SETI public: The Race to Find ET Life

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 07:45:34 PST

* Massive Stars in Nearby Galaxies More Common than Thought
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/massive_stars_020301.html

Preliminary results of a survey of neighboring galaxies reveals a higher number of young, massive stars than was expected.

* The Race to Find Life
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_race_020228.html

The Olympics may still be fresh in your mind, but there is another competition underway whose consequences will hang over the planet a lot longer than this years pairs skating. Its the race to find the first unequivocal evidence of life somewhere other than Earth.

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Today in Missions/Launches:

* Hubble Repair Crew Blasts Off on the Biggest Spacewalking Challenge in NASA History
http://www.space.com/shuttlemissions/

Shuttle Columbia and a crew of orbital mechanics rocketed off Friday on a complex mission to service and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, one that will involve five of the most challenging spacewalks ever staged by NASA.

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