Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko ta tatou rapu i te kari tino pai ka whakangaro pea i o tatou tupono ki te whakapā atu ki te ET. E ai ki te National Radio Astronomy Observatory e whakahe ana ki ngā tono a iRobot ki te tuku i tētahi mīhini tapahi tarutaru e ārahi ana i ngā ngaru irirangi. E kī ana ka ārai ngā mīhini a iRobot i ōna whatu irirangi tairongo e whakamahia ana e ngā kaitātari whetū hei kimi i ngā tohu o te ora ā-iwi. Ko ta tatou rapu i te kari tino pai ka whakangaro pea i o tatou tupono ki te whakapā atu ki te ET. E ai ki te National Radio Astronomy Observatory e whakahe ana ki ngā tono a iRobot ki te tuku i tētahi mīhini tapahi tarutaru e ārahi ana i ngā ngaru irirangi. He rongonui a iRobot mō te waihanga i ngā mīhini Roomba ārahi whaiaro. Ko te raruraru ko te whānuitanga auau e tūtohutia ana mō te lawnbot ko te 6240-6740 MHz - koia anō te whānuitanga o ngā whatu irirangi nui e mahi ana. 'Ka kite tatou i te mea katoa ki a tatou hikohiko,' ka mea a Harvey Liszt, kaiwhakahaere o te awheawhe mo te tirohanga, ki a Bloomberg. 'He whakararuraru.' iRobot, nana nei i hanga nga miihini horoi horoi Roomba whaiaro, kua tukuna he tono ki te US Federal Communications Commission ki te whakamahi i nga ngaru irirangi mo tana hoahoa hou. E ai ki te kamupene o Massachusetts ko tana tirohanga ko te hanga i nga miihini tapahi mata e arahina ana ma te ahokore mai i nga poaka i runga i nga pou i piri ki te mata. Ko ngā tauira o nāianei e whakamahi ana i ngā waea i huna ki te whenua hei whakarite i ngā rohe, kaua ki te whakamahi i ngā ngaru irirangi. E ai ki ngā tohunga whetū, ko ngā auau e hiahia ana a iRobot ki te whakamahi, he ōrite ki tā rātou e whakamahi ana ki te kimi i te methanol - he tohu matua o te hanganga whetū. Kua oti te aukati i te whakamahi waea pūkoro i te taha o te Green Bank Telescope (whakaahua) i West Virginia, kei te National Radio Astronomy Observatory. E kī ana te kamupene ka taea e tana pūrere te 'whakawari i tēnei mahi nui' me te whakaiti i ngā whara 38,000 e pā ana ki ngā mīhini tapahi hikoi i ia tau. E ai ki a Bloomberg, e kii ana a iRobot he nui rawa nga awangawanga a nga tohunga whetu, a, i kii ko nga tupono o tana hangarau maara ka aukati i te torotoro o te mokowhiti he 'infinitesimal'. Engari e tautohe ana te National Radio Astronomy Observatory ko ngā auau e hiahia ana a iRobot...
Kei te waihanga a iRobot i ngā mīhini tapahi rīwai ahokore e whakahaeretia ana e ngā ngaru irirangi. Ka whakamahia e ngā pūrere me ngā mātakitaki te aho 6240-6740 MHz. E ki ana ngā tohunga whetū ka ārai i a rātau i te kitenga i te methanol. E mea ana a iRobot ko ngā tūponotanga o te tūtukitanga he 'iti rawa'