As part of a super 70s push to get Earth to a seat at the table of the Galactic Federation (in case there is, in fact, such a thing), astronomer Carl Sagan oversaw an ambitious project to launch a compilation of Earth’s greatest hits into deep space.
# Stuff You Should Know - The Golden Records Episode
Josh and Chuck dive into one of the most ambitious and quintessentially 70s projects ever attempted: the Golden Records aboard NASA's Voyager space probes. These copper records plated in gold were launched into space as humanity's message in a bottle to any alien civilization that might find them, containing carefully curated images, music, and sounds meant to represent Earth and human achievement. The guys explore the ingenious technical innovations that made it possible to encode visual images as audio onto records that could theoretically last a billion years, plus the surprisingly thorny decisions the team had to make about what to include on humanity's cosmic calling card.
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