1. Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Scientific Questions and Goals Group 2: Christine Cho, Han Lin Rong, Jessica Williams

2. ? Who is out there? ? What are they like and what are their fundamental values and priorities? ? What do they know about us? ? What sorts of detectable communications might they be using? Scientific Questions

3. ? What role will they play in our long-term future? ? How can we benefit from this interaction in terms of solving some of our present issues such as cancer and global warming? ? What sort of information would be garnered by SEL scientists? Scientific Questions Continued

4.  Discover the Nature of Life throughout the Universe.  Help Develop Scientific Theory.  Provide Solutions to Earth’s Future Problems.  Get Philosophical Answers. Scientific Goals

5. Discovering the Nature of Life  Understand the requirements for life to exist.  Distinguish between what biological components are inherent to all life vs. what we have developed due to the Earth’s environment.  Study the extraterrestrials biochemistry, sensory organs, and physiology.

6. Help Develop Scientific Theory  Help determine if universe expansion is slowing or it will recycle itself.  Develop potential technologies to travel faster than light.  Synthesize new protein enzymes with desirable characteristics.  Better estimate Drake Equation coefficients.  Better understand the nature of climate on terrestrial planets.

7. Solving Earth’s Future Problems  Existing life forms may provide cues to longevity.  Discover alternative places to live.  Solve ecological and pollution problems.  Provide insights into unknown possibilities.

8. Getting Philosophical Answers  Are we alone?  Accepting the existence of extraterrestrial life.  Finding new art forms that would enrich life.

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