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Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1388 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
Looking again over the waterfall display of the Kepler 438 signal detected by the Chinese, at the FAST, last Summer. I don't see any firm indication that the signal weakened near the end of the 20-minute observation session. It was apparently still being well received when the observation ended. I suppose this process was automated, or they might have continued to observe the signal, considering its unusual nature. There's been no news, of which I'm aware, to suggest that the signal has ever been reacquired, despite the the scientists' declared intention to try to accomplish this. We probably would hear of it, if they managed to receive the signal again. The discovery of a verifiable SETI signal would be an extraordinary achievement. It would redound to the credit of Chinese science. China has become very serious about its bid to progress rapidly in the scientific realm, in recent years. |
bluestar Send message Joined: 5 Sep 12 Posts: 7342 Credit: 2,084,789 RAC: 3 |
I meant fading, not finishing here. Should we ever believe the WOW! signal, it may appear that it connected twice before starting transmitting. One thing is dismissing any signal for its presence or validness, but the other could be questioning the intended purpose for only happening, and here we perhaps did not catch that meaning. |
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