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| An engineer interested in finding ET! |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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It is my opinion that there is a probable planet besides Earth which is both life sustainable and in fact has life in it. Perhaps it will be just microogranisms incapable of creating radio waves that can be detected by the Arecibo telescope, or it could be an advanced civiliation just as intelligent, if not more, than our own. While the SETI@Home project may only be able to detect traces that come from such an advanced race, I believe that any lifeform discovery will satisfy the ultimate question we all ask. I believe that the requirements for sustaining a single celled type organism are lesser than those which sustain someone like us, and therefore there is a much better chance of finding that kind of life.
I do not think that transmitting a beacon from Earth will be powerful enough or reach any advanced civilization in the near future. It will require massive amounts of energy to transmit a wave over multiple frequencies and make it powerful enough to overcome any stellar interference, and even the spread of the beam itself has to be wide so that there is an increased chance of it hitting a system which contains life.
Despite all of the odds, there is a definite chance of finding extraterrestrials, and a discovery could reshape the human civilization as we know it, and such a reformation is a much needed change. |
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