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| Personal background |
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I was born in 1977 and raised in Tallinn, Estonia. I have witnessed radio wave jammers, glasnost, MIG fighter jets in attack formation, barricades and Soviet tanks in our capital, the singing revolution and the long-awaited and fought-for regaining of independence of our nation.
Currently I work in a small enterprise as a sales manager and run SETI@Home on my home PC and on an office PC.
My hobbies and interests are vintage cars, motorcycles, aviation, astronomy, science fiction and paranormal activity.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Space, other planets, stars and civilizations have fascinated me as long as I can remember myself, I've even got a 6" telescope.
Are we alone in the Universe? Well when there are a few hundred billion stars - and counting - in this galaxy alone (I dare not say OUR galaxy for we only inhabit one single planet of it) and not counting all the billion GALAXIES then what are the odds? The probability of us being alone is near zero. The more interesting question is: will we ever learn of someone else? We are still far from travelling to other stars, yet we have more than enough weapons to blow this planet literally out of its orbit. How long will we exist? How long will other civilizations exist? And will we ever meet them face to face or will we learn of them throgh ancient destroyed cities or a few polluted and dead planets?
The problem with today's SETI projects is that the search is extremely limited. With this we have a remote possibility to discover a similar civilization emitting powerful radio waves, but any more advanced civilization probably has a much more effective means of communication that we cannot intercept AND the capability to cloak themselves and their signals from us if needed.
Should we transmit a beacon to the stars? Well... NO. If there is an advanced space race nearby, they probably already know about us. But space is billions and billions of worlds of uncharted territory and if we begin shouting out loud - who knows WHAT will be showing up for the party?
But no guts, no glory. I think SETI@Home is the best SETI project so far and we should make the most of it by widening the search - the possibilities are unlimited. |
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