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RDF goes into orbit with Bebo
RDF Media's digital arm has partnered with Bebo for a project called A Message from Earth, allowing the social network's users to create a "digital time capsule" to be beamed into space.
The project was developed in conjunction with Dr Alexander Zaitsev, one of the world’s leading authorities on inter stellar radio messaging, based at the Russian Academy of Science.
The plan is to run a competition from August 4 to September 30, inviting the Bebo community to submit whatever messages they hope to have sent 120 million miles into space. Five hundred winning entries will be chosen and broadcast on October 9 by the National Space Agency of Ukraine.
According to Bebo, the messages will travel at light speed in the direction of target planet, Gliese 581C, which is 20.5 light years away from Earth. They're expected to reach their destination during spring 2029.
RDF Television is currently developing a TV format around the concept.
29 Jul 2008
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