BTW, did you know that in the 1930s, Albert Einstein also advoc= ated

searching for signs of intelligent life on Mars, but he w= anted to do

it by searching for directed light signals instead= of radio!

And if you want= to know more about the current missions that are at

and headi= ng to the Red Planet, check this Web site:

<= A href=3D"http://planetary.org/mars/missions.html">http://planetary.org/m= ars/missions.html

Larry

= ;

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike M.

Sent: Mon= day, August 04, 2003 8:06 AM

To:= public@setileague.org

Subje= ct: SETI public: FW: Mars

Will there be= any effort on to detect radio signals from Mars? Mike

MARK AUGUST= 27th ON YOUR CALENDAR
Never again in your lifetime will the Red Plane= t be so spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Ma= rs, an encounter that
will culminate in the closest approach between t= he two planets in recorded
history. The next time Mars may come this c= lose is in 2287. Due to the way
Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and per= turbs its orbit, astronomers can only
be certain that Mars has not com= e this close to Earth in the last 5,000
years but it may be as long as= 60,000 years.
On August 27, Mars will come within 34,649,589 miles an= d will be (next to
the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It= will attain a magnitude
of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wid= e. At a modest 75-power
magnification Mars will look as large as the f= ull moon to the naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning= of August, Mars will rise in
the east at 10 p.m. and reach its azimut= h at about 3 a.m.
But by the end of August when the two planets are cl= osest, Mars will rise
at nightfall and reach its highest point in the = sky at 12:30 a.m.
That's pretty convenient when it= comes to seeing something that no
human has seen in recorded history.= So mark your calendar at the beginning
of August to see Mars grow pro= gressively brighter and brighter throughout
the month.
Share with y= our friends, children and grandchildren. No one alive today
will ever = see this again!

------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C35A74.E1259A70-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Aug 4 09:03:57 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h74G3unq004731; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id LAA13561 for public-list; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:44:07 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav154.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.184]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA13557; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:44:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:43:34 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.87 by bay4-dav154.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:43:34 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.87] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: OSU discusses the SIM project for finding life on exoplanets Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:43:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0001_01C35A7D.984B4F30" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Aug 2003 15:43:34.0413 (UTC) FILETIME=[29CD5BD0:01C35A9F] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5 ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C35A7D.984B4F30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The Search for Life Could Include Planets, Stars Unlike Our Own http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12226 =20 "The search for life on other planets could soon extend to solar systems = that are very different from our own, =20 according to a new study by an Ohio State University astronomer and his c= olleagues. In fact, finding a terrestrial =20 planet in such a solar system would offer unique scientific opportunities= to test evolution, said Andrew Gould, =20 professor of astronomy here." Jonathan's Space Report No. 505 2003 Aug 1 =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9941 =20 NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Marte Vallis Platy Flows =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9940 =20 NASA Report: Sex, Space and Environmental Adaptation: A National Workshop= on Research Priorities on Sex =20 Differences in Human Responses to Challenging =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9935 =20 NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Labou Vallis =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9933 =20 Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 02 Aug 2003 =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9932 =20 The Sky This Week 1-8 Aug 2003 =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9928 =20 NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Warrego Valles =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9927 =20 Ed Lu's Journal: Entry #8: Future Spaceships =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9926 =20 NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 3417 =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9920 =20 NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Gale Sedimentary Rocks =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9918 =20 NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Crenulated lava flows of Daedalia Planum =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9916 =20 NASA Cassini Significant Events for 07/24/03 - 07/30/03 =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9915 =20 Mars in Opposition: One for the Record Books =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12234 =20 Portrait of a doomed sea =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12228 =20 Gravity Variations Predict Earthquake Behavior =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12227 =20 New Sky Survey Begins at Palomar Observatory =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12225 =20 Whither Comes Weather? Scientists Suggest Stratosphere's Role =20 http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12219 =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C35A7D.984B4F30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

The Search for= Life Could Include Planets, Stars Unlike Our Own

http://w= ww.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12226

"The search for life= on other planets could soon extend to solar systems that are very differ= ent from our own,
according to a new study by an Ohio State Universit= y astronomer and his colleagues. In fact, finding a terrestrial
plane= t in such a solar system would offer unique scientific opportunities to t= est evolution, said Andrew Gould,
professor of astronomy here."

Jonathan's Space Report No. 505 2003 Aug 1
http:/= /www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9941

NASA Mars Picture o= f the Day: Marte Vallis Platy Flows
http://www.spaceref.com/news/view= sr.html?pid=3D9940

NASA Report: Sex, Space and Environmental Adap= tation: A National Workshop on Research Priorities on Sex
Differences= in Human Responses to Challenging
http://www.spaceref.com/news/views= r.html?pid=3D9935

NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Labou Vallis
= http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9933

Joint USAF/NO= AA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 02 Aug 2003
http://www.sp= aceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9932

The Sky This Week 1-8 Aug = 2003
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9928

NASA= Mars Picture of the Day: Warrego Valles
http://www.spaceref.com/news= /viewsr.html?pid=3D9927

Ed Lu's Journal: Entry #8: Future Spacesh= ips
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9926

NASA = Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 3417
http://www.spaceref.com/ne= ws/viewsr.html?pid=3D9920

NASA Mars Picture of the Day: Gale Sedi= mentary Rocks
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9918
NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Crenulated lava flows of Daedalia Pl= anum
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9916

NASA= Cassini Significant Events for 07/24/03 - 07/30/03
http://www.spacer= ef.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=3D9915

Mars in Opposition: One for th= e Record Books
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12234 <= BR>
Portrait of a doomed sea
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.h= tml?pid=3D12228

Gravity Variations Predict Earthquake Behavior http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12227

New Sky Su= rvey Begins at Palomar Observatory
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewp= r.html?pid=3D12225

Whither Comes Weather? Scientists Suggest Stra= tosphere's Role
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=3D12219 =

