In a week of grubby airborne incidents Jodie Foster's donation to a California's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute took us to a higher place
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It's been a week when the movements of large airborne body (allegedly) caused all sorts of trouble, so let's look to the skies. Up through the stratosphere, up where the air is clear, to the far out reaches of space where - if Jodie Foster's wallet has its way - we'll finally realise the dream of making contact with extraterrestrial life. Foster donated an undisclosed amount to the California-based Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (Seti) this week, helping to raise enough money to put the centre's 42 radio telescope dishes back into action. "We need to return it to the task of searching newly discovered planetary worlds for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence," Foster told Afp, adding that she hoped her money would...
The big story
It's been a week when the movements of large airborne body (allegedly) caused all sorts of trouble, so let's look to the skies. Up through the stratosphere, up where the air is clear, to the far out reaches of space where - if Jodie Foster's wallet has its way - we'll finally realise the dream of making contact with extraterrestrial life. Foster donated an undisclosed amount to the California-based Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (Seti) this week, helping to raise enough money to put the centre's 42 radio telescope dishes back into action. "We need to return it to the task of searching newly discovered planetary worlds for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence," Foster told Afp, adding that she hoped her money would...
- 8/18/2011
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
The actress has given a sum of cash to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) Institute in California to help it continue its research work following Us federal and California cuts to its budget.
The Seti monitors radio transmissions to try and pick up transmissions from other planets but it was forced to halt its work and turn off its Allen Telescope Array (Ata) dishes – of which there are 42 dish-shaped antennas which work as a single radio telescope - in April because of the cuts.
It then launched an appeal to raise $200,000 so it could continue its operations and following Jodie's undisclosed donation the Seti had raised $223,000 from 2,557 donors.
In a statement on the fundraising website, Jodie – who played a scientist searching for extraterrestrials in the movie 'Contact' - said: "The Allen Telescope Array could turn science fiction into science fact but only if it is actively searching the skies.
The Seti monitors radio transmissions to try and pick up transmissions from other planets but it was forced to halt its work and turn off its Allen Telescope Array (Ata) dishes – of which there are 42 dish-shaped antennas which work as a single radio telescope - in April because of the cuts.
It then launched an appeal to raise $200,000 so it could continue its operations and following Jodie's undisclosed donation the Seti had raised $223,000 from 2,557 donors.
In a statement on the fundraising website, Jodie – who played a scientist searching for extraterrestrials in the movie 'Contact' - said: "The Allen Telescope Array could turn science fiction into science fact but only if it is actively searching the skies.
- 8/18/2011
Actor who played a scientist in sci-fi movie Contact makes donation to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute
She played a scientist who uncovers evidence of extraterrestrial life in 1997's Contact. Yesterday it was revealed that the Oscar-winning actor Jodie Foster is engaged in a real-life bid to prove that we are not alone in the universe after the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) Institute in California said she had made a donation to help it continue its work in the face of funding cuts.
Foster's undisclosed donation helped the organisation, which monitors radio transmissions in the hope of finding transmissions from other worlds, to raise $223,000 – exceeding its $200,000 goal – from 2,557 donors. The fund-raising campaign was launched after Us federal and California state cuts left the institute facing a severe shortfall. Seti was forced to halt operations in April, but its 42 radio telescope dishes (named the Allen Telescope Array or Ata...
She played a scientist who uncovers evidence of extraterrestrial life in 1997's Contact. Yesterday it was revealed that the Oscar-winning actor Jodie Foster is engaged in a real-life bid to prove that we are not alone in the universe after the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) Institute in California said she had made a donation to help it continue its work in the face of funding cuts.
Foster's undisclosed donation helped the organisation, which monitors radio transmissions in the hope of finding transmissions from other worlds, to raise $223,000 – exceeding its $200,000 goal – from 2,557 donors. The fund-raising campaign was launched after Us federal and California state cuts left the institute facing a severe shortfall. Seti was forced to halt operations in April, but its 42 radio telescope dishes (named the Allen Telescope Array or Ata...
- 8/18/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
The hunt for extra-terrestrial life forms has suffered a massive setback. No, Sammy Hagar hasn't disavowed his claim that he was abducted by aliens. But the Seti (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute has put its Allen Telescope Array into hibernation, effectively shutting down a program that has tracked transmissions from deep space since 1984.
According to the Washington Post, Seti Institute CEO Tom Pierson sent an e-mail to employees on Friday (April 22), saying there was a shortage of funds -- $5 million -- to keep the Telescope Array online.
"Here we are, just at the point of finding habitable worlds as common as cheap motels, and we're mothballing the one instrument that can investigate if there's life," says Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Seti. "It's like being set down on treasure island, and then not being given a shovel."
So far, no reaction from Jodie Foster, who made contact with alien life forms in 1997. Oh wait,...
According to the Washington Post, Seti Institute CEO Tom Pierson sent an e-mail to employees on Friday (April 22), saying there was a shortage of funds -- $5 million -- to keep the Telescope Array online.
"Here we are, just at the point of finding habitable worlds as common as cheap motels, and we're mothballing the one instrument that can investigate if there's life," says Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Seti. "It's like being set down on treasure island, and then not being given a shovel."
So far, no reaction from Jodie Foster, who made contact with alien life forms in 1997. Oh wait,...
- 4/27/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The Seti Institute has stopped listening for aliens, a casualty of government budget cuts. The business community and private donors should pony up. Here's why it's not as crazy as it sounds.
Nerds everywhere today are in mourning. Funding for the Seti Institute in Mountain View, Calif., has dried up, meaning the search for extraterrestrial intelligence lost one of its champions. In an letter dated April 22nd, reports the San Jose Mercury News, Seti Institute's CEO, Tom Pierson, reported that the array had to be put into "hibernation." The equipment will be maintained, but won't be able to operate--the government funding simply isn't there.
After choking back our tears and shaking our heads in remembrance of Carl Sagan, we began to wonder what the implications were for technology. Would the Seti@home project, which we've covered numerous times in the past, be disrupted, and if so, what of the general project of distributed computing?...
Nerds everywhere today are in mourning. Funding for the Seti Institute in Mountain View, Calif., has dried up, meaning the search for extraterrestrial intelligence lost one of its champions. In an letter dated April 22nd, reports the San Jose Mercury News, Seti Institute's CEO, Tom Pierson, reported that the array had to be put into "hibernation." The equipment will be maintained, but won't be able to operate--the government funding simply isn't there.
After choking back our tears and shaking our heads in remembrance of Carl Sagan, we began to wonder what the implications were for technology. Would the Seti@home project, which we've covered numerous times in the past, be disrupted, and if so, what of the general project of distributed computing?...
- 4/26/2011
- by David Zax
- Fast Company
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