|
PRESS RELEASE
April
21st, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Deep Space Communications Network
Cape Canaveral Florida
Contact: Jim Lewis
(321) 431-2815
whales@deepspacecom.net
www.deepspacecom.net
Whales to sing to the stars on Earth Day 2005
Live
Whale songs to be beamed into the space on Earth Day, April 22nd 2005
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Deep Space Communications Network at www.deepspacecom.net
has been contracted to send the first live Whale songs into deep space
by the Sirius Institute located in Puna, Hawaii, on Earth Day Friday
April 22nd 2005.
"We feel it is important to invite the Cetacea (dolphins and whales),
the oldest sentient race on the planet to our Earth Day celebration
and share their songs with the universe" said Dr. Michael Hyson,
Research Director for the Sirius Institute.
Humpback whale songs were part of the recording that were included on
gold discs sent on the Voyager Spacecraft but this is the first time
that live whale songs will be transmitted into space.
According to Deep Space Communications Network's Director Jim Lewis,
the signal will be broadcast using a 5 meter parabolic dish antenna
will be detectable some 3.5 light years into deep space covering an
estimated distance of 18-trillion miles. "This distance is what
would be detectable with our terrestrial based technology, the distance
the whale songs signal could go into the universe beyond the 18 trillion
miles and still be detectable by other non-terrestrial systems is an
ongoing matter of speculation" said Lewis of Deep Space Communications.
Members of the whale chorus whose songs will be sent live into space
are from pods of Humpback whales off the coast of Maui. Whalesong.net
will be providing the live feed of whale music. The Whalesong site feeds
continuous live audio from a hydrophone (underwater microphone) in the
Pacific Ocean near Maui, Hawai'i. The hydrophone is located in an area
where whales and other marine life are regularly observed.
This is the first major outreach project of the Cetacean Commonwealth,
which celebrates its 3rd. anniversary this Earth Day. Its purpose
is to speak and act on behalf of the Cetacea while encouraging interspecies
communications that will enable them to speak on their
own behalf.
About
the participants
Deep Space Communications Network-
Deep Space Communications Network is a private organization located
right next the Kennedy Space Center. DSCN was formed specifically to
communicate with outer-space by a group of broadcast engineers and communications
experts that regularly transmit from the space center.
The
goal of Deep Space Communications Network is to make space communications
available to the general public and private organizations world wide.
The first transmission was completed in March of 2005 for the online
community Craigslist when over 138,000 private messages were sent into
deep space.
Sirius Institute -
The
Sirius Institute is a group of dolphin and whale researchers based in
Puna, Hawaii. The founding partner is Paradise Newland and the research
director is Michael T. Hyson, Ph.D., a neurobiologist. Sirius
Institute is a tax-exempt research consortium with the purpose of
"dolphinizing" the planet. This means the integration of the
Cetacea (dolphins and whales) into our culture. A second goal is the
"humanization of space" which involves the settlement of the
solar system and beyond. The Sirius Institute, PlanetPuna, and the Aloha
Planet are working in conjunction with the Whalesong Project at www.whalesong.net
The
WhaleSong Project -
Whalesong
is a group of volunteers dedicated to inspiring stewardship of the oceans
and the environment, and to helping "give a microphone" to
important voices so they may be heard above the noise of the modern
world.
We believe
that the voices of the natural world, and of Hawaiian and other native
cultures that have a connection with that world, carry inspiration and
mana'o (wisdom) that can help carry humanity into the future in a more
benevolent way. www.whalesong.net
Media Contacts & More information:
Deep
Space Communications Network
Jim Lewis, Director
e-mail whales@deepspacecom.net
(321)
431-2815
More
information available at http://www.deepspacecom.net/faq.html
Sirius Institute
Dr. Michael Hyson, Research Director
e-mail
siriusinstitute@yahoo.com
(808) 965-1892
More information available at http://planetpuna.com/faq.htm
|
