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The Voyagers

Voyager record, credit nasaIn 1977 NASA launched the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft on a journey through our solar system and beyond. These space craft carried with them golden records, literally records coated in gold, with recordings of clues to human culture.

“The launching of this bottle into the cosmic ocean says something very hopeful about life on this planet”

said Carl Sagan of the mission. The Voyagers is a short film from Aeon Film that explores love, science, and the most distant man made objects from Earth. It is hard to explain, but it is all tied together beautifully. I wasn’t able to embed the video, but do check it out here…

04.Jan.2014 | Author: The Astronomist | Tags: | No Comments

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