Dear Mr. Reekers:
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The Astrogeology Team is funded by NASA as a research institute, and there are strict restrictions on our activities:   we are not permitted to raise or distribute money, or to do business of any sort.  Our responsibility is to distribute the data produced by our researchers to other NASA-funded researchers; the basic nature of the web has meant  that any material on our web sites is also available as public domain. Good luck with your very interesting project,  

Sincerely, 
Adrienne Wasserman
Data Facility Manager

Dear Richard,

You have our permission to use the Eagle Nebula image on your web site in
perpetuity, free of charge.

Sincerely,

Christine

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Christine Pulliam
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS 28
Cambridge, MA 02138

Christine Lafon - Pulliam
Public Affairs 
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 
60 Garden Street, MS 28 
Cambridge, MA  02138 

Dear Richard,  

Thank you for your email.  Yes, I believe very deeply that knowledge of our origins has profound implications for knowing who we are, why we are in charge of the planet, what our obligations are and perhaps even where we are going as a species. I am pleased that you share interests with us.  

Yes, we at IHO are always in need of funding for our scientific agenda.  Any funds that can be made available will be welcomed. Good luck raising funds and look forward to learning more,  

Best wishes,  

don johanson  
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NEW WEB SITE:   www.becominghuman.org  

Don Johanson  
The Virginia M. Ullman Chair in Human Origins  
Professor, Dept. Anthropology  
Director  
Institute of Human Origins  
Arizona State University  
PO Box 874101  
Social Science Rm. 103  
Tempe, AZ 85287-4101

Dear Richard:  

Thank you for appraising me of your plans and for letting me know of your website.  I wholeheartedly support your efforts to seek wider support for research in such areas as panspermia.  I think the evidence for this is now overwhelming, but research support has been sadly lacking.  You could see what is happening in this area by looking at  
   
www.astrobiology.cf.ac.uk  
   
Let me know if I can be of assistance in promoting your highly commendable campaign.  

Best Wishes  

Chandra Wickramasinghe

Dear Richard --  

Thank you or your inquiry, and for your offer to co-sponsor research with us. We welcome your interest.  In the past we have made multiple grants to support work by Chandra Wickramasinghe. At present we are supporting a reasearch project at the University of Oklahoma that is described at   

http://www.panspermia.org/tomray01.htm  

In the future we hope to organize, with others, a prize for a computer model that can make evolutionary progress. Our own opinion is that it cannot be done, but our prospective co-sponsors in California believe otherwise -- that should make for a balanced approach. One possibility is that you could contribute a portion of the prize, if that interests you.  

The idea is very preliminary -- I've just told you all the details I know. I will post notices on my website as the idea develops.   

Is this in line with your thinking?  

Best regards.  Brig 

http://www.panspermia.org

Dear Mr. Reekers:  

Thank you for further clarification re free-market principles.  I applaud your dedication to Future Society New Day.  Adding our dialogue in this connection may be helpful to others with similar concerns.   

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