Why the Martians Will Answer Our Signals

As the Martians are probably more advanced and skilled than us, their first readable message to this earth will undoubtedly be, "We have been calling you for the last ten thousand years."

Once communication is established, the Martians will gradually take our code and language and learn it first and then teach us theirs in plain English. Difficult as this fact would seem, it in reality would not be comparable with the achievement of teaching a deaf, dumb and blind child to understand. To talk to Mars is only a matter of patience now.