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SUBJECT: RESTORATION OF NASA'S SETI PROJECT FILE: UFO3213
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Date: 7 Nov 1993 13:42:43 -0500
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Organization: The Ohio State University
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Lines: 73
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Sender: daemon@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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Message-ID: <CMM.0.90.4.752697693.skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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NNTP-Posting-Host: charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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PUBLIC APPEAL BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE
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FOR RESTORATION OF NASA's HRMS SETI PROJECT
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The following (modified) message was faxed to me today by Arthur C.
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Clarke from his home in Sri Lanka. This is in response to our recent
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communications concerning the launch of an international public appeal
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to provide private funding for NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey
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(HRMS) SETI Project. Arthur has given permission that his message to
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The British Interplanetary Society be reproduced and distributed as
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widely as possible for the benefit of the SETI program:
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2 November, 1993
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The Executive Secretary
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The British Interplanetary Society
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London
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I am deeply distressed to hear that the work of the NASA SETI group
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is no longer to be funded by the United States Government.
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One of the most important of all philosophical questions is whether
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there are other intelligent lifeforms in the universe, whom we may
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one day contact.
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The SETI Institute in California is attempting to raise private
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funds to carry on the targeted search that NASA must now abandon.
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This endeavor is far too important to be allowed to drop, but as it
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is for the benefit of every country in the world, we should all support
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the SETI Institute's noble cause in any way we can. The SETI Institute
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can be reached at 2035 Landings Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043. Phone
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415-961-6633, Fax: 415-961-7099.
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I would therefore suggest that the British Interplanetary Society
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should lead the support from the U.K., and am arranging for a cheque
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for #5,000 (Pounds Sterling) to be forwarded to you for this purpose.
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Yours faithfully,
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Arthur C. Clarke, C.B.E.
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Chancellor: International Space University
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Chairman: Friends of SERENDIP
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November 7, 1993
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File: CLARKE2.TXT
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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* Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley *
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* Director, The Columbus Optical SETI Observatory *
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* ETI Photonics *
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* 545 Northview Drive *
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* Columbus, Ohio 43209-1051 *
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* United States *
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* Tel: (614) 258-7402 *
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* Fax: (614) 258-7459 *
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* Optical SETI Bulletin Board System (BBS), *
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* Modem: (614) 258-1710, *
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* 300-14400 Baud, V.32 bis, 8N1. *
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* Internet: skingsle@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu *
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* CompuServe: 72376,3545 *
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* -------->>> THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo <<<------- *
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