The Golden Record: Human Existence in 90 Minutes

The Golden Record: Human Existence in 90 Minutes
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The golden records have been a staple of science for decades now, but what are the golden records? What do they do? What's on the golden records? And most importantly, who's going to find them?
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You're probably not going to believe me when I tell you this, but, I'm actually working on another satellite launch similar to Voyager and I have been tasked with loading a new and more compressed information packet on to the build. I have placed an engraved plaque onto the satellite that reads 'we out here'.

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Less than that if you include the intro and outro

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Stuart Murray what’s the mission exactly called?

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The Voyager project is the personification of human exploration

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I was literally just listening to *Dark was the Night, and Cold was the Ground* the other day; a beautiful, yet harrowing song. It’s one of the songs on the gold disc, and is meant to convey loneliness

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Petition to put an indestructible tablet that plays bill wurtz videos 24/7 on a new spacecraft

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and the history of the entire world can be told in 19 minutes and 25 seconds, i guess. here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqamn2urrZeamNU

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Voyager 1 is 13 BILLION miles away from earth and still sending information, meanwhile I can't get cellphone reception when I'm in my basement.

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If we are truly alone in the universe, we'd be the weirdest planet to exist

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I love that the records also show how to create the technology used to play the records.

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@@RowNumbers I don’t know any off the top of my head but I know that there are some

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they probably will have some sort of limbs or tail in my opinion, a species cant do much if they cant grab or grasp, they will probably walk on at least two legs, probably 3 or 4 though, maybe 3 for walking and 2 for grabbing? or 4 for walking and 1 for grabbing, maybe their brain will be in their torso or their lungs in their head, there are so many possibilites

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I’m so glad that they chose the song that’s on the disc and something else. It’s the perfect song for it’s purpose.

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I seriously start tearing up whenever the golden record is brought up

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KZbin in 2150: I captured the plate of voyager 1

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In order to apply to a video game design school, everyone who wanted to in had to do a project about the theme "Unite". I decided to make my game's concept about the Golden Record, that was the name of the game. It was about the aftermath of a kessler syndrome type event that had made the world's nations less trusty of each other, and you had to ignore all of that to save lots of people stranded in the void, even though you shouldnt do it due to politics and such social constructs. So you roamed the solar system rescuing people, trying to connect with them to help, sometimes it was easy and sometimes it was hard, but eventually everyone stopped caring about their differences and began to work as one to help everyone out there needing help. The game's story ended when you and the crew you grew are at the outer edge of our solar system, and follow a strange signal. What they find after following it was an old space-age probe withe the golden record in it, and after playing it, and seeing its contents, they head back to earth, to let all know about their journey. Neat concept, but they didnt like it and never got in :/

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The story of how the Golden Record was made would actually make for a potentially good movie. It sounds amazing, knowing the challenges of making it, from the limits they had to finding everything they wanted to include, as well as the love story of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. Capturing some of the best of humanity for any intelligent extraterrestrial life to someday find long after we’re gone. The movie would show the journey of Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, Linda Salzman and Ann Druyan and their team of scientists being handed the task of and making the Golden Record, with the love story of Carl and Ann intertwined throughout it, and ending with the launch of Voyager 1 and its journey into deep space as “Johnny B Goode” plays.

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I have no idea why but this video ... this video made me cry and made me wonder even more so about the human race and what could possibly be out there. Just try for one minute to wrap your mind around the vastness of space. It’s quite profound and makes us seem so fricken small.

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And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and of whatever living creatures He has spread forth in both. And He has the power to gather them together whenever he pleases.” (Holy Quran, 42:30) Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth the like (planets/life etc) thereof. The divine command comes down in their midst, that you may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge…” 65:13 The seven heavens and the earth and those that are in them extol His glory…” (Holy Quran, 17:45) Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam, carried them on land and sea, granted them good and lawful provisions, and privileged them far above many of Our creatures.” (Holy Qur’an 17:1) High chance they are out there.

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By the time I finish writing my review, the voyager would have travelled infinitesimal from perception into the void... Great insight from the content creator!

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It would be cool making more of this, there are a lot of songs and cultures that weren't represented

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Yeah, i honestly belive that too. Any thing we send absolutely any thing. Should contain it. And it should instead contain papers with images and complete pages on how they can break thru the complications of human codes. And give them mathematical formalaes, and give them the location of earth map in milky way thru different directions