CNN/Reuters: Harvard telescope looking for aliens

[DeepModem Mom]

Harvard telescope looking for aliens
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- A Massachusetts observatory unveiled a powerful new telescope on Tuesday designed to capture possible light signals transmitted to Earth by extraterrestrials.

The telescope is the first to be developed solely to search the skies for light pulses from aliens and will be able to cover 100,000 times the amount of sky covered by current equipment, its developers said.

"The opening of this telescope represents one of those rare moments in a field of scientific endeavor when a great leap forward is enabled," said Bruce Betts, project director at The Planetary Society, a group in Pasadena, California, that advocates space exploration and funded the telescope's development.

"Sending laser signals across the cosmos would be a very logical way for E.T. to reach out, but until now, we have been ill-equipped to receive any such signal," he said.

Researchers say alien civilizations may be as likely to use light signals to communicate as radio transmissions. Visible light can form tight beams and could potentially convey information more efficiently, Betts said....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/04/11/et.telescope.reut/index.html

[Orrin_73]

1. Hmmmmm, aliens

which one. The illigal, the legal or just ET.:silly:

[darkmaestro019]

2. Can we signal back? Please? How about

SOS....SOS...SOS

ANY FRIENDLY PARTY PLEASE RESPOND....

EARTH HIJACKED BY CRAZY FUCKS...NEED BACKUP NOW...

MAYDAY...MAYDAY...

WE HAVE COOKIES...VERY NICE BEACHES FOR TIME BEING...

WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL

THANKS LOVE YOU...

SIGNED EVERYBODY

FULL STOP

[Zynx]

3. You know, it is entirely possible that if there are Aliens out there that

they may be a very backwards and primitive society.

[mikeytherat]

4. Or, the aliens might be observing Earth, thinking,

"Look. A primitive dirtball inhabited by psychotic apes."

mikey_the_rat

[Sin]

9. Or they could be thinking.

Man there all made out of meat.

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/TheyMade.shtml

[Zynx]

11. That's the common perception of aliens.

However, I am proposing that instead of the inter-galatic, space travelling types, they could be a bunch of nomadic primitive types.

[shadowknows69]

6. Compared to us?

How much worse could it be?

[Zynx]

10. I could imagine a lot worse.

[Carni]

12. Compared to what we have running the US currently?

I don't think so lol

[theHandpuppet]

5. Åll they have to do is point it at Pennsylvania Avenue

There are plenty of non-human lifes forms inhabiting that place.

[TrogL]

7. same for the Lounge

[mwooldri]

8. Nasty..... (n/t)