------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C35A7D.984B4F30-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Aug 4 09:53:26 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h74GrOnq005247; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:53:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id MAA14617 for public-list; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:31:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from app1.nasc.inter.net (nasc-out-1.nasc.inter.net [203.176.60.253]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA14613 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:31:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 1cust57.tnt24.toronto.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.101.57] helo=MIKE-MXP) by app1.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19jiEd-0007Mv-00 for public@setileague.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:31:00 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20030804123053.00e8da58@mail.interlog.com> X-Sender: m9@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:30:53 -0400 To: "setipublic" From: "Mike M." Subject: SETI public: Mars exploration missions In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6 At 10:40 AM 8/4/2003 -0400, LARRY KLAES wrote: And if you want to know more about the >current missions that are at and heading to the Red Planet, check this Web >site: http://planetary.org/mars/missions.html Thanks, Larry. Here are some excerpts from that web site: By early 2004, there will be seven spacecraft at Mars! Explore this website to find out about the human campaign to understand Earth's closest relative in the solar system. Click on a spacecraft to learn about the mission. http://planetary.org/mars/missions.html The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft will image the entire globe of Mars in more detail than any previous mission. The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft will drop the tiny, 30-kilogram Beagle 2 lander onto the Martian surface on December 26, 2003. Beagle 2 carries a powerful suite of instruments that it will use to study the geology and climate at its landing site and to search for evidence of life, extinct or extant, on Mars Nozomi (Japanese for "hope"), formerly known as PLANET-B, is the first Japanese Mars orbiter. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers, now named "Spirit" and "Opportunity," are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. 2001 Mars Odyssey has been mapping Mars since January 2002 with a powerful suite of instruments. Launch: April 7, 2001 Location: Kennedy Space Center The first successful orbital Mars mission since the Viking missions in 1976, Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at Mars on September 11, 1997. Launch: November 7, 1996 Location: Kennedy Space Center > From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Aug 4 10:31:58 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h74HVunq015565; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:31:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA15269 for public-list; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:05:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from app3.nasc.inter.net (nasc-out-1.nasc.inter.net [203.176.60.253]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA15265 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:05:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 1cust123.tnt24.toronto.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.101.123] helo=MIKE-MXP) by app3.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19jil4-0000By-00 for public@setileague.org; Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:04:30 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20030804130424.00e8da58@mail.interlog.com> X-Sender: m9@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:04:24 -0400 To: public@setileague.org From: "Mike M." Subject: SETI public: What else in 2004? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 7 Can anyone please post a list of, and info about, the other space explorations which are planned for 2004? If I'm recalling correctly, a television show I watched said something about planned exploration of moons of Jupiter and Saturn, which are accompanied by some hopes of finding life there, based on what is known of presence of water, carbon-containing compounds, and so on. Will it be possible for people who have amateur SETI equipment to receive onto their computers the telemetry from the Mars and other space missions? Mike From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Aug 5 21:59:22 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h764xLnq024386; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id AAA27141 for public-list; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:38:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav3.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.107]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA27137; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:38:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:37:59 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.78 by bay4-dav3.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 04:37:59 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.78] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Space-Weather-Outlook Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:37:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35BB2.ED5B3630" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Aug 2003 04:37:59.0286 (UTC) FILETIME=[83701160:01C35BD4] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 8 ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35BB2.ED5B3630 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: Space Environment Center Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:41 PM To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov Subject: Space-Weather-Outlook Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #03- 31 2003 August 05 at 12:00 p.m. MDT (2003 August 05 1800 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 28-August 3 Space weather during the week reached minor levels. Three category R1 (minor) radio blackouts occurred over the past week due to energetic solar flares at 7:39 P.M. MDT on July 28th (29th at 0139 UTC), 10:10 P.M. MDT on July 29th (30th at 0410 UTC), and 5:54 P.M. MDT on August 2nd (2354 UTC). A category G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm lasted for five day, from July 28th to August 1st. The source of this very long geomagnetic storm was a large coronal hole on the sun and its associated high speed solar winds. For a list of adverse system effects related to space weather storms, please refer to the NOAA Space Weather Scales. Outlook For August 6-12 Space weather is expected to be at minor levels. The geomagnetic field may reach category G1 levels on August 7th - 8th due to a coronal hole. Category R1 radio blackouts are also possible during the week. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services and other observatories, universities, and institutions. For more information, including email services, see SEC's Space Weather Advisories Web site http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127. The NOAA Public Affairs contact is Barbara McGehan at Barbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288. ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35BB2.ED5B3630 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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----- Original Message -----

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Sent:= Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:41 PM

To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov

Subject: Space-Weather-Outlook

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment Cent= er
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #03- 3= 1
2003 August 05 at 12:00 p.m. MDT (2003 August 05 1800 UTC)

**= ** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK ****

Summary For July 28-August 3
Spac= e weather during the week reached minor levels. Three category R1(minor) radio blackouts occurred over the past week due to energeticsolar flares at 7:39 P.M. MDT on July 28th (29th at 0139 UTC), 10:10
= P.M. MDT on July 29th (30th at 0410 UTC), and 5:54 P.M. MDT on August
= 2nd (2354 UTC). A category G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm lasted for<= BR>five day, from July 28th to August 1st. The source of this= very long
geomagnetic storm was a large coronal hole on the sun and i= ts
associated high speed solar winds. For a list of adverse syst= em
effects related to space weather storms, please refer to the NOAA S= pace
Weather Scales.

Outlook For August 6-12
Space weather i= s expected to be at minor levels. The geomagnetic field
may reac= h category G1 levels on August 7th - 8th due to a coronal hole.
Catego= ry R1 radio blackouts are also possible during the week.

Data used= to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA,
USAF, NAS= A, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services
and other = observatories, universities, and institutions. For more
information, = including email services, see SEC's Space Weather
Advisories Web site= http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127.
The NOAA Public Aff= airs contact is Barbara McGehan at
Barbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) = 497-6288.

------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35BB2.ED5B3630-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Aug 6 00:00:44 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h7670gnq016397; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 00:00:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id CAA29424 for public-list; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 02:30:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav16.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.120]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA29420; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 02:30:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:30:15 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.17 by bay4-dav16.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 06:30:15 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.17] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Newsletter - Mars Day, Ray Bradbury, Solar Sail - August 2003 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 02:29:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0010_01C35BC2.96F1ADF0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Aug 2003 06:30:15.0735 (UTC) FILETIME=[32AC9C70:01C35BE4] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 9 ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C35BC2.96F1ADF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: The Planetary Society Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 7:42 PM To: Planetary Society Subject: Newsletter - Mars Day, Ray Bradbury, Solar Sail - August 2003 THE PLANETARY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2003 ____________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: -Send a Birthday Card to Ray Bradbury -Celebrate Mars Day, August 27 -Come See Our Solar Sail Exhibit at Centennial of Flight in Rockefeller Center NYC -Cosmos 1: The First Solar Sail Follow This Historic Mission ______________________________________ SEND A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO RAY BRADBURY On August 22, 2003, Ray (Martian Chronicles) Bradbury turns 83 years old. To honor the man who has contributed so much to the world of science fiction, The Planetary Society wants to present Mr. Bradbury with the world's largest birthday card - with "Happy Birthday" wishes from fans around the world. The Planetary Society will collect names and birthday greetings through August 20, 2003. Send your birthday wishes at: https://planetary.org/bradbury/ ____________________________________ CELEBRATE MARS DAY AUGUST 27, 2003 On August 27, the planet Mars will be closer to Earth than it has been in more than 50,000 years. To celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event, The Planetary Society has declared August 27, 2003 Mars Day. During this "Close Encounter of a Red Kind" Mars will be a beautiful sight in the sky for anyone who looks up. The public can participate in Mars Day in a wide variety of ways. You can attend one of our international Mars Watch 2003 co-sponsored events such as star parties, sci-fi film festivals, and Mars talks, or simply go outside and look at the Red Planet. For information on viewing Mars go to: http://planetary.org/marswatch2003/observe.html Find a Mars Watch Event in you area at: http://planetary.org/marswatch2003/events.html ____________________________________ COSMOS 1 UNFURLS ONE OF ITS 47-FOOT BLADES AT CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY JULY 29 - AUGUST 18 Come see a solar sail blade from Cosmos 1 at the Rockefeller Center! The Planetary Society and Cosmos Studios have unfolded a replica of one of the eight 47-foot blades that make up the Cosmos 1 solar sail spacecraft, which is slated to launch later this year. The solar sail blade gives the public a first look at future space flight technology. Read about this event at: http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/ss_at_rc.html _______________________________________ FOLLOW THIS HISTORIC MISSION COSMOS 1: THE FIRST SOLAR SAIL This fall science fiction will become science fact... On an autumn day later this year, we will launch on its way Cosmos 1 the first solar sail. This launch will be the culmination of the first international, privately funded space mission in history. Although this technology has long been foreseen by both scientists and science-fiction authors, no solar sail has ever been built or launched - until now. Under the guidance of The Planetary Society and with funding from Cosmos Studios, veteran space scientists and engineers from the United States and Russia came together to turn this revolutionary technology into reality. 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Nanofossils may be digested orga= nic matter

Alleged remains of tiny anc= ient bacteria could just be balls of protein.

6 August 2003

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Tiny geological features= thought by some to be the fossil remains of primitive bacteria are proba= bly nothing more than fossilized lumps of lifeless protein, say two US sc= ientists.

The structures, dubbed nanobacteria, are typically 50-20= 0 millionths of a millimetre across. They have been found in some sedimen= tary rocks, and even in the martian meteorite ALH84001, leading to claims= of evidence for life on Mars. Debate has raged for eight years over whet= her or not they are the fossilized remains of single-celled organisms ten= times smaller than today's.

Now J=FCrgen Schieber, of Indiana Uni= versity in Bloomington, and Howard Arnott, of the University of Texas at = Arlington, report that spherical balls of protein about 40-120 nanometres= across are produced when organic material decays in an environment like = that in which sedimentary rocks form¹.

