将“水”送往木卫二

This image from March 8, 2024, shows waveforms of the word “water” in 103 languages etched onto a triangular metal plate. The plate will be attached to the Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to fly to one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, after it launches in October 2024.

The waveforms radiate out from a symbol representing the American Sign Language sign for “water.” The other side of the plate is engraved with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s handwritten poem “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa” and will be affixed with a silicon microchip stenciled with more than 2.6 million names submitted by the public through NASA’s Message in a Bottle campaign.

Read more about this plate and its connection to Voyager’s Golden Record.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

这张图片拍摄于2024年3月8日，展示了刻在三角形金属板上的103种语言中的“水”字波形。该金属板将被安装在欧罗巴快船（Europa Clipper）航天器上，该飞船航天器在2024年10月发射，飞往木星的卫星之一木卫二。

波形从代表美国手语“水”的手势符号向外辐射。金属板的另一面刻有美国桂冠诗人艾达·利蒙（Ada Limón）的手写诗《赞美神秘：献给木卫二的诗》（In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa），并将附上一个硅微芯片，上面印有公众通过NASA的“瓶中信”（Message in a Bottle）活动提交的260多万个名字。

了解更多关于这块金属板及其与旅行者号金唱片的联系。

图片来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech