[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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