Send a message to 47 Ursae Majoris:

http://www.cosmicconnexion.com/static/index.html

Apparently this exercise in Active SETI (ASETI) is the "celebration"
part of the COROT astronomy satellite mission to find extrasolar
planets, including Earth-size (Telluric) ones. COROT is set for
launch in June of 2006.

http://smsc.cnes.fr/COROT/

http://www.esa.int/science/corot

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/planets/corot.html

Not that we should refine our ETI searches just to planets
(some would argue we will have better chances aiming our
telescopes at regions which show up in the infrared but not
the optical), but 47 UM does have at least two Jupiter-class
worlds orbiting at fairly large distances from their star (unlike
all those other exogiants that practically skim the photospheres),
allowing at least the possibility of an Earth-size world in the
habitable zones.

See here:

http://www.solstation.com/stars2/47uma.htm

Will the messages being sent out by CNES "survive" the 46 light year
journey to 47 UM? Will they even be comprehensible to anyone
there? Will it at least let any ETI present know they are not alone
and motivate them to respond? Is it wiser to keep our mouths
shut and let someone else contact us first? Or do we gain nothing
by hiding under our beds - except dust?