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#51 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-19 07:38:09

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Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237398 - 237313 -->  85 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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#52 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-18 07:30:38

For SpaceNut ... thanks for adding labels for Friday ... Greenland was the winner by a length.

Here are numbers for Saturday ... ** busy ** day!  Current active post is 237313 - 237260 -->  53 new posts since previous report


Successfully generated 53 URLs from PID 237261 to 237313:
Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day

Money

Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland
Greenland

OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM

Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.

Calliban Postings including links to notable contributions

Bookmark Bookmarks Find it Again help
Bookmark Bookmarks Find it Again help

Bogs and Bog, Floating Island Technology, and Roller Solar.

Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...
Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars

Starship repurposed to make or build what we need
Starship repurposed to make or build what we need

Housekeeping

Starship to mars count down 273 days to launch
Starship to mars count down 273 days to launch

KBD512 Biosphere structure of cast basalt

Ring Habitat on Mars Doughnut Torus

Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics:

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#53 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-18 07:27:32

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237313 - 237260 -->  53 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#55 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-17 07:27:34

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were ONE incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

This was LinkedIn pinging to remind us of their services.
NewMars has an account with LinkedIn to check references of applicants.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237260 - 237236 -->  24 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#56 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-16 08:23:18

For SpaceNut ... thanks for adding labels for all those posts on Wednesday!

Starship won by a nose!  And! What an interesting discussion!

Here are numbers for Thursday ... Current active post is 237236 - 237192 --> 44 new posts since previous report

Successfully generated 44 URLs from PID 237193 to 237236:
Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day

kbd512 Postings
kbd512 Postings

RobertDyck Postings large ship segments
RobertDyck Postings

Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping

Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.
Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.

Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Void Postings
Void Postings
Void Postings

Bogs and Bog, Floating Island Technology, and Roller Solar.
Bogs and Bog, Floating Island Technology, and Roller Solar.

Ring Habitat on Mars Doughnut Torus
Ring Habitat on Mars Doughnut Torus
Ring Habitat on Mars Doughnut Torus
Ring Habitat on Mars Doughnut Torus

Proposed Superdome construction in a Crater
Proposed Superdome construction in a Crater
Proposed Superdome construction in a Crater
Proposed Superdome construction in a Crater

KBD512 Biosphere structure of cast basalt
KBD512 Biosphere structure of cast basalt

Starship repurposed to make or build what we need

Calliban's Brick Dome on Mars

International Space Station (ISS / Alpha)
International Space Station (ISS / Alpha)

Greenland
Greenland
Greenland

Starship repurposed to make or build what we need
Starship repurposed to make or build what we need

OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM

Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics:

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#57 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-16 08:19:30

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237236 - 237192 --> 44 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#59 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-15 07:44:37

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237192 - 237166 --> 26 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#60 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-14 11:52:35

For SpaceNut .... thanks for that heroic effort to create labels for all 90 of those posts over two days!

The Wiki project ran away from the field, but we had nice showing by Power Generation.

We had a wide field with several topics we'd not seen in a while.

Here are the numbers for Tuesday ... Current active post is 237166 - 237150 --> 16 new posts since previous report

We are back to a more typical day for NewMars.

Successfully generated 16 URLs from PID 237151 to 237166:
Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day

Housekeeping
Housekeeping

Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...
Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Worlds, and World Engine type terraform stuff.
Worlds, and World Engine type terraform stuff.

Multi-Ship Expeditions, Starboat & Starship, Other.

Starship repurposed to make or build what we need
Starship repurposed to make or build what we need

Robots becoming useful...

WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars

kbd512 Postings

Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics:

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#61 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-14 08:41:14

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237166 - 237150 --> 16 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#62 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-13 07:13:02

#63 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-13 07:08:16

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237150 - 237120 --> 30 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#64 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-12 07:06:36

For SpaceNut ... thanks for finding the time to add all those labels for Saturday!

OpenFOAM took the honors.  We had a nice variety of active topics.

Here are the numbers for Sunday .... 60 posts!  That's the most we've had in a while.

Current active post is 237120 - 237060 --> 60 new posts since previous report


Successfully generated 60 URLs from PID 237061 to 237120:
Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day

RobertDyck Postings

Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Housekeeping

Designing Mars equipment garage

Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...
Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Greenland
Greenland

GW Johnson Postings and @Exrocketman1 YouTube videos
GW Johnson Postings and @Exrocketman1 YouTube videos

OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM

Robots becoming useful...

Google Meet Collaboration - Meetings Plus Followup Discussion
Google Meet Collaboration - Meetings Plus Followup Discussion

Power generation on Mars
Power generation on Mars
Power generation on Mars
Power generation on Mars
Power generation on Mars

Why Artemis is “better” than Apollo.
Why Artemis is “better” than Apollo.
Why Artemis is “better” than Apollo.

Optical Astronomy

Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow
Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow
Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow

Interview on Fox News with Jared Isaacman
Interview on Fox News with Jared Isaacman
Interview on Fox News with Jared Isaacman

NASA's new leader makes his priorities clear on day one
NASA's new leader makes his priorities clear on day one

Politics

WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars
WIKI Project Designing for Mars

Starship repurposed to make or build what we need

Manufacturing in Space
Manufacturing in Space
Manufacturing in Space

Starship is Go...

Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics:

(th)

#65 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-12 07:00:27

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. ONE email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237120 - 237060 --> 60 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#66 Re: Meta New Mars » RobertDyck Postings » 2026-01-11 07:55:25

For RobertDyck re email ...

In my reply about the outage, I started a list of folks who've contributed Mars related posts over the years.

I started with just one name but since then I've thought of many others, most notably including RobertDyck, whose epic topic about the Large Ship stands as a massive statue on Louis's plain where his Sagan City will someday rise.

The proportion of posts about Mars may be higher than all the off-topic posts might suggest. Events of the day having nothing to do with Mars often capture the attention and creative energy of members.

SpaceNut has been experimenting with topic titles recently, so perhaps we'll see more Mars related posts.

I'd like to see you get back working on the Large Ship.  As I recall, we ran into a major obstacle when we begin to think about how to build the ship in orbit.  It appears that no one in the current membership has the experience needed to plan construction of such a large vessel in LEO.  Humans have  built three space stations, but none have so far even begun to look like your vision.  If that part of your vision is going to move forward, either you will have to develop the knowledge and skill (and the computing tools) to move forward, or we can invite domain experts to assist by building teams, or perhaps we can do both.

This forum has unrealized potential.  I'd like to see some of that potential turn into achievements in 2026 and beyond.

Hint .... Void suggested sourcing iron oxide from the Moon.  Using iron for your ship would increase mass but it would insure greater strength that is possible with aluminum.  The Moon is also a potential source for aluminum, and perhaps other elements that others may consider useful.

(th)

#67 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-11 07:42:45

#68 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-11 07:40:37

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were THREE incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. ONE email(s) was/were sent.

One message was from Microsoft reporting the Monthly invoice for our test account on Azure.
One message was from SpaceNut about the recent outage.
And one was from RobertDyck about the outage. 

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237060 - 237021 --> 39 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#69 Re: Meta New Mars » Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day » 2026-01-10 07:26:03

For SpaceNut ... the forum took a day off for rest and relaxation ... The numbers below are for the two day period from the previous report.

Current active post is 237021 - 236981 --> 40 new posts since previous report


Successfully generated 40 URLs from PID 236982 to 237021:
Daily Recap - Recapitulation of Posts in NewMars by Day

Coal-fired Brayton Cycle Supercritical CO2 Boilers
Coal-fired Brayton Cycle Supercritical CO2 Boilers

Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:
Peter Zeihan again: and also other thinkers:

Vera C Rubin Observatory
Vera C Rubin Observatory

Void Postings
Void Postings

Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow
Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow
Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow
Fighter jets: F-35 vs Gripen vs Avro Arrow

Python Computer Language

RobertDyck Postings

OpenFOAM

Coal-fired Brayton Cycle Supercritical CO2 Boilers
Coal-fired Brayton Cycle Supercritical CO2 Boilers
Coal-fired Brayton Cycle Supercritical CO2 Boilers

kbd512 Postings
kbd512 Postings
kbd512 Postings

What Are The Best Settlement Sites on Mars?

Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...
Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...
Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...
Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

Politics
Politics
Politics
Politics

The Moon

Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics:

(th)

#70 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-10 07:22:14

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

***

We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000. <<== A scan is scheduled.

Current active post is 237021 - 236981 --> 40 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

#72 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-08 07:21:52

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

There was/were NO incoming traffic item(s) at the Portal this morning. NO email(s) was/were sent.

To apply for membership, please write newmarsmember@gmail.com

For existing registered members who have lost your password ... If you remember the email address you used to register, you can request a recovery email at that address.  If you no longer have the email available (as could happen over 20+ years) just write to NewMarsMember@gmail.com  email address. Your request will be forwarded to SpaceNut, who has the tools available to assist as needed.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working.
NewMars members enrolled include:
Site Administrator (shared by kbd512 and tahanson43206)
GW Johnson
kbd512
tahanson43206
SpaceNut
Calliban

All members of NewMars are welcome to open an account in the Newmars image server.

Update: If a member of ** this ** forum applies for an account on the Image Server, please let us (Admins) know, so we can look for your User ID in the waiting room.

The Azure VM is running but for how long is unknown. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th.
Today the VM is still running. Perhaps Microsoft is just not adding new instances of this VM. A backup of the VM is downloaded from Azure.
Images are all ported from Azure to the new server.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is working well. The new server supports direct display of images.

The main NewMars forum has been updated from 2012 to 2024 standards. It was activated live on Sunday 2024/12/01.
The first post in this forum is dated 2001-09-04.  Author was John Creighton from Nova Scotia.
To see it enter: http://NewMars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1

A test phpBB3 site is available for NewMars Admins and members to evaluate. Use http://40.75.112.55/phpBB3/index.php

NewMars.com is back online after an unscheduled outage for extended maintenance.

The new, updated system is installed and running.

