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   PART 3                                  
                                     
                                  SETI 3   
      
           Philosopher Clive Goodall will rebut Frank Tipler's arguments, and   
       Noted philosopher Professor Neil Tennant will present his view of why   
       there could be major problems in actually decoding the message on an ETI   
       signal.  This may be the first time that philosophers have presented   
       papers at a "technical" meeting on SETI, particularly one organized by   
       SPIE.  Dr. Guillermo Lemarchand will describe both radio and optical   
       SETI activities in Argentina and give an account of the MANIA optical   
       SETI project devised by the late Professor Shvartsman of the former   
       Soviet Union.  Drs. John Rather and Monte Ross (conference co-chairman)   
       will give accounts of their approaches to interstellar laser communi-   
       cations, while this author will present a review paper and describe the   
       amateur approach to optical SETI.  There will be a discussion at the end   
       of the conference, moderated by Charles Townes, who earlier will talk   
       about his CO2 optical SETI laser work, and the CO2 OSETI observations   
       being conducted by Dr. Albert Betz on Mount Wilson.   
      
           Note that as with previous SETI publications, the latest book by   
       SETI pioneer Professor Frank Drake and Dava Sobel IS ANYONE OUT THERE?   
       hardly mentions the optical approach.  This conference intends to   
       redress that omission.  This "controversial" OSETI conference should be   
       a "fun" event but you do not need to be a laser communications engineer   
       or SETI scientist to attend - you only need a curiosity about "our"   
       place in the grand scheme of things.   
      
           With large telescopes, Optical SETI is the one branch of visible   
       astronomy, save for solar astronomy, that can be done during the day   
       under a clear blue sky!   
      
           Last October, we saw the celebration of the Quincentennial of   
       Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas and the official start   
       of NASA's Microwave Observing Project (MOP), recently renamed the High   
       Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS).  Numerous articles on SETI have   
       appeared in recent magazine publications, including the September 1992   
       issue of LIFE, the October issue of ASTRONOMY, and the November/December   
       issue of SMITHSONIAN AIR & SPACE.  See also recent issues of TIME and   
       NEWSWEEK.  The November issue of SKY & TELESCOPE has a long article   
       about microwave SETI and mentions the optical approach.  This is   
       probably the first published popular account of modern OSETI in the   
       printed media.  See the bibliography at the end of this article.   
      
           I have also begun the construction of what I believe to be the   
       world's first amateur optical SETI (AMOSETI) Observatory.  This will be   
       based around the Meade 10-inch LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, and i   
       one of the most advanced on the market today for use under computer and   
       CCD control.  In the last paper of the conference, I will be reporting   
       on the amateur approach to Optical SETI and any work done to date on my   
       observatory system.  In many respects, the approach adopted by the   
       author for AMOSETI is similar to that employed by Shvartsman and Beskin   
       in the MANIA project, i.e., looking for very short pulses rather than CW   
       beacon signals.   It is possible that AMOSETI will lead to a renaissance   
       in amateur astronomy, where light pollution - the bane of astronomers -   
       has no effect on ETI detection sensitivity!   
      
           At this time during the sharp decline in the industrial-military   
       complex, can there be a more ennobling way for defense conversion - to   
       turn laser swords into SETI or CETI plowshares and help discover that we   
       are not alone within the Milky Way galaxy?  Monte and I look forward to   
       seeing you at this conference at the rebirth of a new branch of science.   
      
             
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