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Michael Michaud has been a leading figure in preparations for possible future contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. As chairperson of Inter- national Academy of Astronautics working groups that considered this subject, he coordinated the drafting of the Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intel- ligence, also known as the First SETI Protocol. Michaud also is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the American Astronautical Society, and is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He has published more than thirty articles and papers on the implications of contact, as well as more than sixty articles on other subjects. He is the author of a previous book entitled Reaching for the High Frontier: The American Pro-Space Movement, 1972-1984. During his career with the U.S. Department of State, Michaud served as Director of the Office of Advanced Technology and as Counselor for Science, Technology, and Environment at the American embassies in Paris and Tokyo. He led U.S. delegations in the successful negotiation of inter- national science and technology agreements. He played an active role in reviving U.S.-Soviet space cooperation and in initiating U.S.-Soviet talks on outer space arms control. He represented the State Department in interagency space policy discussions, and testified before the U.S. Congress four times on space-related issues. He presently lives in Europe. 377 About the Author