The golden record

Voyagers

Voyager 1 and 2 are two spacecraft that were launched in 1977. Both of them explored Jupiter and Saturn. Voyager 2 went on to explore Uranus and Neptune but Voyager 1 went off in a different direction. They sent us fantastic pictures from the Solar System. Now, more than 40 years old, both of them are still going and going and they have left the Solar System.

Voyager 1 and 2 contain a curious message aboard. It is a kind of time capsule, intended to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. It is a golden disk with recorded sounds and images selected to show the diversity of life and culture on Earth to aliens, in case they exist and find out one of these spacecrafs.

All the contents were selected by Carl Sagan, a very famous astronomer, and his team. In the golden record there are 115 pictures from Earth and a variety of natural sounds like those made by wind and thunder, birds, whales and other animals. The added musical selections from different cultures and ages and spoken greetings from Earth people. 

Creating our own golden record

But everything was made more than forty years ago. Now we have new pictures from Earth, it is easy to look for them on Internet, and there are thousands of new songs to send to aliens. So, we are going to prepare a new golden disk, with new images, new songs and new greetings for new Voyagers. 

 You will have to choose one  picture from our world and justify your choice. You will select a song in English and sing a short part of it. Think about the best song you will send to extraterrestrial people. And finaly, write a greeting for them.  We will select the five best ones to include in our particular spacecraft.