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SUBJECT: NASA + SETI = ?????? FILE: UFO1551
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BBS: Fortean Research Center
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Date: 10-05-92 (00:02) Number: 51
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From: MICHAEL CORBIN Refer#: NONE
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To: ALL Recvd: NO
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Subj: SETI and October 12th Conf: (22) PARANET UF
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As many of you know, October 12th will mark the beginning of the Search
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for
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence by NASA. I am following this message with
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some
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information that pertains to this endeavor and what NASA plans to do if
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discover
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is made that there are intelligently-coded signals coming to Earth. One of
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our NASA insiders has told us that NASA may use this opportunity to introduce
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a confirmation that there is indeed intelligent life out there which may
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be
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able to get the government off the hook with the saucer business without
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getting
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into too much hot water with the public over the secrecy and knowledge that
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someone may have been coming here for years. Whatever the outcome, it is
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interesting to note what procedures will be used to bring it out.
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Finally, we have received information that Budd Hopkins, Stan Friedman,
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Linda
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Howe and John Scheussler attended a UN meeting last Friday. At this time,
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we do now know what the deal is, but we will have some answers tomorrow.
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Mike
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--- FD 1.99c
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* Origin: ParaNet -- Leading UFO Research Network (1:104/428.0)
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* Tossed by SFToss v1.02 on 92/10/06 03:49:33
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BBS: Fortean Research Center
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Date: 10-05-92 (00:02) Number: 52
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From: MICHAEL CORBIN Refer#: NONE
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To: ALL Recvd: NO
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Subj: Nasa To Begin Search For Conf: (22) PARANET UF
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* Forwarded from "Alt.Alien.Visitors"
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* Originally from Anna Anderson
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* Originally dated 10-04-92 12:08
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From: anna@moxie.hou.tx.us (Anna Anderson)
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Date: 4 Oct 92 13:29:53 GMT
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Organization: University of Houston
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Message-ID: <1992Oct4.132953.22159@moxie.hou.tx.us>
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Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
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> From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
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> Subject: HRMS Press Kit
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> Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro
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> Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 00:57:16 GMT
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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HIGH RESOLUTION MICROWAVE SURVEY (HRMS)
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PRESS KIT
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OCTOBER 1992
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTACTS
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NASA HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Office of Space Science and Applications
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Michael Braukus
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(Phone: 202/358-1547)
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Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.
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Michael Mewhinney
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(Phone: 415/604-9000)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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Mary Hardin
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(Phone: 818/354-5011)
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CONTENTS
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General
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Release 1
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Media Services Information 3
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Quick-Look Facts. 4
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Project History 5
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Project Objectives 6
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Targeted Search 7
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Sky Survey 9
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Signal Detection Plans 10
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Project Management. 11
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RELEASE: 92-161
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NASA TO BEGIN SEARCH FOR INHABITED PLANETS
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On Oct. 12, NASA will begin the most comprehensive search
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ever conducted for evidence of intelligent life elsewhere in the
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universe.
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The search will use telescopes and antennas to detect radio
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transmissions from other planetary systems. The search will
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commence 500 years after Columbus landed in North America.
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"In the first few minutes, more searching will be
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accomplished than in all previous searches combined," according
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to Dr. John Billingham of NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain
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View, Calif.
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"Over the past few decades, " Billingham added, "scientific
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opinion has increasingly supported the theory that complex life
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may have evolved on planets orbiting other stars in the galaxy
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and the universe. In some cases, further evolution may have led to
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the emergence of intelligence, culture and technology."
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Billingham, the program chief at Ames, said the High
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Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS) consists of two parts -- a
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Targeted Search and a Sky Survey.
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The Targeted Search will use the largest available radio
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telescopes around the world to search the frequency range from
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1,000 to 3,000 megahertz, seeking a variety of patterns that may
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indicate the presence of an artificially generated signal. A
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megahertz is a unit of frequency equal to one million cycles per
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second.
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The Targeted Search will perform the most sensitive search
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ever conducted of solar-type stars less than 100 light-years
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distant. The Targeted Search begins from the world's largest
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radio telescope at the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center's
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Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. It is operated for the
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National Science Foundation by Cornell University.
