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A Little History
SFJCody
post Nov 23 2005, 02:08 PM
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Shortly after the stone age ended: net.columbia and net.space appear on usenet.

1986/1987 sci.space and sci.astro created following the ‘great renaming’

Sept 1992. David Knapp proposes a group called alt.planetary.science to the denizens of alt.config to accommodate planetary discussion from sci.space and sci.astro
Consensus converges on ‘alt.sci.planetary’

August 1999 Jason Perry creates Jupiter mailing list on the egroups site. Welcome post sent to alt.sci.planetary

August 2000 Jason Perry’s ISSDG (Inner Solar System Discussion Group) formed as conterpart to Jupiter mailing list (which now covers all outer solar system discussion).

August 2000: Alex Blackwell begins Planetary Sciences mailing list.

February 2004 Doug Ellison creates Mars Exploration Rover board (since renamed unmannedspaceflight).


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