wls@astrovax.UUCP (11/15/83)
I would like to propose the establishment of net.astro. This group would be for topics in and relating to astronomy. It would NOT be about the space program, which is the territory of net.space. In a sense I am proposing to split the discussion of purely astronomical topics from net.space. There is much excitement going on in astronomy and many people with access to the net who could contribute information on what is currently happening (indeed many of those people are making it happen). Many (perhaps, judging from the people at Princeton, I could even say most) of these people keep silent because they are not very interested in the contents of net.space (and often, not very interested in the contents of the rest of the net itself). I am proposing a news group for these people, to bring them out of the woodwork. And I think that news of what is happening in astronomy is exciting enough to be of interest to the general public. Perhaps what I am really proposing is a net.astro.wizards, in analogy with net.unix-wizards. Just plain net.astro would then be for questions of the order of "Why does the moon look larger at the horizon?" which would be unwelcome in net.astro.wizards. If amateur astronomers wished to establish a group to discuss topics of interest to them they could call it something like net.astro.amateur. Comments? Please feel free to mail comments to me or post them to this group on the net. This article been posted after consultation with the members of the Department here, as well has some of the astronomers at the Institute for Advanced study. -- Bill Sebok Princeton Univ. Astrophysics {allegra,akgua,burl,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,knpo,princeton}!astrovax!wls
mce@teldata.UUCP (mce) (11/19/83)
Yes to net.astro! As I see it net.space should be sufficient for less technical discussions.
lynn.es@PARC-MAXC.ARPA (11/30/83)
How can we get distribution to us ARPAnet address people from the new net.astro, like we have been getting space info through SPACE@MIT-MC? Is anyone knowledgable about this willing to do it? I would certainly like to see it happen, and I imagine their are others listening who agree. Also, how about the connection the other way? Can I send messages to net.astro by some trivial understanding of how to address it? Thanks, /Don Lynn To wls: could you place this on net.astro please? Thanks.