Excerpt from The Official NASA Procedures for Contact with Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life © National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Extraterrestrial Affairs, 2029 (Classification Level AAA)

CONTACT BEYOND EARTH

As humanity begins to expand our frontiers, colonizing our moon and Mars and traveling to planets even farther out in our solar system, the possibility exists that our first contact with IEL may not occur on our own planet. (Of course, there is also the potential for encountering nonintelligent life on other celestial objects—e.g., bacteria and viruses beneath the crust of Mars—but while that would no doubt be an incredible event, it does not require the cautionary procedures laid out in this manual.) Should you encounter IEL while not on earth, DEXA should be contacted immediately. Obviously, many of the steps laid out here will not be feasible beyond earth, but DEXA can still be extremely helpful in facilitating contact between our species—and perhaps directing the IEL to earth, where further, more practical communication between our species can take place.