NewScientist wrote a short article on an idea Shawn and I have been discussing:
Mounting mirrors on the Moon and using them to signal across space could let ET know we Earthlings are here.
Ever since radio broadcasts began we’ve been trumpeting our presence to nearby parts of the galaxy, so far without reply. To improve the chances of being found, Shawn Domagal-Goldman and Jacob Haqq-Misra of Pennsylvania State University in State College reckon we should cover half of the Moon with mirrors.
Read the full article at NewScientistSpace.
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May 2, 2008 at 8:38 am
Lumpmoose
Sweet! Congratulations! Is that what your talk was about at the conference?
At least I know who to blame when the aliens come to destroy the earth.
May 2, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Jacob
Shawn gave this talk at AbSciCon (quite glitzy, too). We’ve started drafting the manuscript and will hopefully have it submitted in the next couple of months. One of the main SETI people liked the talk, which should help us out in the review process.