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Scientists sign statement urging debate before messaging extraterrestrials

When: Feb 2015
Sources: 2 public sources

Scientists and writers issued a statement saying a worldwide scientific, political and humanitarian discussion should precede any deliberate message to extraterrestrials. Signers included Geoffrey Marcy and Elon Musk. Douglas Vakoch, who favoured transmitting, later founded METI International.

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FirsthandStatement Regarding METI/Active SETI (opens in a new tab)SETI@home, University of California, Berkeley
OtherReviewing METI: A Critical Analysis of the Arguments (guest editorial excerpt) (opens in a new tab)The SETI League (John Gertz)

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