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"A Message from Earth" (actually 501 messages, including a photo of George W Bush chosen by Gillian Anderson to illustrate evil) sent in 2008 to earth-like planet Gliese 581c will arrive there in 2029 (simple.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/wikipedia

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-70

https://web.archive.org/web/20081011142445/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3166709/Messages-from-Earth-sent-to-distant-planet-by-Bebo.html

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Counter counter counter, they get the transmission, come to take our water, find no earthlings, take back water with a bunch of microplastics and it kills them all. Humans kill the life on another planet too.