From owner-public@setileague.org Sat Nov 1 07:47:38 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA1Fla1J014647; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 07:47:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA29701 for public-list; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:40:03 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav157.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.187]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA29697; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:40:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 07:39:30 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav157.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:39:29 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "volcor" Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:39:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0018_01C3A064.6A9E2A30" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Nov 2003 15:39:30.0128 (UTC) FILETIME=[56F62D00:01C3A08E] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0018_01C3A064.6A9E2A30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.setileague.org/editor/flagerth.htm One Huge Step for Man by Dr. H. Paul Shuch, Executive Director James Cadle was, frankly, offended. It was July of 1969, and in the Sea o= f Tranquility, men from the planet Earth had first set foot upon the Moon= . Then, they planted the US flag. The Illinois artist considered himself = a loyal American. Still, he was disturbed by this blatant show of nationa= lism. True, it was nationalism that motivated the Space Race, but with th= e race now won, wasn't it time to put all that behind us? =20 Putting palette before patriotism, Cadle created the Flag of Earth, a ban= ner which he hoped would grace future space missions. Its yellow, blue an= d white circles, on a field black as space, starkly represented the Sun, = Earth and Moon. His dream was to further the sentiment expressed on the p= laque left behind by Apollo Eleven: Here Men from the Planet Earth First = Set Foot Upon the Moon. =20 The Flag never successfully penetrated the NASA bureaucracy, but it began= to permeate public consciousness. Copyrighted in 1970 and distributed th= rough Cadle's newly-formed company Flag of Earth International, it came t= o symbolize for me the global nature of SETI science. Today, the Flag of = Earth flies from every major SETI facility in the world, including The SE= TI League's moonbounce beacon, the Very Small Array, and many of our Proj= ect Argus stations. =20 Although he copyrighted and commercialized his Flag, Cadle never envision= ed it as a path to profits. He has always offered it at reasonable cost, = never charged shipping or handling fees, and consistently maintained its = quality by personally supervising the production of each and every Flag o= f Earth. =20 Today, November 1, 2003, James Cadle has transferred the Flag of Earth co= pyright into the public domain. Soon, you may begin to see it appearing o= n bumper stickers, t-shirts, and coffee mugs sold at souvenir stands arou= nd the planet. Nothing could please the artist more than to see his symbo= l universally adopted. =20 Still, we in The SETI League will continue to purchase our flags from Fla= g of Earth International , and we encourage our memb= ers to do the same. It's the least we can do for James Cadle, who gave us= our global banner, and has now given us his copyright. =20 That's one huge step for man. =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0018_01C3A064.6A9E2A30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
by = Dr. H. Paul Shuch, Executive Director
 

James Cadle was, frankly, offended. It was July o= f 1969, and in the Sea of Tranquility, men from the planet Earth had firs= t set foot upon the Moon. Then, they planted the US flag. The Illinois ar= tist considered himself a loyal American. Still, he was disturbed by this= blatant show of nationalism. True, it was nationalism that motivated the= Space Race, but with the race now won, wasn't it time to put all that be= hind us?

Putting palette before patriotism, Cadle created the Flag of= Earth, a banner which he hoped would grace future space missions. Its ye= llow, blue and white circles, on a field black as space, starkly represen= ted the Sun, Earth and Moon. His dream was to further the sentiment expre= ssed on the plaque left behind by Apollo Eleven: Here Men from the Planet= Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon.

The Flag never successfully pene= trated the NASA bureaucracy, but it began to permeate public consciousnes= s. Copyrighted in 1970 and distributed through Cadle's newly-formed compa= ny Flag of Earth International, it came to symbolize for me the global na= ture of SETI science. Today, the Flag of Earth flies from every major SET= I facility in the world, including The SETI League's moonbounce beacon, t= he Very Small Array, and many of our Project Argus stations.

Although= he copyrighted and commercialized his Flag, Cadle never envisioned it as= a path to profits. He has always offered it at reasonable cost, never ch= arged shipping or handling fees, and consistently maintained its quality = by personally supervising the production of each and every Flag of Earth.=

Today, November 1, 2003, James Cadle has transferred the Flag of Ear= th copyright into the public domain. Soon, you may begin to see it appear= ing on bumper stickers, t-shirts, and coffee mugs sold at souvenir stands= around the planet. Nothing could please the artist more than to see his = symbol universally adopted.

Still, we in The SETI League will continu= e to purchase our flags from Flag of Earth International <www.flagofearth.com>, and we encourage= our members to do the same. It's the least we can do for James Cadle, wh= o gave us our global banner, and has now given us his copyright.

That= 's one huge step for man.

 

------=_NextPart_001_0018_01C3A064.6A9E2A30-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sat Nov 1 08:06:32 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA1G6U1J001003; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:06:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA00242 for public-list; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:59:32 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav70.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.100]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA00237; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:59:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 07:57:55 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav70.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:57:55 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: The Physics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:57:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_001C_01C3A066.FC035110" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Nov 2003 15:57:55.0999 (UTC) FILETIME=[EA1CB2F0:01C3A090] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_001C_01C3A066.FC035110 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Co-Founder of String Field Theory Explores the Physics of ET http://www.space.com/entertainment/michio_kaku.html Renowned physicist, author, and co-founder of 'String Field Theory', Dr M= ichio Kaku believes that alien civilisations may have learnt to harness t= he energy of galaxies and travel through the universe using wormholes. Dr= Kaku has described what we might expect of alien cultures in an article = on his website, titled "The Physics of Extra-Terrestrial Civilisations". ------=_NextPart_001_001C_01C3A066.FC035110 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Co-Founder of = String Field Theory Explores the Physics of ET
http://www.= space.com/entertainment/michio_kaku.html

Renowned physicist, autho= r, and co-founder of 'String Field Theory', Dr Michio Kaku believes that = alien civilisations may have learnt to harness the energy of galaxies and= travel through the universe using wormholes. Dr Kaku has described what = we might expect of alien cultures in an article on his website, titled "T= he Physics of Extra-Terrestrial Civilisations".

------=_NextPart_001_001C_01C3A066.FC035110-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sat Nov 1 17:32:53 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA21Wp1J000876; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:32:53 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id UAA11432 for public-list; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:17:18 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from blueeyes.xprs.net (smtp.xprs.net [66.81.6.6]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA11428 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:17:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from davidmad (66-2-141-96-phi-06.cvx.algx.net [66.2.141.96]) by blueeyes.xprs.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id hA21YFTw011939; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 17:34:16 -0800 Message-ID: <000301c3a0df$0b618f00$608d0242@davidmad> From: "David Madison" To: , Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:17:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk The SETI effort is commendable, especially for its pan-global cooperation. Raise your Flag of Earth wherever SETI is the theme. However, the landing on the Moon deserves the American flag because it is entirely an American accomplishment. If Sam Smith builds a house then it is appropriate for him to place a plaque above the doorway saying, "Built by the Smiths". Sam would laugh if Joe Blow down the street says, "Wait a minute; you need to include the Blow family name on that plaque as well because I live on this street too!" Joe spent none of his own money building the house, and he gave none of his own sweat to the construction either. The accomplishment is Sam's alone and it is Sam's right alone to decide on the plaque for his home. America put men on the Moon. Not the Soviet Union, not China, not Japan, not Germany, not France, and not any other country or even all other countries combined. We did. At colossal expense and will, we did. The very existence of 34 years with no other country having matched our feat gives eloquent testimony to its difficulty. Only recently has the third country ever, China, momentarily reached low Earth orbit. The Moon is a thousand times as far away and requires life support for many days, not just minutes. Leave the PC police in their barracks and allow the Moon landing its rightful place as America's accomplishment. Let my American flag fly with well earned pride. From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 01:24:35 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA29OY1J023317; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 01:24:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id EAA20782 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 04:16:23 -0500 (EST) 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-2.nasc.inter.net [203.176.60.254]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA20778 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 04:16:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from ip6-207.eyrkonaeac07.dialup.ca.telus.com ([209.29.97.207] helo=MIKE-MXP) by app3.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #2) id 1AGEKd-000655-00 for public@setileague.org; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 04:15:36 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20031102041454.00e02390@mail.interlog.com> X-Sender: m9@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 04:14:54 -0500 To: public@setileague.org From: "Mike M." Subject: SETI public: Electronic Sniffer To Track Down Alien Life Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk http://www.howstuffworks.com/news-item93.htm Electronic Sniffer To Track Down Alien Life The next step that NASA plans to take in exploring the universe for extraterrestrial beings will be an electronic sniffer that could be sent to other planets to hunt down any signs of life. Carnegie Institution scientist Marilyn Fogl is adapting a new protein-recognition instrument, originally designed for finding signatures of life on Earth as part of her work with NASA's Astrobiology Institute (NAI). The device's molecular-recognition technology was initially developed to help scientists understand how life arose in ancient and extreme environments on Earth, but it could be just as useful in the field of astrobiology. Astrobiology is the study of the origin of life on earth to determine if life could exist elsewhere in the universe. The device, called the ProteinChip System , consists of tiny, thin strips of metal coated with different chemically active molecules that can bind and hold on to compounds of complex mixtures according to their different properties, including specific proteins -- the building blocks of life. Since sending back samples from space is expensive and risky, scientists are working to develop a self-contained laboratory that could be sent to discover if life exists on Mars or Jupiter's moon, Europa. Once on one of them, the lab would sniff out minute quantities of molecules, and remotely weigh the samples' molecular mass and analyze them for evidence of life. The equipment is currently located at Carnegie's Geophysical Laboratory in Washington, D.C. From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 05:09:50 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2D9m1J026765; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 05:09:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id HAA25101 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:59:58 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from smtp1.volja.net (smtp1.volja.net [217.72.64.59]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA25096 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:59:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from linux (unknown [217.72.95.193]) by smtp1.volja.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6B3D3DBA1 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:25:37 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Marko Cebokli Reply-To: s57uuu@hamradio.si To: Subject: Re: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 13:40:13 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <000301c3a0df$0b618f00$608d0242@davidmad> In-Reply-To: <000301c3a0df$0b618f00$608d0242@davidmad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200311021340.13874.s57uuu@hamradio.si> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by seti1.setileague.org id HAA25098 Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk > third country ever, China, momentarily reached low Earth orbit. The Moon > is a thousand times as far away and requires life support for many days, > not just minutes. this would be a good description of Alan Shepherd's little hop in the 60's.... However the Chinese flight was a serious multi-orbit space trip. Marko Cebokli From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 05:45:58 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2Djv1J021592; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 05:45:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id IAA25830 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 08:34:28 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from vadangyal.vnet.hu (mail.vnet.hu [213.163.59.4]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA25826 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 08:34:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from eik.bme.hu (adsl240119.vnet.hu [62.77.240.119]) by mail.vnet.hu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 Patch 1 (built Jun 6 2002)) with ESMTPA id <0HNQ0044B8D73H@mail.vnet.hu> for public@setileague.org; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:34:20 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 14:37:18 +0100 From: zoltan galantai Subject: Re: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain In-reply-to: <200311021340.13874.s57uuu@hamradio.si> Cc: public@setileague.org Reply-to: zgalant@eik.bme.hu Message-id: <3FA5088E.6020905@eik.bme.hu> Organization: Dept. of Innovation Management and History of Technology, BUTE/Hungary MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030903 Thunderbird/0.2 References: <000301c3a0df$0b618f00$608d0242@davidmad> <200311021340.13874.s57uuu@hamradio.si> Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk dear David Madison, Armstrong, descending from Eagle's ladder and touching one foot to the Moon's surface in 1969, said: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." (source: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/FirstLunarLanding/ch-1.html) He didn't stated that it was a great leap for ONLY Americans, as he was a representative of our species there sincerely yours Zoltan Galantai -- Zoltan Galantai PhD, associate professor Budapest University of Technology and Economics Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Innovation Studies and History of Technology H-1111 Hungary, Budapest, Stoczek u. 2., bg. St., gfloor 7. tel: (+36) 1 463-2141, fax: (+36) 1 463-1412 http://www.inno.bme.hu/~zgalant/index.html From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 07:02:57 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2F2k1J028137; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA27246 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:47:37 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from smtp.enter.net (smtp.enter.net [216.193.128.24]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA27242 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:47:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from Blue (ironmax-5-45.dialup.enter.net [216.193.165.101]) by smtp.enter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 54A22CCA71 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:52:58 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <00b601c3a150$2e3114d0$1607fea9@Blue> From: "Ronald C. Blue" To: Subject: SETI public: Baboons Can Think Abstractly Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:44:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C3A125.F8E27B40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C3A125.F8E27B40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://mentalhealth.about.com/library/sci/1001/blbaboon1001.htm Baboons Can Think Abstractly >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This suggest that there are many pathways to developing an intelligent = species. Ron ------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C3A125.F8E27B40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_00AD_01C3A125.F8E27B40-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 07:46:26 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2FkO1J023532; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:46:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA28139 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:28:20 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav158.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.188]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA28135; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:28:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:27:47 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.84 by bay4-dav158.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 15:27:46 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.84] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Parkes Radio Observatory gets a $3 million boost for 2004 probe coverage Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:27:34 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A12B.EE1FE840" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2003 15:27:47.0015 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE496570:01C3A155] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A12B.EE1FE840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7729156%5E15391%5E%5Enbv%= 5E,00.html $3m helps dish up life on Mars John Kerin NOVEMBER 01, 2003 =20 IT'S rush hour near Mars and the radio telescope immortalised in the film= The Dish is again playing a starring role. The frantic rush to gather information from seven probes either landing o= n Mars or circling the red planet over the coming months has led NASA to = pay for a $3 million upgrade of the dish at Parkes, in western NSW. =20 "If you were comparing what's happening near Mars now to a traffic proble= m, it is about 5.15 pm in Sydney at the moment - it's rush hour," CSIRO o= fficial Warren King said at the launch yesterday of the upgraded dish. =20 "The number of space probes that are coinciding around Mars in the next f= ew months is quite phenomenal, from NASA, the Europeans and the Japanese.= " =20 Among the spacecraft heading to Mars are the two robotic exploration rove= rs Spirit and Opportunity, scheduled to land in January, Japan's Nozomi a= nd the European Space Agency's Mars Express. =20 >From Monday, the CSIRO facility at Parkes will begin tracking craft near = Mars for up to eight hours a day as part of the NASA program. =20 And, despite what was depicted in the 2000 Australian film The Dish, Tom = Schieffer became the first US ambassador to visit the facility yesterday.= =20 Amid 110 km/h winds - 10 times stronger than it was built to withstand - = the dish relayed television pictures of the July 21, 1969 moon landing to= 600 million people. =20 The weather yesterday was uncannily like the violent squalls on that day.= =20 In a case of life imitating art, Mr Schieffer played cricket on the surfa= ce of the 64m parabolic dish with the CSIRO officials and NASA's Australi= an representative Neal Newman - re-enacting a scene from the movie. =20 The telescope was buffeted by driving rain and high winds of up to 70 km/= h as Mr Schieffer and an entourage from NASA and CSIRO executives clamber= ed up on to it. =20 Mr Schieffer said he first heard of "the dish" in April 2001 after US Pre= sident George W. Bush asked him to be Australia's ambassador. =20 "I went back to Dallas that weekend and of all things that were playing t= hat week at the theatre was The Dish. =20 "We went to see it and I knew this (being ambassador to Australia) was go= ing to be a lot of fun," he said. =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A12B.EE1FE840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A12B.EE1FE840-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 07:47:26 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2FlO1J026904; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:47:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA28306 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:36:02 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav64.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.94]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA28293 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:35:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:35:25 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.84 by bay4-dav64.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 15:35:25 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.84] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "David Madison" , "setipublic" Subject: Re: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:35:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2003 15:35:25.0772 (UTC) FILETIME=[EFBA28C0:01C3A156] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Germany had a lot to do with getting the USA on the Moon technologically, and the USSR did geopolitically. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: David Madison Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 8:19 PM To: public@setileague.org; Maddad@Maddad.org Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain The SETI effort is commendable, especially for its pan-global cooperation= . Raise your Flag of Earth wherever SETI is the theme. However, the landin= g on the Moon deserves the American flag because it is entirely an American accomplishment. If Sam Smith builds a house then it is appropriate for him to place a pla= que above the doorway saying, "Built by the Smiths". Sam would laugh if Joe Blow down the street says, "Wait a minute; you need to include the Blow family name on that plaque as well because I live on this street too!" J= oe spent none of his own money building the house, and he gave none of his o= wn sweat to the construction either. The accomplishment is Sam's alone and = it is Sam's right alone to decide on the plaque for his home. America put men on the Moon. Not the Soviet Union, not China, not Japan, not Germany, not France, and not any other country or even all other countries combined. We did. At colossal expense and will, we did. The very existence of 34 years with no other country having matched our f= eat gives eloquent testimony to its difficulty. Only recently has the third country ever, China, momentarily reached low Earth orbit. The Moon is a thousand times as far away and requires life support for many days, not j= ust minutes. Leave the PC police in their barracks and allow the Moon landing its rightful place as America's accomplishment. Let my American flag fly wit= h well earned pride. ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Germany had a = lot to do with getting the USA on the Moon technologically,
an= d the USSR did geopolitically.
 
Larry
<= DIV> 
=
----- Original Message -----
From: David Madison
Sent: Saturd= ay, November 01, 2003 8:19 PM
To= : public@setileague.org; Maddad@Maddad.org
Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the pub= lic domain
 
The SETI effort is commendable, especia= lly for its pan-global cooperation.
Raise your Flag of Earth wherever = SETI is the theme.  However, the landing
on the Moon deserves the= American flag because it is entirely an American
accomplishment.
<= BR>If Sam Smith builds a house then it is appropriate for him to place a = plaque
above the doorway saying, "Built by the Smiths".  Sam woul= d laugh if Joe
Blow down the street says, "Wait a minute; you need to = include the Blow
family name on that plaque as well because I live on = this street too!"  Joe
spent none of his own money building the h= ouse, and he gave none of his own
sweat to the construction either.&nb= sp; The accomplishment is Sam's alone and it
is Sam's right alone to d= ecide on the plaque for his home.

America put men on the Moon.&nbs= p; Not the Soviet Union, not China, not Japan,
not Germany, not France= , and not any other country or even all other
countries combined. = ; We did.  At colossal expense and will, we did.

The very exi= stence of 34 years with no other country having matched our feat
gives= eloquent testimony to its difficulty.  Only recently has the third<= BR>country ever, China, momentarily reached low Earth orbit.  The Mo= on is a
thousand times as far away and requires life support for many = days, not just
minutes.

Leave the PC police in their barracks a= nd allow the Moon landing its
rightful place as America's accomplishme= nt.  Let my American flag fly with
well earned pride.

------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 07:51:39 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2Fpb1J017330; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:51:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA28218 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:33:05 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav44.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.74]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA28214; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:33:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 07:32:27 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.84 by bay4-dav44.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 15:32:27 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.84] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Fw: [NOVA] "The Elegant Universe" Episode Three Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:32:21 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A12C.98CC3AA0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2003 15:32:27.0464 (UTC) FILETIME=[85728480:01C3A156] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A12C.98CC3AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: owner-nova-online@franz.wgbh.org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 1:36 PM To: nova-online@franz.wgbh.org Subject: [NOVA] "The Elegant Universe" Episode Three _____________________________________________________________________ NEXT ON NOVA: "The Elegant Universe: Welcome to the 11th Dimension" http://www.pbs.org/nova/elegant Broadcast: Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 8:00 P.M. on PBS In "Welcome to the 11th Dimension," the third and final episode of "The Elegant Universe," string theory is faced with an embarrassment of riches. Five different string theories compete for the title Theory of Everything. Find out how this conundrum is solved and what it could mean for our understanding of the universe. Here's what you'll find on the companion Web site: Articles and Interviews A Theory of Everything? In this excerpt from his book The Elegant Universe, Brian Greene explains why string theory might hold the key to unifying the four forces of nature. A Conversation with Brian Greene The series host says we may not be smart enough to ever fully understand the universe, he'd like to know now if string theory is wrong, and more. Viewpoints on String Theory Leading physicists offer insights -- and sometimes conflicting opinions -- on the nature and meaning of string theory. Imagining Other Dimensions Our brains may not be equipped to picture ten spatial dimensions, but see if you can get to at least four here. Interactives and Slide Shows The Making Of From the initial concept to the finished product, take a detailed look at the making of one scene from "The Elegant Universe." A Sense of Scale Starting at an everyday scale, travel by powers of 100 down into the infinitesimally itsy-bitsy world of strings. Resonance in Strings An everyday string and the tiny strings of string theory have a lot in common. It's all in the vibration. Multidimensional Math See for yourself why it's a walk in the park to dream up extra dimensions, at least for mathematicians. Elementary Particles How do you tell a muon from a gluon? A strange quark from a charm quark? Find out here. Smashing Pictures Explore images from atom smashers that have captured particles in the act of being created or destroyed. Resources Watch the Program Missed the first two episodes in "The Elegant Universe" miniseries? View the entire three-part program online. NOVA News Minutes Watch news clips related to the program. Plus, a list of links and books, a teacher's guide, and the program transcript http://www.pbs.org/nova/elegant _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Thank you for visiting NOVA Online. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback. You can send a message directly to nova@wgbh.org, or use our feedback form at http://www.pbs.org/nova/feedback/ You are subscribed to the NOVA Online mailing list. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pbs.org/nova/mailing/unsubscribe.html -- or send an e-mail to majordomo@franz.wgbh.org and, on a line by itself in the message, type: unsubscribe nova-online Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Park Foundation, Sprint, and Microsoft. _____________________________________________________________________ ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A12C.98CC3AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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NEXT ON NOVA: "The Elegant Universe: Welcome t= o the 11th Dimension"

http://www.pbs.org/nova/elegant

Broad= cast: Tuesday, November 4, 2003, 8:00 P.M. on PBS

In "Welcome to t= he 11th Dimension," the third and final episode of
"The Elegant Univer= se," string theory is faced with an embarrassment
of riches. Five diff= erent string theories compete for the title
Theory of Everything. Find= out how this conundrum is solved and what
it could mean for our under= standing of the universe.

Here's what you'll find on the companion= Web site:

Articles and Interviews

    =   A Theory of Everything?
      In this = excerpt from his book The Elegant Universe, Brian
   &n= bsp;  Greene explains why string theory might hold the key to unifyi= ng
      the four forces of nature.

&n= bsp;     A Conversation with Brian Greene
 &n= bsp;    The series host says we may not be smart enough to= ever fully
      understand the universe, he= 'd like to know now if string theory
      is= wrong, and more.

      Viewpoints on Str= ing Theory
      Leading physicists offer ins= ights -- and sometimes conflicting
      opin= ions -- on the nature and meaning of string theory.

  &n= bsp;   Imagining Other Dimensions
    &n= bsp; Our brains may not be equipped to picture ten spatial
  = ;    dimensions, but see if you can get to at least four h= ere.

Interactives and Slide Shows

    &= nbsp; The Making Of
      From the initial co= ncept to the finished product, take a
      d= etailed look at the making of one scene from "The Elegant
  =     Universe."

      A Sen= se of Scale
      Starting at an everyday sca= le, travel by powers of 100 down into
      t= he infinitesimally itsy-bitsy world of strings.

   =    Resonance in Strings
      An ev= eryday string and the tiny strings of string theory have a
  = ;    lot in common. It's all in the vibration.

&nbs= p;     Multidimensional Math
   &nb= sp;  See for yourself why it's a walk in the park to dream up extra<= BR>      dimensions, at least for mathematicians= .

      Elementary Particles
 &nb= sp;    How do you tell a muon from a gluon? A strange quar= k from a
      charm quark? Find out here.
      Smashing Pictures
  &nbs= p;   Explore images from atom smashers that have captured parti= cles
      in the act of being created or des= troyed.

Resources

      Watch the = Program
      Missed the first two episodes i= n "The Elegant Universe"
      miniseries? Vi= ew the entire three-part program online.

    &= nbsp; NOVA News Minutes
      Watch news clip= s related to the program.

      Plus, a l= ist of links and books, a teacher's guide, and the
   &= nbsp;  program transcript

http://www.pbs.org/nova/elegant
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<= /BODY> ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A12C.98CC3AA0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 09:07:16 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA2H7E1J018330; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:07:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id LAA29889 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 11:55:39 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay9-f49.bay9.hotmail.com [64.4.47.49]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA29885 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 11:55:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 08:55:05 -0800 Received: from 66.2.141.47 by by9fd.bay9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:55:05 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.2.141.47] X-Originating-Email: [maddad@hotmail.com] Reply-To: Maddad@Maddad.org From: "David Madison" To: public@setileague.org Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 16:55:05 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Nov 2003 16:55:05.0977 (UTC) FILETIME=[10F38E90:01C3A162] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk

Zoltan Galantai

"Armstrong . . . didn't stated that it was a great leap for ONLY Americans, as he was a representative of our species there"

I totally agree with you that all mankind, not just Americans, have and will continue to benefit from the spinoff of the Moon landings.  However, this does not transform the responsibility for the accomplishment into one of all mankind.

If Sam Smith decides that the sidewalk on the street of his new home is old and crumbling, he could replace its entire length at his own expense and effort.  While property values would increase for everyone on the block, the accomplishment still belongs to Sam.  Joe Blow down the street still does not get to add his name to the plaque on Sam's house.





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Fretting that your Hotmail account may expire because you forgot to sign in enough? Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 17:43:26 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA31hO1J013711; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:43:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id UAA10218 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:31:32 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav98.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.128]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10214 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:31:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:30:54 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.60 by bay4-dav98.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 01:30:54 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.60] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "David Madison" , "setipublic" Subject: Re: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 10:35:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 01:30:54.0490 (UTC) FILETIME=[1FB3DFA0:01C3A1AA] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Germany had a lot to do with getting the USA on the Moon technologically, and the USSR did geopolitically. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: David Madison Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 8:19 PM To: public@setileague.org; Maddad@Maddad.org Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the public domain The SETI effort is commendable, especially for its pan-global cooperation= . Raise your Flag of Earth wherever SETI is the theme. However, the landin= g on the Moon deserves the American flag because it is entirely an American accomplishment. If Sam Smith builds a house then it is appropriate for him to place a pla= que above the doorway saying, "Built by the Smiths". Sam would laugh if Joe Blow down the street says, "Wait a minute; you need to include the Blow family name on that plaque as well because I live on this street too!" J= oe spent none of his own money building the house, and he gave none of his o= wn sweat to the construction either. The accomplishment is Sam's alone and = it is Sam's right alone to decide on the plaque for his home. America put men on the Moon. Not the Soviet Union, not China, not Japan, not Germany, not France, and not any other country or even all other countries combined. We did. At colossal expense and will, we did. The very existence of 34 years with no other country having matched our f= eat gives eloquent testimony to its difficulty. Only recently has the third country ever, China, momentarily reached low Earth orbit. The Moon is a thousand times as far away and requires life support for many days, not j= ust minutes. Leave the PC police in their barracks and allow the Moon landing its rightful place as America's accomplishment. Let my American flag fly wit= h well earned pride. ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Germany had a = lot to do with getting the USA on the Moon technologically,
an= d the USSR did geopolitically.
 
Larry
<= DIV> 
=
----- Original Message -----
From: David Madison
Sent: Saturd= ay, November 01, 2003 8:19 PM
To= : public@setileague.org; Maddad@Maddad.org
Subject: SETI public: The Flag of Earth now in the pub= lic domain
 
The SETI effort is commendable, especia= lly for its pan-global cooperation.
Raise your Flag of Earth wherever = SETI is the theme.  However, the landing
on the Moon deserves the= American flag because it is entirely an American
accomplishment.
<= BR>If Sam Smith builds a house then it is appropriate for him to place a = plaque
above the doorway saying, "Built by the Smiths".  Sam woul= d laugh if Joe
Blow down the street says, "Wait a minute; you need to = include the Blow
family name on that plaque as well because I live on = this street too!"  Joe
spent none of his own money building the h= ouse, and he gave none of his own
sweat to the construction either.&nb= sp; The accomplishment is Sam's alone and it
is Sam's right alone to d= ecide on the plaque for his home.

America put men on the Moon.&nbs= p; Not the Soviet Union, not China, not Japan,
not Germany, not France= , and not any other country or even all other
countries combined. = ; We did.  At colossal expense and will, we did.

The very exi= stence of 34 years with no other country having matched our feat
gives= eloquent testimony to its difficulty.  Only recently has the third<= BR>country ever, China, momentarily reached low Earth orbit.  The Mo= on is a
thousand times as far away and requires life support for many = days, not just
minutes.

Leave the PC police in their barracks a= nd allow the Moon landing its
rightful place as America's accomplishme= nt.  Let my American flag fly with
well earned pride.

------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A12C.FEF3A840-- From owner-public@setileague.org Sun Nov 2 17:48:42 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA31mf1J007117; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:48:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id UAA10413 for public-list; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:40:26 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav118.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.148]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10409; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:40:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:39:52 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.60 by bay4-dav118.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 01:39:52 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.60] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Open Letter to the HST-JWST Transition Panel on Optical SETI Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 20:39:45 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A181.7392CEC0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 01:39:52.0989 (UTC) FILETIME=[60AC4CD0:01C3A1AB] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A181.7392CEC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Open Letter to the HST-JWST Transition Panel Concerning Space-Based Optical SETI On July 31, 2003, the Transition Panel for the Hubble Space Telescope/Jam= es Webb Space Telescope issued a report on the scientific impact of the c= urrent NASA plan for ending HST operations and beginning JWST operations.= The panel requested further comments from the scientific community. =20 The open letter that follows concerns the retrofit of the HST for Optical= SETI (OSETI) and the design of the JWST to incorporate the capability of= undertaking OSETI. To see why it is important to have space-based Optical SETI observatories= one only has to consider the spectral window presented by Earth's atmosp= here. The atmospheric transmission chart presented here covers the appro= ximate wavelength range of the James-Webb Space Telescope. Not shown is = the ultra-violet band between 0.3 microns and 0.1 microns which is blocke= d by Earth's atmosphere but is available to the Hubble Space Telescope. = These two telescopes together provide a complementary means to access a s= ubstantial and contiguous range of optical frequencies. On a more philosophical note, it is distressing to read that NASA has giv= en up on the idea of eventually bringing the HST back to Earth for displa= y in the Smithsonian or parking it in a higher orbit for safety, but woul= d rather send it crashing back to Earth in a controlled re-entry at the e= nd of this decade. This is pure vandalism. It is rather like suggesting= that if the original Santa Maria was on display in a museum in Spain and= while towing it to the New World for display here it accidentally sank, = we would make no attempt to retrieve it. =20 Our descendants would not think much of this generation if we did not lea= ve them the legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope to marvel at. Even if w= e were not ready for the HST to undertake OSETI in this decade, by parkin= g it safely in a higher orbit, we would ensure its availability later bot= h for OSETI and its eventual display in the Smithsonian, after the Space = Shuttle is replaced by a more reliable space vehicle. =20 If you agree to the importance for the HST and JWST to be equipped to und= ertake OSETI observations, please contact Professor Bahcall and/or the NA= SA Administrator, Dr. Sean O'Keefe at NASA Headquarters. In particular, = you are encouraged to contact NASA about this matter, whether you are a s= cientist, engineer, a concerned member of the public, or just a citizen o= f Planet Earth. 2010 should not mark the end of the HST but a new beginn= ing. http://www.coseti.org/hst-jwst.htm ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A181.7392CEC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Open Letter to the HST-JWST Transition Panel
Co= ncerning Space-Based Optical SETI

On July 31, 2003, the Transition Panel for the Hubble Space Telesc= ope/James Webb Space Telescope issued a report on the scientific impact o= f the current NASA plan for ending HST operations and beginning JWST oper= ations.  The panel requested further comments from the scientific co= mmunity. 

The open letter that follows conce= rns the retrofit of the HST for Optical SETI (OSETI) and the= design of the JWST to incorporate the capability of undertaking OSETI.

To see why it is important to have space-based Opti= cal SETI observatories one only has to consider the spectral window prese= nted by Earth's atmosphere.  The a= tmospheric transmission chart presented here covers the approximate wavelength range of the Ja= mes-Webb Space Telescope.  Not shown is the ultra-violet band betwee= n 0.3 microns and 0.1 microns which is blocked by Earth's atmosphere but = is available to the Hubble Space Telescope.  These two telescopes to= gether provide a complementary means to access a substantial and contiguo= us range of optical frequencies.

On a more philoso= phical note, it is distressing to read that NASA has given up on the idea= of eventually bringing the HST back to Earth for display in the Smithson= ian or parking it in a higher orbit for safety, but would rather send it = crashing back to Earth in a controlled re-entry at the end of this decade= .  This is pure vandalism.  It is rather like suggesting that i= f the original Santa Maria was on display in a museum in Spain and= while towing it to the New World for display here it accidentally sank, = we would make no attempt to retrieve it. 

Ou= r descendants would not think much of this generation if we did not leave= them the legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope to marvel at.  Even i= f we were not ready for the HST to undertake OSETI in this decade, by par= king it safely in a higher orbit, we would ensure its availability later = both for OSETI and its eventual display in the Smithsonian, after the Spa= ce Shuttle is replaced by a more reliable space vehicle. 

If you agree to the importance for the HST and JWST to be e= quipped to undertake OSETI observations, please contact Professor Bahcall= and/or the NASA Administrator, Dr. Sean O'Keefe at NASA Headquarters.&nb= sp; In particular, you are encouraged to contact NASA about this matter, = whether you are a scientist, engineer, a concerned member of the public, = or just a citizen of Planet Earth.  2010 should not mark the end of = the HST but a new beginning.

