UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society

UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society, "A match made in the heavens"

elakdawalla View Member Profile	Oct 5 2010, 09:45 PM Post #1
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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nprev View Member Profile	Oct 6 2010, 12:13 AM Post #2
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	Great, and I might say rather unexpected, news! Makes all kinds of sense on lots of levels...good thinking!!! Emily, let me get this straight, though: Should we donate to UMSF as before, or will there be a dedicated UMSF donation method offered via TPS, or will TPS fund UMSF so that donations to the former are used (in part) to fund the latter? Just want to get it all right. Also, do you happen to know if TPS is on the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) this year? I looked for it in the pamphlet but didn't see it; entered the code from last year anyhow, hoping for the best... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

SFJCody View Member Profile	Oct 6 2010, 12:22 AM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12	QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 6 2010, 10:13 AM) Great, and I might say rather unexpected, news! I anticipated it. So many references to UMSF.com in Emily's blog, so many member produced images on the Planetary Society website, so much cross-fertilization... it was only a matter of time. May this be a long and fruitful partnership!

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elakdawalla UnmannedSpaceflight.com and The Planetary Society Oct 5 2010, 09:45 PM

ngunn Hooray! Oct 5 2010, 09:50 PM

stevesliva Nice! Not at all concerned about the site con... Oct 5 2010, 10:01 PM

brellis yay! Oct 5 2010, 10:04 PM

elakdawalla That's a good question. UMSF will stay on its... Oct 5 2010, 10:04 PM

jasedm So, business as usual, but TPS picks up the tab? A... Oct 5 2010, 10:14 PM

elakdawalla Well, sort of. Remember that the Society is an or... Oct 5 2010, 10:35 PM

nprev Great, and I might say rather unexpected, news... Oct 6 2010, 12:13 AM

ElkGroveDan Give us another day Nick to get the donation butto... Oct 6 2010, 12:21 AM

SFJCody QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 6 2010, 10:13 AM) Grea... Oct 6 2010, 12:22 AM

elakdawalla QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 5 2010, 04:13 PM) Also... Oct 8 2010, 04:57 AM

elakdawalla Nick: I've sent an email to ask about the CFC. Oct 6 2010, 12:34 AM

nprev Cool; thanks, Emily. Dan (and I suspect Astro0), I... Oct 6 2010, 12:39 AM

djellison We must have been talking about this for 8 or 9 mo... Oct 6 2010, 02:31 AM

nprev QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 5 2010, 06:31 PM) ... Oct 6 2010, 03:06 AM

Tom Tamlyn >>Ever since I discovered I would be working... Oct 6 2010, 04:28 AM

djellison QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Oct 5 2010, 08:28 PM)... Oct 6 2010, 04:39 AM

Tom Tamlyn A second round of congratulations are in order. T... Oct 6 2010, 04:53 AM

SFJCody QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Oct 6 2010, 02:28 PM)... Oct 6 2010, 05:29 AM

eoincampbell Congratulations! Great news for the solar syst... Oct 6 2010, 03:00 AM

djellison Oh - we still leave the sawdust on the floor here ... Oct 6 2010, 03:11 AM

Greg Hullender So contributions will be tax-deductible at last... Oct 6 2010, 03:42 AM

elakdawalla Yes indeed! Oct 6 2010, 03:43 AM

djellison It'll seep out in about 3 weeks Oct 6 2010, 04:56 AM

brellis It's quite refreshing to hear encouraging stor... Oct 6 2010, 05:02 AM

climber Great new indeed! Doug, on my UMSF profile, ca... Oct 6 2010, 06:11 AM

CosmicRocker Interesting news on both accounts. Congratulation... Oct 6 2010, 06:24 AM

remcook sweet Oct 6 2010, 07:10 AM

Stephen QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Oct 6 2010, 08:45 AM... Oct 6 2010, 07:14 AM

Bill Harris Unfortunately, the conversation has become so rest... Oct 6 2010, 11:11 AM

Juramike Awesome! Oct 6 2010, 11:41 AM

Poolio Sounds great! If ever there were a match made ... Oct 6 2010, 11:56 AM

Lunik9 TPS has a nice logo... it's a match made in ou... Oct 6 2010, 03:40 PM

elakdawalla Stephen, there is a written agreement that outline... Oct 6 2010, 06:47 PM

PDP8E Emily, ...by any chance did he transfer the title,... Oct 6 2010, 09:20 PM

ngunn I have expressed here before my belief that the or... Oct 6 2010, 09:35 PM

nprev Thanks, Emily. Please let me know when you get the... Oct 7 2010, 12:22 AM

Pertinax I'm a bit slow to post here and as such my apo... Oct 7 2010, 12:49 PM

ustrax sniff...and to think that yesterday this baby was ... Oct 7 2010, 02:24 PM

hendric Great news! Re: Ngunn's proposal How abo... Oct 7 2010, 04:29 PM

nprev We have a winner!!! Yep, that was i... Oct 8 2010, 05:09 AM

NW71 I'm sure there has been far more work behind t... Oct 8 2010, 06:18 PM

ups Doug, your little project here has become quite su... Oct 9 2010, 01:33 AM

lyford Man I go off the grid for a few weeks and what hap... Oct 9 2010, 02:25 AM

JohnVV i guess it is about time to re register at the pla... Oct 9 2010, 03:08 AM

brellis Reading through UMSF threads and trying to figure ... Oct 9 2010, 03:23 AM

John Macco As a lurker for 7 years, I thought I'd post my... Oct 11 2010, 12:31 PM

Toma B So now UMSF is "a project of the Planetary So... Oct 11 2010, 06:56 PM

Tesheiner Take it easy, man! Oct 11 2010, 08:24 PM

tedstryk Toma B: It might be time to cut back on the coffe... Oct 11 2010, 08:25 PM

stevesliva Ted, facebook is down! Can you/the tooth fair... Oct 11 2010, 09:20 PM

tedstryk Sorry, Facebook is the responsibility of the Easte... Oct 12 2010, 03:06 AM

JohnVV QUOTE Sorry, Facebook is the responsibility of the... Oct 12 2010, 05:34 AM

ngunn I notice that there is now a link to planetary.org... Oct 13 2010, 10:13 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (ngunn @ Oct 13 2010, 06:13 PM) ...... Oct 13 2010, 11:17 PM

centsworth_II A lot of concern has been expressed about how UMSF... Oct 15 2010, 03:17 PM

djellison QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Oct 15 2010, 08:17... Oct 15 2010, 03:57 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 15 2010, 11:57 AM)... Oct 15 2010, 04:20 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE at UMSF, you have to stay to the rules of co... Oct 16 2010, 12:15 AM

brellis erm, sorry about the McMansion post. I thot that ... Oct 16 2010, 04:42 AM

ElkGroveDan Your McMansion in Woodland Hills is safe. Again i... Oct 16 2010, 05:49 AM

Stu QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Oct 16 2010, 01:15 A... Oct 16 2010, 07:35 AM

JohnVV i have always considered this site to be VERY prof... Oct 16 2010, 07:36 AM

Greg Hullender I think it's important to keep UMSF profession... Oct 16 2010, 08:26 PM

nprev An advanced planning question here. Us older heads... Oct 17 2010, 04:08 PM

djellison The server was explicitly over specified when we g... Oct 17 2010, 04:47 PM

nprev Asked & answered, plus I learned something. W... Oct 17 2010, 05:09 PM

NMRguy Very interesting news, indeed! Thanks to all f... Oct 24 2010, 04:12 AM

cbcnasa UMSF is and has been a fantastic professional sour... Oct 28 2010, 04:10 PM

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