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Chapter 19: The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The Search for ET Life
The Search for life beyond Earth continues. In addition to Project Phoenix check the website for the Allen Telescope Array at http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=331.
Answer the following questions: 1) What was Project Phoenix? 2) What range of wavelengths did it search? 3) What telescope was used by Project Phoenix in its search?
Visit the Project Phoenix web site
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SETI@Home
For some years individual home computers have been helping in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
1) Report on how small computers are being used in SETI. 2) From the "Statistics" link on the main page report on how many people have used SETI@home on their computers and how many hours (or days or years) of computer time has been used?
Visit the SETI@Home web site
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Communication with ET
Once contact is made with ET, we will want to communicate. Much thought has gone into this question.
This site provides many links and information about our efforts to communicate and search for ET. Of special interest is the "interactive messaging" application, which allows you to encode and decode your own message. 1) Use the interactive messaging application and create your own message. 2) Compare the image and the graphic that correspond to the Arecibo message.
Visit the Messages to ET web site
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Carl Sagan
A leader in interpreting science to the public and in SETI, Carl Sagan died in 1996, but his legacy continues.
This page of "The Planetary Society" includes an essay by Carl Sagan, articles about his work and life, and many tributes. After reading some of the material, describe what kind of person you think he was.
Visit the Carl Sagan web site
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