| Personal background |
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My wife and I grew up in Illinois, childhood sweethearts, married and went away
into the world to slay dragons. I eventually was assigned to the Bermuda Manned
Space Flight tracking Station for The Apollo series moon landings. I was a
telemretry and a computer systems engineer at various times. I was the lead
computer systems guy for BDA when we landed on the moon (Apollo 11.) It was the
high point of my life. I am currently a quality engineer for astronaut Crew Aids
and Tools (CATs) on the Hubble Space Telescope refurbishment missions. This is
at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Green Belt Maryland. I usually travel
to Kennedy in Florida for preps for the launches. I am 65 years of age,
married with two wonderful children. I always like to say, "I couldn't have gotten
two more great children if I could have ordered them directly from God!" My
wife Barbara (she who completes me) and I have been married for 46 years. We are
proud to be Americans and are greatful for this country. I used to like to sail
as a hobby but haven't gotten to do much of that in the last ten years. My wife
and I are both of primarily Irish genetic ties. Both of us come from extremely
poor circumstances. It just goes to show what a grand land we live in! We are
going for another trip to Ireland in October this year. Anyone wishing to
correspond with me may also use my home e-mail address erinelf3@earthlink.net
I enjoy supporting this SETI effort. Martin Hailey (a child of the Gael) |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I am convinced that life exists on other planets than ours. The data gathered
by Hubble Space Telescope has extended our appreciation of the number of planets
that do and could exist even beyond what we can see now. Therefore, the
possibilities are growing exponetially compared to what we thought existed a
mere 12 years ago. The rational probability of the existance of life other than
our own has gained tremendous ground. As scientists, the world must investgate
the unknown. There are probably inherent dangers of attracting a life form
who would be at worst antagonistic, or unfriendly or even ambivilous to our
existance. I don't believe we can NOT investigate the unknown. If humanity
had always played it safe, we would still be isolated enclave of being here on
our own planet. Part of this search for extraterestrial beings probably should
be a beacon of sorts. Something similar to the information sent on the golden
plate attached to Voyager (http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html)
but in radio form of some sort. I all of us with computers can assist by
helping in this distributed computer methodology of analysing the data gathered.
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