Send a Text Message to Space

reply to post by MemoryShock


u and mopus have watched too much CONTACT

reply to post by Now_Then


DOH!! I forgot the number 2!!!

Going to edit if possible...

Edit to Add: I'll have to wait for approval of the message so I can get my login information. What a silly mistake.

2nd Edit to Add: Edited... And mopus, I am glad your keyboard stuck......Great Minds indeed...

For those interested...

Hi ****,

Your interstellar message has been logged. It will be transmitted on 24 August 2009 to Gliese 581d, the nearest Earth-like planet to us, by the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex in Australia.

Your message should appear on the HELLO FROM EARTH site within 10 minutes.

However, please be patient! All submissions are moderated by real human beings right here on Earth. If the number of submissions is very high, it may take longer than usual for your message to appear.

Your site login details are,
-Personal Info Removed-

Thanks for this thread; what a great idea even if the planet is uninhabited...
[edit on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:37:58 -0500 by MemoryShock]

[edit on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:44:51 -0500 by MemoryShock]

Originally posted by zazzafrazz
u and mopus have watched too much CONTACT

Lol....tis true. I love that movie and book...

Originally posted by mopusvindictus
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ATSdwellers If you can send a text to space... what would that text message say?



www.canberratimes.com.au
(visit the link for the full news article)

Hmm..

Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION, TREAT AS URGENT.
From: [email protected]
Date: Sun, September 14, 2008 4:06 am

Message body:
Dear Beneficiary,
I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting your fund
transfered into an International Swift ATM CARD ( Master Card ), I
want you to contact my secretary with the information below so as to
collect your own share of the fund.
Get in touch with him on how to send you the total sum of
($2.500,000.00) Two million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars, which I kept for your compensation as your own share for what
you won during an online World Internet Program.
We appreciated your collective efforts so feel free and get in touch
with my secretary and instruct him where to send the amount to you
been issued out in an International ATM CARD which you can use in any
ATM machine anywhere in the world, in Europe, America, Africa and Asia
Pacific.
He will send you an International Swift ATM CARD ( Master Card ) which
you will use to withdraw your money via ATM MACHINE in any part of the
world, and the maximum daily limit is Fifteen Thousand United States
Dollars ($15,000.00) valued sum at Two million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars ($2.500,000.00).
If you desire to receive your fund this way, Kindly re-confirm your
details so as facilitate the release of your ATM CARD immediately.
Your Full Name:.........................
Full Residential Address:...............
Direct and Current Phone:...............
Sex:..............................
Occupation:.............................
Nationalty:.............................
Present Country:........................
You will find below his contact.
Name: Mr. Larry Cole
Location:Earth
Head Fund Remittance Dept.,
BGL Securities Limited
You are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials as this
is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your
International Swift ATM CARD ( Master Card ), also keep every
transaction confidential to avoid your International Swift ATM CARD (
Master Card ) falling to the wrong hand.
Yours Sincere,
Earthling,
Director International Online Lottery Co-ordinator,
World Internet Programmes.

My favorite message so far...

Prepare to have your inbox spammed in about 20 years.
Tucker
Corbin , United States

There are some funny texts being sent. I really wish they would send a dictionary or primer of sorts...though much of the context would be lost.

"Congulations, you have won the Nigerian State Lottery. Please forward your contact detales and account number to #### #### #### ####"

reply to post by zazzafrazz


I was thinking along very similar lines...Pi/fibonacci/prime/square root/cube root/periodic table atomic weight/etc number sequences

reply to post by Kandinsky


I seriously hope they have a good sense of humor

it's a shame we can't send like a t-shirt or a card along with the text messages just to let them know it's all okay