High Resolution Microwave Survey

The High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS{{cite journal |last1=Tarter |first1=J. C. |last2=Gulkis |first2=S. |title=The NASA High Resolution Microwave Survey |journal=American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #182 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993AAS...182.7101T/abstract |access-date=July 4, 2023 |pages=71.01 |date=1 May 1993|volume=182 |bibcode=1993AAS...182.7101T }}) was a NASA project that was to scan ten million frequencies using radio telescopes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171025-seti-anybody-out-there.html |title=Is there anybody out there? |first=Jason |last=Davis |work=The Planetary Society |date=25 October 2017}} A decade in the making, the objective was to find transmissions from alien intelligences. The primary point of observation for the project was the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Puerto Rico. The project began in October 1992 with SETI researcher Jill Tarter on board. However, one year later, first-term Nevada Senator Richard Bryan was responsible for removing funding for the project.{{Cite web|first=Amir|last=Alexander|url=http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/seti/seti_history_12.html|accessdate=February 4, 2010|title=A History of SETI - Explore the Cosmos|work=The Planetary Society|quote=But less than one year after their launch, both searches were suddenly and irrevocably terminated, victims of a new wave of Congressional budget cuts. This time it was Senator Richard Bryan of Nevada who led the charge against governmental expenditures on SETI. "The Great Martian Chase," he said, "may finally come to an end. As of today millions have been spent and we have yet to bag a single little green fellow. Not a single Martian has said take me to your leader, and not a single flying saucer has applied for FAA approval."|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909212305/http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/seti/seti_history_12.html|archivedate=September 9, 2009}}