NASA is launching a message in a bottle to Jupiter's moon Europa as part of its quest to find alien life.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft will blast off from Florida Kennedy Space Station in October and dispatch 2.6 million soundwaves of humankind saying their own names into the ether.
NASA is launching a message in a bottle to Jupiter's moon Europa as part of its quest to find alien life. The Europa Clipper spacecraft will blast off from Florida Kennedy Space Station in October and dispatch 2.6 million soundwaves of humankind saying their own names into the ether.
NASA is launching a message in a bottle to Jupiter later this year as part of its quest to find alien life on the Gas Giant's moon. The agency Europa Clipper spacecraft will blast off toward Jupiter's moon Europa from Florida Kennedy Space Station in October, dispatching a steady stream into the ether of 2.6 million soundwaves of humankind saying their own names.
The outward-facing panel of the vault plate features art that highlights Earth's connection to Europa. Linguists collected recordings of water spoken in 103 languages from families around the world and converted them into waveforms, which resemble ripples.
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The Europa Clipper Vault Plate is a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say 'water'.
Lori Glaze, NASA's director of planetary science, and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon discussed the intersection of space and art at SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will be sending a message to possible alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa. However, this statement is misleading as there is no evidence of any communication with aliens and it seems like an attempt to sensationalize the mission.
The author states that the Europa Clipper spacecraft will contain etchings including a poem by US Poet Laureate Ada Lim and a portrait of one of the founders of planetary science, Ron Greeley. However, this is not entirely accurate as there are other etchings on the spacecraft as well.
The article claims that NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will be sending a message to possible alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa. However, this statement is misleading as there is no evidence of any communication with aliens and it seems like an attempt to sensationalize the mission.
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Bias
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The article contains a statement that implies the Europa Clipper spacecraft is being sent to find alien life on Jupiter's moon. This statement suggests a bias towards finding extraterrestrial life and could be seen as promoting or supporting this idea.
]Can you hear me now? NASA is launching a message in a bottle to possible alien life hiding on Jupiters moon Europa[
The spacecraft will beam out the richly layered dispatch of the millions of names. The Europa Clipper will be launched from the Kennedy Space Center in October, with an estimated arrival to Jupiter in April 2030.
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.2 million names in a steady stream into the ether of soundwaves from humankind saying their own names.
.6-billion-mile journey
Drake Equation etched on spacecraft's triangle plate
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The author has multiple conflicts of interest on the topics provided.
.2 million names in a steady stream into the ether of soundwaves from humankind saying their own names.
The Europa Clipper Vault Plate is a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say 'water'.
Lori Glaze, NASA's director of planetary science, and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon discussed the intersection of space and art at SXSW conference in Austin, Texas.
The Europa Clipper Vault Plate will seal an opening in the spacecraft's massive metal vault holding its science instruments to protect them from Jupiter's punishing radiation.
NASA has a long history of trying to communicate beyond Earth, and the Europa Clipper Vault Plate is an example of this practice.
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Deception
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that NASA has carried messages about humanity for those who might come across distant probes in the future. However, this statement is not supported by any evidence or facts presented in the article. Secondly, the Europa Clipper Vault Plate features art that highlights Earth's connection to Europa and includes a portrait of Ron Greeley, one of the founders of planetary science. This creates an emotional connection between humans and Europa, which may be misleading as it suggests that there is some sort of special relationship between them. Lastly, the article mentions NASA's Message in a Bottle campaign but does not provide any information about what this campaign entails or how it relates to the Europa Clipper Vault Plate.
NASA's Message in a Bottle campaign is mentioned but not explained or related to the Europa Clipper Vault Plate.
The inclusion of a portrait of Ron Greeley and art that highlights Earth's connection to Europa creates an emotional connection between humans and Europa, which may be misleading.
The statement 'NASA has carried messages about humanity for those who might come across distant probes in the future' is deceptive as there is no evidence presented in the article to support this claim.
Fallacies
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The article contains an appeal to authority by referencing NASA and the Europa Clipper mission. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the importance of space exploration and poetry in understanding our place in the universe.
> Lori Glaze, NASA's director of planetary science, joined U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on stage to discuss the intersection of space and art, as well as again hear Limón recite her ode,
Bias
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The article is biased towards the idea that humans have a connection to Europa and that it's important for us to explore this world. The author uses language like 'water' as an example of something we share with Europa, which implies a sense of familiarity or kinship between our planet and this moon. Additionally, the article highlights Ada Limón reciting her poem about Europa, further emphasizing the connection between humans and this world.
Ada Limón recites a poem about Europa that emphasizes our connection to it
The author uses language like 'water' as an example of something we share with Europa
NASA is launching a message in a bottle to Jupiter later this year as part of its quest to find alien life on the Gas Giant moon. The agency's Europa Clipper spacecraft will blast off toward Jupiter's moon Europa from Florida Kennedy Space Station in October, dispatching a steady stream into the ether of 2.6 million soundwaves of humankind saying their own names.
The outward-facing panel of the vault plate features art that highlights Earth's connection to Europa. Linguists collected recordings of water spoken in 103 languages from families around the world and converted them into waveforms, which resemble ripples.
Accuracy
No Contradictions at Time
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Deception
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None Found At Time Of
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Fallacies
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by citing NASA's past dispatches as evidence of their willingness to send messages into space. This is a form of informal fallacy because the author does not provide any evidence that these previous dispatches were successful or effective in reaching extraterrestrial life. Additionally, the article contains an example of inflammatory rhetoric when it describes Europa Clipper's message as
The poem "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa" by US Poet Laureate Ada Limón is an example of a dichotomous depiction. The author describes the poem as both mysterious and encouraging, which creates a contrast that may be intended to evoke emotion in readers.
The Drake equation on Europa Clipper's message plate is another example of inflammatory rhetoric. The equation represents NASA's visionary idea about the probability of finding life in space, but it also implies that this idea is not yet a certainty and may be subject to change.
Bias
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The article contains a statement that suggests the message being sent to Jupiter's moon is meant as a friendly gesture from humanity. This implies an emotional bias towards Europa and its potential for life. Additionally, there are multiple references to past messages sent by NASA to extraterrestrial life which further supports this idea of friendliness.
Humanity is about to send another tear-jerking message into space
Past dispatches to potential extraterrestrial life have included the plaques on Pioneer 10 and 11 (1972 and 1973, respectively), the Golden Record attached to both Voyager spacecraft (1977), and a binary message attached to NASA's Pluto flyby, New Horizons (2015).
The agency has completed its latest(and perhaps most detailed)message yet.
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Adrianna Nine has a conflict of interest on the topics of Europa Clipper and Jupiter's Europa moon as she is an astrobiologist who studies ocean worlds. She also mentions Pioneer 10 and 11 in her article which are spacecraft that were launched by NASA, indicating a potential financial tie.
Adrianna Nine is an astrobiologist who specializes in studying ocean worlds.
