Side, Md. USA |
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Oct 11 2010, 06:56 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Subotica Member No.: 384 |
So now UMSF is "a project of the Planetary Society"...well...whatever.
I just hope EVERYTHING will remain SAME AS BEFORE. Now, can somebody/anybody at Planetary Society,UMSF,JPL or wherever try to find out what has happened to those RAW IMAGES from our beloved Mars rover Opportunity? It's been a week since last images were uploaded to either exploratorium or JPL MER site. -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Oct 11 2010, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Oct 11 2010, 08:25 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Toma B: It might be time to cut back on the coffee...
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Oct 11 2010, 09:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1585 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Ted, facebook is down! Can you/the tooth fairy fix it for me?
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Oct 12 2010, 03:06 AM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Sorry, Facebook is the responsibility of the Easter bunny.
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Oct 12 2010, 05:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
QUOTE Sorry, Facebook is the responsibility of the Easter bunny. -- i like that ,Easter bunny -- never did like it , my daughter however can not live with out it She also thinks it is "wired" that her aunt is on facebook . Guess it is a age thing |
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Oct 13 2010, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I notice that there is now a link to planetary.org at the bottom of the page wherever you are in UMSF. That's great. It saves going out in the rain and walking round the block. But having made the journey through the internal door there seems to be no easy link back the other way. So it's out in the rain time, but guess what: I forgot my umbrella.
Just a friendly suggestion |
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Oct 13 2010, 11:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
...having made the journey through the internal door there seems to be no easy link back the other way.... I just use the handy worm hole links in my bookmark toolbar to get where I need to through hyper- (or cyber-) space. Guess where the gorilla on Mars icon leads me to. |
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Oct 15 2010, 03:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
A lot of concern has been expressed about how UMSF(.com) would be affected by its association with The Planetary Society. Let's turn that around. Emily L. has frequently sung the praises of UMSF in her Planetary Society Blog. Now she has specifically recommended UMSF as a site worthy of being part of the Planetary Society family. All the more reason for "keeping UMSF at an 'impressively high level" .
In Emily's blog post which I link above, she says, "...at UMSF, you have to stay to the rules of conduct, keeping to the subject of robotic missions, and the data they return, and not post about forbidden topics or engage in antisocial behavior like trolling or ranting." I would add to the list of unacceptable behaviors 'overly social behavior' such as the off topic banter that recently broke out in one of the Opportunity forums and has since been mercifully removed. |
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Oct 15 2010, 03:57 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
A lot of concern has been expressed about how UMSF(.com) would be affected by its association with The Planetary Society. To be honest, I just don't think that's true. There is not just cause for such concern, and because of that we've made it abundantly clear that things will change very very little, and because of that, people have not expressed much concern at all. Infact most people have used very very positive words indeed. |
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Oct 15 2010, 04:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
...people have not expressed much concern at all. In fact most people have used very very positive words indeed. Right. I should have said that there has been a lot of emphasis put on how the UMSF/TPS association will not affect UMSF while little concern has been expressed for how the association will reflect on TPS.UMSF should be affected in that there should be additional pressure to 'keep up the high standards'. |
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Oct 16 2010, 12:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE at UMSF, you have to stay to the rules of conduct, keeping to the subject of robotic missions, and the data they return, and not post about forbidden topics As evidence that UMSF won't be changing content policies, some of UMSF's "forbidden topics" are, or have been, actual TPS projects. (For example one of them rhymes with "YETI.") This board simply has a narrower focus than the other TPS web sites, like different floors of a department store. After all if you were going shopping you wouldn't try to buy dog kennels in the mattress department. So let's continue to celebrate this new relationship and everyone chill. The same old curmudgeons are still working the levers in the engine room. In fact I think I just saw Stu banging a wrench on a steam pipe down there. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Oct 16 2010, 04:42 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
erm, sorry about the McMansion post. I thot that was funnie
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