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On 2002-06-14 00:09, Jigsaw wrote:
1. How fast do TV and radio signals actually travel through space?
2. How close is the nearest planetary system?
3. How long would it take all those I Love Lucy reruns to get there?
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1. The speed of light since they
are a form of light.
2. Unknown, but if planetary systems are as prolific the evidence is showing then it's quite likely that there are many worlds within the 60 or so light years that our earliest TV signals have travelled so far.
3. Well,
I Love Lucy aired in the mid to late 50's so the signals would be 50 or so light years distant. Again, probably more than enough distance to have travelled to several planetary systems by now.
I think it's kind of cool to imagine a SETI at Home-like project picking us up on another world.
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