Re: SETI public: Ninth anniversary of the passing of Carl Sagan

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From: Yvan Dutil (Yvan.Dutil_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 21 2005 - 18:07:21 PST

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    This is was as been put in place of a SETI plate. It is bit a shame!

    (http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html)

    Pluto Mission to Carry Piece of SpaceShipOne
    The January liftoff of the New Horizons spacecraft bound for Pluto is
    toting a number of items, including a U.S. flag, as well as a compact disc
    containing more than 430,000 names.
    ...

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    From: "Yvan Dutil" <Yvan.Dutil_at_sympatico.ca>
    To: "LARRY KLAES" <ljk4_at_msn.com>; <public_at_setileague.org>
    Cc: <bioastro_at_setileague.org>
    Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:19 PM
    Subject: Re: SETI public: Ninth anniversary of the passing of Carl Sagan

    >I have personnaly contacted the New Horizon peoples offering help in the
    >design of a SETI plate years ago. Unfortunately, for reason unknown to me
    >this was not implemented.
    >
    > Yvan Dutil
    >
    >> As just one space-related example, there very likely would have been a
    >> detailed message disc on New Horizons spacecraft had Sagan been around.
    >> Instead, only the fifth probe to ever leave our Sol system will do so
    >> with
    >> just the equivalent of trinkets.
    >>
    >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_plaque
    >>
    >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record
    >>
    >>
    >
    >

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