
The frequency of this oscillation is 1420.40575177 MHz, so the period is 0.704ns and that is the time unit you're referring to. Join Lily and all of us at Creative Commons and give the Voyager Golden Record a listen. Since the hydrogen 21cm emission is detectable everywhere the idea is that any aliens will know what it is and will be able to guess that's what the diagram means. Perhaps, for we love the sounds and music so much that we have yet to read Humanities Approaches to Graphical Display by Johanna Drucker. The Voyager message is carried by a phonograph record - a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of. Hot off the press before being sent into space - one of the two original Voyager Golden Records is checked over in 1977 Ozma Records/NASA. by Kieron Tyler Sunday, 25 February 2018. NASAs Voyager spacecraft carry golden records loaded with music and photos, to explain our world to aliens. Ever the academic, she was taking a course at MIT that “examined the ‘migration of cultural materials’ into the digital space, combining traditional humanities with computational methods.” She is convinced her work is grounded in theory. Reissue CDs Weekly: The Voyager Golden Record A chance to hear what was intended for extra-terrestrials in the Voyager space probes. In her words, “To be perfectly frank - I mostly designed this mostly for myself so that I wouldn’t have to access the archival audio through the Library of Congress portal.” Well, turns out a lot of people share Lily’s point-of-view. The Voyager spacecraft were launched some 40 years ago - to commemorate we have re created, in metal, the iconic Golden record cover.
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In a serial burst of inspiration, Lily has also dedicated her web site to the public domain via a CC0 Public Domain Dedication. They contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them.

Lily Bui, a graduate student in the MIT Comparative Media Studies program built a lovely web site that allows everyone to enjoy the sounds and music from the golden record via an attractive, easy to use web interface. Template:Multiple image The Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records that were included aboard both Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977.
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The Voyager Spacecrafts are carrying with them sounds of the earth, of our civilization, recorded on a 12″ gold plated copper disc, a golden record, along with instructions for how to play them. VOYAGER GOLDEN RECORD In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, on a grand tour of the solar system and into the mysteries of interstellar. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

“Voyager Golden Record Cover Explanation” by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
