“Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft ….” A CURRENT Citizen-Science Effort at "ET Communication

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"Calling occupants of interplanetary craft ...."

Such is the provocative title of a 1970's Carpenter song (written by Terry Draper and John Woloschuk, of "Klaatu" -- NOT the Carpenters!), which hopefully intones--

"We are your friends ...."

The history of actual interplanetary and interstellar communications is long and storied -- from the earliest known radio attempts of Tesla and Marconi, to the celebrated history of "Project Ozma," to the first physical messages (suggested to Carl Sagan and NASA by Eric Burgess and myself ...):

The famous "Plaques and Records" -- sent by NASA into the interstellar void aboard the Pioneer and Voyager unmanned spacecraft, the first modern artifacts created by Humanity to knowingly escape the solar system ....

For well over a hundred years, then, we've been collectively, demonstrably "reaching out" ... to see if we're Alone.

Now, a new chapter in this history has dawned ... the rise of "private interstellar messages" -- spurred by a radical democratization of civilian space activities, the plunging costs of private radio transmission technologies, and a rising public awareness that official announcement of genuine extraterrestrial intelligence is now "only a matter of time ...."

My guests tonight -- citizen scientists David Sereda and Jimmy Blanchette --  are going to bring us us to date on a startling "civilian science effort" in this area, one that has now (seemingly ...) quietly achieved "mind boggling positive results."

Join us ... "We are your friends ...."