Thursday, August 13, 2009

Hello from Earth!



Now you can send a message to Gliese 581d, a (exoplanet) planet outside our Solar System which may support life. Please do so before Sunday 23 August 2009 where all messages will be compiled , collected and exported as text files and encoded to binary code by NASA before transmission.

Travelling at speed of light, the messages will reach the target destination in approximately Dec 2029.

For more information and to be part of this project, please visit this site.

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Once you have composed your interstellar message, in english only, not binary code =) , you will receive this email as a confirmation..

Hi Jeffrey Lim,

Your interstellar message has been logged. It will be transmitted on 24 August 2009 to Gliese 581d, the nearest Earth-like planet to us, by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Australia.
Your message should appear on the HELLO FROM EARTH site within 10 minutes.


However, please be patient! All submissions are moderated by real human beings right here on Earth. If the number of submissions is very high, it may take longer than usual for your message to appear.


Please spread the word, email your friends/family & fellow workers about the site and get them to send their messages!


Upon approval of your message (within a minute or two ), another email follows..

Hi Jeffrey Lim,

Your interstellar message has been approved.

Remember you can change your message up to 4 times by simply going to the "Edit Message" menu item on the site and using the below logon details


Hopefully my message and the rest of the 6583 messages as at 14 Aug 2009 12.22am (Singapore Time) will reach planet Gliese 581 in 2029 which is 193 trillion km away in the constellation of Libra.

Dear habitants of Gliese 581, I may not be able to see your reply unless I lived to a ripe old age, even if you transmit at the speed of light. Do come in peace should you decide to visit us mankind.


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