That would certainly fi= t the conclusions of a panel of scientists convened in 1998 by the US Nat= ional Academy of Sciences to study the nanobacteria controversy. The comm= ittee decided that organisms smaller than about 200 nanometres in diamete= r would not be viable. That did not end the discussion, however. Some res= earchers claim to have grown nanobacteria in the laboratory.

Schie= ber and Arnott dipped pieces of bean, squid and beef into the muck scoope= d from a pond bed, coating them in a range of natural bacteria, and then = buried the samples under clay in a water tank. Over the next fortnight th= e researchers regularly studied samples under the microscope. The tissues= , they found, became covered in spherical blobs of organic matter.

The duo reckon that the balls form when enzymes snip stretched protein f= ibres of muscle tissue or plant cell wall, say, causing them to contract.= Such nanoballs, they suggest, could become mineralized before being degr= aded completely. Fossilization, they point out, can begin just a few week= s after the onset of decay.

This same process could have occurred = within a mass of single-celled organisms on the early Earth, resulting in= the apparent fossil forms, Schieber and Arnott suggest. "Most, if not al= l alleged nanobacterial structures in sedimentary rocks are not evidence = for minute life forms," they conclude. The origin of similar structures i= n meteorite ALH84001 will no doubt remain controversial.

= References

Schieber= , J. & Arnott, H. J. Nannobacteria as a by-product of enzyme-driven t= issue decay. Geology, 31, 717 - 720, (2003)= .|Artic= le|

------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C35C01.4CC5A5D0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Aug 6 07:54:27 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h76EsQnq031124; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:54:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA09162 for public-list; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:30:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav81.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.111]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA09146; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:30:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:29:37 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.41 by bay4-dav81.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 14:29:37 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.41] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "BioAstro" Cc: "setipublic" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Ulysses Sees Galactic Dust On The Rise Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:29:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35C05.8FB791B0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Aug 2003 14:29:37.0346 (UTC) FILETIME=[29EE2A20:01C35C27] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 11 ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35C05.8FB791B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Baalke Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:23 PM To: ljk4@msn.com Subject: Ulysses Sees Galactic Dust On The Rise ESA Science News http://sci.esa.int 01 Aug 2003 Ulysses sees Galactic Dust on the rise Since early 1992 Ulysses has been monitoring the stream of stardust flowi= ng =20 through our Solar System. The stardust is embedded in the local galactic = cloud =20 through which the Sun is moving at a speed of 26 kilometres every second.= As a =20 result of this relative motion, a single dust grain takes twenty years to= =20 traverse the Solar System. Observations by the DUST experiment on board U= lysses =20 have shown that the stream of stardust is highly affected by the Suns mag= netic =20 field. In the 1990s, this field, which is drawn out deep into space by the out-f= lowing =20 solar wind, kept most of the stardust out. The most recent data, collecte= d up to =20 the end of 2002, shows that this magnetic shield has lost its protective = power =20 during the recent solar maximum. In an upcoming publication in the Journa= l of =20 Geophysical Research ESA scientist Markus Landgraf and his co-workers fro= m the =20 Max-Planck-Institute in Heidelberg report that about three times more sta= rdust =20 is now able to enter the Solar System. The reason for the weakening of the Suns magnetic shield is the increased= solar =20 activity, which leads to a highly disordered field configuration. In the =20 mid-1990s, during the last solar minimum, the Suns magnetic field resembl= ed a =20 dipole field with well-defined magnetic poles (North positive, South nega= tive), =20 very much like the Earth. Unlike Earth, however, the Sun reverses its mag= netic =20 polarity every 11 years. The reversal always occurs during solar maximum.= Thats =20 when the magnetic field is highly disordered, allowing more interstellar = dust to =20 enter the Solar System. It is interesting to note that in the reversed =20 configuration after the recent solar maximum (North negative, South posit= ive), =20 the interstellar dust is even channelled more efficiently towards the inn= er =20 Solar System. So we can expect even more interstellar dust from 2005 onwa= rds, =20 once the changes become fully effective. While grains of stardust are very small, about one hundredth the diameter= of a =20 human hair, they do not directly influence the planets of the Solar Syste= m. =20 However, the dust particles move very fast, and produce large numbers of =20 fragments when they impact asteroids or comets. It is therefore conceivab= le that =20 an increase in the amount of interstellar dust in the Solar System will c= reate =20 more cosmic dust by collisions with asteroids and comets. We know from th= e =20 measurements by high-flying aircraft that 40,000 tonnes dust from asteroi= ds and =20 comets enters the Earths atmosphere each year. It is possible that the in= crease =20 of stardust in the Solar System will influence the amount of extraterrest= rial =20 material that rains down to Earth. For further information please contact: SciTech.editorial@esa.int IMAGE CAPTIONS: [Image 1: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=3D33620] The Sun and the nearest stars move through filaments of galactic clouds. =20 Copyright: P. C. Frisch, University of Chicago [Image 2: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=3D33619] The pictures above show cut-aways of where interstellar dust is concentra= ted in =20 the Solar System -- high concentration: red/yellow, low concentration: =20 blue/green (the planets are not shown). During solar minimum (top picture= ) most =20 interstellar dust can be found above or below the Sun, while at the solar= =20 maximum (bottom picture) the dust is concentrated close to the Sun in the= plane =20 of the planets' orbits. Copyright: ESA [Image 3: http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=3D33482] SWOOPS image of solar wind at solar minimum and solar maximum. Copyright:= D. 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=
----- Original Message -----

From: Ron Baalke

Sent: Monday, A= ugust 04, 2003 5:23 PM

To: l= jk4@msn.com

Subject: Ulysses= Sees Galactic Dust On The Rise

ESA Science Newshttp://sci.esa.int

01 Aug 2003

Ulysses sees Galactic Dust= on the rise

Since early 1992 Ulysses has been monitoring the stre= am of stardust flowing
through our Solar System. The stardust is embe= dded in the local galactic cloud
through which the Sun is moving at a= speed of 26 kilometres every second. As a
result of this relative mo= tion, a single dust grain takes twenty years to
traverse the Solar Sy= stem. Observations by the DUST experiment on board Ulysses
have shown= that the stream of stardust is highly affected by the Suns magnetic
= field.

In the 1990s, this field, which is drawn out deep into spac= e by the out-flowing
solar wind, kept most of the stardust out. The m= ost recent data, collected up to
the end of 2002, shows that this mag= netic shield has lost its protective power
during the recent solar ma= ximum. In an upcoming publication in the Journal of
Geophysical Resea= rch ESA scientist Markus Landgraf and his co-workers from the
Max-Pla= nck-Institute in Heidelberg report that about three times more stardust <= BR>is now able to enter the Solar System.

The reason for the weake= ning of the Suns magnetic shield is the increased solar
activity, whi= ch leads to a highly disordered field configuration. In the
mid-1990s= , during the last solar minimum, the Suns magnetic field resembled a
= dipole field with well-defined magnetic poles (North positive, South nega= tive),
very much like the Earth. Unlike Earth, however, the Sun rever= ses its magnetic
polarity every 11 years. The reversal always occurs = during solar maximum. Thats
when the magnetic field is highly disorde= red, allowing more interstellar dust to
enter the Solar System. It is= interesting to note that in the reversed
configuration after the rec= ent solar maximum (North negative, South positive),
the interstellar = dust is even channelled more efficiently towards the inner
Solar Syst= em. So we can expect even more interstellar dust from 2005 onwards,
o= nce the changes become fully effective.

