SETI closing

[mc68k]

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_17926565?nclick_check=1

not surprising given CA's ongoing budget issues.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

There goes my chance of shaking hands with ET again.

 

[techfreak85]

That's really too sad. I hope some day they will find the funding again..... hopefully by that time we will find many more potential planets.

 

[leekohler]

That stinks. Hopefully, they can get back to work sometime in the future.

 

[gkarris]

Just like the computations - is there a way we can buy the receivers and gather the signals at home - then pump the data onto the 'net?

 

[alphaone]

Just like the computations - is there a way we can buy the receivers and gather the signals at home - then pump the data onto the 'net?

Not unless you have room for Arecibo or the VLA in your backyard.

 

[gkarris]

Not unless you have room for Arecibo or the VLA in your backyard.

The many households in the USA can be interconnected into a VLA...

 

[twoodcc]

i'm really sad to hear this. SETI is how i got started with distributed computing. hopefully they'll be back up soon

 

[techfreak85]

If you SETI guys' CPUs are just dying not running at 100% 24/7, I know a Folding@Home team that would be very welcoming of new members.

 

[gmfeier]

SETI@home isn't going anywhere:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=63888