{"id":12761,"date":"2016-06-16T11:15:08","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12761"},"modified":"2016-06-14T01:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T05:29:29","slug":"kickstarter-for-documentary-about-searching-for-and-messaging-et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12761","title":{"rendered":"Kickstarter for documentary about searching for and messaging ET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a crowd-funding campaign for a documentary about :<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/9276879\/earthlings-quest-alien-hunters-and-a-message-to-th\">Earthling\u2019s Quest &#8211; Alien hunters and a message to the stars by Alexander, Per &amp; Malla \u2014 Kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This is not fiction \u2013 this is the human pursuit for extraterrestrial intelligence led by real-life legends from the SETI Institute in California &#8211; Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Eavesdropping on ET has been around for a long time and the search for an alien signal that would change everything. Is it time that we start broadcasting targeted signals as well? If so, are we putting the entire civilization at risk? Prominent scientists think so. In this film you will see the hunt for the alien signal along with METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) International&#8217;s quest to start up the controversial project of broadcasting messages from Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Your support will ensure that this fascinating story reaches Earthlings, making you part of a team with a duo of award-winning Directors and the Co-producer of an Oscar-winning film.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/9276879\/earthlings-quest-alien-hunters-and-a-message-to-th\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>More about the project:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Join the Earthlings Quest! This is a cinematic feature-length documentary that will tell the story of SETI \u2013 the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence through the SETI Institute and METI International. You will meet <strong>Jill Tarter, Seth Shostak, Jon Richards and Douglas Vakoch<\/strong> among others. Jill was the inspiration for the Hollywood blockbuster movie \u201cContact\u201d (1997), where we witness Jodie Foster as the character Ellie Arroway, receiving a signal from ET. Both Jill and Seth have been role models for spreading the word of science and inspiring future generations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/9276879\/earthlings-quest-alien-hunters-and-a-message-to-th\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=12762\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"679,292\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original-300x129.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12762\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original.jpg\" alt=\"93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original\" width=\"500\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original.jpg 679w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/93c49af07a7d6b2d718e51c0c359110e_original-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a crowd-funding campaign for a documentary about : Earthling\u2019s Quest &#8211; Alien hunters and a message to the stars by Alexander, Per &amp; Malla \u2014 Kickstarter This is not fiction \u2013 this is the human pursuit for extraterrestrial intelligence led by real-life legends from the SETI Institute in California &#8211; Search for Extraterrestrial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12761\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kickstarter for documentary about searching for and messaging ET<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,39,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seti","category-space-films-and-videos","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3jP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3279,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3279","url_meta":{"origin":12761,"position":0},"title":"UK SETI network formed + Looking for life eleswhere","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The UK SETI Research Network has been formed to help coordinate and support UK researchers carrying out searches for extraterrestrial intelligence. 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