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dvandorn View Member Profile	Feb 14 2006, 06:20 AM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15	Well -- I just joined The Planetary Society last week. (I happened to have the membership fee available, for a change...) And today, I received a very nice set of nine 8x10 glossy photographs, one for each of the planets in the solar system. I'm assuming that if UB 313, or Xena, or whatever it's called, ends up being named a planet, I'll get a supplementary mailing... -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain

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ljk4-1 View Member Profile	Feb 24 2006, 10:23 PM Post #2
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430	FEBRUARY 2006 THE PLANETARY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER ============================= IN THIS ISSUE: ============================= TAKE ACTION - NASA 2007 Budget - Fight for Science and Exploration EXPLORE - New Horizons, Stardust Sample Return PARTICIPATE - Crater Contest Winners, New Horizons Time Capsule, ISDC 2006, Online Astronomy Course WHAT WE DO - Space Advocacy: NASA 2007 Budget Statement =============================== TAKE ACTION =============================== * The Fight for Science and Exploration Our campaign to restore funding for NASA's science programs is having an impact. Over the past few days, over 1500 of The Planetary Society's Members and supporters contacted the House Science Committee, demanding that NASA's science programs be preserved. In addition, The Planetary Society submitted a written testimony, arguing strongly against the cutbacks. When the Science Committee held hearings on the NASA budget on February 16, the results were clear: a good part of the discussion dealt precisely with the issues we raised. Thank you all for participating in this effort. We wish we could say it's over, we won. But we know better -- it is going to be a long haul through the Congressional budget process this year. Please stay involved, as we fight to restore science and exploration missions to their proper place in NASA's plans. The latest on the campaign and testimony at: http://planetary.org/programs/projects/space_advocacy/ Special Note to Non-U.S. Citizens: While we realize that our non-U.S members were unable to participate in this quick action campaign, we will have plenty of opportunities in the future for you to lend your support to the fight. =============================== EXPLORE =============================== * Scientists Begin Intense Study of Stardust Particles Work is already beginning on analyzing the pristine grains the Stardust spacecraft brought to Earth. On January 26, Stardust@home leader Andrew Westphal headed home to Berkeley. In the carry-on luggage for his flight, he took with him what can only be described as a priceless treasure: one half of an aerogel tile from Stardust, containing samples from comet Wild 2. Read the full story at: http://planetary.org/news/2006/0131_Scient...e_Study_of.html * New Horizons Launched on its Way to Pluto Carried aloft on a pillar of fire and a cloud of smoke, New Horizons began its journey to Pluto on January 19, 2006. At exactly 2:00 p.m. EST, the mighty Atlas V rocket engines roared into life. Slowly at first, and then with an increasing rate of speed, the 60-meter (200-foot) tall booster rose into the sky. Minutes later the five solid fuel rockets attached to its base separated and fell back to Earth, followed shortly by the rocket's first stage. So began a voyage that in 9 years will take New Horizons to Pluto and the outer edges of the solar system. More about New Horizons and the Launch to Pluto: http://planetary.org/news/2006/0119_New_Ho...its_Way_to.html More About Pluto: http://planetary.org/explore/topics/pluto/ ============================= Not a Member yet? Join now and be a part of this great adventure. https://planetary.org/join/membership/index.html By becoming a member of the Planetary Society you can do more than just witness advances in planetary exploration and discovery, you can actually play a role in making them happen. Join together with our International membership and help shape the future of space exploration. Find out more about Membership at: http://planetary.org/join/why.html =============================== PARTICIPATE =============================== * New Horizons Digital Time Capsule It's a long journey to Pluto -- 9 years will pass from the time New Horizons launches in January 2006 until the spacecraft arrives in 2015. Meanwhile, the Earth the spacecraft leaves behind will not be the same as the Earth that witnesses the images and data New Horizons sends back from the last unexplored planet in our solar system. What will Earth be like in 9 years' time? How will that world of tomorrow have changed compared to our world today? Show us what you think will change. Send us an entry at: http://planetary.org/explore/topics/time_capsule/ * The Great Comet Crater Contest Announcing the Winners! When NASA's Deep Impact mission slammed into comet Tempel 1 in July 2005, The Planetary Society expected to make an immediate announcement about the winners of its "Great Comet Crater Contest" to guess the diameter of the crater created by the impact. However, one learns to expect the unexpected with space exploration; 6 months after the impactor kicked up an opaque cloud of comet debris, team scientists have learned a lot about comet Tempel 1 but can still only estimate the crater's size as being somewhere between 100 and 250 meters in diameter. The Planetary Society has, therefore, selected at random three grand prize winners from the 1,865 contest entrants who submitted a guess within the estimated size range. More on the Contest and Winners at: http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/comet_crater/ * 25th International Space Development Conference -- ISDC 2006 The Planetary Society and The National Space Society invite you to Los Angeles on May 4-7, 2006, to participate in the 25th annual International Space Development Conference -- ISDC 2006. Mark your calendars today for this exciting gathering of the space community. Featured Speakers Include: Apollo astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Rusty Schweickart, Burt Rutan, Elon Musk, Chris McKay, Rick Searfoss, Charles Elachi, Bill Nye, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman. Check back often for the latest ISDC 2006 updates at: http://planetary.org/explore/topics/isdc2006/ * Worldwide Astronomy 101 Free online Astronomy and Planetary Science Course Get your introduction to astronomy and planetary science from The Planetary Society's Director of Projects, Bruce Betts. In his own, inimitable way, he'll cover everything from galaxies and stars to each of the bodies in our solar system. Classes will be broadcast live on cable television in Southern California and the Internet every Monday and Wednesday from 3-4 PM. Internet viewers can log on to the webcast live. All broadcasts will be archived for later viewing. Read the syllabus and find out more at: http://planetary.org/special/bettsclass/ =============================== WHAT WE DO =============================== * Space Advocacy Update Planetary Society Charges Administration with Blurring its Vision for Space Exploration The NASA Budget released on February 6 shortchanges space science in order to fund 17 projected space shuttle flights. Despite recent spectacular results from NASA's science programs, this budget puts the brakes on their growth within the agency. It seriously damages the hugely productive and successful robotic exploration of our solar system and beyond. More on the NASA Budget at: http://planetary.org/programs/projects/spa...007_budget.html _________________________ You have been subscribed to The Planetary Society's e-mail update because, at some point in the past, you indicated a desire to receive additional information in this format. If you need to change your email address, please send an email to tps.mbl@planetary.org. Feel free to send this newsletter on to your friends, colleagues, and family. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined, and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

