The Cosmic Connection

Preface . . . vii PART ONE . . COSMIC PERSPECTIVES 1. A Transitional Animal . . . 3 2.The Unicorn of Cetus . . . 9 3. A Message From Earth . . . 17 4. A Message to Earth . . . 21 5. Experiments in Utopia . . . 35 6. Chauvinism . . . 41 7. Space Exploration as a Human Enterprise I. The Scientific Interest . . . 51 8. Space Exploration as a Human Enterprise II. The Public Interest . . . 59 9. Space Exploration as a Human Enterprise III. The Historical Interest . . . 66 PART TWO . . THE SOLAR SYSTEM 10. On Teaching the First Grade . . . 73 11. "The Ancient and Legendary Gods of Old" . . . 77 12. The Venus Detective Story . . . 81 13. Venus is Hell . . . 87 14. Science and "Intelligence" . . . 95 15. The Moons of Barsoom . . . 101 16. The Mountains of Mars . . . .I. Observations from Earth . . . 115 17. The Mountains of Mars . . . .II. Observations from Space . . . 123 18. The Canals of Mars . . . 129 19. The Lost Pictures of Mars . . . 135 20. The Ice Age and the Cauldron . . . 141 21. Beginnings and Ends of the Earth . . . 145 22. Terraforming the Planets . . . 148 23. The Exploration and Utilization of the Solar System . . . 155 PART THREE . . BEYOND THE SOLAR SYSTEM 24. Some of My Best Friends Are Dolphins . . . 167 25. "Hello, Central Casting? Send Me Twenty Extraterrestrials" . . . 181 26. The Cosmic Connection . . . 185 27. Extraterrestrial Life: An Idea Whose Time Has Come . . . 28. Has The Earth Been Visited? . . . 199 29. A Search Strategy for Detecting Extraterrestrial Intelligence . . . 209 30. If We Succeed ... . . . 215 31. Cables, Drums, and Seashells . . . 221 32. The Night Freight to the Stars . . . 227 33. Astroengineering . . . 229 34. Twenty Questions: A Classification of Cosmic Civilizations . . . 233 35. Galactic Cultural Exchanges . . . 241 36. A Passage to Elsewhen. . . 245 37. Starfolk . . I. A Fable . . . 249 38. Starfolk . . II. A Future . . . 257 39. Starfolk . . III. The Cosmic Cheshire Cats . . . 263 . . . .Index . . . 269