[AANC Contacts] Public Lectures on the Search for Extra-terrestrials Sunday Sep. 13, 1 - 5 pm, in Millbrae

[Andrew Fraknoi]

Dear AANC Club Leaders:

	Here is more information about the
Sunday afternoon program the day after the
AANC 2009 meeting.  Anyone attending
the AANC meeting on Saturday can get a
free ticket for this Sunday series.  Others
can purchase tickets starting Saturday morning,
Sept. 12.

Hope to see many of you in Millbrae,
The ASP Meeting Staff

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As part of its 121st Annual Meeting, the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
(in cooperation with the SETI Institute)
presents:

An Afternoon of Talks about the Search for ET:
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Frank Drake: Reflections on the Drake Equation
Seth Shostak: The Real ET
Margaret Race: Discovering ET: What's Next?
Douglas Caldwell: Finding a Home for ET: The Kepler
	Mission

Sunday, Sept. 13, 1 - 5 pm
Sequoia Ballroom
Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel
1 Bayshore Highway, Millbrae.

Tickets are free to members of the two sponsoring
organizations and $10 per person for the public.

Seating is limited. Tickets will be available on a
first-come, first-served basis, starting Saturday, 9/12
at 8 am at the ASP registration table at the Westin
Hotel lobby.  Maximum of 4 tickets per person. (Note
there is no other way to get tickets than to come to
Millbrae, whether you need free or paid tickets.
We urge you to get tickets as early in the weekend
as possible, but there may be some tickets left at
the time the lectures begin.)

These four non-technical illustrated lectures by leading
scientists involved with the search for intelligent life
among the stars are designed to bring the public up to
date on the latest ideas and experiments searching
for planets and life out there.  Dr. Frank Drake, who began
the search for radio signals from alien civilizations in
1960, is the founder of the field and this is a rare public
opportunity to hear him reflect on the likelihood of
success.

The talks are part of the annual meeting of the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, an international
scientific and educational organization which was
founded in the Bay Area in 1889.  They also celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the founding of the SETI
Institute, the primary organization carrying out
scientific research on the possibility of life elsewhere.
See: www.astrosociety.org and www.seti.org for
more information.