TheVoyager 1 and 2 spacecraft , launched in 1977 , are now the furthest manmade object from Earth . While it will take them tenner of grand of years to get even remotely close to another star , both hold in message on board to any aliens who happen to pick them up – however unconvincing that is .
TheGolden Recordon control panel each space vehicle hold basic data about our knowledge of scientific discipline , with diagram read our understanding of the atom and our position according to 14pulsars . But there are also statement on how to “ play ” the record using a equipment onboard , and doing so will give anyone who observe the spacecraft a coup d’oeil at life on Earth .
There are 116 images that instance what spirit on Earth is like , andVox has put all these video together in a videoto show what our “ subject matter to extraterrestrial ” is . The images include diagrams of human physique and views of our luscious terrestrial environments . Twenty of the icon are in people of color , with the rest in black and white .
Check out the video below .
In 1977 NASA sent 116 photos into space on a " Golden Record " attached to the Voyager ballistic capsule . Here ’s what they chose to play humanity:——-Read more about the project : http://bit.ly/1QvFuCi
Posted byVoxon Wednesday , November 11 , 2015
On the records are also speak greetings in more than 50 nomenclature , sounds from Earth , 90 hour of euphony , and a message from the President of the United States at the metre of the launch , Jimmy Carter .
“ This is a present tense from a humble distant world , a souvenir of our sound , our science , our image , our music , our persuasion and our tactual sensation , ” the message sound out . “ We trust someday , having solved the problems we have , to join a community of galactic civilizations . ”
Both Voyager 1 and 2 are continuing to communicate with Earth ; the former has formally bequeath the Solar System , while the latter will do so in a few years . But , as mentioned , it will be a prospicient time until they get anywhere near another star . Voyager 1 will come within 1.7 light - geezerhood of a star in the Ursa Minor constellation in40,000 years , while Voyager 2 will come within 1.7 faint - yr of a star in the Andromeda constellation around the same time .
They will both run out of power in the 2020s , so they will be long bushed by then – save for a lasting substance from our culture to any others out there .