While grains of stardust a= re very small, about one hundredth the diameter of a
human hair, they= do not directly influence the planets of the Solar System.
However, = the dust particles move very fast, and produce large numbers of
fragm= ents when they impact asteroids or comets. It is therefore conceivable th= at
an increase in the amount of interstellar dust in the Solar System= will create
more cosmic dust by collisions with asteroids and comets= . We know from the
measurements by high-flying aircraft that 40,000 t= onnes dust from asteroids and
comets enters the Earths atmosphere eac= h year. It is possible that the increase
of stardust in the Solar Sys= tem will influence the amount of extraterrestrial
material that rains= down to Earth.

For further information please contact:
&= nbsp; SciTech.editorial@esa.int

IMAGE CAPTIONS:<= BR>
[Image 1:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fob= jectid=3D33620]
The Sun and the nearest stars move through filaments o= f galactic clouds.
Copyright: P. C. Frisch, University of Chicago
=
[Image 2:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjec= tid=3D33619]
The pictures above show cut-aways of where interstellar d= ust is concentrated in
the Solar System -- high concentration: red/ye= llow, low concentration:
blue/green (the planets are not shown). Duri= ng solar minimum (top picture) most
interstellar dust can be found ab= ove or below the Sun, while at the solar
maximum (bottom picture) the= dust is concentrated close to the Sun in the plane
of the planets' o= rbits. Copyright: ESA

[Image 3:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/ww= w/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=3D33482]
SWOOPS image of solar wind at so= lar minimum and solar maximum. Copyright: D. McComas

------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C35C05.8FB791B0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Aug 6 08:03:59 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h76F3vnq015122; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA09418 for public-list; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:41:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA09397; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:41:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 1cust92.tnt4.loyalsock.pa.da.uu.net ([65.234.6.92] helo=office) by albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19kPTN-0007WK-00; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 07:41:05 -0700 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20030806102709.00c5b910@mail.earthlink.net> X-Sender: drseti@mail.earthlink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:40:51 -0400 To: rcf@setileague.org From: "Dr. H. Paul Shuch" Subject: SETI public: Latest SearchLites is online Cc: heather@setileague.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 12 SETIzens, As autumn weather descends prematurely over North America, I am pleased to announce that the Autumn 2003 issue (Volume 9 Number 4) of SearchLites, The SETI League's quarterly newsletter, is now available for download by SETI League members in good standing. Log on to using the user name and password you received when last you renewed your SETI League membership, and follow the link to Current Newsletter. The latest SearchLites is also going to the printer today, and a hardcopy should be reaching you via post within two weeks. Please note that, as printing and postage costs continue to rise, it may not be possible to continue delivering your newsletter in this manner. 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Thanks for your support of these important SETI League initiatives. Yours for SETI success, Paul -------------------------------- H. Paul Shuch, Ph.D., CFII, FBIS, FRCA Executive Director, The SETI League, Inc. 433 Liberty Street, PO Box 555 Little Ferry NJ 07643 USA voice (201) 641-1770; fax (201) 641-1771 n6tx@setileague.org www.setileague.org Project Argus station FN11LH "We Know We're Not Alone!" From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Aug 6 08:12:29 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h76FCRnq015245; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:12:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA09652 for public-list; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:50:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav20.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.124]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA09648 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:50:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:50:16 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.41 by bay4-dav20.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 14:50:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.41] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "Mike M." , "setipublic" Subject: Re: SETI public: What else in 2004? Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:49:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000A_01C35C08.758E7530" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Aug 2003 14:50:16.0292 (UTC) FILETIME=[0C665240:01C35C2A] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 13 ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C35C08.758E7530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Regarding upcoming planetary missions, you can start here: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike M. Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:13 PM To: public@setileague.org Subject: SETI public: What else in 2004? Can anyone please post a list of, and info about, the other space explorations which are planned for 2004? If I'm recalling correctly, a television show I watched said something about planned exploration of moons of Jupiter and Saturn, which are accompanied by some hopes of finding life there, based on what is known of presence of water, carbon-containing compounds, and so on. Will it be possible for people who have amateur SETI equipment to receive onto their computers the telemetry from the Mars and other space missions? Mike ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C35C08.758E7530 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Regarding upco= ming planetary missions, you can start here:

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa= .gov/planetary/

----- Original Message -----

From: Mike M.

Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:13 PM
To: public@setileague.org
Subject: SETI public: What else in 2004= ?

Can anyone please post a list of, and inf= o about, the other space
explorations which are planned for 2004? If I= 'm recalling correctly, a
television show I watched said something abo= ut planned exploration of moons
of Jupiter and Saturn, which are accom= panied by some hopes of finding life
there, based on what is known of = presence of water, carbon-containing
compounds, and so on.
Will it = be possible for people who have amateur SETI equipment to receive
onto= their computers the telemetry from the Mars and other space missions? Mike

------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C35C08.758E7530-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Aug 6 09:05:02 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h76G50nq017883; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 09:05:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id LAA10794 for public-list; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:42:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav129.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.159]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA10790; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:42:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:41:43 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.41 by bay4-dav129.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:41:42 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.41] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Many gamma-ray bursts go undetected Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:41:16 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000F_01C35C0F.A5623F10" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Aug 2003 15:41:43.0158 (UTC) FILETIME=[3C50B160:01C35C31] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 14 ------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C35C0F.A5623F10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MANY GAMMA-RAY BURSTS GO UNDETECTED ----------------------------------- An MIT researcher estimates that there are roughly 450 gamma-ray bursts or X-ray flashes occurring in the observable universe for every 1 detectable by orbiting satellites. The bursts shine as brightly as a million trillion suns yet seldom lasting even one minute. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/04grb/ ------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C35C0F.A5623F10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
MANY GAMMA-RAY= BURSTS GO UNDETECTED
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An MIT researcher estimates that there are roughly 450 gamma-ray burst= s or
X-ray flashes occurring in the observable universe for every 1 de= tectable
by orbiting satellites. The bursts shine as brightly as a mil= lion trillion
suns yet seldom lasting even one minute.

