Robert McNees on Nostr: Prime numbers were chosen for the dimensions of the array, in the hope that they ...
Prime numbers were chosen for the dimensions of the array, in the hope that they would be conspicuous to potential recipients.
The message should arrive in about 22,000 years, give or take a few hundred. So in around 44,000 years, maybe our futuristic detection network will pick up a delicate radio whisper in response.
Maybe we'll still be around to decode it. Maybe not.
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