On February 4, 2008, at 00:00 GMT, NASA transmitted the Beatles song Across The Universe in the direction of the star Polaris, 431 light years from Earth. The transmission was made using a 70m antenna in the DSN’s Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex, located outside of Madrid, Spain. It was done with an “X band” transmitter, radiating into the antenna at 18 kW.
In case our overlords on Nibiru are Public Service Broadcasting fans, here’s a tune for them
Should our alien overlords come from Planet X, hopefully David Bowie will plead our case, now that he is back home.
(This may be on the test.)
