All Seth Shostak Quotes
- Very few societies on Earth developed science as we know it today. On the other hand, the number is not zero - the Greeks, the… Among
- It seems obvious that if a species has the brainpower for speech, along with the sort of appendages that can manipulate a pair of pliers,… Along
- In general, when moviemakers talk to scientists, they usually see them as a resource to solve particular technical problems or script problems for them. So,… Able
- Explorers tend to be the aggressive types - why else would they risk scurvy, mutiny and other bad things to go out there? So, you… Actually Moving
- Any society that could come here could pick up the lights from New York. What should we do about that? Should we darken New York… Airport
- The era during which only governments could put hardware on the Moon is coming to an end. There are 26 private teams competing for the… Awarded
- Admittedly, it would take industrial-grade chutzpah and a massive dose of malevolence for anyone to bulldoze the spot where Neil Armstrong stepped off the Eagle… Admittedly
- Mining asteroids is a well-oiled trope of science-fiction. But someday, actually doing it will make economic sense. Many of the essential metals of our society,… Asteroids
- Like prospecting in the 19th century, reconnaissance of the asteroids would of necessity take place in an arena where trouble is likely and help is… Arena
- Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us… Been
- Junk, redundancy, and inefficiency characterize astrophysical signals. It seems they characterize cells and sea lions, too. These biological constructions have lots of superfluous and redundant… Astrophysical
- In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I find a rock chipped in… Ancestors
- The central region of the Milky Way, known as the bulge, is stuffed with literally tens of billions of stars. And most of these are… Billions
- Consider: Life arose on Earth close to four billion years ago. Four billion years of slithering, swimming, and soaring life forms. But only in the… Able
- Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he landed. He also… Armstrong
- We can no better imagine what will be happening on the moon 500 years from now than Columbus could imagine contemporary Manhattan. Except to say… Better
- Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos) based on this… Alexander