This Day in History Entry #289
August 20th, 2014 by Wordsman
Through the whole solar system it tore
Past Uranus and Neptune and more
And inside it does hold
Our culture, in gold
Asking folks to come knock on our door
Event: Space probe Voyager 2 launches (curiously enough, 2 weeks before Voyager 1)
Year: 1977
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record
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2 Comments »
August 21st, 2014 at 8:49 am
And without it, we never would have gotten “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”!
August 23rd, 2014 at 10:53 pm
Though they’d probably feel a lot prouder if they could take credit for Star Trek II instead.