---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote :
Apparently, a Russian billionaire has trust in Hawking to produce results in this research. But what else can be done that SETI has not already thought of? "Organizers say the "Breakthrough Initiatives" project, also endorsed by other prominent British scientists, is the biggest ever scientific search for alien life. It includes a "listening" program — the effort to analyze vast amounts of radio signals in search of signs of life — and a "messaging" program that will include $1 million in prizes for digital messages that best represent the planet Earth. The messages will not be sent, however, in part because some scientists — including Hawking — fear messages sent into space could possibly spur aggressive actions by alien races." Suppose all the other aliens are scared too? We could all sitting around the galaxy not daring to speak and thinking we are all alone because of it! I think the reason we on't send out messages is because we'd be dead before any aliens got back to us. I Searching for ET: Hawking to look for extraterrestrial life http://finance.yahoo.com/news/searching-et-hawking-look-extraterrestrial-life-121322284.html# http://finance.yahoo.com/news/searching-et-hawking-look-extraterrestrial-life-121322284.html# Searching for ET: Hawking to look for extraterrestrial l... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/searching-et-hawking-look-extraterrestrial-life-121322284.html# LONDON (AP) — Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian-born billionaire Yuri Milner on Monday announced an ambitious bid to combin... View on finance.yahoo.com http://finance.yahoo.com/news/searching-et-hawking-look-extraterrestrial-life-121322284.html# Preview by Yahoo
