Charles M. White

Talent, Human Resources, Strategic Planning (Teaching, Supervisory & Program Development Experience) @Lifefinder Sglt Foundation

Fayetteville, NY, US

Solar Gravitational Lens Telescope (SGLT) missions involve sending fleets of small-telescope & instrument-laden spacecraft deep into interstellar space in the opposite direction, relative to the sun, to where previously determined most-promising earth-like, potentially intelligent-life inhabited, exoplanets reside.Once the SGLT spacecraft reach the minimum 550+ Astronautical Unit (AU) SGL-focal region out in interstellar space, they look back at the Sun in a direct line-of-sight focal line to the earth-like exoplanet (with the Sun in-between) and – exploiting the remarkable optical properties of an SGL astronomical telescope – extract spectroscopy data on and a detailed direct megapixel high-resolution image of that exoplanet from the distorted exoplanet image & spectroscopy data contained in the Einstein ring, formed through gravitational lensing, that is visible around the Sun.And while an SGL telescope is theoretically feasible, the scope & precision-standards of the engineering, material science, propulsion, navigation, data transmission, & other challenges of an SGLT mission are unprecedented & will require substantial financial & human expertise resources in order to design spacecraft to operate at such vast distances from Earth & with the needed precision for SGLT data collection & for the transmission of the Einstein ring-displayed data on the exoplanet back to earth for analysis.With an SGLT mission being the only technologically viable means to directly observe, through high-resolution megapixel imaging, & assess the potential habitability of and unambiguously detect & study intelligent life-forms on an earth-like exoplanet – there\'s been growing public interest & enthusiasm about the possibilities & promise of a successful SGLT mission, not only with respect to finally having an answer to that age-old question of “Are we alone in the Universe?”, but also through ascribing new meaning & perspective for the human species on our place in the universe.

Rutgers School of Social Work

Matriculated Social Work Ph.D. Student

Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Matriculated Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Student

Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts - BA

Syracuse University School of Social Work

Master of Social Work - MSW