Shouting in the Jungle - The SETI Transmission Debate
From The Space Library
Author - H.P. Shuch et al
Co-Author(s) - H. P. Schuch; I. Almar
JBIS Volume # - 60
Page # - 142-146
Year - 2007
Keywords - San Marino Scale, SETI, METI
JBIS Reference Code # - 2007.60.142
Number of Pages - 5
[edit] Abstract
The prudence of transmitting deliberate messages from Earth into interstellar space remains controversial. Reasoned risk- benefit analysis is needed, to inform policy recommendations by such bodies as the International Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Study Group. As a first step, at the 2005 International Astronautical Congress in Fukuoka, we discussed the San Marino Scale, a new analytical tool for assessing transmission risk. That Scale was updated, and a revised version presented at the 2006 IAC in Valencia. We are now in a position to recommend specific improvements to the scale we proposed for quantifying terrestrial transmissions. Our intent is to make this tool better reflect the detectability and potential impact of recent and proposed messages beamed from Earth. We believe the changes proposed herein strengthen the San Marino Scale as an analytical tool, and bring us closer to its eventual adoption.
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