From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 10:33:00 PST
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Subject: SETI ASTRONOMER TO EXPLAIN HOW TO ANSWER A CALL FROM SPACE
Kathleen Burton March 3, 2003
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-1731 or 650/604-9000
E-mail: kburton_at_mail.arc.nasa.gov
RELEASE: 03-14AR
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: Members of the news media and
public are invited to attend the fourth talk in this year's 2002-2003
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, to be held on Wednesday,
March 5, at 7 p.m. PST at Foothill College's Smithwick Theater, Los
Altos Hills, Calif. More information is available by calling the
series hotline at 650/949-7888.
SETI ASTRONOMER TO EXPLAIN HOW TO ANSWER A CALL FROM SPACE
"What Happens After Contact: Responding to a Message From Space" will
be the topic of a free, non-technical talk at 7 p.m. PST on
Wednesday, March 5, at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif.
The public is invited.
Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain
View, Calif., will discuss what plans scientists have if they detect
a radio message from an alien civilization. He will examine how such
messages will be verified to avoid hoaxes, how the news might be
announced to the public and how humanity might reply.
"NASA Ames is pleased to co-sponsor the popular Silicon Valley
Astronomy Lecture Series, which exemplifies excellence in science
outreach," said NASA Ames Research Center Director G. Scott Hubbard.
Shostak is renowned for his ability to explain astronomical ideas and
their implications for
society in everyday language and is the author of 'Sharing the
Universe: Perspectives on Extra-
terrestrial Life.'
This is the fourth year of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture
Series, which is co-sponsored by NASA Ames, Foothill College's
Division of Physical Science, Mathematics and Engineering, the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the SETI Institute.
The lecture series is held at Foothill College's Smithwick Theater in
Los Altos Hills. From Interstate 280, exit at El Monte Road and
travel west to the campus. Visitors must purchase a one-day
campus-parking permit for $2. Seating is on a first-come,
first-served basis. Youths over the age of 13 are welcome. More
information is available by calling the series hotline at
650/949-7888.
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-- Kathleen M. Burton Public Affairs Officer, Astrobiology & Space Science NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 phone 650 604-1731 fax 650 604-3990 email Kathleen.M.Burton_at_nasa.gov
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