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Message 786549 - Posted: 24 Jul 2008, 21:14:26 UTC

Is it true that the UN has made a rule that we are not to send any more deliberate signals into space for fear of revealing Earths location?
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Message 786664 - Posted: 25 Jul 2008, 1:16:56 UTC - in response to Message 786549.  

Is it true that the UN has made a rule that we are not to send any more deliberate signals into space for fear of revealing Earths location?


Never heard of such a thing. However, even if they did, the US would ignore it like we do all such absurdities put out by the UN.
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Message 786745 - Posted: 25 Jul 2008, 3:42:19 UTC - in response to Message 786664.  

Is it true that the UN has made a rule that we are not to send any more deliberate signals into space for fear of revealing Earths location?


Never heard of such a thing. However, even if they did, the US would ignore it like we do all such absurdities put out by the UN.

You mean like shooting a missile up into space to blow up a satellite after we got furios at China for the same thing?

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Message 786756 - Posted: 25 Jul 2008, 4:07:04 UTC - in response to Message 786549.  

Is it true that the UN has made a rule that we are not to send any more deliberate signals into space for fear of revealing Earths location?


No, it's not true. There's no such rule.

In fact, a deliberate interstellar CETI (active SETI) signal was sent into space just a while ago.


....of course, IMO all such messages sent into space are symbolic are meant more for us than for ET. There has never been any serious long-term effort to signal any specific star system, to my knowledge.
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