Sadly the song will take 431 years to reach the star and its planetary system, even if it exists, may not be suited for life. The message is thus very unlikely to reach any alien lifeform. It's sad that aliens will never be able to experience the music of the Beatles after their life changing trip to India :(

[…] one of the best lyrics I’ve written. In fact, it could be the best. It’s good poetry, or whatever you call it, without chewin' it. See, the ones I like are the ones that stand as words, without melody. They don’t have to have any melody, like a poem, you can read them.

In this song Lennon, through the use of prayers in Sanskrit, reflects on the natural forces that exist around him, including the likes of astronomical bodies. He also conveys a message of Free Love : through the lyrics "nothing’s gonna change (his) world" he argues that he won't let any type of negativity destroy his universally-loving disposition.

Thus, by litteraly broadcasting this song across the universe and encouraging people to play it along the transmission, NASA is sending aims at sending message of unity and peace to the world. Indeed, music is the langage which unites every human -and hopefully alien - being. By sharing such a beautiful and meaningful song, the american space agencies sends to the universe a very heartwarming, but candid, vision of life on Earth.