An Email Outreach campaign to former NewMars members is on hold. One member will be reviewed per day, for 3+ years.

Recordings of the 25th Anniversary Mars Society Conference are now available on YouTube.

We are happy to welcome former members back into the active community.  It has been brought to my attention that a number of former members are marked as "banned".  In many cases, this marking is a limitation of FluxBB, which is the forum software.

Because of the onslaught of thousands upon thousands of spammers over 20+ years, the decision was made to close off access to inactive accounts.  Unfortunately, the only mechanism available is the "banning" tool.  If you are an older member and you find your account has been banned, it may have been locked to prevent hacker access.  You can ask SpaceNut to reactivate the account. See the procedure below.  Those who were banned for inappropriate behavior may also apply.  SpaceNut will then have the opportunity to evaluate your application.

SpaceNut is in the process of upgrading members from "banned" to inActive. Since there are over 1000 folks caught up in this situation due to the spammers, it is going to take SpaceNut a while to complete the upgrade.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

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We have 18,370 freshly refurbished User Id's ready for new members.

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 236000 The next scan will be run at 237000.

Current active post is 236981 - 236959 --> 22 new posts since previous report

The Daily Recap post will contain links to the posts in the list above.

Read Post #2 of this topic for procedures to apply for membership.  Mention specific assistance you wish to provide.

For all ... we really ** are ** looking for members who want to make a difference by helping others with projects, or providing leadership on new projects.  We have a ready supply of folks who can and will make comments and offer suggestions.  We don't need more folks in that specialty.  We ** do ** need folks who can and ** will ** help project leaders already trying to achieve something in the real universe, or who have a vision of life on Mars they'd like to pursue.

This topic was launched by SpaceNut 2020-03-01 12:52:20>> 1789 days to Post #1520 on 2025/01/23
Daily reports started 2020/01/03 at post #51 Days elapsed since Post #51 > #1520 >> 1469 posts (not all were daily updates)
The "open for business message" first appeared 2021-05-11 in Post #172 1351 days ago >> 1349 posts
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 59#p179759

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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#73 Re: Meta New Mars » Bookmark Bookmarks Find it Again help » 2026-01-06 22:02:06

This bookmark is for a post by kbd512 about turbine engines vs piston ones. The article includes history and performance details.

https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 39#p236939

The article was written in response to application for membership by a gent who lives in Mexico, and who appears to have invented a number of turbine engines in the 1990's. 

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#74 Re: Meta New Mars » kbd512 Postings » 2026-01-06 21:59:29

For kbd512 re #372

Thank you for your essay on turbines and piston engines!  That piece is worth remembering, so I will create a bookmark.

I've given up on the gent from Mexico. Your assessment of his designs reinforces my decision to decline his bid for membership.

We may have to go a bit longer into 2026 before we pick up our first new member.

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Just FYI ... I am preparing to test the extendedMerlin at 1 kg/s.  ChatGPT5 thinks we will see much improved ISP.

I am running one more 1 second sprint to see if the current 2 kg/s model converges at 2 kg/s out for 2 kg/s in. It is within a tiny fraction at 15 seconds, but I wanted to try "just one more" time to see if the system would settle.  It has spent several seconds building up mass in the intake but that process too seems close to a peak.

I'll start the 1 kg/s run from zero, and try to have something to show on Sunday.

The argument ChatGPT5 gives for encouraging this experiment is that this design should be able to throttle over a wider range than an ion engine given the same power input.  We've seen already that we can get 10 times the thrust by increasing mass flow from 2 kg/s to 20 kg/s, just as Gw predicted. And ** that was ** with an engine running on fake heating.  For our readers who might be seeing this for the first time, in that version of the extendedMerlin model, we were not yet heating the gas with solar energy. Instead, we were using fake heating from 20 Kelvin to 300 Kelvin. That was part of the CFD shakeout process.  Now, with 40 MW of intentional heating, we are getting 1 ton-force from a flow of 2 kg/s and an estimated ISP of 250.  I'm not certain of that figure because I haven't requested an ISP calculation for a while.

ChatGPT5 thinks we should see ISP near 460 or so with 1 kg/s, and thrust of about half a ton-force. If you are flying the vessel, the higher ISP should mean you get more run time for that thrust, or more momentum transferred to the vehicle, or perhaps both. I'm not sure about that.

Thanks again for your detailed essay on engine type and performance!

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#75 Re: Meta New Mars » Recruiting expertise for NewMars Forum topics: » 2026-01-06 21:38:56

We received another email from our recent applicant.  I have decided to decline the opportunity. I think this person is not a good fit for the group at this point in our history. 

It seems unlikely we can help you.  What is more, it seems you may be unable to help us. Your activity seems important so I hope you are successful. Please do not send more reports of your activities since 1990.  I confess they are overwhelming.
You have shown no interest in us, but I have shown considerable interest in you.
Your application for membership is declined.

Naturally this is a disappointing outcome. 

However, we are wide open for application from anyone who might think NewMars.com/forums might be a good place to pitch in to help other members and to receive feedback on activities that are Mars related.

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