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Astronomical Systems for Life Support

Dan Werthimer, Chief Scientist at UC Berkeley, assigns NASA astronomers a new project to investigate stellar and planetary systems that could support life. The astronomers are asked to outline nebulae, protostars, red giants, white dwarfs, red supergiants, supernovae, neutron stars, pulsars, and planets, and determine which system is most suitable for sustaining life, considering how humans might one day travel there.

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Astronomical Systems for Life Support

Dan Werthimer, Chief Scientist at UC Berkeley, assigns NASA astronomers a new project to investigate stellar and planetary systems that could support life. The astronomers are asked to outline nebulae, protostars, red giants, white dwarfs, red supergiants, supernovae, neutron stars, pulsars, and planets, and determine which system is most suitable for sustaining life, considering how humans might one day travel there.

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ATTENTION

NASA ASTRONOMERS

2009

As dedicated employees of SETI


(Search for Extra
Terrestrial Intelligence) at home I
am asking you to
partake in an extremely important
assignment.
Your first task will be to investiga
te and outline different
systems. These must include in any
order the following
1. Nebula
2. Protostar
3. Red Giant
4. White Dwarf
5. Red Supergiant
6. Supernova
7. Neutron Star
8. Pulsars
9. Planets

You must then decide which of these systems is most suitable for sustaining life forms.
With regards to supporting human life, how might we get there?

I wish you all success in your new project.

Dan Werthimer (Chief Scientist, University of California)

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