&n= bsp; http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0308/04grb/

= ------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C35C0F.A5623F10-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Aug 7 10:36:04 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h77Ha3nq015072; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA11460 for public-list; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:12:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from web20607.mail.yahoo.com (web20607.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.165]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA11456 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:12:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20030807171200.310.qmail@web20607.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [207.8.143.66] by web20607.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 10:12:00 PDT Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:12:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Pete Heist Subject: SETI public: horn wins wifi contest To: public@setileague.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 16 Those of us at the 2003 SETICon got to see the SETI "Horn of Plenty" (http://www.setileague.org/articles/horn.htm), based on a classic antenna design. This was my first exposure to this type of antenna, so I was fascinated by its simplicity, figuring it was some kind of waste disposal device when I first saw it. Slashdot had an article today that caught my eye. The distance winner of the DefCon wi-fi shootout, after numerous commercial and private entries? A $98 horn style antenna which was used to transmit a text message over 802.11b at a distance of over 35 miles (http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/). cheers, Pete __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Aug 7 12:03:50 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h77J3mnq026076; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 12:03:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id OAA13259 for public-list; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:39:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav28.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.58]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA13255; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:39:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:39:11 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.82 by bay4-dav28.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:39:11 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.82] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: It's Universal - The Lights Are Going Out Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:38:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_001C_01C35CF1.95285CF0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Aug 2003 18:39:11.0687 (UTC) FILETIME=[31BF0570:01C35D13] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 17 ------=_NextPart_001_001C_01C35CF1.95285CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: spaceupdate@SPACE.COM Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:05 PM To: SPACECOM-TEXTY@LISTSERV.SPACE.COM Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, August 7, 2003 Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, August 7, 2003 -- http://www.space.com/ In today's issue: /------------------------------------- Living the Digital Lifestyle? TECH Edge magazine covers the latest in all things digital Subscribe Today @ $13.97 for 12 Issues! You save 80% off the full cover p= rice! TECH Edge. The technology magazine for Right Now http://www.techworthy.com/contact/20631.html?formag=3Dte -------------------------------------/ Spaceflight: * Astronotes: Asteroids Named for Columbia Astronauts * Mars Rover Update: Instrument on Spirit Malfunctions * Federal Court Sets Value of Stolen Moon Rocks: $5 Million Science/Astronomy: * It's Universal: The Lights are Going Out * Report Sullies Pristine Reputation of Comets * Liquid Water Likely Supports Life On Mars Today, Scientists Claim * Environments for Life on Europa * Image of the Day: When Stars Collide Recent Headlines: * Riding the Sun: Maiden Flight Looms for Solar Sail Satellite * Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group Begins Work in Florida * New Theory of Time Rattles Halls of Science * Mars Watch: Where is the Red Planet Now? Plus... * SpaceTV, SpaceWatch * Solar and Space Weather * Starry Night, TeamSETI ----------------------------------- Spaceflight: * Astronotes: Asteroids Named for Columbia Astronauts http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html Seven asteroids circling the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter a= re being named for the astronauts who died in the space shuttle Columbia = accident, officials announced Wednesday. * Mars Rover Update: Instrument on Spirit Malfunctions http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_update_030807.html An instrument aboard one of the two NASA rovers en route to Mars has malf= unctioned, prompting worries it could harm the robot's information-gather= ing ability, a scientist said Wednesday. * Federal Court Sets Value of Stolen Moon Rocks: $5 Million http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_moonrocks_030806.html A federal court Wednesday morning set the value of Moon rocks heisted fro= m the Johnson Space Center in Houston at more than $5 million based upon = what it cost the United States to go get them rather than what they might= sell for on the open market. ----------------------------------- Science/Astronomy: * It's Universal: The Lights are Going Out http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/lights_out_030807.html Not enough stars are being born to replace those that are dying across th= e cosmos, according to a new study supporting previous claims that the un= iverse is headed into darker times. * Report Sullies Pristine Reputation of Comets http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/comets_eroded_030807.html Comets used to be cherished as unvarnished messengers from the earliest d= ays of planet formation, primordial objects frozen in the outskirts of th= e solar system and virtually unchanged since birth. * Liquid Water Likely Supports Life On Mars Today, Scientists Claim http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_030806.html Even on the present-day cold and dusty surface of Mars, liquid water may = be sustaining a world of Martian microbes. * Environments for Life on Europa http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_phillips_europa_030807.html Jupiter's moon Europa, about the size of Earth's Moon, is thought to have= an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface, making it a possible e= nvironment for life. Two of the necessary ingredients for life, liquid wa= ter and appropriate biogenic elements, are now thought to exist at Europa= . * Image of the Day: When Stars Collide http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_030807.html Astronomers have discovered what they think are the remains of colliding = stars in this new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope. ---------------------------------- Recent Headlines: * Riding the Sun: Maiden Flight Looms for Solar Sail Satellite http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/cosmos_sail_030806.htm= l * Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group Begins Work in Florida http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_update_030805.html * New Theory of Time Rattles Halls of Science http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/time_theory_030806.html * Mars Watch: Where is the Red Planet Now? http://www.space.com/spacewatch/where_is_mars.html ----------------------------------- * SpaceTV: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/ * SpaceWatch: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/ * Uplink: Share your opinion! http://uplink.space.com/ ------------------------------------- SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (August 7, 2003) 3-Day Solar Forecast Solar activity is expected to be low. 3-Day Aurora Forecast Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to continue at mostly quiet to unse= ttled levels through Tuesday with isolated active periods likely again. A= large equatorial coronal hole will rotate into a geoeffective position b= y Wednesday and produce unsettled to minor storm conditions through the r= emainder of the period. Isolated major storm periods at higher latitudes = are expected Thursday. Solar Data The current sunspot number is 63, and the solar wind speed recently clock= ed in at 138 kilometers per second. The solar wind density was 6.6 protons per cubic centimeter. (Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change during the day= .) http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.html ------------------------------------- Sign up to become part of the greatest search in history! Join TeamSETI: http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_science_page.html Be a desktop astronomer! 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----- Original Message -----

From: spaceupdate@SPACE.COM

Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:05 PM

To: SPACECOM-TEXTY@LISTSERV.SPACE.COM

Subject: Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, August 7, 2003=

Today on SPACE.com -- Thursday, August 7, 2= 003 -- http://www.space.com/

In today's issue:

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Living the Digital Lifestyle?

TE= CH Edge magazine covers the latest in all things digital

Subscribe= Today @ $13.97 for 12 Issues! You save 80% off the full cover price!
=
TECH Edge. The technology magazine for Right Now

http://www.te= chworthy.com/contact/20631.html?formag=3Dte

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Spaceflight:
* Astronotes: Asteroids Named for= Columbia Astronauts
* Mars Rover Update: Instrument on Spirit Malfunc= tions
* Federal Court Sets Value of Stolen Moon Rocks: $5 Million
<= BR>Science/Astronomy:
* It's Universal: The Lights are Going Out
* = Report Sullies Pristine Reputation of Comets
* Liquid Water Likely Sup= ports Life On Mars Today, Scientists Claim
* Environments for Life on = Europa
* Image of the Day: When Stars Collide

Recent Headlines:=
* Riding the Sun: Maiden Flight Looms for Solar Sail Satellite
* S= huttle Return to Flight Task Group Begins Work in Florida
* New Theory= of Time Rattles Halls of Science
* Mars Watch: Where is the Red Plane= t Now?

Plus...

* SpaceTV, SpaceWatch
* Solar and Space W= eather
* Starry Night, TeamSETI

-------------------------------= ----

Spaceflight:

* Astronotes: Asteroids Named for Columbi= a Astronauts
http://www.space.com/astronotes/astronotes.html

Se= ven asteroids circling the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are= being named for the astronauts who died in the space shuttle Columbia ac= cident, officials announced Wednesday.

* Mars Rover Update: Instru= ment on Spirit Malfunctions
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spiri= t_update_030807.html

An instrument aboard one of the two NASA rove= rs en route to Mars has malfunctioned, prompting worries it could harm th= e robot's information-gathering ability, a scientist said Wednesday.
<= BR>* Federal Court Sets Value of Stolen Moon Rocks: $5 Million
http://= www.space.com/missionlaunches/fl_moonrocks_030806.html

A federal c= ourt Wednesday morning set the value of Moon rocks heisted from the Johns= on Space Center in Houston at more than $5 million based upon what it cos= t the United States to go get them rather than what they might sell for o= n the open market.

-----------------------------------

Scie= nce/Astronomy:

* It's Universal: The Lights are Going Out
http:= //www.space.com/scienceastronomy/lights_out_030807.html

Not enough= stars are being born to replace those that are dying across the cosmos, = according to a new study supporting previous claims that the universe is = headed into darker times.

* Report Sullies Pristine Reputation of = Comets
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/comets_eroded_030807.html=

Comets used to be cherished as unvarnished messengers from the ea= rliest days of planet formation, primordial objects frozen in the outskir= ts of the solar system and virtually unchanged since birth.

* Liqu= id Water Likely Supports Life On Mars Today, Scientists Claim
http://w= ww.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_030806.html

Even on the pr= esent-day cold and dusty surface of Mars, liquid water may be sustaining = a world of Martian microbes.

* Environments for Life on Europa
= http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_phillips_europa_030807.html
Jupiter's moon Europa, about the size of Earth's Moon, is thought to ha= ve an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface, making it a possible= environment for life. Two of the necessary ingredients for life, liquid = water and appropriate biogenic elements, are now thought to exist at Euro= pa.

* Image of the Day: When Stars Collide
http://www.space.com= /imageoftheday/image_of_day_030807.html

Astronomers have discovere= d what they think are the remains of colliding stars in this new photo fr= om the Hubble Space Telescope.

