Terrestrial Planet Finder

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Terrestrial Planet Finder

Gary — 1/18/2005 4:56:58 PM (archived)

LJK asked:

"As I like to ask anyone who says SETI is unworkable, what others methods do they know for finding life beyond Earth, especially intelligent life?"

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To find life beyond the Earth in other star systems, you use a nulling interferometer like the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF), refer to:

http://www.terrestrial-planet-finder.com/

If a TPF detects a planet with an atmosphere that contains free oxygen with trace quantities of methane and ozone then that discovery counts as "finding life beyond the Earth".

SETI based upon the assumption of ET continuously beaming a high power signal at us is a silly waste of money. SETI will fail and leave people with the false conclusion that life is extremely rare in the galaxy. SETI has as much hope of success as using an Ouija board (an Ouija board is much cheaper).

Gary

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What do y'all know about "Tholins" ? - jms - 1/17/2005 5:49:22 AM
- Paper on Tholins at Titan - LJK - 1/18/2005 7:30:04 AM
  - re: Also Lynn Margulis' "Environmental Evolution" - Nick Hoffman - 1/20/2005 4:46:38 AM
    - now I gotta go to the library... - jms - 1/21/2005 1:02:06 AM
      - Forget the Library... - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2005 3:28:43 AM
  - That's what I was looking for. - jms - 1/18/2005 4:16:42 PM
    - If you want even more information on Titan... - LJK - 1/19/2005 10:52:04 PM
- re: What do y'all know about "Tholins" ? - Jacob Samorodin - 1/17/2005 3:47:16 PM
- Invented by the creator of Astrobiology - Carl Sagan. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/17/2005 1:12:12 PM
  - Sagan nicely debunked by Michael Crichton - Gary - 1/17/2005 9:07:07 PM
    - Crichton nicely debunked by Realclimate.org - pwokenyaw - 1/18/2005 5:18:37 AM
      - re: Crichton nicely debunked by Realclimate.org - LJK - 1/19/2005 12:42:51 AM
      - The linked Crichton speech concerned Sagan's "Nuclear Winter" (n/t) - Gary - 1/18/2005 5:26:52 AM
        
        And to denigrate global warming. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/18/2005 2:38:18 PM
        
        And also SETI. - Robert Clark - 1/18/2005 3:31:53 PM
        
        re: And also SETI. - LJK - 1/18/2005 4:29:28 PM
        
        Terrestrial Planet Finder - Gary - 1/18/2005 4:56:58 PM
        
        re: Terrestrial Planet Finder - Robert Clark - 1/18/2005 9:20:18 PM
        
        Bob puts his foot into another gaping hole in his knowledge - Nick Hoffman - 1/19/2005 2:10:42 AM
        
        Sounded like a reasonable question to me - alcaray - 1/19/2005 5:07:31 PM
        
        re: Sounded like a reasonable question to me - Robert Clark - 1/20/2005 1:16:35 PM
        
        P.S. Start Here... - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2005 3:26:12 AM
        
        Table of detection ranges. - Robert Clark - 1/21/2005 4:39:06 PM
        
        re: Sounded like a reasonable question to me - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2005 2:38:10 AM
        
        And the answer is? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/19/2005 6:44:06 AM
        
        The answer is? (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 1/19/2005 7:22:23 AM
        
        TPF and CFCs - pwokenyaw - 1/18/2005 8:24:25 PM
        
        re: TPF and CFCs - Marcia - 1/19/2005 1:00:46 AM
    - Becareful, you'll bring up a big argument about global warming! - Robert Clark - 1/18/2005 12:30:17 AM
- It's what a Texan calls them aliens that build that web-thang to catch starships. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/17/2005 6:50:31 AM

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