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This topic is opened 2025/08/01, to welcome a new member of the Mars Society.
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This is a test post from the new offtherock account. The post is by Admin/Moderator to confirm the account is working. (th)
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I am happy to report that offtherock was able to log into his new account and change the password! I'll be attempting to assist with learning how to use the forum software. There is a lot to learn. Everyone still active in the forum is welcome to assist.
One thing that might be helpful is to suggest posts you've written that you think are a good introduction to your contributions to the life of the forum. Some members have written thousands of posts so it won't be easy to make a selection, but please try it anyway.
If anyone has a suggestion for how to begin using the forum software please suggest something.
For offtherock, here is my opening suggestion:
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1
Click on the link above and you will see the very first post in the forum. I have read or looked at very message in the forum through the end of the Great Crash, in the course of doing repair work requested by Senior Administrator SpaceNut. Our Junior Administrator is kbd512. Our Senior Moderator is RobertDyck.
You can look up authors by ID in the User list.
Palomar is (was) our most prolific female member. We have other notable female members as well, although it is not easy to tell in the ordinary flow of conversation.
You can look up subjects of interest using the Search tool. Just put a word into the Search tool and click Submit. You can refine the search by changing the settings. Results are displayed by default as topics that contain the word you entered. If you want to see the posts, you can adjust the box that says "topics" to say "posts".
There are a myriad of other tips to learn, if you are not familiar with forum software.
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Hopefully offthe rock will stop by soon to make a post, also welcome to NewMars....
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For offtherock....
Please reply to this post.
We are looking for active members who will contribute to the life of the forum.
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Recruiting High Value members for NewMars.com/forums, in association with the Mars Society
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Thank u for the welcome, yes, its nice to be here. I can confirm the account seems to be working from my site and I will be looking at this site more in the near future.
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For offtherock re post in Void's topic on oil...
It is good to your contribution, and you have chosen a topic which has some energy (pun intended) so I'm looking forward to seeing how our members respond.
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 86#p233286
As a reminder, you can see the very first post in the forum by clicking this link:
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1#p1
You can see the early posts by any of our authors by selecting the User Name from the User List and then Submit
The list you will see will be of the Username you have chosen, so click on that and details will become available
You can select Show all posts or Show all topics
If you Show all posts, they will be collected for you in descending order by date. If you want to see the very first post by that author, click on the rightmost page in the iist of Pages.
In the case of Tom Kalbfus, his first post was in 2006:
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 119#p91119
The question of how the people of Mars should govern themselves has been a topic of great interest from the earliest days of the forum.
The example of difficulties Earth residents are having shows how difficult it is going to be for humans who settle ** any ** location to govern themselves.
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For offtherock regarding AI ....
Just FYI .... we have a topic devoted to ChatGPT....
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=10431
We have another that is focused upon the Google competitor, Gemini.
I have been working with both systems, and have the paid version of ChatGPT on hand.
Both have advanced to an astonishing degree over the period documented in the topics.
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For offtherock ... speaking of AI, here is a link to a post by Gemini, about your discussion of solar panels with kbd512.
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 83#p233383
What I see in this exchange is an opportunity to find support for the exponential growth thesis for solar panels.
In order for exponential growth to continue, the materials needed to make solar panels must become available. Some research would be needed to find out where the bottlenecks might be, and i'm sure there must be some.
Update afternoon New Hampshire time ... offtherock wrote NewMarsmember to say that he is planning to reply to kbd512's post about metals for solar panels Sunday. From previous hints, I get the impression that offtherock is working some crazy hours.
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For offtherock...
Thanks for this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 22#p233422
Could you ask ChatGPT to find the names and locations of the companies?
And! Did you notice Void's discovery of a report of sustitution of carbon for copper in electric motors? This was not ordinary carbon such as used in arc lamps. This is a special formulation using carbon nanotubes.
I'd be interested in seeing more detail about that discovery, such as current carrying capabilities and resistance vs conductance.
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https://chatgpt.com/share/6898cb67-1044 … c9a2d127e6
Yes its a bit technical for me. I loose track a bit.
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Offtherock:
Welcome to the forums!!
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GW Johnson
McGregor, Texas
"There is nothing as expensive as a dead crew, especially one dead from a bad management decision"
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For offtherock re post in Oil topic...
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 42#p233542
Thanks for some interesting questions and observations.
it may take a while for folks to get around to responding.
In the mean time, if you are up for a bit of reading, I just posted a series on solar power, in the Solar Power topic Louis created years ago.
It appears that India has made great strides in manufacturing capacity.
Elsewhere recently we have a report that copper mining operations are coming online world wide.
Elsewhere we have a report that carbon nanotubes mixed with copper can increase current carrying capacity of copper 100 times. however, carbon nano tubes are currently very expensive but hopefully that will change over time.
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For offtherock re email ...
Thanks for writing today with a glimpse of your interest in space from childhood! I am planning to reply via email, but I'm hoping you might be willing to consider offering the same or perhaps a similar glimpse to our members. Because this is a public network with global access, members are cautious about providing personal information. However, the personal information you provided in your email seems (to me at least) to be potentially of interest to our members, and one or two of them might be willing to respond with glimpses of their own.
Your question about how I became interested in space caused a memory of a relative giving me a copy of Willy Ley's artwork, probably in support of Wernher von Braun's vision. However, black and white TV became available at some point, so news of the US and Soviet space competition became a part of the news cycle.
I think our members would be interested in the book you described. It might even be available online these days, thanks to Google's online library project.
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For offtherock re upcoming Google Meeting....
The Google Meetings are held every Sunday evening at midnight UTC. That is a difficult hour for our European members. We can move to an earlier time if we ever get a request, but despite many invitations we have yet to hear from a member who lives outside the US.
If the hour is not too late for you (which it may well be if you are working as many hours as your brief comments suggest) you are welcome to join the meeting. We usually have a couple of Admins present, and when we are lucky a member or two may participate.
Meetings tend to be on the technical side. When kbd512 is in top form, we are likely to take deep dives into topics that are of current interest, using the share feature of Google Meeting to look at web sites kdb512 finds.
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i have such erratic work schedule, most of the time it will not suit but once in a blue moon it all aligns right and i can show up. i dont get it is it a zoom meeting? and where would i sign up for it or attend it?
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For offtherock re Post #17
Thanks for asking about the Google Meeting...
Google Meeting is similar to Zoom Meeting, and your browser can handle both
You can practice the setup before a meeting, and I encourage you to do so...
To find the link to the Google Meeting, use the Search tool to find the Google Meeting topic:
In the Search window, put "Google and Collaboration"
In the "Search in" window select "Topic subject only"
Press Enter
You will see two topics ... Select the one for meetings
Note: Select the title of the topic at the left. Do not select Science, Technology, and Astronomy or the Last post.
When you select the topic title, you will see a post from 2023-10-22. This post contains the link to the Google Meeting waiting room.
The Waiting Room is always available for you to test your camera and microphone.
When we schedule a meeting, the host will monitor the Waiting Room and admit guests as they arrive.
Please note that you can schedule a meeting by requesting one by placing a request in the Google Meet Collaboration topic. At this point I am the only Admin taking care of this, so I'll be the one who responds.
At some point it may be possible to increase the number of Admins who can host a meeting.
Please try the link and let us know your experience and observations, using this topic.
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