LARRY KLAES
Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:07:23 -0800
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Posting to the Icepick list has always been something of walking on a
narrow path.
Too few posts and the list is essentially sterile. Too many and it
gets clogged up
and dies.
I tried to post articles that were either relevant to the discussion
of exploring Europa
or related to it to better improve the knowledge base of the list.
Obviously if a subject
gets folks interest they are going to expand on it, and it is rather hard
to contain such
enthusiasm and bursts of information, which I have seen many times on this
list, and
which has a far higher signal-to-noise ratio than many similar ones which
purport to
be about space and related topics. In the end I could not stop
posting or see other
posts not happen, because then why have such a list at all?
I have long hoped - and still do - that discussing the exploration of
Europa with
submarine probes will help to bring about its reality some day. I do
appreciate the
long effort Jeff has made to keep the list and idea alive, which started
off in 1998 as
a way for the Boston Chapter of the National Space Society (NSS) to
have a space
project to focus its members energy, time, and talents.
Perhaps now it is best that the list move on to where discussions can be
expanded upon
in order to turn the talk into a real Icepick.
I look forward to seeing where the list will be taken now. I hope it
too is run as
well as Jeff has done it and the quality is maintained. I also hope
to see all of
you there making your contributions to the exploration of an amazing
world.
Thanks and regards,
Larry
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