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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/4677FRMV6GDYJPK5HZ6AYGIIEGFQNFCK/?format=api",
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        "address": "bill (a) hsmicrowave.com",
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    "sender_name": "Bill Ress",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Re-emerging into First Life",
    "date": "2007-03-01T20:50:54Z",
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    "content": "Emily - - - - -Glad to see you're up and about. I was \"very\" concerned \nabout your absence. You've been missed!!!\n\nSecond Life sounds like a very worthy endeavor. I haven't heard about it \nbut your endorsement is good enough for me.\n\nGo for it!!! Goodness knows we need some young blood and you're right - \nthe younger troops march to a very different drum beat than us \"Project \nOscar\" veterans.\n\nBest regards...Bill - N6GHz\n\nEmily Clarke wrote:\n> There were a lot of concerns recently about where I have been, my \n> visible participation in AMSAT, health etc. I should have probably \n> notified the members sooner and I want to take this opportunity to \n> apologize for that.  However email being what it is, during and after \n> the Christmas holidays so much email piled up I was overwhelmed and \n> the thought of reading through 100's if not 1000's of emails was a \n> bit intimidating.  During January I was not in the best of health \n> which exacerbated the situation and this continued into February.  As \n> March is upon us, my health is improving and I should be back to 100% soon.\n>\n> As many of you know, I have not been involved in AMSAT as long as \n> many of you, though once I became involved I devoted much time to \n> it.  During that time I've mostly focused on three things - \n> education, training and information dissemination.  I have and still \n> feel these are the cornerstones of what we need to keep the \n> organization alive.  However one thing that happened shortly after \n> the launch of the redesigned website troubled me, and I'd like to \n> take a moment to share it with you.\n>\n> The AMSAT website is a conventional website, that is, it is built \n> with conventional tools that doesn't stress the average user of the \n> website to upgrade computers,etc.  There is a minimal amount of \n> \"advanced\" technology, and much was done to address browser \n> compatibility issues as they arose.  However doing so drained time \n> and effort from development that would otherwise move things forward \n> - it complicates the testing cycle, diverts attention and inhibits \n> our ability to provide new services.\n>\n> Shortly after launch, someone I hold in good counsel took a \n> middle-schooler to the website.  The feedback was not good - \n> basically the reaction was along the line of \"there's no animation - \n> where are things that will catch the eye\" (though some of the \n> criticism I wouldn't even repeat here).  What I took away from that \n> conversation was that we aren't reaching outward to a new generation, \n> we are looking inward to an old.  No surprise, I'm not young \n> myself.  However in the age where something like 85% of kids in the \n> US own or have access to XBox360's and Playstations, it is no \n> surprise to me that they will be looking for far more to stimulate \n> their interest in most any subject than a conventional website can \n> provide. This was certainly troubling and stuck with me for a long time.\n>\n> After chairing the symposium I decided to finally have some long \n> overdue down time to relax and do some research.  Beginning around \n> the 15th of December I started to look at this problem - how can we \n> build something that will reach out in the next level of technology \n> to a younger demographic.  One answer I found was in something called \n> Second Life.  Second Life (www.secondlife.com) is an online 3D \n> virtual reality system. Depending on if you are reading Business \n> Week, the New York Times or other publications, it is described as a \n> chat room, an online social networking environment, a MMORPG (massive \n> multiplayer online role playing game) and even the next generation of \n> the worldwide web.  I first heard about it on CNN when one of the \n> anchors talked about it, and I decided to investigate it.  Probably \n> the best overall independent view of Second Life can be found in the \n> October 2006 Wired Magazine article \"Wired Travel Guide: Second Life\" \n> (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/sloverview.html)\n>\n> When I first entered Second Life I was not fully prepared for what I \n> was about to experience.  Not having ever played video games before, \n> this was an experience like no other I had.  Without going into the \n> personal aspects of my experience, I can only say I was immediately \n> overwhelmed at the pace of technology.  