‘Global selfie’ project to beam earthling message to space
17 Sep 2014 10:47 PM GMT
A new project aims to send a special message from Earth - a type of global ‘selfie’ - into space, by uploading it to a spacecraft traveling through the cosmos on its way to Pluto.
Led by Hawaii-based artist Jon Lomberg, the so-called One Earth project aims to beam pictures, sounds and other data representing the planet’s inhabitants to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
‘Why not make a crowdsourced self-portrait of Earth?’ Lomberg told a crowd Friday (12 Sept.) here at HawaiiCon, a science, sci-fi and fantasy conventionon the Big Island of Hawaii. Sci-fi celebrities from popular TV series and local astronomy experts mingled with convention attendees at the three-day event.
Famed astronomers Carl Sagan and Frank Drake first had the idea of sending a message from Earth to space in the form of a plaque on NASA’s Pioneer spacecraft. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 were launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively, and were the first probes to explore the area around Jupiter and Saturn.
Led by Hawaii-based artist Jon Lomberg, the so-called One Earth project aims to beam pictures, sounds and other data representing the planet’s inhabitants to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
‘Why not make a crowdsourced self-portrait of Earth?’ Lomberg told a crowd Friday (12 Sept.) here at HawaiiCon, a science, sci-fi and fantasy conventionon the Big Island of Hawaii. Sci-fi celebrities from popular TV series and local astronomy experts mingled with convention attendees at the three-day event.
Famed astronomers Carl Sagan and Frank Drake first had the idea of sending a message from Earth to space in the form of a plaque on NASA’s Pioneer spacecraft. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 were launched in 1972 and 1973, respectively, and were the first probes to explore the area around Jupiter and Saturn.
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