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Topic: What would you send into space?
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FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-29-2003 07:00 PM
  
I spotted this on the Global Museum page: http://www4.wave.co.nz/%7Ejollyroger/here_is_the_news.html What would you send into Space?
Greetings to you from South Africa.
I have a favor to ask of Global Museum readers. I'm working on a new project at the National Cultural History Museum in Pretoria. This project has to do with popular culture. I'm mainly concentrating on popular culture in South Africa, but I want to start working on an exhibition on what items/objects people would send up into space to explain Earth to anyone who found it. I know the Americans sent one of these space ships into space. Send me an e-mail with what you would send and why.
really want to get an idea of what people from other countries think represents Earth. They can contact me directly at this address: frank@nfi.org.za
Frank Teichert
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Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-29-2003 09:48 PM
As Wm F. Buckley said about this very thing, "I would suggest we send Mozart, but perhaps that would be boasting."
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spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 08-30-2003 08:30 AM
Well, I've already done it ! I sent The Millennium Rock to the MIR space station from February 1998 to February 1999.
On return to EArth it visited several museums and science sites including KSC at Florida. On the plaque that accompanied the Millennium Rock I added the following words :- "This piece of Dolerite rock is from the Butterton igneous dyke near Newcastle-under-Lyme,UK. This dyke was discovered in c. 1842 by Charles Darwin, famous scientist and author of 'On The Origin Of Species' . It was flown in space in the year 1998 aboard the Russian MIR space station. It is hoped that this token of our millennium
will act as a focus for inspiration to descendants of our generation and species to continue the exploration of space with possibility of meeting extra terrestial species and discovering their origins "
Incidentally all three MIR cosmonauts at the time signed the plaque and it was stamped several times by the MIR onboard rubber stamps. Cosmonaut Avdeyev - in particular - was very pleased and honoured to be associated with carrying an item so closely connected with Charles Darwin.
Darwin walked the lanes around Butterton (near where I live) and it was down these lanes that he first started his theories on evolution. The manuscript for his eventaul book was produced locally.
Phill Parker
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FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-30-2003 12:36 PM
Indeed, I remember that well, Phill - congratulations! As an FBIS myself, and growing up in the UK reading about space in the UK magazines, your name has always been synonymous with high-quality and insightful space reporting - thanks for all you have done over the decades.FF |
Ed beck
Member Posts: 227
From: Florida
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-01-2003 12:04 AM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by spaceuk:
"This piece of Dolerite rock is from the Butterton igneous dyke near Newcastle-under-Lyme,UK.Mr Parker, While I do whole heartedly congratulate on sending your millinium rock up to MIR. I am not very impressed by Charles Darwin, or his Theory of evolution.
I would however like to see a photo of the rock itself, and the igneous dyke that it came from. As I have never heard of either one before, they do sound very interesting. I am not knowledgeable about such things, does that mean that it was a natural formation? Or was it man made, using that material?
Ed Beck
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"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Psalms 19:1 NIV |
spaceuk
Member Posts: 2113
From: Staffs, UK
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 09-01-2003 03:38 PM
The original web site wher you can read more about The Millennium Rock is at:-
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~spaceuk/millrock.html I am working on a more colourful ,fewer pages version and bring the story upto date. But for now, that's where you will find it It was also covered in BIS Spaceflight magazine during 1998/2000 period. Several other magazines covered the story as well as regional TV and BBC local radio stations. The igneous dyle is a natural formation due to molten underground lava forcing its way through the local sandstone. Beside his theories of evolution,Darwin was the UK's Chief Geologist at that time. The finding of the Butterton Dyke helped cement his ideas and those of Roderick Impey Murchinson about igneous dyke swarms and lead to this being a foundation stone (tio use a pun0 for geology worldwide. The same site was also used in 1920s by Lord Cadman (local lad who became Chairmman of BP) to test out the first garvimeter to find oil deposits. This idea was later used worldwide in Middle EAst and in USA to find the huge oil reserves we now rely on in western culture lifesyles. The gravimter technqiue was used in the APollo lunar missions as well. |
bruce
Member Posts: 916
From: Fort Mill, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-02-2003 09:01 AM
# 1 - myself
# 2 - my mother-in-law (kidding, of course :>0)Best,
Bruce |
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