ET first contact 'within 20 years' ????? (I don't make it up, I just report it.)

David F Mayer — 8/4/2004 4:36:28 AM (archived)

ET first contact 'within 20 years'

17:23 23 July 04

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If intelligent life exists elsewhere in our galaxy, advances in computer processing power and radio telescope technology will ensure we detect their transmissions within two decades. That is the bold prediction from a leading light at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountain View, California.

Personally, I suspect that 20,000,000 years would be a better bet.

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ET first contact 'within 20 years' ????? (I don't make it up, I just report it.) - David F Mayer - 8/4/2004 4:36:28 AM
- 'UFO video' goes to Hollywood - Jack Herer - 8/5/2004 4:39:14 PM
  - Wow! Â£20,000! What is the address of those idiots? Perhaps they would be interested in some swamp land I happend to own. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/6/2004 7:17:32 PM
    - Link - Astro - 8/7/2004 11:24:06 PM
    - re: You bought swampland ? (n/t) - ZI - 8/7/2004 1:43:32 PM
      - re: You bought swampland ? - Tom Brosz - 8/8/2004 8:37:53 PM
      - "You bought swampland ?" No. But I am willing to SELL it to anybody stupid enough to buy such a tape for such a price. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/8/2004 5:44:56 AM
- We rate one line in ET's star catalog - Gary - 8/5/2004 7:18:46 AM
- Plan Soc SETI conference at Harvard - phil - 8/4/2004 6:38:10 PM
- Some speculation - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2004 5:45:58 PM
  - I've written about this for a long time - Larry J - 8/5/2004 6:26:10 PM
- Why do you think it will take far longer than that? - ~tax leech - 8/4/2004 7:06:52 AM
  - The Universe is Truly VAST. Distances between technological civilizations are HUGE. - David F Mayer - 8/4/2004 2:44:22 PM
    - Alien Solar Power Plants - ZK - 8/4/2004 10:25:20 PM

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