Seth Shostak has assuredly great knowledge but also a marvellous sense of humour which enlights the presentation. Many thanks to him and SETI Institute.
where can I find a copy of the graphic used 4 minutes into the talk. I really want to use this for my astronomy dissertation. If anyone could send me a message with how to find this, I would be very grateful. Thanks
Since SETI is privately funded those griping at the expense should breathe a sigh of relief. Personally, I'd rather my tax dollars went for scientific research than bailing out a political donor or yet another jet or supporting a dictatorship. All scientific endeavors lead to new insights and new ideas. I have grave doubts over the existence of other intelligent species in the Milky Way but I think SETI is beneficial. Our "arrangement" has worked magnificently. Government funds pure research at labs and universities. Private industry then transforms the findings into products that begin a cycle of improvement. Humans are explorers and there is no bigger mission than the search of extraterrestrial life.
We just interviewed Dr. Shostak for The Star Spot radio show: "With ever more groundbreaking data coming in from exploratory missions in our own solar system to the burgeoning array of extrasolar planets being discovered on a regular basis, are we getting closer to answering the age old question: Are we alone in the universe?" Search "The Star Spot Podcast"
@jrewert You can find the latest Kepler discoveries at the kepler website at kepler.nasa.gov Kepler began taking data in April 2009, in April 2012 they will be able to release the really interesting statistic of what percentage of stars have Earth-sized planets. In Dec 2011 they are having their first conference, where you can expect a report on their latest discoveries. They are dribbling out the results a few at a time as they get them confirmed by other sources.
Dec 2017...’to the stars academy ‘ start to roll out the disclosure that we are being visited and most likely have been for ages...oh dear.....how could Seth have got it so wrong?
I run SETI@home and have run it for 12-14 years. NADDA,ZIP, nothing. The stars are the noise and nothing as a signal that at most would be carrier wave. Distance is the destroyer of any normal signal. Im starting to think like life as we know it might be scarily lonely. They have to communicate in the electromagnetic spectrum . I would expect communication to be required between ship to base communication of some sort. There must be other life but it might not be carbon based so ETs dont communicate in our general area or we could detect a intelligent signal. ET might be smart and watch I love Lucy shows out to 75 light years. They choose to observe us and determine if we are worthy of contact.
The nearest civilization, even in very optimistic estimates, is over ~ 200 light years from us. At the rate of growth of the search, Seth have estimated that we'll cover stars far beyond that within ~ 25 years or so, and so may detect another civilization (if they're there) by then. We have only covered a tiny fraction of stars. Finding a civilization by now would be lucky even with optimistic estimates. Since computer power is increasing exponentially, we're just now beginning to expand our horizons to make a finding likely.
Say ET dropped a probe on the moon a billion years ago. All it would have to do; is beep once a day; every day toward the earth for 1 second per day. Maybe all we need to do is stare at the moon; looking for an intermittent beep. Its almost too easy.
Seth Shostak has assuredly great knowledge but also a marvellous sense of humour which enlights the presentation. Many thanks to him and SETI Institute.
Very cogent and interesting talk. We are indeed fortunate to have intelligent discussion of this subject readily available.
where can I find a copy of the graphic used 4 minutes into the talk. I really want to use this for my astronomy dissertation. If anyone could send me a message with how to find this, I would be very grateful. Thanks
I am wondering about the loud noise being made by planes taking off ... where's Seth giving this talk???
@sachibbsr SETI is located right next to NASA Ames Research Center which is a Federal Airfield. We don't have control over their flight plans!
Since SETI is privately funded those griping at the expense should breathe a sigh of relief. Personally, I'd rather my tax dollars went for scientific research than bailing out a political donor or yet another jet or supporting a dictatorship. All scientific endeavors lead to new insights and new ideas.
I have grave doubts over the existence of other intelligent species in the Milky Way but I think SETI is beneficial. Our "arrangement" has worked magnificently. Government funds pure research at labs and universities. Private industry then transforms the findings into products that begin a cycle of improvement. Humans are explorers and there is no bigger mission than the search of extraterrestrial life.
Thanks for uploading but next time please mute the mic response from the audience. The ruffling and high audience noise was disturbing.
We just interviewed Dr. Shostak for The Star Spot radio show: "With ever more groundbreaking data coming in from exploratory missions in our own solar system to the burgeoning array of extrasolar planets being discovered on a regular basis, are we getting closer to answering the age old question: Are we alone in the universe?" Search "The Star Spot Podcast"
I do not understand the concept of Earth Insolation for energy measurement or comparison for transmission signal?
@jrewert You can find the latest Kepler discoveries at the kepler website at kepler.nasa.gov
Kepler began taking data in April 2009, in April 2012 they will be able to release the really interesting statistic of what percentage of stars have Earth-sized planets. In Dec 2011 they are having their first conference, where you can expect a report on their latest discoveries. They are dribbling out the results a few at a time as they get them confirmed by other sources.
Marvellous and informative talk!
Dec 2017...’to the stars academy ‘ start to roll out the disclosure that we are being visited and most likely have been for ages...oh dear.....how could Seth have got it so wrong?
the sound is sub par, closing the vid
What happen to the Father of SETI, the one and only Frank Drake? I haven't heard from him in many years!
I run SETI@home and have run it for 12-14 years. NADDA,ZIP, nothing. The stars are the noise and nothing as a signal that at most would be carrier wave. Distance is the destroyer of any normal signal. Im starting to think like life as we know it might be scarily lonely. They have to communicate in the electromagnetic spectrum . I would expect communication to be required between ship to base communication of some sort. There must be other life but it might not be carbon based so ETs dont communicate in our general area or we could detect a intelligent signal. ET might be smart and watch I love Lucy shows out to 75 light years. They choose to observe us and determine if we are worthy of contact.
The nearest civilization, even in very optimistic estimates, is over ~ 200 light years from us. At the rate of growth of the search, Seth have estimated that we'll cover stars far beyond that within ~ 25 years or so, and so may detect another civilization (if they're there) by then. We have only covered a tiny fraction of stars. Finding a civilization by now would be lucky even with optimistic estimates. Since computer power is increasing exponentially, we're just now beginning to expand our horizons to make a finding likely.
Great video
sympathic man. he's not using an iLaptop.
Say ET dropped a probe on the moon a billion years ago. All it would have to do; is beep once a day; every day toward the earth for 1 second per day. Maybe all we need to do is stare at the moon; looking for an intermittent beep. Its almost too easy.
If thats true how are we controlling the mars rovers, and are still getting data
back from craft we launched decades ago that are waaay out there?
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