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Research Methodologies On Contact With ETI
John Alexander, Ph.D., National Institute for Discovery Science

After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life
(Book Review)
John Alexander, Ph.D., National Institute for Discovery Science

Beyond The Satellites: Stimulating A New Wave of Commercial Space Development
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Bigelow Aerospace & Patton Boggs

Where Are The Dolphins?
Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart. Reprinted from: Nature,
Vol. 409, 22 February 2001, pp. 1119–1122
Interest in extraterrestrial life has tended to focus on a search
for extrasolar planets similar to the Earth.
But what of forms of intelligent life that are very
different from those found on Earth?

Solar System SETI Using Radio Telescope Arrays
Bruce Cornet & Scot Stride

Wormhole-Stargates: Tunneling Through The Cosmic Neighborhood
Slide Presentation
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Eric W. Davis, Ph.D., National Institute for Discovery Science

Interstellar Travel by Means of Wormhole Induction Propulsion (WHIP)
Slide Presentation
Eric W. Davis, Ph.D., National Institute for Discovery Science

Wormhole Induction Propulsion (WHIP)
Eric W. Davis, Ph.D., National Institute for Discovery Science

Consequences of Success In SETI: Lessons From The History Of Science
Steven J. Dick, U.S. Naval Obs., 1993 Bioastronomy Symposium
author of The Biological Universe: The Twentieth-Century
Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science

Brane Worlds, the Subanthropic Principle, and the Undectectability Conjecture
Beatriz Gato-Rivera, CSIC, Spain
Could we be immersed in a large alien civilization without being aware of it?

Space Testing of Electromagnetically Sensitive Materials for
Breakthrough Propulsion Physics
Slide Presentation
A. Holt, E.W. Davis, H. Puthoff

The Day After Contact: Forecasting Reactions to Extraterrestrial Life
Albert A. Harrison, Ph.D., U.C. Davis and Colm Kelleher, Ph.D.,
National Institute for Discovery Science

The Physics of Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations
Michio Kaku

Cometary Panspermia Explains the Red Rain of Kerala
Godfrey Louis & A. Santhosh Kumar

Space Flight as an Anticipatory Computing System
Edgar Mitchell, Ph.D., NIDS Science Advisory Board

Engineering the Zero-Point Field and Polarizable Vacuum for Interstellar Flight
H.E. Puthoff, Ph.D., et al., Institute for Advanced Study at Austin

Polarizable-Vacuum (PV) Representation of General Relativity
H.E. Puthoff, Ph.D., Institute for Advanced Study at Austin

Can the Vacuum be Engineered for Spaceflight Applications?
H.E. Puthoff, Ph.D., Institute for Advanced Study at Austin

SETI, the Velocity-of-Light Limitation, and the Alcubierre Warp Drive: An Integrating Overview
H.E. Puthoff, Ph.D., Institute for Advanced Study at Austin

How Can We Achieve Contact?
Allen Tough, Ph.D., University of Toronto

Small, Smart Interstellar Probes
Allen Tough, Ph.D., University of Toronto

The View from a Distant Star: Challenges of Interstellar Message-Making
Douglas A. Vakoch, SETI Institute

SETI and the Testing of Quantum Gravity
Peter Wilson, Ph.D., University of Sydney

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