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Alerted in advance by Buzz Aldrin, we have been first to support this major initiative which jives well with our own International Lunar Research Park
Renew for 3 years for the price of 2! We approved a plan to allow current (not new) members to renew for 3 years at a time for the price of 2 years. This is not yet in effect as the code of the Registration Page has yet to be rewritten accordingly. When this becomes effective, and your rate is $35/year, you will be able to renew for 3 years for $70. If your rate is $20/year (senior/student/ with electronic newsletter only) you will be able to renew for 3 year for just $40. If your rate is $60 (outside North America with hardcopy newsletter) you can renew for 3 years for $120. We trust that this provision will be a popular option, and it reduced our membership processing load.October 7th Meeting
Internal decisions: we decided to make a change on how reimbursements were made for membership processing services.October 21st Meeting (planned)
The scope of our advisory role in the proposed Moon/Mars Atacama Research Station has widened, as the scope of that project has grown by the inclusion in the land reservation of an extensive but abandoned copper mine which would provide already sheltered volume of considerable proportions for lunar agriculture experiments and other research where total light control is essential.
Fast moving developments in Chile challenge the Moon Society's capacities and suggest thatIt is time to clone the Society, its website, and Moon Miners Manifesto "in Espaņol. See below.If you would like the Management Committee to consider a new initiative or idea, contact president@moonsociety.org
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We have decided that a quarterly Town Meeting would be more productive. Attendance at the monthly meetings was sinking. So Town Meetings will be held the week before the Board Meetings in February, May, and August - that is, three times a yearTime: Wednesday 9-11 pm EDT, 8-10 pm CDT, 7-9 pm MDT, 6-8 pm PDT
The week before the November Board Meeting, we will hold the Annual Membership Meeting instead.
Update November 3, 2009 - Because the President has a medical procedure scheduled for November 11th, our 2nd Annual Membership Meeting will have to be rescheduled. More information in the November issue of Frontlines, coming soon.
In preparation for ISDC 2009, we put together MMM Classic #20 ahead of schedule so that it could be included in a CD on “MMM’s first Twenty Years” which the National Space Society then produced in quantity (1,000) so that a CD could go into the registration packet for each ISDC attendee. You can freely download this issue and all previous classic issues from:An Introductory version of the new MMM Glossary, was published May 19th. The illustrated introductory version lists over 300 terms, some new words, some old words given no meaning. Many more entries are "under construction" or at least on the "to enter" list.
http://www.moonsociety.org/publications/mmm_classics/
Ahead of the game, we decided to launch some-thing new this semi-annual “break” – July – when the MMM editor has a month off. The idea is to collect in PDF volumes all the non-time sensitive articles from the 1st 20 years, on specific themes.
MMM Classic "Eden on Luna" 1 (years 1-10) and 2 (years 11-20) are now online, along with two Mars theme issues. The Eden on Luna issues gather all the articles on Lunar mini-biosphere systems, recycling, and other environmental issues - a core focus theme of MMM from day one.
These Theme Issues are, like the Classics, free access pdf files, no member username and password needed.
To download them, go to:
http://www.moonsociety.org/publications/mmm_themes/
Over time special Classics issues will focus on the following topics, one topic per issue. In cases where there is a lot of material, as with “Mars” there will be 2 or more issues as needed.
• Lunar Resources & IndustriesThese publications will appear as we find time to put them together. A fringe benefit of organizing all past articles by theme, is that it can serve as preparation for an eventual “MMM the Book.” That is a project title, not the book title, which will be determined later.
• The Lunar Economy
• The Lunar Homestead
• Arts & Crafts, Performing Arts
• Health, Sports and Exercise
• Other Destinations: Mercury, Venus, Ceres, asteroids, Europa, and other Solar System Destinations
INDIAEvents: Annual Events, ISDCs and more.
See MMM-India Quarterly - a free access pdf file newsletterCHILE - Planning for the proposed Moon/Mars Atacama Research Station continues to advance. If you wish to be involved or just update, join our google group: http://groups.google.com/group/moonmars
MMM-India Quarterly #4 is due for publication in October, 2009
President Peter Kokh and Director of Project Development, David Dunlop, a team that doubles as Editor and Assistant Editor of MMM-India Quarterly, have been encouraged by the reaction in India to the first three issues of "M3IQ" which response has included three inquiries about setting up Moon Society chapters in India. We are also picking up regular members (for MMM) of Indian origin living in the USA.
