I would have included no further information than a rough image of the Earth and its one moon. I see no wisdom in the eagerness to be found and approached by any intelligence with the ability to accomplish it from any sector of space. In the meetings between 'discoverers' and 'discoverees,' history has always given the advantage to the finders. In the case of the Jupiter (Pioneer) plaque, I feel that a tremendous issue was thoughtlessly taken out of the world forum by a few individuals who have marked a clear trail to our door.My point is, who will come a-knocking -- the trader or the tiger?
Kirby vs. Sagan
The inventor of Galactus says:
Tags: a/b, comics, conspiracies, doomed, space, the future
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I think anything that has the resources to come visit would be able to work from pretty thin evidence. So it probably doesn't matter at all what happens to be on the manufactured object hurtling through interstellar space.
You are paying insufficient attention to how awesome those outfits are.
I've been reading an anthology of Murray Leinster short stories from the 1930s-1950s - halfway through there have already been two stories about just this issue.
Reminds me of The Three Body Problem.
Reminds me of The Three Body Problem.
Reminds me of the double post problem.