40 Years Ago, NASA Sent A Message To Aliens — Here's What It Says

In September 1977, NASA launched Voyager I from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The craft carried a golden record that contained a message to aliens from the people of Earth. Here's what it said.

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40 Years Ago, NASA Sent A Message To Aliens — Here's What It Says

[Taikamuna]

I find it scary that when all humans are extinct, this disc will still be travelling in space, and if someone ever finds it they will be listening sounds from a civilization long gone

[CaJoel]

Aliens: gets record speed wrong

- Hears slowed down demonic sounds
- decides to not make contact with us because we’re so terrifying

[elijahgonzalez]

NASA: *sends message to make contact*

Aliens: *leaves them on read*

[yllfmhw]

To me this is one of the greatest things humanity has ever done. We fearlessly threw our heart and soul into the cosmos, dreaming that it might find someone who could understand. That action in itself says everything about us. Its beautiful.

[Mars-bkke]

Meanwhile on a alien homeworld:
Top ten most disturbing sounds you’ll ever hear

[prxiisane]

Stephen hawking: “Don’t contact aliens whatsoever”

NASA: Let’s send them some fire codes🔥🔥

[Batman-vusp]

99% humans on earth itself will not understand what's written.

[polarisukyc]

The most awesome thing is how the scientists broke down such a complicated message to elemental constants, the best parts are probably the hydrogen indicator and the pulsar map, they even impregnated the record with some uranium 238 to allow an alien civilisation to work out when it was launched

[Fargo]

Imagine 20 years later the aliens respond with “k”

[smallfry]

Stephen Hawkings made a comment that it was a mistake to send this info out into space. He said we have no idea what's out there. It's a similar analogy to an animal in the forest, you dont call out to potential predators that can hurt you.

[aghapetros]

Why does everyone automatically assume aliens are super intelligent? what if they just sit around and headbut each other to death and if they get the disc they just eat it?

[peachy]

If this is what we send to aliens, imagine what would a highly intelligent alien species send us.

[exposurebuilds]

Plot twist : Aliens respond with “English please”

[peanutcruncher]

Imagine, years into the far future, we're all dead, but this disc is the last thing that remains of us.

[uchihaneo]

1:Alien find that record
2:Alien comes to earth with that record
3:alien sell the record to pawnstar
4:rick still says he is making a huge risk for 1000 dollar

[CavemanBearPig]

I don't know why but when the sound sample played, I just had this sharp inhale and a need to just... Shed a tear. The fact that this was made is amazing. Astounding. More than what I can express in words.

[saleha]

“Anyone in the universe could understand this code”
I felt so dumb 😫

[Igi]

NASA - *Sends Message.*

*eons later*

Aliens - *”...I have a boyfriend.”*

[stun]

0:45, "scientists had to invent a code that anyone living in the universe might be able to decipher"

*Proceeds to explain the definition of entropy and quantum entanglement*

[raz]

_And Aliens eventually ends up searching on YouTube, How to decode NASA's golden record!_