I went to the World Science Festival’s Cool Jobs event early and had the opportunity to spend a few minutes catching up with Jill Tarter. Topics of conversation included the status of the Allen Telescope Array, the status of A … Continued
Dear Filmmaker, I read your post about Stephen Hawking and in it you have a transcription of your interview with Jill Tarter. Why didn’t you just put up the video? Cheers, GDS Dear GDS, That’s an excellent question. I didn’t … Continued
I’m thrilled to announce that footage from A Life’s Work will be used at this year’s World Science Festival (June 2-6)! The WSF was founded by Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe) and Emmy award-winning journalist Tracy Day. It’s mission: … … Continued
I don’t remember when I first became aware of the SETI Institute. I have a feeling it was when I was in college in the early 80s. One of my suite-mates was an engineering major and had an interest in … Continued
Stephen Hawking has been getting a lot of press lately because of his statement that Earthlings should not try to communicate with extraterrestrials because they may pose a threat. Here’s a link to a fluffy ABC News piece. Here’s how … Continued
Periodically, I look through footage that on first blush, I’ve deemed not too useful. This practice led me to this clip. In June 2008, Tom Harting, CSC, and I followed Jill Tarter and a bunch of SETI REU students (Research … Continued
April 8, 1960. Frank Drake conducts the first SETI experiment, pointing a radio telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, at the star Tau Ceti. To commemorate the anniversary, here’s a snippet from a sample I put together a while back. … Continued
I’ve mentioned the Golden Record in a previous post but I just discovered that you can listen to the contents and look at the images online. http://www.goldenrecord.org/ You can also listen to it here! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/129030648″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] … Continued
Recently, I posted the following as a Facebook status. “David Licata is wondering what’s more important, what you’ve yet to do or what you’ve done?” It was my way of trying to be pithy and get people to click on … Continued
In September, 1959, two physicists at Cornell University, Philip Morrison and Giuseppe Cocconi, published a paper in the science journal Nature entitled “Searching for Interstellar Communications.” The Telegraph used the anniversary as an opportunity to post a top ten list … Continued