Allen Telescope Array In Action

DIY News writes "36 of an eventual herd of 350 dishes are now operational in a remote area 250 miles northeast of San Francisco. These antennas, 20 feet in diameter and the height of a football goal post, are the first installment of the Allen Telescope Array, and they are ideal for short SETI projects while the array is being built." From the articel: "The young ATA's first foray into SETI will be known by the straightforward (if not overly galvanic) name of Inner Galactic Plane Survey. The word 'survey' may surprise many who are familiar with this telescope's design. After all, it's being finely tuned to speedily examine large numbers of star systems in a so-called "targeted search". The completed array will be exceptionally nimble at such individual scrutiny, and will leave previous targeted searches in the data dust."

Comments

Waste of time, money and effort

[eraserewind]

Waste of time, money and effort like the whole rest of the SETI project. There may well be someone out there, but they are nowhere we can ever communicate with, never mind go to. It saddens me, but the universe is not like Star Trek.

What's the point of SETI

[johansalk]

What's the point of spending all this money on such a useless and rather silly project? Seriously.