Dr. Alex Filippenko,  UC Berkeley -- What is the future of the universe? Is the universal expansion
accelerating? Will grand cosmological questions be resolved by new observations?

Dr. Alan Binder, Lunar Research Institute and NASA AMES -- Does the discovery of ice on the Moon
renew our vision of lunar observatories?  What is the latest on the Lunar Prospector Mission?

Dr. Jeff Moore, NASA AMES -- What is the future of Mars exploration and beyond? What might future
missions to comets and asteroids reveal?

Dr. Debra Fischer, San Francisco State University -- New planet discoveries:  When might we discover
worlds similar to Earth?

Dr. Dan Werthimer, Project Serendip -- Is anybody out there: The future of SETI, the 1 HT telescope,
SETI@home, SERENDIP, and Optical SETI.

(For more details on speakers:  visit the AANC Website at www.lhs.berkeley.edu/sii/AANC/aanc.html)

Panel discussion: Should limited resources be directed toward the Space Station or used for space
science? What are the goals and trends in amateur astronomy?  That does the future hold for amateurs? How shall we encourage young astronomers? Hear what a panel of prominent amateur astronomers has to say.