There are all sorts of reasons you might want to send someone a message. You may want to tell that special someone just how much you care; you may want to announce the birth of a child or some other special occasion. You could send a card or you could send the message into space on a laser beam (insert Dr. Evil laugh here).

A company called Sentforever.com is offering to send messages into space for free in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the moon landings. The messages are transmitted with a laser beam at 670 million miles an hour into deep space.

The messages are sent daily from a modified dish at British Telecom’s satellite earth station in Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall, UK. The company says the messages get weaker over time, but exist and travel forever. In only 14 hours after transmission, the message will overtake the Voyager 1 probe.

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