The Phoenix has landed on Mars! That DVD you see attached to the Phoenix lander was created by the Planetary Society and is titled “Visions of Mars.” It contains “works by The Planetary Society’s co-founder Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Kim Stanley Robinson, Arthur C. Clarke, Percival Lowell, and many more.” The disc includes classic science fiction texts, artwork, radio broadcasts and the names of 250,000 earthlings.
“Mars has long fired the imaginations of people around the world, and that fascination has been captured in countless stories and artistic visions of the Red Planet. The Planetary Society brought together the best of those visions to add an extra dimension to the Phoenix mission.” Close to 30 nations and cultures are represented, each playing a part in shaping “the human imaginings of our planetary neighbor.”
Planetary Society press release
The contents of the DVD :
Texts
Artwork and Radio Broadcasts