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Monday, August 17, 2009
Send ET A Text Message From Earth
From Yahoo News/Space:
Here's a truly long-distance message...one aimed more than 20 light-years away.
A new Web site in Australia is gathering text messages from around the world, all to be beamed to a distant alien planet called Gliese 581d.
The clock is ticking to submit text messages of no longer than 160 characters – perhaps a signal that extraterrestrial life may have a case of attention deficit disorder. The project - called "Hello From Earth" - (http://www.HelloFromEarth.net) ends Aug. 24.
Once the communiques are amassed, they will be transmitted from NASA's Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla.
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