Re: music in outer space

From: Christopher M. Jones (christopher.m.jones_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:32:08 -0600

Jana Cole wrote:
> It seems to me I read somewhere that we once sent out a "package" of
> information into outer space that included music. Can anybody confirm
> that and give me the details or refer me to a website on that?

That would be the "Voyager Interstellar Record", a grooved
copper disc similar to a vinyl record which contains over
an hour of audio (including music) and 122 images on its
two sides. You can obtain a reproduction of the content on
the Voyager record in CD-ROM form with the newer versions
of the book "Murmurs of Earth".

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html