SETI: Now What?

Published: March 29, 2010, 7 a.m.

b'Hello! Is anyone out there? As the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence marks its 50th anniversary, there\\u2019s been no contact as yet with alien beings. But SETI researchers maintain that we are not alone. Find out why in a SETI retrospective that looks at the past and future of the search.\\nWe remember the first scientific SETI search\\u2026 Carl Sagan... how the SETI Institute began\\u2026 the WOW signal\\u2026and the 1993 NASA budget cuts.\\nWe\\u2019ll also hear from critics of the search\\u2026 scientists involved in optical SETI and SETI@home. Plus, international collaborations\\u2026 and where the search is headed.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nFrank Drake - Director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute\\n\\n\\nJill Tarter - Director of the Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute\\n\\n\\nTom Pierson - CEO, SETI Institute\\n\\n\\nPaul Horowitz - Physicist, electrical engineer, Harvard University\\n\\n\\nDan Werthimer - Chief Scientist, SETI@home, University of California, Berkeley\\n\\n\\nBen Zuckerman - Physicist, Astronomer, UCLA\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'