I Love Space Travel, but There's Part of Me That Just Doesn't Want to Know

Shostak: Even if we did detect a candidate signal that survived all attempts at explaining what it is through natural means, we still probably couldn't interpret it. We would have to build a dedicated radio telescope to pick it up with enough precision and resolution to be able to interpret the signal. And that could take years. Could you imagine we might be sitting on a possible alien signal for years, even decades before we can really know what's in there? What's the code in it? Oh my gosh. Yeah, I kind of feel like, I love setting and I love space travel, but there's just part of me that just doesn't want to know. Well, it