Ep. 110: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

You know what this show needs? More aliens. Since we don't seem to have any visiting right now, we're going to have to find some. SETI is an acronym. It stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. But there's more to SETI than just putting up a radio telescope and hoping to catch a glimpse of an alien television broadcast.

Ep. 110: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Links:

• SETI's Website
• SETI's History – Planetary Society
• Drake Equation
• Project Ozma – Internet Encyclopedia of Science
• Allen Telescope Array
• SETI's Virtual Visit to the Allen Telescope Array
• John McCain and "Overhead projectors" — Universe Today
• Wow Signal – Cosmic Log
• NASA's Near Earth Object Program
• Point to Point Communication – Wiki
• SETI Optical Telescope/ Harvard University – Planetary Society
• Voyager I & II
• Voyager Record
• How to Find Extrasolar Planets — ESA
• Do Advanced Civilizations Communicate With Neutrinos? — Universe Today
• SETI@Home
• Seth Shostak of SETI answers Universe Today readers questions
• Could it be dangerous to send messages to other worlds? — Seed Magazine
• METI: Messages to Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
• Messages to Earth Sent to Alien World – Universe Today
• WETI:  Waiting for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence
• Join the "Effortless Action Committee" and get your personal certificate of participation
• Terrestrial Planet Finder
• SIM Planet Quest mission
• Hubble Measures the atmosphere of an extra solar planet

Video:

• Carl Sagan:  Our Place in the Universe
• Jill Tartar, Director of SETI:  SETI and Our Place in the Universe
• Fraser wants to give visiting aliens a beer.  What kind would they like?

Books:

• Cosmic Company:  The Search for Life in the Universe by Seth Shostak and Alex Barnett
• Sharing the Universe by Seth Shostak
• Beyond Contact:  A Guide to SETI and Communicating With Alien Civilizations by Brian McConnell

1. Brad Houge Says:
   October 14th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

   Great show. This is such a cool topic that I could listen to this topic again and again. This is the best web cast I've heard and I love listening to your thoughts on the search for extraterrestrial life.

   I met Pamela at the ASKC Kansas Star Party this year. Her speach at the star party was great and it was good to me her.

   Brad

2. Craig Smith Says:
   October 15th, 2008 at 8:16 am

   Hello, I heard an astronomer on the NPR Poadcast Hmmm… Krulwich on Science, say that our TV and radio waves fade out and barely make it out of our solar system. If the reverse is also true, wouldn't that make SETI a waste of time?

   The NPR PodCast title is: Lucy's Laugh Enlivens the Solar System, Dated 4/22/2008. (Available on iTunes)

   feed://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=5194672

3. Gina Blanchard Says:
   November 12th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

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4. lloyd wright Says:
   May 3rd, 2009 at 8:34 pm

   Great talk on SETI, love your site, there is an incredible amount of info on your site. it's a great site for learning Astronomy. Congratulation on a brilliant site…Lloyd wright, Sydney, Australia…

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