Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins 248
liqs8143 writes "Astronomers from the United States have begun searching for alien life on 86 possible earth-like planets. A massive radio telescope that listens for signs of alien life is being used for this project. These 86 planets are short-listed from 1235 possible planets detected by NASA's Kepler telescope. The mission is part of the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project, launched in the mid 1980s. A giant dish pointing towards each of the 86 planets will gather 24 hours of data, starting from this week."
What exactly.. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:too bad they cancelled TPF-1 (Score:3, Interesting)
Short sighted? Or did they think ahead and realize that finding life bearing worlds hurts their religious voters?