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SETI, the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, started in 1959 when Giuseppe Cocconi and Phil Morrison (then both at Cornell) realized that radio communications between nearby stars was indeed possible even with the modest radio telescopes (30 meters in diameter) then available.
No ET Civilization was discovered up to 2025, but the amount of searched space is very small indeed.
By 2040, when HWO is expected to become operational, the number of explored stars will have increased much beyond the present 5000 stars.
In particular, the huge amount of data provided by the GAIA space mission will have been “digested” by the Astronomical Community by 2040. We thus suggest an increased cooperation between the Teams of GAIA and of HWO designers to get the best out of both Communities and thus reach Contact for the first time, changing the course of Human Thinking to something better than just wars among Humans.
