dimanche 13 août 2017
NASA Asked People What Message They'd Beam Into Space and It Turned Into a Trump Roast
Not all heroes wear capes; some tweet hilarious messages about President Donald Trump to NASA. The space agency is celebrating Voyager 1 and 2's 40th anniversary by asking the public to post a "short, uplifting message" on social media. In return, it might choose your message to beam into space on the anniversary of Voyager 1's launch. While some are using the opportunity to share kind and thoughtful words, others are taking the chance to roast Trump.
The idea of beaming a message to the Voyager comes from the spacecraft's Golden Record of Earth, which includes photos, sounds, and messages from the planet we live on. Both Voyager 1 and 2 carry this record. If you love the sound of this campaign, you need to post a message to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, and Google+ by Aug. 15 by 11:59 p.m. PT. From there, NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Voyager team will pick their favorites. The public will then vote on the winning message, which will be transmitted on Sept. 5 to Voyager 1 and arrive to the unit on Sept. 6.
Some took the campaign to heart and posted messages such as:
#MessageToVoyager If you happen to see Pluto out there, tell him he's a good boy; we didn't mean what we said #gishwhes
- Justin Hudes (@hudattack) August 6, 2017
#MessagetoVoyager Hi Voyager, stay safe and bon voyage. And who knows, we may cross your route in the future.
- Ed Boris (@edboris) August 28, 2015
@NASA Thank you, Voyager, for decades of fascination!#MessageToVoyager
- G. Lamar Wilkie (@WWWilkie) July 20, 2015
But many, many others used the opportunity to let Voyager 1 - and maybe the entire galaxy - know exactly what they think about Trump.
#MessageToVoyager Find a place where we can send Donald Trump so he won't hurt anyone #gishwhes
- GISHWHES🐼 // MJ🌈 (@casitstoobig) August 5, 2017
Dear Aliens, we're sorry about Donald Trump. Most of us aren't that stupid. Please don't destroy us. Sincerely, Humanity #MessageToVoyager
- Deadman Writing (@writingunit12) August 4, 2017
#messagetovoyager Trump lost the popular vote.
- Samantha Louise (@SamanthaSnail) August 2, 2017
The pee tape is real #MessageToVoyager
- xxxTechnician (@chrismorrisnyc) August 7, 2017
We're going to go ahead and guess that NASA isn't going to pick one of the Trump burns as the message it beams up to space, but for those of us on Earth, it's pretty damn hilarious. May NASA choose well; after all, as the agency wrote in a press release, "Since the spacecraft could last billions of years, these circular time capsules could one day be the only traces of human civilization."
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