Deconstructing the Voyager Golden Record

In the late ʼ70s, NASA launched the Voyager 1 and 2 space probes to explore the furthest reaches of our solar system. Included on the spacecraft was something special: a 90-minute time capsule of sounds, language, and music intended to represent the whole of humanity to any aliens who might stumble upon it.

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