What Are Our Alien Neighbours Watching on TV?

Earth is constantly leaking our 'electromagnetic radiation' signals into space - Which Aliens are listening? What are they watching?

The opening scene of the Sci-Fi movie "Contact" staring Jodie Foster illustrates how the radio signals and noise from our planet leak into space. The further out you travel, the older the signal is, the further you go back in time.

So if our Alien neighbours have a SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) program, and are looking in our direction, watching our TV shows, what are they watching?
What is their opinion of us?

"Galaxy Quest" got some serious laughs out of the Star Trek'ish TV series the Aliens thought were "Historical Documents"

Then In "Futurama", some Aliens came to destroy the earth after they missed the final episode of "Single Female Lawyer" (a spoof of Ally McBeal) when Fry spilt beer on the TV Stations broadcast switch panel some thousand years earlier.

And here is the 'so cool' opening sequence to Contact. It still gives me goose bumps to watch that.

 

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Wow!!

And in the words of Douglas Adams, from "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"...

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.

 If you would like to find out what our Alien neighbours produce for their own TV enjoyment, join SETI @ Home, and search for the signal.

Let's hope its better than 80% of the crap we make on earth! 

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1 Monday, 06 July 2009 17:04

Maria

Great Post! I love the way you tie all the sci-fi and sci-fact things together! Keep it up!

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