SETI Researcher Jill Tarter

creative splash pencil with school icons set illustration. conceJill Tarter, 70, is in the news again, thanks to the success of the reboot of “Cosmos,” with Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tarter was the inspiration for the character of Ellie, the protagonist in Contact, the book by Carl Sagan. We posted about her earlier this year, but click here to check in on Jill Tarter today and watch this new 3:23 interview she did for PBS.

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