----------------------------------<= BR>
Recent Headlines:

* Riding the Sun: Maiden Flight Looms for= Solar Sail Satellite
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technolo= gy/cosmos_sail_030806.html

* Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group B= egins Work in Florida
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sts107_upda= te_030805.html

* New Theory of Time Rattles Halls of Science
ht= tp://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/time_theory_030806.html

* Mars= Watch: Where is the Red Planet Now?
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/w= here_is_mars.html

-----------------------------------

* Spa= ceTV:
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/spacetv/

* SpaceWatch= :
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/

* Uplink: Share your opinion= !
http://uplink.space.com/

------------------------------------= -

SOLAR and SPACE WEATHER (August 7, 2003)

3-Day Solar Fore= cast
Solar activity is expected to be low.

3-Day Aurora Forecas= t
Earth's geomagnetic field is expected to continue at mostly quiet to= unsettled levels through Tuesday with isolated active periods likely aga= in. A large equatorial coronal hole will rotate into a geoeffective posit= ion by Wednesday and produce unsettled to minor storm conditions through = the remainder of the period. Isolated major storm periods at higher latit= udes are expected Thursday.

Solar Data
The current sunspot numb= er is 63, and the solar wind speed recently clocked in at 138 kilometers = per second.

The solar wind density was 6.6 protons per cubic centi= meter.

(Speed and density values are snapshots in time and change = during the day.)

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/space_weather.htm= l

-------------------------------------

Sign up to become p= art of the greatest search in history!
Join TeamSETI: http://www.space= .com/searchforlife/seti_science_page.html

Be a desktop astronomer!= Starry Night is the world's leading astronomy software -- choose between= Beginner, Backyard, or Pro!

http://www.starrynight.com/space
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------=_NextPart_001_001C_01C35CF1.95285CF0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Aug 8 10:35:04 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h78HZ2nq027750; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA10345 for public-list; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:14:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav76.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.106]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA10341; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:14:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:14:15 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.11 by bay4-dav76.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 17:14:14 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.11] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Important AAVSO News Flash Announcement Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:13:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0013_01C35DAE.DB76BB30" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Aug 2003 17:14:15.0229 (UTC) FILETIME=[7E6EFED0:01C35DD0] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 20 ------=_NextPart_001_0013_01C35DAE.DB76BB30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: aavso@aavso.org Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:33 PM To: aavso@aavso.org Subject: Important AAVSO News Flash Announcement Dear AAVSO News Flash Subscribers, We are excited to announce the official launch of MyNewsFlash, an upgrade of the AAVSO News Flash. This new automatic electronic publication will replace the existing AAVSO News Flash beginning next week. The final AAVSO News Flash in its current form will be issued next Monday, August 11. It has become clear to us through user feedback and the recent survey we conducted that there are many new features our subscribers would like to see in the News Flash. Preparation of the AAVSO NewsFlash is currently the single most time intensive staff project. As we are sure you are aware, the status of the economy and reduced funding in general has put a strain on non-profit organizations everywhere, including the AAVSO. We have to make more efficient use of our *second* most valuable resource: staff. At the same time, we want to increase our service to our single *most* valuable resource: you our members and observers and the astronomical community. We created this new system to meet both of those needs. What This Means To You * If you want to receive a *weekly* report of Cataclysmic Variable (CV) activity similar to the current News Flash then *do nothing*. Your account will be automatically converted. * If you want to customize the information you want to receive , please go to the following URL to fill out a profile telling us what data to send you. http://www.aavso.org/publications/newsflash/myflash.shtml * If you want to completely unsubscribe to the News Flash simply reply to *this* e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. The MyNewsFlash system is a completely customizable and automated way of delivered observations to you in the News Flash format. Since it is automated we now have coverage 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. That was the single most requested item we received from the survey. You can customize the MyNewsFlash by star name, type, brightness, observation date, category of observation or a combination of any. You can also specify a delivery frequency from a choice of real time, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly reports. We hope you will find that the new MyNewsFlash meets your needs. Please send any questions to aavso@aavso.org and we will respond ASAP. Enjoy MyNewsFlash and we look forward to seeing your name in upcoming MyNewsFlash reports! Clear Skies! Good observing! AAVSO News Flash/MyFlash team Janet A. Mattei, Rebecca Pellock, Aaron Price, Gamze Menali, Kerri Malatesta, Elizabeth Waagen ------=_NextPart_001_0013_01C35DAE.DB76BB30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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----- Original Message -----

From: aavso@aavso.org

Sent: Frid= ay, August 08, 2003 12:33 PM

To:= aavso@aavso.org

Subject: Important AAVSO News Flash Announcement

Dear= AAVSO News Flash Subscribers,

     We are exc= ited to announce the official launch of MyNewsFlash, an
upgrade of the= AAVSO News Flash. This new automatic electronic publication
will repl= ace the existing AAVSO News Flash beginning next week. The final
AAVSO= News Flash in its current form will be issued next Monday, August
11.=

     It has become clear to us through user f= eedback and the recent survey
we conducted that there are many new fea= tures our subscribers would like
to see in the News Flash. Preparation= of the AAVSO NewsFlash is currently
the single most time intensive st= aff project. As we are sure you are
aware, the status of the economy a= nd reduced funding in general has put a
strain on non-profit organizat= ions everywhere, including the AAVSO. We
have to make more efficient u= se of our *second* most valuable resource:
staff. At the same time, we= want to increase our service to our single
*most* valuable resource: = you our members and observers and the
astronomical community. We creat= ed this new system to meet both of those
needs.

What This Means= To You

     * If you want to receive a *weekl= y* report of Cataclysmic Variable
(CV) activity similar to the c= urrent News Flash then *do nothing*. Your
account will be automaticall= y converted.

     * If you want to customize t= he information you want to receive ,
please go to the following URL to= fill out a profile telling us what data
to send you.
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     * If you want to completely unsubscrib= e to the News Flash simply reply
to *this* e-mail with "unsubscribe" i= n the body of the e-mail.

     The MyNewsFlash= system is a completely customizable and automated way
of delivered ob= servations to you in the News Flash format. Since it is
automated we n= ow have coverage 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. That was
the single= most requested item we received from the survey. You can
customize th= e MyNewsFlash by star name, type, brightness, observation
date, catego= ry of observation or a combination of any. You can also
specify a deli= very frequency from a choice of real time, hourly, daily,
weekly, or m= onthly reports.

     We hope you will find tha= t the new MyNewsFlash meets your needs.
Please send any questions to = aavso@aavso.org and we will respond ASAP.

    = ; Enjoy MyNewsFlash and we look forward to seeing your name in
upcomi= ng MyNewsFlash reports!

Clear Skies! Good observing!

AAVSO = News Flash/MyFlash team
Janet A. Mattei, Rebecca Pellock, Aaron Price,= Gamze Menali, Kerri
Malatesta, Elizabeth Waagen

= ------=_NextPart_001_0013_01C35DAE.DB76BB30-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Aug 12 06:43:15 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h7CDhEwI008388; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:43:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA00370 for public-list; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:21:13 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav114.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.144]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA00357; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:21:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:20:35 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.35 by bay4-dav114.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:20:34 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.35] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: This Week in The Space Review - 2003 August 11 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:20:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C360B2.F3FBB370" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2003 13:20:35.0043 (UTC) FILETIME=[83676330:01C360D4] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 22 ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C360B2.F3FBB370 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: jeff@thespacereview.com Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:41 AM Subject: This Week in The Space Review - 2003 August 11 Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review: Considering the fate of Hubble --- The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most successful spacecraft missions in history, but ultimately that mission has to come to an end. Jeff Foust reports that NASA and the astronomical community are trying to figure out when Hubble's mission should end, and what to do with the spacecraft afterwards. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/39/1 If you missed it, here's what we published last week: Two directions for OSP --- The design of the Orbital Space Plane has focused on two distinct concepts: a capsule versus a winged vehicle. Jeff Foust reports that the decision NASA eventually makes will depend on what NASA's ultimate goals for the program are. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/38/1 We appreciate any feedback you may have about these articles as well as any other questions, comments, or suggestions about The Space Review. We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in future issues, so if you have an article or article idea that you think would be of interest, please email me. Until next week, Jeff Foust Editor, The Space Review jeff@thespacereview.com == This is the spacereview mailing list, hosted by klx.com To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@klx.com with the word unsubscribe spacereview in the body (not subject) of the message. For more information please visit http://www.thespacereview.com ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C360B2.F3FBB370 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Sent: Tuesday, Augus= t 12, 2003 8:41 AM