 
------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A181.7392CEC0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 3 13:46:35 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA3LkX1J011891; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:46:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA03982 for public-list; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:36:47 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav12.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.116]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA03978; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:36:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:36:10 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav12.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:36:10 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Here Comes the Sun Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:35:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A228.8DCF7200" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 21:36:10.0647 (UTC) FILETIME=[7F7DBA70:01C3A252] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A228.8DCF7200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: SpaceWeather.com Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 7:24 PM To: SpaceWeather.com Subject: Here Comes the Sun Space Weather News for Nov. 2, 2003 http://spaceweather.com Another remarkable solar flare has erupted from giant sunspot 486--an X8-class blast at 1725 UT on Nov. 2nd. Because the sunspot is nearing the sun's western limb, this explosion was not aimed squarely at Earth. Even so, a coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading our way. Auroras could appear on Nov. 3rd or 4th when the fast-moving cloud delivers a glancing blow to Earth's magnetic field. Visit spaceweather.com for more information and images. ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A228.8DCF7200 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: SpaceWeather.com
Sent: Sun= day, November 02, 2003 7:24 PM
T= o: SpaceWeather.com
Subject:= Here Comes the Sun
 
Space Weather News for Nov= . 2, 2003
http://spaceweather.com

Another remarkable solar flar= e has erupted from giant sunspot 486--an
X8-class blast at 1725 UT on = Nov. 2nd. Because the sunspot is nearing the
sun's western limb, this = explosion was not aimed squarely at Earth. Even
so, a coronal mass eje= ction (CME) is heading our way. Auroras could appear
on Nov. 3rd or 4t= h when the fast-moving cloud delivers a glancing blow to
Earth's magne= tic field. Visit spaceweather.com for more information and
images.
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------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A228.8DCF7200-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 3 13:47:26 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA3LlO1J032113; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:47:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA03942 for public-list; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:36:08 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav140.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.170]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA03938; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:36:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:34:44 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav140.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:34:44 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: AstroAlert: A Pair of Strong X-Class Solar Flares Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:34:27 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000C_01C3A228.58EFADC0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 21:34:44.0960 (UTC) FILETIME=[4C6AEE00:01C3A252] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000C_01C3A228.58EFADC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Cary Oler Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:04 AM To: sun-earth@SkyandTelescope.com Subject: AstroAlert: A Pair of Strong X-Class Solar Flares =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This Is SKY & TELESCOPE's AstroAlert for Sun-Earth Interactions =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D A s t r o A l e r t Sun-Earth Alert Solar Terrestrial Dispatch http://www.spacew.com 03 November 2003 A PAIR OF STRONG X-CLASS SOLAR FLARES The sunspot complex known as Region 488, located just to the north o= f the power-house Region 486 that was responsible for the X17 and X10 flare= s last week, has joined the parade by producing its first major solar flare= : a class X2.7 solar x-ray event at 01:29 UTC on 03 November (8:29 pm EST on 02 November). This was preceded about eight hours earlier by an even more powerful solar flare from neighboring Region 486. That event reached a class X8.3 x-ray intensity at 17:25 UTC on 02 November and blasted the Earth with an additional dose of high-energy protons at 17:35 UTC (only 10 minutes afte= r x-rays reached their maximum intensity)! The X8.3 solar flare from Region 486 has been confirmed as a halo coronal mass ejection (perhaps a borderline partial halo event). This mea= ns that mass ejected from the region contains an Earthward-directed componen= t. That component is expected to impact the Earth on 03 or 04 November, but = with heaviest emphasis on the early UTC hours of 04 November. For North Americ= an observers, this translates to the evening (probably late evening) hours o= n MONDAY NIGHT, Eastern Standard Time. A middle latitude auroral activity WATCH has been issued for the 03 = to 06 November time-frame with heaviest empahsis on 04 November. It is appen= ded below. Although this event has the potential to be perhaps as strong as the Great Storm of 29 and 30 October, we do not believe it will. Nevertheless= , the chance for periods of significant auroral activity exists for 03 thro= ugh 06 November (again, with emphasis on 04 November). This will probably be the last geoeffective disturbance the Earth wi= ll observe from sunspot complex 486 before it rotates behind the western lim= b of the Sun and out of range. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH WATCH ISSUED: 02:00 UTC, 03 NOVEMBER 2003 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ ** THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY EXISTS ** VALID BEGINNING AT: 12:00 UTC ON 03 NOVEMBER VALID UNTIL: 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) ON 06 NOVEMBER PREDICTED IMPACT TIME OF DISTURBANCE: APPROX. 07:00 UTC ON 04 NOVEMBER, +/- AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS HIGH RISK PERIOD: 04 - 05 NOVEMBER (UTC DAYS) MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 03 - 06 NOVEMBER PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 20, 70, 30, 15 (03 NOVEMBER - 06 NOVEMBER) POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE TO HIGH POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTIVITY: MAIN BELT =3D 12 TO 18 HOURS MINOR BELT =3D 18 TO 36 HOURS ESTIMATED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: NEAR AND AFTER LOCAL MIDNIGHT EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: MODERATE OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM... OREGON TO SOUTHERN IDAHO TO NORTHERN UTAH TO NORTHERN COLORADO TO NEBR= ASKA TO IOWA TO ILLINOIS TO SOUTHERN INDIANA TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY TO VIRGIN= IA TO MARYLAND. ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM... FRANCE TO SOUTHERN GERMANY TO CZECH REPUBLIC TO POLAND TO BELARUS TO CENTRAL RUSSIA. NEW ZEALAND AND EXTREME SOUTHERN (PARTICULARLY SOUTHEASTERN) REGIONS O= F AUSTRALIA MAY ALSO OBSERVE PERIODS OF ACTIVITY. SYNOPSIS... TWO major X-class solar flares within the last 24 hours have been observed. The first, a class X8.37 x-ray flare occurred at 17:15 UTC on 0= 2 November and was associated with a full halo coronal mass ejection. The second major X-class flare is in-progress at the time of this writing (peak was at a class X2.72 x-ray level at 01:29 UTC on 03 November). This event is assumed to be associated with a similar coronal mass ejection ha= ving an Earthward-directed component. Activity is expected to intensify early in the UTC day of 04 Novembe= r (perhaps near 07:00 UTC give or take several hours). Note that there is a discrepancy between Solar Terrestrial Dispatch's (STD) prediction and the Space Environment Center (SEC). SEC is expecting an impact "near mid-day = on day one" which is near 12:00 UTC on 03 November. If SEC is correct, the disturbance will arrive near dawn over North America TONIGHT and will probably produce a significant disturbance at the Earth. If STD is correc= t, the disturbance won't arrive until near midnight over North America on MO= NDAY NIGHT and will be of lesser magnitude than the events of 29-30 October. I= n any event, there is a good chance for periods of minor to severe auroral storm activity after the disturbance arrives. This watch will remain valid through 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) on 06 November. It will then be updated or allowed to expire. It may also be upgraded to a warning after the disturbance impacts. For updated information, visit: http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html. For real-tim= e plots of current activity, visit: http://www.spacew.com/plots.html or www.sec.noaa.gov. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF AURORAL ACTIVITY TO: http://www.spacew.com/submitsighting.html ** End of the AstroAlert Bulletin ** =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D AstroAlert is a free service of SKY & TELESCOPE, the Essential Magazine of Astronomy (http://SkyandTelescope.com/). This e-mail was sent to AstroAlert subscribers. 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----- Original Message -----
From: Cary Oler
Sent: Monday, No= vember 03, 2003 1:04 AM
To: = sun-earth@SkyandTelescope.com
Su= bject: AstroAlert: A Pair of Strong X-Class Solar Flares
&= nbsp;
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This Is SKY = & TELESCOPE's AstroAlert for Sun-Earth Interactions
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

      = ;            =           A s t r o  A = l e r t
          &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;        Sun-Earth Alert

&nbs= p;            = ;            = Solar Terrestrial Dispatch
       =             &= nbsp;        http://www.spacew.com
=
           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;       03 November 2003

A PAIR OF = STRONG X-CLASS SOLAR FLARES

     The sunspot c= omplex known as Region 488, located just to the north of
the power-hou= se Region 486 that was responsible for the X17 and X10 flares
last wee= k, has joined the parade by producing its first major solar flare: a
c= lass X2.7 solar x-ray event at 01:29 UTC on 03 November (8:29 pm EST on02 November).

     This was preceded about e= ight hours earlier by an even more powerful
solar flare from neighbori= ng Region 486. That event reached a class X8.3
x-ray intensity at 17:2= 5 UTC on 02 November and blasted the Earth with an
additional dose of = high-energy protons at 17:35 UTC (only 10 minutes after
x-rays reached= their maximum intensity)!

     The X8.3 solar= flare from Region 486 has been confirmed as a halo
coronal mass eject= ion (perhaps a borderline partial halo event). This means
that mass ej= ected from the region contains an Earthward-directed component.
That c= omponent is expected to impact the Earth on 03 or 04 November, but withheaviest emphasis on the early UTC hours of 04 November. For North Amer= ican
observers, this translates to the evening (probably late evening)= hours on
MONDAY NIGHT, Eastern Standard Time.

  &nbs= p;  A middle latitude auroral activity WATCH has been issued for the= 03 to
06 November time-frame with heaviest empahsis on 04 November. I= t is appended
below.

     Although this eve= nt has the potential to be perhaps as strong as the
Great Storm of 29 = and 30 October, we do not believe it will. Nevertheless,
the chance fo= r periods of significant auroral activity exists for 03 through
06 Nov= ember (again, with emphasis on 04 November).

   &nb= sp; This will probably be the last geoeffective disturbance the Earth wil= l
observe from sunspot complex 486 before it rotates behind the wester= n limb of
the Sun and out of range.


    = ;            /\/\/= \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

    =             &= nbsp;   MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH

 &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;    WATCH ISSUED: 02:00 UTC, 03 NOVEMBER 2003

&nb= sp;           &nbs= p;   /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

&nbs= p;            ** T= HE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY EXISTS **

VALID BEGINNING AT= : 12:00 UTC ON 03 NOVEMBER
VALID UNTIL: 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) ON 06 NOV= EMBER

PREDICTED IMPACT TIME OF DISTURBANCE:
   &= nbsp; APPROX. 07:00 UTC ON 04 NOVEMBER, +/- AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS
HIGH RISK PERIOD: 04 - 05 NOVEMBER (UTC DAYS)
MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 0= 3 - 06 NOVEMBER

PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 20, 70, 30, 15 (03 NOV= EMBER  - 06 NOVEMBER)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE = AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE TO HIGH

POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTI= VITY: MAIN BELT =3D 12 TO 18 HOURS
      = ;            =             &= nbsp;     MINOR BELT =3D 18 TO 36 HOURS

ESTIMA= TED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: NEAR AND AFTER LOCAL MIDNIGHT

EX= PECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: MODERATE

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERV= ATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD

AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* = BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

   ORE= GON TO SOUTHERN IDAHO TO NORTHERN UTAH TO NORTHERN COLORADO TO NEBRASKA   TO IOWA TO ILLINOIS TO SOUTHERN INDIANA TO NORTHERN KENTUC= KY TO VIRGINIA
   TO MARYLAND.

ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE= OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

   FRANC= E TO SOUTHERN GERMANY TO CZECH REPUBLIC TO POLAND TO BELARUS TO
 =   CENTRAL RUSSIA.

   NEW ZEALAND AND EXTREME SOUTHE= RN (PARTICULARLY SOUTHEASTERN) REGIONS OF
   AUSTRALIA MAY A= LSO OBSERVE PERIODS OF ACTIVITY.

SYNOPSIS...

  &n= bsp;  TWO major X-class solar flares within the last 24 hours have b= een
observed. The first, a class X8.37 x-ray flare occurred at 17:15 U= TC on 02
November and was associated with a full halo coronal mass eje= ction. The
second major X-class flare is in-progress at the time of th= is writing
(peak was at a class X2.72 x-ray level at 01:29 UTC on 03 N= ovember). This
event is assumed to be associated with a similar corona= l mass ejection having
an Earthward-directed component.

 &= nbsp;   Activity is expected to intensify early in the UTC day = of 04 November
(perhaps near 07:00 UTC give or take several hours). No= te that there is a
discrepancy between Solar Terrestrial Dispatch's (S= TD) prediction and the
Space Environment Center (SEC). SEC is expectin= g an impact "near mid-day on
day one" which is near 12:00 UTC on 03 No= vember. If SEC is correct, the
disturbance will arrive near dawn over = North America TONIGHT and will
probably produce a significant disturba= nce at the Earth. If STD is correct,
the disturbance won't arrive unti= l near midnight over North America on MONDAY
NIGHT and will be of less= er magnitude than the events of 29-30 October. In
any event, there is = a good chance for periods of minor to severe auroral
storm activity af= ter the disturbance arrives.

     This watch w= ill remain valid through 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) on
06 November. It will = then be updated or allowed to expire. It may also be
upgraded to a war= ning after the disturbance impacts. For updated
information, visit: ht= tp://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html. For real-time
plots of current = activity, visit: http://www.spacew.com/plots.html or
www.sec.noaa.gov.=

           = ;   PLEASE REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF AURORAL ACTIVITY TO:
 = ;            =     http://www.spacew.com/submitsighting.html


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------=_NextPart_001_000C_01C3A228.58EFADC0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 3 13:55:31 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA3LtS1J025045; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:55:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA03842 for public-list; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:31:23 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav119.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.149]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA03838; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:31:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:30:49 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav119.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 21:30:49 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: AstroAlert: News from VSNET Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:30:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A227.D08CAB90" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 21:30:49.0743 (UTC) FILETIME=[C037A9F0:01C3A251] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A227.D08CAB90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Makoto Uemura Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 1:45 PM To: AstroAlert Cc: vsnet-adm@ooruri.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp Subject: AstroAlert: News from VSNET =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This Is SKY & TELESCOPE's AstroAlert for Variable Stars =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D *** News from VSNET *** Z Cam shows a clear indication of damping oscillations. For more detail information about these objects, =20 see below, "VSNET Weekly Campaign Summary" of the last week. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- VSNET (Variable Star Network) is an international variable star observi= ng network, covering various areas of novae, supernovae, cataclysmic variabl= es (CVs), X-ray transients, and other classical eruptive, pulsating, and eclipsing variables. VSNET is one of invited contributing organizations to the SkyPub AstroAlert system. The "News from VSNET", mainly focusing on recent remarkable activities = of CVs and related systems, is issued on a weekly basis, except on occasions of extremely urgent or transient events. Please refer to the VSNET Home Page for more details of events and objects listed. VSNET Home Page: http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/ VSNET provides a number of mailing lists, on which various news and top= ics are discussed. Subscriptions to the VSNET mailing lists are free of char= ge; please refer to the instruction on the above page if a reader needs more information of the list structure. CCD observations of such targets are a relatively easy task for a 20-40= cm telescope; simply take as many CCD frames (with exposure times 10-30 sec) as possible, spanning several hours per night. The only requirements are the weather and your patience! If you need more help on the observing technique, please feel free to ask on the vsnet-campaign list. We would sincerely appreciate volunteers who would join the VSNET Collaboration team to study the wonders of these exotic variable stars. To join the VSNET campaign collaborative list, send an e-mail to vsnet-adm@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp (VSNET administrator) with a line "SUBSCRIBE vsnet-campaign." (VSNET campaign members are strongly recommended to subscribe to vsnet-al= ert at the same time). Regards, Taichi Kato On behalf of the VSNET administrator team -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- The following was issued on November 3, 2003, as VSNET campaign circulation 1420 [Note a large part of detailed information is posted to vsnet-campaign sub-lists]. VSNET Weekly Campaign Summary *** Last week news *** (new targets) =20 SN 2003jf (RA =3D 17h53m33s.45, Dec =3D +64d10'12".1) SN 2003jf is hosted by MCG +11-22-9, a spiral galaxy. =20 The expected maximum for typical SN Ia is mag about 17.5 (vsnet-campaign-sn 718). The UCB team revealed that it is a young type II SN (vsnet-campaign-sn 720). V823 Cyg (RA =3D 20h01m49s.28, Dec =3D +36d07'24".2) An outburst of 15.1mag was reported by D. Taylor on October 27 (vsnet-campaign-dn 4024). M. Uemura reported it was fainter than 17mag on October 29 (vsnet-campaign-dn 4026). SN 2003jg (RA =3D 09h45m37s.91, Dec =3D -31d11'21".0) SN 2003jg is hosted by NGC 2997, a nearby spiral galaxy. It is superimposed on the central region. The expected maximum for typical unreddened SN Ia is mag about 12.8, though it is probably highly absorbed or/and (intrinsically subluminous) core-collapse event (vsnet-campaign-sn 721). SN 2003jh (RA =3D 04h16m37s.30, Dec =3D -12d23'32".9) =20 SN 2003jh is hosted by MCG -02-11-30, a barred-spiral galaxy. =20 The expected maximum for typical SN Ia is mag about 17.2 (vsnet-campaign-sn 722). (continuous targets) V5113 Sgr (RA =3D 18h10m10s.42, Dec =3D -27d45'35".2) D. West estimated: t(outburst) =3D 15 Sep 2003; t(max V mag) =3D 18 Sep 03, V=3D8.8; t2 (day reached V=3D10.8) =3D 24 Oct 2003, using observations reported to VSNET and AAVSO (vsnet-campaign-nova 1550). Z Cam (RA =3D 08h25m13s.2, Dec =3D +73d06'39") Z Cam at present shows a clear indication of damping oscillations. This feature was also seen when the object entered a standstill in 2001 (vsnet-campaign-dn 4025, 4027). SN 2002jd (RA =3D 23h21m03s.38, Dec =3D -04d53'45".5) The CfA team has revealed that SN 2003jd is a peculiar type Ic SN, resembling SN 1998bw near maximum (though not identical) (vsnet-campaign-sn 719). SN 2002je (RA =3D 08h49m22s.24, Dec =3D +36d42'56".6 ) The UCB team revealed that it is a type II (probably IIn) SN (vsnet-campaign-sn 720). MX0656-072 (RA =3D 06h58m26s.9, Dec =3D -07d15'47") T. Kato reported that the suggested counterpart of MX0656-072 (ATEL #202) at 065817.23 -071234.8 (2000.0) is rather highly variable in the ASAS-3 public light curve. The object varies between 11.4 and 12.1 (V). The object is not particularly bright at recent times (vsnet-campaign-xray 277). V475 Sct (RA =3D 18h49m37s.60, Dec =3D -09d33'50".85) D. West proposed a distance of 2.03 +/- 0.19 kpc of this nova using its t2 and some proposed method to calculate the extinction (vsnet-campaign-nova 1558). D. Starkey reported that the Ha peak was much diminished in the spectrum taken on Oct. 31. Also, the O-I peaks at 6300 and 6363 angstroms were much increased (vsnet-campaign-nova 1559, 1560, 1561). The object has shown hints =20 of oscillations (vsnet-campaign-nova 1549, 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1555). *** Future schedule *** The 5th Microquasar Workshop June 7 to June 13, 2004, at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China http://jet.uah.edu/microquasar [vsnet-campaign-xray 276] Call for Proposals =20 for Cycle 1 of the Swift Guest Investigator Program =20 Notices of Intent due: October 6, 2003 Proposal due date: December 1, 2003 [vsnet-campaign-grb 39] ASTRONOMICAL POLARIMETRY CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 15-19 March 2004, Waikoloa Beach Marriott, Waikoloa, Hawaii http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JACpublic/JAC/pol2004 [vsnet-campaign-polar 35] IAU Symposium No. 222 - BHSIGN Conference The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei March 1-5, 2004, Gramado, Brasil http://bhsign.if.ufrgs.br/ [vsnet-campaign-agn 5] WEBT campaign on AO 0235+16 Campaign with VLBA and XMM-Newton conducted by Claudia M. Raiteri from September 2003 to January-February 2004 see [vsnet-campaign-blazar 301, 305, 313] X-RAY AND RADIO CONNECTIONS Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA 3 - 6 February 2004 http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/xraydio/ [vsnet-campaign-xray 258] X-Ray Timing 2003: Rossi and Beyond November 3-5, 2003 Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics http://hea-www.harvard.edu/xrt2003/ [vsnet-campaign-xray 242] AR UMa and AM Her campaign with the HST TOO program conducted by S. Saar and F. Ringwald see [vsnet-campaign-polar 24] QS Tel: Call for observations TOO program with the Chandra conducted by C. Mauche =20 until the end of 2004 see [vsnet-campaign-polar 28] Multiwavelength AGN Surveys a "Guillermo Haro" Astrophysics Conference organized by INAOE December 8-12, 2003 Cozumel, Mexico http://www.inaoep.mx/~agn2003/ [vsnet-campaign-agn 4] Conference: THE INTERPLAY AMONG BLACK HOLES, STARS AND ISM IN GALACTIC NUCLEI in Gramado, south of Brasil, March 1-5, 2004 for more information, please contact to BHSIGN@if.ufrgs.br [vsnet-campaign-agn 3] eta Car: The next "shell event"/X-ray eclipse M. Corcoran reported the event will occur this summer. =20 Coordinated ground-based observations of eta car along with the X-ray observations would be really important. For more information: Latest X-ray light curve: http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/corcoran/eta_car/etacar_rxte_lig= htcurve/ [vsnet-campaign-sdor 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 46] [vsnet-campaign-xray 172] Light curve provided by S. Otero: http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Curva_Eta_Carinae.htm [vsnet-campaign-sdor 22, 32, 33] *** General information *** V475 Sct New deeper chart made by S. Otero: http://ar.geocities.com/varsao/Carta_V475_Sct_tel2.htm [vsnet-campaign-nova 1556] New sequence Compiled by Bjorn H. Granslo, see [vsnet-campaign-nova 1557] Spectrum on Oct. 31 taken by D. Starkey: http://www.starkey.ws/FTP%20Page/V475%20Sct%20Spectra%20Oct%2031%20= 2003%20UT.jpg [vsnet-campaign-nova 1559] (This summary can be cited.) =20 Regards, Makoto Uemura =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D AstroAlert is a free service of SKY & TELESCOPE, the Essential Magazine of Astronomy (http://SkyandTelescope.com/). This e-mail was sent to AstroAlert subscribers. 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          &n= bsp;            **= *  News from VSNET  ***

Z Cam shows a clear indication o= f damping oscillations.

  For more detail information about t= hese objects,
see below, "VSNET Weekly Campaign Summary" of the last = week.

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

  VSNET (Variable Star Network) is an interna= tional variable star observing
network, covering various areas of nova= e, supernovae, cataclysmic variables
(CVs), X-ray transients, and othe= r classical eruptive, pulsating, and
eclipsing variables.  VSNET = is one of invited contributing organizations
to the SkyPub AstroAlert = system.

  The "News from VSNET", mainly focusing on recent re= markable activities of
CVs and related systems, is issued on a weekly = basis, except on occasions
of extremely urgent or transient events.
  Please refer to the VSNET Home Page for more details of event= s and
objects listed.

       VSNE= T Home Page: http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/

  VSNET= provides a number of mailing lists, on which various news and topics
= are discussed.  Subscriptions to the VSNET mailing lists are free of= charge;
please refer to the instruction on the above page if a reader= needs more
information of the list structure.

  CCD obser= vations of such targets are a relatively easy task for a 20-40cm
teles= cope; simply take as many CCD frames (with exposure times 10-30 sec)
a= s possible, spanning several hours per night.  The only requirements= are
the weather and your patience!  If you need more help on the= observing
technique, please feel free to ask on the vsnet-campaign li= st.

   We would sincerely appreciate volunteers who woul= d join the VSNET
Collaboration team to study the wonders of these exot= ic variable stars.
To join the VSNET campaign collaborative list, send= an e-mail to

         vsn= et-adm@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp (VSNET administrator)

with a line "S= UBSCRIBE vsnet-campaign."
(VSNET campaign members are strongly recomme= nded to subscribe to vsnet-alert
at the same time).

Regards,Taichi Kato
On behalf of the VSNET administrator team

--------= --------------------------------------------------------------------
<= BR>The following was issued on November 3, 2003, as VSNET campaign
cir= culation 1420
[Note a large part of detailed information is posted to = vsnet-campaign
sub-lists].

VSNET Weekly Campaign Summary
*** Last week news ***

(new targets) 
  SN 2003jf&n= bsp;            (R= A =3D 17h53m33s.45, Dec =3D +64d10'12".1)

    SN 20= 03jf is hosted by MCG +11-22-9, a spiral galaxy. 
  The exp= ected maximum for typical SN Ia is mag about 17.5
  (vsnet-campai= gn-sn 718).  The UCB team revealed that it is a young
  type= II SN (vsnet-campaign-sn 720).


  V823 Cyg  &nb= sp;           (RA =3D 2= 0h01m49s.28, Dec =3D +36d07'24".2)

    An outburst = of 15.1mag was reported by D. Taylor on October 27
  (vsnet-campa= ign-dn 4024).  M. Uemura reported it was fainter than
  17ma= g on October 29 (vsnet-campaign-dn 4026).


  SN 2003jg&nbs= p;            (RA = =3D 09h45m37s.91, Dec =3D -31d11'21".0)

    SN 2003= jg is hosted by NGC 2997, a nearby spiral galaxy.  It is
  s= uperimposed on the central region.  The expected maximum for
&nbs= p; typical unreddened SN Ia is mag about 12.8, though it is probably
&= nbsp; highly absorbed or/and (intrinsically subluminous) core-collapse  event (vsnet-campaign-sn 721).


  SN 2003jh &= nbsp;           (RA =3D= 04h16m37s.30, Dec =3D -12d23'32".9)

    SN 2003jh= is hosted by MCG -02-11-30, a barred-spiral galaxy. 
  The= expected maximum for typical SN Ia is mag about 17.2
  (vsnet-ca= mpaign-sn 722).


(continuous targets)
  V5113 Sgr =             (RA =3D= 18h10m10s.42, Dec =3D -27d45'35".2)

    D. West es= timated: t(outburst) =3D 15 Sep 2003; t(max V mag) =3D 18
  Sep 0= 3, V=3D8.8; t2 (day reached V=3D10.8) =3D 24 Oct 2003, using
  ob= servations reported to VSNET and AAVSO (vsnet-campaign-nova 1550).

  Z Cam         &n= bsp;       (RA =3D 08h25m13s.2, Dec =3D +73= d06'39")

    Z Cam at present shows a clear indicat= ion of damping
  oscillations.  This feature was also seen w= hen the object entered a
  standstill in 2001 (vsnet-campaign-dn = 4025, 4027).


  SN 2002jd     &nb= sp;       (RA =3D 23h21m03s.38, Dec =3D -04= d53'45".5)

    The CfA team has revealed that SN 20= 03jd is a peculiar type Ic SN,
  resembling SN 1998bw near maximu= m (though not identical)
  (vsnet-campaign-sn 719).


&n= bsp; SN 2002je          = ;   (RA =3D 08h49m22s.24, Dec =3D +36d42'56".6 )

 &= nbsp;  The UCB team revealed that it is a type II (probably IIn) SN<= BR>  (vsnet-campaign-sn 720).


  MX0656-072 &nbs= p;          (RA =3D 06h58m26= s.9, Dec =3D -07d15'47")

    T. Kato reported that = the suggested counterpart of MX0656-072
  (ATEL #202) at 065817.2= 3 -071234.8 (2000.0) is rather highly
  variable in the ASAS-3 pu= blic light curve.  The object varies
  between 11.4 and 12.1= (V).  The object is not particularly bright at
  recent tim= es (vsnet-campaign-xray 277).


  V475 Sct   = ;           (RA =3D 18h= 49m37s.60, Dec =3D -09d33'50".85)

    D. West propo= sed a distance of 2.03 +/- 0.19 kpc of this nova
  using its t2 a= nd some proposed method to calculate the extinction
  (vsnet-camp= aign-nova 1558).  D. Starkey reported that the Ha peak
  was= much diminished in the spectrum taken on Oct. 31.  Also, the O-I  peaks at 6300 and 6363 angstroms were much increased
  (v= snet-campaign-nova 1559, 1560, 1561).  The object has shown hints   of oscillations (vsnet-campaign-nova 1549, 1551, 1552, 1553, 155= 4,
  1555).


*** Future schedule ***

  The = 5th Microquasar Workshop
    June 7 to June 13, 2004, a= t Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    http://jet.ua= h.edu/microquasar
        &nbs= p;            = ;            =        [vsnet-campaign-xray 276]
  = Call for Proposals
       for Cycle 1 o= f the Swift Guest Investigator Program
    Notices of = Intent due: October 6, 2003
    Proposal due date: = ;    December 1, 2003
     &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;          [vsnet-campaign-g= rb 39]
  ASTRONOMICAL POLARIMETRY
  CURRENT STATUS AND FU= TURE DIRECTIONS
    15-19 March 2004, Waikoloa Beach Ma= rriott, Waikoloa, Hawaii
    http://www.jach.hawaii.edu= /JACpublic/JAC/pol2004
        = ;            =             &= nbsp;       [vsnet-campaign-polar 35]
&n= bsp; IAU Symposium No. 222 - BHSIGN Conference
    The = Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei
 &n= bsp;  March 1-5, 2004, Gramado, Brasil
    http://= bhsign.if.ufrgs.br/
        &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;       [vsnet-campaign-agn 5]
  W= EBT campaign on AO 0235+16
    Campaign with VLBA and X= MM-Newton conducted by Claudia M. Raiteri
    from Sept= ember 2003 to January-February 2004
    see [vsnet-camp= aign-blazar 301, 305, 313]

  X-RAY AND RADIO CONNECTIONS
&= nbsp;   Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
    3 - 6 F= ebruary 2004
    http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/events/xraydio= /
           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;    [vsnet-campaign-xray 258]
  X-Ray Timing 200= 3: Rossi and Beyond
    November 3-5, 2003
 &nb= sp;  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  &nbs= p; http://hea-www.harvard.edu/xrt2003/
     &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;          [vsnet-campaign= -xray 242]
  AR UMa and AM Her campaign with the HST
 &nb= sp;  TOO program conducted by S. Saar and F. Ringwald
  = ;  see [vsnet-campaign-polar 24]

  QS Tel: Call for obse= rvations
    TOO program with the Chandra conducted by = C. Mauche
    until the end of 2004
  &nb= sp; see [vsnet-campaign-polar 28]

  Multiwavelength AGN Surve= ys
    a "Guillermo Haro" Astrophysics Conference
&n= bsp;   organized by INAOE
    December 8-12, = 2003
    Cozumel, Mexico
    http://w= ww.inaoep.mx/~agn2003/
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  Conference: THE INTERPLAY AMONG BLACK HOLES, STARS AND ISM IN=
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    in Gramado, south of Bra= sil, March 1-5, 2004
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  eta Car: The next "shell event"/X-ray eclipse
 &nbs= p;  M. Corcoran reported the event will occur this summer.      Coordinated ground-based observations of eta car alon= g with the
    X-ray observations would be really impor= tant.
    For more information:
   &n= bsp;  Latest X-ray light curve:
      ht= tp://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/corcoran/eta_car/etacar_rxte_lightcurve/=
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&nbs= p;     Light curve provided by S. Otero:
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           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;    [vsnet-campaign-sdor 22, 32, 33]


