Webman's Blog: 主持人全裸上陣為外星人作節目

2006/10/02

【編譯朱小明/綜合報導】

德國ARTE電視台製作了一個異想天開的節目，向距離地球45光年（約426兆公里）的大熊星座播送，向住在外太空的外星人介紹地球風光。

這個節目的名稱叫「宇宙連線」（Cosmic Connex-ion），透過法國的CNES天文無線電收發器播送到大熊星座的Erra星，據說這座星球極可能有外星人居住。

地球上最重要的生物當然是人類，一男一女的兩位主持人為了讓外星人對人體結構有正確的知識，於是全裸上陣。節目中請來社會學家、科學家、太空專家向外星人說明地球生活各個層面，每晚7時起播送兩個半小時。主持人當然不會說外星話，節目主要以德語和法語進行，假定外星人「應該」聽得懂。

節目中最重要的訊息是：歡迎外星人造訪地球。「宇宙連線」並在官方網站開設互動區，如果想把個人訊息傳達給外星人，歡迎留言，電視台會擇要傳送。目前留言者對溝通問題顯然考慮較多，有人留下照片、有人留下圖畫、或所住地方的路標。

由於大熊星座距離遙遠，「宇宙連線」預定要到2051年才會傳送到位，ARTE電視台期待在2096年接獲外星人的回應。

【2006-10-02 聯合晚報】

2051 space oddity: TV station aims at an alien audience

Derek Scally in Berlin
30/09/2006

Eurotrash goes intergalactic tonight when two naked television presenters host the first programme conceived for aliens and broadcast to a star located in the Big Dipper, 45 light years away.

Despite the English language title, the programme, Cosmic Connexion, as conceived by the channel Arte, assumes the aliens will have a working knowledge of German and French - the station's two working languages.

The TV show has been conceived as an idiot's guide to humankind, or close encounters of the nude kind. The hosts will explain how the human body is created - thus justifying their own nakedness - and will tell about the main elements of daily human life.

Cosmic Connexion will talk to sociologists, scientists and space experts, as well as explain to viewers - on earth and in space - about previous attempts to contact other life forms such as the gold and aluminium disc placed on board the Pioneer 10 probe launched in 1972 and last contacted in 2003.

The station has a clear message for viewing aliens: "We have seen your crop circles. Stop by and say hello." Arte has also asked viewers to submit messages they would like to be broadcast into space as part of the programme. The few halfway intelligible messages on the website yesterday were rather political. "Maxmax" from Germany wrote: "Dear friends of the sun (or whatever) . . . George W. Bush: bullshit3 Us - music = rather not."

The broadcast signal will reach the star Errai in the year 2051. Arte producers say they are looking forward to receiving alien viewer feedback to their programme - in 2096.

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0930/1158591216581.html