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[dilo]

Thanks, chris ...
(are you sure about "Marco Do Lorenzo" instead of "Di Lorenzo"? )

[chris]

Thanks, chris  ...
(are you sure about "Marco Do Lorenzo" instead of "Di Lorenzo"? )

Ooops. It was a typo on my part, not New Scientist's. I've corrected my post.

Chris

[mars loon]

You will all be pleased to hear that in today's issue of New Scientist (11/Jan/06), on page 22, in the "For the record" section, appears the following:

We missed part of the credit for the Mars rover photo (24/31 December 2005, p14). It should have read "Marco Di Lorenzo, Bernhard Braun, Doug Ellison and Ken Kramer courtesy of Aviation Week/JPL/NASA".

Chris

Edit: Corrected typo

Thanks, Chris

I hope its Kremer not Kramer

well, I was about to put in a post saying that we have been in touch with the editors of New Scientist and that NS has very graciously agreed to put in a correction in an upcoming issue and also sent us complimentary copies.

They are a first class publication. We are very pleased that they beautifully reprinted our "SPIRITS SOAR" image in a colorful full page spread and that they have issued this correction. Please allow me to acknowledge also, to all forum members, the indispensible help by our friend and collegue Bob Shaw. A fantastic example of UMSF teamwork.

Thank you to Chris for the info and all members too !!

ken

[chris]

I hope its Kremer not Kramer

ken

It isn't a typo on my part this time. The magazine says "Kramer".

Chris

[Tesheiner]

Perhaps you can also do that for our "Spirits Soar" Image

Here it is.
The font size is smaller (maybe too small) because there is not so much "empty" space as in Olivier's image to place the calendar. I'll try to make an "improved" version.

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[mars loon]

Here it is.
The font size is smaller (maybe too small) because there is not so much "empty" space as in Olivier's image to place the calendar. I'll try to make an "improved" version.

Fantastic, I like it. And WOW, that was fast.

I will email this to Craig at Aviation Week !!

Perhaps you can do in a few more languages: German, Italian, Portugese (for Ustrax), Spanish, French, etc. sorry !!

Many, many thanks

ken

[dilo]

Beautiful calendar, Tesheiner!
I suggest you also not to use black color for numbers because they aren't clearly visible in front of martian soil.
I will surely put it on my desk!!!

[Tesheiner]

Thanks Dilo.

I used black because most of the calendar is against the sky, so a dark font should be better. But, yes you are right about the soil.
I'm still planning to improve this version, and one of the changes would be to use font colors depending on the background.

Comments/suggestions are welcome.

[mars loon]

Thanks Dilo.

I used black because most of the calendar is against the sky, so a dark font should be better. But, yes you are right about the soil.
I'm still planning to improve this version, and one of the changes would be to use font colors depending on the background.

Comments/suggestions are welcome.

Actually the green is much harder to read, black is marginal so play a bit with the colors.

Some other suggestions is to put the Earth date in addition to Sol: September 28, 2005

and the publication issue date next to Aviation Week is 14 November 2005

but these are minor points for your Great Idea !!

thank you

ken

[Bill Harris]

We are very pleased that they beautifully reprinted our "SPIRITS SOAR" image in a colorful full page spread and that they have issued this correction.

Matter of nosey curiosity... did AW have the photo rights to give NS permission to reprint the image? Hopefully they were not given _all_ rights to the image. And hopefully NS will pay for use of the image and this is not a case of "Vanity Press".

--Bill

[Tesheiner]

Second, and hopefully final, version of the calendar (in pdf).
I had to re-arrange the original text, otherwise Ken's suggestions wouldn't fit well. I hope not to be violating any copyright, am I?

 cal_2006_UMSF_v2.pdf ( 556.15K ) Number of downloads: 446

[AndyG]

Second, and hopefully final, version of the calendar (in pdf).
 cal_2006_UMSF_v2.pdf ( 556.15K ) Number of downloads: 446

It looks lovely...though the pessimistic part of me can't help wondering whether one (or two!?) of the dates on that calendar will be <gulp> the last ones from which we hear from Spirit or Opportunity.

Hmmm. So here's to December 31st, 2006, and two functional robots: one enjoying panoramas of Victoria from next to hundreds of metres of pristine sections, and the other, well, where?

Andy

[mars loon]

Second, and hopefully final, version of the calendar (in pdf).
I had to re-arrange the original text, otherwise Ken's suggestions wouldn't fit well. I hope not to be violating any copyright, am I?

Eduardo,

Outstanding Work.

I like all the rearrangements and the U shape of the dates and have just a few more suggestions please.

But First, I'm glad your name is there. I thought about that too and was going to request that.

1. Please Capitalize U in university
2. Change date to read .... 28 September 2005 and delete parenthesis
or relocate the comma to ... September 28, 2005
3. Under the date, Add ... Husband Hill Summit, Gusev Crater
4. insert UMSF Forum somewhere at bottom
5. consider changing the text color to yellow like in 2006 or something else more striking than white

no copyright issues that I can see
thank you for a great effort

(edited)

ken

[Tesheiner]

It's a pleasure, Ken.

Just wait 'til monday. The source files are on my office...

[mars loon]

It's a pleasure, Ken.

Just wait 'til monday. The source files are on my office...

OK, I'll have a few more suggestions by then.

It is really outstanding. I've printed out the latest version and really like that the dates are moved off to the side, allowing a majestic view of the summit itself.

Thank you.

ken

PS: I guess its clear we all dream of Mars at the office