Re: A 50,000-year time capsule in space...

From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Sat Apr 17 1999 - 17:07:35 MDT


Steve VanSickle writes:

> Yep, you would need to use something more durable than a CD-ROM. I think

Patterned gold foil or Pt/Ir foil looks like a fairly good
substitute. With electrochemical proximal probe you can create any
number of pits you like.

> that preserved DNA of a wide range of creatures would be nice as part of
> the "message". And designing a radio that could transmit after 50,000
> years is an interesting, but I think doable, challenge. Anyone have ideas
> on how to do *that*?
 
You already have good vacuum, why not using a primitive triode-driven
resonance coil as a simple beakon? Monocrystalline Si, if protected by
sublimable ice layer should be able to survive that long.

'gene

> steve



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:03:33 MST