Judging from the positive reaction of the House Subcommittee on Space and Astronautics during its hearings today on "Life in the Universe", it's just possible that the decision by a bipartisan pack of dunderheads to cut off government funding for SETI may be reversed some time in the fairly near future by another bipartisan coalition: www.salon.com/politics/wire/2001/07/12/alien/index.html The testimony included surprisingly detailed descriptions of the current SETI effort, and NASA's Solar System and extrasolar-planet programs, by Chris Chyba, Jack Farmer and Ed Weiler -- as well as an initial statement by Hayden Planetarium director Neil Tyson that might be called "Astrobiology for Dummies" (or Congressmen, if there's a difference) which included a witty if somewhat irrelevant discourse on the idiocy of Hollywood's concepts of aliens: www.nasawatch.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=5494 www.nasawatch.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=5495 www.nasawatch.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=5491 www.nasawatch.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=5492 == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