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  V475 Sct
    New deep= er chart made by S. Otero:
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    &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;            = ;           [vsnet-camp= aign-nova 1556]
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------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A227.D08CAB90-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 3 14:19:22 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA3MJK1J002609; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:19:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA04771 for public-list; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:07:44 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav123.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.153]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA04767; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:07:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:07:11 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav123.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:07:11 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: ...Gurnett Captures Sound of Solar Storm Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:07:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A22C.E7949140" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 22:07:11.0484 (UTC) FILETIME=[D4A2EBC0:01C3A256] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A22C.E7949140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Ashcraft Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:27 AM To: INTERNET:europa@klx.com Subject: RE: ...Gurnett Captures Sound of Solar Storm If you're interested in solar flares and sound, I captured the largest flare on record, the X22 of April 2, 2001 sonically. A 50 MHz excerpt. can be accessed at http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/X17/ Also, if anyone is interested in jovian sound files in stereo check out http://www.heliotown.com/Radio_Astronomy_Homepage.html Headphones strongly recommended. Thomas Ashcraft at Message text written by INTERNET:europa@klx.com > ----- Original Message ----- From: Cassini Project Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:28 PM To: ljk4@msn.com Subject: University of Iowa's Don Gurnett Captures Sound of Solar Storm News Services University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa CONTACTS: Gary Galluzzo, 319-384-0009, gary-galluzzo@uiowa.edu Oct. 30, 2003 UI's Don Gurnett Captures Sound Of Solar Storm< == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: europa@klx.com Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/ ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A22C.E7949140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A22C.E7949140-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 3 14:44:09 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA3Mi71J032750; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:44:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA05102 for public-list; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:21:36 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav124.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.154]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA05098; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:21:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:21:02 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav124.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:21:02 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: People Are Robots, Too. Almost Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:20:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0019_01C3A22E.D4CF0C00" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 22:21:02.0468 (UTC) FILETIME=[C3F10440:01C3A258] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0019_01C3A22E.D4CF0C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 5:15 PM To: ljk4@msn.com Subject: People Are Robots, Too. Almost Spotlight Feature October 28, 2003 People Are Robots, Too. Almost Popular culture has long pondered the question, "If it looks like a human, walks like a human and talks like a human, is it human?" So far the answer has been no. Robots can't cry, bleed or feel like humans, and that's part of what makes them different. But what if they could think like humans? Biologically inspired robots aren't just an ongoing fascination in movies and comic books; they are being realized by engineers and scientists all over the world. While much emphasis is placed on developing physical characteristics for robots, like functioning human-like faces or artificial muscles, engineers in the Telerobotics Research and Applications Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are among those working to program robots with forms of artificial intelligence similar to human thinking processes. Why Would They Want to Do That? "The way robots function now, if something goes wrong, humans modify their programming code and reload everything, then hope it eventually works," said JPL robotics engineer Barry Werger. "What we hope to do eventually is get robots to be more independent and learn to adjust their own programming." Scientists and engineers take several approaches to control robots. The two extreme ends of the spectrum are called "deliberative control" and "reactive control." The former is the traditional, dominant way in which robots function, by painstakingly constructing maps and other types of models that they use to plan sequences of action with mathematical precision. The robot performs these sequences like a blindfolded pirate looking for buried treasure; from point A, move 36 paces north, then 12 paces east, then 4 paces northeast to point X; thar be the gold. The downside to this is that if anything interrupts the robot's progress (for example, if the map is wrong or lacks detail), the robot must stop, make a new map and a new plan of actions. This re-planning process can become costly if repeated over time. Also, to ensure the robot's safety, back-up programs must be in place to abort the plan if the robot encounters an unforeseen rock or hole that may hinder its journey. "Reactive" approaches, on the other hand, get rid of maps and planning altogether and focus on live observation of the environment. Slow down if there's a rock ahead. Dig if you see a big X on the ground. The JPL Telerobotics Research and Applications Group, led by technical group supervisor Dr. Homayoun Seraji, focuses on "behavior-based control," which lies toward the "reactive" end of the spectrum. Behavior-based control allows robots to follow a plan while staying aware of the unexpected, changing features of their environment. Turn right when you see a red rock, go all the way down the hill and dig right next to the palm tree; thar be the gold. Behavior-based control allows the robot a great deal of flexibility to adapt the plan to its environment as it goes, much as a human does. This presents a number of advantages in space exploration, including alleviating the communication delay that results from operating distant rovers from Earth. How Do They Do It? Seraji's group at JPL focuses on two of the many approaches to implementing behavior-based control: fuzzy logic and neural networks. The main difference between the two systems is that robots using fuzzy logic perform with a set knowledge that doesn't improve; whereas, robots with neural networks start out with no knowledge and learn over time. Fuzzy Logic "Fuzzy logic rules are a way of expressing actions as a human would, with linguistic instead of mathematical commands; for example, when one person says to another person, 'It's hot in here,' the other person knows to either open the window or turn up the air conditioning. That person wasn't told to open the window, but he or she knew a rule such as 'when it is hot, do something to stay cool,'" said Seraji, a leading expert in robotic control systems who was recently recognized as the most published author in the Journal of Robotic Systems' 20-year history. By incorporating fuzzy logic into their engineering technology, robots can function in a humanistic way and respond to visual or audible signals, or in the case of the above example, turn on the air conditioning when it thinks the room is hot. Neural Networks Neural networks are tools that allow robots to learn from their experiences, associate perceptions with actions and adapt to unforeseen situations or environments. "The concepts of 'interesting' and 'rocky' are ambiguous in nature, but can be learned using neural networks," said JPL robotics research engineer Dr. Ayanna Howard, who specializes in artificial intelligence and creates intelligent technology for space applications. "We can train a robot to know that if it encounters rocky surfaces, then the terrain is hazardous. Or if the rocky surface has interesting features, then it may have great scientific value." Neural networks mimic the human brain in that they simulate a large network of simple elements, similar to brain cells, that learn through being presented with examples. A robot functioning with such a system learns somewhat like a baby or a child does, only at a slower rate. "We can easily tell a robot that a square is an equilateral object with four sides, but how do we describe a cat?" Werger said. "With neural networks, we can show the robot many examples of cats, and it will later be able to recognize cats in general." Similarly, a neural network can 'learn' to classify terrain if a geologist shows it images of many types of terrain and associates a label with each one. When the network later sees an image of a terrain it hasn't seen before, it can determine whether the terrain is hazardous or safe based on its lessons. Robotics for Today and Tomorrow With continuous advances in robotic methods like behavior-based control, future space missions might be able to function without relying heavily on human commands. On the home front, similar technology is already used in many practical applications such as digital cameras, computer programs, dishwashers, washing machines and some car engines. The post office even uses neural networks to read handwriting and sort mail. "Does this mean robots in the near future will think like humans? No," Werger said. "But by mimicking human techniques, they could become easier to communicate with, more independent, and ultimately more efficient." JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif. Media Contact: Charli Schuler (818) 393-5467 ------=_NextPart_001_0019_01C3A22E.D4CF0C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
<= DIV>  ------=_NextPart_001_0022_01C3A240.51E625F0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Nov 4 09:06:17 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA4H6F1J003191; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:06:15 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id LAA27202 for public-list; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:52:53 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav133.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.163]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA27198; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:52:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 08:52:18 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav133.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:52:18 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Physics News Update 660 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:51:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3A2CA.017BA600" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Nov 2003 16:52:18.0751 (UTC) FILETIME=[021A64F0:01C3A2F4] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3A2CA.017BA600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: physnews@aip.org Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:21 AM To: ljk4@MSN.COM Subject: Physics News Update 660 PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News Number 660 November 4, 2003 by Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and James Riordon MICRO-ORIGAMI FABRICATED MICROMIRRORS. Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are becoming increasingly important as researchers develop miniaturized mechanical devices for communications, biotechnology, and a variety of measurement applications. Often these machines include hinged parts that must be set in place before operation, which can lead to challenging and time consuming manual manipulation of components at ever decreasing scales. Recently, researchers from the ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories in Japan proposed a technique that they call micro-origami to fabricate MEMS devices that automatically move into position. The group has now tested the technique, in collaboration with researchers at Konan University and Osaka City University, by creating hinged micromirrors that lift themselves up following the final fabrication stage. The key to the micro-origami technique is to manufacture hinges out of a pair of material layers with slightly different atomic spacings. This lattice mismatch causes a stress that in turn bends the hinge (see figure at www.aip.org/mgr/png ) and, in this case, raises a mirror above the substrate. (The effect is reminiscent of the bimetallic strips in some thermostats, which consist of bonded layers of metals that expand at different rates when heated, leading to stresses that bend the strips as temperatures change.) Once a mirror was in place, the researchers could move it on its hinge by illuminating the mirror with a high power argon laser. It is not yet entirely clear what mechanism caused the illuminated mirror to move; the force due to radiation pressure, in particular, was too small and in the wrong direction to account for the effect. Nevertheless, the researchers (Jose M. Zanardi Ocampo, 81-774-95-1582, zanardi@atr.co.jp) were able to use the motion of the micromirror to control the position of a reflected helium-neon laser beam. Potentially, the micro-origami mirror could lead to optical MEMS switches or other small devices that automatically pop into place without human or mechanical intervention, dramatically speeding and simplifying construction of miniature machines. (J. M. Zanardi Ocampo et al., Applied Physics Letters, 3 November 2003) ACCELERATION DISRUPTS QUANTUM TELEPORTATION, a new study has shown (Paul Alsing, University of New Mexico, 505-277-9094, alsing@ahpcc.unm.edu). In quantum teleportation (see http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/1997/split/pnu350-1.htm), researchers create a pair of particles (such as photons) and cause them to interact so their properties become interrelated (a process called "entanglement"). Subsequently, after the particles go their separate ways, one can measure the first particle's properties (such as the direction its electric field is wiggling), destroy the particle (a requirement), and then instantly transmit (or "teleport") its exact properties to the second particle, even if it ends up being light years away. Quantum teleportation is different from Star Trek teleportation in that real-life physicists are only teleporting a particle's properties, rather than the particle itself. Now, a new analysis has shown that quantum teleportation would malfunction if the receiver of the second particle is accelerating relative to the first particle. (Coincidentally, spaceships in Star Trek usually don't teleport crew members when they accelerate into warp drive.) The disruption to quantum teleportation arises from the Davis-Unruh effect (see http://focus.aps.org/story/v8/st19), in which acceleration, even in empty space, creates a bath of hot particles resulting from the energy of the acceleration. This thermal bath of particles inextricably disrupts the receiver's ability to perfectly recreate (with the second accelerated particle) the properties of the first (unaccelerated) particle that have been teleported from the sender. While this effect is small for typical accelerations in Earthly labs the result shows an interesting relationship between the effects of space-time motion and the quantum world. (Alsing and Milburn, Physical Review Letters, 31 October 2003) A CLOSE LOOK AT HAGFISH SLIME. Hagfish are primitive, eel-like fish that are nearly blind and lack jaws or true vertebrae. One thing they do have is the unnerving ability to produce copious amounts of slime when disturbed. Researchers from the Cambridge Polymer Group in Boston and the University of British Columbia are now taking a close look at hagfish slime, in an attempt to understand how the slime protects the fish in nature and to determine if the slime could lead to practical materials for industry or medicine. Hagfish slime is a concoction of mucus and threadlike fibers, and is produced in concentrated form from a series of pores that line the sides of the fish's body. Upon contact with seawater, the concentrated slime expands into a sticky gel that can ensnare and sometimes suffocate an attacker. Unlike the mucous produced by the membranes of humans and other animals, which functions best at body temperature, the researchers (Gavin Braithwaite, 617-629-4400, gavin@campoly.com; Douglas Fudge, dfudge@interchange.ubc.ca) found that the properties of hagfish slime are relatively temperature independent over a broad range (from roughly 5 to 30 degrees Celsius). The insensitivity to temperature ensures that slime is an effective defense in a variety of conditions, and also suggests that artificial materials that mimic hagfish slime chemistry might make good space-filling gels. One potential application for such gels, explain the researchers, is as a way to curtail bleeding in an accident victim or during surgery. In addition, studying the slime may help us understand how mucins, the components of mucous, function in our own bodies and elsewhere. There is currently some debate regarding the relative importance of the fibers and the mucous in the material properties of hagfish slime. The recent research, which was presented earlier this month at the 75th Annual Society of Rheology meeting in Pittsburgh (http://www.rheology.org/sor/annual_meeting/2003Oct/default.htm), focused on characterizing the properties of the mucous after the fibers had been removed from the slime. *********** PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE is a digest of physics news items arising from physics meetings, physics journals, newspapers and magazines, and other news sources. It is provided free of charge as a way of broadly disseminating information about physics and physicists. For that reason, you are free to post it, if you like, where others can read it, providing only that you credit AIP. Physics News Update appears approximately once a week. AUTO-SUBSCRIPTION OR DELETION: By using the expression "subscribe physnews" in your e-mail message, you will have automatically added the address from which your message was sent to the distribution list for Physics News Update. 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From: physnews@aip.org
Sent: Tue= sday, November 04, 2003 11:21 AM
To: ljk4@MSN.COM
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PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE
= The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News
Number 660 = November 4, 2003   by Phillip F. Schewe, Ben Stein, and
Jame= s Riordon

MICRO-ORIGAMI FABRICATED MICROMIRRORS.  Microelectr= omechanical
systems (MEMS) are becoming increasingly important as rese= archers
develop miniaturized mechanical devices for communications,biotechnology, and a variety of measurement applications. Often
these= machines include hinged parts that must be set in place before
operat= ion, which can lead to challenging and time consuming manual
manipulat= ion of components at ever decreasing scales. Recently,
researchers fro= m the ATR Adaptive Communications Research
Laboratories in Japan propo= sed a technique that they call
micro-origami to fabricate MEMS devices= that automatically move into
position. The group has now tested the t= echnique, in collaboration
with researchers at Konan University and Os= aka City University, by
creating hinged micromirrors that lift themsel= ves up following the
final fabrication stage. The key to the micro-ori= gami technique is
to manufacture hinges out of a pair of material laye= rs with slightly
different atomic spacings. This lattice mismatch caus= es a stress
that in turn bends the hinge (see figure at www.aip.org/mg= r/png )
and, in this case, raises a mirror above the substrate. (The e= ffect
is reminiscent of the bimetallic strips in some thermostats, whi= ch
consist of bonded layers of metals that expand at different rateswhen heated, leading to stresses that bend the strips as
temperature= s change.) Once a mirror was in place, the researchers
could move it o= n its hinge by illuminating the mirror with a high
power argon laser. = It is not yet entirely clear what mechanism
caused the illuminated mir= ror to move; the force due to radiation
pressure, in particular, was t= oo small and in the wrong direction to
account for the effect. Neverth= eless, the researchers (Jose M.
Zanardi Ocampo, 81-774-95-1582, zanard= i@atr.co.jp) were able to use
the motion of the micromirror to control= the position of a reflected
helium-neon laser beam. Potentially, the = micro-origami mirror could
lead to optical MEMS switches or other smal= l devices that
automatically pop into place without human or mechanica= l
intervention, dramatically speeding and simplifying construction of<= BR>miniature machines. (J. M. Zanardi Ocampo et al., Applied Physics
L= etters, 3 November 2003)

ACCELERATION DISRUPTS QUANTUM TELEPORTATI= ON, a new study has shown
(Paul Alsing, University of New Mexico, 505-= 277-9094,
alsing@ahpcc.unm.edu). In quantum teleportation (see
http= ://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/1997/split/pnu350-1.htm),
researchers cr= eate a pair of particles (such as photons) and cause
them to interact = so their properties become interrelated (a process
called "entanglemen= t").  Subsequently, after the particles go their
separate ways, o= ne can measure the first particle's properties (such
as the direction = its electric field is wiggling), destroy the
particle (a requirement),= and then instantly transmit (or
"teleport") its exact properties to t= he second particle, even if it
ends up being light years away.  Q= uantum teleportation is different
from Star Trek teleportation in that= real-life physicists are only
teleporting a particle's properties, ra= ther than the particle
itself.  Now, a new analysis has shown tha= t quantum teleportation
would malfunction if the receiver of the secon= d particle is
accelerating relative to the first particle. (Coincident= ally,
spaceships in Star Trek usually don't teleport crew members when=
they accelerate into warp drive.)  The disruption to quantum
= teleportation arises from the Davis-Unruh effect (see
http://focus.aps= .org/story/v8/st19), in which acceleration, even in
empty space, creat= es a bath of hot particles resulting from the
energy of the accelerati= on.  This thermal bath of particles
inextricably disrupts the rec= eiver's ability to perfectly recreate
(with the second accelerated par= ticle) the properties of the first
(unaccelerated) particle that have = been teleported from the sender.
While this effect is small for typica= l accelerations in Earthly labs
the result shows an interesting relati= onship between the effects of
space-time motion and the quantum world.=   (Alsing and Milburn,
Physical Review Letters, 31 October 2003)<= BR>
A CLOSE LOOK AT HAGFISH SLIME.  Hagfish are primitive, eel-li= ke fish
that are nearly blind and lack jaws or true vertebrae. One thi= ng
they do have is the unnerving ability to produce copious amounts of=
slime when disturbed. Researchers from the Cambridge Polymer Groupin Boston and the University of British Columbia are now taking a
clo= se look at hagfish slime, in an attempt to understand how the
slime pr= otects the fish in nature and to determine if the slime
could lead to = practical materials for industry or medicine. Hagfish
slime is a conco= ction of mucus and threadlike fibers, and is
produced in concentrated = form from a series of pores that line the
sides of the fish's body. Up= on contact with seawater, the
concentrated slime expands into a sticky= gel that can ensnare and
sometimes suffocate an attacker. Unlike the = mucous produced by the
membranes of humans and other animals, which fu= nctions best at body
temperature, the researchers (Gavin Braithwaite, = 617-629-4400,
gavin@campoly.com; Douglas Fudge, dfudge@interchange.ubc= .ca) found
that the properties of hagfish slime are relatively tempera= ture
independent over a broad range (from roughly 5 to 30 degrees
C= elsius). The insensitivity to temperature ensures that slime is an
eff= ective defense in a variety of conditions, and also suggests that
arti= ficial materials that mimic hagfish slime chemistry might make
good sp= ace-filling gels. One potential application for such gels,
explain the= researchers, is as a way to curtail bleeding in an
accident victim or= during surgery. In addition, studying the slime
may help us understan= d how mucins, the components of mucous,
function in our own bodies and= elsewhere. There is currently some
debate regarding the relative impo= rtance of the fibers and the
mucous in the material properties of hagf= ish slime. The recent
research, which was presented earlier this month= at the 75th Annual
Society of Rheology meeting in Pittsburgh
(http= ://www.rheology.org/sor/annual_meeting/2003Oct/default.htm),
focused o= n characterizing the properties of the mucous after the
fibers had bee= n removed from the slime.

***********
PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE is a = digest of physics news items arising
from physics meetings, physics jo= urnals, newspapers and
magazines, and other news sources.  It is = provided free of charge
as a way of broadly disseminating information = about physics and
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where others can read it, providing only that you credi= t AIP.
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I know there are people reading this newsletter who are scattered as far apart as India, Australia, Italy, Brazil, Russia, Sweden, and South Africa, and it makes me wonder what it's like in your part of the world right now. Some, no doubt, have it colder and snowier, while others will be heading for the beach. A couple of items of news. My new website is now up and running. When you type in http://www.daviddarling.info, or the address of any page beginning with that, you automatically go there. The old site (http://www.angelfire.com/on2/daviddarling) still exists, but is no longer being updated and I'll be winding that down and eventually closing it altogether as traffic switches over. The new site has a bulletin board which I hope many of you will take advantage of for asking questions of me and other readers, joining in debates, contributing to existing topics, or starting up new threads of your own. It's very easy to use, just go to any page on my site, including the front page, and click on "bulletin board" in the menu at the top. You can also go directly to the bulletin board here: http://www.daviddarling.info/discussion/phpBB2 Don't be afraid of making mistakes or posting something you're not sure about putting before the public gaze. I want this to be a very informal and completely open forum. It isn't just for academic discussion. Have your say. The more people I hear from, the better -- and your contribution will be greatly appreciated! The second bit of news is that my latest book, The Universal Book of Astronomy, is now available from bookstores, in both real space and cyberspace. I think its probably the first (and only, so far) encyclopedia of astronomy to have been written entirely in the 21st century. So, although obviously I'm biased, I'd have to claim it's the most up-to-date A-Z currently on the market. It forms a set with The Complete Book of Spaceflight that came out last year and The Complete Book of Mathematics that will be published in August 2004. See the front page of my website for more details. And now, let's talk about you ... ------------------------------------------------- 2. Clones and Selves Imagine: You've stepped onto the transporter pad of the starship Enterprise. It's your very first experience of being "beamed" from one place to another. What's going to happen? What will it feel like? You hear the transporter engineer say "Energize!" And then ... nothing happens. You're still on the pad, wondering what's gone wrong. A second later you hear a radio message coming from the planet's surface below: "Transport successful. Lock on to my signal and prepare to beam me back if necessary." It's your own voice! You were beamed down to the planet after all. And yet, here you are, still on the starship. Apparently, there are now two "you's," identical in every respect, down to the last brain connection, molecule, and subatomic particle. Which is the "real" you? Thought experiments -- gedanken -- like this, help us focus on what it means to be an individual or a particular self. Quite a few philosophers (I recommend Derek Parfit and his book "Reasons and Person") have used Star Trek-type teleportation incidents to probe the nature of "you" and "me." And, in case you think beaming around is a bit far-fetched, this whole issue of selfhood is of huge importance when we come to consider the imminent prospect of human cloning. If someone is created genetically identical to another person, to what extent can or will they think of themselves as being unique? Before going back to our little story about the transporter incident, I have to mention that Star Trek-type transporters work differently than the kind of teleportation that scientists are experimenting with in the real world. In actual teleportation, as far as we know, it's absolutely impossible to make an identical copy of something (right down to the subatomic level) without destroying the original. This all comes about because of a frustrating rule in quantum mechanics called Heisenberg's uncertainty principle which says, basically, that you can never know exactly where something is and how it's moving at the same time. One of the upshots of the uncertainty principle is the so-called "no-cloning theorem" -- if you make a duplicate by the (known phenomenon) of quantum teleportation you inevitably lose the original. But let's put this little show-stopper aside and assume that a transporter can be built like that in Star Trek. As far as I can gather, this works by scanning the original object or person, producing an exact blueprint that's stored in a "pattern buffer," sending a stream of "phased matter" -- like a river of energy or plasma -- to the destination, and using the information in the pattern buffer to reconstitute the transportee at the other end. If there's a glitch it's obviously possible that the stored information could be used to make more than one copy, just like you can print out multiple copies of a single file on a computer disk. In fact, in a number of Star Trek episodes, problems with the transporter are used as the starting point for interesting plots. There's the one in which Captain Kirk is split into his good and evil sides ("The Enemy Within") -- a variation on the Jekyll and Hide theme penned by top- flight SF writer Richard Matheson, who also wrote some of the more memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone (including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," in which William Shatner sees a gremlin on the wing of a plane). Transporter fission turns to fusion in the Star Trek Voyager episode "Tuvix," when crewmates Tuvok, the Vulcan security officer, and Neelix, the Talaxian, long-time antagonists, are merged in transit into one person. The resulting "Tuvix" harbors the memories of both progenitors but has a single consciousness. From being initially confused and ambivalent, Tuvix goes on to carve out a clear identity and personality of his own and, when a means is discovered to undo the meld caused by the transporter accident, he objects -- not unreasonably -- to going through with the procedure on the grounds that he'll be killed. Captain Janeway is faced with the moral dilemma of ending the brief existence of a distinct, unique individual, who's become well-liked among the crew, or denying the rights of Tuvok and Neelix to continue their separate lives. Ensemble casting and contractual arrangements being what they are, Tuvix is consigned to oblivion. In the Next Generation episode "Second Chances", an identical copy of Wil Riker is created. We're even given a bit of technobabble about how it happens. Twelve years ago, while a then-lieutenant Riker was beaming up from a planet's surface through severe atmospheric interference, the transporter chief locked onto Riker's signal with a second confinement beam. When this turned out not to be needed, the second signal was abandoned -- but not lost. The disturbance in the atmosphere caused the second beam to be reflected back to the planet, like a short-wave radio signal. Somehow the matter stream was duplicated, using phased matter from the atmospheric interference effect. Unbeknownst to everyone else, an identical Riker was formed on the planet's surface -- just as in our thought experiment. OK, so here you are on the Enterprise not having beamed down. And yet there is this other "you," identical to the last atom and quantum state, down on the planet below. Both of you claim to be the genuine article. Who is right? There are three possibilities: neither of the copies is you, one or the other is you, or both copies are you. It doesn't make sense that by making an exact duplicate of you, there should now be no you! Nor can we point to one of the you's and say that it is the real McCoy and the other is a fake, since they're absolutely identical. The only answer that makes sense is that there really are now two "you's." But isn't the whole point about being "you" or "me" that we're unique? Apparently not. You can be a distinct self, and there can be another self, identical to you in every respect (except location) who thinks and feels exactly like you do and, indeed, claims to be you. If there were a transporter accident in which a duplicate of you appeared, would it feel as if you were flitting back and forth between the two bodies, or that you could see out of two separate sets of eyes? Not at all. Two brains means two selves and two centers self-awarenesses, whether the brains are exactly identical or not. In the case of a Star Trek transporter, we can claim in our thought experiment that the two you's really are exactly alike, down to the subatomic level. At the instant of rematerialization, these two you's would have exactly the same thoughts and memories. But immediately after, differences would start to appear because even duplicates can't occupy the same space or do exactly the same things. From the point of bifurcation onward, different sets of experiences, different personal narratives, would give rise to the laying down of different memory chains. Although the two copies would always be very much alike in appearance, thought, and deed, they'd diverge over time. In "Second Chances," Riker-2 (the copy that forms on the planet's surface) remains more like the youthful Riker -- more of a risk-taker -- than the familiar Commander Riker-1 of the Enterprise. The message here is that your brain's wiring doesn't totally dictate what you'll do or become in the future. What about clones? If a baby is born who has been engineered to be genetically identical to someone else, what moral and psychological dilemmas might this give rise to? Of course, we already have the example of identical twins. But such twins grow up together and are a natural phenomenon. I haven't heard of many cases where an identical twin has suffered psychologically through having a like sibling. But the fact that clones are, some extent, manufactured could give rise to all kinds of emotional and psychological problems, from resentment to a feeling of being different and isolated from the society that created them. Will human clones tend to band together and live apart from the rest of us? Will they be treated differently, discriminated against. I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on this. A couple of more ideas for you before I go. What if it were possible to make an exact copy of someone far in the future. Say, your body and brain was scanned down to the last molecule and then, long after you'd died, maybe thousands of years in the future, this scan was used to re-make you. Would this be the same as being brought back to life? Would it be like beaming into the future? Would you be happy to try it, realizing how frightening it might be to suddenly wake up in a world that you didn't understand and in which you didn't know anyone? And would making an identical copy of you, by scanner, transporter, or some other means, recreate every part of you? What about your soul -- assuming you think you have one? Being dematerialized and whisked across space and/or time to be formed anew may sound outrageous, but, in one sense, it's already happened. Every particle now making up your body was one floating freely in the void between the stars. ---------------------------------------------- 3. Bookends For news on all my books and how to order them (perhaps as a Christmas present!) visit my website. And, of course, I'd love to hear from you at any time. All the best, David Darling To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DarlingsSpace-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A2F6.17000E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: daviddarling123
Sent: Tues= day, November 04, 2003 3:48 PM
T= o: DarlingsSpace@yahoogroups.com
at the top. You can also= go directly to the bulletin board here:
http://www.daviddarling.info= /discussion/phpBB2

Don't be afraid of making mistakes or posting s= omething you're not
sure about putting before the public gaze. I want= this to be a very
informal and completely open forum. It isn't just = for academic
discussion. Have your say. The more people I hear from, = the better --
and your contribution will be greatly appreciated!
The second bit of news is that my latest book, The Universal Book of Astronomy, is now available from bookstores, in both real space and cyberspace. I think its probably the first (and only, so far)
encycl= opedia of astronomy to have been written entirely in the 21st
century= . So, although obviously I'm biased, I'd have to claim it's
the most = up-to-date A-Z currently on the market. It forms a set with
The Compl= ete Book of Spaceflight that came out last year and The
Complete Book= of Mathematics that will be published in August 2004.
See the front = page of my website for more details.

And now, let's talk about you= ...

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

2. C= lones and Selves

Imagine: You've stepped onto the transporter pad = of the starship
Enterprise. It's your very first experience of being = "beamed" from
one place to another. What's going to happen? What will= it feel
like? You hear the transporter engineer say "Energize!" And = then ...
nothing happens. You're still on the pad, wondering what's g= one
wrong. A second later you hear a radio message coming from the planet's surface below: "Transport successful. Lock on to my signal and prepare to beam me back if necessary." It's your own voice! You
= were beamed down to the planet after all. And yet, here you are,
stil= l on the starship. Apparently, there are now two "you's,"
identical i= n every respect, down to the last brain connection,
molecule, and sub= atomic particle. Which is the "real" you?

Thought experiments -- g= edanken -- like this, help us focus on what
it means to be an individ= ual or a particular self. Quite a few
philosophers (I recommend Derek= Parfit and his book "Reasons and
Person") have used Star Trek-type t= eleportation incidents to probe
the nature of "you" and "me." And, in= case you think beaming around
is a bit far-fetched, this whole issue= of selfhood is of huge
importance when we come to consider the immin= ent prospect of human
cloning. If someone is created genetically iden= tical to another
person, to what extent can or will they think of the= mselves as being
unique?

Before going back to our little story= about the transporter
incident, I have to mention that Star Trek-typ= e transporters work
differently than the kind of teleportation that s= cientists are
experimenting with in the real world. In actual telepor= tation, as
far as we know, it's absolutely impossible to make an iden= tical copy
of something (right down to the subatomic level) without d= estroying
the original. This all comes about because of a frustrating= rule in
quantum mechanics called Heisenberg's uncertainty principle = which
says, basically, that you can never know exactly where somethin= g is
and how it's moving at the same time. One of the upshots of the =
uncertainty principle is the so-called "no-cloning theorem" -- if you make a duplicate by the (known phenomenon) of quantum
teleportat= ion you inevitably lose the original.

But let's put this little sh= ow-stopper aside and assume that a
transporter can be built like that= in Star Trek. As far as I can
gather, this works by scanning the ori= ginal object or person,
producing an exact blueprint that's stored in= a "pattern buffer,"
sending a stream of "phased matter" -- like a ri= ver of energy or
plasma -- to the destination, and using the informat= ion in the
pattern buffer to reconstitute the transportee at the othe= r end. If
there's a glitch it's obviously possible that the stored in= formation
could be used to make more than one copy, just like you can= print
out multiple copies of a single file on a computer disk. In fa= ct, in
a number of Star Trek episodes, problems with the transporter = are
used as the starting point for interesting plots. There's the one= in
which Captain Kirk is split into his good and evil sides ("The En= emy
Within") -- a variation on the Jekyll and Hide theme penned by to= p-
flight SF writer Richard Matheson, who also wrote some of the more =
memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone (including "Nightmare at
= 20,000 Feet," in which William Shatner sees a gremlin on the wing of
= a plane). Transporter fission turns to fusion in the Star Trek
Voyage= r episode "Tuvix," when crewmates Tuvok, the Vulcan security
officer,= and Neelix, the Talaxian, long-time antagonists, are merged
in trans= it into one person. The resulting "Tuvix" harbors the
memories of bot= h progenitors but has a single consciousness. From
being initially co= nfused and ambivalent, Tuvix goes on to carve out
a clear identity an= d personality of his own and, when a means is
discovered to undo the = meld caused by the transporter accident, he
objects -- not unreasonab= ly -- to going through with the procedure
on the grounds that he'll b= e killed. Captain Janeway is faced with
the moral dilemma of ending t= he brief existence of a distinct,
unique individual, who's become wel= l-liked among the crew, or
denying the rights of Tuvok and Neelix to = continue their separate
lives. Ensemble casting and contractual arran= gements being what they
are, Tuvix is consigned to oblivion. In the N= ext Generation
episode "Second Chances", an identical copy of Wil Rik= er is created.
We're even given a bit of technobabble about how it ha= ppens. Twelve
years ago, while a then-lieutenant Riker was beaming up= from a
planet's surface through severe atmospheric interference, the=
transporter chief locked onto Riker's signal with a second
confi= nement beam. When this turned out not to be needed, the second
signal= was abandoned -- but not lost. The disturbance in the
atmosphere cau= sed the second beam to be reflected back to the
planet, like a short-= wave radio signal. Somehow the matter stream
was duplicated, using ph= ased matter from the atmospheric
interference effect. Unbeknownst to = everyone else, an identical
Riker was formed on the planet's surface = -- just as in our thought
experiment.

OK, so here you are on t= he Enterprise not having beamed down. And
yet there is this other "yo= u," identical to the last atom and
quantum state, down on the planet = below. Both of you claim to be the
genuine article. Who is right? The= re are three possibilities:
neither of the copies is you, one or the = other is you, or both
copies are you. It doesn't make sense that by m= aking an exact
duplicate of you, there should now be no you! Nor can = we point to
one of the you's and say that it is the real McCoy and th= e other is
a fake, since they're absolutely identical. The only answe= r that
makes sense is that there really are now two "you's."

B= ut isn't the whole point about being "you" or "me" that we're
unique?= Apparently not. You can be a distinct self, and there can be
another= self, identical to you in every respect (except location)
who thinks= and feels exactly like you do and, indeed, claims to be
you. If ther= e were a transporter accident in which a duplicate of
you appeared, w= ould it feel as if you were flitting back and forth
between the two b= odies, or that you could see out of two separate
sets of eyes? Not at= all. Two brains means two selves and two
centers self-awarenesses, w= hether the brains are exactly identical
or not.

In the case of= a Star Trek transporter, we can claim in our thought
experiment that= the two you's really are exactly alike, down to the
subatomic level.= At the instant of rematerialization, these two
you's would have exac= tly the same thoughts and memories. But
immediately after, difference= s would start to appear because even
duplicates can't occupy the same= space or do exactly the same
things. From the point of bifurcation o= nward, different sets of
experiences, different personal narratives, = would give rise to the
laying down of different memory chains. Althou= gh the two copies
would always be very much alike in appearance, thou= ght, and deed,
they'd diverge over time. In "Second Chances," Riker-2= (the copy
that forms on the planet's surface) remains more like the = youthful
Riker -- more of a risk-taker -- than the familiar Commander= Riker-1
of the Enterprise. The message here is that your brain's wir= ing
doesn't totally dictate what you'll do or become in the future.
What about clones? If a baby is born who has been engineered to be =
genetically identical to someone else, what moral and psychological <= BR>dilemmas might this give rise to? Of course, we already have the
e= xample of identical twins. But such twins grow up together and are
a = natural phenomenon. I haven't heard of many cases where an
identical = twin has suffered psychologically through having a like
sibling. But = the fact that clones are, some extent, manufactured
could give rise t= o all kinds of emotional and psychological
problems, from resentment = to a feeling of being different and
isolated from the society that cr= eated them. Will human clones tend
to band together and live apart fr= om the rest of us? Will they be
treated differently, discriminated ag= ainst. I'd be interested to
hear people's thoughts on this.

A = couple of more ideas for you before I go. What if it were possible
to= make an exact copy of someone far in the future. Say, your body
and = brain was scanned down to the last molecule and then, long after
you'= d died, maybe thousands of years in the future, this scan was
used to= re-make you. Would this be the same as being brought back to
life? W= ould it be like beaming into the future? Would you be happy
to try it= , realizing how frightening it might be to suddenly wake up
in a worl= d that you didn't understand and in which you didn't know
anyone?
=
And would making an identical copy of you, by scanner, transporter, <= BR>or some other means, recreate every part of you? What about your
s= oul -- assuming you think you have one?

Being dematerialized and w= hisked across space and/or time to be
formed anew may sound outrageou= s, but, in one sense, it's already
happened. Every particle now makin= g up your body was one floating
freely in the void between the stars.=

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

3. Bookends=

For news on all my books and how to order them (perhaps as a
= Christmas present!) visit my website. And, of course, I'd love to
hea= r from you at any time.

All the best,
David Darling


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From: NASA Science News
Sent: Tu= esday, November 04, 2003 3:10 PM
To: NASA Science News
Subje= ct: Lunar Eclipse
 
NASA Science News for Novemb= er 4, 2003

On Saturday, Nov. 8th, the full moon will glide through= our planet's
shadow and turn a delightful shade of sunset-red.
FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/04nov_lunar= eclipse2.htm?list662745


This is a free service.

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------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A2F6.C937AEB0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Nov 4 20:39:07 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA54d41J004848; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:39:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id XAA09205 for public-list; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:29:13 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav35.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.65]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA09201; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:29:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:28:40 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.48 by bay4-dav35.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 04:28:39 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.48] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Space-Weather-Bulletin Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:28:24 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A32B.5791F3D0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2003 04:28:40.0108 (UTC) FILETIME=[49BB86C0:01C3A355] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A32B.5791F3D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: Space Environment Center Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:23 PM To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov Subject: Space-Weather-Bulletin Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #03- 5 2003 November 04 at 05:25 p.m. MST (2003 November 05 0025 UTC) **** EXTREME SOLAR FLARE **** Powerful Active Region 486 has produced one of the most intense solar flares ever measured. The event began at 12:29 P.M. MST (1929 UTC) on November 4th and rose quickly to exceed X17 on the GOES-12 X-ray sensor. By 12:44 P.M. MST (1944 UTC), the GOES sensor was saturated and remained that way until 12:56 P.M. (1956 UTC), suggesting this event extended well in to the very highest flare category, the X20 plus range. This massive flare produced a category R5 (extreme) radio blackout. All short-wave communications through the sunlit hemisphere of the Earth experienced complete blackout conditions. An associated solar radiation storm is underway. The current storm is at category S1 (minor) levels, and rising. The radiation storm is expected to reach category S2 (moderate) levels, and there is a small chance for a category S3 (strong) radiation storm. High latitude aviation interests are advised to closely monitor radiation levels over the next 24 hours. High latitude short-wave communications will likely experience considerable degradation for the next 24 to 48 hours. All agencies with space interests should also carefully monitor radiation levels. A powerful, and extremely fast (over 5 million miles per hour) mass ejection occurred from this flare site, but is mostly directed away from Earth. As a result, only category G1 (minor) to G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm levels are likely on November 6th. This solar flare was the largest in a series of very large flares that have occurred in Active Region 486 over the past two weeks. At its peak, this sunspot cluster was approximately 15 times larger than Earth. This active region will rotate to the backside of the sun over the next 24 hours. Another large flare is still possible from this region, but large flare activity will become much less likely after the next 24 to 48 hours. 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_0008_01C3A32B.5791F3D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Space Environment Center
Sent:= Tuesday, November 04, 2003 8:23 PM
To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov
Subject: Space-Weather-Bulletin
 = ;
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment C= enter
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY BULLETIN #0= 3- 5
2003 November 04 at 05:25 p.m. MST (2003 November 05 0025 UTC)
**** EXTREME SOLAR FLARE ****

Powerful Active Region 486 has = produced one of the most intense solar
flares ever measured. The event= began at 12:29 P.M. MST (1929 UTC) on
November 4th and rose quickly t= o exceed X17 on the GOES-12 X-ray
sensor. By 12:44 P.M. MST (1944 UTC)= , the GOES sensor was saturated and
remained that way until 12:56 P.M.= (1956 UTC), suggesting this event
extended well in to the very highes= t flare category, the X20 plus
range.  This massive flare produce= d a category R5 (extreme) radio
blackout. All short-wave communication= s through the sunlit hemisphere
of the Earth experienced complete blac= kout conditions.  

