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NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had ONE new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) were sent.

Google sent out an update about their terms of service. I assume every Google user received a copy.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239914 Current active post is  239923 - --> 9  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had NO new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) 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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239888 Current active post is  239903 - --> 15  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had ONE new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) were sent.

LinkedIn sent another sample of member posts. The theme this time seemed to be looking at careers over a period of decades.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239859 Current active post is  239870 - --> 11  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had NO new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) 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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239822 Current active post is  239845 - --> 23  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had NO new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) 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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239809 Current active post is  239815 - --> 13  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had NO new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) 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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239777 Current active post is  239797 - --> 20  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had NO new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) 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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239751 Current active post is  239766 - --> 15  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had ONE new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) were sent.

Microsoft sent the invoice for the Azure Lifeboat service.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239724 Current active post is  239743 - --> 19  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had NO new message(s) this morning. NO email(s) were sent.

Today (Sunday) is Google Meeting Day for NewMars. See Google Meeting topic for details.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239652 Current active post is  239672 - --> 20  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had ONE new message(s) this morning. No email(s) were sent.

Note: Our correspondent participated in a weekly Ham Radio meeting on 80 meters. There is a ham radio station in the neighborhood, and it has an 80 meter antenna (actually a 40 meter dipole) but I don't know if the receiver can decode SSD (single sideband).

LinkedIn sent out another selection of member posts.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239612 Current active post is  239630 - --> 18  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had TWO new message(s) this morning.

Our candidate with the fusion proposal corresponded with us again. I'll be reviewing the messages later today.  We are getting deeper into nuclear physics than (at least I) have been for years, so it's going to take some time to ramp up.  All I know for ** sure ** is that the smartest people on the planet are working this problem, and Nation States are investing heavily in finding a solution. Our correspondent is looking for a short cut that all those brilliant people missed. My attitude is that the exercise of ** looking ** will be educational and therefore valuable in it's own right.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239588 Current active post is  239602 - --> 14  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)

NewMarsMember@gmail.com portal is open for business.

We had TWo new message(s) this morning.

Our candidate with the fusion proposal corresponded with us several times. Meanwhile, his proposal is being studied in the Projects category.
LinkedIn was back with another selection of member posts.

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://new-mars.org/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 responding once again. I suspect it had gone to sleep due to dis-use. Microsoft said it would pull the plug on or about November 14th of 2025, but it has not yet done so. The non-response was due to the router IP address not being in the white list at the Azure site.  There are several routers here and they compete with each other for connection.

The images server at http://NewMars.com/phpBB3 is offline. 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

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.

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.

In 2026, as we look back over 20+ years of forum activity, we have an opportunity to think about the value the forum provided for it's members.  The very first post shows an example. 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

Mr. Creighton's opening post offered to share knowledge he possessed with others.

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

A quality assurance run is scheduled every 1000 posts, to find any posts not accessible upon lookup.
Current stopping point is 239000 The next scan will be run at 240000.

Previous ID was 239560 Current active post is  239577 - --> 17  new posts since previous report

Looking forward to hearing from you!

(th)