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Europe's New ET Life Search Programme

Posted by Hemos on from the testing-the-galaxy dept.

hotsauce writes "The Guardian has a report on Europe's ambitious new programme to search for extra terrestial life. ESA has started a program called Cosmic Visions which will launch a series of satelites, starting with Gaia in 2011, and possibly culminating with the Exo-Earth Imager, a mission consisting of 10.000 3-metre mirror telescopes. The French are leading the charge with Corot in 2008."

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  1. Leak by kahei · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Someone seems to have leaked the Doom movie script.

    *orchestral strings swell louder as sun rises on ruins of base*

    The Rock (staring out across red dust of Mars, now dotted with demon corpses): We search for a pattern in radio signals to find proof of intelligence, yet we look at a strand of DNA and not see it. Uhuh.

    Female Lead With Shiny Hair: Oh, darling, how deep!

    Cute Freckled Kid Rescued From Demons: Now let's go back to Earth and kick DEMON BUTT!!

    *distorted guitar sound enters music, which turns into a party metal anthem as the credits roll*

    --
    Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
  2. Re:More cover-up, waste of money... by ravenspear · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is that you John?