An associated solar radiation storm = is underway. The current storm is at
category S1 (minor) levels, and r= ising. The radiation storm is expected
to reach category S2 (moderate)= levels, and there is a small chance for
a category S3 (strong) radiat= ion storm.  High latitude aviation
interests are advised to close= ly monitor radiation levels over the next
24 hours. High latitude shor= t-wave communications will likely
experience considerable degradation = for the next 24 to 48 hours. All
agencies with space interests should = also carefully monitor radiation
levels.     =   

A powerful, and extremely fast (over 5 million miles= per hour) mass
ejection occurred from this flare site, but is mostly = directed away
from Earth. As a result, only category G1 (minor) to G2 = (moderate)
geomagnetic storm levels are likely on November 6th.
This solar flare was the largest in a series of very large flares that<= BR>have occurred in Active Region 486 over the past two weeks. At its
= peak, this sunspot cluster was approximately 15 times larger than
Eart= h. This active region will rotate to the backside of the sun over
the = next 24 hours. Another large flare is still possible from this
region,= but large flare activity will become much less likely after the
next = 24 to 48 hours.

Data used to provide space weather services are co= ntributed by NOAA,
USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Env= ironment Services
and other observatories, universities, and institut= ions. 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
Ba= rbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288.
------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A32B.5791F3D0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Nov 4 20:39:10 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA54d81J001002; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:39:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id XAA09082 for public-list; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:25:22 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav46.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.76]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA09078; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:25:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:24:45 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.48 by bay4-dav46.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 04:24:45 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.48] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Fw: NASA Selects Explorer Mission Proposals For Feasibility Studies Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:24:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A32A.CCC5B9D0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2003 04:24:45.0228 (UTC) FILETIME=[BDBBAEC0:01C3A354] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A32A.CCC5B9D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Baalke - Galileo Project Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:09 PM To: ljk4@msn.com Subject: NASA Selects Explorer Mission Proposals For Feasibility Studies Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington November 4, 2003 (Phone: 202/358-1726) RELEASE: 03-353 NASA SELECTS EXPLORER MISSION PROPOSALS FOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES NASA recently selected candidate mission proposals that would study the universe, from Jupiter and the sun to black holes and dark matter. The proposals are candidates for missions in NASA's Explorer Program of lower cost, highly focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft. Following detailed mission concept studies, NASA intends to select two of the mission proposals by fall 2004 for full development as Small Explorer (SMEX) missions. The two missions developed for flight will be launched in 2007 and 2008. NASA has also decided to fund as a "Mission of Opportunity" a balloon-borne experiment to detect high-energy neutrinos, ghostly particles that fill the universe. "The Small Explorer mission proposals we received show that the scientific community has a lot of innovative ideas on ways to study some of the most vexing questions in science, and to do it on a relatively small budget," said Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator for space science at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "It was difficult to select only a few from among the many great proposals we received, but I think the selected proposals have a great chance to really push back the frontiers of knowledge," he said. The selected proposals were judged to have the best science value among 36 submitted to NASA in February 2003. Each will receive $450,000 ($250,000 for the Mission of Opportunity) to conduct a five-month implementation feasibility study. The selected SMEX proposals are: o The Normal-incidence Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer (NEXUS): a solar spectrometer with major advances in sensitivity and resolution to reveal the cause of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. Joseph M. Davila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md., would lead NEXUS at a total mission cost to NASA of $131 million. o The Dark Universe Observatory (DUO): seven X-ray telescopes to measure the dark matter and dark energy that dominate the content of the universe with 100 times the sensitivity of previous X-ray studies. Richard E. Griffiths of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, would lead DUO at a total mission cost to NASA of $132 million. o The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): a pair of cameras to image the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space with 100 times the sensitivity of previous experiments. David J. McComas of the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, would lead IBEX at a total mission cost to NASA of $132 million. o The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR): a telescope to carry out a census of black holes with 1000 times more sensitivity than previous experiments. NuSTAR would be lead by Fiona Anne Harrison of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, at a total mission cost to NASA of $132 million. o The Jupiter Magnetospheric Explorer (JMEX): a telescope to study Jupiter's aurora and magnetosphere from Earth orbit. Nicholas M. Schneider of the University of Colorado at Boulder would lead JMEX, at a total mission cost to NASA of $133 million. NASA selected a long-duration balloon payload as the mission of opportunity. The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) would detect radio waves emitted when high-energy neutrinos interact in the Antarctic ice shelf. ANITA would be led by Peter W. Gorham of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, at a total mission cost to NASA of $35 million. In addition, NASA selected a proposed mission for technology- development funding of the proposed instrument. Jean Swank of GSFC will develop a polarization sensitive X-ray detector. Swank will receive up to $300,000 over the next two years for her study. The five selected SMEX proposals are vying to be the tenth and eleventh SMEX missions selected for full development. Recent selections include the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), launched in February 2002; the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), launched in April 2003; and the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission (AIM), to be launched in 2006. The Explorer Program, managed by GSFC for NASA's Office of Space Science, is designed to provide frequent, low-cost access to space for physics and astronomy missions with small to mid-sized spacecraft. For more information about the Explorer Program on the Internet, visit: http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov For information about NASA and space science on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A32A.CCC5B9D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Baalke - Galileo Project
S= ent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:09 PM
To: ljk4@msn.com
Subject: NASA Selects Explorer Mission Proposals For Feasibility Stu= dies
 
Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington = ;            =        November 4, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-= 1726)

RELEASE: 03-353

NASA SELECTS EXPLORER MISSION PROPOSA= LS FOR FEASIBILITY
STUDIES

     NASA recen= tly selected candidate mission proposals that
would study the univers= e, from Jupiter and the sun to black
holes and dark matter. The propo= sals are candidates for
missions in NASA's Explorer Program of lower = cost, highly
focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft.
Following detailed mission concept studies, NASA intends to
select t= wo of the mission proposals by fall 2004 for full
development as Smal= l Explorer (SMEX) missions. The two
missions developed for flight wil= l be launched in 2007 and
2008.

NASA has also decided to fund = as a "Mission of Opportunity" a
balloon-borne experiment to detect hi= gh-energy neutrinos,
ghostly particles that fill the universe.
"The Small Explorer mission proposals we received show that
the scie= ntific community has a lot of innovative ideas on
ways to study some = of the most vexing questions in science,
and to do it on a relatively= small budget," said Dr. Ed
Weiler, associate administrator for space= science at NASA
Headquarters, Washington. "It was difficult to selec= t only a
few from among the many great proposals we received, but I <= BR>think the selected proposals have a great chance to really
push ba= ck the frontiers of knowledge," he said.

The selected proposals we= re judged to have the best science
value among 36 submitted to NASA i= n February 2003. Each will
receive $450,000 ($250,000 for the Mission= of Opportunity) to
conduct a five-month implementation feasibility s= tudy. The
selected SMEX proposals are:

o   &nbs= p;   The Normal-incidence Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer
= (NEXUS): a solar spectrometer with major advances in
sensitivity and = resolution to reveal the cause of coronal
heating and solar wind acce= leration. Joseph M. Davila of
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSF= C), Greenbelt, Md.,
would lead NEXUS at a total mission cost to NASA = of $131
million.

o       The Dar= k Universe Observatory (DUO): seven X-ray
telescopes to measure the d= ark matter and dark energy that
dominate the content of the universe = with 100 times the
sensitivity of previous X-ray studies. Richard E. =
Griffiths of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, would
lead D= UO at a total mission cost to NASA of $132 million.

o  &= nbsp;    The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): a pair= of
cameras to image the boundary between the solar system and
in= terstellar space with 100 times the sensitivity of
previous experimen= ts. David J. McComas of the Southwest
Research Institute, San Antonio= , would lead IBEX at a
total mission cost to NASA of $132 million.
o       The Nuclear Spectroscopic Tele= scope Array (NuSTAR): a
telescope to carry out a census of black hole= s with 1000
times more sensitivity than previous experiments. NuSTAR =
would be lead by Fiona Anne Harrison of the California
Institute = of Technology, Pasadena, at a total mission cost
to NASA of $132 mill= ion.

o       The Jupiter Magnetosphe= ric Explorer (JMEX): a telescope to
study Jupiter's aurora and magnet= osphere from Earth orbit.
Nicholas M. Schneider of the University of = Colorado at
Boulder would lead JMEX, at a total mission cost to NASA =
of $133 million.

NASA selected a long-duration balloon payload= as the mission
of opportunity. The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Ant= enna
(ANITA) would detect radio waves emitted when high-energy
ne= utrinos interact in the Antarctic ice shelf. ANITA would be
led by Pe= ter W. Gorham of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
in Honolulu, at a = total mission cost to NASA of $35 million.

In addition, NASA selec= ted a proposed mission for technology-
development funding of the prop= osed instrument. Jean Swank of
GSFC will develop a polarization sensi= tive X-ray detector.
Swank will receive up to $300,000 over the next = two years for
her study.

The five selected SMEX proposals are = vying to be the tenth
and eleventh SMEX missions selected for full de= velopment.
Recent selections include the Reuven Ramaty High Energy So= lar
Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), launched in February 2002; the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), launched in April 2003;
and the A= eronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission (AIM), to
be launched in 200= 6. The Explorer Program, managed by GSFC
for NASA's Office of Space S= cience, is designed to provide
frequent, low-cost access to space for= physics and astronomy
missions with small to mid-sized spacecraft.
For more information about the Explorer Program on the
Internet= , visit:

http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov

For information abo= ut NASA and space science on the Internet,
visit:

http://www.n= asa.gov


-end-


------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A32A.CCC5B9D0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Nov 4 20:39:33 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA54dW1J031620; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:39:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id XAA09115 for public-list; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:26:22 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav158.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.188]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA09111; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:26:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:25:49 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.48 by bay4-dav158.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 04:25:48 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.48] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Space-Weather-Outlook Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:25:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A32A.F3739CA0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2003 04:25:49.0117 (UTC) FILETIME=[E3D05ED0:01C3A354] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A32A.F3739CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Space Environment Center Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:50 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- 44 2003 November 04 at 05:31 p.m. MST (2003 November 05 0031 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 27-November 4 Space weather during the past week reached extreme levels. The dynamic solar region, NOAA Active Region 486, continues to produce high levels of solar activity. Region 486 produced a category R4 (severe) radio blackout on October 28th at 4:10 a.m.. MST (1110 UTC). Associated with the this large solar flare was a category S4 (severe) solar radiation storm at 5:25 p.m. MST on October 28th (29th at 0025 UTC). This large flare also produced a cloud of energized particle known as a coronal mass ejection or CME, which was directed straight at Earth. When the CME reached earth it produced a category G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm starting at 11:13 p. m. MST on October 28th (the 29th at 0613 UTC). This geomagnetic storm produced category G3 (strong) through category G5 (extreme) conditions over the next twenty-four hours. NOAA Active Region 486 continued to produce solar activity with yet another major solar flare at 1:39 p.m. MST on October 29th (2049 UTC) resulting in a category R4 (severe) radio blackout. A CME was associated with this second solar flare also. This CME, moving at over five million miles per hour impacted Earth=12s magnetic field at 9:20 a.m. MST on October 30th (1620 UTC) and produced another category G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm. This geomagnetic storm produced category G1 (minor) through category G5 (extreme) conditions over the next twenty-four hours. During the past week, NOAA Active Region 486 grew to become the largest sunspot region observed during this solar cycle. The activity produce by this active region also ranked up there with the largest activity recorded. For a list of adverse system effects related to space weather storms, please refer to the NOAA Space Weather Scales. Outlook For November 5-11 Space weather for the next week is expected to reach moderate levels. A category G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm is expected on day two or day three of the forecast period. Activity is expected to decrease after November 6th when NOAA Active Region 486 rotates well beyond the west limb. For current space weather conditions please refer to: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/ =20 http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/ Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, =20 USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services =20 and other observatories, universities, and institutions. For more =20 information, including email services, see SEC's Space Weather =20 Advisories Web site http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127. The NOAA Public Affairs contact is Barbara McGehan at =20 Barbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288. ------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A32A.F3739CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Space Environment Center
Sent:= Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:50 PM
To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov
Subject: Space-Weather-Outlook
 = ;
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment C= enter
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #03= - 44
2003 November 04 at 05:31 p.m. MST (2003 November 05 0031 UTC)
**** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK ****

Summary For October 27-Novemb= er 4
Space weather during the past week reached extreme levels.  = The dynamic
solar region, NOAA Active Region 486, continues to produce= high levels
of solar activity.  Region 486 produced a category R= 4 (severe) radio
blackout on October 28th at 4:10 a.m.. MST (1110 UTC)= .  Associated with
the this large solar flare was a category S4 (= severe) solar radiation
storm at 5:25 p.m. MST on October 28th (29th a= t 0025 UTC).  This large
flare also produced a cloud of energized= particle known as a coronal
mass ejection or CME, which was directed = straight at Earth.  When the
CME reached earth it produced a cate= gory G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm
starting at 11:13 p. m. MST on Oct= ober 28th (the 29th at 0613 UTC).
This geomagnetic storm produced cate= gory G3 (strong) through category
G5 (extreme) conditions over the nex= t twenty-four hours.

NOAA Active Region 486 continued to produce s= olar activity with yet
another major solar flare at 1:39 p.m. MST on O= ctober 29th (2049 UTC)
resulting in a category R4 (severe) radio black= out.  A CME was
associated with this second solar flare also. Thi= s CME, moving at over
five million miles per hour impacted Earth=12s m= agnetic field at 9:20
a.m. MST on October 30th (1620 UTC) and produced= another category G5
(extreme) geomagnetic storm. This geomagnetic sto= rm produced category
G1 (minor) through category G5 (extreme) conditio= ns over the next
twenty-four hours.

During the past week, NOAA = Active Region 486 grew to become the largest
sunspot region observed d= uring this solar cycle.  The activity produce
by this active regi= on also ranked up there with the largest activity
recorded.  For = a list of adverse system effects related to space
weather storms, plea= se refer to the NOAA Space Weather Scales.

Outlook For November 5-= 11
Space weather for the next week is expected to reach moderate level= s.  A
category G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm is expected on day= two or day
three of the forecast period.  Activity is expected t= o decrease after
November 6th when NOAA Active Region 486 rotates well= beyond the west
limb.

For current space weather conditions ple= ase refer to:
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/
http://www.sec.noaa.gov= /alerts/

Data used to provide space weather services are contribut= ed by NOAA,
USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environmen= t Services
and other observatories, universities, and institutions. F= or more
information, including email services, see SEC's Space Weathe= r
Advisories Web site http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-512= 7.
The NOAA Public Affairs contact is Barbara McGehan at
Barbara.M= cGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288.
------=_NextPart_001_0006_01C3A32A.F3739CA0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Nov 4 21:00:58 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA550v1J012193; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:00:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id XAA09562 for public-list; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:48:03 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav6.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.110]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA09552; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:48:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:47:29 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.48 by bay4-dav6.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 04:47:29 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.48] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Frank White and The SETI Factor Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 23:47:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A32D.F83F0000" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2003 04:47:29.0335 (UTC) FILETIME=[EACDE470:01C3A357] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A32D.F83F0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Summary: What would an intelligent signal from another planet change abou= t human destiny? This large question is the topic of a book, The SETI Fac= tor, by Frank White, who also analyzes how to announce such an historic f= inding and whether it would unite or divide nations. http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=3Dmodload&name=3DNews&file=3D= article&sid=3D646 ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A32D.F83F0000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Summar= y: What would an intelligent signal from another planet change a= bout human destiny? This large question is the topic of a book, The SETI = Factor, by Frank White, who also analyzes how to announce such an histori= c finding and whether it would unite or divide nations.
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------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A32D.F83F0000-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 5 11:17:20 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA5JHJ1J018834; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:17:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id OAA23081 for public-list; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:00:58 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav72.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.102]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA23077; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:00:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:00:24 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.60 by bay4-dav72.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 19:00:24 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.60] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Voyager 1 may be at Sol system's termination shock Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:00:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A3A5.227B67B0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2003 19:00:24.0500 (UTC) FILETIME=[11945F40:01C3A3CF] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A3A5.227B67B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99994350 Voyager says goodbye to Solar System =20 =20 18:00 05 November 03 =20 Special Report from New Scientist Print Edition. =20 =20 The most distant man-made object - the Voyager 1 spacecraft - is finally = leaving the Solar System. Astronomers think the probe has reached a bound= ary where the Sun's influence starts to wane. "This is a really exciting milestone," says Stamatios Krimigis of Johns H= opkins University in Laurel, Maryland. "It's the first time a machine has= gone outside the cocoon of the solar atmosphere." Voyager 1 and its companion Voyager 2 were launched on a journey to the o= uter planets in 1977. Voyager 1 is now about 90 astronomical units from t= he Sun (one AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun). It is the = most distant spacecraft in the Solar System, having overtaken the Jupiter= probe Pioneer 10 in 1998. Voyager 2 lags behind, at about 73 AU (see gra= phic). For years, scientists thought Voyager 1 must be getting close to the Sola= r System's "termination shock". This is the region where supersonic parti= cles streaming out from the Sun plough into interstellar particles and sl= ow down to subsonic speeds. This region, often considered to mark the Sol= ar System's edge, should energise lots of particles and have a strong mag= netic field. Particle peak =20 When the Voyagers were launched, astronomers predicted that the terminati= on shock would lie 40 to 50 AU away from the Sun. But Voyager 1 clocked u= p 60, 70 and 80 AU, and still had not reached the shock. Now, at last, sc= ientists have evidence that Voyager 1 is close to the shock, or has even = passed through it. In the summer of 2002, when Voyager 1 was about 85 AU from the Sun, it me= asured a sharp increase in the number of energetic particles over a perio= d of six months. Krimigis and his colleagues say the data suggests Voyage= r 1 crossed the termination shock, which then washed back over the spacec= raft. The shock moves in and out depending on the Sun's activity. A team led by Frank McDonald at the University of Maryland in College Par= k, however, believes Voyager 1 is near the shock but has not yet reached = it, pointing out that the craft did not register large increases in the l= ocal magnetic field. =20 In around 2020, Voyager 1 is expected to reach the heliopause at roughly = 135 AU. This is where the Sun's influence fades away entirely and interst= ellar space begins. Astronomers will then get their first chance to measu= re the magnetic fields and energetic particles of interstellar space. =20 Journal reference: Nature (vol 426, p 45, 48) =20 Hazel Muir ------=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A3A5.227B67B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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<= B>Subject: People Are Robots, Too. Almost
 
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      = ;    October 28, 2003

People Are Robots, Too. Almos= t

Popular culture has long pondered the question, "If it looks lik= e a
human, walks like a human and talks like a human, is it human?" So= far
the answer has been no. Robots can't cry, bleed or feel like huma= ns,
and that's part of what makes them different. But what if they cou= ld
think like humans?

Biologically inspired robots aren't just = an ongoing fascination in
movies and comic books; they are being reali= zed by engineers and
scientists all over the world. While much emphasi= s is placed on
developing physical characteristics for robots, like fu= nctioning
human-like faces or artificial muscles, engineers in the Tel= erobotics
Research and Applications Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab= oratory,
Pasadena, Calif., are among those working to program robots w= ith forms
of artificial intelligence similar to human thinking process= es.

Why Would They Want to Do That?

"The way robots functio= n now, if something goes wrong, humans modify
their programming code a= nd reload everything, then hope it eventually
works," said JPL robotic= s engineer Barry Werger. "What we hope to do
eventually is get robots = to be more independent and learn to adjust
their own programming."
=
Scientists and engineers take several approaches to control robots.The two extreme ends of the spectrum are called "deliberative control"<= BR>and "reactive control." The former is the traditional, dominant way in=
which robots function, by painstakingly constructing maps and othertypes of models that they use to plan sequences of action with
mathe= matical precision. The robot performs these sequences like a
blindfold= ed pirate looking for buried treasure; from point A, move 36
paces nor= th, then 12 paces east, then 4 paces northeast to point X;
thar be the= gold.

The downside to this is that if anything interrupts the ro= bot's
progress (for example, if the map is wrong or lacks detail), the= robot
must stop, make a new map and a new plan of actions. This re-pl= anning
process can become costly if repeated over time. Also, to ensur= e the
robot's safety, back-up programs must be in place to abort the p= lan if
the robot encounters an unforeseen rock or hole that may hinder= its
journey.

"Reactive" approaches, on the other hand, get rid= of maps and planning
altogether and focus on live observation of the = environment. Slow down
if there's a rock ahead. Dig if you see a big X= on the ground.

The JPL Telerobotics Research and Applications Gro= up, led by technical
group supervisor Dr. Homayoun Seraji, focuses on = "behavior-based
control," which lies toward the "reactive" end of the = spectrum.
Behavior-based control allows robots to follow a plan while = staying
aware of the unexpected, changing features of their environmen= t. Turn
right when you see a red rock, go all the way down the hill an= d dig
right next to the palm tree; thar be the gold.

Behavior-= based control allows the robot a great deal of flexibility to
adapt th= e plan to its environment as it goes, much as a human does.
This prese= nts a number of advantages in space exploration, including
alleviating= the communication delay that results from operating
distant rovers fr= om Earth.

How Do They Do It?

Seraji's group at JPL focuses = on two of the many approaches to
implementing behavior-based control: = fuzzy logic and neural networks.
The main difference between the two s= ystems is that robots using fuzzy
logic perform with a set knowledge t= hat doesn't improve; whereas,
robots with neural networks start out wi= th no knowledge and learn over
time.

Fuzzy Logic

"Fuzzy = logic rules are a way of expressing actions as a human would,
with lin= guistic instead of mathematical commands; for example, when
one person= says to another person, 'It's hot in here,' the other
person knows to= either open the window or turn up the air
conditioning. That person w= asn't told to open the window, but he or
she knew a rule such as 'when= it is hot, do something to stay cool,'"
said Seraji, a leading expert= in robotic control systems who was
recently recognized as the most pu= blished author in the Journal of
Robotic Systems' 20-year history.
=
By incorporating fuzzy logic into their engineering technology, robot= s
can function in a humanistic way and respond to visual or audiblesignals, or in the case of the above example, turn on the air
conditi= oning when it thinks the room is hot.

Neural Networks

Neura= l networks are tools that allow robots to learn from their
experiences= , associate perceptions with actions and adapt to
unforeseen situation= s or environments.

"The concepts of 'interesting' and 'rocky' are = ambiguous in nature,
but can be learned using neural networks," said J= PL robotics research
engineer Dr. Ayanna Howard, who specializes in ar= tificial intelligence
and creates intelligent technology for space app= lications. "We can
train a robot to know that if it encounters rocky s= urfaces, then the
terrain is hazardous. Or if the rocky surface has in= teresting
features, then it may have great scientific value."

N= eural networks mimic the human brain in that they simulate a large
net= work of simple elements, similar to brain cells, that learn through
be= ing presented with examples. A robot functioning with such a system
le= arns somewhat like a baby or a child does, only at a slower rate.

= "We can easily tell a robot that a square is an equilateral object
wit= h four sides, but how do we describe a cat?" Werger said. "With
neural= networks, we can show the robot many examples of cats, and it
will la= ter be able to recognize cats in general."

Similarly, a neural net= work can 'learn' to classify terrain if a
geologist shows it images of= many types of terrain and associates a
label with each one. When the = network later sees an image of a terrain
it hasn't seen before, it can= determine whether the terrain is
hazardous or safe based on its lesso= ns.

Robotics for Today and Tomorrow

With continuous advance= s in robotic methods like behavior-based
control, future space mission= s might be able to function without
relying heavily on human commands.= On the home front, similar
technology is already used in many practic= al applications such as
digital cameras, computer programs, dishwasher= s, washing machines and
some car engines. The post office even uses ne= ural networks to read
handwriting and sort mail.

"Does this mea= n robots in the near future will think like humans? No,"
Werger said. = "But by mimicking human techniques, they could become
easier to commun= icate with, more independent, and ultimately more
efficient."

J= PL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena= , Calif.

Media Contact: Charli Schuler (818) 393-5467


<= /BLOCKQUOTE> ------=_NextPart_001_0019_01C3A22E.D4CF0C00-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 3 14:53:31 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA3MrT1J027000; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:53:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA05636 for public-list; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:44:56 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav29.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.59]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA05632; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:44:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 14:44:23 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.12 by bay4-dav29.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:44:22 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.12] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Lunar Dish Observatory Mission Design at ILC Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:44:13 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3A232.18569DA0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Nov 2003 22:44:23.0031 (UTC) FILETIME=[06BDF870:01C3A25C] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3A232.18569DA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable International Lunar Conference 2003 =E2=80=93 November 16-22 Jim Benson will be presenting the results of SpaceDev's Lunar Dish Observ= atory mission design, including an animation, at the International Lunar = Conference 2003 in Hawaii, November 20, 2003. He is also scheduled to giv= e a presentation on =E2=80=9CProperty Rights in Space.=E2=80=9D For infor= mation about attending this important conference, please see: http://www.spaceagepub.com/ilc_2003.html ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3A232.18569DA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

International Lunar Conference 2003 =E2=80=93 November 16-22

 

Jim Benson will be p= resenting the results of SpaceDev's Lunar Dish Observatory mission design= , including an animation, at the International Lunar Conference 2003 in H= awaii, November 20, 2003. He is also scheduled to give a presentation on = =E2=80=9CProperty Rights in Space.=E2=80=9D For information about attendi= ng this important conference, please see:

 

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Welcome to the N= ew Scientist print-edition e-zine - our weekly
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A UNIVER= SE LIKE NO OTHER
When Leonard Susskind invented string theory, he thou= ght it would
tell us why our universe is the way it is. He now has an= answer, but
it's not the one he was expecting.
String theory rese= archers have been trying to make their theory
produce a universe just= like ours for decades. But the theory also
produces myriad other uni= verses, all with different laws of nature
and different properties. N= o one has ever managed to find a way to
get rid of the ones that don'= t seem to correspond with reality.
But what if we've got reality all w= rong? What if there really is a
vast and varied array of universes? T= o most physicists, it's a
horrible idea. But the astronomical evidenc= e that is coming in looks
irrefutable. There's only one way to accoun= t for the properties of
our universe, says Susskind: that it is one a= mongst billions. After
hundreds of years of searching for answers abo= ut the laws of physics
and the constants of nature, we have just foun= d out that we've been
asking the wrong questions.
http://archive.n= ewscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?id=3Dmg18024195.400

THE= SPEED OF LIFE
Much about an animal is determined by its size.  I= n general, the
larger the beast, the slower its metabolism and the lo= nger its life,
and vice versa.  But the question of how nature i= mprints each
creature with its assigned metabolic rate, and why some = are destined
to die sooner than others, is a long-standing mystery. B= ut now
researchers believe it could all lie in our cell membranes....= and if
they are right it could have some profound effects on people's=
thinking about rates of living and the evolution of warm-blooded animals.
http://archive.newscientist.com/secure/article/article.jsp?i= d=3Dmg18024195.500

TECHNOLOGY SECTION:
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ME AS= WELL AS MY PC
Speech-recognition programs have been in development fo= r around 40
years.  Their success rate varies from application t= o application,
but where humans get only 1 word in 200 wrong, machine= s still make a
mistake on about 1 word in 20. And it's hardly surpris= ing if you
consider the physical complexities of human speech.  = But by teaching
their machines the subtleties of language, the dynami= cs of the
tongue, lips and other biological articulators, and even th= e art of
lip reading, IBM researchers hope to have achieved superhuma= n speech
recognition by 2010.
http://archive.newscientist.com/secu= re/article/article.jsp?id=3Dmg18024194.000


----------EDITOR'S = CHOICE----------

Hole in a spin

Flashes of infrared from ou= r galaxy's central black hole suggest it
is spinning like crazy. Astr= onomers believe that Sagittarius A* is a
supermassive black hole weig= hing 3.6 million times as much as the
sun, but until now they knew no= thing else about it. A team led by
Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck = Institute for Extraterrestrial
Physics in Garching, Germany, spotted = infrared flares from
Sagittarius A* using the Very Large Telescope in= Cerro Paranal,
Chile. The flares repeat every 17 minutes and Genzel = suggests that
they come from material whirling around the black hole.= But the
short interval between flashes means the material must be or= biting
very close in - so close that a stationary, spherical black ho= le
would swallow it. A spinning black hole, however, warps space-time=
so that material can survive in a closer orbit. Genzel calculates that the black hole is spinning at more than half the maximum
theor= etical speed for a black hole that size, squashing it from a
sphere i= nto a fat lens shape (Nature, vol 425, p 934).


Chosen by David= Concar.David joined New Scientist way back in 1991
and so qualifies = as one of the magazine's veteran journalists. Now
Deputy Editor, he w= as previously life sciences editor in the
features department and ret= ains a special interest in all things
biological.  He is respons= ible for New Scientist's first foray into
television, a ten part seri= es called New Scientist Reports on the
Discovery channel in the UK
Cutting Edge
Memory-boosting glasses

Spectacles with tiny = clip-on LCD screens that flash subliminal
messages could boost your m= emory, according to researchers at the
Massachusetts Institute of Tec= hnology. The "memory glasses" are
connected to a wearable computer wh= ich creates messages about people
and objects in the field of view an= d flashes them up on the
transparent screen for 0.005 seconds. In tes= ts, volunteers seated at
desktop computers first had two minutes to m= emorise the names
associated with 21 faces displayed on the screen. T= hey then had to
correctly match faces with names while their memory g= lasses flashed
subliminal suggestions, such as the right or wrong nam= es, or nothing
at all. Volunteers cued with the right names did bette= r by at least
50 per cent than those given bad cues or no cues. Scien= tists hope
the spectacles will one day help people suffering from amn= esia or
prosopagnosia - a disorder in which people cannot recognise f= aces.


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NEW SCIENTIST REPORTS

The new weekly science bul= letin will be showing on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights as part of Scie= nce Night on Discovery Channel UK.
Top stories this week include: - A new test to catch the dope cheats
- A Y to die for: why males ris= k extinction
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THE GRAVITY RADIO
Is there a hidden link between electromagnetism= and gravity? New
Scientist meets one physicist willing to risk his r= eputation to find
out

ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Box jellyfish are= probably the most toxic creatures on Earth and put
hundreds of people= in hospital each year. What are the secrets of
these sinister and bi= zarre killers?

WAY TO GROW
How do plants and animals translate = their genes into the graceful
curves of leaf and limb? Developmental = biologist Enrico Coen
uncovers the elegant simplicity behind complex = forms

NOW WHO'S IN THE DRIVING SEAT?
Computers and cars have on= e thing in common: they crash.  Put them
together and the result= s are impossible for the car industry to
ignore

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= $3m helps dish up li= fe on Mars
John Kerin
NOVEMBER 01, 2003

IT'S rush hour near Mars and the radio teles= cope immortalised in the film The Dish is again playing a starring role.<= BR>
The frantic rush to gather information from seven probes either la= nding on Mars or circling the red planet over the coming months has led N= ASA to pay for a $3 million upgrade of the dish at Parkes, in western NSW= .

"If you were comparing what's happening near Mars now to a t= raffic problem, it is about 5.15 pm in Sydney at the moment - it's rush h= our," CSIRO official Warren King said at the launch yesterday of the upgr= aded dish.

"The number of space probes that are coinciding around Mar= s in the next few months is quite phenomenal, from NASA, the Europeans an= d the Japanese."

Among the spacecraft heading to Mars are the two rob= otic exploration rovers Spirit and Opportunity, scheduled to land in Janu= ary, Japan's Nozomi and the European Space Agency's Mars Express.

Fro= m Monday, the CSIRO facility at Parkes will begin tracking craft near Mar= s for up to eight hours a day as part of the NASA program.

And, despi= te what was depicted in the 2000 Australian film The Dish, Tom Schieffer = became the first US ambassador to visit the facility yesterday.

Amid = 110 km/h winds - 10 times stronger than it was built to withstand - the d= ish relayed television pictures of the July 21, 1969 moon landing to 600 = million people.

The weather yesterday was uncannily like the violent = squalls on that day.

In a case of life imitating art, Mr Schieffer pl= ayed cricket on the surface of the 64m parabolic dish with the CSIRO offi= cials and NASA's Australian representative Neal Newman - re-enacting a sc= ene from the movie.

The telescope was buffeted by driving rain and hi= gh winds of up to 70 km/h as Mr Schieffer and an entourage from NASA and = CSIRO executives clambered up on to it.

Mr Schieffer said he first he= ard of "the dish" in April 2001 after US President George W. Bush asked h= im to be Australia's ambassador.

"I went back to Dallas that weekend = and of all things that were playing that week at the theatre was The Dish= .

"We went to see it and I knew this (being ambassador to Australia) = was going to be a lot of fun," he said.

=

Voyager says goodbye to Solar Syst= em

 
18:00 05 November&n= bsp;03
 
Special Report from New Scientist Print= Edition.
 <= /TD>

The most distant man-made object - th= e Voyager 1 spacecraft - is finally leaving the Solar System. Astronomers= think the probe has reached a boundary where the Sun's influence starts = to wane.

"This is a really exciting milestone," says Stamatios Kri= migis of Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland. "It's the first ti= me a machine has gone outside the cocoon of the solar atmosphere."

