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Mike Matessa, PhD, CMT, Dad

Senior Cognitive Scientist, Alion
mmatessa @ gmail . com
Curriculum Vitae

with Google
Web Groups News ASL
with Jux2.com
with Wayback


Mike's big California break

Web: Searching (MetaCrawler, Maps) .... Astronomy .... Magazines .... Utilities (Translate) .... Shareware

Current: Views ... News ... APOD ... Weather ... Night Sky ... Movies ... TV Guide

Want to see Mike's brain? ... Or family tree? ... Or travel pictures?

50 Ways to Save the Planet
Fuel from Algae
Other Interests



We currently have spacecraft
on the surface of Mars,
orbiting the Sun, Venus, the Earth, the Moon, L1, L2, Mars, and Saturn
on the way to Mercury, the Moon, Mars, Pluto, the asteroid Vesta, and the comet 67P/C-G,
coming home from the asteroid Itokawa,
and beyond the solar system
"We now know of more planets outside the solar system than within." (more than 303 planets, Latest News)
Extrasolar Planets ... (Sky Chart, Star Map, Data, Planet Types?)

First Extrasolar Planet (OCT-1995)
First Multiple-Planet Extrasolar System (APR-1999)
First Saturn-sized Extrasolar Planets (MAR-2000)
First Picture of an Extrasolar Planet (APR-2005)
First Earth-sized Extrasolar Planet in Habitable Zone (APR-2007)
First Extrasolar Planet Map (MAY-2007)


Now you can help the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence with SETI@home (best signals, exoplanets map)

"A 23-page message compiled using Dutil and Dumas' technique, along with links to related sites,
can be found on the web at http://www.matessa.org/~mike/dutil-dumas.html."
- Beyond Contact: A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations

Interstellar Communication

Cool Shareware: Starry Night ... Cool Web Page: Alien Message Game ... Cool Book: Biomimicry


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