I realize most of the members on this list are from the Phoenix area but I
thought I'd put this invitation out there anyway.
Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, will be in Sierra
Vista on Monday, November 5 for a public talk to be held in the Student
Union building at Cochise College 901 N. Colombo Avenue, Sierra Vista. The
talk is at 7 pm and admission is free. Everyone is invited.
Seth's talk is being sponsored jointly by the University South Foundation
(https://www.universitysouthfoundation.com/) and the Huachuca Astronomy
Club.
If anyone wants more information you can contact me off-list: tedforte511
at gmail dot com A talk synopsis below. - ted
SETI: Are we closer to finding the aliens?
For nearly six decades, SETI scientists have searched in vain for a signal
from the cosmos that would betray the existence of extraterrestrial
intelligence. Does this failure to discover aliens mean something, or could
there be something fundamentally flawed with SETI strategy? We consider the
state of searching today, and what are the assumptions that undergird the
hunt for E.T. And what if a discovery is made? Would the public even be
told?
Dr. Seth Shostak directs the search for extraterrestrials at the SETI
Institute in California-trying to find evidence of intelligent life in
space. He is also committed to getting the public, especially young people,
excited about astrobiology and science in general. Seth is the host of "Big
Picture Science," the SETI Institute's weekly radio show. Big Picture
Science can be found in iTunes and other podcast sites.
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