The European Space Agency will beam the famous ‘Blue Danube’ waltz into space
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/26/nx-s1-5411771/blue-danube-strauss-music-space-esa
The European Space Agency will beam the famous ‘Blue Danube’ waltz into space
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/26/nx-s1-5411771/blue-danube-strauss-music-space-esa
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That’s a terrible idea. It’s a dark Forrest out there
They’re beaming a live performance of “By the Beautiful Blue Danube” into space so fast it will actually catch up to and overtake Voyager 1 just 23 hours after transmission.
Okay, the following scenario comes to mind. Aliens receive this transmission.
It being a lonely galaxy, they use whatever technology they have to come to earth.
Everyone is going mad, friendly aliens have found us. We send our best to make contact.
Then, after the humans greet them, the aliens begin playing back the now slightly degraded transmission.
Every scientist looses their shit. These aliens are so familiar with our world, that they put us on hold music!
In reality the aliens thought that music was our primary form of communication and are trying to somehow establish communication.