...And that is exactly what you will do. From the most casual drop-in visitor to the full-bore web 3.0 player. who stakes a claim to being a hardcore Space Patroller: It's all here, waiting for you to use. You will do, or be able to do, things that run from the most mundane (play pinball or bowl tenpins like your dad) to the most exotic (blow away enemy craft, higher mathematics or...well...Does "ribbit" do anything for you?). If you have a brain and any curiosity, you will not be in and out of here in 15 miniutes. In fact, you may want to even move in.
All Space Patrol; all the way and all the time. Isn't that what makes something 360?
SPACE PATROL operates on several levels from that of the 6-2/3-year-old that I was to the Math/science/Engineering professional. Our Math and Science centers will be the best short of a full bore professional site, partly because we link to a full bore pro site and I've been able to acquire a set of calculators and conversion calculators second to none: when you fire up the SPACE PATROL POWER CONSOLE, get ready to rumble 'cuz you ain't seen the likes of this anywhere. With over 100 functions and sub-functions as well as resources by the ton, you'll want this as your start page; and you can have it onboard, too.
Many of the scientists who are part of the US Space Program (of sorts) were influenced by the early space programs. But Why do I want to do this? I had a ball with Space Patrol back in the day and I've still got one helluva jones and just flat out can't give it up and am looking for new "kids" (of all ages) to play with.
I want to create an Internet Experince. That means that you don't just read Space Patrol, you use it : You can study here, play games here, converse with others here and whatver else I can shoehorn in (and I've got some crazy ideas, too). This site means to reach out and grab you by the throat and drag you in by means of involving you in activities. Just to show that there's no B.S. spoken here (in fact, we pride ourselves on being the ANTI B.S. CENTER of the UNIVERSE), you can (here comes the usual trashy hard sell pitch and el cheapo mini-tour):
Scary, huh? That's just a short list of things that you can do here. You can use things from here, especially the Terra V Rocket Cockpit for things like
As of this moment. there are 5 major InterActivity interfaces, called "webtoys": The SPACEMAN'S LUCK Casino, The Brain-O-graph, a rarely, if ever seen psychological device on the program, The TERRA V ROCKET COCKPIT or START PAGE, TERRA v MISSION COCKPIT and the INTELLIGENCE COSOLE. There are several minor Interactive interfaces like Communications Console. This is a virtua laptop that is part of the monorail and Communications Desk, done in the style of the era of Space Patrol to which you link, Vindicator II Mission Book, the Training rocketships at Osborne and Rogers Missile Defense to name a few.
On my wish list is the actual revival of the Space Patrol club with some of the goddies. However, we can't put all of what was there but can add some others, Plus you may have to make some of them from things we provide. such as a "Space Patrol Code Wheel instead of the "Space Patrol Code belt". Also I hope to get a Space Patrol Picture Calendar and other Wallpaper or as the Brits say "wallies". The "official" club may have to be a "subscriber" item as it may involve costs on my part and I would like some help in supporting this website in an ad-free mode as well as keep out troublemakers, trolls etc, which can be done by subscription. It's a bit nebulous now and needs to be developed and detailed more. I am looking to make this as true to the original as I can for two reasons: So that my cadet friends and I can play here and to offer the great experiences that we had. Even the free side will be a blast. If you're a kid or teenager, this will be fresh stuff. It will not be slick and glitzy, We liked this stuff so it is presented in a personal rather than "professional" way. Let me say that Jean-Noel Bassior, who wrote the Space Patrol book and Warren Chaney, a Smallville director are in the house.
We are pioneers in Web 3.0, which if you have not read DO SO NOW.
That is how it works to help you create a world that you can enjoy and it seems as big as a world, in the psychological sense. HOW BIG IS IT?. Using access to other sites that are related. Space Patrol unfolds like one of those playsets that open up to reveal a miniature world.
Beyond that, we are not scripted. With the exception of some props, the general parameters of Space Opera and Space Patrol, and what you bring here. we use free form. This lets you bring your own "story" which you may or may not wish to share. you're not trapped in a pre-determined story-line. The best description is a theme park.
