While some experts say that the chances of reaching an alien civilisation are low if not impossible, others, including the late genius Stephen Hawking, believe it is a stupid undertaking inviting extraterrestrial invasion..
More than what we know, more than what we can see, more than what we have.
The interplanetary message called “Beacon in the Galaxy” contains a vast range of information, including basic arithmetic and physics principles on communication, digital photographs of the human form, DNA elements, and a time-stamped depiction of the solar system, Earth’s system.
His plan was to dig massive trenches of geometric patterns in the Sahara, fill them with Kerosene oil and let it burn.
As per the International Journal of Astrobiology, it was a largely symbolic message and the test run for a new planetary radar, i.e., technology that sends radio waves into space.
Just 12 years later, in 1974 another team of scientists sent a message from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico towards a cluster of stars called Messier 13.