[meteorite-list] '100 percent' chance for life on newlyfoundplanet?

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 17:11:15 -0500
Message-ID: <EEF2EF869E6747E28C1923EA66725E4C_at_ATARIENGINE2>

We have already sent them "I Love Lucy," just
by broadcasting it from October 15, 1951 to
May 6, 1957. In the Fifties, the radio brightness
of the Earth was about 700 times greater than
our Sun's radio brightness. A bright radio source
in orbit about a G-class star is like firing up a
beacon for everyone within 50 lightyears, one
that screams "Yoo-Hoo!"

There are about 2000 stars (in 1400 star systems)
within 50 lightyears of us, all of whom have gotten
all the episodes of "I Love Lucy" by now. About 133
of these stars are similar to our Sun. Here's a map
of our Neighborhood:
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/50lys.html
and Gliese 581 isn't bright enough to make the
cut; it's not on the map. Nobody cares about red
dwarves...

There are 33 stars with 12.5 lightyears of us.
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/12lys.html
Most of those stars could have sent us a message
after they watched the first episode of "Gunsmoke"
and we would have had the message before the show
went off the air.

An alien civilization fascinated by "Soul Train"
(and who isn't?) could have watched the first few
years of the show and sent us a message we'd have
by now out to 20-22 lightyears.

Maybe we won't hear from them until they find
out their favorite show was cancelled? Or maybe
they're satisfied to just watch the re-runs of
"Star Trek"?


Sterling K. Webb
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newlyfoundplanet?


>
>
>>>Ok then - how about a Radio Transmission. I would assume we are
>>>doing
> this. What would we send?<<
>
> How about all the re-runs of I Love Lucy?
> GeoZay
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