Voyager 1 and its companion Voyager 2 were launched on a journey to the = outer planets in 1977. Voyager 1 is now about 90 astronomical units from = the Sun (one AU is the distance between the Earth and the Sun). It is the= most distant spacecraft in the Solar System, having overtaken the Jupite= r probe Pioneer 10 in 1998. Voyager 2 lags behind, at about 73 AU (see gr= aphic).

For years, scientists thought Voyager 1 must be getting cl= ose to the Solar System's "termination shock". This is the region where s= upersonic particles streaming out from the Sun plough into interstellar p= articles and slow down to subsonic speeds. This region, often considered = to mark the Solar System's edge, should energise lots of particles and ha= ve a strong magnetic field.


Particle = peak

When the Voyagers were launched, astronomers predict= ed that the termination shock would lie 40 to 50 AU away from the Sun. Bu= t Voyager 1 clocked up 60, 70 and 80 AU, and still had not reached the sh= ock. Now, at last, scientists have evidence that Voyager 1 is close to th= e shock, or has even passed through it.

In the summer of 2002, when Voyager 1 was about 85 AU from th= e Sun, it measured a sharp increase in the number of energetic particles = over a period of six months. Krimigis and his colleagues say the data sug= gests Voyager 1 crossed the termination shock, which then washed back ove= r the spacecraft. The shock moves in and out depending on the Sun's activ= ity.

A team led by Frank McDonald at the University of Maryland in= College Park, however, believes Voyager 1 is near the shock but has not = yet reached it, pointing out that the craft did not register large increa= ses in the local magnetic field.

In around 2020, Voyager 1 is exp= ected to reach the heliopause at roughly 135 AU. This is where the Sun's = influence fades away entirely and interstellar space begins. Astronomers = will then get their first chance to measure the magnetic fields and energ= etic particles of interstellar space.

Journal reference: Natur= e (vol 426, p 45, 48)

 

Hazel Muir

------=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A3A5.227B67B0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 5 14:19:36 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA5MJY1J012398; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:19:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA26038 for public-list; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:06:09 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav158.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.188]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA26033; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:06:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:05:35 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.42 by bay4-dav158.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 22:05:35 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.42] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Voyager Spacecraft Approaches Solar System's Final Frontier Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:05:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A3BE.FAF32BA0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2003 22:05:35.0820 (UTC) FILETIME=[F07140C0:01C3A3E8] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A3BE.FAF32BA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:00 PM To: ljk4@msn.com Subject: Voyager Spacecraft Approaches Solar System's Final Frontier MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Carolina Martinez (818) 354-9382 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Nancy Neal (301) 286-0039 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. NEWS RELEASE: 2003-145 November 5, 2003 Voyager Spacecraft Approaches Solar System's Final Frontier NASA's venerable Voyager 1 spacecraft, built and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is about to make history again. It is the first spacecraft to enter the solar system's final frontier, a vast expanse where wind from the Sun blows hot against thin gas between the stars: interstellar space. However, before it reaches this region, Voyager 1 must pass through the termination shock, a violent zone that is the source of beams of high-energy particles. Voyager's journey through this turbulent zone will give scientists the first direct measurements of our solar system's unexplored final frontier, the heliosheath. Scientists are debating whether this passage has already begun. Two papers about this research are being published in Nature today. The first paper, by Dr. Stamatios Krimigis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., and his team, supports the claim Voyager 1 passed beyond the termination shock. The second paper, by Dr. Frank McDonald of the University of Maryland, College Park, and his team, disputes the claim. A third paper, published October 30 in Geophysical Research Letters by Dr. Leonard Burlaga of Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and collaborators, states Voyager 1 did not pass beyond the termination shock. "Voyager 1 has seen striking signs of the region deep in space where a giant shock wave forms, as the wind from the Sun abruptly slows and presses outward against the interstellar wind. The observations surprised and puzzled us, so there is much to be discovered as it begins exploring this new region at the outer edge of the solar system," said Dr. Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Launched on September 5, 1977, Voyager 1 explored the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn before being tossed out toward deep space by Saturn's gravity. It is approaching, and may have temporarily entered, the region beyond termination shock. At more than 13 billion kilometers (approximately eight billion miles) from the Sun, Voyager 1 is the most distant object from Earth built by humanity. The termination shock is where the solar wind, a thin stream of electrically charged gas blown constantly from the Sun, is slowed by pressure from gas between the stars. At the termination shock, the solar wind slows abruptly from its average speed of about 700,000 to 1,500,000 miles per hour. Estimating the location of the termination shock is hard, because we don't know the precise conditions in interstellar space. We do know speed and pressure of the solar wind changes, which cause the termination shock to expand, contract and ripple. >From about August 1, 2002 to February 5, 2003, scientists noticed unusual readings from the two energetic particle instruments on Voyager 1, indicating it had entered a region of the solar system unlike any previously encountered. This led some to claim Voyager 1 may have entered a transitory feature of the termination shock. The controversy would be resolved if Voyager could measure the speed of the solar wind, because the solar wind slows abruptly at the termination shock. However, the instrument that measured solar wind speed no longer functions on the spacecraft. Scientists must use data from instruments that are still working to infer if Voyager pierced the termination shock. "We have used an indirect technique to show the solar wind slowed down from about 700,000 miles per hour to much less than 100,000 mph. We used this same technique when the instrument measuring the solar wind speed was still working. The agreement between the two measurements was better than 20 percent in most cases," Krimigis said. "The analysis of the Voyager 1 magnetic field observations in late 2002 indicate that it did not enter a new region of the distant heliosphere by having crossed the termination shock. Rather, the magnetic field data had the characteristics to be expected based upon many years of previous observations, although the intensity of energetic particles observed is unusually high," Burlaga said. Voyagers 1 and 2 were built by JPL, which continues to operate both spacecraft 26 years after their launch. The spacecraft are controlled and their data returned through NASA's Deep Space Network, a global spacecraft tracking system also operated by JPL. The Voyager Project Manager is Ed Massey of JPL. For their original missions to Jupiter and Saturn, the Voyagers were destined to explore regions of space where solar panels would not be feasible, so each was equipped with three radioisotope thermoelectric generators to produce electrical power for the spacecraft systems and instruments. Still operating in remote, cold and dark conditions 26 years later, the Voyagers owe their longevity to these Department of Energy-provided generators, which produce electricity from the heat generated by the natural decay of plutonium dioxide. More information about the Voyagers is available at: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ . For images and animation on the Internet, visit: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/1105voyager.html . -end- ------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A3BE.FAF32BA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:00 PM
To: ljk4@msn.com
giant shock wave forms, as the wind from the Sun abruptly = slows and
presses outward against the interstellar wind. The observati= ons
surprised and puzzled us, so there is much to be discovered as it<= BR>begins exploring this new region at the outer edge of the solar
sys= tem," said Dr. Edward Stone, Voyager project scientist at the
Californ= ia Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Launched on September 5, 1= 977, Voyager 1 explored the giant planets
Jupiter and Saturn before be= ing tossed out toward deep space by
Saturn's gravity. It is approachin= g, and may have temporarily entered,
the region beyond termination sho= ck. At more than 13 billion
kilometers (approximately eight billion mi= les) from the Sun, Voyager 1
is the most distant object from Earth bui= lt by humanity.
The termination shock is where the solar wind, a thin = stream of
electrically charged gas blown constantly from the Sun, is s= lowed by
pressure from gas between the stars. At the termination shock= , the
solar wind slows abruptly from its average speed of about 700,00= 0 to
1,500,000 miles per hour.

Estimating the location of the t= ermination shock is hard, because we
don't know the precise conditions= in interstellar space. We do know
speed and pressure of the solar win= d changes, which cause the
termination shock to expand, contract and r= ipple.

From about August 1, 2002 to February 5, 2003, scientists n= oticed
unusual readings from the two energetic particle instruments on=
Voyager 1, indicating it had entered a region of the solar system
= unlike any previously encountered. This led some to claim Voyager 1
ma= y have entered a transitory feature of the termination shock.

The = controversy would be resolved if Voyager could measure the speed
of th= e solar wind, because the solar wind slows abruptly at the
termination= shock. However, the instrument that measured solar wind
speed no long= er functions on the spacecraft. Scientists must use data
from instrume= nts that are still working to infer if Voyager pierced
the termination= shock.

"We have used an indirect technique to show the solar wind= slowed down
from about 700,000 miles per hour to much less than 100,0= 00 mph. We
used this same technique when the instrument measuring the = solar wind
speed was still working. The agreement between the two meas= urements
was better than 20 percent in most cases," Krimigis said.
=
"The analysis of the Voyager 1 magnetic field observations in late2002 indicate that it did not enter a new region of the distant
helio= sphere by having crossed the termination shock. Rather, the
magnetic f= ield data had the characteristics to be expected based upon
many years= of previous observations, although the intensity of
energetic particl= es observed is unusually high," Burlaga said.

Voyagers 1 and 2 wer= e built by JPL, which continues to operate both
spacecraft 26 years af= ter their launch.  The spacecraft are controlled
and their data r= eturned through NASA's Deep Space Network, a global
spacecraft trackin= g system also operated by JPL.  The Voyager Project
Manager is Ed= Massey of JPL.  For their original missions to Jupiter
and Satur= n, the Voyagers were destined to explore regions of space
where solar = panels would not be feasible, so each was equipped with
three radioiso= tope thermoelectric generators to produce electrical
power for the spa= cecraft systems and instruments. Still operating in
remote, cold and d= ark conditions 26 years later, the Voyagers owe
their longevity to the= se Department of Energy-provided generators,
which produce electricity= from the heat generated by the natural decay
of plutonium dioxide.
More information about the Voyagers is available at:
http://voyag= er.jpl.nasa.gov/ .

For images and animation on the Internet, visit= :

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/1105voyager.html .
-end-

------=_NextPart_001_0004_01C3A3BE.FAF32BA0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 6 06:59:17 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA6ExF1J021583; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:59:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA12105 for public-list; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:44:40 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav109.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.139]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA12101; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:44:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:44:05 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav109.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:44:05 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: AstroAlert: A Record-Breaking Solar Flare! Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:43:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A44A.7B0ADAF0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Nov 2003 14:44:05.0573 (UTC) FILETIME=[6D701750:01C3A474] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A44A.7B0ADAF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Cary Oler Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 11:43 PM To: sun-earth@SkyandTelescope.com Subject: AstroAlert: A Record-Breaking Solar Flare! =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This Is SKY & TELESCOPE's AstroAlert for Sun-Earth Interactions =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D A s t r o A l e r t Sun-Earth Alert Solar Terrestrial Dispatch http://www.spacew.com Images and Movies of this event are available at: http://www.spacew.com/astroalert.html 05 November 2003 A RECORD-BREAKING SOLAR FLARE & MID-LATITUDE AURORA WATCH At approximately 19:47 UTC (2:47 pm EST) on 04 November, active suns= pot complex 10486 spawned what is probably the most intense x-ray flare in history. X-ray sensors on-board the GOES spacecraft are only capable of registering x-ray intensities up to a class X17.4 level. X-ray intensitie= s beyond this level saturate the detectors. This solar flare saturated the x-ray detectors for 11 minutes, leaving space weather forecasters and scientists with some work to try and extrapolate the true intensity of th= e event. Based on a preliminary extrapolation, it appears that this x-ray f= lare peaked somewhere between the X30 and X40 levels, which was unheard of unt= il yesterday and is possibly as much as twice as energetic as the X17 solar flare observed on 02 November. To place this event into historic perspective, it very likely ranks = as the most powerful x-ray flare ever observed. During the last two weeks, active Region 10486 has produced three x-ray flares that have ranked with= in the top 10 of the most intense events in history. It has been quite a rid= e! Region 10486 has now rotated behind the western limb and out of view= . It will now spend the next two weeks traversing the far side of the Sun. Whe= ther it survives its passage on the far-side and returns to the eastern limb i= n two weeks in a form still capable of producing energetic events remains unknown. It is possible it could return in a form still capable of produc= ing energetic events, but the odds are against it. Although only time will tell, observers on Earth will be able to mon= itor its progress indirectly by watching for coronal mass ejections that occur= on the far side of the Sun, but are still visible from Earth via the SOHO LA= SCO cameras. Spectacular imagery of this solar flare and the associated high velo= city coronal mass ejection are available from the SOHO web site: http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots A movie of the event in the light of hydrogen is also available from= : http://www.spacew.com/x30ha.gif It is known that yesterdays remarkable solar flare was associated wi= th a coronal mass ejection. The vast majority of mass thrown out was directed = well to the west of the Earth. However, a small portion was also directed Earthward. That portion is expected to impact the Earth on 06 November. A= fter the disturbance arrives, it may be capable of producing periods of minor = to major geomagnetic and auroral storm activity. A disturbance as large as w= as observed on 29 and 30 October is not expected. Nevertheless, auroral acti= vity could become visible from many middle latitude locations. A middle latitu= de aurora watch is active for 06 November. For North Americans, that is TONI= GHT. Late tonight, near or after local midnight. Interference from the near-fu= ll moon will hamper attempts to view activity. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH WATCH ISSUED: 20:15 UTC, 05 NOVEMBER 2003 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ VALID BEGINNING AT: 00:00 UTC ON 06 NOVEMBER VALID UNTIL: 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) ON 07 NOVEMBER PREDICTED IMPACT TIME OF DISTURBANCE: APPROX. 07:00 UTC ON 06 NOVEMBER, +/- AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS SEVERAL HIGH RISK PERIOD: 06 NOVEMBER (UTC DAYS) MODERATE RISK PERIOD: 06 - 07 NOVEMBER PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 12, 35, 20, 15 (05 NOVEMBER - 08 NOVEMBER) POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTIVITY: MAIN BELT =3D 06 TO 12 HOURS MINOR BELT =3D 12 TO 18 HOURS ESTIMATED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: NEAR AND AFTER LOCAL MIDNIGHT EXPECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: MODERATE OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVATIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM... NORTHERN OREGON TO NORTHERN WYOMING TO SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN MINNES= OTA TO WISCONSIN TO MIGHIGAN TO NEW YORK STATE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM... IRELAND TO CENTRAL UNITED KINGDOM TO EXTREME NORTHERN NETHERLANDS TO EXTREME NORTHERN GERMANY TO SOUTHERN SWEDEN TO SOUTHERN FINLAND TO NORTHERN RUSSIA. ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM... NEW ZEALAND AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA. SYNOPSIS... Effects of perhaps the largest x-ray solar flare on record are expec= ted to impact the Earth sometime near 07:00 UTC on 06 November, give or take several hours. The solar flare occurred on the western limb of the Sun an= d as a result is not expected to produce significant effects at the Earth. However, the disturbance should have the strength to produce periods of auroral storming over the high and middle latitude regions. This watch will remain valid through 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) on 07 November. It will then be updated or allowed to expire. Most (if not a= ll) of the activity is expected to occur within the first 6 to 12 hours after= the disturbance impacts. For this reason, we don't expect very much on 07 November. For updated information, visit: http://www.spacew.com/aurora/forum.html. For real-time plots of current activity, visit: http://www.spacew.com/plots.html or www.sec.noaa.gov. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF AURORAL ACTIVITY TO: http://www.spacew.com/submitsighting.html ** End of the AstroAlert Bulletin ** =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D AstroAlert is a free service of SKY & TELESCOPE, the Essential Magazine of Astronomy (http://SkyandTelescope.com/). This e-mail was sent to AstroAlert subscribers. 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----- Original Message -----
From: Cary Oler
Sent: Wednesday,= November 05, 2003 11:43 PM
To:<= /B> sun-earth@SkyandTelescope.com
<= B>Subject: AstroAlert: A Record-Breaking Solar Flare!
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This Is SKY &am= p; TELESCOPE's AstroAlert for Sun-Earth Interactions
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      &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;         A s t r o  A l e= r t
           = ;            =         Sun-Earth Alert

 &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;            So= lar Terrestrial Dispatch
       &nb= sp;           &nbs= p;        http://www.spacew.com
            =   Images and Movies of this event are available at:
  &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;     http://www.spacew.com/astroalert.html
            =             &= nbsp;      05 November 2003

A RECORD-BREA= KING SOLAR FLARE & MID-LATITUDE AURORA WATCH

   = ;  At approximately 19:47 UTC (2:47 pm EST) on 04 November, active s= unspot
complex 10486 spawned what is probably the most intense x-ray f= lare in
history. X-ray sensors on-board the GOES spacecraft are only c= apable of
registering x-ray intensities up to a class X17.4 level. X-r= ay intensities
beyond this level saturate the detectors. This solar fl= are saturated the
x-ray detectors for 11 minutes, leaving space weathe= r forecasters and
scientists with some work to try and extrapolate the= true intensity of the
event. Based on a preliminary extrapolation, it= appears that this x-ray flare
peaked somewhere between the X30 and X4= 0 levels, which was unheard of until
yesterday and is possibly as much= as twice as energetic as the X17 solar
flare observed on 02 November.=

     To place this event into historic perspe= ctive, it very likely ranks as
the most powerful x-ray flare ever obse= rved. During the last two weeks,
active Region 10486 has produced thre= e x-ray flares that have ranked within
the top 10 of the most intense = events in history. It has been quite a ride!

   &nb= sp; Region 10486 has now rotated behind the western limb and out of view.= It
will now spend the next two weeks traversing the far side of the S= un. Whether
it survives its passage on the far-side and returns to the= eastern limb in
two weeks in a form still capable of producing energe= tic events remains
unknown. It is possible it could return in a form s= till capable of producing
energetic events, but the odds are against i= t.

     Although only time will tell, observer= s on Earth will be able to monitor
its progress indirectly by watching= for coronal mass ejections that occur on
the far side of the Sun, but= are still visible from Earth via the SOHO LASCO
cameras.

 = ;    Spectacular imagery of this solar flare and the assoc= iated high velocity
coronal mass ejection are available from the SOHO = web site:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots

  &nbs= p;  A movie of the event in the light of hydrogen is also available = from:
http://www.spacew.com/x30ha.gif

     = It is known that yesterdays remarkable solar flare was associated with a<= BR>coronal mass ejection. The vast majority of mass thrown out was direct= ed well
to the west of the Earth. However, a small portion was also di= rected
Earthward. That portion is expected to impact the Earth on 06 N= ovember. After
the disturbance arrives, it may be capable of producing= periods of minor to
major geomagnetic and auroral storm activity. A d= isturbance as large as was
observed on 29 and 30 October is not expect= ed. Nevertheless, auroral activity
could become visible from many midd= le latitude locations. A middle latitude
aurora watch is active for 06= November. For North Americans, that is TONIGHT.
Late tonight, near or= after local midnight. Interference from the near-full
moon will hampe= r attempts to view activity.


     &nb= sp;          /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/= \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

     &nbs= p;            = ;  MIDDLE LATITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY WATCH

   &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;  WATCH ISSUED: 20:15 UTC, 05 NOVEMBER 2003

  &= nbsp;           &n= bsp; /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

VALID BEGINNIN= G AT: 00:00 UTC ON 06 NOVEMBER
VALID UNTIL: 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) ON 07= NOVEMBER

PREDICTED IMPACT TIME OF DISTURBANCE:
  &nb= sp;  APPROX. 07:00 UTC ON 06 NOVEMBER, +/- AT LEAST SEVERAL HOURS SE= VERAL

HIGH RISK PERIOD: 06 NOVEMBER (UTC DAYS)
MODERATE RISK PE= RIOD: 06 - 07 NOVEMBER

PREDICTED ACTIVITY INDICES: 12, 35, 20, 15 = (05 NOVEMBER  - 08 NOVEMBER)

POTENTIAL MAGNITUDE OF MIDDLE LA= TITUDE AURORAL ACTIVITY: MODERATE

POTENTIAL DURATION OF THIS ACTIV= ITY: MAIN BELT =3D 06 TO 12 HOURS
      =             &= nbsp;           &n= bsp;     MINOR BELT =3D 12 TO 18 HOURS

ESTIMAT= ED OPTIMUM OBSERVING CONDITIONS: NEAR AND AFTER LOCAL MIDNIGHT

EXP= ECTED LUNAR INTERFERENCE: MODERATE

OVERALL OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVA= TIONS FROM MIDDLE LATITUDES: FAIR TO GOOD

AURORAL ACTIVITY *MAY* B= E OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM...

   NORT= HERN OREGON TO NORTHERN WYOMING TO SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
=    TO WISCONSIN TO MIGHIGAN TO NEW YORK STATE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.=

ACTIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FRO= M...

   IRELAND TO CENTRAL UNITED KINGDOM TO EXTREME NOR= THERN NETHERLANDS TO
   EXTREME NORTHERN GERMANY TO SOUTHERN= SWEDEN TO SOUTHERN FINLAND TO
   NORTHERN RUSSIA.

AC= TIVITY *MAY* ALSO BE OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM...
   NEW ZEALAND AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA.

SYN= OPSIS...

     Effects of perhaps the largest x= -ray solar flare on record are expected
to impact the Earth sometime n= ear 07:00 UTC on 06 November, give or take
several hours. The solar fl= are occurred on the western limb of the Sun and as
a result is not exp= ected to produce significant effects at the Earth.
However, the distur= bance should have the strength to produce periods of
auroral storming = over the high and middle latitude regions.

    = ; This watch will remain valid through 23:00 UTC (7 pm EDT) on
07 Nove= mber. It will then be updated or allowed to expire. Most (if not all)
= of the activity is expected to occur within the first 6 to 12 hours after= the
disturbance impacts. For this reason, we don't expect very much o= n 07
November. For updated information, visit:
http://www.spacew.co= m/aurora/forum.html. For real-time plots of current
activity, visit: h= ttp://www.spacew.com/plots.html or www.sec.noaa.gov.

  &= nbsp;           PLEASE = REPORT OBSERVATIONS OF AURORAL ACTIVITY TO:
    &n= bsp;            ht= tp://www.spacew.com/submitsighting.html


**  End of the As= troAlert Bulletin  **
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------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A44A.7B0ADAF0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 6 07:07:12 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA6F7A1J011994; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:07:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA12245 for public-list; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:54:04 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav53.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.83]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA12241; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:54:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 06:53:30 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav53.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:53:30 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Voyager approaches limits of solar system Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:53:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A44B.D4092F20" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Nov 2003 14:53:30.0575 (UTC) FILETIME=[BE348DF0:01C3A475] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A44B.D4092F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" This article is also available on the web at: http://www.spacetoday.net/getsummary.php?id=2012 . Voyager approaches limits of solar system ============================================================ Posted: Thu, Nov 6 6:38 AM ET (1138 GMT) NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched over 25 years ago, may have reached the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space, although scientists are not in agreement about the claim. In one paper published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, a team of scientists led by Stamatios Krimigis of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory argued that between August 2002 and February 2003 Voyager 1 may have reached the "termination shock", a turbulent region where the solar wind abruptly slows from 1-2 million kmph to a fraction of that speed. Voyager 1 is currently about 90 astronomical units, or 13.5 billion kilometers, from the Sun. The solar wind velocity measurement was made indirectly since the spacecraft's instrument that directly measures the speed no longer functions. Another paper by Frank McDonald of the University of Maryland, also published in Nature, as well as a third paper published last month in Geophysical Research Letters, dispute the claim, saying that the unusual magnetic field variations noted by the first group had characteristics seen in past years. The other papers do note, though, that the more recent observations have a much higher intensity of charged particles. Project officials hope that Voyager 2, whose instruments are in better condition, might be able to better measure the location of the termination shock once it reaches it. Related Links: -------------- NASA press release: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/nov/HQ_03354_voyager_ssu.html SPACE.com article: http://space.com/scienceastronomy/voyager_mystery_031105.html New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/06/science/06VOYA.html Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6146-2003Nov5.html New Scientist article: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994350 Visit http://www.spacetoday.net/ to get the latest space news summaries and links to space news articles published throughout the web. If you have any questions about this service, please contact us at info@spacetoday.net. ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A44B.D4092F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This article i= s also available on the web at:
http://www.spacetoday.net/= getsummary.php?id=3D2012 .

Voyager approaches limits of solar syst= em
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Posted: Thu, Nov 6 6:38 AM ET (11= 38 GMT)

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched over 25 years ago, m= ay
have reached the boundary between the solar system and
interstel= lar space, although scientists are not in agreement
about the claim.&n= bsp; In one paper published in Thursday's issue
of the journal Nature,= a team of scientists led by Stamatios
Krimigis of the Johns Hopkins U= niversity Applied Physics
Laboratory argued that between August 2002 a= nd February 2003
Voyager 1 may have reached the "termination shock", a=
turbulent region where the solar wind abruptly slows from
1-2 mill= ion kmph to a fraction of that speed. Voyager 1 is
currently about 90 = astronomical units, or 13.5 billion
kilometers, from the Sun. The sola= r wind velocity
measurement was made indirectly since the spacecraft's=
instrument that directly measures the speed no longer
functions.&n= bsp; Another paper by Frank McDonald of the
University of Maryland, al= so published in Nature, as well as
a third paper published last month = in Geophysical Research
Letters, dispute the claim, saying that the un= usual magnetic
field variations noted by the first group had
charac= teristics seen in past years.  The other papers do
note, though, = that the more recent observations have a much
higher intensity of char= ged particles.  Project officials
hope that Voyager 2, whose inst= ruments are in better
condition, might be able to better measure the l= ocation of
the termination shock once it reaches it.

Related Li= nks:
--------------
NASA press release:
http://www.nasa.gov/home= /hqnews/2003/nov/HQ_03354_voyager_ssu.html
SPACE.com article:
http:= //space.com/scienceastronomy/voyager_mystery_031105.html
New York Time= s article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/06/science/06VOYA.html
Wa= shington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A= 6146-2003Nov5.html
New Scientist article:
http://www.newscientist.c= om/news/news.jsp?id=3Dns99994350


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news summaries and links to space news art= icles published
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* Voyages Through Time(TM) -- A New Way to Teach Science

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_devore_time_031106.htm= l

"How does the physical and biological world change over time?" "= What causes these changes and how fast do they occur?" "What is the evide= nce for change in living and physical systems?" These are core questions = posed in Voyages Through Time, a new high school science curriculum from = the SETI Institute that challenges students to consider the origin and de= velopment of the universe, our solar system, life on Earth, and us.
* Mystery: Is Voyager at Solar System's Edge?
http://www.space.com/s= cienceastronomy/voyager_mystery_031105.html

Voyager 1 has phoned i= n from the edge of the solar system to let us know what it's like out the= re. Now scientists are arguing over whether the 26-year-old spacecraft ha= s really reached a telltale and important boundary.

* Saturday's E= clipse: A Teachable Moment
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/eclipse_tea= chable_031106.html

Whether you are a parent or teacher, the total = lunar eclipse coming Saturday evening, Nov. 8 can serve as a great launch= pad for teaching some simple things about how the solar system works.
------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A483.90CD98D0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 6 13:48:13 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA6LmB1J022222; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:48:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA18741 for public-list; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:32:28 -0500 (EST) 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-2.nasc.inter.net [203.176.60.254]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA18737 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:32:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from 1cust233.tnt24.toronto.on.da.uu.net ([64.10.101.233] helo=MIKE-MXP) by app3.nasc.inter.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #2) id 1AHrjJ-00078S-00 for public@setileague.org; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:31:49 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20031106163151.00d31ca0@mail.interlog.com> X-Sender: m9@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:31:51 -0500 To: public@setileague.org From: "Mike M." Subject: SETI public: sound velocity in space? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk Hi. All of the recent articles about detecting sound waves in space have made me curious to know what the velocity of sound waves in space is(?). Would anyone who has that information handy please post it or tell me where I may be able to find it? To me it seems like it should be a significant and easily available "universal constant" like the velocity of light in space is, but I'm finding it a very hard bit of information to track down. Mike From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 6 14:04:06 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA6M441J031040; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:04:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA19040 for public-list; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:48:24 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav156.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.186]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA19036; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:48:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:47:50 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.89 by bay4-dav156.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:47:50 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.89] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: JPL-Managed Missions Chosen for Study Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:47:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A485.B3A0A080" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Nov 2003 21:47:50.0492 (UTC) FILETIME=[9FDED9C0:01C3A4AF] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A485.B3A0A080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 7:45 PM To: ljk4@msn.com Subject: JPL-Managed Missions Chosen for Study MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Jane Platt (818) 354-0880 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dwayne Brown (202) 358-1726 Headquarters, Washington, D.C. NEWS RELEASE: 2003-147 November 5, 2003 JPL-Managed Missions Chosen for Study A mission to study black holes, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is one of five selected recently by NASA as candidate mission proposals to study the universe. The proposals are candidates for missions in NASA's Explorer Program of lower cost, highly focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft. Following detailed mission concept studies, NASA intends to select two of the five mission proposals by fall 2004 for full development as Small Explorer missions. The two missions developed for flight will be launched in 2007 and 2008. The JPL-managed proposed mission is the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, a telescope to carry out a census of black holes with 1,000 times more sensitivity than previous experiments. The mission would be led by Fiona Anne Harrison of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, at a total mission cost to NASA of $132 million. In addition to the five missions, NASA has also decided to fund as a "Mission of Opportunity" a balloon-borne experiment to detect high-energy neutrinos, ghostly particles that fill the universe. The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna, managed by JPL, would detect radio waves emitted when high-energy neutrinos interact in the Antarctic ice shelf. The mission would be led by Peter W. Gorham of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, at a total mission cost to NASA of $35 million. "The Small Explorer mission proposals we received show that the scientific community has a lot of innovative ideas on ways to study some of the most vexing questions in science, and to do it on a relatively small budget," said Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator for space science at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "It was difficult to select only a few from among the many great proposals we received, but I think the selected proposals have a great chance to really push back the frontiers of knowledge." The selected proposals were judged to have the best science value among 36 submitted to NASA in February 2003. Each will receive $450,000 ($250,000 for the Mission of Opportunity) to conduct a five-month implementation feasibility study. The other selected Small Explorer mission proposals are: -- The Normal-incidence Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer: a solar spectrometer with major advances in sensitivity and resolution to reveal the cause of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. Joseph M. Davila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., would lead the mission at a total cost to NASA of $131 million. -- The Dark Universe Observatory: seven X-ray telescopes to measure the dark matter and dark energy that dominate the content of the universe with 100 times the sensitivity of previous X-ray studies. Richard E. Griffiths of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, would lead the mission at a total cost to NASA of $132 million. -- The Interstellar Boundary Explorer: a pair of cameras to image the boundary between the solar system and interstellar space with 100 times the sensitivity of previous experiments. David J. McComas of the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, would lead the mission at a total cost to NASA of $132 million.. -- The Jupiter Magnetospheric Explorer: a telescope to study Jupiter's aurora and magnetosphere from Earth orbit. Nicholas M. Schneider of the University of Colorado at Boulder would lead the mission, at a total mission cost to NASA of $133 million. In addition, NASA selected a proposed mission for technology-development funding of a proposed instrument. Jean Swank of Goddard will develop a polarization sensitive X-ray detector. Swank will receive up to $300,000 over the next two years for her study. The five selected Small Explorer mission proposals are vying to be the tenth and eleventh missions selected for full development. Recent selections include the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, launched in February 2002; the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, launched in April 2003; and the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere mission, to be launched in 2006. The Explorer Program, managed by Goddard for NASA's Office of Space Science, is designed to provide frequent, low-cost access to space for physics and astronomy missions with small to mid-sized spacecraft. For more information about the Explorer Program on the Internet, visit http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . For information about NASA and space science on the Internet, visit http://www.nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/ . -end- ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A485.B3A0A080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 7:45 PM
To: ljk4@msn.com
high-energy neu= trinos, ghostly particles that fill the universe. The
Antarctic Impuls= ive Transient Antenna, managed by JPL, would detect
radio waves emitte= d when high-energy neutrinos interact in the
Antarctic ice shelf. The = mission would be led by Peter W. Gorham of
the University of Hawaii at= Manoa in Honolulu, at a total mission cost
to NASA of $35 million.
"The Small Explorer mission proposals we received show that the
s= cientific community has a lot of innovative ideas on ways to study
som= e of the most vexing questions in science, and to do it on a
relativel= y small budget," said Dr. Ed Weiler, associate administrator
for space= science at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "It was difficult
to select= only a few from among the many great proposals we received,
but I thi= nk the selected proposals have a great chance to really push
back the = frontiers of knowledge."

The selected proposals were judged to hav= e the best science value
among 36 submitted to NASA in February 2003. = Each will receive
$450,000 ($250,000 for the Mission of Opportunity) t= o conduct a
five-month implementation feasibility study.

The ot= her selected Small Explorer mission proposals are:

-- The Normal-i= ncidence Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer: a solar
spectrometer with m= ajor advances in sensitivity and resolution to
reveal the cause of cor= onal heating and solar wind acceleration.
Joseph M. Davila of NASA's G= oddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
Md., would lead the mission at = a total cost to NASA of $131 million.
-- The Dark Universe Observatory= : seven X-ray telescopes to measure
the dark matter and dark energy th= at dominate the content of the
universe with 100 times the
sensitiv= ity of previous X-ray studies. Richard E. Griffiths of
Carnegie Mellon= University, Pittsburgh, would lead the mission at a
total cost to NAS= A of $132 million.
-- The Interstellar Boundary Explorer: a pair of ca= meras to image the
boundary between the solar system and interstellar = space with 100
times the sensitivity of previous experiments. David J.= McComas of the
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, would lead = the mission at a
total cost to NASA of $132 million..
-- The Jupite= r Magnetospheric Explorer: a telescope to study Jupiter's
aurora and m= agnetosphere from Earth orbit. Nicholas M. Schneider of
the University= of Colorado at
Boulder would lead the mission, at a total mission cos= t to NASA of
$133 million.

In addition, NASA selected a propose= d mission for
technology-development funding of a proposed instrument.= Jean Swank of
Goddard will develop a polarization sensitive X-ray det= ector. Swank
will receive up to $300,000 over the next two years for h= er study.

The five selected Small Explorer mission proposals are v= ying to be the
tenth and eleventh missions selected for full developme= nt. Recent
selections include the Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spec= troscopic
Imager, launched in February 2002; the Galaxy Evolution Expl= orer,
launched in April 2003; and the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesospher= e
mission, to be launched in 2006. The Explorer Program, managed byGoddard
for NASA's Office of Space Science, is designed to provide fr= equent,
low-cost access to space for physics and astronomy missions wi= th small
to mid-sized spacecraft.

For more information about th= e Explorer Program on the Internet, visit
http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.g= ov http://explorers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ .  For
information about NASA = and space science on the Internet, visit
http://www.nasa.gov http://ww= w.nasa.gov/ .

