The Farthest: Voyager in Space
Location
JAAC 4th Floor Conference Room
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
24-9-2018 7:00 PM
Description
This documentary, the closing offering of both the film festival and the Humanities Symposium itself, looks back to the launching of the twin Voyager space craft in 1977, less than 10 years after landing a man on the moon in 1969, a focus of next year’s Humanities Symposium. This PBS documentary tells the story of what some consider to be at least as great a human achievement: the success of the tiny Voyager craft which flew past all the planets of the outer solar system before entering into the void of deep space, through which it will travel on and on for millennia. Carrying within it a Golden Record bearing music, images of Earth, and greetings to life we hope exists beyond us, Voyager is a testament to the dreams of those who envisioned such a craft and mission, the planning, creation and programing of those who built and continue to monitor it journey, as well as of the vast amounts of information it is still sending back. With it, we launched ourselves not only into the universe but into the records of the future, a fitting probe into “the Future of the Past.” Discussion to follow.
Recommended Citation
Monteverde, Maggie and Hawley, Scott, "The Farthest: Voyager in Space" (2018). Humanities Symposium. 1.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2018/ff2018/1
The Farthest: Voyager in Space
JAAC 4th Floor Conference Room
This documentary, the closing offering of both the film festival and the Humanities Symposium itself, looks back to the launching of the twin Voyager space craft in 1977, less than 10 years after landing a man on the moon in 1969, a focus of next year’s Humanities Symposium. This PBS documentary tells the story of what some consider to be at least as great a human achievement: the success of the tiny Voyager craft which flew past all the planets of the outer solar system before entering into the void of deep space, through which it will travel on and on for millennia. Carrying within it a Golden Record bearing music, images of Earth, and greetings to life we hope exists beyond us, Voyager is a testament to the dreams of those who envisioned such a craft and mission, the planning, creation and programing of those who built and continue to monitor it journey, as well as of the vast amounts of information it is still sending back. With it, we launched ourselves not only into the universe but into the records of the future, a fitting probe into “the Future of the Past.” Discussion to follow.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts & Sciences