Location

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms

Start Date

23-4-1991 2:00 PM

End Date

23-4-1991 5:00 PM

Description

The three major types of extraterrestrial civilizations that might evolve in the Galaxy are described, with speculative emphasis on each type of technical civilization's response to the interstellar imperative. A Type I civilization, represents' a planetary civilization; a Type II civilization involves a solar system society; while a Type III civilization is an interstellar community - ranging from a group of several star systems ("clustered" Type III) to a galaxy-wide community (fully-developed Type III). The important role of robotic interstellar probes in both Type II and Type III civilizations is also discussed.

Comments

Interstellar Initiatives

Session Chairman: Steven Hawley, Associate Director, NASA, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Session Organizer: Allan Drysdale, Specialist for New Technical Applications, McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company, Kennedy Space Center FL

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Paper Session I-A - The Characteristics of Extraterrestrial Civilizations and the Interstellar Imperative

Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/ Discovery Rooms

The three major types of extraterrestrial civilizations that might evolve in the Galaxy are described, with speculative emphasis on each type of technical civilization's response to the interstellar imperative. A Type I civilization, represents' a planetary civilization; a Type II civilization involves a solar system society; while a Type III civilization is an interstellar community - ranging from a group of several star systems ("clustered" Type III) to a galaxy-wide community (fully-developed Type III). The important role of robotic interstellar probes in both Type II and Type III civilizations is also discussed.

 

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