Thomas Zurbuchen Leads NASA Science
Portrait photo of Thomas Zurbuchen

"It's absolutely thrilling to be embarking on this journey. Today, NASA is leading efforts to answer a host of important questions for humanity: Where do we come from? How did life originate? How are Earth's environments changing? There has never been a more pivotal time to solve these mysteries, and I'm looking forward to the charge."

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen is the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the Agency's Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Previously, Zurbuchen was a professor of space science and aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also was the university's founding director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering. Zurbuchen's experience includes research in solar and heliospheric physics, experimental space research, space systems, and innovation and entrepreneurship.

During his career, Zurbuchen has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles in refereed journals on solar and heliospheric phenomena. Although he has never
worked for NASA, Zurbuchen has connections to the agency. He has been involved with several NASA science missions -- Ulysses, the MESSENGER spacecraft to Mercury, and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). He also has been part of two National Academy standing committees, as well as various science and technology definition teams for new NASA missions.

Zurbuchen earned his Ph.D. in physics and master of science degree in physics from the University of Bern in Switzerland.

His honors include receiving the National Science and Technology Council Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award in 2004, a NASA Group Achievement Award for the agency's Ulysses mission in 2006, and the Swiss National Science Foundation's Young Researcher Award in 1996-1997.


Regards,

Roger
P.S. Let's hope he gets this [CENSORED!] link fixed, although that may bnot be his field.

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Hi! Roger,

On 11 Nov 16 04:07, you wrote to All:

P.S. Let's hope he gets this [CENSORED!] link fixed, although that may bnot be his field.

Yep, it would be real nice. Google is still pumping out 'digests' of NASA posts, so the feed is there... for some. I refuse to read them, out of spite and cranky old man stubborness, and they get dumped from the BADMAIL area inside of 24 hours.

Cheers,
Paul.

... No rules were twisted in the posting of this message. Alan Ianson, 2016. --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox
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On Fri Nov-11-2016 21:48, Paul Quinn (3:640/384) wrote to Roger Nelson:

Hi! Roger,

On 11 Nov 16 04:07, you wrote to All:

P.S. Let's hope he gets this [CENSORED!] link fixed, although that may bnot be his field.

Yep, it would be real nice. Google is still pumping out 'digests'
of NASA posts, so the feed is there... for some. I refuse to read
them, out of spite and cranky old man stubborness, and they get
dumped from the BADMAIL area inside of 24 hours.

I am pretty much the same as you, but I refuse to reprint those articles unless
they come directly from NASA. Maybe I should have the Otis Elevator peolpe get
in touch with them to learn the secret to having an elevator stop even with the
selected floor.

Their software engineer guru told me he would email me when the system was once
again working. As for me, I still hear crickets chirping.

... No rules were twisted in the posting of this message. Alan
Ianson, 2016.

Where is Alan?


Regards,

Roger
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)
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Hi! Roger,

On 11/14/2016 10:22 AM, you wrote:

Their software engineer guru told me he would email me when the system
was once again working. As for me, I still hear crickets chirping.

Ah. You got 'handled'. They're probably working for some other technical 'giant' since then, possibly as a janitor.

... No rules were twisted in the posting of this message. Alan
Ianson, 2016.

Where is Alan?

Somewhere in BC, currently marked 'down'. I don't know specifics and am hoping
for the best.

Cheers,
Paul.

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On Tue Nov-15-2016 09:42, Paul Quinn (3:640/1384) wrote to Roger Nelson:

Hi! Roger,

On 11/14/2016 10:22 AM, you wrote:

Their software engineer guru told me he would email me when the system
was once again working. As for me, I still hear crickets chirping.

Ah. You got 'handled'. They're probably working for some other
technical 'giant' since then, possibly as a janitor.

Possibly. I'll give them until January 20th to get their act together. (-:

... No rules were twisted in the posting of this message. Alan
Ianson, 2016.

Where is Alan?

Somewhere in BC, currently marked 'down'. I don't know specifics
and am hoping for the best.

Alan is a good guy and I can't get any info about him as to why he is down. Apparently he is unreachable through conventional means. Maybe trmb.ca is having technical problems.


Regards,

Roger
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)
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15 Nov 16 04:27, you wrote to Paul Quinn:

Somewhere in BC, currently marked 'down'. I don't know specifics and
am hoping for the best.

