We wanted to call out.
On August 20th, and September 5th, 1977, two spacecraft were launched from the Kennedy Spaceflight Center, Florida. They were called Voyager.
Each one carries a message. The gold plated record depicting images, music and sounds of our planet, arranged so it may be understood if ever intercepted by a technologically mature extraterrestrial civilization.
13 years after it's launch, Voyager 1 passed the orbital plane of Neptune and essentially left our solar system. Within that time, there were no further messages were sent. Nor are any planned.
On October 12th, 1992, NASA initiated the high resolution micowaves survey. A decade long search by radio telescopes scanning 10 million frequencies for any transmittion by extraterrestrial intelligence. Less than one year later first term nevada senator, Richard Brian, succesfully championed an amendment which terminated the project.
They closed our eyes.
Our voices have been silenced.
Our ears now deaf to the realms of extreme possibilities.