NASA plans to beam a tweet into spaceand it’s taking submissions – The Daily Dot

Do alien races use social media? NASA may answer that question by beaming a social media message into the far reaches of space next month.

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Voyager 1, mankinds farthest-reaching spacecraft,NASA invites citizens of Earth to send via social media a short, uplifting #MessageToVoyager and all that lies beyond it. After a voteand input from the Voyager team of courseone special message will be selected for NASA to beam into interstellar space on the 40th anniversary of Voyagers launch, Sept. 5, 2017.

The few rules that NASA has outlined include a 60-character limit, the inclusion of the #MessageToVoyager tag, and submissions must be in by 11:59pm on Aug. 15, 2017. This allows time for the people at NASA to pick their favorites, which will then be put to a public vote to choose the winner.

The Voyager mission is the longest continually operating space mission, not to mention Voyager 1 is the most distant man-made object that exists. The Voyager vessels were the first space crafts ever to identify their own problems and take corrective action, and the Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to ever fly by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

These incredible accomplishments are deserving of commemoration, and the first social media message to be beamed into space is a very 2017 way to do it. NASA has been working to get the word out via its own social media accounts.

There are already a few submissions in, so dont dally too long if you want to be considered. Some are uplifting and profound, and others are, well less so.

Nothing like the promise ofGame of Thrones to encourage a visit from an alien race.

H/TJezebel

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