I think that the most interesting thing that Dr. Tarter discussed was the amount of times and the stories surrounding her false positive experiences with extraterrestrial life. I find it especially interesting that they tracked things like spacecrafts launched from Earth or even far-away airports, showing not only that the difficulty of this study is high (especially since there appears to be nothing truly proven/fully concrete in the field about extraterrestrials), but also that human progress might be slowing down humanity's own search for life beyond. The further we expand, the more potential confounding that we are going to create. But I think, overall, this work should still be done because it is a fascinating variant of astronomical research.
If I was administering this interview, I would ask: "If you had known beforehand about the innate toughness of research and observation in the field, especially given government lack of funding for the SETI, would you have changed your research path? Why?" I think that this question will elicit a great response from Dr. Tarter as she appears to be very driven by her passion for her study and research. What it may also do is prove further insights into the passion of researchers who study things that may be more nebulous, but also have a high ceiling when it comes to the potentially pivotal implications of such observations. Inspired by lots of events that seem nearly magical (and are simply science fiction turned science fact, like the moon landing) I think that many scientists in this field and astronomy studies in general will respond just as strongly about their passion for research regardless of how tough or uncertain the path forward is.
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