PLEASE NOTE: We do have Standards of Conduct here. In general it is built around the idea of public life in the 1950's and also to be a sound reflection on Ed Kemmer and Space Patrol, about which you should learn.
we are not static, that means. We have also modernized a bit. while the style and theme is the early 1950's, we added some things. We are working on a new Space Patrol Secret Code. The Space Patrol Communications Console is a "laptop" commo device. Like all modern Sci-Fi things, I want to have a Technical Manual (thanx 4 nuttin Star Trek). There was a very literate Space Patrol Handbook which I will incorporate into the Tech Manual
This is how it stands now. I'm new to this and really do not know what I'm doing or what is available to do it with. At the 2003 Williamsburg Film Festival, veteran actor William Schallert, whom you may know from Star Trek as the annoying Federation beaurocrat, said "...I don't know what they were doing over at Space Patrol; having fun" Well I don't know what we're doing over at SpacePatrol. hopefully having fun.
But is that all there is? Well, that alone makes it all right beucause you get a glimpse at a world that either you enjoyed or one that is new and fresh for you. But, if you play your cards right, you come away with more. New persons to talk to for openers. A world-beating "start page" that includes heavy duty math and science tools as well as language and webtools. If you follow the academics and related things, you will learn things like First Aid and other subject matter: Algebra, Physics and things like that. So the site offers a rich source of things that are useful or enlightening. PastBlasters gives you an intimate look at a real world that you probably never knew existed. You will be both better aned better off in real life.Now, what are you going to do when it really gets crazy?
I've read you your Miranda rights. For every right, there is a concommitant responsibility. That is, doing things to get the most out of those rights. The same is true here. while I have all this good stuff; in real terms, it's pretty thin. Others have done and are doing the spade work of digging out the ins and outs of Space Patrol: I am told that there are over 100 episodes that are waiting to be put on media and I have over 110 now and much of what I saw in '03 was new to me. We provide some activities but not really eoungh to keep the interest going. So, I need you to do two things: Aquaint yourself with the subject matter and second become an active participant. Join the clubs and talk to us. This site, even while in beta, pre-launch mode got two persons hooked on Space Patrol. Also, This whole things is G-rated and I will see to it that it stays that way. About as raunchy as it gets is the equivalent to "Mail Call" on the History Channel. You may be rubbing shouldkers with an 8 year old. I was 6-2/3 years old when I discovered Space Patrol in '52 and it had been going for 2 years.
In one sense, this is a real space patrol. With the tools and things I give you and have for myself we patrol "cyber"space, find things and bring them back here. We have communications, storage space and somewhere to put them. So, when you join Space Patrol, it's a real space patrol you join. If you move into your own apartment here, I don't care what you put into your own link page as long as it meets the standards of conduct. It's your apartment and should reflect your legitimate interests. Mine is gonna have sooo much stuff that is "anachronistic", it'll be pathetic. Those links are for others to use, you already have them unless you wish to use your apartment as the entry point. Add to that the Yahoo Communications suite you can set up and the Security Swite you can get and you've got the finest cruiser and mini-HQ in the Universe
I know what Spacemen want, need and can use because I am a Spaceman of over half a century. Plus you can tell me what you would like to see here and If iit fits and I can get it, or if it fits and you have it, well....
Live again or for the first time what a Saturday Afternoon at the BIJOU was like; cartoons, shorts, a movie serial and DOUBLE FEATURE
via what is probably the biggest media access for this kind of thing anywhere
Much of what is here is at the professioanl leve. For example, take the Space Patrol Search Mill. That provides links to specialty search engines. So you have to know what you want. That's what's meant by "full bandwidth" search: You start so from scratch, you choose the search topic and call up an engine just for that topic and all of that topic so you have to know what you're doing in that field. Many of the Math and Scienc tools here are for pro's like the RPN calculator (I don't even know how to use RPN and I used to hang out with scientists) and the statistics packages. The language and writing tools are deadly in the hands of a professioal. Glossaries and dictionaries here often cover specialized subjects. The Academy has a range from the rankest learner to the hardcore Ph D. So Space Patrol is not simply a kids' playground, it just includes one.