We are happy to announce the first Indian member of our Editorial Team, Pradeep Mohandas of Mumbai, formerly president of SEDS-India (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - 5 chapters in India)
Pradeep has begun a step by step plan that it is hoped will lead to the development of a Lunar Analog Research Station somewhere in India. India itself is planning its 3rd (2nd active) research outpost in Antarctica.
We see enormous potential and considerable enthusiasm. To move this effort up a notch, we've added a link on the "About the Society Page" and a fresh page introducing our expanding initiatives within India.
This effort is still in the infancy stage, but the only policy that makes sense is an actively progressive one. In the end, it will be individuals and groups within India who make this effort their own, that will make this a successful venture.
We have taken advantage of sizable student groups from India attending the ISDC in 2008 and again in 2009, and with as many contacts in India as we can find.
Those interested in helping create Moon Society chapters in India should contact
Contact: mmm-india@moonsociety.org
In the event that this project should fail to materialize, our time spent on brainstorming and designing MMARS will not have been in vain, as we are gaining many great and improved ideas that will be applicable to a Lunar Analog Station in the US someday. Currently, we are looking at the Phoenix-Tucson area as a site.SPINNING OFF A Spanish version of the Moon Society Website, and a Spanish language edition of Moon Miners' Manifesto - "Sociedad Lunar" y "Manifesto de Mineros de Luna" (the editor's amateur translation attempt.)
As to Chile itself, while this country does not have the population nor the economy to become a space-faring country, it does have the Atacama Desert, arguably the premier location for both Moon and Mars analog research, and already the host of a growing complex of world-class astronomical observatories. Given the importance of analog research to prepare the way to the Moon and Mars, this role is not an insignificant one
If the Moon Society's role in Chile is to expand beyond a merely advisory one, we need to develop a family of chapters within Chile to play a supporting role at MMARS. And we need to clone the Society "in Espaņol."This is a proposal put before the Moon Society Management Committee, but one which cannot be pursued by a vote. We do not have the team to pursue this goal. Instead, we must recruit such a team.SWEDEN
We are looking for English to Spanish and Spanish to English translators, webmasters, and editors.
As we have also been involved in Mexico for some time, and now in Chile, it makes sense to look for English to Spanish Translators so that we can prepare outreach materials for Spanish speaking countries, including the growing Spanish speaking population within the United States. The United States is now the 2nd largest Spanish Speaking Country in the Western Hemisphere (after Mexico), and soon worldwide (eclipsing Spain).
In addition to Chile, the Society has been working to assist Jesus Raygoza in Mexico build a Moon Society presence there as well as campaign for the creation of AEXA, a Mexican Space Agency with a small but effective budget. (Espaņol)
If you can help in any way or point us in the right direction, please contact usWrite: president@moonsociety.org
Subject line: Spanish
Subject line: Spanish "at large chapter" in the USA
Subject line: Mexico
Subject line: other Spanish-speaking nations
Subject line: etc.The member-organized Moon-Mine Project in central Sweden which we support, is making major advances towards becoming a functioning research facility, thanks to Society Advisor and ISRU (in situ resource utilization) expert, Niklas Jarvstrat.The Moon Society is looking more International every day.
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As Chicago is a 90 mile hour and a half commute from where most of the Moon Society (and Lunar Reclamation Society) exhibits are stored (in Milwaukee) we expect to provide a major contribution to the exhibit room. And as we have worked closely with the conference organizers for over twenty years, we expect a good chunk of presentation opportunities as well.
Hotel room rates and conference registration rates will be considerably lower than those in Orlando.
The hotel is brand new - The Intercontinental O'Hare. (map) (Hotel's in Chicago's downtown "Loop" have a very hight hotel tax.)
Chicago has excellent air connections to everywhere. (Flights to Midway will involve higher transit costs to the hotel which is near O'Hare.) Plan now on coming, or at least keep the dates open! Chicago 1989 was a super-ISDC and the same people are bringing us this one. We can only expect the biggest and best ever.