... endeavors that are underway include an ambitious survey of the sky for laser signals to begin next year in Boston; the completion of construction of the Allen Telescope Array, the largest instrument dedicated to the search for ET, in Northern California; and NASAs possible launch of the Kepler Mission, a space-based telescope designed to hunt for Earth-like planets.
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