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The round trip time for such a message would be 9.0 year, so getting our signal discovered, and getting it mutually intelligible, could easily never happen, eve
by scott_karana 10y ago
The round trip time for such a message would be 9.0 year, so getting our signal discovered, and getting it mutually intelligible, could easily never happen, even if there was life there.
- dredmorbius 10y agoClearly, part of the trick would be to figure out what to send, and to keep sending it. Well, that, and figuring out how to send it. Though when you've got the resources of a habitable planet at your back, generating strong signals seems more viable.