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To: B.O. Plenty

“Probably never know for sure, but its fun looking.... “

SETI gives motivation for some to become even more advanced even though they probably won’t find anything.


10 posted on 11/10/2012 5:08:58 PM PST by ari-freedom
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To: ari-freedom

“SETI gives motivation for some to become even more advanced even though they probably won’t find anything.”
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I remember the seed for SETI started back in the late 50s.
I was a fourteen year old ham operator reading the theory that high power VHF TV signals, originating in the late 30s, that could pass through the ionosphere would have had 11 years to reach the nearest star system, and 11 years for a potential reply signal.
We are, of course, still looking for a signal from ET, but if it ever comes, it will be many years, or centuries old.


26 posted on 11/10/2012 5:51:19 PM PST by AlexW
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