Stephen is taking a cosmic approach to his Roundtable post for this week. Remember the 70's when NASA launched two Voyager space probes and they put gold records on it with the sounds of the earth? Well, where's the payback? Either the aliens haven't found it yet, or they have and they weren't impressed enough to call us or stop by. So, over at his blog Serenade in Green, Stephen is asking you to comment with what you would put on a mix tape version two for intergalactic communication. He will be the judge and jury as he will decide what goes on the final version. The playlist will be posted on Monday so be sure to check back there.
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Atul, how weird that you're writing about Voyager. I have been obsessed with Voyager since I was a little girl and have posted many passionate missives about it on my blog - http://bellarossa.blogspot.com/2005/08/termination-shock-voyager-funding-to.html
Posted by: Elizabeth McQuern | June 07, 2007 at 03:11 PM
Elizabeth,
Although I also have a facination for astronomy and spacecraft, it was Stephen in our Roundtable that wrote the post about the Voyager.
You make a good point in your blogpost about needing to continue funding for the Voyager. Some of the conservative types just don't get it.
Thinking that aliens may someday see the record is an amazing feeling. I've had quite a few dreams about alien encounters too; (at least I thought they were dreams :-). If you haven't seen the movie Contact, I'm sure you'll like it. It's one of my favorites.
Posted by: Atul | June 09, 2007 at 10:40 AM