Scientists to begin sending messages to aliens, despite warnings that it could trigger Earth’s destruction
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A major program to try and speak to aliens has been launched – despite warnings that it could lead to the destruction of humanity. But scientists have long warned that sending out such messages could be dangerous, and that alerting aliens to our existence might lead to our complete destruction. Doing so would probably be like when the Native Americans first met Christopher Columbus, he said in September, and in that case things “didn’t turn out so well” for the people being visited. Those have included Nasa’s pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft that carried messages written onto plaques and a record, as well as radio messages that have been sent out into the universe.
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