-end-


------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A485.B3A0A080-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 6 15:27:31 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA6NRT1J005617; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:27:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id SAA20515 for public-list; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:13:26 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from djwhome.demon.co.uk (root@djwhome.demon.co.uk [158.152.19.5]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA20511 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 18:13:23 -0500 (EST) Received: (from david@localhost) by djwhome.demon.co.uk (8.11.4/8.11.4) id hA6NDLR13180 for public@setileague.org; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:13:21 GMT From: David Woolley Message-Id: <200311062313.hA6NDLR13180@djwhome.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: SETI public: sound velocity in space? To: public@setileague.org Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:13:21 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20031106163151.00d31ca0@mail.interlog.com> from "Mike M." at Nov 06, 2003 04:31:51 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk > significant and easily available "universal constant" like the velocity of > light in space is, but I'm finding it a very hard bit of information to > track down. Space isn't a perfect vacuum. I imagine that the soundwaves are propagating in a very tenuous gas and the velocity will depend on the temperature, density, etc. of that gas. Sound cannot propagate in a true vacuum. I have not seen the articles in question. From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 6 23:19:40 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA77Jd1J000626; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:19:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id CAA27973 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 02:08:21 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from djwhome.demon.co.uk (root@djwhome.demon.co.uk [158.152.19.5]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA27969 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 02:08:18 -0500 (EST) Received: (from david@localhost) by djwhome.demon.co.uk (8.11.4/8.11.4) id hA6NHmr13191 for public@setileague.org; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:17:48 GMT From: David Woolley Message-Id: <200311062317.hA6NHmr13191@djwhome.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: SETI public: sound velocity in space? To: public@setileague.org Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 23:17:48 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20031106163151.00d31ca0@mail.interlog.com> from "Mike M." at Nov 06, 2003 04:31:51 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk PS Any value for a universal constant for speed in a true vacuum that was not exactly equal to c would undermine the theory of relativity. From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Nov 7 04:49:44 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA7Cng1J025876; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 04:49:43 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id HAA03201 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:31:06 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav91.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.121]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA03196; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:31:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 04:30:31 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav91.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:30:31 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Voyager's Power Systems Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 07:30:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A501.02973480" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2003 12:30:31.0889 (UTC) FILETIME=[EF52B410:01C3A52A] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A501.02973480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://slate.msn.com/id/2090859/ What Fuel Does Voyager 1 Use? Plus, why it will run out in 2020. By Brendan I. Koerner Updated Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003, at 12:49 PM PT =20 Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has reached the edge of the solar system, 8.= 4 billion miles from the sun. NASA says the spacecraft and its trailing t= win, Voyager 2, have enough fuel left to keep operating until 2020. What = sort of fuel are the Voyagers running on? The spacecraft actually carry two types of fuel=E2=80=94one to power the = thrusters, the other to keep the electricity humming. The propellant is h= ydrazine, a simple concoction of nitrogen and hydrogen that smells like w= eak ammonia. It was chosen=E2=80=94and remains favored today=E2=80=94beca= use it's cheap and has a very low freezing point. The Voyagers' jets are = used to orient the vessels; the geek term for the hydrazine is "attitude = control propellant." (There's no need for constant propulsion, of course,= because space is gravity-free, so the initial boost went a long way; the= spacecraft additionally took advantage of the outer planets' gravitation= al fields, which act like slingshots to increase speed.) NASA estimates t= hat the Voyagers' fuel efficiency is upwards of 30,000 miles per gallon o= f hydrazine. Voyager 1 has enough hydrazine to keep going until 2040, while Voyager 2'= s juice can keep it hurtling along until 2034. (Though the spacecraft are= identical, Voyager 2 has had to expend more hydrazine visiting Uranus an= d Neptune.) The real limiting factor is the other fuel, plutonium-238 dio= xide. This is what powers the Voyagers' scientific instruments and commun= ications equipment. The plutonium is converted into electricity by onboar= d radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs), which feed off the heat = generated by the radioactive fuel's decay. The fuel spheres are encased i= n a special iridium alloy, to prevent contamination in the unlikely event= that the Voyagers crashed shortly after takeoff in 1977. The plutonium's radioactive decay means that the fuel is generating less = and less heat as the years go by, and consequently the RTGs are producing= less and less power. At launch, the RTGs were cranking out 470 watts wor= th of electricity; now it's more like 315 watts. NASA is trying to combat= the problem by shutting down non-critical systems, and alternating which= instruments are on and off. But come 2020 or so, there won't be enough p= lutonium left to keep the heaters working, and everything of value will s= hut down. ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A501.02973480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
http://slate.msn.com/id/2090859/
What Fuel Does Voyager 1 Use?

Plus, why it will run out in 2020.
By Brendan I.=  Koerner
Updated Thursday, Nov. 6= , 2003, at 12:49 PM PT

Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has reached the edge of t= he solar system, 8.4 billion miles from the sun. NASA says the spacecraft= and its trailing twin, Voyager 2, have enough fuel left to keep= operating until 2020. What sort of fuel are the Voyagers runnin= g on?

The spacecraft actually carry two types of fuel=E2=80=94on= e to power the thrusters, the other to keep the electricity humming. The = propellant is hydrazine, a simple concoction of nitrogen and hydrogen tha= t smells like weak ammonia. It was chosen=E2=80=94and remains favored tod= ay=E2=80=94because it's cheap and has a very low freezing point. The = Voyagers' jets are used to orient the vessels; the geek term for the= hydrazine is "attitude control propellant." (There's no need for constan= t propulsion, of course, because space is gravity-free, so the initial bo= ost went a long way; the spacecraft additionally took advantage of the ou= ter planets' gravitational fields, which act like slingshots to increase speed.) NASA estimates= that the Voyagers' fuel efficiency is upwards of 30,000 miles p= er gallon of hydrazine.

Voyager 1 has enough hydrazine to= keep going until 2040, while Voyager 2's juice can keep it hurt= ling along until 2034. (Though the spacecraft are identical, Voyager = 2 has had to expend more hydrazine visiting Uranus and Neptune.) The= real limiting factor is the other fuel, plutonium-238 dioxide. This is w= hat powers the Voyagers' scientific instruments a= nd communications equipment. The plutonium is converted into electricity = by onboard radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs), which feed off = the heat generated by the radioactive fuel's decay. The fuel spheres are = encased in a special iridium alloy, to prevent contamination in the unlik= ely event that the Voyagers crashed shortly after takeoff in 197= 7.

The plutonium's radioactive decay means that the fuel is genera= ting less and less heat as the years go by, and consequently the RTGs are= producing less and less power. At launch, the RTGs were cranking out 470= watts worth of electricity; now it's more like 315 watts. NASA is trying= to combat the problem by shutting down non-critical systems, and alterna= ting which instruments are on and off. But come 2020 or so, there won't b= e enough plutonium left to keep the heaters working, and everything of va= lue will shut down.

 

------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A501.02973480-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Nov 7 05:23:17 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA7DNF1J030631; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 05:23:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id IAA03749 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:05:53 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav44.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.74]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA03745; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:05:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 05:05:19 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav44.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:05:19 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Ground breaking for ALMA radio telescopes in Chile Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:05:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A505.E009BD20" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2003 13:05:19.0643 (UTC) FILETIME=[CBB8AEB0:01C3A52F] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A505.E009BD20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Scientists and dignitaries from North America, Europe, and Chile broke gr= ound today (Thursday, November 6, 2003) on what will be the world's large= st, most sensitive radio telescope operating at millimeter wavelengths. ALMA - the Atacama Large Millimeter Array - will be a single instrument c= omposed of 64 high-precision antennas located on the Chajnantor plain of = the Chilean Andes in the District of San Pedro de Atacama, 16,500 feet (5= ,000 meters) above sea level. ALMA's primary function will be to observe = and image with unprecedented clarity the enigmatic cold regions of the Un= iverse, which are optically dark, yet shine brightly in the millimeter po= rtion of the electromagnetic spectrum. =20 The rest of the story here: http://www.nrao.edu/pr/2003/almaground/ ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A505.E009BD20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Scientists= and dignitaries from North America, Europe, and Chile broke ground today= (Thursday, November 6, 2003) on what will be the world's largest, most s= ensitive radio telescope operating at millimeter wavelengths.

ALMA= - the Atacama Large Millimeter Array - will be a single instrument compo= sed of 64 high-precision antennas located on the Chajnantor plain of the = Chilean Andes in the District of San Pedro de Atacama, 16,500 feet (5,000= meters) above sea level. ALMA's primary function will be to observe and = image with unprecedented clarity the enigmatic cold regions of the Univer= se, which are optically dark, yet shine brightly in the millimeter portio= n of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C3A505.E009BD20-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Nov 7 06:09:50 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA7E9m1J011083; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:09:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id IAA04568 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:55:24 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav156.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.186]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA04564; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:55:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 05:54:50 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav156.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:54:49 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: The biggest solar X-ray flare ever is classified as an X28 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:54:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A50C.CA475950" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2003 13:54:50.0117 (UTC) FILETIME=[B6430B50:01C3A536] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A50C.CA475950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: ESA Science Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 4:18 AM To: ljk4@msn.comljk4@msn.com Subject: The biggest solar X-ray flare ever is classified as an X28 It has just been announced that the massive solar X-ray flare which occurred on 4 November was, at best estimate, an X28. There is still a small chance this will be revised by a small amount, but it is now official: We have a new number 1 X-ray flare for the record books, the most powerful in recorded observational history. For more information, see http://www.esa.int/export/esaSC/SEMNFTWLDMD_index_0.html ------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A50C.CA475950 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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Subje= ct: The biggest solar X-ray flare ever is classified as an X28
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It has just been announced that the massive solar X-ray = flare which
occurred on 4 November was, at best estimate, an X28. Ther= e is still a
small chance this will be revised by a small amount, but = it is now
official: We have a new number 1 X-ray flare for the record = books, the
most powerful in recorded observational history.

For= more information, see
http://www.esa.int/export/esaSC/SEMNFTWLDMD_ind= ex_0.html

------=_NextPart_001_0007_01C3A50C.CA475950-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Nov 7 06:28:47 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA7ESk1J010855; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:28:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA04926 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:14:05 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav43.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.73]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA04921; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:14:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:13:32 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav43.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:13:31 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" , "europa" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: ESA cancels, scales back science missions Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:13:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A50F.66974CF0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2003 14:13:32.0018 (UTC) FILETIME=[52F78D20:01C3A539] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A50F.66974CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" This article is also available on the web at: http://www.spacetoday.net/getsummary.php?id=2018 ESA cancels, scales back science missions ============================================================ Posted: Fri, Nov 7 7:40 AM ET (1240 GMT) Citing budget problems, the European Space Agency announced Thursday that it was canceling one mission to search for extrasolar planets and scaling back another mission to Mercury. ESA said its current budget problems forced it to cancel Eddington, a mission that had been scheduled for launch in 2008 to look for Earth-like planets around other stars as well as perform helioseismological studies of those stars. ESA also announced it was descoping its BepiColombo mission to Mercury, scheduled for launch in 2011, by removing a lander than was going to accompany two orbiters to the innermost planet. ESA said trying to design a lander that could land and survive on the planet's surface "was a bridge too far in present circumstances", and conceded that Europe will probably lose the opportunity to be the first to land on the planet. The agency blamed the cuts on budget problems dating back to early this year when problems with the Ariane 5 booster forced a 13-month delay in the launch of ESA's Rosetta comet mission and strained budgets for that and other missions. ESA's science program did receive a €100 million (US$114 million) loan in June, but must be paid back by 2006. The cuts announced Thursday allow ESA to bring its "Cosmic Vision" program to "a level that necessarily reflects the financial conditions rather than the ambitions of the scientific community." ESA did announce it was starting work on one new mission, LISA Pathfinder, a prototype of a space-based gravity-wave detector that ESA will build in cooperation with NASA. Related Links: -------------- ESA press release: http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMDVTWLDMD_index_0.html BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3244691.stm Visit http://www.spacetoday.net/ to get the latest space news summaries and links to space news articles published throughout the web. If you have any questions about this service, please contact us at info@spacetoday.net. ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A50F.66974CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This article i= s also available on the web at:
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ESA cancels, scales back science mission= s
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Posted: Fri, Nov 7 7:40 AM ET (12= 40 GMT)

Citing budget problems, the European Space Agency announce= d
Thursday that it was canceling one mission to search for
extrasol= ar planets and scaling back another mission to
Mercury.  ESA said= its current budget problems forced it to
cancel Eddington, a mission = that had been scheduled for
launch in 2008 to look for Earth-like plan= ets around other
stars as well as perform helioseismological studies o= f those
stars.  ESA also announced it was descoping its BepiColom= bo
mission to Mercury, scheduled for launch in 2011, by
removing a = lander than was going to accompany two orbiters
to the innermost plane= t.  ESA said trying to design a lander
that could land and surviv= e on the planet's surface "was a
bridge too far in present circumstanc= es", and conceded that
Europe will probably lose the opportunity to be= the first to
land on the planet.  The agency blamed the cuts on = budget
problems dating back to early this year when problems with
t= he Ariane 5 booster forced a 13-month delay in the launch
of ESA's Ros= etta comet mission and strained budgets for that
and other missions.&n= bsp; ESA's science program did receive a
&#128;100 million (US$114= million) loan in June, but must be
paid back by 2006.  The cuts = announced Thursday allow ESA to
bring its "Cosmic Vision" program to "= a level that
necessarily reflects the financial conditions rather than=
the ambitions of the scientific community."  ESA did
announce= it was starting work on one new mission, LISA
Pathfinder, a prototype= of a space-based gravity-wave
detector that ESA will build in coopera= tion with NASA.

Related Links:
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ESA press rele= ase:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMDVTWLDMD_index_0.html
BBC a= rticle:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3244691.stm

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news summa= ries and links to space news articles published
throughout the web.&nb= sp; If you have any questions about this
service, please contact us at= info@spacetoday.net.

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U.S. Store: http://spaceflightnow.com/store/calendars/hubble04.html U.K. Worldwide: http://spaceflightnow.com/wwstore/calendars/hubble04.html DARK MATTER FORMS A GHOST UNIVERSE, NEW THEORY SHOWS ---------------------------------------------------- The "dark matter" that comprises a still-undetected one-quarter of the universe is not a uniform cosmic fog, says a University of California, Berkeley, astrophysicist, but instead forms dense clumps that move about like dust motes dancing in a shaft of light. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06ghost/ TURBULENT NEIGHBORHOOD SEEN NEAR ERUPTIVE STAR ---------------------------------------------- A small portion of the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of swirling dust and gas near one of the most massive and eruptive stars in our galaxy is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image. This close-up view shows only a three light-year-wide portion of the entire Carina Nebula, which has a diameter of over 200 light-years. Located 8,000 light-years from Earth, the nebula can be seen in the southern sky with the naked eye. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06eruptivestar/ VOYAGER APPROACHING SOLAR SYSTEM'S OUTER LIMITS ----------------------------------------------- NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is about to make history again. It is the first spacecraft to enter the solar system's final frontier, a vast expanse where wind from the sun blows hot against thin gas between the stars: interstellar space. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05voyager/ ROSES IN THE SOUTHERN SKY ------------------------- The two best known satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, are located in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000 light-years. They host many giant nebular complexes with very hot and luminous stars whose intense ultraviolet radiation causes the surrounding interstellar gas to glow. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05roses/ PROPOSED NASA EXPLORER MISSIONS SELECTED FOR STUDY -------------------------------------------------- NASA recently selected candidate mission proposals that would study the universe, from Jupiter and the sun to black holes and dark matter. The proposals are candidates for missions in NASA's Explorer Program of lower cost, highly focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05smex/ NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION CARGO MISSION CONTRACT ------------------------------------------------ NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $165.8 million for support of International Space Station Cargo Mission services to Lockheed Martin Space Operations of Houston. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05isscargo/ NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION MISSION INTEGRATION CONTRACT ------------------------------------------------------ NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $145.1 million for support of International Space Station mission integration services to Barrios Technology, Inc. of Houston. http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06issintegration/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A DIGITAL RECORD OF SPACE HISTORY Visit the Astronomy Now Store for a full listing of space DVD discs. 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DARK MATTER FORMS A GHOST UNIVERSE, NEW THEORY= SHOWS
----------------------------------------------------
The "da= rk matter" that comprises a still-undetected one-quarter of the
univer= se is not a uniform cosmic fog, says a University of California,
Berke= ley, astrophysicist, but instead forms dense clumps that move about
li= ke dust motes dancing in a shaft of light.

   http://spa= ceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06ghost/


TURBULENT NEIGHBORHOOD SEE= N NEAR ERUPTIVE STAR
----------------------------------------------A small portion of the rough-and-tumble neighborhood of swirling dust an= d
gas near one of the most massive and eruptive stars in our galaxy is= seen
in this Hubble Space Telescope image. This close-up view shows o= nly a
three light-year-wide portion of the entire Carina Nebula, which= has a
diameter of over 200 light-years. Located 8,000 light-years fro= m Earth,
the nebula can be seen in the southern sky with the naked eye= .

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/06eruptivestar= /


VOYAGER APPROACHING SOLAR SYSTEM'S OUTER LIMITS
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is = about to make history again. It is the
first spacecraft to enter the s= olar system's final frontier, a vast
expanse where wind from the sun b= lows hot against thin gas between the
stars: interstellar space.
   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05voyager/

ROSES IN THE SOUTHERN SKY
-------------------------
The two best k= nown satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, the Magellanic
Clouds, are l= ocated in the southern sky at a distance of about 170,000
light-years.= They host many giant nebular complexes with very hot and
luminous sta= rs whose intense ultraviolet radiation causes the surrounding
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   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n031= 1/05roses/


PROPOSED NASA EXPLORER MISSIONS SELECTED FOR STUDY<= BR>--------------------------------------------------
NASA recently se= lected candidate mission proposals that would study the
universe, from= Jupiter and the sun to black holes and dark matter. The
proposals are= candidates for missions in NASA's Explorer Program of lower
cost, hig= hly focused, rapid-development scientific spacecraft.

  = http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/05smex/


NASA AWARDS SPAC= E STATION CARGO MISSION CONTRACT
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Martin Space Operations of Houston.

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------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C3A51E.16C33680-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Nov 7 09:20:06 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA7HK51J028823; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:20:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id MAA07703 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:04:00 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav57.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.87]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA07699; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:03:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:03:22 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.22 by bay4-dav57.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 17:03:22 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.22] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Historic Solar Flare Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:03:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3A527.208858E0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Nov 2003 17:03:22.0740 (UTC) FILETIME=[0D1C5340:01C3A551] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3A527.208858E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- Because sunspot 486 is near the sun's western limb, the blast was not From: SpaceWeather.com Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 11:54 AM To: SpaceWeather.com Subject: Historic Solar Flare Space Weather News for Nov. 5, 2003 http://spaceweather.com Giant sunspot 486 unleashed another intense solar flare on Nov. 4th (1950 UT), and this one could be historic. The blast saturated X-ray sensors onboard GOES satellites. The last time this happened, in April 2001, the flare that saturated the sensors was classified as an X20--the biggest ever recorded at the time. Yesterday's flare appears to have been even stronger. directed much toward Earth. Nevertheless, our planet's magnetic field might be hit by a coronal mass ejection on Nov. 5th or 6th. The impact will be glancing, but even a glancing blow from such a powerful explosion could stir geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers should be alert for auroras during the nights ahead. Visit spaceweather.com for images and more information ------=_NextPart_001_001D_01C3A527.208858E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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Space Weather News for = Nov. 5, 2003
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Giant sunspot 486 unleashe= d another intense solar flare on Nov. 4th (1950
UT), and this one coul= d be historic. The blast saturated X-ray sensors
onboard GOES satellit= es. The last time this happened, in April 2001, the
flare that saturat= ed the sensors was classified as an X20--the biggest
ever recorded at = the time. Yesterday's flare appears to have been even
stronger.
directed much toward Earth. Nevertheless, our planet's magnetic fieldmight be hit by a coronal mass ejection on Nov. 5th or 6th. The impactwill be glancing, but even a glancing blow from such a powerful explosi= on
could stir geomagnetic storms. Sky watchers should be alert for aur= oras
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TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Jane Platt (818) 354-0880 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (Phone: 818/354-0880) Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1547) Nancy Neal (301) 286-0039 Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. News Release: 2003-148 November 7, 2003 Two Cosmic Explorers Named 'Best of What's New' Two recently launched NASA missions won "Best of What's New" awards from Popular Science magazine. The two missions, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and Galaxy Evolution Explorer, which both probe the far reaches of our universe, are among the winners featured in the magazine's special December issue. >From thousands of products and developments, the magazine staff chose the top 100 technological innovations, in 12 categories, that could change the way we think about the future. The two NASA missions are being honored in the Aviation and Space category. The Space Infrared Telescope Facility, launched August 25, 2003, studies the universe in infrared wavelengths, while Galaxy Evolution Explorer, launched April 28, 2003, uses ultraviolet detectors. Examining the cosmos at various wavelengths reveals different objects and phenomena. The Space Infrared Telescope Facility completed NASA's suite of Great Observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The Space Infrared Telescope Facility pierces cosmic dust to study celestial objects too cool, too dust-enshrouded or too far away to be seen otherwise. It will observe galaxies, stars, and dusty discs around nearby stars, which may be "planetary construction zones." "I'm delighted to receive this honor on behalf of our entire team, which has worked diligently to ensure the mission will gather revolutionary science data and beautiful images," said Project Manager Dave Gallagher, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Galaxy Evolution Explorer will scrutinize a million galaxies across 10 billion years of cosmic history. The data will help astronomers determine when the stars we see in our nighttime sky had their origins. The mission will help scientists understand how the Milky Way and other galaxies were formed. "We're honored to be recognized by Popular Science, and look forward to sharing the exciting views of the universe arriving daily from the spacecraft," said Galaxy Evolution Explorer Project Manager Dr. James Fanson, also of JPL. JPL manages the Space Infrared Telescope Facility mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, and conducts flight operations. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., was responsible for building the Infrared Array Camera. The Space Infrared Telescope Facility Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, will handle all aspects of science operations, including data processing. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is responsible for spacecraft design and development, and observatory systems engineering, integration and testing. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colo., is responsible for the design and development of the cryo-telescope assembly and integration of the science-instrument cold assemblies into the cryostat, and is subcontractor for two science instruments. Caltech leads the Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission and also is responsible for science operations and data analysis. JPL, a division of Caltech, manages the mission and built the science instrument. The mission was developed under NASA's Explorers Program, managed by Goddard. The mission's international partners include South Korea and France. Information about the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and the Galaxy Evolution Explorer is available on the Internet at: http://sirtf.caltech.edu http://sirtf.caltech.edu/ http://www.galex.caltech.edu http://www.galex.caltech.edu/ For information about NASA on the Internet, visit: http://www.nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/ -end- ------=_NextPart_001_0008_01C3A544.AD464A90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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 MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
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News Releas= e: 2003-148          &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;       November 7, 2003

Two Cosmi= c Explorers Named 'Best of What's New'

Two recently launched NASA = missions won "Best of What's New" awards
from Popular Science magazine= . The two missions, the Space Infrared
Telescope Facility and Galaxy E= volution Explorer, which both probe the
far reaches of our universe, a= re among the winners featured in the
magazine's special December issue= .

From thousands of products and developments, the magazine staff = chose
the top 100 technological innovations, in 12 categories, that co= uld
change the way we think about the future. The two NASA missions ar= e
being honored in the Aviation and Space category.

The Space = Infrared Telescope Facility, launched August 25, 2003,
studies the uni= verse in infrared wavelengths, while Galaxy Evolution
Explorer, launch= ed April 28, 2003, uses ultraviolet detectors.
Examining the cosmos at= various wavelengths reveals different objects
and phenomena. The Spac= e Infrared Telescope Facility completed NASA's
suite of Great Observat= ories, including the Hubble Space Telescope,
Compton Gamma Ray Observa= tory and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The Space Infrared Telescope F= acility pierces cosmic dust to study
celestial objects too cool, too d= ust-enshrouded or too far away to be
seen otherwise. It will observe g= alaxies, stars, and dusty discs
around nearby stars, which may be "pla= netary construction zones."

"I'm delighted to receive this honor o= n behalf of our entire team,
which has worked diligently to ensure the= mission will gather
revolutionary science data and beautiful images,"= said Project Manager
Dave Gallagher, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborat= ory, Pasadena, Calif.

Galaxy Evolution Explorer will scrutinize a = million galaxies across 10
billion years of cosmic history. The data w= ill help astronomers
determine when the stars we see in our nighttime = sky had their
origins. The mission will help scientists understand how= the Milky Way
and other galaxies were formed.

"We're honored t= o be recognized by Popular Science, and look forward
to sharing the ex= citing views of the universe arriving daily from the
spacecraft," said= Galaxy Evolution Explorer Project Manager Dr. James
Fanson, also of J= PL.

JPL manages the Space Infrared Telescope Facility mission for = NASA's
Office of Space Science, Washington, and conducts flight operat= ions.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., was responsi= ble
for building the Infrared Array Camera.

The Space Infrared = Telescope Facility Science Center at the California
Institute of Techn= ology, Pasadena, will handle all aspects of science
operations, includ= ing data processing. Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Company, Sunnyvale,= Calif., is responsible for spacecraft design and
development, and obs= ervatory systems engineering, integration and
testing.  Ball Aero= space and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colo.,
is responsible for= the design and development of the cryo-telescope
assembly and integra= tion of the science-instrument cold assemblies
into the cryostat, and = is subcontractor for two science instruments.

Caltech leads the Ga= laxy Evolution Explorer mission and also is
responsible for science op= erations and data analysis. JPL, a division
of Caltech, manages the mi= ssion and built the science instrument. The
mission was developed unde= r NASA's Explorers Program, managed by
Goddard. The mission's internat= ional partners include South Korea and
France.

Information abou= t the Space Infrared Telescope Facility and the Galaxy
Evolution Explo= rer is available on the Internet at:

     http= ://sirtf.caltech.edu http://sirtf.caltech.edu/
    = ; http://www.galex.caltech.edu http://www.galex.caltech.edu/

For i= nformation about NASA on the Internet, visit:

   &n= bsp; http://www.nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/

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Phone: 650/604-1731 or 604-9000 E-mail: kburton@mail.arc.nasa.gov Robert Anderson Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Phone: 225/578-3871 E-mail: rander8@lsu.edu Licenciada Guadalupe Dias Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, MX Phone: 52-55/5622-1087 Email: lupitadi@servdor.unam.mx RELEASE: 03-87AR MARS-LIKE ATACAMA DESERT COULD EXPLAIN VIKING 'NO LIFE' RESULTS A team of scientists from NASA, the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Louisiana State University and several other research organizations has discovered clues from one of Earth's driest deserts about the limits of life on Earth, and why past missions to Mars may have failed to detect life. The results were published this week in Science magazine in an article entitled "Mars-like Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the Dry Limit of Microbial Life." NASA's Viking missions to Mars in the 1970s showed the martian soil to be disappointingly lifeless and depleted in organic materials, the chemical precursors necessary for life. Last year, in the driest part of Chile's Atacama Desert, the research team conducted microbe-hunting experiments similar to Viking's, and no evidence of life was found. The scientists called the finding "highly unusual" in an environment exposed to the atmosphere. "In the driest part of the Atacama, we found that, if Viking had landed there instead of on Mars and done exactly the same experiments, we would also have been shut out," said Dr. Chris McKay, the expedition's principal investigator, who is based at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. "The Atacama appears to be the only place on Earth Viking would have found nothing." During field studies, the team analyzed Atacama's depleted Mars-like soils and found organic materials at such low levels and released at such high temperatures that Viking would not have been able to detect them, said McKay, who noted that the team did discover a non-biological oxidative substance that appears to have reacted with the organics -- results that mimicked Viking's results. "The Atacama is the only place on Earth that I've taken soil samples to grow microorganisms back at the lab and nothing whatsoever grew," said Dr. Fred A. Rainey, a co-author from Louisiana State University, who studies microorganisms in extreme environments. According to the researchers, the Atacama site they studied could serve as a valuable testbed for developing instruments and experiments that are better tailored to finding microbial life on Mars than the current generation. "We think Atacama's lifeless zone is a great resource to develop portable and self-contained instruments that are especially designed for taking and analyzing samples of the martian soil," McKay said. More sophisticated instruments on future sample-return Mars missions are a necessity if scientists are to avoid contaminating future martian samples, McKay noted. "We're still doing the first steps of instrument development for Mars." Recently, researchers have developed a method to extract DNA from soil without humans getting involved in processing the data, which is "a step in the right direction," according to McKay. The reason Chile's Atacama Desert is so dry and virtually sterile, researchers say, is because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains. At 3,000 feet, the Atacama is 15 million years old and 50 times more arid than California's Death Valley. The scientists studied the driest part of the Atacama, an area called the 'double rain shadow.' During the past four years, the team's sensor station has recorded only one rainfall, which shed a paltry 1/10 of an inch of moisture. McKay hypothesizes that it rains in the arid core of the Atacama on average of only once every 10 years. The Atacama research was funded by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets program, by Louisiana State University, the National Science Foundation and by several other organizations. The article was also authored by Dr. Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez, Dr. Paola Molina and Dr .Jose de la Rosa from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, MX; Danielle Bagaley, Becky Hollen and Alanna Small, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.; Dr. Richard Quinn, the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.; Dr. Frank Grunthaner, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Dr. Luis Caceres, Instituto del Desierto y Departameno de Ingenieria, Quimica; and Dr. Benito Gomez-Silva, Instituto del Desierto y unidad de Bioquimica, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile. For images of the field experiments, please go to: www.sciencemag.org -end- To receive Ames news releases, send an email with the word "subscribe" in the subject line to: ames-releases-request@lists.arc.nasa.gov. To unsubscribe, send an email to the same address with "unsubscribe" in the subject line. Also, the NASA Ames News homepage at URL, http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov includes news releases and JPEG images in AP Leaf Desk format minus embedded captions -- Kathleen M. Burton Public Affairs Officer, Astrobiology & Space Science NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 phone 650 604-1731 fax 650 604-3990 email Kathleen.M.Burton@nasa.gov ------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A546.7206FC20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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the Dry Limit of Microbial Life."

NASA's Viking missions = to Mars in the 1970s showed the martian soil
to be disappointingly li= feless and depleted in organic materials, the
chemical precursors nec= essary for life. Last year, in the driest part
of Chile's Atacama Des= ert, the research team conducted
microbe-hunting experiments similar = to Viking's, and no evidence of
life was found. The scientists called= the finding "highly unusual" in
an environment exposed to the atmosp= here.

"In the driest part of the Atacama, we found that, if Viking= had
landed there instead of on Mars and done exactly the same
ex= periments, we would also have been shut out," said Dr. Chris McKay,
t= he expedition's principal investigator, who is based at NASA Ames
Res= earch Center, Moffett Field, Calif. "The Atacama appears to be the
on= ly place on Earth Viking would have found nothing."

During field s= tudies, the team analyzed Atacama's depleted Mars-like
soils and foun= d organic materials at such low levels and released at
such high temp= eratures that Viking would not have been able to detect
them, said Mc= Kay, who noted that the team did discover a
non-biological oxidative = substance that appears to have reacted with
the organics -- results t= hat mimicked Viking's results.

"The Atacama is the only place on E= arth that I've taken soil samples
to grow microorganisms back at the = lab and nothing whatsoever grew,"
said Dr. Fred A. Rainey, a co-autho= r from Louisiana State University,
who studies microorganisms in extr= eme environments.

According to the researchers, the Atacama site t= hey studied could
serve as a valuable testbed for developing instrume= nts and
experiments that are better tailored to finding microbial lif= e on
Mars than
the current generation. "We think Atacama's lifeles= s zone is a great
resource to develop portable and
self-contained = instruments that are especially designed for taking
and analyzing sam= ples of the martian soil," McKay said.

More sophisticated instrume= nts on future sample-return Mars missions
are a necessity if scientis= ts are to avoid contaminating future
martian samples, McKay noted. "W= e're still doing the first steps of
instrument development for Mars."= Recently, researchers have
developed a method to extract DNA from so= il without humans getting
involved in processing the data, which is "= a step in the right
direction," according to McKay.

The reason= Chile's Atacama Desert is so dry and virtually sterile,
researchers = say, is because it is blocked from moisture on both sides
by the Ande= s mountains and by coastal mountains. At 3,000 feet, the
Atacama is 1= 5 million years old and 50 times more arid than
California's Death Va= lley. The scientists studied the driest part of
the Atacama, an area = called the 'double rain shadow.' During the past
four years, the team= 's sensor station has recorded only one rainfall,
which shed a paltry= 1/10 of an inch of moisture. McKay hypothesizes
that it rains in the= arid core of the Atacama on average of only once
every 10 years.
=
The Atacama research was funded by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets program, by Louisiana State
Univer= sity, the National Science Foundation and by several other
organizati= ons.

The article was also authored by Dr. Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez,= Dr.
Paola Molina and Dr .Jose de la Rosa from the Universidad Nacion= al
Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, MX; Danielle Bagaley,  Becky= Hollen
and Alanna  Small, Louisiana State University, Baton Rou= ge, LA.; Dr.
Richard Quinn, the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.= ; Dr. Frank
Grunthaner, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Cal= if.; Dr.
Luis Caceres,  Instituto del Desierto y Departameno de = Ingenieria,
Quimica; and Dr. Benito Gomez-Silva, Instituto del Desier= to y unidad
de Bioquimica, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, C= hile.

