1:23:01
Since that time
he'd been on a life support system...
1:23:04
and never regained consciousness.
1:24:13
ln the fall of 1 97 7...
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the U.S. government sent two ships
Voyagers l and ll into space...
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where they are eventually destined
to reach the edge of our galaxy.
1:24:25
ln the hope that someone somewhere
would intercept these craft...
1:24:30
a variety of messages
were placed on board...
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that would be capable of communicating
the existence...
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of an intelligent creature...
1:24:37
living on a planet called Earth.
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Among these was included a short prelude
byJohann Sebastian Bach...
1:24:46
as performed by Glenn Gould.
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Voyagers l and ll
left our solar system respectively...
1:24:55
in 1987 and 1989.