Tid Bits

While watching PBS last night, 15 December 2017, there was a special over the scientific discoveries of Voyager I and II.  The program mentioned that Earth's Deep Space Network is still able to detect Voyager II's radio signals even though it passed through our solar system's heliospheric bubble on August 2015 at one-trillionth of a watt!  Now that is weak signal detection!

May I also commend to you the December 2017 article,"What Happens If China Makes First Contact?", by Ross Anderson in The Atlantic Monthly.  The article explores the commissioning of China's new, Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope in Pington.

The article explores China's commitment to doing SETI research along with some existential arguments that are quite interesting.

This radio telescope is 500 meters in diameter!  It will be interesting to see what new discoveries this world-class radio telescope will detect.  The article also explores China's future plans to put a radio telescope on the dark side of the moon.