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From: davidl@orca.UUCP (David Levine)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Intelligent life is not present on Earth
Message-ID: <54@orca.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Aug-83 12:34:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 11 12:34:06 1983
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Heard last night on the TV (channel 12 in Portland, OR) in reference to the
recent discovery by the IRAS satellite of what is very likely a solar system in
the process of forming around Vega:
	
	"Astrologists (sic) have known about the star Veega (sic) for 
	thousands of years...  ... discovered by the satellite IRIS (sic) ...
	If this is true, astronomers will have to re-write their textbooks."

The film reporter consistently pronounced the name of the star with a long E
and referred to the discovering satellite as IRIS.  Once the film piece was
over, the local anchorpersons went on to say that what with Star Trek and all 
it was a wonder they hadn't discovered this before...  If this is the sort of
stuff we're broadcasting to the stars, no wonder they haven't replied!

  -- David D. Levine   (...decvax!tektronix!tekecs!davidl)      [UUCP]
                       (...tekecs!davidl.tektronix@rand-relay)  [ARPA]

(We must drive ignorance about science from the four corners of the Earth!)