The First Telescope Starts Working for the Search for Alien Life

digerati · May 30, 2005, 09:31 PM

The first telescope designed to search for alien life began operating this month from northern California. The state-of-the-art radio telescope, being operated by the SETI Institute, is still undergoing development and will be able to examine more stars in a year or two than Earth-bound scientists have been able to study in more than 45 years, the Washington Post reported Monday.

"We could have a billion intelligent cultures with radio waves buzzing around them, but we haven`t had the capability to detect them," said astronomer Michael M. Davis, who overseas the project. The Allen Telescope Array, named after its most generous donor, Microsoft`s co-founder Paul Allen, will be made up of 350 or more small silver aluminum dishes spread across 90 acres, tells the Washington Times.
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CDsDontBurn · May 30, 2005, 09:52 PM

I used to run SETI way back in the day. I've always been interested to see if there is any intelligent life in our galaxy. I mean, if we're the only ones here in the galaxy with intelligent life....that's an awful waste of space.

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digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	The First Telescope Starts Working for the Search for Alien Life The first telescope designed to search for alien life began operating this month from northern California. The state-of-the-art radio telescope, being operated by the SETI Institute, is still undergoing development and will be able to examine more stars in a year or two than Earth-bound scientists have been able to study in more than 45 years, the Washington Post reported Monday. "We could have a billion intelligent cultures with radio waves buzzing around them, but we haven`t had the capability to detect them," said astronomer Michael M. Davis, who overseas the project. The Allen Telescope Array, named after its most generous donor, Microsoft`s co-founder Paul Allen, will be made up of 350 or more small silver aluminum dishes spread across 90 acres, tells the Washington Times. _______________________________ Read More: News From Russia

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CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,804 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	I used to run SETI way back in the day. I've always been interested to see if there is any intelligent life in our galaxy. I mean, if we're the only ones here in the galaxy with intelligent life....that's an awful waste of space. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later