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written by Richard McCray and Andrew Koelemay
This applet illustrates the challenges of communicating with extraterrestrial civilizations. It shows a galaxy with a diameter of 100,000 light years. The user is able to control the average lifetime of communicating civilizations and the birth rate of such civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy. After hitting start, Earth appears and begins transmitting its signal. When Earth receives a signal from another civilization, a line appears connecting them. The applet will automatically pause when Earth ceases to communicate. Signals change color when a civilization ceases to exist.

This is part of a larger collection of applets by STEM Colorado focused mostly on topics in astronomy.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.4.2_06 of Java.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Space Exploration
= SETI
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
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- Learners
- application/java
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© 2004 Richard McCray
Keywords:
communicating through space, communication, extraterrestrial civilization, life in space, life on other planets
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created August 27, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:
August 28, 2008 by Cathy Ezrailson
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AIP Format
R. McCray and A. Koelemay, (2004), WWW Document, (http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/civcomm2/CivCommApp2.jnlp).
AJP/PRST-PER
R. McCray and A. Koelemay, STEM Colorado: Galactic Communication (2004), <http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/civcomm2/CivCommApp2.jnlp>.
APA Format
McCray, R., & Koelemay, A. (2008, August 27). STEM Colorado: Galactic Communication. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/civcomm2/CivCommApp2.jnlp
Chicago Format
McCray, Richard, and Andrew Koelemay. STEM Colorado: Galactic Communication. August 27, 2008. http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/civcomm2/CivCommApp2.jnlp (accessed 25 April 2024).
MLA Format
McCray, Richard, and Andrew Koelemay. STEM Colorado: Galactic Communication. 2004. 27 Aug. 2008. 25 Apr. 2024 <http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/civcomm2/CivCommApp2.jnlp>.
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@misc{ Author = "Richard McCray and Andrew Koelemay", Title = {STEM Colorado: Galactic Communication}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Month = {August 27, 2008}, Year = {2004} }
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%0 Electronic Source %A McCray, Richard %A Koelemay, Andrew %D August 27, 2008 %T STEM Colorado: Galactic Communication %V 2024 %N 25 April 2024 %8 August 27, 2008 %9 application/java %U http://scatter.colorado.edu/STEM-TPSoft/java/javaapps/civcomm2/CivCommApp2.jnlp


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