Carl Sagan on the Voyager Golden record – SOUNDS OF EARTH at the Museum of Portable Sound

In this excerpt from episode 6 of the 1980 television programme COSMOS, astrophysicist Carl Sagan shows off the golden record containing field recordings and music of the sounds of Earth that was attached to the Voyager spacecraft in the hopes that extraterrestrials might someday find the probes and be able to hear what the Earth sounded like.

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[okamijubei]

And that's would make Carl Sagan practically immortal for him recorded and inscribed in that record. For over a billion years.

[jaruissanz]

This is Gold ! Thanks for posting !!!!

[BioDieselEstate]

The one and only, Dr. Carl Sagan. Gone far too soon. Therefore presciently and most deservedly made immortal on that record.

[ZephLodwick]

'To the makers of music, all worlds, all times' made me tear up.

[soulg]

In the future will be able to attain great speeds. The golden record will be retrieved and put in a museum.

[filmfactsxpress]

is it possible that the aliens that discover the records don't even exist yet?

[grantstewart]

Tony dean your comment tells us more about you than anything else.

[LiliLili-dvqc]

Yes, l remember that moment! Long time ago, when l was young, and the world was full of hope! Once upon a

[mrgood]

I agree with Dr. Hawking that it was an extremely bad idea to send our most sensitive information about our planet, our humanization and our intelligence level out into space for any extraterrestrials to discover.
Carl Sagan pushed the idea of the golden records attached to the voyager spacecraft. It's remarkable Carl Sagan didn't understand the inadvertent negative consideration of signaling to extraterrestrials and the consequences. As Dr. Hawking famously said, if you're alone in a forest why call out?

[carmelcream]

I'm puzzled why they haven't sampled this into a pop song lol 😂

[Psalm]

Nope no one there brian cox and 1000s of astrophysicist agree

[souravsahoo]

Shame why there are just 27 likes..this proves our progressing towards disaster as a human species.

[mickster]

This is all a lie. A billion miles away? IMPOSSIBLE!

[tonydean]

Can't take this guy seriously when he's wearing that silly turtleneck.

[aquillafleetwood]

God sent His message in the stars!
Google, the Northern Cross, by Aquilla Fleetwood, youtube!
Google, Hebrew Word Pictures, by Aquilla Fleetwood, youtube!