In this episode, you’re going to learn the fascinating story of a humble add-on mission to one of NASA’s more ambitious projects.  This little additional objective was overseen by none other than famed scientist Dr. Carl Sagan.  The purpose- potential first contact with an alien civilization.  This is the story of how Sagan and his team put together such a message in a bottle in such a way that any intelligent beings out there should be able to figure out how to “read” it, so to speak, as well as what they put in the message. You’re also going to learn approximately how long it will take for that message to reach its first potentially inhabited system. [TRANSCRIPT]

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