Voyager - A short poem by SamuelKris

This poem was inspired by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, and Neil deGrasse Tyson from their respective shows and books in the Cosmos series. The Voyager Program is an ongoing NASA project that employs twin robotic interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 (44 years ago) to do interplanetary and interstellar science, collecting data for transmission back to Earth. Both spacecraft are still alive to this day, although their RTG power source will run out eventually. Both spacecraft carry a golden phonograph record that contains pictures and sounds of Earth, symbolic directions on the cover for playing the record, and data detailing the location of Earth. The record is intended as a combination time capsule and an interstellar message to any civilization, alien or far-future human, that may recover either of the Voyagers.