Should We Communicate With Aliens?
- In-Person
- ASU Barrett & O鈥機onnor Washington Center
1800 I Street NW, 8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006 - 6PM 鈥 8PM EDT
What would humans鈥 first interactions with extraterrestrial intelligence look like? Hollywood imagines a spaceship full of aliens descending upon Earth, demanding to be taken to our leaders. Reality may prove far more prosaic鈥攚ith any encounter, if and when it comes, taking place via electromagnetic signal. But is contact with extraterrestrial 鈥渓ife鈥 something we should even be seeking? How should we decide whether to respond to a message from outer space, and what should we say?
Join Future Tense for a happy hour conversation about talking to aliens, featuring astronomer Lucianne Walkowicz, astrophysicist Elisa Quintana, and national security writer Shane Harris. The reception and registration will open at听6 p.m., and the conversation will start at听6:30.听
听is a partnership of听,听麻豆果冻传媒, and听.听
Speakers:听
Lucianne Walkowicz,听听
Baruch S. Blumberg/NASA Chair of Astrobiology, Library of Congress听
Elisa Quintana,听听
Astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA听
Moderator:听
Shane Harris,听听
Intelligence and National Security 鈥媁rit鈥媏r, The Washington Post