Grailers will probably enjoy this two-part Science Channel show which begins tonight: Alien Encounters lays out the hypothetical scenario of a ‘first contact’ (with aliens) event.
What would really happen if we got a message from space? How will humans react when we learn a spacecraft is on its way to Earth? Will humans learn from aliens, or become colonial subjects?
Some of the world’s leading astrophysicists, astrobiologists, sci-fi writers and and futurists help unravel the scientific, cultural and psychological impact of this world-changing global event.
The show features interviews with a host of experts including Carl Sagan’s son, Nick; Jill Tarter, Director of SETI Institute; Frank Drake, renowned astronomer; Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for SETI Institute; Neil Degrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium; and many more of the world’s leading science minds.
During the shooting of the show, Nick Sagan met up with his god-father, SETI pioneer Frank Drake, who he hadn’t seen in 30 years, and discussed how he and his father (Carl Sagan) had started out searching for aliens:
