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Such an amazing project. I was really keen to order one of the disks as part of what would ensure their survival would be ubiquity, and it would be a lovely art
by grey-area 13y ago
Such an amazing project. I was really keen to order one of the disks as part of what would ensure their survival would be ubiquity, and it would be a lovely artefact to own, but it seems they gave up on mass production. Do you know I'd they have any plans to reproduce them or has that been shelved indefinitely? Perhaps if I wait 10,000 years :)
Wonderful to think of the disk out there on a comet though, forever circling the sun.
- wpietri 13y agoThat's a great question; I want one of them too. I'll try to remember to ask somebody tonight at their talks. But last I heard, the barrier was finding a reasonably priced way to do it. I don't think they've given up, though; a year or so ago somebody showed me prototypes in a few different materials.
- grey-area 13y agoI'd love to know when they do manage to produce them for say $1000 rather than $10000 - they should have a waiting list so that they can inform people who're interested if they ever do manage to produce them.
- wpietri 13y agoOk! It looks like you discovered the thing I found out last night: You get one if you become a lifetime member, at $10k. They are definitely looking for ways to bring down the cost. I'll suggest to them that they start a waiting list. In the meantime, I'd suggest you follow the Long Now blog or the Rosetta Project blog. You can be sure that they will mention a 10x drop in cost on both of those.