Popular Science, 1976-07

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Articles, photographs, documents, and artifacts pertaining to LAGEOS.

Dates

Creation: 1976-07

Creator

From the Collection: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.5 Linear feet (2 boxes.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Last May, NASA launched a spacecraft with a curious fillip: a greeting card to wahtever creatures may be inhabiting the Earth some eight million or more years in the future. The satellite builders at Bendix Corporation and NASA believe it will not be braked by the atmosphere for at least eight million years. They realized that here was a unique opportunity to communicate wiht the future. Dr. Carl Sagan of Cornell University designed a stainless-steel plate carrying a message that was attached to the satellite.