Starry Messages: Searching for Signatures of Interstellar Archaeology

no caste · 02-10-2010, 02:53 AM

The search continues... First stop, the 'cigar' on the moon??

It seems more complementary (to SETI) to me, than an alternative. Anyway. Obama also just announced NASA cutbacks (no more astronauts to the moon).

Starry Messages: Searching for Signatures of Interstellar Archaeology

Richard A. Carrigan, Jr.,
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Summary
Searching for signatures of cosmic-scale archaeological artifacts such as Dyson spheres or Kardashev civilizations is an interesting alternative to conventional SETI [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which searches for radio waves]. 26pp

http://www.fas.org/spp/eprint/starry.pdf

Dyson spheres ? Kardashev civilizations ? ... Are the spheres the ones around the sun right now?

02-10-2010, 02:53 AM	#1
no caste Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,375	Starry Messages: Searching for Signatures of Interstellar Archaeology The search continues... First stop, the 'cigar' on the moon?? It seems more complementary (to SETI) to me, than an alternative. Anyway. Obama also just announced NASA cutbacks (no more astronauts to the moon). Starry Messages: Searching for Signatures of Interstellar Archaeology Richard A. Carrigan, Jr., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Summary Searching for signatures of cosmic-scale archaeological artifacts such as Dyson spheres or Kardashev civilizations is an interesting alternative to conventional SETI [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which searches for radio waves]. 26pp http://www.fas.org/spp/eprint/starry.pdf Dyson spheres ? Kardashev civilizations ? ... Are the spheres the ones around the sun right now?