Earth-bound rules threaten quest for extraterrestrial life
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Cuts in NASA's budget for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) may result in the closure of the Ohio State University radiotelescope Big Ear. Big Ear has no outside funding and its lease ends on Jul 30, 1995 with the property owners having other plans. Though University funding and volunteers could keep the project open, environmental laws governing a required repainting could undercut their efforts because of a $100,000 cost. Another program, Megachannel Extraterrestrial Assay, will remain through private funding but astronomers believe multiple approaches will be more successful.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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ET search project in struggle for survival
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SERENDIP, one of the most powerful programs for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is facing financial difficulties due to the demise of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's SETI program in 1994. This has adversely affected the upgrading of the SERENDIP III system to the next generation of SERENDIP IV. Using SERENDIP, searchers on the Earth can use the Arecibo telescope at the same time as astronomers by surveying the same parts of the sky and phenomena for radio signals.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1995
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Arecibo enters 'new era' in astronomy
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The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has undergone a $26 million upgrade and an inauguration ceremony is being held in June 1997. The five-year project, jointly funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, includes the installation of a more powerful radio transmitter, allowing the receivers to collect more of the photons falling on the primary dish. Arecibo contains the world's largest telescope.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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