Subject: = This Week in The Space Review - 2003 August 11

Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:

Considering the= fate of Hubble
---
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most s= uccessful spacecraft
missions in history, but ultimately that mission= has to come to an end.
Jeff Foust reports that NASA and the as= tronomical community are trying
to figure out when Hubble's mission s= hould end, and what to do with the
spacecraft afterwards.
http://w= ww.thespacereview.com/article/39/1

If you missed it, here's wh= at we published last week:

Two directions for OSP
---
The de= sign of the Orbital Space Plane has focused on two distinct
concepts:= a capsule versus a winged vehicle. Jeff Foust reports that
the= decision NASA eventually makes will depend on what NASA's ultimate
g= oals for the program are.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/38/1

We appreciate any feedback you may have about these articles as= well as
any other questions, comments, or suggestions about The Spac= e Review.
We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in= future issues, so
if you have an article or article idea that you th= ink would be of
interest, please email me.

Until next week,
Jeff Foust
Editor, The Space Review
jeff@thespacereview.com
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------=_NextPart_001_000B_01C360C7.435EA3A0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Aug 12 09:43:04 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h7CGh1wI000142; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:43:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id MAA04085 for public-list; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:13:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav78.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.108]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA04080; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:13:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:13:03 -0700 Received: from 65.149.176.35 by bay4-dav78.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:13:03 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.35] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: [DarlingsSpace] David Darling's Newsletter #14 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:12:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0013_01C360CB.040BDDE0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2003 16:13:03.0336 (UTC) FILETIME=[9B779680:01C360EC] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 24 ------=_NextPart_001_0013_01C360CB.040BDDE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: daviddarling123 Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:12 AM To: DarlingsSpace@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DarlingsSpace] David Darling's Newsletter #14 DAVID DARLING'S NEWSLETTER -------------------------------------------------- Issue #14 August 11, 2003 e-mail: http://darling@uslink.net website: http://www.daviddarling.info -------------------------------------------------- Contents 1. Meanderings 2. Time Travel 3. Bookends -------------------------------------------------- 1. Meanderings Both our offspring -- son and daughter -- and my parents live in the UK, so we often make the trek back from Minnesota for family get- togethers. This newsletter is coming to you from a blisteringly hot Cumbria (NW England) two days after a temperature record was set for this green and pleasant land -- 100 degrees F in the shade at Heathrow Airport. Anyone who doubts the reality of global warming should look at what has happened to the weather in western Europe over the past few years and, in particular, the past few months in places like France, Italy, and Spain. Not that I'm complaining -- anything is better than perpetual grey skies and drizzle! One of the things I miss about being in the American midwest is the lack of visible human history: buildings and monuments going back hundreds and even thousands of years. So it's always a pleasure to see the old houses, churches, and pubs, the ancient stone circles and earthworks, the castles and manor houses, and Hadrian's Wall marching across the wild, windswept ridges of Northumberland. Treks in the fells (hills and mountains) of the Lake District are another high spot (literally!). On this occasion, together with my daughter and son-in-law, an assault was made on the Langdale Pikes http://www.virtualcumbria.net/views/southlakes/langdales_sidepike.htm and we plan a gentler stroll up Silver How near Grasmere (where Wordsworth is buried) over the next few days. I hope to post some pictures of the holiday on the personal pages of my website when we get home. Being in England at the moment is particularly apt since the main topic for this issue is time travel and, of course, the first great story of a leap into the future was penned by Herbert George Wells of London. Could a device like the Time Machine ever be built? And, if so, what strange consequences might it have? ------------------------------------------------- 2. Time Travel Time travel is easy. We do it all the ... time. Relentlessly, we ride the wavecrest of now from an ever-growing past into an uncertain (and possibly shrinking) future. The trouble is, we don't seem to be able to control the rate or the direction of that movement as we can the rate or direction of our movement through space. In space, you're free to go back and forth, from side to side, or up and down (though with less freedom, because of gravity) and as far as you like. The same doesn't seem to be true of the fourth dimension of time. But in part that restriction is illusory. Where, in practice, you can get to in space depends on how fast you can move. Put another way, your freedom of movement in space is restricted by speed. This is exactly true of time. Moving around on Earth at comparatively low speeds, we're confined to move through time at the same rate. But step aboard a spaceship that can accelerate to significant fractions of the speed of light and you can progress into the future arbitrarily faster than folks who stay back home. This could be both a boon and a disaster. Zoom up to 99.99999% of light-speed and (ignoring speed-up and slow- down times) you could get to the center of the Galaxy and back to Earth in just a few years, but all your friends and relatives, and even their great-great-great grandchildren, who stayed behind, would be long dead upon your return. More than 50,000 years would have gone by on Earth during your galactic jaunt and you'd be as hopelessly cut off from the world you knew as was the famous Time Traveller (whose name we never learn) in the novel by H. G. Wells. I call this problem "time dislocation" and talk a bit about it on my encyclopedia page http://www.angelfire.com/on2/daviddarling/timedislocation.htm You might say this is cheating -- using Einstein's theory of relativity to make one-way trips into the future. It is, though, a genuine, if limited, way of moving out of the normal time stream and leaping to any point in the future. Of course, you first have to solve the non-trivial problem of how to get a manned spacecraft up to high percentages of the speed of light. But the physics of relativistic time dilation is well understood and, in the case of fast-moving subatomic particles, has been thoroughly tested and verified. I don't want to get too much into the possible ways and means of time travel (this may come in a future newsletter when I've perfected my time machine design!), but instead say something about the nature of time and, specifically, the kinds of logical conundrums that arise if certain types of time travel are attempted. Traveling into the future is fairly free from paradoxes because, if you assume that the future has yet to be decided (which is by no means necessarily the case), any journeys into it simply become incorporated into it without affecting what has already happened. Trips into the past, by contrast, can throw up horrendous problems. The most obvious and well- known of these is the "Grandfather Paradox" in which you go back, say 50 years, and accidentally kill your grandfather, thus rendering your birth an impossibility. One way around this mind-bender is to insist categorically that you just can't do this sort of thing -- that there's no provision to let it happen or that nature will always conspire to prevent it happening. Stephen Hawking has proposed something along these lines called the "Chronology Protection Conjecture," which argues that quantum mechanical effects will either prevent loops back in time ("closed temporal loops," or CTLs) from forming or will destroy any would-be time traveller who approaches one. Another way of avoiding a logical catastrophe in the face of the Grandfather Paradox is to assume that any attempt to change the past causes the universe to split irrevocably into two distinct branches. Along one of these, the original time-line, you are born and eventually become a time traveller; along the other, one of your direct ancestors is killed (by you!) prematurely and so you immediately disappear and never come into existence. Notice that in neither branch is there a "you" later than the point at which you start your time journey. Some kinds of trips into the past circumvent the perils of the Grandfather Paradox but may still lead to strange and unexpected outcomes. Most of these weird possibilities have been explored by science fiction writers. In one short story, who's author and title I've forgotten (help anyone?), a would-be time tourist is given strict instructions not to do or touch anything that could affect future events. (In Star Trek this is called the "temporal prime directive".) He then hops back in time to the era of the dinosaurs but accidentally, if memory serves, steps on and kills a small creature. Upon his return to the present, he notices that things are not quite as he remembered them -- the entire future history of Earth has been subtly altered. In chaos theory, this is known as the butterfly effect -- the idea that the beating of a butterfly's wing somewhere and somewhen will influence future weather on a global scale. Do tiny events always get amplified in this way so that their effects ripple out to change the course of history on a macroscopic level? I doubt it. Small stuff, I'd guess, almost always gets damped out very quickly and very locally so that it has no effect whatever beyond a certain small "radius" of space and time. I'd be willing to place a pretty hefty bet that if you went back a few hundred million years and squashed a bug that otherwise might have lived you'd come back to a present indistinguishable from the one you knew. But obviously the bigger the change you made in the past the greater its future ripple effect would be. Go back and assassinate Hitler in his youth and who knows what the world of 2003 would be like? Another type of excursion into the past doesn't exactly alter the course of events but, in a curious fashion, becomes an essential part of them. One of the most dramatic and controversial examples in science fiction of this is Michael Moorcock's "Behold the Man". A disturbed individual, obsessed with ideas of suicide and the nature of Jesus, travels back to about A.D. 27 in search of Christ. He subsequently discovers the identity of Jesus and has his death-wish granted in the most dramatic manner imaginable. Although this kind of loop back in time can lead to serious headaches it doesn't plunge us into a genuine paradox because it can be seen as being built into the structure of the spacetime continuum from the outset. I should mention that in the Einsteinian view of the universe (and in the classical, Newtonian view, for that matter), there are no privileged moments in time, such as what we call "now" (a mere artifact of the conscious mind), but instead just an unchanging and unchangeable block universe that stretches out across all of space and time. Each object and person has their own individual wormlike "wordline" that threads through a tiny part of this predetermined expanse of spacetime, beginning at birth and ending at death (theological modifications aside!) George Gamow's entertaining autobiography is called "My Wordline". I mentioned one monstrosity in time travel -- the Grandfather Paradox -- that could only be allowed while preserving self- consistency by way of multiple universes. Another such case is the "Free Lunch Paradox". Suppose you go back in time and meet Shakespeare before he's had chance to write any of his famous plays. You hand him the manuscripts to Macbeth, Hamlet, Midsummer Night's Dream, and all the other works of the Great Bard, and encourage him to publish them as if they were his own. He does so and they eventually become accepted as literary masterpieces. You see the problem? Who supplied the creative genius? How did the plays actually arise? The problem only goes away if you allow a division of the time stream into two courses, along one of which Shakespeare really does compose his own material. The idea of spawning a whole new universe simply through the act of time travel seems preposterous. But the so-called "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics, in which *every* act of observation causes every possible outcome of that observation to be played out in some alternative universe, raises very few eyebrows in modern physics. In fact it is routinely accepted as being true in quantum cosmology and underpins the operation of quantum computers, which are slated to be the next great revolution in information technology. I've only scratched the surface of the many bizarre possibilities that time travel can conjure up. For those who don't mind having their brains tied in knots, I recommend Robert Heinlein's 1941 story "By His Bootstraps" and the 1980 movie "Somewhere in Time", starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. The latter, in turns out, can only be explained by a violation of the second law of thermodynamics or a dizzying, infinite spiral of parallel realities. ---------------------------------------------- 3. Bookends Some years ago I wrote a children's book about time and time travel as part of my "Could You Ever...?" series, called "Could You Ever Build a Time Machine?" Several of the entries in the third of my encyclopedias, to be published next year by John Wiley and devoted to recreational mathematics, will be on this same subject. Meanwhile, following the first book in this series, The Complete Book of Spaceflight, published at the end of last year, comes the companion volume, "The Universal Book of Astronomy," which will be in print in just a few weeks. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powells Books, and others, are already taking on-line orders and the book will be on shelves everywhere by October. My next task is to finish work on the illustrations for the math encyclopedia and then segue in to the newest project -- the first comprehensive guide to the story and science behind teleportation. As always, you can find out more about my books, and what else is keeping me busy, at my website http://www.daviddarling.info Until next time, Best wishes, David Darling ------=_NextPart_001_0013_01C360CB.040BDDE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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From: daviddarling123

