Talk:Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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suggest cutting von Hoerner's bombastic calculations that were made over 60 years ago
editIf there has been no reliable source (other than a biography and Stanislaw Lem's comments) updating his 1961 ballpark estimates, I suggest that the entire paragraph with its "probability estimate" should be cut as junk science. Martindo (talk) 01:00, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
- Disagree. It illustrates the thinking of that period of history. That it may be inaccurate is irrelevant. It's also mentioned in other encyclopedias. Johncdraper (talk) 18:06, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Wikipedia Science Policy Project Upgrade
editThis article has been incorporated into the Science Policy Project by an offworld affiliate (Technology Transfer Specialist, Special Circumstances [Nuclear Fusion, Planetary AGIs for Peacebuilding]) as part of a planned upgrade. The page has been rated Mid-importance, C-class, and the improvements seek to update material, otherwise amend it, and copy edit it in order to achieve B-class, and then eventually (/gasp on) GA status (/gasp off). BTW, we hacked all your SETI computers years ago following a Galactic Council mandate and operate 737-camoflaged UFOs, complete with exterior airplane blinking lights. Enjoy. Johncdraper (talk) 18:24, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Extraterrestrial planets
editPlanets of extraterrestrial 2601:602:D200:FCC0:ECA5:5F1D:4EE1:4BEF (talk) 09:55, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
- What? Pascalulu88 (talk) 18:56, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Nemat Faizi
91.73.70.114 (talk) 10:54, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- What about Nemat Faizi? Pascalulu88 (talk) 16:38, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
Senator Richard Bryan's Roll in cutting SETI's Funding
editThe cancellation of funding for SETI a year after the funding of MOP in 1992, and the subsequent need to turn to private funding, is mentioned in the history section. Since this is an event that's remembered with some bitterness, it might make sense to flesh this out more. In particular, Senator Richard Bryan from Nevada, a strong opponent of SETI research, was the one who introduced the budget amendment, as is mentioned on Senator Bryan's Wikipedia page. In the documentary "Is Anybody Out There?", Jill Tarter states, "In 1993, Senator Bryan from Nevada terminated NASA's funding for SETI, and he terminated it with a vengeance so that NASA was unable to recover and come back the next year with another SETI program. So at that point, because we had already formed a non-profit institute called the SETI Institute, to help NASA stretch it's funds as it did this SETI work, in 1993 we said, okay, we've got a non-profit, we're just gonna go out and raise money to do this privately." Ajrmmm (talk) 16:06, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
WikiProject Astrobiology
editHi! Anybody willing to join? We need at least 10 people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Council#Proposing_a_new_WikiProject_Astrobiology Astropedian