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#1 2004-01-09 14:28:34

Adrian
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From: London, United Kingdom
Registered: 2001-09-04
Posts: 642
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Hi all,

With the increased traffic that this year has brought, these forums are in need of more attention to keep things tidy - topics in the right place, and spam summarily deleted. Regulars here will know that I have not been visiting as much as before, which is mainly due to my dwindling free time caused by the PhD I'm pursuing. As a result of all of these things, I have decided to appoint Josh Cryer as a moderator for the New Mars forums.

Josh has been a member of New Mars since it began, and is one of the most prolific and enthusiastic posters here. I'm happy that he has accepted the role of moderator and I'm sure that he'll be able to make even more of a contribution to these forums now.

As a moderator, Josh will have the ability to move and delete any post or thread, in addition to other administrative functions. If you have any problems or questions regards these forums, please just post them to the Meta New Mars forum as usual.

Oh, and Happy New Year everyone!  smile

Editor of [url=http://www.newmars.com]New Mars[/url]

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#2 2004-01-09 14:46:43

Josh Cryer
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Bahah! I feel like I've recieved knighthood!

No, really, thanks for the kind words, Adrian. I've always fancied myself as the more crazier poster here.

As my first call of duty, I swear to the honor of Lord Guard Protector Zubrin that I shall not waiver and shall only intervene with spammers. big_smile

Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

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#3 2004-01-09 15:39:05

Stu
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Bahah! I feel like I've recieved knighthood!

No, really, thanks for the kind words, Adrian. I've always fancied myself as the more crazier poster here.

As my first call of duty, I swear to the honor of Lord Guard Protector Zubrin that I shall not waiver and shall only intervene with spammers. big_smile

Altogether now...

"We're not worthy..! We're not worthy!"  :;):

Seriously tho, congrats Josh, well deserved.

Best get out of Dodge spammers, there's a new sheriff in town...

S

Stuart Atkinson

Skywatching Blog: [url]http://journals.aol.com/stuartatk/Cumbrian-Sky[/url]

Astronomical poetry, including mars rover poems: [url]http://journals.aol.com/stuartatk/TheVerse[/url]

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#4 2004-01-09 18:07:51

Adrian
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Take the sword of the moderator, Josh. Become who you were born to be!  :;):

Editor of [url=http://www.newmars.com]New Mars[/url]

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#5 2004-01-09 18:12:48

Josh Cryer
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Hah! Thanks Adrian. And I meant to tell you, best wishes on your phd. I never could do that university/college thing. You're to be admired by the less educated here (not to say of course that this forum is not full of some of the brightest people I've ever met online!). smile

Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

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#6 2004-01-10 07:08:52

Shaun Barrett
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From: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Congratulations on what can only be described as the honour of a noble and well-deserved investiture.
    Go get 'em, Josh!
                                       cool

The word 'aerobics' came about when the gym instructors got together and said: If we're going to charge $10 an hour, we can't call it Jumping Up and Down.   - Rita Rudner

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#7 2004-01-10 11:31:22

Palomar
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

*Oh, I get it.  Yes, I can see through this thinly-disguised plot (hey you whippersnappers, you can't fool everybody!)...20-somethings taking over the boards.

Sheesh. 

Congrats and good luck, Josh. 

--Cindy   :;):

We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

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#8 2004-01-10 11:36:29

clark
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

We don't have to bow to you, do we?  tongue

All hail the enlightened rule of our new tyrant, Josh.  smile

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#9 2004-01-10 11:40:54

Josh Cryer
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Registered: 2001-09-29
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Bah, nah. tongue

Hopefully I won't have to do anything. I'm lazy, as you guys well know.

Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

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#10 2004-01-11 02:56:34

Christina
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From: UK
Registered: 2002-05-07
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Congratulations. I'm sure you'll do a splendid job.

[i]the early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese[/i]

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#11 2004-01-12 09:30:29

Bill White
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Hah! Thanks Adrian. And I meant to tell you, best wishes on your phd. I never could do that university/college thing. You're to be admired by the less educated here (not to say of course that this forum is not full of some of the brightest people I've ever met online!). smile

Josh, does this mean you need to wear a suit and tie when you log on, now?

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#12 2004-01-12 11:53:39

Josh Cryer
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

I hope not! I don't wear suits! big_smile

Some useful links while MER are active. [url=http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html]Offical site[/url] [url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html]NASA TV[/url] [url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/]JPL MER2004[/url] [url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/statustextonly.html]Text feed[/url]
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The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth totals some 3.9 million exajoules a year.

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#13 2004-01-12 14:27:36

clark
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Registered: 2001-09-20
Posts: 6,362

Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

If Adrian and Josh are both 'Super' Administrators, which one is the side-kick?

Josh may not wear a suit and tie, but something tells me he is wearing some kind of spandex tights!  :laugh:

Are Martian rocks your only weakness?

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#14 2004-01-19 17:35:14

Rxke
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From: Belgium
Registered: 2003-11-03
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

He said these things at the hearings, but i don't think he offended anyone, he was telling the truth. He didn't exactly say the Colombia crew died for nothing, only that it was a an almost criminal waste of lives to keep launching people in dangerous craft while they didn't go out of LEO.

The truth may hurt, but Bob is certainly not the only one with these views, people that'd say NASA was doing fine are nuts, NASA NEEDED the critical review, that's what the hearings were for in the first place.

I've read a lot more acidic criticism than Bob Zubrin's, at least he points out the flaws and comes up with an alternative, most people only critisize.

BTW, isn't this in the wrong thread?

(Sure is...)

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#15 2004-01-19 19:22:11

Rxke
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Re: Josh Cryer appointed as moderator

Yes!

The more the merrier! smile

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