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 5 2010, 10:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1598 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Nice! Not at all concerned about the site content and moderation. Happy to have it under some auspices of the Planetary Society.
My only really minor concern is some consideration about hosting this forum with little downtime. I seem to recall planetary.org having some issues in the past, but I have no idea of why-- whether it was a 3rd party hosting issue, or whether it was internal DIY gone awry. But umsf has long been very well admin'ed from a technical standpoint, and I'd love to see that continue. |
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