Did they include a stylus with the disk?
Each record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle.
It would be interesting (sometime in history) to see a result of this project. Hopefully it wouldn't be destroyed as an unidentified flying object.
Quote from: rsnellenberger on 11/11/2008 02:51 pmDid they include a stylus with the disk?http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.htmlQuoteEach record is encased in a protective aluminum jacket, together with a cartridge and a needle.
Quote from: Lawntonlookirs on 11/11/2008 05:07 pmIt would be interesting (sometime in history) to see a result of this project. Hopefully it wouldn't be destroyed as an unidentified flying object.Wasn't that the plot of the first Star Trek movie? Careful what you wish for....
Most probably humans themselves will pick up the Voyagers in the future and put them into a museum, or at least visit them and let them fly along their trajectory for historical/archeological reasons. Even in 1,000 or 2,000 years they won't have covered much distance from the solar system, but our technology will be ... well I can't imagine.
Presumably even if an alien examining the record had no idea what to make of the scratchings on cover, they would notice the pattern of the bumps on the record as being sinusoidal in nature, and be able to reverse engineer the contents from there.
1) Will the Pluto mission overtake the Voyagers? - It is going at a pretty good clip.2) And did they fit any greetings to it?
How do you know the pressure, composition and temperature of the atmosphere the record needs to be played in in order to reproduce the right sounds?
1) No. Both Voyagers escape faster because of their gravity assists.
Well, after its gravity assist from Jupiter, New Horizons is actually traveling ~600 m/s faster than Voyager 2, so it may overtake the Voyagers before reaching the Sun's Hill radius (~260,000 AU)...
No point now. We know there's no aliens within 100s of light years.
Quote from: Analyst on 11/12/2008 04:17 pm1) No. Both Voyagers escape faster because of their gravity assists.Well, after its gravity assist from Jupiter, New Horizons is actually traveling ~600 m/s faster than Voyager 2, so it may overtake the Voyagers before reaching the Sun's Hill radius (~260,000 AU)...http://www.heavens-above.com/solar-escape.aspSimon