As many of you guys have probably seen the movie Contact, or watch James Bond slide down the rim of the massive dish in Goldeneye, what you probably don’t know is that this wonderful invention and tool of the cosmos is at risk of seeing the absolute end of all things–itself. It’s own end is at risk here because of funding issues from OUR GOVERNMENT!

Now I plead with all of you, do the right thing, take the 10 minutes of your day to complete this petition and the stamps that it takes to send it to your representatives, and LET THEM KNOW that we the people of this great nation, pursuers of science and exploration demand of our government to stop spending BILLIONS on the war (in fact an additional $162 Billion has been provided for this) and start spending money on things that will lead this great nation to the next frontier–one that doesn’t have war between fellow people as the prime driver for technological advances.

So do me a favor and go to this website:

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/arecibo_letter.php

and put your information in, enter the full zip code include the 4 digits at the end (the page has a link that you can look this up with), and send your letters to your respective representatives. This time the powers that be have gone too far, in pursuit of all the wrong things, and we watch with splendor as they continue on this track without any regard for what those consequences are. Here and now we can make the stand and for something that we all know and appreciate can save this for future generations to come.