The ‘A Message From Earth’ project invites Bebo users to submit messages and pictures that consider the planet from a fresh perspective. A selection of these messages will be broadcast from the National Space Agency in Ukraine on October 9th. The messages will travel on an amazing 120 trillion mile journey from Earth to Gliese 581, the closest planet believed by scientists to be capable of supporting life.

Less Rain is responsible for creating the unique ‘A Message From Earth’ application, which is the first fully integrated rich media Bebo application created entirely in Flash. The application encourages users to compose messages in text, photo or drawing form. Users can vote on their favorite messages, with the top 500 making it into the galactic broadcast on October 9th. This digital time capsule is historically significant, being the first ever space transmission where the content has been democratically formed on the Internet.

“I understand that in the majority of cases these messages may be naïve, but I also hope that we will receive a creative and fresh look at the subject,” says Dr Zaitsev, one of the world’s leading experts in interstellar radio communication and A Message From Earth Team member.

What is your message from earth?

Let the Universe know by submitting your composition by September 30th. You might even receive a reply - in about 20 years!

Visit www.bebo.com/amessagefromearth

And… if you want to vote for me, check my latest submission in this widget:

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