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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. Very Sneaky by SeaDour · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is obviously part of a grand scheme to transmit free copies of Microsoft Office to nearby star systems.

  2. ah... by Raagshinnah · · Score: 5, Funny
    ah so that's why all those UFOs have been crashing

    thank you, i'll be here all night

  3. Shrinking market by krray · · Score: 5, Funny
    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.


    Of course -- Microsoft _needs_ to find new customers. We both know that...