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Concerns expressed over "space spam"
Posted on Sunday, 31 January, 2010 | 34 comments
Astronomers and astrophysicists have expressed doubts over the wisdom of choking the airwaves around Earth with radio signals.
Top astronomers have warned that "space spam" messages could annoy or even threaten extraterrestrials and that we should be more careful about what we send out in to space and how they might be interpreted.
European Space Agency (ESA) astrophysicist Malcolm Fridlund advised caution about drawing attention to ourselves. "I'm not lying awake at night worrying about the overlords of the galaxy or anything like that," he told AFP, "but when you don't know of anything that's out there, you should maybe be a little careful, you should know something about the (star) system first."
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#30 Posted by REBEL on 13 February, 2010, 11:06Apparently not only is it a major concern, the aliens have also warned NASA about other imminent dangers, being attacked by projectile flying space spam...
#31 Posted by MID on 13 February, 2010, 15:45Well that explains the shortage of one can of Spam we have on the ISS transfer list. Haven't been able to locate that thing anywhere!
#32 Posted by DONTEATUS on 13 February, 2010, 23:08Now I know where the Naxt Dream Cafe will be Spam smoked the best by Guess Who?
#33 Posted by Finity on 14 February, 2010, 1:01I can imagine they would get annoyed with endless e-mails trying to sell them dodgy drugs, I know I would
#34 Posted by lookingfortruth on 14 February, 2010, 1:05I cannot help but think you have a very large imagination.
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