mr. wertheimer. >> thank you, congressman for the opportunity to be here. i will just give you a few big-picture thoughts on thoughts for search for life and in particular intelligent life that can uphold its side of the conversation as opposed microbial sort of life. this is obviously a subject of great interest to many people. let me back up and say when you read in the paper about discovery of new planet or something water on mars, you're looking at one of three horses in a race to be the first to find some extraterrestrial biological. the first horse is simply to find it nearby. that's where the big money is. rovers on mars, moons of the outer solar system. at least a half a dozen other world that's might have life in our solar system. chances of finding it i think are good. if that happens, it will happen in the next 20 years, depending on the financing. second horse in that race is to build very large instruments that can sniff, if you will, the at moos fear of plan -- atmosphere around planets

mr. wertheimer. >> thank you, congressman for the opportunity to be here. i will just give you a few big-picture thoughts on thoughts for search for life and in particular intelligent life, that can uphold its side of the conversation as opposed microbial sort of life. this is obviously a subject of great interest to many people. let me back up and say when you read in the paper about discovery of new planet or i something, water on mars, you're looking at one of three horses in a race to be the first to in a find some extraterrestrial biology. the first horse is simply to you find it nearby. are a that's where the big money is. rovers on mars, moons of the you outer solar system. at least a half a dozen other a worlds that's might have life in you our solar system. chances of finding it i think are good. if that happens, it will happen in the next 20 years, depending on the financing. second horse in that race is to build very large instruments that can sniff, if you will, the atmosphere around plan

mr. wertheimer. >> thank you, congressman for the opportunity to be here. i will just give you a few big-picture thoughts on thoughts for search for life and in particular intelligent life that can uphold its side of the conversation as opposed microbial sort of life. this is obviously a subject of great interest to many people. let me back up and say when you read in the paper about discovery of new planet or something water on mars, you're looking at one of three horses in a race to be the first to find some extraterrestrial biology. the first horse is simply to find it nearby. that's where the big money is. rovers on mars, moons of the outer solar system. at least a half a dozen other worlds that's might have life in our solar system. chances of finding it i think are good. if that happens, it will happen in the next 20 years, depending on the financing. second horse in that race is to build very large instruments that can sniff, if you will, the atmosphere around planets of other stars and find o