The first mission of the NASA on the Trojan asteroids associated with the gravitational field of Jupiter will bring some pearls of wisdom destined for inspire humanity in the distant future. NASA's Lucy spacecraft will depart in October 2021 and has been equipped with a plaque that will function as a real time capsule.
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will carry a message for the future
The nickname Lucy is inspired by the famous Beatles song from 1967, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The plaque of the spacecraft is instead engraved with some quotes from the band members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr e George Harrison.
These are the words it will bring:
- "And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make." - Paul McCartney. [And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you give]
- "We all shine on ... like the moon and the stars and the sun." - John Lennon. [We all shine ... like the moon, stars and sun]
- “Peace and love.” – Ringo Starr. [Pace e amore]
- "When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find peace of mind is waiting there." - George Harrison. [When you have seen beyond yourself, then you may find that tranquility is waiting there]
The Beatles are joined by other famous people. The plaque includes quotes from Albert Einstein, by the poet Joy Harjo, by the author Kazuo Ishiguro, by Martin Luther King Jr.., by Brian May of Queen, by Yoko Ono, by Carl Sagan and others. Also Amanda gorman, known for her inauguration poem for President Joe Biden, contributed a poem. You can read all the quotes on the Lucy mission website and hear some of them read by their creators in a NASA video.
The adventures of the Lucy spacecraft will take her to a series of fascinating asteroids that travel along the path of Jupiter. NASA said asteroids "are thought to be remnants of the primordial material that formed the outer planets." The spacecraft will study these objects so it can learn more about the history of our solar system and the origins of the planets.
NASA thought of creating the plaque in case our descendants, many millennia, find the Lucy spacecraft still moving in space. "After Lucy finishes visiting a record number of asteroids, she will continue to travel between Trojan asteroids and Earth's orbit for at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions of years," the space agency said in a statement Monday. .