For images of the field experiments, please go to:
www.sc= iencemag.org

-end-

To receive Ames news releases, send an e= mail with the word
"subscribe" in the subject line to:
ames-relea= ses-request@lists.arc.nasa.gov.  To unsubscribe, send an
email t= o the same address with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Also, the = NASA Ames News homepage at URL,
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov includes= news releases and JPEG images
in AP Leaf Desk format minus embedded = captions


--
Kathleen M. Burton
Public Affairs Officer, = Astrobiology & Space Science
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett = Field, CA 94035
phone 650 604-1731
fax 650 604-3990
email Kathle= en.M.Burton@nasa.gov

------=_NextPart_001_0009_01C3A546.7206FC20-- From owner-public@setileague.org Fri Nov 7 18:35:53 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA82Zn1J032454; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:35:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id VAA17056 for public-list; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 21:25:22 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav54.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.84]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA17051; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 21:25:18 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:09:49 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.48 by bay4-dav54.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:15:03 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.48] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Evolution of Life Helped Keep Earth Habitable Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 00:14:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000F_01C3A331.C345EA90" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2003 02:09:49.0332 (UTC) FILETIME=[63713D40:01C3A59D] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C3A331.C345EA90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SCIENTISTS FIND EVOLUTION OF LIFE HELPED KEEP EARTH HABITABLE Andrew Yee =20 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Contact: Anne Stark Phone: (925) 422-9799 E-mail: stark8@llnl.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2003 NR-03-10-07 Scientists Find Evolution of Life Helped Keep Earth Habitable LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A trio of scientists including a researcher from the= =20 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has found that humans may owe the =20 relatively mild climate in which their ancestors evolved to tiny marine =20 organisms with shells and skeletons made out of calcium carbonate. In a paper titled "Carbonate Deposition, Climate Stability and Neoprotero= zoic =20 Ice Ages" in the Oct. 31 edition of Science, UC Riverside researchers And= y =20 Ridgwell and Martin Kennedy along with LLNL climate scientist Ken Caldeir= a, =20 discovered that the increased stability in modern climate may be due in p= art to =20 the evolution of marine plankton living in the open ocean with shells and= =20 skeletal material made out of calcium carbonate. They conclude that these= marine =20 organisms helped prevent the ice ages of the past few hundred thousand ye= ars =20 from turning into a severe global deep freeze. "The most recent ice ages were mild enough to allow and possibly even pro= mote =20 the evolution of modern humans," Caldeira said. "Without these tiny marin= e =20 organisms, the ice sheets may have grown to cover the earth, like in the =20 snowball glaciations of the ancient past, and our ancestors might not hav= e =20 survived." The researchers used a computer model describing the ocean, atmosphere an= d land =20 surface to look at how atmospheric carbon dioxide would change as a resul= t of =20 glacier growth. They found that, in the distant past, as glaciers started= to =20 grow, the oceans would suck the greenhouse gas -- carbon dioxide out of t= he =20 atmosphere -- making the Earth colder, promoting an even deeper ice age. = When =20 marine plankton with carbonate shells and skeletons are added to the mode= l, =20 ocean chemistry is buffered and glacial growth does not cause the ocean t= o =20 absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But in Precambrian times (which lasted up until 544 million years ago), m= arine =20 organisms in the open ocean did not produce carbonate skeletons -- and an= cient =20 rocks from the end of the Precambrian geological age indicate that huge g= laciers =20 deposited layers of crushed rock debris thousands of meters thick near th= e =20 equator. If the land was frozen near the equator, then most of the surfac= e of =20 the planet was likely covered in ice, making Earth look like a giant snow= ball, =20 the researchers said. Around 200 million years ago, calcium carbonate organisms became critical= to =20 helping prevent the earth from freezing over. When the organisms die, the= ir =20 carbonate shells and skeletons settle to the ocean floor, where some diss= olve =20 and some are buried in sediments. These deposits help regulate the chemis= try of =20 the ocean and the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However, in= a =20 related study published in Nature on Sept. 25, 2003, Caldeira and LLNL ph= ysicist =20 Michael Wickett found that unrestrained release of fossil-fuel carbon dio= xide to =20 the atmosphere could threaten extinction for these climate-stabilizing ma= rine =20 organisms. Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a national sec= urity =20 laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science = and =20 technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore Nation= al =20 Laboratory is managed by the University of California for the U.S. Depart= ment of =20 Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D (10) AND FINALLY: UK SCIENTISTS DEMORALISED BY SCARE-MONGERS AND TECHNO-H= YSTERICS The Times, 31 October 2003 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-874930,00.html By David Charter, Chief Political Correspondent More than 100 leading scientists have made a once-in-a-generation appeal = to Tony Blair to save British science from a tide of neglect and abuse th= at is driving the brightest young brains abroad. =20 The academics, including a Nobel laureate and a host of Royal Society fel= lows, warned Mr Blair that government attitudes were causing some scienti= sts to flee Britain and demoralising others whose work had been "misrepre= sented and sabotaged". =20 In a letter delivered to Downing Street yesterday, 114 eminent researcher= s blamed Mr Blair for a "backward slide" in the climate for debate over t= echnologies such as genetic modification. =20 Britain should lead the world for years to come but instead "we risk seei= ng technologies lose out to prejudice and procrastination", they claimed.= =20 The letter was provoked by a largely hysterical media response to recent = GM farm trials, reported as spelling doom for the technology but which in= fact showed almost unbridled benefits, the scientists said. =20 Derek Burke, the lead signatory and former chairman of the Government's G= M advisory committee, said: "This is a measure of the concern that is out= there. A cross-section of the British scientific community feels that ev= idence that has been carefully and painfully collected is just being swep= t aside." =20 Professor Burke was scathing of the public debate on GM technology announ= ced by Margaret Beckett, the Environment Secretary, which ran during the = summer. =20 "The public meetings were awful," he said. "They were seen as rallies by = the green groups and the questions were just hostile. Margaret Beckett wa= s notable by her absence and we felt we were just dropped in it." =20 The letter comes almost 18 months after Mr Blair pledged to break down th= e strong"anti-science fashion" in Britain. =20 He added that the Government would never give way to misguided protesters= who stand in the way of medical and economic advance. =20 However, the scientists do not believe that Mr Blair's words have been ba= cked by actions and want a renewed commitment from the Prime Minister to = let the public hear the case for GM. =20 The letter states: "The Government . . . has consistently neglected oppor= tunities to address any of the unsubstantiated assertions about the proce= ss of genetic modifications. =20 "Some scientists are leaving the UK but many more are thoroughly demorali= sed by hostility to the work they do, which is continually misrepresented= and even sabotaged. =20 "Those who have contributed many hours to public communication . . . feel= undermined by the Government's failure to contradict false claims about = 'Frankenfoods' and 'superweeds'." =20 They are also angry that "work on the basic science of genetic engineerin= g and its applications to plants is being scaled down". =20 They conclude: "It is distressing to experience such a backward slide . .= . for our students just starting out, it is deeply distressing." =20 One signatory is Mark Tester, head of plant science at Cambridge Universi= ty, who is heading to the Waite Institute, Adelaide, in search of a safer= environment and better funding. He said: "Industry has left in droves an= d that reduces the options for researchers and students." =20 Another signatory, Professor Christopher Leaver, head of plant sciences a= t Oxford, has gone ex-directory to escape personal threats as a result of= taking part in the GM debate. =20 Professor Alan Malcolm, chief executive of the Institute of Biology, who = helped to deliver the letter, said: "We are running experiments to test t= he (GM) issue, many of which have been dug up, and the Government seems u= nable to prevent that from happening. We have had court cases where those= who dug them up were found not guilty of criminal damage. We are faced w= ith the fact that we cannot get answers to some of the (GM) questions." =20 Names on the letter include Lord Winston, the fertility expert, Dr Tim Hu= nt, a Nobel prizewinner, and Professor Janet Bainbridge, chairman of the = Government's GM advisory committee from 1997 to this year. =20 Dr Claire Cockroft, a Fellow at Cambridge University who helped to delive= r the letter, added: "This should be a very exciting time for young scien= tists, who recognise the opportunity for exploiting the latest advances i= n plant science to achieve more sustainable agriculture for the benefit o= f humankind. Unfortunately, current attitudes are undermining their visio= n." ------=_NextPart_001_000F_01C3A331.C345EA90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
SCIENTISTS FIN= D EVOLUTION OF LIFE HELPED KEEP EARTH HABITABLE

Andrew Yee <aye= e@nova.astro.utoronto.ca>

Lawrence Livermore National Laborato= ry

Contact: Anne Stark
Phone: (925) 422-9799
E-mail: stark8@= llnl.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2003

NR-03-10-0= 7

Scientists Find Evolution of Life Helped Keep Earth Habitable
LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A trio of scientists including a researcher fro= m the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has found that humans ma= y owe the
relatively mild climate in which their ancestors evolved to= tiny marine
organisms with shells and skeletons made out of calcium = carbonate.

In a paper titled "Carbonate Deposition, Climate Stabil= ity and Neoproterozoic
Ice Ages" in the Oct. 31 edition of Science, U= C Riverside researchers Andy
Ridgwell and Martin Kennedy along with L= LNL climate scientist Ken Caldeira,
discovered that the increased sta= bility in modern climate may be due in part to
the evolution of marin= e plankton living in the open ocean with shells and
skeletal material= made out of calcium carbonate. They conclude that these marine
organ= isms helped prevent the ice ages of the past few hundred thousand years <= BR>from turning into a severe global deep freeze.

"The most recent= ice ages were mild enough to allow and possibly even promote
the evo= lution of modern humans," Caldeira said. "Without these tiny marine
o= rganisms, the ice sheets may have grown to cover the earth, like in the <= BR>snowball glaciations of the ancient past, and our ancestors might not = have
survived."

The researchers used a computer model describi= ng the ocean, atmosphere and land
surface to look at how atmospheric = carbon dioxide would change as a result of
glacier growth. They found= that, in the distant past, as glaciers started to
grow, the oceans w= ould suck the greenhouse gas -- carbon dioxide out of the
atmosphere = -- making the Earth colder, promoting an even deeper ice age. When
ma= rine plankton with carbonate shells and skeletons are added to the model,=
ocean chemistry is buffered and glacial growth does not cause the oc= ean to
absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
But in Precambrian times (which lasted up until 544 million years ag= o), marine
organisms in the open ocean did not produce carbonate skel= etons -- and ancient
rocks from the end of the Precambrian geological= age indicate that huge glaciers
deposited layers of crushed rock deb= ris thousands of meters thick near the
equator. If the land was froze= n near the equator, then most of the surface of
the planet was likely= covered in ice, making Earth look like a giant snowball,
the researc= hers said.

Around 200 million years ago, calcium carbonate organis= ms became critical to
helping prevent the earth from freezing over. W= hen the organisms die, their
carbonate shells and skeletons settle to= the ocean floor, where some dissolve
and some are buried in sediment= s. These deposits help regulate the chemistry of
the ocean and the am= ount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However, in a
related study= published in Nature on Sept. 25, 2003, Caldeira and LLNL physicist
M= ichael Wickett found that unrestrained release of fossil-fuel carbon diox= ide to
the atmosphere could threaten extinction for these climate-sta= bilizing marine
organisms.

Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore= National Laboratory is a national security
laboratory, with a missio= n to ensure national security and apply science and
technology to the= important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory= is managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
(10) AND FINALLY: UK SCIENTISTS DEMORALISED BY S= CARE-MONGERS AND TECHNO-HYSTERICS

The Times, 31 October 2003
ht= tp://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-874930,00.html

By Davi= d Charter, Chief Political Correspondent

More than 100 leading sci= entists have made a once-in-a-generation appeal to Tony Blair to save Bri= tish science from a tide of neglect and abuse that is driving the brighte= st young brains abroad.

The academics, including a Nobel laureate= and a host of Royal Society fellows, warned Mr Blair that government att= itudes were causing some scientists to flee Britain and demoralising othe= rs whose work had been "misrepresented and sabotaged".

In a lette= r delivered to Downing Street yesterday, 114 eminent researchers blamed M= r Blair for a "backward slide" in the climate for debate over technologie= s such as genetic modification.

Britain should lead the world for= years to come but instead "we risk seeing technologies lose out to preju= dice and procrastination", they claimed.

The letter was provoked = by a largely hysterical media response to recent GM farm trials, reported= as spelling doom for the technology but which in fact showed almost unbr= idled benefits, the scientists said.

Derek Burke, the lead signat= ory and former chairman of the Government's GM advisory committee, said: = "This is a measure of the concern that is out there. A cross-section of t= he British scientific community feels that evidence that has been careful= ly and painfully collected is just being swept aside."

Professor = Burke was scathing of the public debate on GM technology announced by Mar= garet Beckett, the Environment Secretary, which ran during the summer.
"The public meetings were awful," he said. "They were seen as ralli= es by the green groups and the questions were just hostile. Margaret Beck= ett was notable by her absence and we felt we were just dropped in it." <= BR>
The letter comes almost 18 months after Mr Blair pledged to break = down the strong"anti-science fashion" in Britain.

He added that t= he Government would never give way to misguided protesters who stand in t= he way of medical and economic advance.

However, the scientists d= o not believe that Mr Blair's words have been backed by actions and want = a renewed commitment from the Prime Minister to let the public hear the c= ase for GM.

The letter states: "The Government . . . has consiste= ntly neglected opportunities to address any of the unsubstantiated assert= ions about the process of genetic modifications.

"Some scientists= are leaving the UK but many more are thoroughly demoralised by hostility= to the work they do, which is continually misrepresented and even sabota= ged.

"Those who have contributed many hours to public communicati= on . . . feel undermined by the Government's failure to contradict false = claims about 'Frankenfoods' and 'superweeds'."

They are also angr= y that "work on the basic science of genetic engineering and its applicat= ions to plants is being scaled down".

They conclude: "It is distr= essing to experience such a backward slide . . . for our students just st= arting out, it is deeply distressing."

One signatory is Mark Test= er, head of plant science at Cambridge University, who is heading to the = Waite Institute, Adelaide, in search of a safer environment and better fu= nding. He said: "Industry has left in droves and that reduces the options= for researchers and students."

Another signatory, Professor Chri= stopher Leaver, head of plant sciences at Oxford, has gone ex-directory t= o escape personal threats as a result of taking part in the GM debate.
Professor Alan Malcolm, chief executive of the Institute of Biology= , who helped to deliver the letter, said: "We are running experiments to = test the (GM) issue, many of which have been dug up, and the Government s= eems unable to prevent that from happening. We have had court cases where= those who dug them up were found not guilty of criminal damage. We are f= aced with the fact that we cannot get answers to some of the (GM) questio= ns."

Names on the letter include Lord Winston, the fertility expe= rt, Dr Tim Hunt, a Nobel prizewinner, and Professor Janet Bainbridge, cha= irman of the Government's GM advisory committee from 1997 to this year. <= BR>
Dr Claire Cockroft, a Fellow at Cambridge University who helped to= deliver the letter, added: "This should be a very exciting time for youn= g scientists, who recognise the opportunity for exploiting the latest adv= ances in plant science to achieve more sustainable agriculture for the be= nefit of humankind. Unfortunately, current attitudes are undermining thei= r vision."

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We are always looking for new and unique websites to be awarded the SETI Superstar Award! More specifically, this is a plea for your help. You see, due to whatever shortcomings I may have, I cannot read all languages. Yet, there remain, most assuredly, a treasure trove of websites dedicated to SETI science out there on the internet that deserve recognition. I know there are many among you who are skilled in understanding languages in addition to English. I need your help. I am looking for sites that are written in as many different languages as we can find. I am asking for you to find and nominate them. Some guidelines, first. While SETI@home is certainly a valid and valuable asset to SETI research as a whole, I'm NOT looking for sites that are posted with the sole purpose of bragging about work unit statistics( a little is okay). I'm looking for webpages that present a more balanced approach with an educational purpose in mind. Other rules and regs are available at: http://www.setileague.org/awards/index.html Just click on the drop down menu for SETI Superstar. This same menu gives you an option for an entry ballot. It's also getting near that time of year where this year's recipient of the the Giordano Bruno Memorial and the Oliver N. Greene Awards are selected. At the SetiLeague, we endeavor to make SETI as much a participatory science as possible. So, won't you please take a moment and go to: http://www.setileague.org/awards/index.html Thanks for your time and remember, vote early, vote often! remember, we ARE in a League of our own! Dave Ocame, N1YVV Awards Chair The SETILeague, Inc. and Argus Station FN31ng -72.53856 longitude 41.16797 latitude From owner-public@setileague.org Sat Nov 8 08:30:14 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hA8GUC1J009746; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 08:30:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id LAA00390 for public-list; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 11:19:02 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav95.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.125]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA00386; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 11:18:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 08:18:28 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.80 by bay4-dav95.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Sat, 08 Nov 2003 16:18:28 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.80] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Professor's enthusiasm boundless as Voyager 1 sails into history Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 11:18:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A5EA.050F1270" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2003 16:18:28.0605 (UTC) FILETIME=[F1B1B2D0:01C3A613] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A5EA.050F1270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Professor's enthusiasm boundless as spacecraft sails into history Tom Armstrong's office is in south Lawrence, but his livelihood is now leaving the solar system. For 26 years, Armstrong, a retired Kansas University professor and owner of Fundamental Technologies, has tracked and interpreted radiation data for the Voyager I spacecraft. Read the full story here: http://www.ljworld.com/section/kunews/story/151278 ------=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A5EA.050F1270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Professor's en= thusiasm boundless as spacecraft sails into history

Tom Armstrong'= s office is in south Lawrence, but his livelihood is now
leaving the s= olar system. For 26 years, Armstrong, a retired Kansas
University prof= essor and owner of Fundamental Technologies, has tracked
and interpret= ed radiation data for the Voyager I spacecraft.

Read the full stor= y here:
 
------=_NextPart_001_000E_01C3A5EA.050F1270-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 10 13:53:03 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hAALr11J010969; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id QAA21087 for public-list; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:40:18 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav29.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.59]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA21083; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:40:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 13:39:39 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.41 by bay4-dav29.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:39:39 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.41] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Reaching beyond the stars Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 16:39:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3A7A9.347A7CA0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2003 21:39:39.0446 (UTC) FILETIME=[24D62D60:01C3A7D3] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3A7A9.347A7CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/110903/ope_110903ope001001.shtml Web posted Sunday, November 9, 2003 =20 Reaching beyond the stars =20 Hal Spence =20 Perusing the Internet with my 11-year-old daughter the other day, we came= across a recent article about NASA's Voyager Project and how Voyager 1 i= s nearing the limits of the solar system. =20 Aimed at the constellation Ophiuchus, this half ton of now ancient 20th C= entury technological magic carries messages from humankind. Kate was fasc= inated. So was I. Again. =20 According to Web sites dedicated to the project, Voyager 1, launched in 1= 977, is now roughly 8.4 billion miles from Earth and approaching the heli= opause =E2=80=B9 by some definitions, the edge of the solar system. Human= -kind's most distant creation, Voyager 1 is leaving the planetary plane =E2= =80=B9 the ecliptic =E2=80=B9 to the "north" on a vector about parallel t= o the motion of the sun in relation to nearby stars. =20 Also launched in 1977 but headed south of the ecliptic toward the constel= lations of Sagittarius and Pavo, is Voyager 2 =E2=80=B9 a twin of Voyager= 1, also carrying messages from Earth. =20 Those messages are recorded on gold-plated copper discs and include more = than 100 images of Earth: a picture of a woman nursing a baby; a page fro= m "Principia Mathematica" by Isaac Newton; and a picture of the radio tel= escope at Arecibo, to name a few. =20 Also recorded on the discs are greetings from Earth spoken in 55 differen= t languages, including tongues no one speaks anymore save linguists. Reco= rdings are available on the Internet. Kate and I listened intently. =20 Among the languages is Akkadian, which was spoken in Mesopotamia about 5,= 000 years ago. Sounding roughly like "Ad-on-ish-lu-shu-moo," it translate= s into modern English as "May all be very well." =20 The English contribution, by the way, is a child saying, "Hello, from the= children of planet Earth." =20 Among the more inviting is one in Amoy, a Chinese dialect. It translates = as, "Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit us= if you have time." =20 Sound a bid disconcerting? What if "They" are really hungry? =20 No worries. Unless space-faring life forms already are in our neighborhoo= d, Voyager 1 isn't expected anywhere near the vicinity of a star before 4= 0,272 A.D., and even then its closest approach to AC+79 3888 (the star's = name) in the Little Dipper will be 1.7 light years =E2=80=B9 or about 5.6= trillion miles. Line up the equivalent number of inchworms end to end an= d the little critters would stretch from here to the sun. Try stacking up= that number of pennies and you'd have, well, one inconvenient mound of c= opper. =20 Voyager 2, meanwhile, will be approaching Ross 248 in the constellation A= ndromeda, but alas, also passing no closer than 1.7 light years. =20 Unless our extraterrestrial friends are virtually omnipresent, the chance= s are slim indeed that they would stumble across the tiny bits of space d= ebris. =20 By that time, presuming we don't annihilate each other, we will have long= since found ways to travel to the stars far more quickly than the Voyage= rs are traveling. I wonder if some future generation will consider those = spacecraft of such historical value that they mount expeditions to retrie= ve them. Shouldn't take more than an afternoon at Warp 9. =20 The discs also contain more than two dozen examples of Earth music, from = Ludvig von Beethoven to Chuck Berry, as well as assorted sounds of the pl= anet, everything from volcanoes to traffic jams. The discs include variou= s images, including two telling readers how to play the records. A needle= and cartridge =E2=80=B9 talk about obsolete technology =E2=80=B9 are inc= luded. =20 The Voyager messages are upscale versions of the messages mounted on Pion= eer 10 and 11 launched in the early 1970s, which included sketches of a m= an and a woman next to the spacecraft to show our scale. Those two crafts= also will leave the solar system, Pioneer 10 headed to Taurus (the Bull)= , a 2 million-year journey, and Pioneer 11 headed toward Aquila (the Eagl= e), arriving in about 4 million years. =20 All four machines carry maps to Earth in binary code. =20 The Voyagers and the Pioneers have sent back a wealth of information abou= t the nearby planets, including 22 new satellites, and about the solar sy= stem's environment, its magnetosphere and the solar wind. =20 On Feb. 14, 1990, after it had journeyed beyond Pluto, Voyager 1 was dire= cted to turn its camera toward the sun and take photographs of the solar = system. Those pictures can be found at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ = by entering PIA00451 in the query box. Earth is a fuzzy dot. For that mat= ter, so is the sun. =20 The word lonely comes to mind. Voyager 1 is heading into the vast emptine= ss of interstellar space, many of its powered internal systems selectivel= y shut down as time passed to conserve what limited energy remains. Thirt= een years ago, it turned to wave goodbye, sending a last picture of home = from the distant beyond, then rolled its eye forward again toward the sta= rs, outbound at a lazy 38,000 mph. =20 Here on Earth, life goes on. Those solar system-exiting spaceships are th= e modern expressions of why humans erect monuments and seek far horizons = =E2=80=B9 to find out what's out there and leave something of ourselves b= ehind for future generations =E2=80=B9 even if, in this case, they might = not be human. =20 In this, we have succeeded like never before. The spacecraft are likely t= o far outlast anything made by humans still weathering in Earth's corrosi= ve atmosphere. The pyramids themselves may be dust before Voyager 1 slips= silently past AC+79 3888. =20 Perhaps it was no more than anthropomorphic vanity that led scientists, i= ncluding the famed Carl Sagan, to create or record the messages that acco= mpany the extra-solar travelers. Certainly the science was worth the trou= ble of their launches. But it was a one giant "what if" that encouraged a= dding salutations to whomever or whatever might find one =E2=80=B9 along = with star maps back to our hearths. =20 Interested in the continuing the Voyager Project? You can visit at http:/= /nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/voyager.html. =20 Hal Spence is a reporter for the Peninsula Clarion ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3A7A9.347A7CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C3A7A9.347A7CA0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Mon Nov 10 14:45:28 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hAAMjQ1J018665; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:45:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id RAA22130 for public-list; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:35:43 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav108.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.138]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA22126; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:35:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:35:09 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.41 by bay4-dav108.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:35:09 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.41] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Why Viking failed to find life on Mars / First image from 'gigantic' camera Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:34:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A7B0.F5C29A80" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Nov 2003 22:35:09.0763 (UTC) FILETIME=[E5DC3930:01C3A7DA] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A7B0.F5C29A80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: NewsAlert Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:57 AM To: Newsalert Subject: Why Viking failed to find life on Mars / First image from 'gigan= tic' camera NEWSALERT: Monday, November 10, 2003 @ 1335 GMT --------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest news from Astronomy Now and Spaceflight Now +++ MARS POSTER: A 360-degree panoramic view taken by Mars Pathfinder. 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+++ MARS POSTER: A 360-= degree panoramic view taken by Mars Pathfinder.
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DESERT COULD EXPLAIN WHY VIKING FOUND NO LIFE ON= MARS
-----------------------------------------------------
A team = of scientists has discovered clues from one of Earth's driest
deserts = about the limits of life on Earth, and why past missions to Mars
may h= ave failed to detect life.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/= news/n0311/08marsnolife/


SAND RIPPLES TALLER ON MARS
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Mars is kind of like Texas: things are just bigg= er there. In addition to
the biggest canyon and biggest volcano in the= solar system, Mars has now
been found to have sand ripples twice as t= all as they would be on Earth.

   http://spaceflightnow.= com/news/n0311/08tallermars/


FIRST IMAGE FROM 'GIGANTIC' NEW I= NFRARED CAMERA
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Astr= onomers from the University of Hawaii have released the first image
fr= om a gigantic new infrared camera recently mounted on the 2.2-meter
Te= lescope on Mauna Kea. The galaxy imaged, NGC 891, is in the
constellat= ion Andromeda at a distance of about 10 million light years. It
is of = particular scientific interest because it is very similar to our own
M= ilky Way Galaxy but is seen almost exactly edge-on.

   h= ttp://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/09gigantic/


ASTRONOMERS BR= EAK GROUND FOR UNIQUE TELESCOPE
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Scientists and dignitaries from North America, Europe, and Chi= le have
broke ground on what will be the world's largest, most sensiti= ve radio
telescope operating at millimeter wavelengths.

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TWO COSMIC = EXPLORERS NAMED 'BEST OF WHAT'S NEW'
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Two recently launched NASA missions won "Best of What's= New" awards from
Popular Science magazine. The two missions, the Spac= e Infrared Telescope
Facility (SIRTF) and Galaxy Evolution Explorer (G= ALEX), which both probe
the far reaches of our universe.

 =   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08whatsnew/


KSC EN= GINEER RECEIVES R&D 100 AWARD FOR NEW INSULATION TECHNOLOGY
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James Fesm= ire, NASA lead engineer of the Cryogenics Testbed Facility at
Kennedy = Space Center, received the R&D 100 Award for his work on a new
pro= duct, "Flexible Aerogel Superinsulation," a composite insulation
blank= et. R&D named Fesmire an innovator and the product "one of the mosttechnologically significant of the year."

   http://sp= aceflightnow.com/news/n0311/08rdaward/


SENATE CONFIRMS NASA CH= IEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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= President George Bush has appointed Gwendolyn Brown as NASA's new ChiefFinancial Officer. Brown's nomination was confirmed by the United State= s
Senate. The CFO provides professional leadership for the planning,analysis, justification, control and reporting of all NASA fiscal
re= sources, and for agency strategic management and planning, and
perform= ance measurement.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n031= 1/08nasacfo/


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------=_NextPart_001_000D_01C3A7B0.F5C29A80-- From owner-public@setileague.org Tue Nov 11 16:40:43 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hAC0ef1J021821; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:40:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id TAA18672 for public-list; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:21:03 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav43.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.73]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA18640; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:20:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:20:27 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.60 by bay4-dav43.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:20:27 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.60] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Write the President: The Future of Human Spaceflight Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:20:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A888.D5506420" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2003 00:20:27.0625 (UTC) FILETIME=[C6033590:01C3A8B2] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A888.D5506420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: The Planetary Society Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:20 PM To: Planetary Society Subject: Write the President: The Future of Human Spaceflight Dear Members and Supporters: It is time to take action and write the President! The future of the United States space program is at stake. Its human spaceflight program is grounded, and the purposes that it serves are being questioned -- by Congress, by the media, and by the general public. The Bush Administration is now conducting a high-level review of U.S. space policy with the goal of issuing a Presidential Directive, perhaps in a few weeks. It may set the course for human spaceflight -- and all space exploration -- for a generation. This is the time - perhaps the only time for the foreseeable future - to influence U.S. space policy and the course of space exploration. We urge our members and all those who care about our future in space to write the President now. You can write the president at: http://planetary.org/action/president_email.html As members of The Planetary Society, and as visitors to our web site, you are familiar with our position. You can read about it in the statements delivered by the Society's Chairman of the Board, Bruce Murray, and Society President, Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. to the House Science Committee. They urged that America's human space flight program be drastically revised, and retargeted at human exploration beyond Earth orbit -- with the ultimate goal of establishing a human outpost on Mars. The current shuttle-focused program has shackled us to Earth orbit for more than 30 years, and promises to do so for another two decades. Even the International Space Station drifts aimlessly. A program aimed at Mars could change all that by providing a single unifying goal for human and robotic space ventures. We take no position on how to reach the goal of sending human explorers to Mars. That can be decided once the goal is established. Important questions remain to be addressed on whether a human return to the Moon is a necessary step or on the role of interim milestones. The Society advocates a national commitment to a progressive, well-paced Mars human flight program, that can be accomplished within realistic funding levels. This is the simple message we believe must be conveyed to the President. The U.S. human spaceflight program should be directed to send humans to Mars. Act Now! http://planetary.org/action/president_email.html Sincerely, Louis Friedman Executive Director The Planetary Society _________________________ Please tell your friends about this important campaign for the future of space exploration! Ask them to visit our webpage at http://www.planetary.org/action/president_letter.html and send a message to the President. You have been subscribed to The Planetary Society's e-mail update because, at some point in the past, you indicated a desire to receive additional information in this format. 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----- Original Message -----
From: The Planetary Society
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:20 PM
S= ubject: Write the President: The Future of Human Spaceflight
 Dear Members and Supporters:

It is time to take act= ion and write the President!

The future of the United States space= program
is at stake. Its human spaceflight program is grounded,
an= d the purposes that it serves are being questioned --
by Congress, by = the media, and by the general public.
The Bush Administration is now c= onducting a high-level
review of U.S. space policy with the goal of is= suing a
Presidential Directive, perhaps in a few weeks.
It may set = the course for human spaceflight -- and
all space exploration -- for a= generation.

This is the time - perhaps the only time for the
f= oreseeable future - to influence U.S. space policy
and the course of s= pace exploration. We urge our
members and all those who care about our= future
in space to write the President now.

You can write the = president at:
http://planetary.org/action/president_email.html

= As members of The Planetary Society, and as visitors
to our web site, = you are familiar with our position.
You can read about it in the state= ments delivered by
the Society's Chairman of the Board, Bruce Murray,<= BR>and Society President, Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. to
the House Science= Committee. They urged that
America's human space flight program be dr= astically
revised, and retargeted at human exploration beyond Earthorbit -- with the ultimate goal of establishing a human
outpost on Ma= rs. The current shuttle-focused program
has shackled us to Earth orbit= for more than 30 years,
and promises to do so for another two decades= .
Even the International Space Station drifts aimlessly.
A program = aimed at Mars could change all that by
providing a single unifying goa= l for human and
robotic space ventures.

We take no position on = how to reach the goal of
sending human explorers to Mars. That can be<= BR>decided once the goal is established. Important
questions remain to= be addressed on whether
a human return to the Moon is a necessary
= step or on the role of interim milestones. The Society
advocates a nat= ional commitment to a progressive,
well-paced Mars human flight progra= m, that can be
accomplished within realistic funding levels.

Th= is is the simple message we believe must be
conveyed to the President.= The U.S. human
spaceflight program should be directed to send
huma= ns to Mars.

Act Now!
http://planetary.org/action/president_emai= l.html

Sincerely,

Louis Friedman
Executive Director
T= he Planetary Society

_________________________

Please tell = your friends about this important
campaign for the future of space exp= loration!
Ask them to visit our webpage at
http://www.planetary.org= /action/president_letter.html
and send a message to the President.
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------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A888.D5506420-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 12 07:32:40 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hACFWc1J008811; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:32:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id KAA06549 for public-list; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:17:52 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav138.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.168]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA06545; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:17:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 07:17:14 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav138.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 15:17:14 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "europa" , "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: How Lonely is our Planet? Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:16:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A906.10B7E150" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2003 15:17:14.0525 (UTC) FILETIME=[0D6C94D0:01C3A930] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A906.10B7E150 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.techcentralstation.com/111203B.html Where are they? =20 Physicist Enrico Fermi famously posed this question when asked about inte= lligent extraterrestrials. If such beings exist, why have we (presumably)= not been contacted or visited? Fermi's Paradox, as it is now known, is m= ore profound than it may appear. Calculations suggest that if our galaxy = has even one extraterrestrial civilization with the interest and ability = to colonize new star systems, such a civilization could spread far and wi= de in a period far shorter than the age of the galaxy. =20 There are many possible solutions to Fermi's Paradox. Perhaps extraterres= trials have no interest in colonization, or destroy themselves before get= ting very far (but even a single exception would overthrow such explanati= ons). Perhaps extraterrestrials have visited, in the past or present, whi= le keeping a low profile. Maybe a ruthless galactic exterminator wipes ou= t budding civilizations and is right now on the way here. Or it could be = that Earth is the only, or at least the first, planet in our galaxy to ha= rbor life or intelligence. =20 Planetary scientist David Grinspoon delves into Fermi's Paradox and other= questions about extraterrestrial life and intelligence in Lonely Planets= : The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life (Ecco/HarperCollins). The book pro= vides a lively and interesting discussion of astrobiology, the scientific= study of possible alien life, and of the broader history and culture of = thinking about the subject. Grinspoon uses the term "natural philosophy" = to emphasize the interdisciplinary and speculative nature of the issues i= nvolved. =20 Grinspoon is an impressively credentialed scientist with a New Age streak= and an irreverent tone. He holds positions at the Southwest Research Ins= titute and the University of Colorado, consults for NASA, and is author o= f Venus Revealed, a valuable overview of the science of Venus. Grinspoon = shows a greater affinity than do many scientists for the Gaia Hypothesis,= which likens Earth to a living organism. Thus, he thinks Mars is clearly= dead, since a living planet would produce a more complex atmosphere. Sim= ilarly, he regards Venus and Jupiter's moon Io, which have complex flows = of matter and energy, as relatively plausible candidates for life. By con= trast, much current astrobiology focuses on worlds that have or had liqui= d water, such as Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa. =20 Overall, Grinspoon is an optimist about the possibility of finding alien = life somewhere. (Such "optimism," of course, could be a form of extreme p= essimism, if one gives much weight to the abovementioned exterminator sce= nario; but Grinspoon does not.) He notes that the plausibility of alien l= ife is enhanced by the discovery in recent years of dozens of extrasolar = planets, or exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars. He is an enthusiast = of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), which seeks radio= signals or other electromagnetic evidence of intelligent aliens. He plac= es little credence in the Rare Earth Hypothesis, which holds that complex= life arose from unusual conditions here and is uncommon in the universe.= Rare Earth, he argues, fails to recognize the Gaia insight that life hel= ped shape the amenable conditions on Earth, and furthermore one can imagi= ne planets that would be even more suitable for life. =20 Could it be that aliens have already arrived? Reports of alien visitation= s generate widespread skepticism in the scientific community. Grinspoon w= orries that this response is too dogmatic. He dismisses the "Face on Mars= " and sees little merit in conspiracy theories. But he also warns his fel= low scientists to be cautious in assuming how aliens would behave. Visiti= ng remote places in the Southwest, Grinspoon watches the sky carefully, h= oping but failing to see an alien spacecraft. He sees no reason to think = cattle mutilations have an extraterrestrial cause, but regards some of th= em as quite mysterious. =20 If intelligent aliens exist, and know of our existence, there are many po= ssible reasons why they may avoid revealing themselves to us. One scenari= o is the "zoo hypothesis," whereby our planet is something like a wildlif= e preserve set off limits by advanced aliens. Grinspoon wonders whether w= e are interesting or important enough to be observed in this way. He note= s as an alternative the "seedling hypothesis," in which our planet is aki= n to one of many seedlings on a forest floor, barely worth a glance from = the galactic tourists. =20 Lonely Planets is written in a colloquial style, replete with anecdotes a= nd asides. Often this works well. A particularly amusing passage involves= Grinspoon learning about the finding of suspected fossils in a Martian m= eteorite several years ago. But at times the tone becomes irritating, as = Grinspoon displays his credentials as cultural hipster and political prog= ressive. There is a gratuitous swipe against "a few Flat Earthers and Rep= ublican senators," for instance, and a suggestion that interstellar trave= l should involve "good weed." Also, Grinspoon's discussion of skepticism = would be more convincing if he didn't repeatedly misspell the name of the= magazine Skeptical Inquirer. =20 Grinspoon's optimism about extraterrestrials extends to a belief that the= y are probably wise and benevolent. He writes about how advanced beings w= ould have transcended the dangers of self-destruction by developing their= compassion and environmental awareness. But here Grinspoon disregards hi= s own advice about assuming too much about aliens. For all we know, extra= terrestrial wisdom includes advocacy of a strong defense and free-market = economics. Maybe Republican senators do well in galaxy-wide elections. ------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A906.10B7E150 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
http://www.techcentralstatio= n.com/111203B.html

Where are they?

