[FPSPACE] Messages From Earth Beamed to Alien World
Jens Kieffer-Olsen
dstdba at post4.tele.dk
Tue Oct 14 14:20:30 EDT 2008
-----Original Message-----
From: LARRY KLAES [mailto:ljk4 at msn.com]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 2:40 AM
>
> Today, messages from Earth were beamed specifically at an alien world
> considered capable of supporting life, the planet Gliese 581c, a
> "super-Earth" located approximately 20 light years from us.
> The social
> networking site Bebo sponsored a competition for young people
> to share their
> views and concerns of life on Earth, and the winners' messages were
> transmitted this morning from a radio telescope in Ukraine. Bebo was
> assisted by Dr. Alexander Zaitsev, who says the only way
> alien civilizations
> might find us is if we specifically make ourselves known.
Odd that these nutters don't appreciate the risk that alien
civilizations with a very high probability could be governed
by dimwits such like King George III, Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin,
or even Sarah Palin!
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Jens Kieffer-Olsen
Slagelse, Denmark
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