Time capsules Time capsules According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Crypt of Civilization is considered the first successful implementation of a time capsule. Located in the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, the Crypt contains hundreds of items representative of the time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crypt of Civilization"
The International Time Capsule Society is an organization dedicated to tracking the world's time capsules to ensure that those that are created are not lost. Along with their database of time capsules, they have published a list of "most desired" time capsules that have been lost over the years, along with recommendations on how to build and seal a successful time capsule. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Time Capsule Society"
The KEO satellite is a satellite space time capsule which will be launched in the end of year 2007 or 2008 carrying messages from the citizens of present Earth to earthlings 50,000 years from now, when the satellite orbiting Earth will return. This project is supported by UNESCO (who voted it Project of the 21st Century), Hutchison and the European Space Agency, among other institutions. ...more on Wikipedia about "KEO"
On board the unmanned spacecraft Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 is a plaque with a pictorial message from mankind. The plaque shows the figures of a man and a woman along with several symbols that are designed to provide information about the origin of the spacecraft. It serves as a kind of interstellar " message in a bottle". However, it is very unlikely that it will ever be found. The mean time for the spacecraft to come within 30 astronomical units of a star is longer than the current age of the galaxy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pioneer plaque"
A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future. Time capsules are sometimes created and buried with much hoopla during celebrations such as a World Fair, cornerstone laying for a building or other event. They can also be unintended caches such as at Pompeii. The phrase "time capsule" has been in use since about 1937, but the idea is as old as the earliest human civilizations in Mesopotamia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Time capsule"
The Voyager Golden Record is a gramophone record, attached to the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, containing sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. It is intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form that may find it. The Voyagers will take about 40,000 years to come close ("close" meaning in this case about 1.7 light years) to another star, hence if other beings do not come our way to meet them, it will take at least that long for the Golden Record to be found. ...more on Wikipedia about "Voyager Golden Record"
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