Alan is a good guy and I can't get any info about him as to why he is down. Apparently he is unreachable through conventional means. Maybe trmb.ca is having technical problems.

he is not even answering his cell phone and the last word was that it was going
straight to voice mail... those with said number have not reported if the number is still doing that or not... it has been roughly a month since they tried... the conversation about that was in Z1C...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
... Dunking is bad taste but tastes good.
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On Tue Nov-15-2016 09:56, mark lewis (1:3634/12.73) wrote to Roger Nelson:

15 Nov 16 04:27, you wrote to Paul Quinn:

Somewhere in BC, currently marked 'down'. I don't know specifics and
am hoping for the best.

Alan is a good guy and I can't get any info about him as to why he is down. Apparently he is unreachable through conventional means. Maybe trmb.ca is having technical problems.

he is not even answering his cell phone and the last word was that
it was going straight to voice mail... those with said number have
not reported if the number is still doing that or not... it has
been roughly a month since they tried... the conversation about
that was in Z1C...

That must mean his phone is off if it's going direct to voicemail.


Regards,

Roger
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)
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16 Nov 16 09:26, you wrote to me:

Somewhere in BC, currently marked 'down'. I don't know specifics
and am hoping for the best.

Alan is a good guy and I can't get any info about him as to why he is
down. Apparently he is unreachable through conventional means. Maybe
trmb.ca is having technical problems.

he is not even answering his cell phone and the last word was that it
was going straight to voice mail... those with said number have not
reported if the number is still doing that or not... it has been
roughly a month since they tried... the conversation about that was
in Z1C...

That must mean his phone is off if it's going direct to voicemail.

that's the main assumption... as i understand it, no one has an address for him
where the gendarmes can even be sent around to check that nothing untoward has occured...

personally speaking, i have no idea as to his age or health status... there are
a number of folks concerned about him, though... on the other hand, this is apparently not the first time he has simply disappeared only to return some time later... what to make of this? i have no idea...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
... The devil can quote statistics to prove his purpose. Sam'l Clemens
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On Wed Nov-16-2016 20:36, mark lewis (1:3634/12.73) wrote to Roger Nelson:

@REPLY: 1:3828/7.0 82c6d0d0
@MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 582d0a67
@PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20150715
@CHRS: CP437 2
@TZUTC: -0500
@TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15

16 Nov 16 09:26, you wrote to me:

Somewhere in BC, currently marked 'down'. I don't know specifics
and am hoping for the best.

Alan is a good guy and I can't get any info about him as to why he is
down. Apparently he is unreachable through conventional means. Maybe
trmb.ca is having technical problems.

he is not even answering his cell phone and the last word was that it
was going straight to voice mail... those with said number have not
reported if the number is still doing that or not... it has been
roughly a month since they tried... the conversation about that was
in Z1C...

That must mean his phone is off if it's going direct to voicemail.

that's the main assumption... as i understand it, no one has an
address for him where the gendarmes can even be sent around to
check that nothing untoward has occured...

personally speaking, i have no idea as to his age or health
status... there are a number of folks concerned about him,
though... on the other hand, this is apparently not the first time
he has simply disappeared only to return some time later... what to
make of this? i have no idea...

)\/(ark

Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS
yer doin' it wrong...
... The devil can quote statistics to prove his purpose. Sam'l
Clemens ---
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@EEN-BY: 1/10 146 11/0 1 25/8 57/0 1 73/0 1 100/200 111/1 120/229
@EEN-BY: 120/301 302 323 502 544 545 546 640 123/57 500 130/505 138/146 @EEN-BY: 140/1 153/250 7715 154/10 199/0 1 200/1 203/0 220/10 221/0 @EEN-BY: 226/301 227/51 230/0 240/5832 249/303 261/38 266/512 275/100 @EEN-BY: 280/464 5003 288/34 317/2 342/17 77 352/0 3 393/68 423/120 @EEN-BY: 712/848 770/0 1 100 340 772/0 1 210 777/7 863/100 101 902/508 @EEN-BY: 2215/15 300 1701 2320/100 3828/7 4975/301
@ATH: 3634/12 123/500 261/38 393/68 770/1 280/464 227/51 120/544
@ATH: 140/1 3828/7

Hmmn.


Regards,

Roger
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)
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Hi! Roger,

On 17 Nov 16 04:22, you wrote to mark lewis:

@MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 582d0a67
@ATH: 3634/12 123/500 261/38 393/68
770/1 280/464 227/51 120/544 @ATH: 140/1 3828/7

Hmmn.

