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Kathleen Burton=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 March=
 3, 2003
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-1731 or 650/604-9000
E-mail: kburton@mail.arc.nasa.gov

RELEASE: 03-14AR
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: Members of the news media and=20
public are invited to attend the fourth talk in this year's 2002-2003=20
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, to be held on Wednesday,=20
March 5, at 7 p.m. PST at Foothill College's Smithwick Theater, Los=20
Altos Hills, Calif. More information is available by calling the=20
series hotline at 650/949-7888.

SETI ASTRONOMER TO EXPLAIN HOW TO ANSWER A CALL FROM SPACE

"What Happens After Contact: Responding to a Message From Space" will=20
be the topic of a free, non-technical talk at 7 p.m. PST on=20
Wednesday, March 5, at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif.=20
The public is invited.

Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain=20
View, Calif., will discuss what plans scientists have if they detect=20
a radio message from an alien civilization. He will examine how such=20
messages will be verified to avoid hoaxes, how the news might be=20
announced to the public and how humanity might reply.

"NASA Ames is pleased to co-sponsor the popular Silicon Valley=20
Astronomy Lecture Series, which exemplifies excellence in science=20
outreach," said NASA Ames Research Center Director G. Scott Hubbard.

Shostak is renowned for his ability to explain astronomical ideas and=20
their implications for
society in everyday language and is the author of 'Sharing the=20
Universe: Perspectives on Extra-
terrestrial Life.'

This is the fourth year of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture=20
Series, which is co-sponsored by NASA Ames, Foothill College's=20
Division of Physical Science, Mathematics and Engineering, the=20
Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the SETI Institute.

The lecture series is held at Foothill College's Smithwick Theater in=20
Los Altos Hills. From Interstate 280, exit at El Monte Road and=20
travel west to the campus. Visitors must purchase a one-day=20
campus-parking permit for $2. Seating is on a first-come,=20
first-served basis. Youths over the age of 13 are welcome. More=20
information is available by calling the series hotline at=20
650/949-7888.
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Kathleen M. Burton
Public Affairs Officer, Astrobiology & Space Science
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
phone 650 604-1731
fax 650 604-3990
email Kathleen.M.Burton@nasa.gov