Profile: James W Garasich

Personal background
I was born in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, where I now live. Although an engineer by profession, my true love is astronomy which was realized in my mid-teens. My interests also include ccd imaging, astrophotography, and variable star observing in addition to extra-solar planets and 'ET'.

In fact, while attending the University of Pittsburgh in the early eighties, I was most fortunate to be given the exciting opportunity to be an active part of the extra-solar planet searches conducted at the Allegheny Observatory here in Pittsburgh. Steering that 30 inch Thaw refracting telescope, while the astronomers recorded the digital data from the Multi-channel-Astrometric-Photometer, was, without question, one of the most exciting things I've ever done. Some of that data, I've read, is still unprocessed! So who knows what exciting discoveries lie waiting to be revealed! Very exciting!!
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
1. Yes, absolutely.

2. Yes. It should provide basic, relatable information plus, of course, hello, we come in peace! We cannot hide really. Not with our multitude of radio and TV and radar signals spilling out into the void for the past 60 years!

3. Fascination with the program and the hope of discovering a signal. The project is necessary to help answer the question of "Are we Alone"? Personally, I feel it may be safer (and at least perceived as safer), and easier for the population to accept, if detection of an alien species is done a by long distance call!

SUGGESTIONS: Incorporate those cool software add-ons into the software we run on our home computers. it would be much nicer (and cooler) to have them as the pull-down menus, in addition to File and Setting.

Thank you.
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