In preparation for visitors from other places in the universe there is an attempt, in the new millennium, to build space stations near the earth to receive visitors from outer space. Whether these space stations are only thoughts, or artistic renderings, or even physical objects in space, they all add up to preparing earth citizens to receive visitors from across the universe. From the old Russian Mir space station in 1995 to the completed International Space Station (ISS) in 2010 humans are ready to receive and see visting civilization arrive from distant parts of the universe.