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To: LibWhacker

I’m told that at about one light year distance, our TV/radio signals break down into just noise. That’s not even half way to the next nearest star.


41 posted on 02/28/2015 6:09:54 PM PST by muir_redwoods ("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
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To: muir_redwoods

Yes, I believe it. I’ve read that trying to detect broadcasts like I Love Lucy 100 light years from earth, would be like some guy in San Francisco trying to detect the small ripple in the Pacific Ocean caused by a guy in Japan throwing a pebble in the ocean.


65 posted on 03/01/2015 12:35:49 AM PST by LibWhacker ("Every Muslim act of terror is follow by a political act of cover-up." -Daniel Greenfield)
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