怎样评价 SETI 在 indiegogo 网站上发起的的「激光 SETI」项目众筹

根据题主给的链接(Laser SETI: First Ever All-Sky All-the-Time Search)我们可以对这个项目有一个大概的了解。
Overview:Laser SETI is an audacious project to place specialized cameras around the globe to look for laser flashes from deep space. Join the first project ever to scan the *whole sky all the time* for signals from an extraterrestrial civilization!
总结一下,「激光 SETI」计划就是在全球布满专业相机以寻找来自深空的激光脉冲。这是可以理解的,激光具有良好的单色性(所以光谱能量分布应该是一个尖锐的峰),就我所知貌似不可能自然产生,所以太阳系之外的激光信号很可能就意味着外星文明的存在。
答主对此也不甚了解,就把链接页面的Introduction翻译一下,抛砖引玉吧……
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Until now, SETI experiments (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), whether listening for a radio transmitter or searching for a high-powered laser, have assumed that ET is on-the-air all the time, so that wherever the instrument is pointed, the signal will be there.
迄今为止,地外智慧文明搜寻计划(SETI),不管是在寻找外星射电信号还是高能激光时,都假设外星文明总是在持续地发射信号,因此无论何时我们对准他们所在的方向,我们都能收到信号。
Laser SETI is the first experiment to circumvent this assumption.
「激光 SETI」计划是第一个规避了这些假设的计划。
Laser SETI could find a very short ping from anywhere on the night sky. Indeed, it could detect a laser flash as short as a millisecond or less; and one that might not repeat for days, weeks, or even longer. Or ever.
「激光 SETI」计划可以发现夜空中任何一个方向传来的极端的脉冲信号。事实上,它可以检测到毫秒量级甚至更短的激光脉冲,这样的信号可能几天、几周甚至永远都不会再一次出现。
Searching all-the-sky all-the-time is an essential capability when looking for intermittent signals. Radio experiments will someday be able to do that, but Laser SETI can do so right now--with your help.
在搜寻断断续续的信号时,全天全时是必需的。也许有一天我们能在射电波段做到这一点,但是现在我们已经可以对地外激光信号做到了——当然,需要你的帮助。
Laser SETI makes this possible by using multiple, redundant, and inexpensive detectors, located strategically around the globe. And experiments of the past two years have shown that this technology works.
「激光 SETI」计划利用分布于全球的多重的、冗余的、廉价的探测器,过去两年实验证明这是可行的。
The Laser SETI campaign will fund the remaining development and the installation of two detectors in a fully operational observing campaign. This would be a prelude to large-scale production and deployment around the world.
「激光 SETI」募捐活动将为计划剩下的发展和两台探测器在一次全面开展的观测活动中的安装提供资金。这只是一个更大的、世界性的探测器生产、放置活动的一个序曲。
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【怎样评价 SETI 在 indiegogo 网站上发起的的「激光 SETI」项目众筹】 可以说是一个很ambiguous的计划,也许能让我们距离发现外星智慧文明更进一步,大家快去捐款吧(笑


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