The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum III

SPIE Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Optical SETI

Volume 4273

22-24 January, 2001

Chairmen/Editors:

Dr. Stuart A. Kingsley & Dr. Ragbir Bhathal

• Preface

• Message from Arthur C. Clarke

EXOBIOLOGY

• The Unity of Cosmic Life and the Inevitability of Evolved Life Forms [4273-01]

• Panspermia Asks New Questions [4273-02]

• Evidence for Biomarkers & Microfossils in Ancient Rocks and Meteorites [4273-35]

• NASA’s Origins Program [4273-03]

• Can Terrestrial Planets Exist in the Habitable Zones of Known Exoplanetary Systems? [4273-04]

• Imaging Nonsolar Planets by Nulling Interferometry [4273-13]

• Nulling Interferometry for Spectroscopic Investigation of Exoplanets – A Statistical Analysis of Imperfections  [4273-29]

• Dyson Shells: A Retrospective [4273-27]

• Life at the Limits of Physical Laws [4273-32]

OPTICAL SETI 1

•  Reflections on Forty Years of Optical SETI – Looking Forward and Looking Backward [4273-05]

• Optical SETI Observatories in the New Millennium: A Review [4273-06]

• SETI 2020: A Roadmap for Future SETI Observing Projects [4273-15]

• Berkeley Radio and Optical SETI Programs: SETI@Home, SERENDIP, and SEVENDIP [4273-07]

• The PhotonStar Project [4273-08]

• Targeted and All-Sky Search for Nanosecond Optical Pulses at Harvard-Smithsonian [4273-18]

OPTICAL SETI 2

•  Optical SETI Comes of Age [4273-19]

• Next-Generation Space Telescope (NGST) and Space-Based Optical SETI [4273-20]

• Optical SETI in Australia [4273-22]

• Is there “RFI” in Pulsed Optical SETI? [4273-23]

• Large Area Solar Power Heliostat Arrays for OSETI [4273-28]

• An Improved Optical SETI Detector [4273-30]

• 18 Years of Searching – Where is The Planetary Society Headed? [4273-34]

INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS

• Overview of Laser Communications Research at NASA/JPL [4273-25]

• Instrument Technologies for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Interstellar Robotic Probes [4273-26]

• Algorithmic Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ACETI) [4273-31]

• Philosophical Perspectives on the Problem of Extraterrestrial Signal Detection [4273-14]

• Widening the Range of Search Strategies [4273-16]

• Factors Affecting Calculation of L [4273-17]

• The L Factor: Hope and Fear in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence [4273-33]

• Formal and Non-Formal SETI Education Programs in Australia [4273-36]

• New OSETI Observatory to Search for Interstellar Probes  [4273-24]

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