<资料来源：[http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/seti/seti_history_03.html The Planetary Society]>
<资料来源：[https://archive.md/2008.11.15-120813/http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/seti/seti_history_03.html A Blueprint for SETI]>
=='''第3章：SETI的蓝图'''==
=='''第3章：SETI 的蓝图'''==
Morrison and Cocconi's short article became the blueprint for most of the SETI projects conducted in the past 40 years. The suggestion that electromagnetic signals were the most promising means for interstellar communications became the underlying assumption of all the searches, including the optical ones. The assumption that any alien signal would exhibit a Doppler drift has also been incorporated into all subsequent SETI projects, which invariably check for signals at drifting frequencies. But most important of all was their suggestion of a "universal" frequency that the aliens would most likely use for their transmissions. 1420 MHz has remained the most popular frequency used by SETI projects to this day.
The "Water Hole" - the magical frequency reange between 1420 MegaHertz and 1660 MegaHertz. Many SETI scientists believe it is the most promising band for a SETI search.]]
In later years another SETI pioneer, Hewlett Packard Vice President Bernard Oliver, added another magic frequency, 1662 KHz, the emission frequency of another very common molecule - OH, or hydroxyl. Hydrogen and hydroxyl combine to form H2O - water - the basic component of life, as we know it. Since 1662 KHz shares the advantages of 1420 MHz in being in a relatively "quiet" region of the spectrum, Oliver came to believe that the band between them held some unique promise for detecting an alien signal: "Surely the band lying between the resonances of the disassociation products of water is ideally situated and an uncannily poetic place for water-based life to seek its kind," Oliver wrote in 1971. "Where shall we meet? At the water-hole, of course!" Since then, the term "water hole" has been used to refer to searches at or around the hydrogen emission frequency.
Morrison and Cocconi's article was a call for action, and they hoped to put their theory to the test. Cocconi contacted Sir Bernard Lovell at the Jodrell Bank radio observatory, the largest dish in the world at the time, and suggested devoting telescope time to search for an extraterrestrial signal. Sir Bernard was, however, skeptical, and nothing came of the venture. The launch of the first radio search for an alien signal was left to others.
Morrison 和 Cocconi 的文章是一个呼吁行动，他们希望检验这些理论。Cocconi 联系了当时世界上单碟最大的 Jodrell Bank 射电天文台的 Bernard Lovell 先生，希望能让望远镜拨出时间对外星文明的信号进行搜寻。然而 Bernard 先生对此持怀疑态度，并未能提供合作。启动第一次外星文明信号的搜寻只好留给他人。
[[SETI的历史：2：The Founding Moment of SETI，SETI成立的瞬间|'''第2章：SETI成立的瞬间 ←''']] | [[SETI的历史：4：The Origins of Project Ozma，Ozma项目的起源|'''→ 第4章：Ozma项目的起源''']]
Morrison 和 Cocconi 的文章是一个呼吁行动，他们希望检验这些理论。Cocconi 联系了当时世界上单碟最大的 Jodrell Bank 射电天文台的 Bernard Lovell 先生，希望能让望远镜拨出时间对外星文明的信号进行搜寻。然而 Bernard 先生对此持怀疑态度，并未能提供合作。启动第一次外星文明信号的搜寻只好留给他人。
