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I was born in Taiwan, and I have been studying overseas since 1995. I am a 23-year-old postgraduate student at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. I am currently doing a Master of Engineering Science in Aerospace Engineering.
Actually, I don't have any background in engineering. I completed a Bachelor of Science degree with a Biochemistry major in year 1999 (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand). Then the next year I was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Physics. Just as I had to choose between finding a job or keep on studying Physics, a thought suddenly came through my mind: why not try out Aerospace Engineering? So I lodged my application to the University of New South Wales, and I knew it would be hard for me to get accepted since I had no engineering background. Surprizingly I was accepted! I knew it is going to be tough for me to keep up with the rest of the class if I go ahead and study aerospace, but I still decided to give it a try - to pursue my dream.
Space exploration and colonization have always been my interests. Ever since I was a child, I dreamed about that one day I could be travelling on the USS-Enterprise together with the famous Captain Kirk: explore the space, meet various species, discover more about science, and make a better future for mankind. Although it is just a science fiction, it stimulated my curiosity in the unknowns of space, and it helped me to make up my mind to step forward and join the ultimate fronteer - space exploration.
I was not born in USA, and it is well known that one must be an US citizen in order to join NASA. Of course I would not give up my dream so easily because of this reason. SETI@home gives me an excellent oppertunity to participate in the first-line of space exploration and it also encourages me to persue my dream. I think everyone who is interested in space exploration should try. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Do you think extraterrestrail life exists? Actually I don't think anyone will be using SETI@home if he/she does not believe the existance of extraterrestrail life. My answer to this question is sure YES, I do believe they exist.
The universe is just too big to say that only earth inhabits life. There are as many planets out there as the amount of sands in a beach. Many among them are capable of inhabiting life. It is quite a waste if we are the only intelligence lifeform in the whole universe.
Besides, there has been many sightings of UFOs since ancient times. Many people know that Chinese have a very complete history records since a long time ago (earliest record about 3000 B.C.). But what people don't know is that if you can gather all the "unusual events" from those records then what you will get is a book thicker than an Oxford dictionery!! Many of those reocords mentioned about "a few unusual sun" rising from the horizon, which have "ears on it's sides", changes colour and after a while they just suddenly disappeared!!
People in ancient time didn't know what that is, but from today's point of view I can say there is a very high chance that those "unusual suns" were UFO's! "A sun with ears on it's sides" coincides with some UFO sightings taday, and colour changing is also observed. There are just far too many events in this world that science cannot explain. It is not because these unusual events are "not right" or "abnormal," it is because we have not knowledge to understand and explain them.
SETI and SETI@home is a very good first step to take in order to expand our knowledge beyond the boundary. It is also a revolutionary idea to gather power from general public. SETI gives ordinary civilians like me a chance to participate in an outstanding space program. I am really glad to be involved. |
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