Aunc.1182 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb Tue Sep 22 18:45:47 1981 SETI (From CBS Evening News).... NASA's "Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence" program has finally been zorched by Sen. Proxmire. He thought he killed it 3 years ago, but they transferred the funds from elsewhere. Even though it doesn't cost much -- only $10 million -- Proxmire would rather people searched for intelligence in Washington first. [I'm sure we can all suggest some places not to look, Senator....] He also said that there's no evidence of extra-terrestrial life, to which one NASA official replied that "500 years ago there was no evidence for the existence of America". ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.