archive: SETI (eS) Tuesday news...
SETI (eS) Tuesday news...
Larry Klaes ( lklaes@bbn.com )
Wed, 03 Feb 1999 17:50:59 -0500
>Date: 2 Feb 1999 23:11:13 -0000
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>Subject: (eS) Tuesday news...
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>Hey everyone,
>
>A private project known as Encounter 2001 will soon begin broadcasting
>messages aimed at alien civilizations using a Ukranian radio telescope.
>This is only the second time in history such an attempt has been made.
>The first part of the message will contain info on our DNA, what we look
>like etc. The rest of the message will be sold off at $30 per message to
>anyone interested. The plan is drawing criticism from astronomers who
>claim it is better to listen (SETI) than transmit messages. But they
>don't seem to realize the logical error: if WE have no will to send
>messages into space, why should any alien civilization? Read it:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_265000/265937.stm
>
>NASA's on the PR warpath again, as they plan to launch an unmanned
>airplane that will fly over Mars, exactly one century after the Wright
>brothers' flight. Also, NASA is considering what it calls an
>'interplanetary internet'. Silly PR wording aside, it will essentially
>just be a high speed data network in space. Read it:
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/237325.asp
>
>Finally, another extrasolar planet (number 18) has been discovered. This
>one is a Saturn-sized planet orbiting very closely to its star (5 million
>miles compared to our Mercury at 36 million miles). Apparently in 10-15
>years, we SHOULD be able to detect Earth-size planets around stars. Check
>it out:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_270000/270532.stm
>
>Dave Watanabe
>davew@exosci.com
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