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SETI Gains Respect, NASA Funding
securitas writes "After having its funding cut off by Congress a decade ago, the SETI program has just received a NASA five-year grant (Google link) to participate as a lead team in the NASA Astrobiology Institute, which investigates the origin and future of life in the universe. For more information, see the Astrobiology Institute's announcement and the NASA press release."
The search for intelligent life on Earth continues.
Sure you say that now, but you'll be crying when china has all of the lucrative exclusive extra terrestrial trade deals worked out and we're still trying to sell cars to canada.
That putting that trojan in the screensaver that lobbies congressmen was a good idea.....
Donte Alistair Anderson Roberts - hi son!
Karma: Chameleon
It's now nice to know all those 60-Some data sets I've gone through at about 30 hours each weren't in vain.
Preemptive War on Terrorism. Almost taken care of.
Preemptive War on Little Green Men. That's our next Goal.
Bush: What?? There is oil on Mars? Immediately nuke all space agencies other than NASA ! Reason? We don't need a reason... just use the terrorist prevention excuse or something ...
You know perfectly well that M class planets only exist in Star Trek. The same applies also to tachyon fields. :-) And no earth-like planets have ever been discovered around Proxima Centauri...
I think you should not be modded down as troll, because this is a good indicator about the data quality found on Interesting 5 Slashdot posts.
- Ismo
...is point their telescopes at Alabama. Tons of other-worldly creatures live there.
I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
Fantastic works of utter fiction seem to be part and parcel with this current regime.
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
--Dr.W.Edwards Deming
NASA have run out of stuff to exploit from the crashed flying saucers at Area 51 and now they're looking for which star system to send their 'honeypot' radio signals to :-D.
"PLZ resend disk 2 of TWO TOWERS"
Not really. Just some kick-ass space crusades.
Money for nothing, pix for free
More like "We have over 80 YodaBytes of porn. Will trade our collection of 5 breasted sexy hairy slugs for your stuff"
Life is not for the lazy.
Bummer. I will no longer be able to righteously correct slashdotters who ignorantly complain that SETI is "wasting" their tax dollars. :)
I was always kind of proud of SETI for making it on private donations alone; it seemed like losing federal funds was the best thing that ever happened to them. Anyway, this grant is just for the Astrobiology Institute partnership; they still have their own funds for their normal operations.
Liberal (adj.): Free from bigotry; open to progress; tolerant of others.
4.) They've seen our TV and are avoiding us like the plauge we are.
Jaysyn
There is a war going on for your mind.
We also know that Jesus pledged to return one day. So far, He hasn't. This means that he is most likely purging other civilizations of sin. Christ died 1,970 years ago; assuming that He is not bound by the speed of light, that gives Him enough time to purge 59 planets of sin. (If he is limited by lightspeed, things get complicated, but there is no reason to assume that such an arbitrary natural law applies to God.)
The point is that with each passing year that Jesus does not return, the odds for extraterrestrial life go up. This is a good thing. I for one am excited about the prospect of life among the stars, and I am convinced that it exists. Don't let an overly-narrow interpretation of Scripture dictate a purely ethnocentric worldview to you; it will only hold you back.
Plus they just fired 7 astronauts
Chika Chik-ah... do-e ow ow.
Don't blame me, I voted for Durga.
Not to mention the money they will be saving, maintaining one less shuttle.