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'While the capsule did not carry any people, some artifacts were on board, including a sample of lunar soil, part of a dinosaur fossil and a recording of the Ma
by thret 12y ago
'While the capsule did not carry any people, some artifacts were on board, including a sample of lunar soil, part of a dinosaur fossil and a recording of the Mars movement from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”'
Wait, what? Does anyone know why? Is this a tradition of some kind?
- geerlingguy 12y agoSome of it, at least, is likely to test the effect of passing through the Van Allen belts a couple times.