Talk:KEO

I've suggested to the organizers of the Keo project that they might use Wikipedia as the "Contemporary library of Alexandria" that will be carried on board of Keo.

(Things still missing -please help:

-add a photo of Keo, available on Keo's page;
-look for controversy surrounding this project, in order to get a balanced point of view)

--Jose I. Icaza 06 Jan 2004.

Answer from Keo's organizers: Apparently they didn't know about Wikipedia and showed much interest in it. After exchanging a few emails, they answered that they have a committee selecting what information to include from several sources, in view of the limited space on the satellite, and that "We will propose Wikipedia to be considered. We can either propose it whole, or we can as well give a certain volume of it into the consideration. If you have in mind any particularly important articles to present, don't hesitate to contact us." I didn't answer back this last email dated 21 January 2004

--Jose I. Icaza 15 nov 2004.

Thank you for your reply Jose, I'll get in touch with them about their final selections. =) --Andylkl 16:47, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Well, what became of your inquiries? Mr. Billion 22:52, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ariane 5

What do you mean by "contingent upon the successful completion of the Ariane 5 rocket." ???Hektor 05:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Other forms of media storage (and why not include a media player in capsule)?

SHould they consider harddrives; or blu-ray discs, or even hologram -memory? And did they include a dvd player with the capsule; so other earthlings in the future won't necessarilly have to build one?

Yes that is a good idea... That way they could even reverse engeener DVD-player if they wouldn't understand instructions. On top of all some data, etc. could be buried somewhere in the Earht and KEO would carry the map. sverde1 09:24, 31 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well if 50000 years from now the scientists can't build a simple DVD player, then we should truly be happy to be living in this age. Hard Drives are magnetic and prone to shocks so they are not the best candidates to carry time capsule messages. Besides, they are probably even harder to interface with than a DVD player. Blu-ray, HDDVD and Hologram Memory are all unproven technologies as of yet. I think they wen't with the right choice but maybe including a backup NAND memory device built to resist radiation won't be such a bad idea. Payam81 (talk) 04:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Wayback Machine + Wikipedia + The Internet Archive

Similar to that one major library (not sure what it's called); the KEO capsule can retain a current copy of all of the above 3 projects; not only is there Wikipedia; but the whole archive of the internet. Can someone suggest this??

Also, maybe they could make it so that they could send constant updates (annual updates) of the newest Internet Archive/Wayback Machine to KEO via satellite; so it's constantly being updated, even 50k years from now. Or at the very least; have some way of transfering information back and forth between KEO and earth. Anyone know how to contact KEO about these ideas?

50,000 years!!

Who will be alive? and will civilization still exist?--Bumba claat 21:01, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to believe so, but frankly I don't think we'll still be around by then. Vitriol 23:04, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Who's wacky idea was this? This is a horrible use of taxpayer dollars. Gimme a break. Stupid UN.

Seems like a much better use of "taxpayer dollars" than spending it on military crap. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 143.252.80.100 (talk) 20:58, 14 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

If it is a passive system with no propulsion or communication, then why does the picture show it with solar cells? Answer: the "wings" are of a symbolic nature.

Who's blood?

Does anyone know who's drop of blood will be in the diamond? Woo tangent 01:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]