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Crowd-Funded Radio Beacon Will Message Aliens

Posted by samzenpus on from the is-there-anybody-out-there? dept.

astroengine writes "In the hope of uniting people around the globe in a long-duration project to send a radio 'message in a bottle' METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence) signal, a crowd-funded project utilizing a refurbished radio telescope in California has begun its work. Lone Signal is a project initiated by scientists, businessmen and entrepreneurs to set up a continuous radio beacon from Earth. To support the operations of the Jamesburg Earth Station radio dish in Carmel Valley, Calif. (a dish built to support the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969), a crowd-funding effort has been set up so that for a small fee, users can send images to the stars. If you're content with sending a text message, your first message is free. The radio dish's first target is Gliese 526, a red dwarf star 18 light-years from Earth, but the project will be considering other stellar targets believed to be harboring habitable worlds."

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  1. I sure do hope.... by cold+fjord · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sure do hope they get this right. It would be a shame if it turned out they created a intergalactic message like this.

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    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
    1. Re:I sure do hope.... by durrr · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't worry. I'm just going to send a copy of the book "How to Serve Man"

  2. Did anyone else read the title as by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Crowd-funded radio bacon?