Feb 2 1963
From The Space Library
Revision as of 21:43, 12 April 2009
Responding in Komsomolskaya Pravda to a reader’s question, Soviet radioastronomer I. S. Shklovskiy discussed question of contacting intelligent extraterrestrial beings and noted that “highly sensitive radioastronomical equipment is under development at the Shternberg State Astronomical Institute. If equipment of adequate sensitivity can be developed, and the attempt to detect artificially produced signals from the Andromeda nebula is futile, this may signify that in the regions of the universe nearest us, the intelligent life does not have adequate resources to contact us.” Prof. Shklovskiy also commented on work being done by N. S. Kardashev at S XT ternberg Institute regarding attempts of other civilizations to communicate with us. (Komsomolskaya Pravda, 2/2/63, AFSS-T Trans.)
