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Microsoft's Paul Allen Funds ET Search

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-you-got-it-use-it dept.

Chris Gondek writes "Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, one of the richest men on Earth, today pledged to donate $US13.5 million ($17.99 million) for research into extra-terrestrial life. With the contribution, Allen will have given $US25 million ($33.32 million) for construction of the Allen Telescope Array (ATA), a network of 350 radio telescopes being built to find signs of life in space, said Thomas Pierson, director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute."

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  1. Good news? by unoengborg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There are lot of people in the world that starve, have problems with diseaces, have have no education,..

    All problems that could have used this money better Even if we find ET he is probably are just as dead as the dinosaurs when we get the information of his existence due to the distance the information have to travel.

    But perhaps we should be happy that he is not using that money to fund SCO lawsuits.

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  2. Re:In spite of... by Endive4Ever · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's amusing how people like you have it all figured out, except, of course, how to earn the money you're so enthusiastic about distributing.

    A nickel and a modern liberal arts degree in economics should get you a coffee when it's on special. But you doubtless don't even have the degree.

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