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Offline mr_a500

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Re: Send your name to the asteroid belt
« on: November 01, 2006, 04:32:31 AM »
What is the point? Who cares if their name is in a list on a DVD or microchip? The only way I can see that this would be useful is if aliens picked up the list of names, then came to Earth and killed everyone EXCEPT those on the list.

What's next? Send your pet's name to Pluto? Send your toothbrush to Titan?

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Re: Send your name to the asteroid belt
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2006, 03:34:10 PM »
@metalman

Oh, I didn't know that image was a response to my post. Thanks for pointing it out. So is that the geological equivalent of giving me the "finger" or is that just showing me "the point" when I asked "what's the point"?

By the way, my rant was directed at the idea of sending a list of names into space, not at this thread.

I was actually a member of The Planetary Society for about 6 years in the early '80s (you become a "member" by sending money). I just think adding your name to a giant list and sending it into space is a bit meaningless.

If you could send something more meaningful like a small picture or a brief paragraph (or a biological sample so aliens can clone you;-)) then that would be different.