Thanks to Earth Primbee and Paradox Olbers (one of the ISM Corporation directors), we have a promotional video about the ISM on YouTube now.
Once you see this, be sure to come back here and make a donation, so we can keep this marvelous place going! For more info about our finances, see our balancesheet.
We have closed the online ISM giftshop at CafePress.com due to problems with their interface and lack of sales. But watch for our new shop at Zazzle.com, coming soon!
April 2009
[Update, March - all five items drew sponsorship/gift bids, raising a total of U$78 for ISM. Thanks to all the bidders!]====================================
International Spaceflight Museum
Exhibit Sponsorship Program auctions
February, 2008
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Five exhibits are up for auction this month.
To submit a bid on eBay:
1. Go to http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZism_exhibits
OR
a. Go to www.eBay.com .
b. Click on “Advanced Search” near the top.
c. In the Search panel on the left, choose “Items by Seller”.
d. In the “Enter seller’s User ID” field, type “ism_exhibits” and click Search.
2. Go to the exhibit you’d like to sponsor, enter a maximum bid amount and click Place Bid.
Auctions will end on February 27, 2008 around 8pm SLT.
Sponsorships will begin on March 1, 2009 and end on August 31, 2009.
Lunar Roving Vehicle (Item # 120381271015)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/39/96/23/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-LunarRovingVehicle
Mars Pathfinder (Sagan Memorial Station) (Item # 120381271268)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/223/236/634/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-MarsPathfinder
Pluto New Horizons (Item # 120381271488)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/184/216/751/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-PlutoNewHorizons
Mercury 4 (Item # 120381271718)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/124/97/34/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-Mercury4
Minuteman II (Item # 120381271862)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/153/101/34/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-MinutemanII
The application for federal tax-exempt status — non-profit, or 501(c)(3) — has been filed with the US Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the ISM Corporation. This corporation is the Real Life organization that manages the financial affairs of the International Spaceflight Museum. Now we wait to hear from them.
Assuming the application is approved, we can then petition Linden Lab to lower our “land use fees” (server costs) to the level charged other non-profit organizations, which would cut our costs drastically. Since buying our first island we have paid full retail for our space-space, with current costs running nearly US$400 per month. But in the meanwhile, again assuming the application is approved, anyone who has made a financial donation to the museum and who pays US income taxes can include those donations in their itemized charitable deductions back to the corporation’s founding in October 2006. This is possible because we submitted the application (just barely) within twenty-seven months of incorporating.
In the meantime, thank you for your past support, and please don’t stop! We need your contributions to keep the museum running, so visit our donation page, or just click this button to send a gift to the ISM now.
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International Spaceflight Museum
Exhibit Sponsorship Program auctions
December, 2008
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[Opal Lei reports the latest auction series] Six exhibits’ six-month sponsorship rights are up for auction this month. There will be no auctions in January. Minimum bids are U$5 (approx 3.58 Euros) to U$20 (approx 14.32 Euros)
Auctions will end on Saturday December 27, 2008 around 7pm SLT/PST.
Sponsorships will begin on January 1, 2009 and end on June 30, 2009. Your personal or company name (up to 29 characters) will be put on the ISM exhibit plaque, and the ISM wiki entry for the rocket will include your SL slurl or internet url, if you choose (some winning bidders choose to remain “Anonymous”). Show your potential clientele that your company has “the right stuff!”
N-1 (Item # 120351885237) - One of the ISM’s biggest rockets on exhibit, this was the Russians’ booster for their cancelled manned lunar flight program. Minimum bid is U$20 (approx 14.32 Euros).
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/43/171/24/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-N1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(rocket)
Gemini V Titan II (Item # 120351886208) - Yes, this is the one you ride to get to the Low Earth Orbit platform. One of our most popular exhibits, located near Spaceport Alpha’s entry plaza. Minimum bid is U$20 (approx 14.32 Euros).
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/30/114/22/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-GeminiVTitanII
Magellan (Item # 120351886659) – orbited Venus for four years. Minimum bid is U$10 (approx 7.16 Euros). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_probe
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/166/44/591/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-Magellan
Jupiter-C / Juno I (Item # 120351887168)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/130/96/34/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-JupiterC-JunoI
Jupiter / Juno II (Item # 120351887404)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/137/97/34/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-Jupiter-JunoII
Jupiter AM-18 (Item # 120351887700)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/160/108/34/
http://ism-exhibits.wikidot.com/ism-JupiterAM18
To submit a bid on eBay:
1. Go to http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZism_exhibits
OR
a. Go to www.eBay.com .
b. Click on “Advanced Search” near the top.
c. In the Search panel on the left, choose “Items by Seller”.
d. In the “Enter seller’s User ID” field, type “ism_exhibits” and click Search.