Was that the first dupe or second? The SEENBYs would have got screwed up at 770/1.

I told him specifically to use FMail, _not_ FastEcho (FE) as he eventually installed on it. (He was after a Win/32 tosser of which FE wasn't.) It has a zone-crossing SEENBY-dropping bug, just the same as the CrashMail tosser that I
use on -this- node (previously unbeknownst to me or anyone else, BTW).

Cheers,
Paul.

... "Deeds Not Words".
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20110213
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On Thu Nov-17-2016 20:57, Paul Quinn (3:640/1384) wrote to Roger Nelson:

Hi! Roger,

On 17 Nov 16 04:22, you wrote to mark lewis:

@MSGID: 1:3634/12.73 582d0a67
@ATH: 3634/12 123/500 261/38 393/68
770/1 280/464 227/51 120/544 @ATH: 140/1 3828/7

Hmmn.

Was that the first dupe or second? The SEENBYs would have got
screwed up at 770/1.

The 2nd one was the dupe. The 1st one had the following path:

PATH: 3634/12 123/500 140/1 3828/7

And both had the same MSGID.

I told him specifically to use FMail, _not_ FastEcho (FE) as he
eventually installed on it. (He was after a Win/32 tosser of which
FE wasn't.) It has a zone-crossing SEENBY-dropping bug, just the
same as the CrashMail tosser that I use on -this- node (previously unbeknownst to me or anyone else, BTW).

I didn't post that to be critical, but only as an informative gesture. It is not in me to criticize others. (-:0 There once was an exception to that, but I have let go of the past.

Many thanks for your input.

... "Deeds Not Words".

Xanadu.


Regards,

Roger
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)
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Hi! Roger,

On 17 Nov 16 10:45, you wrote to me:

Was that the first dupe or second? The SEENBYs would have got
screwed up at 770/1.

The 2nd one was the dupe. The 1st one had the following path:

Yes, of course. It was the first dupe. For /some/ echoes I can get three or four dupes.

PATH: 3634/12 123/500 140/1 3828/7

Uh-huh. To be expected.

And both had the same MSGID.

Yes, of course.

... "Deeds Not Words".

Xanadu.

Mmm... not in my copy of the classic 60s song by Dave, Dee, dozy, Beaky, Mick &
Tich. Hmm. No, it's on the American memorial to Herr Leutenant Lengfeld in the Huertgen Forest.

Cheers,
Paul.

... Pun: the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it first.
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox
* Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)

On Fri Nov-18-2016 09:30, Paul Quinn (3:640/384) wrote to Roger Nelson:

Hi! Roger,

On 17 Nov 16 10:45, you wrote to me:

Was that the first dupe or second? The SEENBYs would have got
screwed up at 770/1.

The 2nd one was the dupe. The 1st one had the following path:

Yes, of course. It was the first dupe. For /some/ echoes I can
get three or four dupes.

I get a lot of them written by our ZC.

PATH: 3634/12 123/500 140/1 3828/7

Uh-huh. To be expected.

Yep!

And both had the same MSGID.

Yes, of course.

When will this nightmare end? (-:[

... "Deeds Not Words".

Xanadu.

Mmm... not in my copy of the classic 60s song by Dave, Dee, dozy,
Beaky, Mick & Tich. Hmm. No, it's on the American memorial to
Herr Leutenant Lengfeld in the Huertgen Forest.

Try the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (-:

... Pun: the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it first.

So that's where the pun in punishment came from.


Regards,

Roger
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ W10 (1607)
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On 11/16/16, mark lewis pondered and said...

hand, this is apparently not the first time he has simply disappeared
only to return some time later... what to make of this? i have no idea...

You and me both. I hope he's OK.

Best, Paul

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A31 (Windows)
* Origin: Agency BBS | telnet://agency.bbs.geek.nz (3:770/100)

Well, it looks like I've been dropped from NASA's listserver again! 2x in the same number of years and I'm beginning to think I'm unwanted. (-:

Anyway, stuffing my ego and pride back in their respective places, I offer the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfpaxVQSbTQ&feature=youtu.be


Regards,

Roger

--- D'Bridge (SR36)
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First, some news other than theirs. The engineers at NASA think they have figured out why my name was dropped from the List Server and have reported to me a short while ago that they received an ACK from the system when testing to see if my name was actually there.

The following is quite a show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=F253nFr-rtQ


Regards,

Roger

--- D'Bridge (SR36)
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