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More Great Links
- The SETI Institute
- NASA Astrobiology Site
- The SETI League
- The SERENDIP Project (the UC Berkeley SETI Program)
- SETI Australia Centre
- Big Ear Memorial Web Site
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http://history.nasa.gov/CP-2156/cp2156.htm - Black, David C., ed. "PROJECT ORION: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extrasolar Planets." Aug. 6, 2004. (Aug. 7, 2008)
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