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- Oct 6, 2002
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- Germany NRW
Executive: "We must confess that your proposal seems less like science and more like science fiction."
Ellie Arroway: Science fiction. You're right, it's crazy. In fact, it's even worse than that, it's nuts. You wanna hear something really nutty? I heard of a couple guys who wanna build something called an airplane, you know you get people to go in, and fly around like birds, it's ridiculous, right?
And what about breaking the sound barrier, or rockets to the moon? Atomic energy, or a mission to Mars? Science fiction, right? Look, all I'm asking is for you to just have the tiniest bit of vision. You know, to just sit back for one minute and look at the big picture. To take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history ... of history.
With these words Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster), in the movie "Contact," described the essence of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, possibly one of the most important efforts ever made by the human race to increase our knowledge of the universe.
Is this really science fiction?
OhmyNews interviewed Dr. Peter Backus, Observing Programs Manager in the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, located in Mountain View, California, earlier this week by email.
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