Last chance to submit a message for NASA to beam 13 billion miles into space
NASA has been collecting submissions through social media platforms for a 60 character message to send to the unmanned Voyager 1 space craft
By Sam Meredith
NASA has been asking for suggestions from the public to beam up to the most distant man-made object in the universe.
The U.S. space agency has been collecting submissions via Twitter , Facebook and other social media platforms for a 60 character message to send to the unmanned Voyager 1 space craft.
NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Voyager team will whittle down the suggestions and the public will vote for a winner to send toward the probe on September 5.
It’s all in celebration of the craft’s 40th year in space.
Public polls in the age of the internet have prompted some bizarre results, with a vote last year choosing the name Boaty McBoatface for the U.K.’s new polar research ship, although organisers decided not to take up the popular choice. Some of the suggestions submitted via the hashtag #MessageToVoyager have struck a similar tone.