#455 – Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

2692.937 - 2713.055 Adam Frank

gets a radio telescope, points it at a couple of stars and listens for signals. That was the first time anybody done any experiment about any kind of life in the history of humanity. And he does it and he's kind of waiting for everybody to make fun of him. And still he gets a phone call from the government says, hey, we want you to do a meeting on interstellar communications, right?