What ever happened to Ron Baalke?

Doug

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Oct 20, 2011, 2:39:51 AM10/20/11

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Has been a long time since any posts from Ron Baalke - appreciate any feedback as to why.

Perhaps he is no longer with JPL.

Very much enjoyed his informative and timely posts - as well as the Space Calendar
postings.

Thanks in advance for any comments.

Regards,

Doug

Il mio nome è Nessuno

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Oct 20, 2011, 3:03:06 AM10/20/11

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Doug <dhor...@pdq.net> wrote in
news:fkfv971dasf23pqg1...@4ax.com:

he posted 10 days ago in sci.space.news if thats any help...

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space.news/browse_thread/thread/94898366c60c3926/b93d647c94d8f8a1?hl=en&q=#b93d647c94d8f8a1

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space.news/topics?hl=en

Jan Panteltje

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Oct 20, 2011, 4:57:35 AM10/20/11

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On a sunny day (Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:39:51 -0500) it happened Doug
<dhor...@pdq.net> wrote in <fkfv971dasf23pqg1...@4ax.com>:

Baalke is posting to sci.space.news
Space calender is there too.

LdB

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Oct 21, 2011, 1:06:44 PM10/21/11

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I get newsgroups through Supernews and have read Ron's post on the
group sci.space.news for many years . The last post I received from
that newsgroup was on 10/10/2011, message titled Mars Rover
Opportunity Update:September 29 - October 6, 2011. Has anyone received
messages from that newsgroup since then? Other that Ron's regular
postings the only other messages I see there are the occasional ones
by Andrew Yee. His last post was in July.

LdB

Dr J R Stockton

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Oct 22, 2011, 6:35:53 PM10/22/11

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In sci.astro message <fkfv971dasf23pqg1...@4ax.com>, Thu,
20 Oct 2011 01:39:51, Doug <dhor...@pdq.net> posted:

>Has been a long time since any posts from Ron Baalke - appreciate any feedback as to why.
>
>Perhaps he is no longer with JPL.

Space Calendar knows of the success of yesterday's Soyuz from Kourou,
and the ROSAT entry is marked with today's date, Oct 22. Of course, he
may have an assistant; but the Calendar bears the usual name & e-
address.

--
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Web <http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> - FAQqish topics, acronyms and links;
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Bill Owen

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Oct 20, 2011, 5:44:02 PM10/20/11

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I don't know why he stopped posting to sci.astro and sci.astro.amateur,
but I do know he's still at JPL.

-- Bill Owen (also still at JPL)

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Oct 25, 2011, 7:22:07 PM10/25/11

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Bill Owen <w...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote in
news:4EA09622...@jpl.nasa.gov:

he's dumping a buttload of articles on sci.space.news right now...

Welcome to the Space Calendar!

This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year. It is also available on the web at:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/

The web version of the Space Calendar includes over 2,300 links to
related
home pages.

This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. Please send any
updates or corrections to r...@jpl.nasa.gov. Note that launch dates
are subject to change at any time. Also, note that anniversary dates are
listed in 5 year increments only.

Ron Baalke

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Oct 25, 2011, 7:45:31 PM10/25/11

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I'm still around. Apparently, they switched to a different
news server at JPL. I was still posting to sci.space.news,
and I was seeing my posts locally, but didn't realize they
weren't go outside of JPL until today. I talked to the SA's,
and they've fixed the problem. The posts since Oct 10th
to sci.space.news were queued up, and starting to appear
now.

Ron