"FranticInFresno" <MostWanted@NOSPAMHotmail.com> wrote in message
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BTW, the closest stars are only 4 light years away, not hundreds.  The

earth

has been broadcasting for 50+ years.  If a planet within 25 light years

had

received an earth transmission, and replied, we would be receiving it's
signal any day now!

Read the rest of the thread.  I did say that Alpha Centuri was 4 light years
away.  But some stars in our Galaxy are hundreds of light years away.  The
most probable star to have life is 40 light years away, Zeta Reticuli.

DaveL