Brian Cox: BBC Panicked Over Signals to Distant Planets and Unclear Contact Regulations
To the point
Brian Cox said on Radio X's The Chris Moyles Show that BBC bosses panicked during a playful test of sending signals to distant planets for Stargazing with Dara Ó Briain, fearing rules if aliens answered and even trying to stop it, joking the Vatican might be the first contact, showing the uneasy line between outreach and regulation.
