Wade Donahoe takes a look back in time to when science and music collaborated on an album and literally launched it into space. Why? Did we share humanity's greatest hits to help appease our alien neighbors? Was it just one more way for NASA to flex on the rest of the world post-space race? Or could it have possibly just been the most elaborate and expensive time capsule in human history?
Script Sources:
-https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/
-https://soundcloud.com/nasa/popular-tracks
-https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/#mission-status
-https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Voyager-MurmursoftheEarth.pdf
-https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/personal-stories/
-https://archive.org/details/capturedbyaliens00joel
-https://www.culturalequity.org/alan-lomax/voyager
-https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/golden-record-180951490/?itm_source=related-content&itm_medium=parsely-api
-https://www.npr.org/2017/08/11/542867050/40-years-ago-nasa-launched-message-to-aliens-into-deep-space
-https://carlsaganinstitute.cornell.edu/news/50th-anniversary-pioneer-10
-https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/November-16/arecibo-message-to-extraterrestrials
-https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/timeline/
-Thumbnail and Background Image Credit: NASA/Bob Hines
Golden Record, Carl Sagan, Pioneer Plaque, Titan III-Centaur, Makers of Music montage
-Image Credit: NASA
-X-Files Image Credit: https://www.cuartomundo.cl/2014/05/21/the-x-files-parte-i-la-verdad-sigue-ahi-afuera/
-Voyager 1 Image Credit: NASA/JPL
-Math Image Credit: Library of Congress
-Frank Drake Image Credit: Raphael Perrino Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/79186985@N02/7791047088/
-Cornell University Background Image Credit: https://www.thoughtco.com/cornell-university-photo-tour-788539
-Vostok 1 Image Credit: Jay Springett https://www.flickr.com/photos/thejaymo/6137117819
-Vostok 1 Newspaper Image Credit: https://snl.no/Jurij_Gagarin
-Lomax Music Sheet Background Image Credit: Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/resource/afc2004004.ms060119/?sp=8&r=0.069%2C0.511%2C0.381%2C0.182%2C0
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