After the Russian billionaire Yuri Milner recently promised to invest 100 million dollars in the project to search for extraterrestrial life, the media became interested in how real the chances of success of this project.
Project Manager Pete Worden said in an interview with The Daily Mail , how will the search be carried out. According to him, the possibility to get in contact with extraterrestrial life is approximately 1%.
Earlier it was reported that the project called Breakthrough Listen, will be occupied by 25 people. They will work with two huge radio telescopes and a third telescope, the laser-sensitive.
Worden, a former head of the Ames Research Center of NASA, told exactly how the search will be conducted. Telescopes “will scan the” million nearest star to Earth for weak signals that might send into space other intelligent inhabitants of the universe. Scientists are exploring the center of our galaxy and nearby galaxies hundred, according to a British newspaper article, which results in InoPressa .
In addition, the researchers are going to send a signal to ourselves brothers in mind: will be held an international competition for the best letters representing humanity, which can be sent to extraterrestrial civilizations.
“Professor Stephen Hawking, who in the past said that extraterrestrial life exists precisely, but warned mankind from trying to enter into contact with it, was among those who supported the project,” – said the publication.
“Experts say that if a certain civilization sends signals to power, the same power a conventional airborne radar, one of thousands of stars closest to Earth, the telescopes used in the project will be able to catch them,” – the article says.
According to Ward, the project will involve a 100-meter Green Bank radio telescope in West Virginia, and the 64-meter radio telescope Parkes in New South Wales (Australia). The funds will be used to hire “working time” telescopes, as well as information processing. Thus, they receive funding – as opposed to other large telescopes.
Earlier, Milner said he did not expect much from your project, but hopes that his actions will encourage others also to invest in such research. With regard to other personnel on average they estimate the chances of success in the 1%. “It is curious that no one said 0%,” – said Worden.
Milner explained why put money into the project
Edition Time indicates that Milner – known philanthropist and long supported science. For example, he established the Prize for physics , math , medicine. In the words of a businessman, so he seeks to popularize science.
Businessman depressing that doing sports is more prestigious than to be a scientist. “We do not praise the intellectual achievements and glorify the achievements in sport and the arts. In the list of the 200 most famous people in the world will not get Stephen Hawking – and perhaps will be on 199th place. We tried to change things for the better” – said Milner .
As for the current project, the businessman promised that if in 10 years nothing will be found, it will fund the project for 10 years. “Continue to search for the signal – is our duty as human” – said Milner, quoted by the InoPressa .
“The universe is not teeming with life, but perhaps we are not alone in it. If there were only we, as real estate was lost to no purpose,” – he jokes. According to him, the realization that man is alone in the universe – a “delightful and scary.” Awareness opposite from Milner is the same emotions.
In general, according to him, life does not change much, if it is done “fundamental discovery” in this direction. “I have something to invest. You write anything,” – said Milner. He promised to give scholars and fans of open access to all the data.
Yuri Milner – one of the most prominent investors in the global internet market. He is the creator of the fund DST Global, which owns a stake in the largest social network Facebook. In addition, it has attracted $ 1 billion to the fund DST Global 2, which has invested in one of the most promising projects in the area of electronic commerce – a system of discounts Groupon. He is one of the founders and former Mail.Ru Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI). Milner also tried to invest in the Russian search engine “Yandex”. According to Milner, he is interested in space since childhood and was named in honor of Yuri Gagarin, first man in space in 1961, when he was born billionaire.
Milner in 2011 in conjunction with the Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the head of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and Chinese businessman Jack Ma founded the award for achievements in science, called Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
At the end of July 2012 Milner was also the founder of a scientific Prize in Physics Fundamental Physics Prize. The size of each of the two premiums of three million dollars, more than double the size of the most prestigious scientific Peace Prize – Nobel.
In 2011, Milner was enabled in the annual list of most influential people in the world. He is on the list of the richest people in the world by Forbes magazine list and the list of the 50 most prominent businessmen, compiled by the magazine Fortune.
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