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 6 2010, 11:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
Sounds great! If ever there were a match made in heaven, this is it.
Will membership dues and donations to TPS help cover the cost of UMSF, or will it still be required to fund UMSF separately? Not trying to save a few bucks here, just wondering... After all, these two websites account for the bulk of my internet time every day. |
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Oct 6 2010, 03:40 PM
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TPS has a nice logo... it's a match made in outer space
Seriously will http://planetary.org/amateur/index.html also include a gallery with magazine covers & newspaper articles provided by UMSF forum members? |
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Oct 6 2010, 06:47 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Stephen, there is a written agreement that outlines the boundaries between the Society and UnmannedSpaceflight.com. It's true that bosses change, and that admins and mods may come and go, but the admin team is the same as it was the day before yesterday and none of us anticipates it changing much any time soon. I'll be honest, nobody else who is employed by the Society even reads this forum, but everyone there is delighted to see the beautiful images that I pull out of it to show them.
Nick, I've confirmed that we are participating in the CFC this year, but I haven't heard back on my double-check of the specific code yet. Lunik9, there probably wouldn't be a separate gallery for such images, but certainly it could be noted in image captions (and with a tag) if an image has been published somewhere. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 6 2010, 09:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
Emily,
...by any chance did he transfer the title, 'dictator for life of unmannedspaceflight.com' ? Oh well! Doug is extremely lucky, you are very lucky, and we all are just lucky to be here! Good Luck to us all (!!) ... PDP8e -------------------- CLA CLL
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Oct 6 2010, 09:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I have expressed here before my belief that the origin and evolution of UnmannedSpaceflight.com is a piece of history in it's own right deserving of preservation as a "world heritage site". Future historians of science, of public participation in science, and of the role of the internet therein will find it an invaluable case study. I hope that one of the things the Planetary Society will now do is to archive a copy of the whole contents of the forum up to this point, entirely independent from the server on which it runs.
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Oct 7 2010, 12:22 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Thanks, Emily. Please let me know when you get the code; want to verify that my donation's going to the correct place!
-------------------- 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.
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Oct 7 2010, 12:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Richmond, VA USA Member No.: 181 |
I'm a bit slow to post here and as such my apologies !
That said, CONGRATULATIONS to you Doug and I can't wait to hear more of your role at JPL. I'll admit that I'm even more excited about that bit of news than the pleasant news that UMSF has comfortable and hopefully safe home with the PS. (One more inch closer in being drug kicking and screaming toward twitter.) Thank you Emily for your efforts ! While not a prolific poster, I love UMSF! Cheers! -- Pertinax |
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Oct 7 2010, 02:24 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
sniff...and to think that yesterday this baby was giving its first steps...sniff
What a ride my friends, w-h-a-t a r-i-d-e ! ! ! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Oct 7 2010, 04:29 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Great news!
Re: Ngunn's proposal How about we just archive the site and place it on the DVDs along with all the names TPS collects for planetary missions? Would be a great way to archive the site for the future! -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Oct 8 2010, 04:57 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
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... The code is 53736 -- hope that's what you entered! -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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Oct 8 2010, 05:09 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
We have a winner!!! Yep, that was it, same as last year. Thanks, Emily!
-------------------- 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.
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Oct 8 2010, 06:18 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 19-January 10 From: Grimsby, N.E. Lincs, UK Member No.: 5179 |
I'm sure there has been far more work behind the scenes to make this happen than people are modestly coming clean about so many congratulations to all.
To Emily and all the other administrators - you can feel a real warm glow of pride with this news at a job well done. Doug - many congratulations on your 'new' job. It must be a dream come true. Now if JPL just needed an accountant/statistician... Neil |
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Oct 9 2010, 01:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Austin | Texas Member No.: 138 |
Doug, your little project here has become quite successful over the years -- congratulations.
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Oct 9 2010, 02:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
Man I go off the grid for a few weeks and what happens?!?!?
HOORAY and HUZZAH! This is great news all around... -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Oct 9 2010, 03:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 18-November 08 Member No.: 4489 |
i guess it is about time to re register at the planetary Society
it has been about 20 years since i was getting the" planetary report " in the mail |
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