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ljk4-1 View Member Profile	Dec 1 2005, 02:52 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430	Voyager - A message from Earth Saturday 19 November 2005 Summary Jon Lomberg is an artist who could be called portrait painter to the cosmos. He illustrated most of Carl Sagan's books and articles and his paintings and multi-media presentations of astronomy have made him well known around the world. He's talking about the message he designed which was sent on Voyager II from the people of Earth to whoever might hear it in space. Program Transcript: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s1505986.htm -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined, and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

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Guest_PhilCo126_*	Jan 24 2006, 05:43 PM Post #2
Guests	Well I prefer the Pioneer plaque ... Seeing the Voyager plaque I really needed some extra explanation about the signs on it, which are mostly directives how to play the 'record' ... Superb initiative though by the late Dr Carl Sagan ! Talking about this, it remains 'strange' why the New Horizons didn't bare such a message, all beit some small electronic one ( simular to the names of Earthlings it carries )

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Jan 26 2006, 05:12 AM

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Another good reason to have plaques and records on our space probes...

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"After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance.
I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard,
and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does
not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is
indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have
no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."

- Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

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ljk4-1 Voyager Interstellar Record Dec 1 2005, 02:52 PM

PhilCo126 For me it's still amazing to see how NASA pres... Dec 30 2005, 02:49 PM

ljk4-1 Message in a Bottle by Jason Fry of the Wall Str... Jan 24 2006, 05:22 PM

PhilCo126 Well I prefer the Pioneer plaque ... Seeing the Vo... Jan 24 2006, 05:43 PM

ljk4-1 Another good reason to have plaques and records on... Jan 26 2006, 05:12 AM

Jeff7 QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jan 26 2006, 12:12 AM)An... Jan 27 2006, 01:42 AM

AndyG QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Jan 27 2006, 01:42 AM)4) A rac... Jan 27 2006, 09:57 AM

Chmee 5). A civilization of intelligent machines finds t... Jan 27 2006, 03:31 PM

ljk4-1 QUOTE (AndyG @ Jan 27 2006, 04:57 AM) More co... Jan 27 2006, 04:25 PM

ljk4-1 The Next Voyager Record: A Qatsi Perspective Essa... Jan 28 2006, 04:09 AM

djellison Such a response is equally likely from the plaque.... Jan 26 2006, 10:19 AM

paxdan <42> i seem to be having tremendous difficu... Jan 26 2006, 11:12 AM

ljk4-1 QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 26 2006, 05:19 AM)Such... Jan 26 2006, 02:01 PM

djellison QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jan 26 2006, 02:01 PM)Pr... Jan 26 2006, 02:33 PM

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