Gregory W. Wright is an astrophysicist and independent consultant with Antiope Associates. On September 2, 2004, an article co-authored by Christopher Rose and Wright, titled ''Inscribed matter as an energy-efficient means of communication with an extraterrestrial civilization'', appeared on the cover of ''

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'' with the headline "Dear ET...".Rose, C., and Gregory, W. , 2004
''Inscribed matter as an energy-efficient means of communication with an extraterrestrial civilization.''
''Nature'', 431(7004), pp. 47–49. The article argued that wireless communication is an inefficient means for potential communication over interstellar distances owing to both the unavoidable reduction of signal strength as distance squared and that information can be densely encoded (inscribed) in matter. The article also suggested that information-bearing physical artifacts might be a more likely first form of contact with an extraterrestrial civilization than

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signals.Webb, S., 2015. ''Solution 35 Message in a Bottle.'' in pp. 161-164. ''If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life'', 2nd ed. Heidelberg, Germany, Springer Cham. 434 pp. the publication, Rose and Wright's idea was featured on the

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World Service and twice on

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