The NASA SETI Program - Objectives of the R&D activityThe current activity in NASA's SETI Program is a research and development program jointly carried out by the NASA Ames Research Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The purpose of this R&D phase is to develop all prerequisites for a well defined microwave observing program. The specific objectives include the development of a prototype search system which will ultimately be capable of processing data rates up to 10 gigabytes/second. Specialized signal detection algorithms and automated search procedures will be developed and tested with the prototype hardware. A series of field tests will be carried out with the NASA Deep Space Network facilities at Goldstone, CA and with the 305-m radio telescope at the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Document ID
19840028994
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Klein, M. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gulkis, S. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)