Send a text message to aliens by August 24th NASA

[eli46]

NASA and COSMOS magazine will give us a chance to send a 160-character text message to our alien brothers and sisters on Gliese 851d on August 24 2009 in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.

Gliese 581d, just over twenty light years from us, is eight-times the size of Earth and is classified as a “super Earth” and is one the first water world candidates according to one of its discoverers Stephane Udry from the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland. Gleise 851d resides in the habitable zone of its star. Planets in this zone are just the right distance for liquid water to potentially exist.

The signal will reach the solar system of Gliese 581 (the parent star) around December 2029 give or take a few months. The radio signal will cross 20.3 light-years 192 trillion km of interstellar space before reaching the planet. If there is a response, it will probably need to travel the same way back “unless Gliesans have improved communication technologies, the soonest we could hope to receive an answer would be in 42 years around 2051,” says COSMOS.

Send a text message to aliens on Gliese 851d by August 24 2009 NASA (http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-11705-NY-Holistic-Body--Spirit-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Send-a-text-message-to-aliens-on-Gliese-851d-on-August-23-2009)

[siriusc]

I wonder what the text rates for that message are gonna be???:D:D Nice gimmick to sell their magazines. You would have thought they would have done this when the technology was first available???:confused:

[eli46]

Naw, it's free...nice gimmick yes. But really nice excuse too. Gliese 851d is a possible "super Earth"...and is the closest one to us...in any case, it's a fun thought, always liked time capsules in school

[grannymoose]

roflmao what the hell they going to come up with next:rolleyes:

[size_of_light]

Can I text them a Declaration of War just to see what happens?

[dude111]

Can I text them a Declaration of War just to see what happens?I dont think they would let that me$$age thru :D

[rodin]

A gift for the Alien Hoax Agenda thread. Always on the look out for fresh :)

[mrindigo]

I wonder how many, "FIRST!" posts they get there. :D

Extraterrestrial - "First? First what?...Karnag, place Earth on the, 'Do not approach list.'

[friendsinthesky]

..but but but, we are the only one's who exist right? Yeah right, but this could see the end of the earth. Imagine the kinky sad and sadistic msg's that will be sent. They'll blow us to atoms.

[conspicioastrum]

One of the texts:

Hey there Gliese id like to say hello from Scotland, a country in our smelly planet earth you all should come to our planet some time and smoke some cannabis
Michael
Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom
http://www.hellofromearth.net/

Hahah that's the best one so far. :D

[hawk]

My text: get us the hell out of here! :D

[leviathanstaar]

Translated from an unknown dialect:


"Sir, millions of identical messages eminating from Terra-2"

Give me the feed.


'ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US'

[friendsinthesky]

Save Our Soul

[whitenight639]

we could hope to receive an answer would be in 42 years around 2051,” says COSMOS.




Call me pessamistic but theres a good chance earth will be toast by then.

[slodave]

Call me pessamistic but theres a good chance earth will be toast by then.
tell em to bring butter and jam fur the toast, toast? I'll drink to that. lets toast...