Dr. Andrew Fraknoi, an esteemed member of our Board of Directors, is also an accomplished writer. Worlds Within recently published his 12th story, "Who Speaks for Earth," a science-fiction story that concerns a Congressional hearing in the U.S. A future President had to bomb a radio telescope owned by a new religious group that insisted (without consulting anyone else) on answering a SETI message that Earth had received from an extraterrestrial civilization.

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Bonus: Andy gives us a mention!

You can read the story at: https://theworldswithin.net/who-speaks-for-earth/
Who Speaks for Earth - The Worlds Within

By Andrew Fraknoi “If a decision is made to send a message to extraterrestrial intelligence, it should be sent on behalf of all Humankind, rather than from individual States or groups.” From the Draft Declaration of Principles Concerning the Sending of Communications to Extraterrestrial Intelligence of the International Academy of Astronautics (2005). By the time

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