Sent: Tues= day, August 12, 2003 4:12 AM

To:= DarlingsSpace@yahoogroups.com

= Subject: [DarlingsSpace] David Darling's Newsletter #14

DAVID DARLING'S NEWSLETTER
--------------------------= ------------------------

Issue #14
August 11, 2003
e-mail: = http://darling@uslink.net
website: http://www.daviddarling.info
--------------------------------------------------
Contents

1.= Meanderings
2. Time Travel
3. Bookends

--------------------= ------------------------------

1. Meanderings

Both our offs= pring -- son and daughter -- and my parents live in the
UK, so we oft= en make the trek back from Minnesota for family get-
togethers. This n= ewsletter is coming to you from a blisteringly hot
Cumbria (NW Englan= d) two days after a temperature record was set for
this green and ple= asant land -- 100 degrees F in the shade at
Heathrow Airport. Anyone = who doubts the reality of global warming
should look at what has happ= ened to the weather in western Europe
over the past few years and, in= particular, the past few months in
places like France, Italy, and Sp= ain. Not that I'm complaining --
anything is better than perpetual gr= ey skies and drizzle!

One of the things I miss about being in the = American midwest is the
lack of visible human history: buildings and = monuments going back
hundreds and even thousands of years. So it's al= ways a pleasure to
see the old houses, churches, and pubs, the ancien= t stone circles and
earthworks, the castles and manor houses, and Had= rian's Wall marching
across the wild, windswept ridges of Northumberl= and. Treks in the
fells (hills and mountains) of the Lake District ar= e another high
spot (literally!). On this occasion, together with my = daughter and
son-in-law, an assault was made on the Langdale Pikes
http://www.virtualcumbria.net/views/southlakes/langdales_sidepike.ht= m

and we plan a gentler stroll up Silver How near Grasmere (where =
Wordsworth is buried) over the next few days. I hope to post some pictures of the holiday on the personal pages of my website when we
= get home.

Being in England at the moment is particularly apt since= the main
topic for this issue is time travel and, of course, the fir= st great
story of a leap into the future was penned by Herbert George= Wells of
London. Could a device like the Time Machine ever be built?= And, if
so, what strange consequences might it have?

--------= -----------------------------------------

2. Time Travel

Ti= me travel is easy. We do it all the ... time. Relentlessly, we ride
t= he wavecrest of now from an ever-growing past into an uncertain (and
= possibly shrinking) future. The trouble is, we don't seem to be able
= to control the rate or the direction of that movement as we can the
r= ate or direction of our movement through space. In space, you're
free= to go back and forth, from side to side, or up and down (though
with= less freedom, because of gravity) and as far as you like. The
same d= oesn't seem to be true of the fourth dimension of time. But in
part t= hat restriction is illusory. Where, in practice, you can get to
in sp= ace depends on how fast you can move. Put another way, your
freedom o= f movement in space is restricted by speed. This is exactly
true of t= ime. Moving around on Earth at comparatively low speeds,
we're confin= ed to move through time at the same rate. But step aboard
a spaceship= that can accelerate to significant fractions of the speed
of light a= nd you can progress into the future arbitrarily faster than
folks who= stay back home. This could be both a boon and a disaster.
Zoom up to= 99.99999% of light-speed and (ignoring speed-up and slow-
down times)= you could get to the center of the Galaxy and back to
Earth in just = a few years, but all your friends and relatives, and
even their great= -great-great grandchildren, who stayed behind, would
be long dead upo= n your return. More than 50,000 years would have gone
by on Earth dur= ing your galactic jaunt and you'd be as hopelessly cut
off from the w= orld you knew as was the famous Time Traveller (whose
name we never l= earn) in the novel by H. G. Wells. I call this
problem "time dislocat= ion" and talk a bit about it on my encyclopedia
page

http://ww= w.angelfire.com/on2/daviddarling/timedislocation.htm

You might say= this is cheating -- using Einstein's theory of
relativity to make on= e-way trips into the future. It is, though, a
genuine, if limited, wa= y of moving out of the normal time stream and
leaping to any point in= the future. Of course, you first have to
solve the non-t