I immediately understood why \n> the AMSAT website wouldn't appeal to a younger demographic - Second \n> Life is a place that is virtual, 3D, interactive and has much to \n> offer.  Universities are building online universities, museums are \n> building online museums, and businesses are building online \n> businesses.  This isn't to say it is not without it's drawbacks - it \n> can be disconcerting the first time you go into a store, for example, \n> and the clerk behind the counter is a giant panda.  It can be \n> initially shocking when you see some person who is - well, naked and \n> grey - until you realize that the finer points of constitutes their \n> avatar (a person if you will) in SL such as hair, clothing, jewelry \n> etc. hasn't downloaded into your computer yet.  Eventually you get \n> used to it and learn how to optimize your video and network settings \n> to minimize this.\n>\n> What is appealing about Second Life is that it has tools for building \n> 3D objects, scripting them for simulation, documenting them and \n> presenting them.  One of the first things I decided to try was to \n> build a simple model of OSCAR III - rectangular box, a few solar \n> panels and four antennas.  Easy enough, however not so easy.  There \n> are obstacles to overcome, new tools to learn, and a scripting engine \n> unique to the environment.  However I was successful, and proceeded \n> to successfully build models of OSCAR I, 7 and even though the tools \n> in the environment have some limitations on small objects, a CubeSat.\n>\n> Inside Second Life there is an actual online museum for things like \n> this called \"The International Spaceflight Museum\" or ISM for \n> short.  I have joined the staff of the ISM, where I give tours and \n> answer questions for people from all over the world.  I did this \n> because staff members are allowed to also create exhibits, and my \n> goal goal is for AMSAT to have a permanent exhibition there.  The \n> hope is to have space for representative models of each type of \n> satellite including audio and motion, and to have a story board that \n> will explain the history of AMSAT and ongoing projects and if \n> possible provide a 3D satellite tracking system.  I have begun to \n> build these, and the ISM has agreed in part to provide space to me to \n> build the exhibit, though at some point AMSAT will have to pay a \n> small amount (about $50 US) if they want to make it an official \n> exhibit and partner with the museum.  Other participants in the ISM \n> include NASA, NOAA and Scaled Composites.  The staff is all volunteer \n> and is as diverse as people like myself, people who work for \n> sponsoring firms as well as staff and students from universities \n> around the world.\n>\n> To give you some perspective of the potential impact of Second Life \n> for AMSAT, Second Life has a population of 3.1 million users, up from \n> 125 thousand a year ago.  Of those 3.1 million users, over 2 million \n> have paid memberships. While there are no hard statistics, the \n> demographics of SL is something like 55% in the 18-32 age range, 25% \n> in the 32-45 age range.  The ISM receives almost 350 new and unique \n> (first time) visitors per day from everywhere around the globe.\n>\n> I thought it might be helpful to show a bit of what SL looks like \n> from my perspective - I've posted some graphics at \n> http://www.planetemily.com/sl for those of you who might like to \n> see.  I wish they could give you the full 3D experience - it is \n> really wonderful to fly around in a world where pass between actual \n> size rockets and other exhibits.\n>\n> Second Life is not for everyone - quite the contrary.  It will \n> require a broadband connection, and it will require you to have a \n> good CPU and up to date video card.  If you decide you want to \n> investigate Second Life yourself there is no charge.  You just signup \n> at http://www.secondlife.com, pick an alias for your avatar (my \n> avatar's name is Emileigh Starbrook) and download the software, which \n> supports PC, Mac and Linux.  Once you are logged on (which is called \n> being \"in-world\") there is an initial training cycle to teach you how \n> to walk, fly, pick up objects and will teach you a little about the \n> SL culture.  If you decide to become a builder, there are online \n> classes, tutorials and lectures that will help you learn these skills.\n>\n> Although a Second Life presence will never replace the AMSAT website, \n> I believe it will set the future pace of things we will need to do in \n> the future and the way effective outreach will take place.  It has \n> been exciting for me to explore Second Life and I hope that AMSAT \n> will benefit from this soon.\n>\n> 73,\n>\n> Emileigh Starbrook, AKA N1DID\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ---------------------------------\n> N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm\n>\n> Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>   \n\n",
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