As NASA’s Voyager One heads out of the solar system, anchor Marco Werman finds out what happens if the probe actually were to make contact with extra-terrestrial life. Marco speaks with Paul Davies, head of the Post-Detection Task Group with SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.
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