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50 years of SETI: send your own message to ET

By T.K. Randall
February 10, 2010 · Comment icon 21 comments

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In celebration of SETI's 50th anniversary 5000 messages will be sent off in to space in the hope of being picked up by aliens.
The event is being organised by Penguin UK and National Science and Engineering Week, the messages of up to 40 words will be fired up using a radio telescope and can contain anything including greetings, confessions or warnings.
If you had the chance to send a message into space, what would it say? "Greetings, fellow sentient beings"? "We come in peace"? "Hi… we've kind of messed up our planet, and we wondered if by chance anyone out there had a spare one?"


Source: Telegraph | Comments (21)




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Comment icon #12 Posted by chaoszerg 14 years ago
"Please feel free to abduct Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan" Please! I see your trying to get the human race wiped out.
Comment icon #13 Posted by Sanderz 14 years ago
Why on earth do we want to know if extra terrestrial beings exist? Is it because we somehow hope they will pull us out of our problems or favor us in some other way? What if they sweep us out of existence? Aren't we, in this case, simply asking for trouble? I really feel we should focus on our own planet and make it a better home for ourselves and the future generations. Well, rule #1 of finding aliens; It is HIGHLY unlikely that aliens would try to take over our planet. If they have the ability to get here, they have the ability to get to another planet, with just as much resources, but witho... [More]
Comment icon #14 Posted by chaoszerg 14 years ago
Well, rule #1 of finding aliens; It is HIGHLY unlikely that aliens would try to take over our planet. If they have the ability to get here, they have the ability to get to another planet, with just as much resources, but without an intelligent civilisation, or even life at all. And if they don't need our resources, why would they attack? The only reason I can come up with is, well, religion. Well even if a alien race is intelligent does not mean it would have the same type of morals, for all we know a passing alien race could come along not like the look of us and on a whim start exterminating... [More]
Comment icon #15 Posted by workdrone1 14 years ago
Dear ET, It was a blast hangin out with you guys. I really had fun abducting people and messing with them, and then ditching them in the middle of nowhere. We will have to work on the cow tipping thing, you boys play a liitle rough. Next time you guys come to earth look me up. I am always up for more, " freaking out the humans " as you put it. Peace, Eric P.S. next time we leave Casino 51, aka Area 51. Let Roy from Sector 96321 drive. He doesn't drink much. We don't need another Roswell incident. LMAO!
Comment icon #16 Posted by Finity 14 years ago
I know what I'd send: "Get me off this feckin rock!"
Comment icon #17 Posted by DONTEATUS 14 years ago
Im really not as tender as I look E.T so Lets go tip a few Cows and I`ll bring the Smoker so we can Really Eat well! As or the reffrence to the invite for the probeing I`ll take a rain ck on that one ! Now lets Fire up that FTL motor and Sha-Boogaloo Into Deep Space!
Comment icon #18 Posted by MedicTJ 14 years ago
Why on earth do we want to know if extra terrestrial beings exist? Is it because we somehow hope they will pull us out of our problems or favor us in some other way? What if they sweep us out of existence? Aren't we, in this case, simply asking for trouble? I really feel we should focus on our own planet and make it a better home for ourselves and the future generations. I agree, for the most part, in your thinking here. But part of the reason why we have a desire to meet someone new is to discover how they've met and overcome adversity, and to learn new technology. That being said, I've state... [More]
Comment icon #19 Posted by Lilly 14 years ago
"Life forms! You tiny little life forms! You precious little life forms! Where are you?" ~Mr. Data~ TNG
Comment icon #20 Posted by DONTEATUS 14 years ago
"Life forms! You tiny little life forms! You precious little life forms! Where are you?" ~Mr. Data~ TNG Thats one way to assure that they wont eat us ! Visulize them as really tiny.and peacful ! Good thought`s Lilly!
Comment icon #21 Posted by Joey costa 14 years ago
well then who gets eaten first.. not me!!


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