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17/12/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, First contact

Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials

Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials.

For thousands of years we have gazed up at the stars and wondered: is anybody out there? The idea of meeting aliens has been the inspiration for countless books and films; for art and music. But today, thinking about meeting life on, or from, other planets is no longer dismissed as pure make-believe - it is the focus of political consideration and cutting-edge space science. Farrah Jarral presents the story of the fantasy and the reality of preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials.

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