To Go Boldly Where No One Has Gone Before.
The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life.
Funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen the finished array will have 350 6m antennas and will be one of the world’s largest.
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) will be able to sweep more than one million star systems for radio signals generated by intelligent beings.
Its creators hope it will help spot definite signs of alien life by 2025.
The 21st Century is when everything changes. And you gotta be ready.
Tags: Geekery
October 12th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Let it be said that if this array is controlled by a Microsoft Product the chances of success are limited. We could get a signal, with secrets to the universe, and miss it thanks to a blue screen o’ death! Or, someone could hack a security hole and have us thinking that we are about to be colonized by a race that looks like the Chinese prime minister.
Just sayin..
October 12th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
I for one welcome our new ant overlords….