Want a replica of the golden gramophone record that explains humanity to aliens? In 1977, the American agency NASA had a big dream. They wanted to find the Aliens and make contact with them. With this purpose, the probes Voyager I and Voyager II were sent into space, which also carried a time capsule in the form of a golden gramophone record, which carries images of our civilization and teaches about humanity. Among other things, about how we reproduce, how we transport ourselves and what we eat. We greet the aliens in 55 languages (also in Serbo-Croatian, which was the official language of Yugoslavia at the time: "We wish you all the best from our planet"), and they can also play different genres of music and typical sounds of our planet. There are playback instructions on the back of the disc. On the 40th anniversary of the launch, you can for approx. For 90 euros, consider the jubilee replica of The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition, which also comes with a book.
It passes 40 years, since it is Us probes Voyager I and Voyager II sent on a journey of no return in 1977, which had already left ours in the meantime solar system, and NASA will lose contact with them in 2025, when their batteries run out. From then on, we won't know if they are Aliens probes, the two objects sent farthest from home by humans ever found. Or is it?
They will know where to return them, as they have a 'collar' with information. It is located on their deck voyager gold record (with attached needle and playback instructions) that he carries with him records of mankind (carries information about our planet, languages, art, science...). It has 116 pictures, sound recordings of nature, animals, coordinates of our solar system... It is made of copper and coated with gold, and it rotates with 16 2/3 revolutions per minute, as a result of which it stores much more information than a classic vinyl record.
It will be a little more difficult to get hold of the original record, so you can think about it replica, which was created on the 40th anniversary of the launch of the probes, which, thanks to the gravitational pull of perfectly aligned planets, travel at a speed of 36 thousand kilometers per hour. By the way. If the launch had not been carried out in 1977, due to the different constellation of the planets of our solar system, the next opportunity would have had to wait for further 176 years. Probes traveling the other way go towards the Oort cloud and the star AC +79 3888, which they will achieve in 40 thousand years.
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Original content, which is also a part in its entirety digitally remastered gold plates The Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition, was chosen by the astronomer Carl Sagan, who also included on the record 90 minutes of music recordings, from classical, blues to folk tunes. For a replica, you need to be on a crowdfunding platform Kickstarter deduct 90 euros.
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