RE: Pioneer Plaques
January 2, 2023 at 12:27 am
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2023 at 12:28 am by Anomalocaris.)
(January 1, 2023 at 10:55 am)LinuxGal Wrote:
In 1972 and 1973, the two Pioneer spacecraft were sent out to explore the outer solar system. being the first human-built objects to be able to achieve escape velocity from our solar system, it was decided to include a message should any aliens intercept them.
Carl Sagan was approached to design a plaque with a message from humanity. Linda Sagan created the artwork, and the plaques were fixed to both spaceships. According to Robert Kramer's memoir, the original design contained a line indicating the labia on the figure, but it was erased in order to get approval for the artwork.
![[Image: 1538637671685181441-fvpwzhtuyaawdtc.jpg]](https://badinage1.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/1538637671685181441-fvpwzhtuyaawdtc.jpg)
Seriously, that plaque is a piece of theater aimed at a section of the public on earth, and for its true purpose And audience as oppose to its nominal purpose and audience it is appropriately both anthropocentric and ethnocentric.
