The Pioneer Plaque impact
In Carl Sagan’s publication Cosmic Connection (1975) he reveals some of the background and impact of the design of the Pioneer 10 and 11 plaque. Below we publish some excerpts from this publication.
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Modern METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
In 1932, Karl Jansky serendipitously observed radiation coming from the Milky Way at Bell Labs, thereby inaugurating the science of radio astronomy. By this point, the evidence that humans were the only intelligent species in the solar system was mounting, but Jansky’s breakthrough turned the entire galaxy into fertile hunting grounds for extraterrestrial life.