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![]() Send message Joined: 13 Feb 99 Posts: 174 Credit: 502,653 RAC: 0 |
Carter wrote the following on June 16, 1977 and placed it in Voyager 1, which is the most distant human-made object from Earth: This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human being among the more than 4 billion who inhabit the planet Earth. We human beings are still divided into nation states, but these states are rapidly becoming a single global civilization. We cast this message into the cosmos. It is likely to survive a billion years into our future, when our civilization is profoundly altered and the surface of the Earth may be vastly changed. Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some – perhaps many – may have inhabited planet and spacefaring civilizations. If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: “This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problem we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe.” --- Jimmy Carter, President of the United States of America, the White House, June 16, 1977 |
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Thank you for the tribute to a truly great man. He also said there are two "things" to love the most: God & the person in front of you! |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1388 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
May Mr. Carter's vision of a united, peaceful civilization on our planet, and our membership in the galactic community become a reality, and as soon as possible! |
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“This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problem we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe.” RIP Jimmy Carter |
bluestar Send message Joined: 5 Sep 12 Posts: 7333 Credit: 2,084,789 RAC: 3 |
Peace with the farmer, but wonder if he ever saw or witnessed a corncircle, but here a Biography is lacking. Meant in from the front page, so here he was a great man, but in the first beer and Mind got stuck. Apologies, but hopefully you know what I meant, because Uncertainty could be failing when infinity exists for all. |
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