Affiliation:
1. Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
A recent proposal for a new kind of astroengineering artifact due to Vukotic
and Gordon (2022) is discussed, in particular in light of multiple benefits
offered by the magnetic Penrose process. It is argued that constructing a
large number of artifacts of this kind is sufficiently strongly motivated
for any advanced extraterrestrial society that their statistical weight in
the set of all technosignatures will be significant. This will, in turn,
have important consequences for our practical SETI/search for
technosignatures projects.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
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