SPACE/EXOCIVS: SIRTF

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 11:41:51 MDT

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    Well, NASA seems to have finally scheduled the launch
    of SIRTF for August 23.

    Last of Great Observatories Set For Launch
    http://www.spacedaily.com/news/telescopes-03w.html

    Now this will be something to watch. It is one of the
    few telescopes we will have over the next few years
    that has the capability of discovering advanced ET
    civilizations (in the form of Jupiter Brains, Dyson spheres,
    MBrains, small probes in our solar system, etc.).

    Though it is not designed as a survey telescope as
    the failed WIRE [1] mission was, there is still a chance
    that it might detect something "unusual" in the
    process of its normal observations.

    If something "unusual" happens to the SIRTF mission
    then it may be rational to move into an "X-files"
    conspiracy mode (i.e. the "aliens" are acting in ways
    to prevent us from discovering them). If it functions
    as designed then we should still learn alot about the Universe.

    Robert

    1. WIRE (Wide-Field InfraRed Explorer):
    http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/wire/



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