![]() NASA, however, objected to the short line that indicated the woman's vulva, and as a resultand reflecting gender politics of the dayit was airbrushed out. Pioneer 10 and 11, launched in 1972, carried simple metal plaques bearing a map showing Earth's position in relation to a number of pulsars, the solar system and drawings of a human male and female. ![]() The idea to send a message beyond our solar system was not a new one. In a flowing prose laced with wit and a nice line in irony, Scott reconstructs the steps of this great adventure to boldly go where no vinyl has gone before. But above all, it's a tale of hope.Ī life-long amateur stargazer, Scott has also written for Record Collector, his twin passions thus making him the ideal guide and narrator throughout this strange tale. It's a tale of science meets art, of mathematics entwined with poetry, of romanticism versus politics. Though the maths and science behind the Voyager missions is mind-boggling, the Golden Record project was, as author Jonathan Scott relates, something of an epic equation in itself. It's sobering to think that millions of years hence, long after Earth is just so much space dust and cosmic debris, Voyagers I and II could still be hurtling through the dark void with their vinyl passengers. The records were intended as a cosmic greeting and a message of peace to any intelligent lifeforms who might chance upon the vinyl and decipher their content.įour decades and twelve billion miles from Earth later, the Voyager spacecraft and their curious calling cards are still travelling in interstellar space at speeds in excess of 50,000 kph. In 1977, two golden records containing images, music and sounds from Earth were attached to the sides of the Voyager I and Voyager II spacecraft and launched into deep space. It was a message-in-a-bottle on a truly cosmic scale. ![]() The Vinyl Frontier:The Story Of The Voyager Golden Record
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