nterestingly, Gliese 581c is so close to the Earth that if its putative inhabitants only had our level of technology, they could - just about - pick up some of our radio signals, such as the most powerful military transmitters. Quite what would happen if we for our part did receive a signal is unclear. "There is a protocol, buried away in the United Nations," says Dr Shostak. "The President would be told first, after the signal was confirmed by other observatories. But we couldn't keep such a discovery secret."
nterestingly, Gliese 581c is so close to the Earth that if its putative inhabitants only had our level of technology, they could - just about - pick up some of our radio signals, such as the most powerful military transmitters. Quite what would happen if we for our part did receive a signal is unclear. "There is a protocol, buried away in the United Nations," says Dr Shostak. "The President would be told first, after the signal was confirmed by other observatories. But we couldn't keep such a discovery secret."
ReplyDeleteYou don't say.
I like the Eliot ref, AA.The more I hear of these discoveries, I feel like I'd rather be a patient, etherized upon a table.
ReplyDeleteAI, how long would it take for a signal to reach Gliese?
ReplyDeleteIt depends on how many mermaids are singing each to each
ReplyDeleteMon dieu, AA. You're on a roll, but your answer should have had the following for the full erudition available:
ReplyDeleteS’io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Here.
ReplyDeleteBah, no nuggets from a poet al dante in my Lusiadas
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