From: Rodneykelp605@hotmail.com
Maybe we should use a charged particle beam laser and start blasting some of
these new planets and see if we wake anyone.
"Alexander Schreiber" wrote in message
news:slrnclebp6.u94.als@mordor.angband.thangorodrim.de...
> Micky wrote:
> > I was reading somewhere that they made the first light antenna. I
suppose
> > that would make it 100's of times quicker than radio signals.?
> > I know we have 100's of antenna's looking for readio signals from other
> > planets but do we have any looking for this type of signal already.
> > What if Aliens only ever used this type of signal or a simular type for
> > communication, has it
> > ever been tested for.?
> > If I were an intelligent being surely it would make sense using a
technology
> > that is the speed of light rather than radio.
>
> Radio waves _are_ travelling at the speed of light.
>
> A much more likely reason for using light in deep space communications
> would be using lasers for the extremly tight beam that lasers allow,
> which would enhance transmission privacy (anybody wanting to listen in
> must be close enough to the laser beam to intercept parts of it (not
> everything, since that would be noticed) and one might be able to cross
> larger distances with less power (depends of how power efficient
> communication lasers might be compared to radio), although you need to
> able to do _very_ precise targetting. Oh, and things like dust or rocks
> between you and your communication partner will be _really_ annoying.
>
> Regards,
> Alex.
> --
> "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and
> looks like work." -- Thomas A.
Edison
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