SETI Institute

Packet identity

Packet ID

organizations:entity-seti-institute

Packet SHA-256 identity

76d711785103b39ca71ddd1542ea5a5038c69b8795c9d3a2de94e91f61106205

Corpus SHA-256 identity

8fa944604ca189f5a9216ca59f640ad2ca20972ad512f2f4970764716782e18d

Release ID

public-alpha-2026-07-26-research-visuals-r14

Source commit

3eb036fce3d711336c8c605625895e8a2e799ab0

Frozen corpus date

2026-07-25

Primary records

1

Reference sources

1

Questions and exclusions

Required questions

1. Required question 1 (exact ID: question-1)
   Does the official source establish the entity, current program, and bounded capability described?
2. Required question 2 (exact ID: question-2)
   Are potential fit, risks, access, geography, and engagement boundaries current and proportionate?
3. Required question 3 (exact ID: question-3)
   Could any wording imply partnership, endorsement, availability, procurement, authority, or affiliation that does not exist?

Explicit exclusions

• Indexing is not endorsement, due diligence completion, outreach, procurement, or a relationship.
• No aggregate organization score or sponsor-purchased ranking is permitted.

Requested controlled scopes: ecosystem-due-diligence, information-science

Frozen-evidence decision window: 90 days from the packet freeze. Not applicable to this packet family.

Complete primary record set

Every record below has one primary packet owner. Decisions must bind to the exact record and packet fingerprints; a changed lesson body, evidence grade, citation, locator, source snapshot, requirement, policy, release, or commit expires the old packet.

1. ecosystem-organization · entity-seti-institute

   SETI Institute

   Record fingerprint

   9e46810486f2c182438d9e0b65f103bfb5d3dff45901a4e4dbbe30e8a65d1904

   Minimum approvals

   1

   Required scope groups

   bounded-competence: ecosystem-due-diligence

   High-consequence domains

   None under the named two-person rule

   Review state

   pending

   Published human decisions

   0

   Inspect the complete frozen review surface

   ID

   entity-seti-institute

   Legacy ID

   org-universi-032

   Slug

   seti-institute

   Name

   SETI Institute

   URL

   https://www.seti.org/↗ (opens external site in a new tab)

   Category

   University and national laboratory

   Geography

   California, United States

   Relevance

   enabling

   Engagement

   Proposed only, subject to a future fit check and then-current scientific programs: begin with publications and open events; consider a bounded expert review only for a defined astrobiology or target-evidence question. No outreach, invitation, commitment, or funding has occurred.

   Capability

   Astrobiology, technosignature searches, planetary science, observing programs, research partnerships, education, and public communication.

   Entity Kind

   nonprofit astrobiology and space-science research institute

   Link Checked At

   2026-07-25

   Relationship

   indexed only; no formal relationship

   Engagement Status

   proposed; not undertaken

   Profile Summary

   The SETI Institute is a nonprofit research organization conducting and supporting work in astrobiology, technosignatures, planetary science, radio and optical SETI, education, and public engagement. Its scientific remit bears on target characterization and life-detection questions, not generation-ship construction.

   Potential Fit

   Could inform astrobiological uncertainty, biosignature and technosignature interpretation, planetary protection questions, and public science communication for decision gates about whether any destination warrants further study.

   Risks

   1. No detection of extraterrestrial intelligence or habitable destination should be inferred from the institute's mission.
   2. Public excitement around SETI can amplify speculative claims beyond available evidence.
   3. Telescope access, research collaboration, and staff participation are proposal- and capacity-dependent.

   Evidence Boundary

   Official-link review: the institute site was reachable and documents research, education, and public programs. This profile does not independently assess individual findings, destination habitability, or present access to researchers or facilities; independent review pending.

   Conflicts

   Conflicts were not assessed beyond publisher disclosure in this official-link review; donors, observing partnerships, media incentives, and individual research conflicts were not independently investigated.

   What Would Change

   Peer-reviewed findings relevant to a named target, independent replication, transparent uncertainty, and a current expert-review pathway would refine fit.

Frozen source snapshots

Source inclusion does not determine the disposition. Reviewers must inspect the cited locator and relation, note inaccessible material, and identify stronger or conflicting evidence.

Offline packet and worksheet

Downloads contain no reviewer contact details. Downloading does not create an account or store a review response in the GShips application. Ordinary provider request or analytics logs may record the download request. Work locally: the public site has no review account, upload endpoint, or decision-submission API.

Do not paste a completed decision, identity documents, private contact data, confidential conflict evidence, medical information, controlled material, or exploit details into a public form. Until a separately authorized private handoff exists, retain the completed worksheet locally.

Packet schema · JSON · Decision-bundle schema · JSON

Validate offline

Use Node.js 22.13.0 or later. Keep the packet, worksheet, completed decision, and all six kit files together in a local directory.

1. Download the six kit files below. Complete a copy of the JSON template offline and preserve its templateFingerprint.
2. Finalize a separate output file.

   node finalize-review-decision.mjs \
     --input DRAFT.json \
     --output COMPLETED.json

   This marks the copy complete and calculates an unkeyed canonical bundle fingerprint. A fingerprint detects changes; it is not a reviewer signature.

3. Validate the packet and completed copy.

   node check-review-decisions.mjs \
     --packet PACKET.json \
     --decision COMPLETED.json

   Add another --decision for each independent reviewer.

4. Interpret the result narrowly. A zero exit proves structural consistency only. Neither command appoints or qualifies a reviewer, establishes independence, accepts a decision, or authorizes publication.

• Bundle finalizer
• Validator command
• Decision policy module
• Fingerprint and packet-integrity module
• Review-domain policy module
• Canonical synthesis and interactive review specs