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Anniversary of sorts just past
I had thought I remembered that the first posts in the
then-brand-new sci.space reorg groups went out in early January 1994, but reviewing Google records found some from mid December 1993, one as early as Dec 15, 1993. That makes the reorg'ed groups, sci.space.tech, sci.space.science, and sci.space.policy, now officially slightly more than 10 years old. Over that decade, we have seen a boom and a bust, the rise of CATS as a serious economic and ideological force to be reckoned with, more of the same and many very new things. We've seen a crop of new launch companies come along, an amazing percentage founded by people who have used these newsgroups on and off, and many of those companies stuck their claws in the dirt and refused to fade away even when the last few, very lean years hit. People have talked an incredible amount, and amazingly enough still bent some metal and cured some composites and flown some damn real stuff. We are certainly not where we all hoped to be, looking forwards from a decade ago. But there has been amazingly tenacious progress in many areas. I would like to wrap up with two short recognitions. First,... I would like to again thank the people who helped out in the early email discussions of the original sci.space reorg and helped form and plan what we have today. Though some have moved on, a large number of them still participate today, and they all deserve credit for having helped with the vision. That list was, from the first RFD: (Pat) (Gary Coffman) (Allen W. Sherzer) (Nick Szabo) (Dale Amon) (Sarah Yoffa) (Fred J. McCall) (Ken Jenks) (Warren Edward Kenyon) (Josh Hopkins) (Geoffrey A. Landis) (David Anderman) (Jim Bowery) (Phil G. Fraering) (Matthew DeLuca) (Henry Vanderbilt) (Herman Rubin) (Paul Dietz) (Jon Leech) (Henry Spencer) (George William Herbert) (Ron Baalke) (Peter Yee) (Bill Higgins) (Gene Miya) (Mark Maimone) (Steve Abrams) (Alwin Bleik) I think a couple of those email addresses may still even be valid ;-) Second... For reasons which remain murky, my wife, Lee, has put up with the ten or so thousand hours and uncounted dollars I have invested in aerospace projects and these newsgroups over the last decade. She has even been consistently supportive despite the obvious insanity, though that support has been known to take its own uniquely special form sometimes: http://gw.retro.com/employees/gherbe...titchSmall.jpg It is not alone that we reach for the future. -george william herbert |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:04:07 -0800, George William Herbert wrote:
I had thought I remembered that the first posts in the then-brand-new sci.space reorg groups went out in early January 1994, but reviewing Google records found some from mid December 1993, one as early as Dec 15, 1993. That makes the reorg'ed groups, sci.space.tech, sci.space.science, and sci.space.policy, now officially slightly more than 10 years old. I would like to wrap up with two short recognitions. First,... I would like to again thank the people who helped out in the early email discussions of the original sci.space reorg and helped form and plan what we have today. Though some have moved on, a large number of them still participate today, and they all deserve credit for having helped with the vision. That list was, from the first RFD: [snip!] (Phil G. Fraering) Uh, I thought I was against the split? I think a couple of those email addresses may still even be valid ;-) Second... For reasons which remain murky, my wife, Lee, has put up with the ten or so thousand hours and uncounted dollars I have invested in aerospace projects and these newsgroups over the last decade. She has even been consistently supportive despite the obvious insanity, though that support has been known to take its own uniquely special form sometimes: http://gw.retro.com/employees/gherbe...titchSmall.jpg It is not alone that we reach for the future. That's nice. It's nice to know that she has a sense of humor. And besides, the motto of this newsgroup might as well be, "Oh, good, my dog found the chainsaw..." pgf |
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Anniversary of sorts just past
Phil Fraering wrote:
I would like to again thank the people who helped out in the early email discussions of the original sci.space reorg and helped form and plan what we have today. Though some have moved on, a large number of them still participate today, and they all deserve credit for having helped with the vision. That list was, from the first RFD: [snip!] (Phil G. Fraering) Uh, I thought I was against the split? I think you may have been, but even contrarian advice was important and appreciated, and helped shape what happened a lot. -george william herbert |
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