 

Ph= ysicist Enrico Fermi famously posed this question when asked about intell= igent extraterrestrials. If such beings exist, why have we (presumably) n= ot been contacted or visited? Fermi's Paradox, as it is now known, is mor= e profound than it may appear. Calculations suggest that if our galaxy ha= s even one extraterrestrial civilization with the interest and ability to= colonize new star systems, such a civilization could spread far and wide= in a period far shorter than the age of the galaxy.

 

There are many p= ossible solutions to Fermi's Paradox. Perhaps extraterrestrials have no i= nterest in colonization, or destroy themselves before getting very far (b= ut even a single exception would overthrow such explanations). Perhaps ex= traterrestrials have visited, in the past or present, while keeping a low= profile. Maybe a ruthless galactic exterminator wipes out budding civili= zations and is right now on the way here. Or it could be that Earth is th= e only, or at least the first, planet in our galaxy to harbor life or int= elligence.

 

Planetary scientist David Grinspoon delves into Fermi's Pa= radox and other questions about extraterrestrial life and intelligence in= Lonely Planets: The Natural Phi= losophy of Alien Life (Ecco/HarperCollins). The book provides a livel= y and interesting discussion of astrobiology, the scientific study of pos= sible alien life, and of the broader history and culture of thinking abou= t the subject. Grinspoon uses the term "natural philosophy" to emphasize = the interdisciplinary and speculative nature of the issues involved.=

 

= Grinspoon is an impressively credentialed scientist with a New Age streak= and an irreverent tone. He holds positions at the Southwest Research Ins= titute and the University of Colorado, consults for NASA, and is author of Venus Revealed, a valuable overview of the science of = Venus. Grinspoon shows a greater affinity than do many scientists for the= Gaia Hypothesis, which likens Earth to a living organism. Thus, he think= s Mars is clearly dead, since a living planet would produce a more comple= x atmosphere. Similarly, he regards Venus and Jupiter's moon Io, which ha= ve complex flows of matter and energy, as relatively plausible candidates= for life. By contrast, much current astrobiology focuses on worlds that = have or had liquid water, such as Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa.

 

Ove= rall, Grinspoon is an optimist about the possibility of finding alien lif= e somewhere. (Such "optimism," of course, could be a form of extreme pess= imism, if one gives much weight to the abovementioned exterminator scenar= io; but Grinspoon does not.) He notes that the plausibility of alien life= is enhanced by the discovery in recent years of dozens of extrasolar pla= nets, or exoplanets, worlds orbiting other stars. He is an enthusiast of = the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), which seeks radio si= gnals or other electromagnetic evidence of intelligent aliens. He places = little credence in the Rare Earth Hypothesis, which holds that complex li= fe arose from unusual conditions here and is uncommon in the universe. Ra= re Earth, he argues, fails to recognize the Gaia insight that life helped= shape the amenable conditions on Earth, and furthermore one can imagine = planets that would be even more suitable for life.

=

 

Could it be that a= liens have already arrived? Reports of alien visitations generate widespr= ead skepticism in the scientific community. Grinspoon worries that this r= esponse is too dogmatic. He dismisses the "Face on Mars" and sees little = merit in conspiracy theories. But he also warns his fellow scientists to = be cautious in assuming how aliens would behave. Visiting remote places i= n the Southwest, Grinspoon watches the sky carefully, hoping but failing = to see an alien spacecraft. He sees no reason to think cattle mutilations= have an extraterrestrial cause, but regards some of them as quite myster= ious.

 

If intelligent aliens exist, and know of our existence, there a= re many possible reasons why they may avoid revealing themselves to us. O= ne scenario is the "zoo hypothesis," whereby our planet is something like= a wildlife preserve set off limits by advanced aliens. Grinspoon wonders= whether we are interesting or important enough to be observed in this wa= y. He notes as an alternative the "seedling hypothesis," in which our pla= net is akin to one of many seedlings on a forest floor, barely worth a gl= ance from the galactic tourists.

=  

Lonely Planets is writ= ten in a colloquial style, replete with anecdotes and asides. Often this = works well. A particularly amusing passage involves Grinspoon learning ab= out the finding of suspected fossils in a Martian meteorite several years= ago. But at times the tone becomes irritating, as Grinspoon displays his= credentials as cultural hipster and political progressive. There is a gr= atuitous swipe against "a few Flat Earthers and Republican senators," for= instance, and a suggestion that interstellar travel should involve "good= weed." Also, Grinspoon's discussion of skepticism would be more convinci= ng if he didn't repeatedly misspell the name of the magazine Skeptical Inquirer.

 

Grinspoon's opti= mism about extraterrestrials extends to a belief that they are probably w= ise and benevolent. He writes about how advanced beings would have transc= ended the dangers of self-destruction by developing their compassion and = environmental awareness. But here Grinspoon disregards his own advice abo= ut assuming too much about aliens. For all we know, extraterrestrial wisd= om includes advocacy of a strong defense and free-market economics. Maybe= Republican senators do well in galaxy-wide elections.

 

 

------=_NextPart_001_0002_01C3A906.10B7E150-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 12 09:52:08 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hACHq41J004278; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:52:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id MAA09519 for public-list; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:39:57 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav25.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.55]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA09515; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:39:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:39:24 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.10 by bay4-dav25.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:39:24 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.10] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" , "europa" Subject: SETI public: Ann Druyan interview in Discover Magazine Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:39:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3A919.F7A702E0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2003 17:39:24.0685 (UTC) FILETIME=[E9CBB3D0:01C3A943] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3A919.F7A702E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Discover Dialogue: Ann Druyan Mistress of the Cosmos Sets Her Sail =E2=80=98If only an elite minority of Americans understands science and t= echnology, there is no hope of democracy=E2=80=99 By Kathy A. Svitil DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 11 | November 2003 This is an extended version, exclusive to the Discover Web site, of the a= rticle that appears in Discover Magazine =20 This fall a converted Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is sched= uled to launch Cosmos 1, the world=E2=80=99s first solar sail spacecraft,= into Earth orbit. Powered only by the pressure of the sun=E2=80=99s phot= ons striking its eight massive Mylar-like panels, Cosmos 1 will be unique= . It is the first space mission sponsored by a public organization, the 1= 00,000-member Planetary Society, cofounded by the late Carl Sagan, and th= e first financed by a media outlet, Cosmos Studios, a science-based enter= tainment company run by Ann Druyan, Sagan=E2=80=99s widow and collaborato= r. http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-03/departments/featdialogue/ ------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3A919.F7A702E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Discover Dialo= gue: Ann Druyan
 
Mistress of the Cosmos Sets = Her Sail
 
=E2=80=98If only an elite minority = of Americans understands science and technology, there is no hope of demo= cracy=E2=80=99
 
By Kathy A. Svitil
 
DISCOVER Vol. 24 No. 11 | November 2003
&nb= sp;
This is an extended version, exclusive to the Discov= er Web site, of the article that appears in Discover Magazine
This fall a converted Russian intercontinental ball= istic missile is scheduled to launch Cosmos 1, the world=E2=80=99s= first solar sail spacecraft, into Earth orbit. Powered only by the press= ure of the sun=E2=80=99s photons striking its eight massive Mylar-like pa= nels, Cosmos 1 will be unique. It is the first space mission spons= ored by a public organization, the 100,000-member Planetary Society, cofo= unded by the late Carl Sagan, and the first financed by a media outlet, C= osmos Studios, a science-based entertainment company run by Ann Druyan, S= agan=E2=80=99s widow and collaborator.
 
------=_NextPart_001_000A_01C3A919.F7A702E0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 12 10:18:56 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hACIIs1J002718; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:18:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id MAA09954 for public-list; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:58:55 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav155.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.185]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA09949; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:58:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:58:22 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.52 by bay4-dav155.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:58:22 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.52] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Kepler's Somnium (Dream) reprinted Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:58:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0010_01C3A91C.9C958950" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2003 17:58:22.0568 (UTC) FILETIME=[9006DE80:01C3A946] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C3A91C.9C958950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Considered one of the first science fiction stories, Kepler used this story to describe his theories about life on the Moon. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Bruce Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:50 PM To: HASTRO-L@LISTSERV.WVU.EDU Subject: [HASTRO-L] Fyi - New Dover Astro/Kepler Publicastion tom "Dover has recently published a terrific new book for our astronomy collection, and I want you to be among the first to know about it. I think you'll find it as interesting and valuable as I do. http://www.doverpublications.com/as1103/" ------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C3A91C.9C958950 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Considered one= of the first science fiction stories,
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Sent: Wednesday, Novembe= r 12, 2003 12:50 PM
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collection, and I want you to be among the first to know about it= .
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------=_NextPart_001_0010_01C3A91C.9C958950-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 12 10:42:17 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hACIgF1J005866; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:42:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id NAA10530 for public-list; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:22:36 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav51.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.81]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA10526 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:22:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:22:02 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.52 by bay4-dav51.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:22:02 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.52] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Cornell News: No ice found at lunar poles Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 13:21:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A91F.E896E7B0" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2003 18:22:02.0697 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE7D5B90:01C3A949] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A91F.E896E7B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ----- Original Message ----- From: cunews@cornell.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 1:15 PM To: CUNEWS-PHYSICAL_SCIENCE-L@cornell.edu; CUNEWS-SCIENCE-L@cornell.edu Subject: Cornell News: No ice found at lunar poles Arecibo radar shows no evidence of thick ice at lunar poles, despite data from previous spacecraft probes, researchers say EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 2003, AT 1 P.M. EST Contact: David Brand Office: 607-255-3651 E-mail: deb27@cornell.edu ARECIBO, P.R. -- Despite evidence from two space probes in the 1990s, radar astronomers say they can find no signs of thick ice at the moon's poles. If there is water at the lunar poles, the researchers say, it is widely scattered and permanently frozen inside the dust layers, something akin to terrestrial permafrost. Using the 70-centimeter (cm)-wavelength radar system at the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, the research group sent signals deeper into the lunar polar surface -- more than five meters (about 5.5 yards) -- than ever before at this spatial resolution. "If there is ice at the poles, the only way left to test it is to go there directly and melt a small volume around the dust and look for water with a mass spectrometer," says Bruce Campbell of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian Institution. Campbell is the lead author of an article, "Long-Wavelength Radar Probing of the Lunar Poles," in the Nov. 13, 2003, issue of the journal Nature. His collaborators on the latest radar probe of the moon were Donald Campbell, professor of astronomy at Cornell University; J.F. Chandler of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; and Alice Hine, Mike Nolan and Phil Perillat of the Arecibo Observatory, which is managed by the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center at Cornell for the NSF. Suggestions of lunar ice first came in 1996 when radio data from the Clementine spacecraft gave some indications of the presence of ice on the wall of a crater at the moon's south pole. Then, neutron spectrometer data from the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, launched in 1998, indicated the presence of hydrogen, and by inference, water, at a depth of about a meter at the lunar poles. But radar probes by the 12-cm-wavelength radar at Arecibo showed no evidence of thick ice at depths of up to a meter. "Lunar Prospector had found significant concentrations of hydrogen at the lunar poles equivalent to water ice at concentrations of a few percent of the lunar soil," says Donald Campbell. "There have been suggestions that it may be in the form of thick deposits of ice at some depth, but this new data from Arecibo makes that unlikely." Says Bruce Campbell, "There are no places that we have looked at with any of these wavelengths where you see that kind of signature." The Nature paper notes that if ice does exist at the lunar poles it would be considerably different from "the thick, coherent layers of ice observed in shadowed craters on Mercury," found in Arecibo radar imaging. "On Mercury what you see are quite thick deposits on the order of a meter or more buried by, at most, a shallow layer of dust. That's the scenario we were trying to nail down for the moon," says Bruce Campbell. The difference between Mercury and the moon, the researchers say, could be due to the lower average rate of comets striking the lunar surface, to recent comet impacts on Mercury or to a more rapid loss of ice on the moon. What makes the lunar poles good cold traps for water is a temperature of minus 173 degrees Celsius (minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit). The limb of the sun rises only about two degrees above the horizon at the lunar poles so that sunlight never penetrates into deep craters, and a person standing on the crater floor would never see the sun. The Arecibo radar probed the floors of two craters in permanent shadow at the lunar south pole, Shoemaker and Faustini, and, at the north pole, the floors of Hermite and several small craters within the large crater Peary. In contrast, Clementine focused on the sloping walls of Shackleton crater, whose floor can't be "seen" from Earth. "There is a debate on how to interpret data from a rough, tilted surface," says Bruce Campbell. The Arecibo radar probe is a particularly good detector of thick ice because it takes advantage of a phenomenon known as "coherent backscatter." Radar waves can travel long distances without being absorbed in ice at temperatures well below freezing. Reflections from irregularities inside the ice produce a very strong radar echo. In contrast, lunar soil is much more absorptive and does not give as strong a radar echo. Related World Wide Web sites: The following sites provide additional information on this news release. Some might not be part of the Cornell University community, and Cornell has no control over their content or availability. o Arecibo Observatory: o Center for Earth and Planetary Studies: -30- The web version of this release, with accompanying photos, may be found at http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Nov03/radar.moonpoles.deb.html -- Cornell University News Service Surge 3 Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-4206 cunews@cornell.edu http://www.news.cornell.edu ------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A91F.E896E7B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: cunews@cornell.edu
Sent: W= ednesday, November 12, 2003 1:15 PM
To: CUNEWS-PHYSICAL_SCIENCE-L@cornell.edu; CUNEWS-SCIENCE-L@corne= ll.edu
Subject: Cornell News= : No ice found at lunar poles
 
Arecibo radar shows = no evidence of thick ice at lunar poles, despite
data from previous sp= acecraft probes, researchers say

EMBARGOED  UNTIL  WEDNE= SDAY, NOV. 12, 2003, AT 1 P.M. EST

Contact:  David Brand
O= ffice:  607-255-3651
E-mail:  deb27@cornell.edu


A= RECIBO, P.R.  --  Despite evidence from two space probes in the=
1990s, radar astronomers say they can find no signs of thick ice at =
the moon's poles. If there is water at the lunar poles, the
resea= rchers say, it is widely scattered and permanently frozen inside
the = dust layers, something akin to terrestrial permafrost.

Using the 7= 0-centimeter (cm)-wavelength radar system at the National
Science Fou= ndation's (NSF) Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, the
research group = sent signals deeper into the lunar polar surface --
more than five me= ters (about 5.5 yards) -- than ever before at this
spatial resolution= . "If there is ice at the poles, the only way left
to test it is to g= o there directly and melt a small volume around the
dust and look for= water with a mass spectrometer," says Bruce
Campbell of the Center f= or Earth and Planetary Studies at the
Smithsonian Institution.
Campbell is the lead author of an article, "Long-Wavelength Radar
Pr= obing of the Lunar Poles," in the Nov. 13, 2003, issue of the
journal= Nature. His collaborators on the latest radar probe of the
moon were= Donald Campbell, professor of astronomy at Cornell
University; J.F. = Chandler of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory;
and Alice Hine, Mi= ke Nolan and Phil Perillat of the Arecibo
Observatory, which is manag= ed by the National Astronomy and
Ionosphere Center at Cornell for the= NSF.

Suggestions of lunar ice first came in 1996 when radio data = from the
Clementine spacecraft gave some indications of the presence = of ice on
the wall of a crater at the moon's south pole. Then, neutro= n
spectrometer data from the Lunar Prospector spacecraft, launched in=
1998, indicated the presence of hydrogen, and by inference, water, a= t
a depth of about a meter at the lunar poles. But radar probes by th= e
12-cm-wavelength radar at Arecibo showed no evidence of thick ice a= t
depths of up to a meter.  "Lunar Prospector had found signific= ant
concentrations of hydrogen at the lunar poles equivalent to water= ice
at concentrations of a few percent of the lunar soil," says Dona= ld
Campbell. "There have been suggestions that it may be in the form = of
thick deposits of ice at some depth, but this new data from Arecib= o
makes that unlikely."

Says Bruce Campbell, "There are no pla= ces that we have looked at with
any of these wavelengths where you se= e that kind of signature."

The Nature paper notes that if ice does= exist at the lunar poles it
would be considerably different from "th= e thick, coherent layers of
ice observed in shadowed craters on Mercu= ry," found in Arecibo radar
imaging. "On Mercury what you see are qui= te thick deposits on the
order of a meter or more buried by, at most,= a shallow layer of dust.
That's the scenario we were trying to nail = down for the moon," says
Bruce Campbell. The difference between Mercu= ry and the moon, the
researchers say, could be due to the lower avera= ge rate of comets
striking the lunar surface, to recent comet impacts= on Mercury or to
a more rapid loss of ice on the moon.

What m= akes the lunar poles good cold traps for water is a temperature
of mi= nus 173 degrees Celsius (minus 280 degrees Fahrenheit). The limb
of t= he sun rises only about two degrees above the horizon at the
lunar po= les so that sunlight never penetrates into deep craters, and
a person= standing on the crater floor would never see the sun. The
Arecibo ra= dar probed the floors of two craters in permanent shadow at
the lunar= south pole, Shoemaker and Faustini, and, at the north pole,
the floo= rs of Hermite and several small craters within the large
crater Peary= . In contrast, Clementine focused on the sloping walls of
Shackleton = crater, whose floor can't be "seen" from Earth. "There is
a debate on= how to interpret data from a rough, tilted surface," says
Bruce Camp= bell.

The Arecibo radar probe is a particularly good detector of t= hick ice
because it takes advantage of a phenomenon known as "coheren= t
backscatter." Radar waves can travel long distances without being <= BR>absorbed in ice at temperatures well below freezing. Reflections from =
irregularities inside the ice produce a very strong radar echo. In contrast, lunar soil is much more absorptive and does not give as
s= trong a radar echo.

Related World Wide Web sites:  The follow= ing sites provide
additional information on this news release.  = Some might not be part
of the Cornell University community, and Corne= ll has no control over
their content or availability.

o Arecib= o Observatory: <http://www.naic.edu>

o Center for Earth and = Planetary Studies: <http://www.
nasm.si.edu/ceps/>

-30-<= BR>


The web version of this release, with accompanying photos,= may be
found at
http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Nov03/radar= .moonpoles.deb.html
--

Cornell University News Service
Surg= e 3
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-4206
cunews@c= ornell.edu
http://www.news.cornell.edu

------=_NextPart_001_0015_01C3A91F.E896E7B0-- From owner-public@setileague.org Wed Nov 12 20:46:53 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hAD4kq1J002386; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:46:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id XAA22922 for public-list; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:35:46 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav86.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.116]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA22918; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:35:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:35:13 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.7 by bay4-dav86.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 04:35:12 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.7] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Fw: Space-Weather-Outlook Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:34:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A975.91496540" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Nov 2003 04:35:13.0003 (UTC) FILETIME=[87388BB0:01C3A99F] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A975.91496540 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message ----- From: Space Environment Center Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:56 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- 45 2003 November 12 at 12:37 p.m. MST (2003 November 12 1937 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 3-11 Space weather during the past week reached extreme levels. Category R5 (extreme) radio blackout occurred on November 4th at 12:50 p.m. MST (1950 UTC). The source of the R5 radio blackout was a major flare from the large and dynamic sunspot region, known as NOAA Active Region 486. =20 Category R1 (minor) radio blackouts was also observed on November 5th. =20 A solar radiation storm was in progress for most of the past week. A category S3 (strong) storm was in effect at the beginning of the summary period, November 3rd. By November 4th and 5th the storm levels decreased to a category S2 (moderate). The solar radiation storm further decreased to the S1 (minor) level on November 6th and 7th and ended around 5:30 a.m. MST (1230 UTC) on November 7th. Three brief geomagnetic storms were observed during the past week. On November 4th, a brief category G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm occurred due to clouds of energetic particle interacting with Earth=12s magnetic field. =20 This cloud of energetic particles came from a major flare on November 2nd. A brief category G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm was observed on November 6th. Late in the week a category G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm was observed in association with high speed solar winds interacting with Earth=12s magnetic field. For a list of adverse system effects related to space weather storms, please refer to the NOAA Space Weather Scales. Outlook For November 12-18 Space weather for the next week is expected to reach extreme levels. A category G1 to G2 geomagnetic storm is expected to continue through most of the next week due to a large coronal hole that produces high speed solar wind. A category R1 to R2 radio blackout is possible particularly after November 13th when an active sunspot region rotate onto the visible side of the sun. =20 For current space weather conditions please refer to: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/ =20 http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/ Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, =20 USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Environment Services =20 and other observatories, universities, and institutions. For more =20 information, including email services, see SEC's Space Weather =20 Advisories Web site http://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127. The NOAA Public Affairs contact is Barbara McGehan at =20 Barbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 497-6288. ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C3A975.91496540 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Space Environment Center
Sent:= Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:56 PM
To: advisory-list-send@dawn.sec.noaa.gov
Subject: Space-Weather-Outlook
 = ;
Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Environment C= enter
Boulder, Colorado, USA

SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #03= - 45
2003 November 12 at 12:37 p.m. MST (2003 November 12 1937 UTC)
**** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK ****

Summary For November 3-11
= Space weather during the past week reached extreme levels.  Category= R5
(extreme) radio blackout occurred on November 4th at 12:50 p.m. MS= T
(1950 UTC).  The source of the R5 radio blackout was a major fl= are from
the large and dynamic sunspot region, known as NOAA Active Re= gion 486.
Category R1 (minor) radio blackouts was also observed on No= vember 5th.
A solar radiation storm was in progress for most of the p= ast week.  A
category S3 (strong) storm was in effect at the begi= nning of the
summary period, November 3rd.  By November 4th and 5= th the storm levels
decreased to a category S2 (moderate).  The s= olar radiation storm
further decreased to the S1 (minor) level on Nove= mber 6th and 7th and
ended around 5:30 a.m. MST (1230 UTC) on November= 7th.   Three brief
geomagnetic storms were observed during = the past week.  On November
4th, a brief category G3 (strong) geo= magnetic storm occurred due to
clouds of energetic particle interactin= g with Earth=12s magnetic field.
This cloud of energetic particles ca= me from a major flare on November
2nd.  A brief category G1 (mino= r) geomagnetic storm was observed on
November 6th.  Late in the w= eek a category G2 (moderate) geomagnetic
storm was observed in associa= tion with high speed solar winds
interacting with Earth=12s magnetic f= ield.  For a list of adverse system
effects related to space weat= her storms, please refer to the NOAA Space
Weather Scales.

Outl= ook For November 12-18
Space weather for the next week is expected to = reach extreme levels.  A
category G1 to G2 geomagnetic storm is e= xpected to continue through
most of the next week due to a large coron= al hole that produces high
speed solar wind.  A category R1 to R2= radio blackout is possible
particularly after November 13th when an a= ctive sunspot region rotate
onto the visible side of the sun. 
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http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/

Data used t= o provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA,
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and other ob= servatories, universities, and institutions. For more
information, in= cluding email services, see SEC's Space Weather
Advisories Web site h= ttp://sec.noaa.gov/advisories or (303) 497-5127.
The NOAA Public Affai= rs contact is Barbara McGehan at
Barbara.McGehan@noaa.gov or (303) 49= 7-6288.
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------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A978.00719800-- From owner-public@setileague.org Thu Nov 13 06:18:04 2003 Received: from seti1.setileague.org ([204.176.91.10]) by Sentry.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id hADEI21J023828; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:18:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from majordom@localhost) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) id JAA04711 for public-list; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:09:49 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: seti1.setileague.org: majordom set sender to owner-public@seti1.setileague.org using -f Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav97.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.127]) by seti1.setileague.org (8.9.3 (PHNE_24419+JAGae58098)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA04707; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:09:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:09:16 -0800 Received: from 65.149.176.5 by bay4-dav97.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:09:15 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.149.176.5] X-Originating-Email: [ljk4@msn.com] From: "LARRY KLAES" To: "setipublic" Cc: "BioAstro" Subject: SETI public: Mass Extinctions - Good for some, bad for others Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 09:09:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MSN Explorer 7.02.0011.2700 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A9C5.C919D270" Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Nov 2003 14:09:16.0055 (UTC) FILETIME=[B8E13270:01C3A9EF] Sender: owner-public@setileague.org Precedence: bulk ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A9C5.C919D270 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable EARLY EARTH - Mass Extinctions May Promote Longevity Of New Species http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-03zzq.html Cincinnati - Nov 10, 2003 - With the economy, we talk about cycles of boo= m and bust. Make that "bust and boom" when it comes to the geological rec= ord in the post-Paleozoic world, University of Cincinnati geologist Arnol= d Miller suggests, after his analysis of marine fossil genera and what ha= ppens after mass extinction events. -------------- CLIMATE CHANGE - Ice Cores May Yield Clues To 5,000-Year-Old Mystery http://www.spacedaily.com/news/icecores-03b.html Columbus - Nov 10, 2003 - The latest expeditions to ice caps in the high,= tropical Peruvian Andes Mountains by Ohio State University scientists ma= y shed light on a mysterious global climate change they believe occurred = more than 5,000 years ago. ------=_NextPart_001_0005_01C3A9C5.C919D270 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
EARLY EARTH
- Mass Extinctions May Promote Longevity Of New Species
<= BR>http://www.spacedaily.com/news/life-03zzq.html

Cincinnati - Nov= 10, 2003 - With the economy, we talk about cycles of boom and bust. Make= that "bust and boom" when it comes to the geological record in the post-= Paleozoic world, University of Cincinnati geologist Arnold Miller suggest= s, after his analysis of marine fossil genera and what happens after mass= extinction events.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

- Ice = Cores May Yield Clues To 5,000-Year-Old Mystery
http://www.spacedaily.= com/news/icecores-03b.html

Columbus - Nov 10, 2003 - The latest ex= peditions to ice caps in the high, tropical Peruvian Andes Mountains by O= hio State University scientists may shed light on a mysterious global cli= mate change they believe occurred more than 5,000 years ago.


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Explanation: Does Mars have c= anals? A hot d= ebate topic of the late 1800s, several prominent astronomers includin= g Percival Low= ell not only claimed to see an extensive system of long straight canals on = Mars, but used them to indicate that intelligent life exists there. The r= elatively close opposition of 1894 was used to make drawings like = the one digitally re-scaled on the above left. The above map was original= ly prepared by Eugene Antoniadi and redrawn by Lowell Hess for the book= Exploring Mars, by Roy A. Gallant. In more modern times, the latest Mars opposition has allowed the Hubble Space Telescope to capture a picture of similar orientation. Com= parison of the two images shows that large features were impressively rec= orded, but that an extensive system of long and straight canals just does not exis= t. Satellites orbiting Mars hav= e now shown conclusively that the red planet does indeed have surface features similar to can= als, but that these are usually smaller, curved, and less extensive than that previ= ously claimed. Real canyon systems like Noctis Labyrinthus are mo= st likely cracks caused by surface stress.

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Web posted Sunday, November 9, 2003
Reaching beyond the stars

Hal Spence

Per= using the Internet with my 11-year-old daughter the other day, we came ac= ross a recent article about NASA's Voyager Project and how Voyager 1 is n= earing the limits of the solar system.

Aimed at the constellation Oph= iuchus, this half ton of now ancient 20th Century technological magic car= ries messages from humankind. Kate was fascinated. So was I. Again.

A= ccording to Web sites dedicated to the project, Voyager 1, launched in 19= 77, is now roughly 8.4 billion miles from Earth and approaching the helio= pause =E2=80=B9 by some definitions, the edge of the solar system. Human-= kind's most distant creation, Voyager 1 is leaving the planetary plane =E2= =80=B9 the ecliptic =E2=80=B9 to the "north" on a vector about parallel t= o the motion of the sun in relation to nearby stars.

Also launched in= 1977 but headed south of the ecliptic toward the constellations of Sagit= tarius and Pavo, is Voyager 2 =E2=80=B9 a twin of Voyager 1, also carryin= g messages from Earth.

Those messages are recorded on gold-plated cop= per discs and include more than 100 images of Earth: a picture of a woman= nursing a baby; a page from "Principia Mathematica" by Isaac Newton; and= a picture of the radio telescope at Arecibo, to name a few.

Also rec= orded on the discs are greetings from Earth spoken in 55 different langua= ges, including tongues no one speaks anymore save linguists. Recordings a= re available on the Internet. Kate and I listened intently.

Among the= languages is Akkadian, which was spoken in Mesopotamia about 5,000 years= ago. Sounding roughly like "Ad-on-ish-lu-shu-moo," it translates into mo= dern English as "May all be very well."

The English contribution, by = the way, is a child saying, "Hello, from the children of planet Earth." =

Among the more inviting is one in Amoy, a Chinese dialect. It translat= es as, "Friends of space, how are you all? Have you eaten yet? Come visit= us if you have time."

Sound a bid disconcerting? What if "They" are = really hungry?

No worries. Unless space-faring life forms already are= in our neighborhood, Voyager 1 isn't expected anywhere near the vicinity= of a star before 40,272 A.D., and even then its closest approach to AC+7= 9 3888 (the star's name) in the Little Dipper will be 1.7 light years =E2= =80=B9 or about 5.6 trillion miles. Line up the equivalent number of inch= worms end to end and the little critters would stretch from here to the s= un. Try stacking up that number of pennies and you'd have, well, one inco= nvenient mound of copper.

Voyager 2, meanwhile, will be approaching R= oss 248 in the constellation Andromeda, but alas, also passing no closer = than 1.7 light years.

Unless our extraterrestrial friends are virtual= ly omnipresent, the chances are slim indeed that they would stumble acros= s the tiny bits of space debris.

By that time, presuming we don't ann= ihilate each other, we will have long since found ways to travel to the s= tars far more quickly than the Voyagers are traveling. I wonder if some f= uture generation will consider those spacecraft of such historical value = that they mount expeditions to retrieve them. Shouldn't take more than an= afternoon at Warp 9.

The discs also contain more than two dozen exam= ples of Earth music, from Ludvig von Beethoven to Chuck Berry, as well as= assorted sounds of the planet, everything from volcanoes to traffic jams= . The discs include various images, including two telling readers how to = play the records. A needle and cartridge =E2=80=B9 talk about obsolete te= chnology =E2=80=B9 are included.

The Voyager messages are upscale ver= sions of the messages mounted on Pioneer 10 and 11 launched in the early = 1970s, which included sketches of a man and a woman next to the spacecraf= t to show our scale. Those two crafts also will leave the solar system, P= ioneer 10 headed to Taurus (the Bull), a 2 million-year journey, and Pion= eer 11 headed toward Aquila (the Eagle), arriving in about 4 million year= s.

All four machines carry maps to Earth in binary code.

The Voya= gers and the Pioneers have sent back a wealth of information about the ne= arby planets, including 22 new satellites, and about the solar system's e= nvironment, its magnetosphere and the solar wind.

On Feb. 14, 1990, a= fter it had journeyed beyond Pluto, Voyager 1 was directed to turn its ca= mera toward the sun and take photographs of the solar system. Those pictu= res can be found at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ by entering PIA0045= 1 in the query box. Earth is a fuzzy dot. For that matter, so is the sun.=

The word lonely comes to mind. Voyager 1 is heading into the vast em= ptiness of interstellar space, many of its powered internal systems selec= tively shut down as time passed to conserve what limited energy remains. = Thirteen years ago, it turned to wave goodbye, sending a last picture of = home from the distant beyond, then rolled its eye forward again toward th= e stars, outbound at a lazy 38,000 mph.

Here on Earth, life goes on. = Those solar system-exiting spaceships are the modern expressions of why h= umans erect monuments and seek far horizons =E2=80=B9 to find out what's = out there and leave something of ourselves behind for future generations = =E2=80=B9 even if, in this case, they might not be human.

In this, we= have succeeded like never before. The spacecraft are likely to far outla= st anything made by humans still weathering in Earth's corrosive atmosphe= re. The pyramids themselves may be dust before Voyager 1 slips silently p= ast AC+79 3888.

Perhaps it was no more than anthropomorphic vanity th= at led scientists, including the famed Carl Sagan, to create or record th= e messages that accompany the extra-solar travelers. Certainly the scienc= e was worth the trouble of their launches. But it was a one giant "what i= f" that encouraged adding salutations to whomever or whatever might find = one =E2=80=B9 along with star maps back to our hearths.

Interested in= the continuing the Voyager Project? You can visit at http://nssdc.gsfc.n= asa.gov/planetary/voyager.html.

Hal Spence is a reporter for the P= eninsula Clarion