Project Voyager and the Planetary Society Form Strategic Alliance.Business Editors/Science Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2000 Integrated Media Network and World's Largest Space Sciences Membership Organization to Jointly Advance the Exploration of the Solar System solar system, the sun and the surrounding planets, natural satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that are bound by its gravity. The sun is by far the most massive part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the system's total mass. and SETI SETI (sĕt`ē) [Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence], name given to a series of independent programs to detect radio signals from civilizations beyond the solar system. . The 21st century integrated media network, code-named Project Voyager (http://www.projectvoyager.com), announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with The Planetary Society The Planetary Society is a large, publicly supported, not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to astronomy. It is based in Pasadena, California (the same city as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory) but has an international membership. (http://planetary.org). Within the terms of the agreement, Project Voyager and The Planetary Society will collaborate on science education and media projects focused on the exploration of the solar system and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) over the next two years, including University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Berkeley's ground-breaking SETI@home project. "As we enter a new millennium, humanity has just begun the epic quest to explore our solar system and search for life elsewhere in the Universe. Our team is privileged to collaborate with the Planetary Society in this quest. Together we will advance shared ideas and ideals of science through research, education, and entertainment, fulfilling the high standards we have established within our plan," said Joe Firmage Joseph Firmage (born October 26, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He founded several business ventures prior to and during the dot-com boom and currently is involved with two closely linked organizations: ManyOne Networks of which he is CEO, and , chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Project Voyager. "Project Voyager is conceived to engage the widest possible audience in the adventure of scientific discovery," said Ann Druyan Ann Druyan (born June 13, 1949) is an author and media producer known for her involvement in many projects aiming to popularize and explain science. In her writings, Druyan has stressed the idea that people can have a sense of awe and wonder about the unity of the cosmos without , CEO of Cosmos Studios, the television and motion picture division of Project Voyager. "SETI@home is an ingenious technical way of transforming each and every one of us into an active researcher investigating the most enthralling en·thrall tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls 1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience. 2. To enslave. scientific question of all. It embodies our dream of democratizing the scientific experience; of opening it up to the many." "The Planetary Society's mission is to inspire the people of Earth to explore other worlds and seek other life through research, education and public participation. This alliance gives us a new opportunity to carry out this mission on the Internet and in other media; it is very important and very exciting for us," said Dr. Bruce Murray Bruce Murray can refer to:
A primary component of the alliance will result in investment of resources into the next phase of the SETI@home project at the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. . "We are thrilled to be part of this alliance with Project Voyager and The Planetary Society," said Dr. David P. Anderson For other persons named David Anderson, see David Anderson (disambiguation). David Pope Anderson (born 1955) is a scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory, at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Houston. , director of the SETI@home project. "The three organizations have tremendous synergy because we share the same basic philosophy: to involve the world in science and discovery." The Planetary Society announced their new commitment to SETI@home in a simultaneous release today, available on their website at http://planetary.org/. Additional details concerning the alliance will be announced in coming months. About Project Voyager Project Voyager is the code name of an integrated media network that will help transform entertainment and learning drawing upon our knowledge of science. The company is being organized by Joe Firmage of Intend Change and Ann Druyan of Carl Sagan Productions and has accepted seed capital from SOFTBANK Venture Capital and Crosspoint Ventures. The company will announce its name in late summer of 2000, and expects to launch globally in late 2000. View us on the web at http://www.projectvoyager.com/. About The Planetary Society Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman founded the Society in 1980 to advance the exploration of the solar system and to continue the search for extraterrestrial life. With 100,000 members in more than 140 countries, the Society is the largest space interest group in the world. The Planetary Society was the founding sponsor of SETI@home, which was developed at the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal . It has funded and conducted more than one dozen SETI projects since 1980. About SETI@home SETI@home enables over 2 million people around the world to process signals from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). It uses a computer program to analyze scientific data from the radio search for possible signals from another civilization, while acting as a screen-saver on personal computers. SETI@home harnesses the spare computing power of Internet-connected personal computers around the world. To date, SETI@home is the largest distributed computing experiment ever undertaken, and participants have collectively logged 340 millennia worth of computing time. |
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