On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:54:55 -0500, Roger
<Delete-Invallid.stuff.groups@tm.net> wrote:

With the distances involved the chances are very slim, but to me the
important part would be discovereing we are not alone.  The odds of
establishing a contact are almost non existent.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

The odds of establishing contact raise IF the other civilization can
come here. We currently have nothing that can get to them, in all
likelyhood.