From gsr1@psu.edu Thu Jan 4 08:57:04 2001 Received: from f04n07.cac.psu.edu (f04s07.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.35]) by astro.psu.edu (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f04Dv3p01050 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:57:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from gsr1.psu.edu (onion.bmb.psu.edu [146.186.155.3]) by f04n07.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA172342; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 08:57:02 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20010104085239.00cf16f0@email.psu.edu> X-Sender: gsr1@email.psu.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 08:59:06 -0500 To: "Churchill, Christopher W." , "Churchill, Deneyse Janet" From: Geraldine Russell Subject: Fwd: Space-related BBSs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Content-Length: 2440 Status: OR Hi Deneyse and Chris, An engineer and space enthusiast, Patrick McGrath, stopped by the office while he was in the Frear Building on other business. (His keychain holds an "Embrace Space" tag.) He asked me to pass on the information about the bulletin boards to you. Best wishes, Geraldine >X-Originating-IP: [208.22.30.62] >X-PH: V4.1@f05n13 >From: "Patrick McGrath" >To: gsr1@psu.edu >Subject: Space-related BBSs >Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 19:25:55 -0500 >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Jan 2001 00:25:55.0474 (UTC) >FILETIME=[E6FD7F20:01C075E4] > >Dear Ms. Russel, > >I was very pleased to meet and speak with you about the Spage Grant >Consortium this morning. As promised, the following are Web addresses of >two bulletin board services dedicated (more or less) to Space Science. > >The first is operated (and allegedly moderated) by MSNBC: > >http://bbs.msnbc.com/bbs/msnbc-space/index.asp > >As I haphazardly explained in your office, there are as many fringe cases >of one sort or another as there are serious space enthusiasts and >professionals. On the other hand, even the strangest posts sometimes make >for fun reading! > >The second was established by a few of the regulars fromthe MSNBC bulletin >board who wanted a refuge from the "Cydonuts", UFO-nuts and others of that >ilk. It is privately moderated and (usually) stays on topic - many of its >regular contributors are professionals in the aerospace industry - a >couple of them work for NASA. > >http://disc.server.com/Indices/131070.html > >Rather than sending a blind email to people I who haven;t met me, I will >ask you to linkdly pass on the above URLs to the Churchill's, who are >teaching STS 4971 this spring. They and their students may find both BBSs >an interesting public forum in which to share ideas and gain insight. Of >recent special interest on both BBSs: a lengthy discussion, much of it >cogent, on the Fermi Paradox, the Drake Equation, and the motivation >behind various possible human reactions to a discovery of ETI, should one >be made. > >Enjoy! > >Patrick McGrath >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > Geraldine Russell Assistant Director Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium 101 S. Frear Lab Penn State University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 863-5957 FAX: (814) 863-8286 Email: gsr1@psu.edu