What Is the Current State of the Search for Extraterrestrial

question 11

Multiple Choice

What is the current state of the search for extraterrestrial radio communications?

• A) Several extraterrestrial civilizations have been found, but they are not intelligent enough for us to bother with and the search is continuing.
• B) Occasional single-frequency searches have been made for extraterrestrial signals, but funds are still being sought for the first major continuous monitoring effort.
• C) A number of frequencies in the "water hole" are being monitored, but there has been no major effort as yet to send out continuous signals from Earth at these frequencies.
• D) Continuous transmissions are being sent out from Earth at several frequencies in the "water hole," and tens of millions of other frequencies are being monitored.

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