[extropy-chat] SETI: First radio signal from alien

[Amara Graps]

>> Zero Powers
> 
>> WASHINGTON: Scientists from SETI, the worldwide project for Search for
>> Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence claim to have detected what they
>> believe to be the first radio signal from an alien civilisation.
...
>> 
>>http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/837354.cms

>Zero, this article is revving my skeptic-engine.  They list
>Dr. Korpela as a "SETI scientist", but all the google hits
>on him show only his involvement with SETI at home.

>Zen koan: SETI at home and SETI are two very different things.
>spike


Don't worry Spike, Eric is a 'real' astronomer!  Try the NASA ADS, if you
are unsure.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&sim_query=YES&aut_xct=NO&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=Korpela%2C+E.&object=&start_mon=01&start_year=1985&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=100&start_nr=1&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&min_score=&jou_pick=ALL&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&sort=SCORE&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1


>From the American Astronomical Directory: (I x'd out his email and
phone number).
His web site seems to be down though.

Korpela
First Name:	Eric
Member Type:	Full Member
Division:	HEAD  
Institution:	UC, Berkeley
Address:	Space Science Lab.
Code 7450
Berkeley, CA 94720-7450
Work Phone:	XXXX
Fax:	XXXX
Email:	XXXX
Website:	http://sag-www.ssl.berkeley.edu/~korpela