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Phage
reply to post by JadeStar
The point of the OP was to provide a means for those of the alien persuasion to locate Earth. Since, as pointed out in the OP, the aliens in Contact were able to designate a location in space(time) to humans (as backward as we surely are), humans should be able to convey our location to aliens (as advanced as they may be).
The thing to remember is that any human derived co-ordinate system is irrelevant from an alien perspective.
A simple coding problem with a variety of solutions.
boncho
You guys are really trying too hard. Everyone knows you just need to know the 7th chevron once you input the others…
And I'm sure they know where they are.
26 year old Sgt. James Penniston was part of the three man USAF Security Police team called to investigate the landed craft of unknown origin in Rendlesham Forest.
Penniston cautiously approached the non aero dynamic, triangular, black, glassy craft. It was like nothing he had ever witnessed before or since. The craft had patterns of blue, yellow and red colors running through the surface as though part of the craft. It was very difficult to put into words what he was witnessing.
When Sgt. Penniston put his hand on the etched symbols, which felt like sandpaper compared to the rest of the smooth molded surface, everything became a brilliant bright white. He could neither see nor hear. He was alone in a brilliant bright white light. Next, he received patterns of ones and zeros into his mind. It was as though a movie of flashing ones and zeros was running in his brain or minds eye.
www.therendleshamforestincident.com...
greyer
reply to post by ChefSlug
Yes this has happened before.
26 year old Sgt. James Penniston was part of the three man USAF Security Police team called to investigate the landed craft of unknown origin in Rendlesham Forest.
Penniston cautiously approached the non aero dynamic, triangular, black, glassy craft. It was like nothing he had ever witnessed before or since. The craft had patterns of blue, yellow and red colors running through the surface as though part of the craft. It was very difficult to put into words what he was witnessing.
When Sgt. Penniston put his hand on the etched symbols, which felt like sandpaper compared to the rest of the smooth molded surface, everything became a brilliant bright white. He could neither see nor hear. He was alone in a brilliant bright white light. Next, he received patterns of ones and zeros into his mind. It was as though a movie of flashing ones and zeros was running in his brain or minds eye.
www.therendleshamforestincident.com...
ignorant_ape
reply to post by ChefSlug
the only issue - is agreeing and communicating the location of 0 / 0 / 0 [ x / y / z ] without relying on a piori knowledge of where 0 / 0 / 0 is
oh - and what the scale is
Xcathdra
reply to post by Phage
Question - I was watching a science documentary on space flight and I remember them stating that in order to travel from one point in space to another, the coordinates had to be exact to a minimum of 32 decimal places.
I don't remember the documentary... It was a few years back.
Do you know if that info is accurate?
I'm asking you since you seem to be very knowledgeable in this area. If anyone else knows feel free to answer.
The CM had a fixed sextant the AOT, which could measure angles between stars, and Earth or Moon landmarks and planetary horizon. The unit included a scanning telescope for star sightings, and could be used to determine position and orientation in space.
wikipedia / PGNCS / Optical unit
JadeStar