Tell it to the aliens for $10.95

What’s next? That question keeps popping up in the rapidly evolving

world of electronic communications. Now, for a mere $10.95 you can send an

e-mail message of up to 1,000 words to aliens who may be listening from

somewhere out there.

Bentspace.com is a newly formed company in Davis, California that

allows anyone to log onto its Web site (www.bentspace.com) and send an

e-mail message into outer space. Bentspace computers convert e-mail

messages into a mathematical data format alien cultures could decipher and

then uses special transmitters to send out the message into deep space.

"It is the ultimate expression of free speech. Now anyone with

access to the Internet, and a credit card, can send a message out into the

cosmos that will travel for all eternity," said Greg Snow who

co-founded Bentspace.com.