Scientists, Artists, and Smash Mouth Tell Us What Music Theyd Send Into Deep Space. On August 2. 0th, 1. NASA launched its Voyager 2 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It followed up with the launch of Voyager 1 just a few weeks later on September 5th. Over the course of their careers, both spacecraft have explored gas giants and their moons, the Kuiper Belt and more, constantly pushing the boundaries of what science and humanity are capable of. Voyager 1 and 2 both carry a special trinket known as The Golden Record. The 1. 2 inch, gold plated copper phonograph records contains a variety of sounds and music selected by astronomer Carl Sagan and his colleagues. The Golden Record was intended to serve as a greeting for any alien life forms who found itan encapsulation of the human experience through sound. Top VIdeos. Warning Invalid argument supplied for foreach in srvusersserverpilotappsjujaitalypublicindex. While its extremely unlikely that any intelligent life would stumble across a record hurtling through our random corner of spaceor have the equipment to play itits comforting that a piece of humanity is pressing on, somewhere out there in the void. In honor of the 4. Voyager missions, we asked astronomers and space savvy musicians to tell us what music theyd send if NASA hypothetically launched another Golden Record. Some have proposed that NASA beam out a digital Golden Record 2. New Horizons spacecraft in 2. Regrettably, Pitbull did not respond to Gizmodos multiple requests for commentbut these other responses are still very good Michelle Zauner. Scrambler Xt Ocean Kayak Angler Edition' title='Scrambler Xt Ocean Kayak Angler Edition' />Philadelphia based musician, Japanese Breakfast outer space electro pop enthusiast. Songs I cant choose one Michael Jackson song. Scrambler Xt Ocean Kayak Angler Edition' title='Scrambler Xt Ocean Kayak Angler Edition' />Aint No Mountain High by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Mariah Carey, Fantasy, Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You, Slowdive, Souvlaki Space Station, Bjork, Bachelorette, Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill. Sounds The ocean, rushing water, wind through leaves, Beyonc singing a capella in her dressing room, Stevie Nicks singing a capella in her dressing room, Mariah Careys whistle tone compilation. Matt Russo. Postdoctoral researcher at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, musician, co founder System SoundsSongs Here comes the sun by The Beatles. Sagan pushed for this to be included on the first Golden Record but EMI held the copyright and refused. Its time to set things right again. Sounds The most self promotional suggestion possible my own sonification of the TRAPPIST 1 planetary system, which shows the connections between orbital dynamics which aliens are surly pros at and the music contained on the record. Id be especially interested in some feedback from the music critics from TRAPPIST 1 but I may not be around long enough to receive it. Activate Iso Xbox 360 Tutorials. Also, the gravitational waves emitted by merging black holes, converted into sound. Id imagine that aliens find black holes just as fascinating as we do so lets let them know were hip to the good stuff. Doug Vakoch. Astronomer and president of METI International, an organization that searches for radio signals from advanced extraterrestrial life. As a NASA mission, its understandable that musical selections from the Western classical tradition and the United States were given preference. In a 2. 01. 7 redo, though, we should be more globally inclusive. Rather than trying to get copyright permission for including Sgt. Images/Kayaks/Tandem_Kayaks/Malibu_Series/Malibu_Two/MalibuTwo-envy-side-zoom.jpg?n=596' alt='Scrambler Xt Ocean Kayak Angler Edition' title='Scrambler Xt Ocean Kayak Angler Edition' />Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, a request the Beatles turned down in the 1. Golden record. After all, the Beatles have already been sent into space, thanks to NASAs 2. Across the Universe to Polaris, the North Star, to celebrate the agencys 5. Ethan Hein. Doctoral fellow in music education at NYU, adjunct professor of music technology at NYU and Montclair State university, musicianI would probably just cast Thriller in gold and send that. Smash Mouth. Grammy nominated recording artists and noted Sun walking enthusiasts. A rep for the band told Gizmodo They said, All Star and Walkin On The Sun of course. Download the free trial version below to get started. Doubleclick the downloaded file to install the software. On August 20th, 1977, NASA launched its Voyager 2 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It followed up with the launch of Voyager 1 just a few weeks later on.