http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/12/contact-with-proxmina-centauri-b
Douglas Vakoch, the former Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute, is launching the METI Initiative with one planet in mind: the recently discovered planet around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth (and thus the closest exoplanet.)
Vakoch says that METI has more than a few targets in mind, there are a few advantages to Proxima Centauri b.
"First, it's close to our solar system, keeping the time for a roundtrip exchange as short as possible," Vakoch says. "Second, some have suggested that this exoplanet is potentially habitable."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 02 2017, @04:24PM
That's a poor analogy, because we know there is no intelligence that is non-human at your proposed locations.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by requerdanos on Monday January 02 2017, @05:23PM
Well, I wouldn't say categorically that "we know there isn't" [upliftconnect.com].
That same statement goes for any Proxima b communication, verbatim (sans link).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 03 2017, @11:07PM
Link discriminates against ETs:
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