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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5295440" data-attributes="member: 11437">April 18I checked the instrument array.&nbsp; I checked the calibrations.&nbsp; I ran equipment tests -- twice.&nbsp; I tested the recording gear.&nbsp; I tested the network inside Deep Red.&nbsp; I tested the power.&nbsp; After all of that, I had CyberDoc test my hearing and vision.&nbsp; I did all of this before I could even consider letting another soul know the truth.&nbsp; My discovery is real.&nbsp; It wasn't real -- it couldn't be real -- until I knew for certain that there was no other possibility.At the moment of realization, I am frozen in place, staring at the huge red planet just below.&nbsp; Mars captivates my thoughts at this moment because the transmission could not have come from anywhere else.&nbsp; This lifeless, red orb now held the very real possibility of life, at least that life had at one time existed there and may yet still exist.&nbsp; At the very least, someone had sent out those beeps.&nbsp; I spent some time today trying to decipher the transmission.&nbsp; Unfortunately, cryptology is not an area of my expertise and simple math cyphers were unable to make anything intelligible out of the transmission.&nbsp; It can't just be beeps.&nbsp; It has to mean something.&nbsp; What is Mars trying to tell me?&nbsp; I stare at that blank red landscape and wonder if any of this is real.&nbsp; Wonder if I'm real.&nbsp; I still struggle to decide whether the inhabitants of Planet Earth that humanity is no longer alone.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Insight, post: 5295440, member: 11437"] [i]April 18[/i] I checked the instrument array. I checked the calibrations. I ran equipment tests -- twice. I tested the recording gear. I tested the network inside Deep Red. I tested the power. After all of that, I had CyberDoc test my hearing and vision. I did all of this before I could even consider letting another soul know the truth. My discovery is real. It wasn't real -- it couldn't be real -- until I knew for certain that there was no other possibility. At the moment of realization, I am frozen in place, staring at the huge red planet just below. Mars captivates my thoughts at this moment because the transmission could not have come from anywhere else. This lifeless, red orb now held the very real possibility of life, at least that life had at one time existed there and may yet still exist. At the very least, someone had sent out those beeps. I spent some time today trying to decipher the transmission. Unfortunately, cryptology is not an area of my expertise and simple math cyphers were unable to make anything intelligible out of the transmission. It can't just be beeps. It has to mean something. What is Mars trying to tell me? I stare at that blank red landscape and wonder if any of this is real. Wonder if I'm real. I still struggle to decide whether the inhabitants of Planet Earth that humanity is no longer alone. [/QUOTE]

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