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Message 988234 - Posted: 11 Apr 2010, 1:57:20 UTC
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I saw this on Popular Science and wanted to pass it along, enjoy!

Happy 50th Birthday to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence!

Fifty years ago today, on April 8th, 1960, a Cornell astronomy professor named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at the star Tau Ceti in the hope of hearing broadcasts from extraterrestrial intelligence....

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Message 988577 - Posted: 12 Apr 2010, 6:34:09 UTC - in response to Message 988315.  

And we're still looking and listening!


That blind faith / hope is never going to go away until we get an answer.
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