[url]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5Z0m2JKyVJUgkMG08WP8KsAvLrjfkjP[/url]
[quote]The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records that were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. They contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them. The Voyager spacecraft is not heading toward any particular star, but Voyager 1 will be within 1.6 light-years of the star Gliese 445, currently in the constellation Camelopardalis, in about 40,000 years.[/quote]
So I've just been going through these and they are truly fascinating.
"This playlist contains the greeting from the UN Secretary General, greetings in 55 languages, UN greetings with whale sounds, earth sounds, and music tracks (including Chuck Berry) that were launched into space on the Voyager 1 & 2 space probes. The only thing I am missing is Ann Druyan's (Carl Sagan's wife) brainwave recordings at the end. If someone can find it let me know. Enjoy. "
[video=youtube;Bhuq9rNO_FQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhuq9rNO_FQ&list=PLA5Z0m2JKyVJUgkMG08WP8KsAvLrjfkjP&index=1[/video]
Would aliens even know what anything on the Voyager means?
For those interested, here's the explanation of how those surface etchings are supposed to be interpreted (Really a fascinating insight, considering using hydrogen as the universal metric):
[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Voyager_Golden_Record_Cover_Explanation.svg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=megafat;48003908]Would aliens even know what anything on the Voyager means?[/QUOTE]
Doubtful, I guess we're just assuming they'll have a way of working out the language through morphological analysis or something.
[QUOTE=megafat;48003908]Would aliens even know what anything on the Voyager means?[/QUOTE]
Depends on how similar to us we are. Assuming they can see visible light and hear sound waves within our hearing range, there are a few basic things on the Golden Record they should be able to make out, such as mathematical calculations, and I think there's also a map showing the location of Earth in relation to nearby pulsars which they may be able to recognise and identify.
[editline]19th June 2015[/editline]
Wow, ninja'd. But yeah, there are a couple things on the record that were made to be readable by other intelligent civilisations.
Welp fellas we got about ten thousand sexdecillion years estimated until the universe ends.
Hopefully if there is any life out side of this giant fishbowl they'll see those records by then, maybe even we'll be around to meet them. Times like these make me wish I was smart enough to be a scientist, this shit is pretty neato.
[QUOTE=Michael haxz;48004035]Welp fellas we got about ten thousand sexdecillion years estimated until the universe ends.[/QUOTE]
I hate knowing that it will someday all have been for nothing.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;48004128]I hate knowing that it will someday all have been for nothing.[/QUOTE]
"So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space?"
[QUOTE=Michael haxz;48004035]Welp fellas we got about ten thousand sexdecillion years estimated until the universe ends.
Hopefully if there is any life out side of this giant fishbowl they'll see those records by then, maybe even we'll be around to meet them. Times like these make me wish I was smart enough to be a scientist, this shit is pretty neato.[/QUOTE]
The record will not nearly last that long, if I remember correctly it will only last a certain amount of time before corroding away or the voyager is bombarded with particles long enough to wear it down
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;48004208]So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space?[/QUOTE]
Oh hell yeah you're right.
I just mean for it all to end so suddenly after such beautiful happenings (the growth of life, species being able to question their own existances', such perfect evolutionary complexities and who knows what else is out there) makes me feel a little sad.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;48004224]Oh hell yeah you're right.
I just mean for it all to end so suddenly after such beautiful happenings (the growth of life, species being able to question their own existances', such perfect evolutionary complexities and who knows what else is out there) makes me feel a little sad.[/QUOTE]
Don't be sad because it will end. Be happy because we've got so much more time. The existence of humanity, much less civilisation, has been a microscopic dot in the history of the universe. Only time will tell how much longer that dot stretches for, but if we achieve our full potential, who knows where we can get to?
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;48004224]Oh hell yeah you're right.
I just mean for it all to end so suddenly after such beautiful happenings (the growth of life, species being able to question their own existances', such perfect evolutionary complexities and who knows what else is out there) makes me feel a little sad.[/QUOTE]
I find it a wonderful time to be alive, within the past century we've gone from the first powered flight to exploring the stars. Hell, we're on the cusp of completing our exploration of all the planets with New Horizons rendezvous with Pluto in a month. Manned spaceflight will be commonplace with us soon, so much that I hope that both my dad and I can be apart of it. Two generations, one with Apollo and the other with SpaceX/etc.
We've gone from most of the country still being lite by candlelight to ubiquitous power for all. So many progresses in how we understand our world, our universe and ourselves on all levels from scientific to cultural. Our growth as a species is so wonderful and precious considering our origins.
Of course we still have dilemmas, issues, catastrophes, atrocities that we have to deal with ranging from social/civil issues on how we treat each other to loss of life from disease/war/simple-irrational-hate. And its these issues that will mature us, and lead us into a better [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe7axuTmoUg"]tomorrow[/URL]...
[QUOTE=megafat;48003908]Would aliens even know what anything on the Voyager means?[/QUOTE]
Well if we were to come across something Voyager like out in space I would like to think we would spend most of our considerable brainpower and technology trying to decipher what it is and if the message was written down with the intention of conveying information it should be easier.
The question would be would we be able to identify something like Voyager sent by a completely different life form?
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