DRIVING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH ARE YOU.
THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU.
THEY'RE OPENING MORE STORES.
STEVE HAWKING IS SEARCHING
FOR THE QUESTION, DOES ALIEN
EXISTS.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR --
SPEAKING AT THE LAUNCH OF THE
PROJECT IN LONDON, HAWKING SAYS
THIS.
WE HAVE TO SEARCH FOR LIFE
BEYOND EARTH.
WE BELIEVE LIFE
ROSE ON EARTH.
IN THE UNIVERSE,
THERE MUST BE OTHER OCCURRENCES
OF LIFE.
THERE MUST BE.
THE MOST
POWERFUL TELESCOPES WILL BE
ALIGNED WITH 9 MILLION
VOLUNTEERS DONATING THEIR POWER.
IT WOULD BE A GLOBAL -- SCANNING
THE SKIES USING 10 DIFFERENT
FREQUENCIES.
THE THING THAT
STRUCK ME IS HOW LITTLE WE'RE
DOING NOW TO DETERMINE IF THERE
IS LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS.
THIS IS ABOUT IT.
THIS $100
MILLION.
NO ONE IS LOOKING AT
THIS.
WHAT I THINK IS COOL
ABOUT THIS IS THE PUBLIC WILL
HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO
EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO, SO KIDS
IN SCHOOL COULD STUDY IT, AND
FANS OF SPACE COULD LOOK AT
THIS.
I THINK THAT'S NEAT.
I THINK IT
JUST EVEN IN -- I
THINK IN TERMS OF THE MONEY
THEY'RE PENDING.
100,000
MILLION ISN'T A LOT OF MONEY AND
YOU LOOK AT THE -- LEONARDO DE
CAPRIO MAKES $100 MILLION A
YEAR.
THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF THINGS
TO KIND OF LOOK UP AT THE SKY
AND REALLY DREAM ABOUT SINCE THE
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM WAS
STOPPED.
THERE'S TALK OF A
FLIGHT TO MARS, BUT THERE IS
SOMETHING I THINK MOTIVATING FOR
THE WIDER SOCIETY ABOUT THINGS
LIKE SEEING THE PICTURES OF
PLUTO.
AND THIS IDEA, IS THERE
LIFE OUT THERE?
HOW EXCITING TO
BE ABLE TO ANALYZE ALL OF THIS
DATA COMING IN.
THERE'S A ROMANCE ABOUT IT.
ALL OF US HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
THIS AND WONDERED.
THIS WOULD
BE COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO THIS.
I THINK IT'S EXCITING.
THEY SAID WITH THIS NEW
FUNDING, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO
AS MUCH RESEARCH IN A DAY THAT
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN A
YEAR PREVIOUSLY.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S LEAP S
S AND BOUNDS.
I THINK THERE'S THIS CULTURAL
SHIFT AFTER A LONG TIME OF
PEOPLE MOVING AWAY FROM NASA AND
MOVING AWAY FROM SPACEX PLOW --
THE
SPACE EXPLORATION.
OTHER GUYS -- DO YOU THINK
THERE'S OTHER GUYS OUT THERE?
ABSOLUTELY, YES.
LIKE ET-STYLE ALIENS.
EXACTLY LIKE ET.
WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THIS WILL
FIND IT.
ALTHOUGH I THINK
STEPHEN HAWKING SAID IT'S
UNLIKELY.
THERE'S BEEN -- YOU
NEVER KNOW.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS
IS SO INTERESTING.
THEY SAY IT'S A LOW
PROBABILITY THEY'LL FIND ALIEN
LIFE, BUT THEY'LL FIND SOMETHING
THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR WHICH IS
COOL.
