Care was taken to include not only pictures of humanity, but also some of animals, insects, plants and landscapes. The first images are of scientific interest, showing mathematical and physical quantities, the Solar System and its planets, DNA, and human anatomy and reproduction. The collection of images includes many photographs and diagrams both in black and white, and color. The record also includes the inspirational message Per aspera ad astra in Morse code. To this they added musical selections from different cultures and eras, spoken greetings in 55 ancient and modern languages, and printed messages from U.S. Sagan and his associates assembled 116 images and a variety of natural sounds, such as those made by surf, wind, thunder and animals (including the songs of birds and whales). The selection of content for the record took almost a year. The contents of the record were selected for NASA by a committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours.Ĭontents Main article: Contents of the Voyager Golden Record This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. Like their predecessors Pioneer 10 and 11, which featured a simple plaque, both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA with a message aboard - a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate to extraterrestrials a story of the world of humans on Earth. Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space, the region between stars where the galactic plasma is present. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe.The Voyager 1 probe is currently the farthest human made object from Earth. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilisations. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. If one such civilisation intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some – perhaps many – may have inhabited planets and spacefaring civilisations. It is likely to survive a billion years into our future, when our civilisation is profoundly altered and the surface of the Earth may be vastly changed.
The Golden Record also contains an introductory statement from then US president Jimmy Carter, who summarises some of the aspirations of the scientists who assembled the first galactic mix tape: Interestingly, the Beatles' 'Here Comes The Sun' was supposed to be included – the band were said to be in favour of taking part, but their record label EMI vetoed it.
5, First Movement, and numerous examples of traditional music from cultures around the world. In addition to these recordings, the Golden Record also contains about 90 minutes of musical recordings, but these haven't been uploaded to Soundcloud (presumably for copyright reasons).
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There's a crying baby being comforted by a mother, automobile sounds, Morse code (with a ship's foghorn blaring in the background), animal noises, wind and rain, and an electronic 'Music of the Spheres' recording, which emulates planetary motion via playback of different audio frequencies. So what does the Golden Record sound like? Well, once you get past the greetings recorded in more than 50 languages, both ancient and modern (the English version is read by an American child, who says, "Hello from the children of Planet Earth") you encounter an unusual assortment of sounds that are evocative of life on Earth, which have an eerie, almost David Lynchian quality to them when played back now. You can check their real-time locations here. Specifically, Voyager 1 is thought to have passed through the heliosphere at the boundary of our Solar System, and is on its way to a star called AC +79 3888 – although the journey will take it some 40,000 years. Those recordings have now been uploaded to Soundcloud so anybody with an Internet connection can experience this unique time capsule for themselves (no alien-ness required), knowing that the distant originals meanwhile are drifting through space somewhere. The record is a phonograph compilation of greetings from Earth in several languages and other accompanying audio designed to introduce the listener to the sounds of 20th century humankind. What do extraterrestrials listen to? Well, we don't know for sure, but when NASA launched Voyager 1 and 2 into the Solar System in 1977, the space agency equipped the probes with the 'Golden Record', intended for any aliens (or future humans) who might one day discover the recordings.
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