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Seti, the past, present and future

Duration:
18 minutes
First broadcast:
Monday 16 January 2012

Jason Palmer explores the past, present and future of Seti.

In the second programme he looks at what sort of signal might ET send us, and how might we respond?

Jason talks to Seti's co-founder Frank Drake as well as its current active researchers, including Seth Shostak, Jill Tartar and Doug Vakoch.

  • Alien hunters: An array of hope

    Alien hunters: An array of hope

    "Since 1993, Seti has had to run on private donations from people who think this is an interesting thing to do. After all, you're not going to find ET unless you have the telescope operational"

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