Comments on: NASA’s Messages to the Great Unknown http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/ A collection of Damn Interesting things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank G http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-25723 Frank G Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:02:21 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-25723 Wow another great article here, that is a little outdated now of course. To update it I could mention here that the KEO satellite hopefully will be launched in 2010. If anyone is interested you can put a message on the Keo , check it out here http://www.keo.org/ Frank G Wow another great article here, that is a little outdated now of course.
To update it I could mention here that the KEO satellite hopefully will be launched in 2010.

If anyone is interested you can put a message on the Keo , check it out here

http://www.keo.org/

Frank G

]]> By: RoflBeard http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-25655 RoflBeard Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:18:32 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-25655 "And maybe after drifting for millions of years, one of our messages-in-a-bottle will be discovered, and possibly mark the most exciting event in another civilization’s history." Brilliant line! Couldn't agree more.....how facinating would it be to find a plaugue or something similar speeding past our planet, intercept it and....even if unable to understand it still feel warm with the knowledge that we arent alone in this giant void of space. “And maybe after drifting for millions of years, one of our messages-in-a-bottle will be discovered, and possibly mark the most exciting event in another civilization’s history.”

Brilliant line!
Couldn’t agree more…..how facinating would it be to find a plaugue or something similar speeding past our planet, intercept it and….even if unable to understand it still feel warm with the knowledge that we arent alone in this giant void of space.

]]> By: homerer http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-25021 homerer Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:28:43 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-25021 Given the small probability that some "intelligent life" will find any of these messages, combined with the higher probability that this "intelligent life" does exist, does it not make sense that this approach has already been tried? In addition, would it not make more sense to place this message in a place it is likely to be discovered? I propose, with absolutely nothing to back it up, that the existence of the information on top of the Nazca Plateau could very well be a similar attempt to reach intelligent life. The lines on the plateau have been there longer than we have been able to see what they are (google them if you don't know what I am talking about). The images could be another species attempt to say this is what I see on your planet (spider, monkey) and when you have reached the level of intelligence required this is where we are and what we look like (lines as a map, and figure of a humanoid). I realize that I have nothing to back this theory up, I am just presenting the idea. Given the small probability that some “intelligent life” will find any of these messages, combined with the higher probability that this “intelligent life” does exist, does it not make sense that this approach has already been tried? In addition, would it not make more sense to place this message in a place it is likely to be discovered? I propose, with absolutely nothing to back it up, that the existence of the information on top of the Nazca Plateau could very well be a similar attempt to reach intelligent life. The lines on the plateau have been there longer than we have been able to see what they are (google them if you don’t know what I am talking about). The images could be another species attempt to say this is what I see on your planet (spider, monkey) and when you have reached the level of intelligence required this is where we are and what we look like (lines as a map, and figure of a humanoid). I realize that I have nothing to back this theory up, I am just presenting the idea.

]]> By: wayno@oz http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-24068 wayno@oz Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:59:35 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-24068 Cant wait for the day we pull up beside the probes and catch them. Because if we are not expecting to be able to do that in the near future there is no hope for humanity! Cant wait for the day we pull up beside the probes and catch them. Because if we are not expecting to be able to do that in the near future there is no hope for humanity!

]]> By: DanThinksDances&femaleGspot http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-22683 DanThinksDances&femaleGspot Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:30:45 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-22683 Enter your reply text here. OK [quote]My2Cents said: "I think it was a very good idea to put a naked man and woman on the first probe. It just shows what we are along with the message that we are trying to send. Maybe seeing a picture of the creatures that sent the message will give them more clues on how to depict the message we were trying to send. It's a pity that everyone couldn't realize that and a shame that we couldn't do the same thing on the other probes that we sent. I hope people will reconsider their thoughts if and when we decide to launch another one. Who knows, maybe we'll have faster technology that ensures that the probe gets further out faster. It may be wishfull thinking that communication would happen in my lifetime but it sure would be awesome. :)"[/quote] That part from wiki & problobly untrue. [quote]superslicedog said: "It is not in the destination we find meaning, but in the journey."[/quote] Bullshit, I like results. A mountain hike is a nice journey. Enter your reply text here. OK

[quote]My2Cents said: “I think it was a very good idea to put a naked man and woman on the first probe. It just shows what we are along with the message that we are trying to send. Maybe seeing a picture of the creatures that sent the message will give them more clues on how to depict the message we were trying to send. It’s a pity that everyone couldn’t realize that and a shame that we couldn’t do the same thing on the other probes that we sent. I hope people will reconsider their thoughts if and when we decide to launch another one. Who knows, maybe we’ll have faster technology that ensures that the probe gets further out faster.
It may be wishfull thinking that communication would happen in my lifetime but it sure would be awesome. :)”[/quote]

That part from wiki & problobly untrue.

[quote]superslicedog said: “It is not in the destination we find meaning, but in the journey.”[/quote]

Bullshit, I like results. A mountain hike is a nice journey.

]]> By: superslicedog http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-20864 superslicedog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:39:10 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-20864 It is not in the destination we find meaning, but in the journey. It is not in the destination we find meaning, but in the journey.

]]> By: stinger http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-20213 stinger Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:34:40 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-20213 What ever happened to V'Ger?? What ever happened to V’Ger??

]]> By: Alx_xlA http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-18752 Alx_xlA Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:19:21 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-18752 What would be ironic is if the probes crashed into the pulsars used for reference. What would be ironic is if the probes crashed into the pulsars used for reference.

]]> By: Alchemist http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-17961 Alchemist Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:05:51 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-17961 [quote]My2Cents said: "I think it was a very good idea to put a naked man and woman on the first probe. It just shows what we are along with the message that we are trying to send. "[/quote] D'oh! You're so right. The could look and see that we have 10 fingers, and try a base 10 number system for example. They could also determine which side of the figure was "up" by assuming we don't stand on our heads. That we have an internal skeleton based on the figures' scale relative to the probe. "If nothing else, aliens should be able to deduce the existence of the Atari 2600 game console. " heh. Seriously, that message is a total waste of time. Granted, they are going to be pretty limited by the rotation of the planet beaming the signal in different directions, but if they sent multiplexed signal, on different wavelengths, any receiving intelligence would have a greater chance of hitting on at least one of the transmitted frequencies and knowing something is going on. [quote]My2Cents said: “I think it was a very good idea to put a naked man and woman on the first probe. It just shows what we are along with the message that we are trying to send. “[/quote]

D’oh! You’re so right. The could look and see that we have 10 fingers, and try a base 10 number system for example. They could also determine which side of the figure was “up” by assuming we don’t stand on our heads. That we have an internal skeleton based on the figures’ scale relative to the probe.

“If nothing else, aliens should be able to deduce the existence of the Atari 2600 game console. ”

heh.

Seriously, that message is a total waste of time. Granted, they are going to be pretty limited by the rotation of the planet beaming the signal in different directions, but if they sent multiplexed signal, on different wavelengths, any receiving intelligence would have a greater chance of hitting on at least one of the transmitted frequencies and knowing something is going on.

]]> By: Former-Marine http://www.damninteresting.com/nasas-messages-to-the-great-unknown/#comment-17689 Former-Marine Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:40:19 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=166#comment-17689 Alan, excellent article - THANKS! I would like to add that Carl Sagan (ie, "Billlliionnss and Billliionnns of stars...") sketched the engraving for Pioneer 10. Thanks again! Alan, excellent article – THANKS! I would like to add that Carl Sagan (ie, “Billlliionnss and Billliionnns of stars…”) sketched the engraving for Pioneer 10. Thanks again!

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