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I've lived in Southern California most of my 45 years, and my most recent occupation has been Storyboard Artist
for TV animation. I have been a sucker for things celestial
since I learned to read.
One of my earliest cosmic letdowns, though, was in 1969 discovering the mountains of the moon resembling more of
ashen mounds than the colorful and lofty crags depicted by Chesley Bonestell. Earlier, there was the Mariner 6 flyby revealing arrid lunar-like craters serving to dash any dream I had of a temperate Mars.
I once contemplated suicide, and with the muzzle of a .357 magnum resting on my tongue, I suddenly thought of
the tantalizing promise of the Mars Observer space probe, and what it may find a few months hence...
I mention these few instances because the discoveries I have had the good fortune to be a witness, the giddy terror of all things Cosmos; the times I have been inspired, amazed, thrilled--you name it--are too numerous to tell.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I am obsessed with this project and all it entails. I've been a member of the Planetary Society since 1983, when I went to the "Future World" convention in downtown Los Angeles and signed up on the spot. I've never done anything like that before.
The first thing I really used my computer for was Seti@home. I got on your mailing list to be notified as soon as the distributed computing project commenced. May 1999 rolls around--no email. Mid-May--still no word. I go to the Seti site--it's been going on for two weeks--damn!
I endured at least 30 painfully slow WU's (I didn't yet know about turning off the screensaver) before I felt qualified to join the Planetary Society team in July of '99. I didn't know I could have joined with zero WU's, but what the hell. I could go on, but you get the picture.
I think extraterrestrial life is likely to exist. Each year, each new discovery brings us closer to finding out for sure. If and when we find out, it will be the biggest thing since fire. We may at least discover fossils on Mars. If we encounter INTELLIGENT life, well, that would be breathtaking to the point of asphyxiation. We should,
I think, let any intelligent extraterrestrial life know we exist; but we should be truthful about who we are.
This project, Seti@home, is momentous and I am honored to be a part of it. Bring on 3.04!
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