Leading the sighted
Question: Have there been, or are there currently, any successful blind
scientists? If so, what kind of research do they do?
Answer: Dr D. Kent Cullers, the NASA scientist who developed the computer
software radio astronomers use to hunt for alien microwave signals in the SETI
project (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), has been blind since birth.
Cullers heads the SETI Institute’s Project Phoenix search of nearby Sun-like
stars and has devoted most of his professional life to seeking evidence of life
elsewhere in the Universe.
George Maestri
Los Angeles, California
Answer: Cullers was the inspiration for…