2. Go to the exhibit you’d like to sponsor, enter a maximum bid amount and click Place Bid.
How else could Santa deliver gifts so fast? ;D
Start the new year by sponsoring one of Santa’s “reindeer” this holiday season. We have six up on auction until Dec 27, including the N-1 rocket, the Magellan, AND…
… the Gemini V Titan II which is the ONLY rideable rocket at the ISM! Yup, that’s the rocket that transports people to the Low Earth Orbit platform! How cool is that!
To submit a bid on eBay:
1. Go to http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZism_exhibits
OR
a. Go to www.eBay.com .
b. Click on “Advanced Search” near the top.
c. In the Search panel on the left, choose “Items by Seller”.
d. In the “Enter seller’s User ID” field, type “ism_exhibits” and click Search.
2. Go to the exhibit you’d like to sponsor, enter a maximum bid amount and click Place Bid.
Auctions will end on December 27, 2008 around 7pm.
Sponsorships will begin on January 1, 2009 and end on June 30, 2009.
N-1 (Item # 120351885237) – One of the ISM’s biggest rockets on exhibit.
SLURL wiki
Gemini V Titan II (Item # 120351886208) – Yes, this is the one you ride to get to the Low Earth Orbit platform.
SLURL wiki
Magellan (Item # 120351886659)
SLURL wiki
Jupiter-C / Juno I (Item # 120351887168)
SLURL wiki
Jupiter / Juno II (Item # 120351887404)
SLURL wiki
Jupiter AM-18 (Item # 120351887700)
SLURL wiki
Some (okay, a very few) of you already know about the ISM Flickr group. Now, we have TWO (!) groups:
So, if you’re a shutter bug (or, in this case, a Ctrl-` bug), come and join these two groups in Flickr, and show off those pics.
And, yes, the models in bikinis go in the events group too.
*Wed 7pm SLT Nov 12th -“Bravo for BravoPort!” fundraising auction at the b! Donor Park on ISM’s 2nd island, Spaceport Bravo. The campaign to save the Museum’s BravoPort island. Get the latest news here at the ISM blog page “Auction Items!”
http://slispaceflightmuseum.org/blog/?page_id=172
Performance by Kala Pixie at 6pm SLT [one auction item is a gift certificate for one free Kala Pixie performance for yourself and friends].
Fourteen avatars have donated one or more hours of their time giving personal tours of their SciLands science-themed islands and builds, or letting you pick their brains in their specialties of scripting, building, shopping, giving concerts, or show production.
Nov 11th – Latest auction item! Earth Primbee – how to make machinama, filming and production.
Nov 10th - Hours donated by Prospero Frobozz – an astronomy talk, Pooky Amsterdam -shopping expertise or how to produce a show, Kat Lemieux – tour of International Spaceflight Museum, and Roger Amdahl – an hour on how to design science exhibits & a tour of his.
Nov 3rd – Curious George, Director of MICA [Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics] offers an hour’s social on astronomy to you and your group, since MICA’s island is still in procurement and not yet tourable. And ISM members builder Opal Lei and Becka Finesmith offer two one-hour dance sessions each as your partner – at times mutually convenient!
Nov 1st – Patio Plasma of Exploratorium & ‘Splo SciLands islands offers a tour, and Georgianna Blackburn offers a Sigma Aldrich tour.
Oct 31st – zazen Manbe of SciLands’ Science School offers a SciLands tour, Felixx Shepherd of Garden of DaVinci, Kalepa offers a tour and also a carbonite slab with a person embedded in it, an L$390 value, Hackshaven Harford offers a tour of NOAA’s SciLands meteorology islands, and Jimbo Perhaps offers a tour of his rocket builds.
Oct 21st – From Particulator Articulator Kala Pixie: “a certificate for one free show, with however many people they want to bring.”
Oct 20th – Hackshaven Harford of Maya Realities offers a *six month* subscription to their premium sim/island metrics services in SL, a U$300 value!
Oct 19th-SciLander Max Chatnoir of Genome offers a tour of her isle & visit to Gregor Mandel’s Abbey, where he puzzled out laws of inheritance in his plants. And yes, there is a Gene Pool on Genome as well. Max is Mary Ann Clark, Professor of Biology at Texas Wesleyan University.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/167/193/89
Image : Courtesy NASA
Today (10th November 2008), communication was lost with the Mars lander Phoenix. The mission operations centre believe it has finally succumbed to the extreme cold of the Martian winter. The mission, which went way beyond its original operational time of 90 days, cost nearly $500 million but everyone involved with the mission believes what was gained was worth so much more. Over the time Phoenix has been in operation it has sent back terabytes of data including approximately 25,000 images of the Martian terrain, detailed images of the area around and under the lander and performed some groundbreaking (literally) experiments. Many with unexpected results. The data from the mission will take many years to fully analyse.