Whats the Planetary Society?
It’s a group that was founded by Carl Sagan and Dr. Louis Friedman in 1980, with the goal of promoting public education, awareness, and support of planetary exploration and other space programs. I became a member of it because I was originally a member of a group called the L-5 Society in the late 1970s, which eventually joined forces with another Space advocacy group, and then when I saw some mail for the Planetary Society, I joined it too. The Planetary Society currently boasts over 100,000 members, and has been instrumental in obtaining funding and support for several space-related missions. Also, as a member, I get some cool benefits, for example my name was placed on a microchip which was launched aboard the “StarDust” probe. The probe’s mission is to go meet a comet, gather some material, and then return to Earth for analysis. The Planetary Society is also involved with the SETI@home project, where people all over the world can tap their computers into the Search for Extraterrest
