The SETI Institute, which for years has operated an array of
radio telescopes scanning the sky for signs of intelligent
extra-terrestrial life, has been forced to shut the effort down due
to a lack of funding.
In an e-mail to stakeholders, SETI Institute CEO Tom Pierson
said that U.C. Berkley was being forced to curtail the operations
at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, the home of the Allen Telescope
Array, which is the primary tool in SETI's search for
extra-terrestrial life. The university said growing budget
shortfalls in the state of California as the reason have forced
deep cuts in funding for the Hat Creek site. The portion of the
budget for the program from the federal government was slashed by
90 percent, fording the Allen Array into a state of
hibernation.
On its website, SETI says it is now seeking private donations to
re-start the Allen Array. They say the timing is critical, as NASA
has recently announced the discovery of Earth-sized planets which
may fall in their star's habitable zones. The institute, which says
it is still viable as a research organization, is calling on the
public to donate the money it needs to bring the Allen Telescope
Array back online so that they may continue the search for
extra-terrestrial intelligent life. USA Today reports that the
institute says in needs about $5 million to re-start the
search.
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