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NOVA scienceNOW | Hello, this is Earth | PBS

Duration: 04:58

www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow If Earth received a message from outer space what, if anything, would we say back?

Jill Tartar, director of the SETI Institute, has thought long and hard about what we could, should, and would say to an alien civilization.

Watch past episodes of NOVA scienceNOW, try out interactives, and more on our Web site: www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow

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Post Date: July 18, 2008