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What’s the point of searching for life beyond our own planet? What would we learn? How would it change our perspective as a society? Planet hunter David Charbonneau, astrobiologist Michael Russell, and SETI Institute director Jill Tarter discuss the possible implications. Note: We apologize for the technical audio problems that occurred during the original recording of this program, which are not representative of the overall quality of WSFtv content.

Recorded June 2010; Posted October 2010