Talk:Travis S. Taylor/Archive 1

Untitled
There appear to be multiple pages set up for the same person and they should all be combined.Shsilver 18:03, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Both of these articles are definately about the same scientist/author. I've met him at SF cons, and talked with him. Vorticity 00:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan to me. Less work for Jae. Oh, wait, I wrote the expansive one that has the information... right...Jaerune 09:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Good to see someone besides me working on this article. Jaerune 14:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Von Neumann's War is out, I've read it and it was spectacular! I personally think it deserves its own page... but that's just me. Jaerune 00:58, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I made the article a little more consistent in terms of representation - rather than have Doc Travis or Dr. Taylor, I used the term Taylor to have a consistent last name representation, as is convention (even Dr. Isaac Asimov is called Asimov). The Review section needs to be changed - does the person who wrote that section have any references? Thanks. Metlin 14:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I have made more changes to the tone, however a lot of sections still need citations - where did he go to school, what are the "very large telescopes" that he is working on, is his name listed on these projects somewhere such as publications or other means etc. I do not mean to be skeptical, but an encyclopediac article needs references and citations. Metlin 18:22, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

There is another person by the name of Travis Taylor, an American football player. I moved the Travis Taylor page to the Travis L. Taylor page. Henceforth, please take note of the fact that Travis Taylor is a disambiguation page and place your links appropriately. Thank you. Metlin 16:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I did much of the work on this, but it's a rather hard-going road. Taylor hasn't released a lot of work, so it's very hard to find any information on him anywhere. What little I have is gleaned from his website and a few articles about him. I really can't remember where I got everything anymore. I'm half-tempted to ask Taylor himself, but I know that's contrary to the spirit of WikiPedia. I'll look around and see what I can find. This may take awhile. Jaerune 03:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Planetary Defense book section
Is it just me, or does the Planetary Defense book section seem a little opinionated? Cordova829 15:58, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Please edit the parts you find so... demus wiesbaden (talk) 11:16, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Human by Choice
Collaboration with Darrell Bain (http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/HumanbyChoice_ch1.html) demus wiesbaden (talk) 11:16, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup
I've just finished an extensive cleanup, fixing tone, formatting, organization, etc, and adding wikilinks. I think it's pretty clean now except that it needs lots of sourcing, but I suck at that so I'll leave it for others. I removed the cleanup and tone tags but left the one about sourcing. If anyone has questions about my edits, feel free to contact me. Thanks. -- edi (talk) 03:50, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Education Links
--Kasparov (talk) 14:07, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Auburn University B.E.E. Electrical Engineering, http://www.eng.auburn.edu/elec/programs/index.html
 * University of Alabama, Huntsville M.S. Physics, http://www.uah.edu/science/departments/physics/graduate-students/graduate-degree-programs#ms
 * University of Alabama, Huntsville Ph.D. Optical Science and Engineering, http://www.uah.edu/science/departments/optical-science-engineering/graduate-students/graduate-degree-programs
 * Dissertation, http://search.proquest.com/docview/304543402
 * Advisor: Gregory, Don, http://www.uah.edu/science/departments/physics/faculty-staff/directory/292-main/science/science-physics/3955-don-gregory
 * University of Alabama, Huntsville M.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, http://catalog.uah.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=2&poid=129&returnto=37
 * University of Alabama, Huntsville Ph.D. Aerospace Systems Engineering, http://www.uah.edu/images/Engineering/mechanical-aerospace/pdfs/MAE%20Graduate%20Handbook%20Rev%204-2012.pdf
 * UAH Propulsion Research Center Dissertations & Theses, http://uahpropulsionresearch.com/?page_id=659
 * Taylor, Travis S. Dissertation, http://gradworks.umi.com/35/14/3514999.html
 * Travis Taylor Defends Dissertation, http://www.flickr.com/photos/propulsionresearchcenter/6997003771/
 * Adviser: Brian Landrum, http://www.mae.uah.edu/faculty/landrum.shtml
 * The Master of Astronomy Degree, http://www.jcu.edu.au/eps/disciplines/astronomy/JCU_080267.html
 * Teaching history of astronomy in an internet Masters degree, http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/4297/ (In 1998 the University of Western Sydney, Nepean, in Australia began an Internet-based Masters in Astronomy degree.)
 * Effective Teaching and Learning of Astronomy, 25th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 4, 24-25 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia, meeting abstract, http://adsabs.harvard.edu//abs/2003IAUSS...4E..54F
 * Astronomy Course Review, http://www.degreeinfo.com/general-distance-learning-discussions/29570-astronomy-course-review-courses-james-cook-university.html (Dr. White moved to James Cook University with the program several years ago and added a doctorate. The Master of Astronomy (so named - not Master of Science in Astronomy) program consists of 36 hours arranged in 6 semester-long courses.)
 * Online Astronomy, http://www.degreeinfo.com/general-distance-learning-discussions/1361-online-astronomy.html
 * UWS Library Author:"Travis S. Taylor", http://uws.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=setHoldingsOnly(false)&s.dym=f&s.q=Author:%22Travis+S.+Taylor%22

Terminology
Currently, he is working on space propulsion techniques which he personally describes as "advanced".
 * Advanced propulsion is technical jargon for spacecraft propulsion beyond classical chemical rocket technology.

See: --Kasparov (talk) 09:34, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Advanced Propulsion
 * [ http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Propulsion-Systems-Martin-Tajmar/dp/3211838627 Advanced Space Propulsion Systems]

Von Neumann's War
The section on Von Neumann's War refers to it as a new series, however it was published in 2006 and I can find no evidence that a sequel has even been discussed publicly.

Neighbourhood Watch Final Report, which was also published in 2006, is accurately described as a supplement to the actual novel rather than a continuation thereof.

Given that it's been a decade, and there is no visible indication that a sequel is planned, I suggest recasting the first sentence thus:

Released in July 2006, Von Neumann's War is not related to the Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection universe. 128.250.164.201 (talk) 03:34, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

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Absent Baen Titles
Conrad T. Pino (talk) 00:04, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
 * The Science Behind the Secret Published: 3/1/2010
 * Alien Invasion Published: 6/1/2011
 * A New American Space Plan Published: 11/15/2012
 * Trail of Evil Published: 4/7/2015
 * On to the Asteroid Published: 8/2/2016
 * Kill Before Dying Published: 2/7/2017
 * Moon Beam Published: 7/4/2017
 * Bringers of Hell Published: 2/6/2018

Reads like publicity blurbs
The descriptions of the books in the bibiliography read like publicity blurbs for the books, not like descriptions.

I would suggest cutting this back by deleting the descriptions, and keeping just a list of the books with the title, co-authors if any, date, and publisher. This would put it more in line with other author articles. (And while at it, add the missing books listed above) Comments? Michael-Zero (talk) 04:31, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Levi
My name is Levi Clark and I have been fascinated with your work my whole life and I may have a few thing that may help you with your investigation with the ranch 2603:8081:7500:4238:AD10:C1C1:7E05:6CFF (talk) 02:20, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
 * This is an article about Travis Taylor, not a communication portal.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 02:24, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

Eco Vaticaona a book by Thomas Horn
To understand Skinwalker ranch read this book 67.224.124.84 (talk) 23:51, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Survival of mankind
I was watching about the builders of Stonehenge and they said that the builders have vanished. Such as the Mayans, and probably other civilizations. My thoughts are that mankind is already going to survive, because I believe civilizations are already on other planets. I believe aliens 👽 have already saved mankind, by taking civilizations and placing them on other planets already 😳 2600:1700:E300:AFD0:3018:DCFE:1526:8684 (talk) 22:22, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Would like to talk with Travis
I would like to discuss the appoach of the experiments being done. Ngaland (talk) 21:46, 22 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Travis.hypotheticly. ifthey have a huge underground facility and tunnels underground. Could the mountain itself be all the dirt they hade to dig and remove be the mesa itself just wondering 2600:1008:B075:CC0:39B3:990A:213F:400B (talk) 19:12, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Skinwalker ranch
Would like to and willing to mine in the mesa 172.59.136.36 (talk) 02:53, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Travis' Shirt
Travis' Shirt! What brand of shirt with the Zipper on the left breast area? 2603:6081:8B3C:7100:706F:1ADA:1E65:F7AC (talk) 19:58, 28 May 2023 (UTC)

Why the animals are killed and withdraw all of blood, killed by destruction
The aliens are no longer to ate and live without creating blood. This is why aliens kill animals (and perhaps in the future Humans…)and need to empty blood from any type of animals… The planet with so many animals are the place (and humans) might be destroyed eventually by aliens…perhaps. 2601:183:4001:7FB0:85BE:C13A:B65A:9931 (talk) 03:52, 28 June 2023 (UTC)