a113n’s daily dose

I stumbled upon this article when I Googled for dangers of sending spacecraft beyond solar system. Through my Stumbling, I found a page discussing Saturn’s icy moon and the space craft having flow past it. These craft are going to explore the outer realms of our solar system, but I stopped to wonder who–or what would be there to retrieve them. The article, in a long-winded manner, more-or-less covers some of my concerns:

“Along with the famous plaques attached to Pioneer 10 and 11 and the two phonograph records carried by Voyager 1 and 2—four spacecraft that will soon leave our Solar System—these messages are mostly symbolic efforts unlikely to betray our presence to the denizens of planets orbiting other stars. Our civilization is still hidden from all but those ardently searching for our kind, or those so far beyond our level of sophistication that we couldn’t hide from them if we wanted to. To date, all our “messages to aliens” are really more successful as communications to Earth, mirrors reflecting our dreams of reaching far beyond our terrestrial nursery.”

At a minimum, we need to keep the considerations on the table and think twice before blasting “We’re here!” just because we can.

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