Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-02 | Page 1 | Mars Plan Will Take Huge Prize

MARS PLAN WILL TAKE HUGE PRIZE Paris Academy of Sciences es cs esto to Judge in ill Contest on Signal to lo Planets P Pr nT r A AParis Peu I Paris ParI Feb 1 The The Academy of ot otI Sciences evidently considers communication communication com corn I between the earth carth and andI I the tho planets amon among the possibilities I for It Jt has undertaken to act as asI I Judge for tor a prize of or to bo ho boIen given I en for the best means of ot making making mak mak- ing a sl sign n to a heavenly o body and the receipt of ot a reply It has been the custom of oC the academy alwa always s 's to refuse to handle prizes for Cor any feat Ceat which It considers con con- alders siders a mere waste of time In presenting the present prize for competition the thc academy makes make the provision that the planet Mars Is Included as being sufficiently zulu zulu- known Until a solution Is obtained says Rays the academy's os announcement the Interest In the prize monc money o will form an award for scientists making tho greatest progress In knowledge c of the planets and their relation to the earth