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Has any specific effort been given to archiving the knowledge and history of the human race, off planet, and at a considerable distance from Earth?
by adventureful 14y ago
Has any specific effort been given to archiving the knowledge and history of the human race, off planet, and at a considerable distance from Earth?
- thematt 14y agoThere's actually information aboard the Voyager: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html Also, there's a more ambitious project that keeps getting delayed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEO
- adventureful 14y agoVoyager's data store is what prompted my question: what if all that's eventually left of the human race's history and knowledge is the incredibly tiny Voyager record. Which then got me thinking about a more 'long term' data store for a radically larger amount of data. As long term as we can make it, and as safely far away from Earth as we can place it while still being able to somewhat calculate its safety (understanding the one in a million type risks inherent to anything traveling in space). The point would be to leave behind a record (that can be found), for a what-if scenario.