R I P CHUCK BERRY
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I wonder if Marvin is still alive?
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Chuck Berry's “Johnny B. Goode” is one of the 27 songs that was sent into space on the “Golden Record,” a collection of music, sound recordings, photographs, and other Earth relics attached to the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Launched in 1977 to explore the depths of the outer solar system and beyond, the Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to reach interstellar space in 2012, meaning it is now floating around beyond our known solar system. The Golden Record was a cultural addition to the astronomical expedition: The thinking went that if NASA really did find any extraterrestrial life out there, they might like to know a little bit about us.
Curated for NASA by a committee chaired by none other than Carl Sagan, the disc also features recordings from Bach and Beethoven, as well as a Peruvian panpipe band, a Mexican mariachi cohort, Georgian folk music, and Navajo chanting. (“Johnny B. Goode” is the only rock ‘n’ roll song featured on the disc.)
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