Today Bebo offers you the chance to reach across the galaxies as they prepare to send a message from ‘we the little people’ into outer space.

Conceived by Oli Madgett of RDF Digital, the project claims to be the first to democratically select content to be transmitted into space.

The 500 messages voted on here won’t reach the target planet until 2029.

The media love the story, with radio devoting airplay to ask listeners to share their ideas and demonstrating the power of a well thought out Bebo group, backed by celeb endorsers can make interesting news to the target market.

Suggestions today range from messages of peace and snaps of fish&chips to music tracks from the Beatles (let’s hope windows media player doesn’t crash when they try and open it) and famous quotes from literature.

The Message From Earth project launches on August 4, and web voting will take place between August 4 and September 30.