- Ann Druyan, Emmy- and Peabody-award winning writer/producer/director and creative director of NASA’s Voyager Interstellar Message;
- Frank Drake, chairman emeritus, SETI Institute and creator of the Drake Equation;
- Steve Squyres, Cornell’s James A. Weeks Professor and principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rovers mission; as well as
- Lisa Kaltenegger, associate professor of astronomy and director of Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute; and
- Jonathan Lunine, the David C. Duncan Professor in the Physical Sciences and director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science.
One of the handful of Golden Record covers that remain on Earth is featured in a special exhibit at Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, courtesy of Ann Druyan -- it has never before been on public display. The multi-media exhibit includes images and sounds from the Golden Record, as well as the original book by Isaac Newton that was photographed for the Golden Record and a first-edition, signed copy of Carl Sagan’s “Murmurs of Earth.” A copy of the Voyager Golden Record boxed set, newly issued by Ozma Records and donated by producers Timothy Daly and David Pescovitz, is also on display. The free exhibit opened Oct. 19 and can also be seen Friday, Oct. 20 from 9 am – 5 pm, and Saturday, Oct. 21 from 11 am – 5 pm, on level 2B, Kroch Library.
“Unafraid of the Dark,” the final episode of “Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey” that features the Voyager mission, will screen Oct. 20 at 4:45 p.m. at Cornell Cinema and will be introduced by Andrew Hicks, assistant professor of music. After the film Druyan, producer, director, and co-writer of the episode along with Ozma Records co-founder David Pescovitz and designer Lawrence Azerrad, co-producers of the Golden Record boxed set, will offer reflections and answer questions.
