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| Personal background |
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| Howdy y'all. I'm am a disabled U.S. Navy vet. Served from 99-03 as a Gas Turbine Systems Technician and participated in Operation Enduring Freedom (honorably discharged). Following my enlistment, I pursued my BS in Mechanical Engineering @ University of Louisville. After a year, I finally succumbed to my injuries sustained during my enlistment and had to await corrective surgery til I could resume my pursuit for a degree. However, I was advised to change majors to a field more befitting of someone with my disability by my Vocational Rehabilitation agent through the V.A. I then changed my major to Radiography @ Jefferson Community College (affiliated with University of Kentucky). After completion of my prerequisites, entry into the clinical portion of my degree process required an interview process to gain entry due to limited availability of slots to be filled verses the number of applicants. only 20% of applicants was accepted, and I was denied for 2 consecutive years. Although my grades are great, most of the interview was focused more on my past corrective surgeries than my academics. So now it's up to me to choose another major. either I can reenter Mechanical Engineering or I could... perhaps follow my interests and choose Physics, Astronomy, or even Satellite Communications. Until I choose, I avidly follow the science community through science programming and scientific, astronomical, and technological publications posted on facebook. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I first heard of SETI through the movie "Contact" and have since heard SETI being mentioned in several science programs. Since the first time I heard of SETI, I was captivated by the SETI project and I always wished I could contribute to the project. In early 2014, I watched a science program that covered the topic of the SETI project and they mentioned the availability of SETI@home to the public and how it works. After learning about it, I seen it as an opportunity for me to contribute. So, after getting my new computer with the updated capabilities of modern computer systems, I seized the opportunity. I guess it was my New Years resolution because I downloaded the app on 1-1-15.
Personally, I fully support the project. I understand that we would, most likely, be contacted by civilizations only within 60 light years from the Earth, most likely, as a response to our out-going signals being transmitted from the first radio signals broadcasted by us. If we detect signals being broadcasted by civilizations beyond that region, it will be detected by us, most likely, unbeknownst to them. I also understand that if we detect a signal from a civilization estimated to be 1,000 light years away, then those signals was broadcasted appx 1,000 years ago, which means the civilization is, most likely, appx. 1,000 years more technologically advanced than us. |
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