{"id":8281,"date":"2005-12-29T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2005-12-29T18:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/12\/29\/and-now-for-an-important-message.html"},"modified":"2005-12-29T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2005-12-29T18:51:23","slug":"and_now_for_an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/12\/29\/and_now_for_an.html","title":{"rendered":"And now for an important message &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Space Show&#8221; broadcasts one message to into space each month, ostensibly for aliens to pick up.  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