SETI public: Fw: Transmission: Laser: The Starlite

["Charles Chapman" <charlesrc@earthlink.net>]

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From: Charles Chapman <charlesrc@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: sci.astro.seti
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Transmission: Laser: The Starlite


>
> Jay C. Parangalan <firefly@unforgettable.AIM:firefly0.com>
> wrote in message
> news:Z0oq4.2727$9S5.77553@news1.usenetserver.com...
>
> > Charles Chapman wrote:
> >  > There is apparently a privately funded laser
> >  > transmission "seti" project referred to as
> >  > "The Starlite."  The web page is:
> >
> > In another thread, I gave mention to "signals aimed at
> nothing in particular".  There you go.
>
> Could you identify this thread?  I can't find it.  Thanks.
>
> > Add to that the fact that they purposefully
> > add floating particulates at the source just so that
> people can visibly
> > spot the beam... well, maximizing transmission distance
> doesn't seem to
> > be on their priority list.
> >
>
> Could you please tell me where you learned, or how
> you know, that they purposefully add floating particulates
> at the source?  Was there something I missed on their web
> page?  Did you simply discern that from the photo?
>
> > See my response to your other message for details (re:
> CC2).  To recap,
> > it's capitalizing on public interest, but it does provide
> a little bit
> > of basic education and awareness for OSETI.  Recommended
> that if you
> > feel like tossing some $$$, think of the PS, NSS, or S@H
> first.
>
> I understand, and largely agree.  However, what most
> interests me about these projects is that they are *transmission*
> projects. I am not satisfied to *just* sit back and listen :),
> although that is obviously also important, and indeed most
important.
>
> >
> > --
> > Jay C. Parangalan, http://www.saber.net/~firefly/
> >     S@H:2.2#
> >
>
> -- Charles
>