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Seekers of alien life converge for MV group's SETI convention

Original post made on Aug 12, 2010

A first-of-its kind convention this weekend is hosted by Mountain View's SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), which aims to appeal to the masses with a little help from the science fiction world.


Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, August 12, 2010, 4:32 PM

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Posted by The Eye
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Aug 12, 2010 at 5:54 pm

"In other SETI news, the non-profit operation will soon be moving from its North Whisman Road location to larger, more permanent home in Mountain View at 189 Bernardo Avenue, Shostak said."

This is excellent news! Giving the quest of SETI a more permanent home here in Mountain View is at the core of what Silicon Valley has always been about.


Posted by USA
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Aug 12, 2010 at 7:09 pm

USA is a registered user.

I guess they must have given up hope with the HSR folks, nothing to be found there.


Posted by Commander McBragg
a resident of another community
on Aug 13, 2010 at 5:35 pm

A complete, absolute, total waste of time and money. If there is any "body" out there, we are never going to find them. They are too awesomely rare and too awesomely far away.


Posted by kathy
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Aug 13, 2010 at 6:41 pm

What really hit me about this story is that the visitors (the earthlings not the aliens) have to stay in SANTA CLARA, when is Mountain View going to get a full service hotel?


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