Bjorn Jonsson View Member Profile	Mar 8 2006, 05:03 PM Post #3
IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2257 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38	In the Dawn thread the following was posted: QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 3 2006, 12:01 PM) There's some great discussion about this going on over at the Planetary Society members forum, (the chance to interact with Louis and Bruce warrants the price of admission) - and I think this says everything we're all thinking.. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=19811 Doug Did it take a lot of time to get access to the For Members area ? I emailed the Planetary Society for login information last Monday and still haven't received a reply .

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dvandorn The Planetary Society Feb 14 2006, 06:20 AM

ugordan QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 14 2006, 07:20 AM) ... Feb 14 2006, 08:21 AM

ljk4-1 FEBRUARY 2006 THE PLANETARY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER ==... Feb 24 2006, 10:23 PM

Bjorn Jonsson In the Dawn thread the following was posted: QUOT... Mar 8 2006, 05:03 PM

AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Mar 8 2006, 05:03 ... Mar 8 2006, 05:07 PM

MahFL I had to call them. Mar 8 2006, 05:11 PM

djellison It took a few weeks I think. Doug Mar 8 2006, 05:06 PM

elakdawalla That shouldn't be happening Send me an ema... Mar 8 2006, 05:36 PM

elakdawalla I emailed our webmaster about it and she apologize... Mar 8 2006, 05:52 PM

AlexBlackwell I just wanted to say thank you publicly to Emily f... Mar 8 2006, 05:58 PM

Bjorn Jonsson So in my case the delay is normal since it's n... Mar 8 2006, 06:26 PM

ljk4-1 At the risk of sounding pessimistic, do any of the... May 5 2006, 03:45 PM

djellison I think one could make a strong case that the form... May 5 2006, 06:50 PM

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