Guess
what? As of August The Allen Telescope Array is back up and running
again thanks to donations from people hopeful that they will discover
alien signals from space. The Mountain View-based SETI Instituted has
resumed their search. They have been shut down since April 15th because
the US gov pulled the plug on their funding. So far they have received
donations of more than $200,000.
SETI
Institute Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak said, “I have to say that I am
extraordinarily gratified by the response from the public to reopening
our antenna so we can scan the skies looking for some cosmic company,”
he said. Shostak said the sky is certainly not the limit when it comes
to interest in the possibility of intelligent life. “All you have to do
is go to the local multiplex and you’ll see that interest. Just about
every week there’s a new film about aliens,” he said. “People are
intrigued with the idea that there might be somebody out there, but not
only that, science is showing that there are lots and lots of planets
out there that are habitable,” he added.
Source: http://earthsky.org/space/
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