Update on Mars' atmosphere, Media briefing on NASA Jan 15th |
Update on Mars' atmosphere, Media briefing on NASA Jan 15th |
Jan 12 2009, 06:01 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jan 19 2009, 03:45 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
For information - we have discussed the biology issue in the Admin section. The discussion came to a very near unanimous decision that the outright ban on Biology is the right step for UMSF at the moment. Reasons cited include those I've mentioned before, as well as others. In no particular order
- Biology (like Politics or Manned v Unmanned) takes on a religious like status in peoples minds with no grounds for actual debate - There are no biological instruments flying, or planned for flight. - Setting a limit for what would or would not be acceptable would be near impossible. There is no fair or valid means to half-open the door on this. - The administrative workload would increase significantly (high admin workload being the sign of a badly administered forum) - There are alternate venues that are better suited to these sorts of discussions. It is by taking difficult decisions like this one, that UMSF has become and continues to be what people admire it for. Such decisions are, to some extent, a judgement call. But the admin team has agreed, that this is the right judgement at this time. |
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