After 35 Years, Another Message Sent From Arecibo

0xdeadbeef writes "Two weeks ago, MIT artist-in-residence Joe Davis used the Arecibo radio telescope to send a message to three stars in honor of the 35th anniversary of the famous Drake-Sagan transmission to M13 in 1974. It was apparently allowed but not endorsed by the director of the facility, and used a jury-rigged signal source on what will now be known as the 'coolest iPhone in the world.' The message encoded a DNA sequence, but no word yet on whether it disabled any alien shields. You can get the low-down on Centauri Dreams: Part 1, Part 2."

Comments

Just don't take any calls

[MichaelSmith]

...while sending messages through the telescope. Because, you know, you are not allowed to redistribute those ring tones.

BTW whats a "Poetica Vaginal transmission"? Sounds interesting.

If an alien intercepts, is this Space Travel?

[CrazyJim1]

By sending them our DNA sequence, they can then reconstruct a human at their location.