HRMS Interdisciplinary Investigations: Search Strategy, Verification and Education

摘要

This project had three goals: (1) To identify nearby stars which might inadvertently have been illuminated with the high power planetary radar beams from the earth. Such illumination can occur simply because the stars happened to be in the beam during a radar study of object within our solar system; (2) To help develop site-specific verification procedures to be used with NASA-funded searches for microwave signals from extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI); and (3) To engage in and encourage volunteer efforts by Search for ETI (SETI) scientists participate in outreach efforts with the nation's schools, bringing the excitement of SETI into the classroom. Owing to the premature cutoff of funding, this project was only partially completed.