Bruno,

"SETI ITALIA Bruno IK2WQA" wrote in message
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Fellow SETI enthusiasts: We are missing the boat on
President Bush's new "Moon, Mars and Beyond" program!
This editorial is nothing less than a call to arms, metaphorically
speaking.

Instead of using the Moon as just a "stepping stone to Mars",
as the US President's proposal has outlined, a lunar farside SETI facility
(radio astronomy dishes linked like the Allen-array network,
and an optical cluster there as well for the Laser SETI Searchers)
offers as its reward the possible detection of a Galactic Internet,
not merely the frozen/fossilized microbes likely to be found on Mars.


Moon Yes, Mars No!
by Ron Sirull
http://www.setileague.org/editor/moonyes.htm


Clear skies from NW Italy! ;-)

Bruno Moretti
Cicognola Astronomical Observatory & IK2WQA Ham Radio Station
45°43'28"N 8°36'35"E QTH Locator: JN45HR
http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/ap...y.php?teamid=8
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/s...team_7422.html

I don't know about that! SETI seems to be too far out on the fringe of
"science". People, in general, everywhere, are "attracted" to the
possibility of other life "out there", but yet they joke about it too!
Invariably when I tell someone I have 7 computers running seti@home 24/7
they get this friendly smile on their face and say: "found any little green
men yet" :-)
It is a noble quest, but it is on the fringe and not likely to get serious
support from the public in general ... what is inspiring is the dedicated
few that keep the search going with almost no funding ....