The Last Arecibo Message: Commemorating 50 Years of the Arecibo Message and Exploring the Future of Interstellar Communication
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An outreach program at the Planetary Habitability Laboratory marks 50 years of the Arecibo Message by staging The Last Arecibo Message in November 2024 to reflect on the 1974 broadcast and the future of interstellar messaging, noting a 2020 student‑designed message that was not sent after the telescope collapsed, and listing events, a documentary, a paper, a Spanish video, and onsite talks, while naming the Last Arecibo Message Team—Kelvy D. Palencia-Torres, Luis R. Rivera Gabriel, Lizmarie Mateo Roubert, Germán Vázquez Pérez, Javier García Sepulveda, Cesar Quiñones Martínez—with Abel Méndez as contact to honor past efforts and explore new possibilities.