Re: Interpretation of the PIONEER-10 Plaque

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1988 17:49

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In article <8809261413.AA18424@decwrl.dec.com> luhrs@drfix.dec.com (Bruce Luhrs, MKO1-1/L38, Fire Management) writes:
>    Can anyone remember what information and messages were represented
>    on the plaque carried out of the solar system by Pioneer-10?

See Carl Sagan's book "The Cosmic Connection" -- possibly still in print,
almost certainly findable in your local library -- which discusses the
Pioneer 10 plaque in considerable detail.
-- 
NASA is into artificial        |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
stupidity.  - Jerry Pournelle  | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu

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Subject: Re: Interpretation of the PIONEER-10 Plaque
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