The High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS) was a
NASA
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project that was to scan ten million frequencies using
radio telescopes
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.
A decade in the making, the objective was to find transmissions from
alien intelligences. The primary point of observation for the project was the
Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in
Puerto Rico
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. The project began in October 1992 with
SETI
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Astrobiology
* SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
** SETI Institute, an astronomical research organization
*** SETIcon, a former convention organized by the SETI Institute
** Berkeley SETI Research Cent ...
researcher
Jill Tarter
Jill Cornell Tarter (born January 16, 1944) is an American astronomer best known for her work on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Tarter is the former director of the Center for SETI Research, holding the Bernard M. Oliver Ch ...
on board.
[ However, one year later, first-term ]Nevada
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Senator
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Richard Bryan
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was responsible for removing funding for the project.
References
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External links
The NASA High Resolution Microwave Survey
BEACON eSpace at Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey: The first Year of the Sky Survey
Social implications of NASA’s high resolution microwave survey
The Current State of Target Selection for NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
NASA programs
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