Now that I think about it, why did they suppose that other intelligent life forms (if there are any near us at all) could “read” the data in vynil records?
Never mind, they put a bunch of diagrams on the cover to explain how to play it. Although it could still not work, because we have no idea if other intelligent life forms are capable of reading diagrams.
The whole thing was a publicity stunt. The chances of an alien civilization ever finding the Voyager probe are so close to zero as hardly matters.
I’m not criticizing it. Sometimes publicity stunts are important. It got people interested in the Voyager program and, hopefully, other space science programs as well.
Now that I think about it, why did they suppose that other intelligent life forms (if there are any near us at all) could “read” the data in vynil records?
Never mind, they put a bunch of diagrams on the cover to explain how to play it. Although it could still not work, because we have no idea if other intelligent life forms are capable of reading diagrams.
The whole thing was a publicity stunt. The chances of an alien civilization ever finding the Voyager probe are so close to zero as hardly matters.
I’m not criticizing it. Sometimes publicity stunts are important. It got people interested in the Voyager program and, hopefully, other space science programs as well.
So important, they did a whole lot of science on the way and captured (and still do nearly 50yrs later) people’s imagination and sense of wonder.