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The Sky Survey will use the 34-meter antennas at NASA's Deep
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Space Network sites in the northern and southern hemispheres to
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scan the entire sky over the frequency range from 1,000 to 10,000
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megahertz. The Sky Survey begins at the Goldstone, Calif., site.
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Continued next message...
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* Tossed by SFToss v1.02 on 92/10/06 03:49:33
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BBS: Fortean Research Center
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Date: 10-05-92 (00:02) Number: 53
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From: MICHAEL CORBIN Refer#: NONE
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To: ALL Recvd: NO
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Subj: Nasa To Begin Search For Conf: (22) PARANET UF
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... Continued from previous message
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"Because of the large increase in the area of sky and
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frequencies covered, a signal will have to be stronger to be
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detected by the Sky Survey," Billingham said. "But it could
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detect signals emitted in distant regions from directions that
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would be overlooked if the search were limited to nearby solar-
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type stars," he added.
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Both elements of the HRMS are using specially developed
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digital signal processing systems capable of simultaneously
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analyzing tens of millions of radio frequency channels.
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The HRMS is managed by NASA's Ames Research Center, which
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also is responsible for the Targeted Search project. The Jet
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Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is responsible for the
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Sky Survey.
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The HRMS is part of NASA's Toward Other Planetary Systems
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program in the Solar System Exploration Division, Office of Space
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Science and Applications at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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MEDIA SERVICES INFORMATION
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NASA Select Television Transmissint on Oct. 12, 1992. Video footage of
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the HRMS deployment will be taken for documentary and archival purposes.
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Media Coverage
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Those interested in attending the initial deployment at
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Arecibo on Oct. 12, contact Michael Mewhinney at NASA Ames
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Research Center by calling 415/604-9000. Those wishing to attend
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the initial deployment at Goldstone, Calif., contact Mary Hardin
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at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory by calling 818/354-5011.
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Because of limited parking, use of private vehicles at both sites will be
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restricted. Buses will be available at both locations to
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transport reporters. Reportt the press desks
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at either the Holiday Inn, Barstow, Calif., or the Hyatt Dorado
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Beach Hotel, Dorado, Puerto Rico, for transportation and
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admissionhis telescope is operated for the National
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Science Foundation by Cornell University. The new 34-meter (112-
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foot diameter) antenna at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space
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Communications Complex near Barstow, Calif., will be used for the
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Sky Survey.
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Time of Deployment: Targeted Search at 3 p.m. EDT, Arecibo,
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Puerto Rico; Sky Survey at noon PDT, Goldstone, Calif.
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Project Duration: Expected to last until about 2001.
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PROJECT HISTORY
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The Earth is the only location known to harbor life. But as
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knowledge of the nature of lhere may, in the long run, be one of
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science's most important and most profound contributions to
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mankind and to our civilization." Also in 1972, NASA published
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its first report describing how NASA-developed technology could
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make such a search possible.
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In the years between 1972 and 1988, NASA maintained a low-
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level research and development activity that resulted in the
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initiation of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Microwave Observing Project (MOP) in FY 1989.
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In 1992, NASA established the High Resolution Microwave
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Survey (HRMS) as part of the Toward Other Planetary Systems
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(TOPS) program within NASA's Solar System Exploration Division.
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The Sky Survey (scanning the entire sky for strong signals
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coming from any direction) will begin observations at noon PDT
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using a 34-meter antenna at NASA's Goldstone Deep Space
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Communications Complex near Barstow, Calif.
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES
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The detection and characterization of planetary systems
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around other stars is the goal of NASA's Toward Other Planetary
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Systems (TOPS) program. Earth's solar system is still the only
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known example of a planetary system, and Earth is the only known
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planet that sustains life. Recent astrophysical observations
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suggest the existence of other planetary systems around distant
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stars. The existence of these systems could support the
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hypothesis that lifts TOPS program to include a new
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project called the High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS). The
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project will observe the microwave region of the electromagnetic
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spectrum in a manner that can detect signals produced by a
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distant technology.
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Potentially, there are billions of solar systems in the
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Milky Way galaxy at tremendous distances from Ear provide for an expanded
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comparative study of the universe.
