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The actual "search for extra-terrestrial life," as it is known today started around 1959 with the advent of [[radio astronomy]]. In 1960, Frank Drake, a radio astronomer using a 26-meter [[radio telescope]] in [[West Virginia]] conducted the first modern "SETI-style" search. The SETI Institute was formed in 1984.<ref>http://www.seti.org/news/media-information/history.php</ref> Many people consider their aim a futile mission that is more suited to [[science fiction]] than [[science]]. SETI is supported mostly by [[atheists]], as most [[Christians]] deny the possibility of life outside of Earth.
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The actual "search for extra-terrestrial life," as it is known today started around 1959 with the advent of [[radio astronomy]]. In 1960, Frank Drake, a radio astronomer using a 26-meter [[radio telescope]] in [[West Virginia]] conducted the first modern "SETI-style" search. The SETI Institute was formed in 1984.<ref>http://www.seti.org/news/media-information/history.php</ref> Many people consider their aim a futile mission that is more suited to [[science fiction]] than [[science]].
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 19:06, September 16, 2010

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute is a privately-funded, not-for-profit institute that is "dedicated to scientific research, education, and public outreach."[1].

History

The actual "search for extra-terrestrial life," as it is known today started around 1959 with the advent of radio astronomy. In 1960, Frank Drake, a radio astronomer using a 26-meter radio telescope in West Virginia conducted the first modern "SETI-style" search. The SETI Institute was formed in 1984.[2] Many people consider their aim a futile mission that is more suited to science fiction than science.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.seti.org/about-us/
  2. ↑ http://www.seti.org/news/media-information/history.php
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