Seed magazine has an interesting article on extra terrestrials. After decades of searching, scientists have found no trace of extraterrestrial intelligence. Now, some of them hope to make contact by broadcasting messages to the stars. Are we prepared for an answer?
“Alexander Zaitsev, Chief Scientist at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, has access to one of the most powerful radio transmitters on Earth. Though he officially uses it to conduct the Institute’s planetary radar studies, Zaitsev is also trying to contact other civilizations in nearby star systems. He believes extraterrestrial intelligence exists, and that we as a species have a moral obligation to announce our presence to our sentient neighbors in the Milky Way—to let them know they are not alone. If everyone in the galaxy only listens, he reasons, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is doomed to failure.”
Some in the science world are a little peeved that Alexander Zaitsev is speaking on our behalf. If it’s not him though, who should it be?
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I already wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
Please take into account that I did not read David Grinspoon’s article “Who Speaks for Earth?†as a reviewer — I saw this article when it was already published.
If David Grinspoon gave me an opportunity to read his article before publication, I should underline that:
1) Cosmic Call 1999 was transmitted from EPR (Evpatoria Planetary Radar) to 4 nearby Sun-like stars not as my private initiative; CC-1999 was transmitted from EPR in accordance with Contract, sponsored by a Houston-based company, Encounter 2001,
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/Encounter2001.html
2) Teen Age Message 2001 was transmitted from EPR to 6 nearby Sun-like stars not as my private initiative; TAM-2001 was transmitted from EPR in accordance with Contract, sponsored by a Moscow-based Center of Teenage Activity,
http://www.mgdtd.ru
3) Cosmic Call 2003 was transmitted from EPR to 5 nearby Sun-like stars not as my private initiative; CC-2003 was transmitted from EPR in accordance with Contract, sponsored by a Houston-based aerospace company Team Encounter,
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/TeamEncounter.html
See also:
http://www.cplire.ru/html/ra&sr/irm/CosmicCall-2003/index.html
Therefore, please do not think that I am unique who took an advantage of sovereign right on
The freedom of speech,
The freedom of broadcasting,
The freedom of expression…
I think this blog should be the first contact with extra terrestrials – at least we’d make sure they would vote Labour
Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom.
D-J old chap, perhaps we should sort out getting postal voting in Birmingham right before we extend it to the rest of the galaxy
Sadly it seems this is not the same Alexander Zaitsev who was the world pairs figures skating champion (with Irina Rodnina) in the 1970s.
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