Tarter strongly believes in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, although unlike Ellie Arroway, she seems to accept that a momentous signal may not come in her lifetime.

• 塔特对于搜寻外星智慧坚具信念，不过她跟艾伊莉?亚罗威不太一样，她似乎能接受也许一辈子都不会侦测到重大讯号的事实。