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6. SETI and Astrobiology
6. SETI and Astrobiology
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Early attempts in the 1950s and 1960s to detect radio signals from another civilization yielded no positive results. Proponents of the search understood the need to build tunable receivers that could scan enormous numbers of very narrow frequency bands at high speed, but the ability to do so was technologically limited until the 1980s, when inexpensive computing capability and receiver technologies matured.
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It is a telescope system designed and built specifically for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, to be sited at a University of California observing station in northern California, with private donations totaling more than $12 million. Interestingly, the Allen Telescope Array is pioneering a variety of concepts to be employed in the proposed Square Kilometer Array, a project highly rated in the most recent astronomy decadal survey.3 ASSESSMENT OF THE SETI INSTITUTE On its face, the SETI Institute appears to be a model for science that is driven entirely by private donations with a particular result in mind.
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The leadership of the SETI Institute has forged a unique endeavor out of private and public funds, maintained a high standard of scientific research through its peer-reviewed research activities, and articulated clearly and authoritatively the rationale for approaches to a comprehensive search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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