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We have all those radio telescopes built already. Seems silly for humans to let them sit idle. Even if we don't find aliens I'm sure there is something interest

We have all those radio telescopes built already. Seems silly for humans to let them sit idle. Even if we don't find aliens I'm sure there is something interesting to see with all that gear.

dboyd 15y ago
True. 'Looking' at otherwise empty space can sometimes yield some incredible results: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field
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bane 15y ago
Especially considering how relatively cheap they are to operate.