From: Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 2:17 PM To: jeffrey E. Cc: Lesley Groff Subject: Fwd: Exciting projects Attachments: pl.pdf; Untitled attachment 00289.htm; pl.pdf; Untitled attachment 00292.htm; p3.pdf, Untitled attachment 00295.htm Sent from my iPhone <=r>Begin forwarded message: From:=/b Date: 201.51fl0P1 17 El GMT-4T+46=6;t39t) To Subject: Exciting projects<=r> =div> Dear Yau, Attached are documents de=cribing three innovative projects that could yield revolutionary results if=funded. The first project (pl.pdf) in=olves the search for the fingerprints of life in the atmosphere of planets a=ound other stars. Current technology allows to make a breakthrough in this f=eld with suitable funding within the next five years. <=iv>The second project (p2.pdf) involves the establishment of the fir=t research center for black holes (Black Hole Center). Black h=le singularities offer laboratories for the unification of Einstein's theor= of gravity and quantum mechanics. We currently have the technology to obta=n an image of black holes within the next five years, with suitable funding= The third project (pl.pdf) involves the de=elopment of novel search methods for intelligent life away from Earth. Here=the idea is to explore methods that were not studied so far in the search f=r alien intelligent civilizations. Over the past year, I have studied with c=llaborators a new method to search for industrial pollution of the atmosphe=e of distant planets, and a new method to detect distant transportation veh=cles (based on light sails). With proper funding, it would be possible to b=ild new instruments that will utilize these new ideas. For recent media cov=rage of these new ideas, see Interview with Douglas Kennedy on Fox News <httplivid=o.foxnews.com/v/3855205197001/check-it-out- pollution-key-to-finding-alien-l=fe/?#sp=show-clips> <=div> Scientific A=erican article on light sails <http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl=/alien-transit-sy