A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated and a robot rolled out, holding a golden disc in a transparent sleeve.

"Greetings! We found your sound recording. We enjoyed it, and have made one for you in return."

It placed the disc on the ground and returned to the spaceship, which took off.

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories #vss #VoyagerRecord

I'm going to have a visceral reaction if I see the Voyager Records human anatomical illustration during a #NintendoDirect.

#space #VoyagerRecord #VoyagerProgram #Voyager #XenobladeX

This is what's possible when you don't build with planned obsolescence.

46 years and still treading the solar system.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230815-the-ancient-tech-keeping-space-missions-alive

#Voyager #VoyagerRecord #Voyager2 #Voyager1 #NASA #Space

It's been seven years today since this weird little book came out (this year will also be ten years since it was accepted). It feels good to know it's still puttering away out there, like Voyager itself, and maybe bringing people joy.

https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781941628041/the-voyager-record-a-transmission.aspx

#Bookstodon #Voyager #VoyagerRecord

If you are at #AWP this week, swing by Rose Metal Press at Table 1328 to find my book THE VOYAGER RECORD: A TRANSMISSION and a lot of other spacey hybrid things by beautiful people.

#AWP23 #hybridwriting #Voyagerrecord #Voyager #CarlSagan