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Continued next message...
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* Tossed by SFToss v1.02 on 92/10/06 03:49:33
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BBS: Fortean Research Center
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Date: 10-05-92 (00:02) Number: 54
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From: MICHAEL CORBIN Refer#: NONE
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To: ALL Recvd: NO
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Subj: Nasa To Begin Search For Conf: (22) PARANET UF
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... Continued from previous message
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TARGETED SEARCH
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Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center will conduct the
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Targeted Search portion of the HRMS.
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The Targeted Search will examine 1,000 nearby solar-type
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stars within 100 light years distance from Earth (one light year
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is approximately 5.9 trillion miles). The objective is to test
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the hypothesis that extraterrestrial technologies are
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transmitting radio signals whose characteristics are greatly different
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from natural sources of radio emissile sensitivity, the largest
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available radio telescopes will be used to conduct the Targeted
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Search. The number of targets covered will be much larger than
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previous searches, and the range of frequencies covered will be
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thousands of times greater than all previous searches combined.
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To accomplish this, specialized digital signal processing
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equipment has been constructed to listen for microwave radio
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transmissions reaching the Earth from distant planetary systems.
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The specialized digital signal processing equipment will
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simultaneously study the radio spectrum over tens of millions of
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individual frequency channels, at spectral resolutions ranging
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from 1, 2, 4, 7, 14 and 28 helses, a likely form of interstellar
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transmission. An automatic data analysis subsystem will be used
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to detect the presence of fixed frequency or drifting continuous
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wave (CW) signals or sequences of regularly spaced pulses.
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The Targeted Search will use the National Science
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Foundation's National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center's 305-meter
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(1,000-ft) diameter radio telescope located at the Arecibo
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Observatory near Arecibo, Puerto Rico, for the initial deployment
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of the HRMS on Oct. 12, 1992. Theng very large observations of each
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target at each frequency. It will serve as the logistical hub of
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the HRMS Targeted Search. Over the next 3 years, three more such
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systems will be built and packaged into two mobile research
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facility trailers for air transport to the observation sites.
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SKY SURVEY
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The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will
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conduct the Sky Survey portion of NASA's HRMS to search for radio
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signals from other planetary systems. The Sky Survey will scan
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all directions of the sky to cover a wide range of frequencies
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from 1,000 to 10,000 megahertz.
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NASA's HRMS will conduct a comprehensive, systematic search
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of a portion of the microwave radio spectrum to detect evidence
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of radio transmissions from other planetary systems. An
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intentionally transmitted signal is easiest to detect in a
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frequency band where the background radio noise or static is
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minimal. One of the quietest frequency bands is the "microwave
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window," which lies between 1,000 and 10,000 megahertz. Since
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thstic of microwave ally mapping small areas of the sky, called sky
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frames. As the observations are completed, over the entire sky.
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For each of 31 frequency bands, the sky is divided into sevplex of
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NASA's Deep Space Network in California's Mojave Desert. Toward
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the latter part of the survey, the search will move to a
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The prototype receiver, spectrum analyzer and signal processor
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will break up incomiwith 40 megahertz total bandwidth or a
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dual polarization mode with 20 megahertz total bandwidth.
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Specially designed digital hardware, operating at supercomputer
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speeds, will simultaneously process the 2 million channels to
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identify and separate intersterch organizations.
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After the discovery has been verified, national and
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international authorities are to be informed. News of the
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confirmed discovery then will be disseminated promptly, openly
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and widely through scientific channels and the news media. All data
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necessary for the confirmation of the detection will be made
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available to the international scientific community through
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publications, meetings, conferences and other appropriate means.
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No response to any confirmed signal will be sent from Earth
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until appropriate international consultations have occurred.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
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Dr. Wesley Huntress Director, Solar System Exploration Division
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Dr. Nicholas Renzetti Manager, Telecommunications and Data Acquisition
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Science Complex
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Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex
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Dr. Michael J. Klein JPL SETI Project Manager and HRMS Sky Survey Manager
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Dr. Samuel Gulkis HRMS Deputy Project Scientist
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J. Richard Kolden HRMS Sky Survey Implementation Manager
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Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
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Dr. Daniel Altschuler Director
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