MESSAGE TO MARS
NOT A SUCCESS.
(United Press Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
e(Received this day at 8 a.m.) *.*■ . LONDON, October 25. In the small hours of . the morning a Cheswickite, Doctor Mansfield. Robinson, paid. Is 6d per. word-to transmit exsßugby, a wireless message to Mars : “Love from earth to Mars. God is Love.” He - wanted it sent on 30,000
metres, which he opined was necessary to penetrate Heaviside layer MarsB. wards, but the Post Office said 18,000 or nothing. However, Rohm son listened for a reply on 30,000 metres with seven valves and claims he got certain signals, but they must be'decoded. Professor A. M. Low, a witness to -> the experiment, describes its failure. I He got funnv noises arid quaint signals % which could not be' suggested as ex Mars. Mrs Robinson: “ There will He no . more foolishness, in this house.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1928, Page 5
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139MESSAGE TO MARS Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1928, Page 5
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