Astronomy 1021 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Orson Welles, Ibm Officevision, Alcubierre Drive

• School: Western University
• Department: Astronomy
• Course: Astronomy 1021
• Professor: Chris Racknor

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Really a mistake in translation canals instead of channels. So the media caught hold of this and blew it up. Supports of the artificial construction camp like percival lowell used this to try to push proof of life on mars. Even though the canals were widely disproved the idea of life on mars was cemented in people"s mind. Example: orson welles" 1938 radio adaptation of h. g. Aired as a series of simulated news bulletins and without commercials the many listeners thought it to be true. Prominent radio pioneers nicola tesla and guglielmo marconi both reported to receive strangely ordered signals they believed might be coming from extraterrestrial intelligences. There is no solid scientific evidence (yet) for the existence of life elsewhere not in our solar. The search for extraterrestrial life focuses on different questions. Lots of research into astrobiology: what ingredients for life are readily available in the.